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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1964
Page
1
Anthony Ffrench, a welfare worker, seeks the reason for double F spellings in names like Ffrench and Ffis kes. He spent three years researching and suggests most double F forms arise from snobbery rather than tradition, noting several local entries in the London telephone directory.
Saigon reports the United States will send more soldier and civilian advisers to South Viet Nam and provide additional equipment for the war against Communist guerrillas. Premier Khanh said the new troops will join about 15,500 advisers and expanded U S military aid includes transport planes and maintenance technicians.
Providence UPI report states an eight year old father of nine died at Rhode Island Hospital from a large uranium radiation dose after a nuclear accident at United Nuclear Corp. in Charlestown. Four others were injured, with two readmitted after tests showed higher doses. Richard Holthaus, 43, of Narragansett, and Clifton Smith, 30, of Westerly, were in good condition but returned for care when badges indicated greater exposure. The accident occurred Friday night and caused a dangerous radiation exposure to workers.
A bus carrying 27 passengers plunged 36 feet from a bridge onto a railroad track in Vittel France. Police report 19 killed in the early morning accident with rescue operations continuing and investigation underway.
Beckley and vicinity expect mostly sunny, warm conditions this afternoon and Tuesday with widely scattered showers this afternoon. Tonight will be fair with a high near 86 this afternoon and a low around 63. Tuesday highs mid 80s. River and gauge readings show normal conditions in Greenbrier and Lake areas, with a new Hinton gauge at 2 ft. Five-day forecast calls for above normal temperatures and 0.5 to 0.75 inch total rainfall through Thursday and possibly Saturday.
President Johnson orders an intensified American effort in South Vietnam with 600 more troops, bringing total U S forces and advisers to over 16 000. Officials say battalion level operations with ARVN and coastal air sea patrols will expand and open ended U S support will go as high as needed.
CAPE KENNEDY UP I reports Ranger 7, a 806 pound six camera moon mission, set for launch within a two hour window. Forecasts warn of clouds and storms possibly delaying the liftoff. If successful, the mission aims to return up to 4 000 pictures of the lunar surface and assess landing suitability for 1970. The project carries a 50 50 chance of success after nine prior Ranger attempts.
A railway car derailed near Oporto on Sunday night, crashing into a stone bridge and killing 83 people while injuring 105. The last car, a diesel-powered section, was packed with weekend travelers, with no foreign nationals aboard. This marks Portugal’s worst railway disaster.
Moscow threatens to quit as co chair of the Laos accord unless a 14 nation conference on the crisis is convened. Britain and the United States oppose such a meeting now. Butler arrives to press Khrushchev on a smaller talks format excluding outside issues and China.
Gerald Ray Bradford known as Matheny died about 11:40 a m at Wyoming General Hospital Muliens from injuries in an automobile crash at Jesse around 11 a m Jimmy Ray Simpson of Sprague suffered injuries and was treated in the hospital emergency room at press time Details of the wreck were unavailable
Washington UPI reports a senior U.S. official called the OAS vote a forceful body blow to Communism in the Western Hemisphere. Thomas C. Mann, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, said the condemnation and sanctions against Cuba mark a turning point and warned against future aggression toward any OAS member.
Rochester braces under three battalions of National Guardsmen deployed to back police amid three nights of rioting and curfew violations. Police report 700 arrests, looting and vandalism as 1,200 officers stand by. A Civil Defense helicopter crash killed four, including the pilot and two residents, raising the death toll amid ongoing unrest and arrests following a street dance incident.
PRINCETON UP I reports a motel operator shot and killed Clarence B. Harry 35 of near Athens after he broke into the operator's office seeking a woman companion. Troy Blankenship 65 of Spanishburg faced murder charges and was released on 2000 bond pending grand jury action.
New York police say Patrolman Henry Walburger aged 24 was killed when he and Patrolman Thadeus Malysz cornered a burglar who had disrobed and attacked two women in a lower East Side apartment. The suspected armed man Frank Rosato, 28, was arrested after a brief gunfight and wounded.
Ashland Kentucky Larry George 18 drowned Sunday when a small outboard boat with six aboard capsized in the Ohio River. The other five escaped and were rescued. Dragging operations to recover the body were to resume today.
Powerful Teamsters leader James R. Hoffa was found guilty on charges he conspired to siphon about 25 million dollars from the union pension fund for personal gain. A mixed verdict also convicted six co defendants after a 9 day trial. Hoffa and his lawyers vowed appeals as U.S. District Judge Richard B. Austin set August hearings and briefs. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy expressed pleasure at the verdict.
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia urged a boost in Social Security payments in response to a seven percent rise in the cost of living since the last adjustment. He spoke in the Senate about the hardships facing elderly citizens.
The body of 14 year old David Lee Eads of South Point Ohio was recovered Sunday after he drowned in Symmes Creek about two miles north of nearby Chesapeake Ohio. Local student Paul Snider 19 of Ohio University helped locate the body.
Fidel Castro angrily vowed to use all available resources for pro Communist revolutionaries across the hemisphere. In a fiery 3 1 2 hour speech to about 500000 in Santiago he threatened to shoot back at U S Marines at Guantanamo if fired upon. He denounced Barry Goldwater, warned shortages would last years, praised De Gaulle, and denounced OAS as meddling in Cuba’s internal affairs while urging defiance of sanctions.
In Champagnole France a kiln collapse trapped about 15 workers under lime dust. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as authorities coordinates dig operations in the mountain town near the Swiss border.
A Raleigh County Jail record may mark a new high as 45 drunk individuals were booked in a 16 hour span from Saturday evening to Sunday morning, including three women.
Police in Skokie and Evanston investigated the theft of 14 year old Theresa Koerigen's body from Haben funeral chapel. The body was found in an Evanston alley about 16 hours after her funeral Mass. a yellow dress was recovered on the city’s North Side. Two suspects were arrested but released. authorities plan to re-question relatives and friends for new leads.
Two cars carrying six people each collided head on near Kinston North Carolina in the early hours of Sunday killing ten. The two survivors, one from each car, were listed in critical condition and hospitalized. Authorities called it the worst automobile crash in the state in seven years.
David Alger, 15, son of Texas Republican Rep Bruce Alger, was killed Sunday night in Bethesda when the car he rode in lost control on a freeway exit ramp and overturned.
Steve Kochis of Clarkesville Pa., backed by four Monongalia County locals, seeks the UMW presidency against incumbent W A Boyle with 10 locals endorsing. The convention vote is in Miami Beach Fla this September after a local from Robena Mine area approved Kochis for delegate but the Bobtown unit opposed the challenge.
A HiT jet bomber from Lincoln Air Force Base crashed in the western outskirts of Lincoln this morning. Officials had no further details, rescue vehicles rushed to the scene, and the base said only that the crash occurred. The air base lies just north of Lincoln city limits.
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