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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1966
Page
1
About 500 Buddhist monks and nuns waving banners reading Kill us were blocked by tear gas in three attempts to march on Saigon central market. More than 1,000 youths joined a larger anti-government protest as police dispersed the crowd. Thich Tam Cahu was reportedly ill and away at Vung Tau.
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey told Sen Edward Kennedy that returning to a World War II lottery draft would fail again and that needed deferments would still exist. Kennedy urged a system aiming to end inequities and improve future planning. Amid calls for reform and 18000 more Viet Nam troops, hearings by the House Armed Services Committee begin later this month.
At least 57 people died and 100 were injured when two suburban trains collided near Matunga station in Bombay on a rainy day. Most victims were workers and schoolchildren. one train headed to Thana and the other to Victoria station. Firefighters used torches to reach survivors amid tangled wreckage. In Washington, President Johnson and aides voiced optimism on the anti Communist effort in South Vietnam, noting the monsoon offensive did not fully materialize and citing spoiling operations. McNamara announced 18,000 more U.S. troops would soon join the 267,000 already in Vietnam, totaling 285,000.
United Press International reports severe weather across the Midwest with tornado watches in Nebraska Iowa Kansas and Missouri. Rain up to five inches floods streets and rivers from Kansas City to Des Moines while baseball size hail falls 75 miles NW of Kansas City. A tornado near Big Spring Kansas east of Topeka killed 16 and caused extensive damage. Tropical storm Alma affects southern New England with gale warnings along the Atlantic coast.
Sunny and warm this afternoon with a high near 85. Fair and mild tonight with a low around 60. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and warm with a high near 80. River conditions Greenbrier normal and clear Lake normal and clear with one gate open. Five day WV temperatures about 2-6 degrees below normal with scattered showers Tue Thu totaling over three quarters of an inch.
In five minutes a tornado struck Washburn University in Topeka damaging major buildings and leaving rubble. Six of 14 large structures were irreparably ruined while eight more were badly smashed, with total losses estimated between four and ten million dollars.
ENID Miss. UPI report on the ninth day of the Mississippi Freedom March shows a white girl resting her head on a Negro youth's lap during a rest break in Yalo Busha County. Troopers claim to support safety as a white farmer shouts threats, highlighting tense racial dynamics during the protest.
A reader Q A format covers local facts from C P Telephone Co employment figures in West Virginia Beckley area 205 plus 50 more residents, food stamp eligibility, rail history, drag racing entry rules, Halley’s comet, local shop ownership, monument height, Dial A Prayer, golf club IDs, Pax and Hope on Beckley exchange, Lake Stephens use, nursing courses, earth age, Beckley climate, newspaper editions, Oscar winners list requests and telephone privacy queries with concise authoritative answers.
Nightlong melee on the near northwest side left a policeman and two others with gunshot wounds, 13 with minor injuries, and three police cars damaged. About 36 people were arrested as 1,000 rioters faced helmeted police and rock and bottle barrages near Damen and Division. A Puerto Rican crowd clashed with officers. a police dog-assisted team and canine units responded. one officer wounded a young Puerto Rican man. Officials called the outbreak a surprise for a neighborhood not known as troubled.
In Pensacola Florida on a Sunday two officers broke up a fight at Johnson's Beach, sparking a riot involving about two thousand Black beachgoers. Fifty police and troopers contained the disturbance. more than 30 arrests were expected for disorderly conduct and related charges.
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a suspect’s confession may be used at trial only if the suspect was warned of the right to remain silent. Chief Justice Earl Warren spoke for the majority, aiming to set concrete constitutional guidelines for law enforcement. Dissenters were Justices Harlan, Stewart, White, and Clark.
Dallas report notes Jack Ruby, condemned for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, goes on trial for sanity. Lawyers seek delays. judge rules trial must proceed as Ruby refuses to participate. If found insane, Ruby faces hospital confinement until regained sanity, with ongoing appeals.
Police in Parkersburg found 3-year-old Tim Murphy behind the wheel after his father briefly left him in the car to buy ice cream. The car rolled, hitting a parked vehicle. Tim was unharmed and no charges were filed. The incident cost $125 in damage including $60 to his car and $65 to the other vehicle.
A California pilot Gwynn D. Grisham 31 of Thousand Oaks lay 23 hours in wreckage after a Cessna 182 crash in the northern Arizona desert near Pinta Holbrook. He was found noon Sunday by Deputy Sheriff E M Romo and transported to Holbrook Hospital in fair condition with a broken leg fractured hip and other injuries. He had not eaten or drunk water since the crash told Romo who said Grisham’s spirits were pretty good under the circumstances.
Mrs. John Rachel in Boquillas Texas says relief came after a Boy Scout rafting trip on the Rio Grande turned perilous. John Rachel, 42, from Hobbs New Mexico, led 15 scouts and his three sons on a five day journey that faced flash floods and desert terrain before rescue.
The House agriculture task force labeled admin actions as pushing down farm prices and said farmers are the whipping boy for rising costs. Rep. Joseph P. Vigorito proposed letting all retired persons over 65 join federal food stamp and surplus food programs. A Senate inquiry into LSD use will continue for months, said Sen. Thomas J. Dodd.
Britain faces shortages and profiteering from a 29 day maritime strike. Emergency powers are urged to be used to ration food and cap prices to avert crisis. The move aims to stabilize supplies and curb price gouging amid the industrial disruption.
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