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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
1
Government paratroopers and riot police dispersed a 3,000-strong Buddhist youth protest in Hue arresting 10 senior monks and clearing streets blocked by altars. Premier Ky reinforced with 350 paratroopers amid a curfew from 9 pm to 4 am, while noting no major violence despite ongoing unrest.
About 40 U.S. Marines on a barren hilltop repelled repeated assaults by a force ten times their number near Chu Lai. With only eight bullets left, reinforcements by helicopter at dawn secured victory as Marines killed 32 of roughly 400 attackers. Marine jets hit supply routes in 66 North Vietnamese raids, with two U.S. jets lost.
Raleigh County Court balks at selling Little Beaver Park to the State for $1 after an attorney general opinion says the court lacks express authority. Commissioner Burdiss says sale is definitely out but aims to have the park open by July 1, possibly via lease or county operation. Concession, boating, and picnic areas could operate despite likely swimming prohibition due to polluted water.
Increasing cloudiness and rather windy this afternoon with a high near 83. Showers and scattered thunderstorms possible this evening and early tonight, then partly cloudy and cooler Friday with a high in the mid 70s. Airport data show 78 at 12 15 pm and 60 at 5 30 am. River conditions indicate Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake Nercome and clear with 2 gates open. new at Hinton 2.1 ft.
United Press International reports heavy storms across the Southwest and Midwest, with 70 mph winds in Oklahoma City, tornadoes in Iowa and Kansas, and widespread power outages. Rain and hail lash Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas while California faces 100 plus heat as fires burn nearby.
Washington reports Rainer Barzel, head of the CDU parliamentary group, suggests in a prepared speech that East Germany could remain under Soviet troops after reunification, stating the process hinges on Soviet acceptance of German self determination rather than a full Soviet withdrawal. Eugene student editor Annette Buchanan faces six months in jail for refusing to reveal sources on marijuana on campus.
President Johnson laments a sad hour at the White House over the death of his beagle Him. The brief remark reflects the president's personal loss and the nation's quiet moment of mourning.
Worcester dealer R. Gordon Butler traded an elephant for a new auto. He plans to contact zoos immediately to place the animal. Reports say the elephant eats about $25 worth of hay daily and has a touch of rheumatism.
Washington reports that NATO allies begin a broad realignment in Central Europe after France exits the integrated command. Defense Secretary McNamara outlines initial steps including removing all U S Air Force units from France and relocating about 575000 tons of munitions to German depots. Two C130 squadrons will move to England by September 1 and six reconnaissance squadrons may depart France. The changes affect 4300 U S personnel plus thousands of dependents and French workers, signaling a costly long term realignment across Europe.
A Titan 3D rocket lifted from Cape Kennedy carrying eight satellites to form a jam resistant communications network for Vietnam era forces. The mission aimed to deploy 22 stations in a chain enabling coded commands across 10 000 mile distances, after a six hour orbital maneuver sequence and parking orbit.
WASHINGTON UPI The AFL-CIO led by George Meany and UAW chief Walter Reuther prepare for a showdown over the labor federation’s boycott of the ILO Geneva conference. Meany claims the council will back a walkout warning of a possible Communist take over, while Reuther calls the move unwise undemocratic and unauthorized. The Johnson administration opposes the boycott and urges a return to talks.
Annette Buchanan 20, editor of the University of Oregon Daily Emerald, was ordered to stand trial for contempt after refusing to name sources for a May 24 story on marijuana at the Eugene campus. Judge Edward Leavy set a June 27 grand jury date, and Buchanan’s lawyer vowed a jury trial and possible Supreme Court appeal on grounds of journalistic ethics and First Amendment protections. Dist Atty William Frye sought disclosure of informants and interview details.
Wire dispatches report conferees reached a compromise bill to tighten regulations on U S citizens who lobby for foreign commercial or government interests. The measure awaits approval by both chambers. The Senate Agriculture Committee was asked to drop a House approved ban on food aid sales to Cuba and North Vietnam trading partners.
About 150 freedom marchers trek into the Mississippi delta under trooper protection with scouts deployed in woods ahead for snipers. King, wounded earlier at Grenada, urged resolve as marchers set camp at a Negro school in Holcomb after a 14 mile leg from Grenada.
Johnny St. Cyr, 76, longtime New Orleans born banjo and guitar player who moved to Los Angeles in 1954, is diagnosed with incurable leukemia at Los Angeles County General Hospital. Doctors announced after tests on Wednesday that the illness is leukemia, a cancer of blood cells. St. Cyr previously performed with King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong.
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a bill to lift the savings limit for service members abroad from 4 percent to 10 percent. In other local actions the State Board of Health said it would withhold Hill-Burton funds from Pleasant Valley Hospital until private practice by two physicians ends. Attorney James Jubelirer said he will petition Fulton County Court for an inquest into the death of kidnapper killer William D. Hollenbaugh, arguing a coroners inquest would establish the facts. Crucible Steel Co. resumed arguments to block a dissident stockholders’ bid using information in a circuit court case against management.
Chairman J William Fulbright said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on NATO should have the same educational value as its Viet Nam hearings. McGeorge Bundy will testify at the opening public session Monday. An American evangelist Billy Graham has preached to more than a quarter of a million people in his current crusade in greater London.
Bucharest greeted Communist Chinese Premier Chou En Lai with a single slogan banner praising Romanian Chinese friendship. Chou’s visit, twice delayed, comes as Brezhnev visits Bucharest to ease Romanian criticisms of Soviet military presence. Ceaușescu has called the Warsaw Pact an anachronism and urged dissolution of both the pact and NATO. The trip signals possible encouragement of Romania’s independence ahead of a regional summit in Bucharest.
In Weehawek 온 New Jersey a doctor suffered a fatal heart attack during a cesarean delivery at North Hudson Hospital. Dr Herman B Kaplan 63, an obstetrics and gynecological surgeon, completed the operation and reported mother and child in good condition. Kaplan later died in intensive care.
Charleston West Virginia UPI reports illegal or unsafe speed was a factor in 9100 auto accidents in 1965. State Police Supt W F Burchett notes such mishaps caused 165 deaths and urges drivers to control speed by adjusting to road conditions.
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