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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1966
Page
1
A reader asks the exact cost to service a $3,500 Beckley snowblower after a claimed debris clog. The respondent, Street Commissioner Elmer Warden, denies the clog and notes a simple fix. The item then shifts to various unrelated Q and A entries from the same column.
Washington reports the FDA has ordered the withdrawal of all over the counter antibiotic lozenges used for sore throats and cold symptoms. The move, under Kefauver amendments, targets 70 manufacturers with immediate effect except bacitracin products which have 30 days to object. Existing stock may be sold until exhausted.
The Shady Spring Public Service District No. 1 received 382,260 in federal funds to back a 1.2877 million construction project delivering a first sewer system for about 1,800 homes across Daniels Lake Road Blue Jay and Shady Spring. Final bids await official approval in 45 days with operation expected to reduce annual Lake contamination and raw sewage issues at Little Beaver Lake while public dissent rises over mandatory PSD connections and liens.
President Johnson urged cautious but steady economic policy to extend the five year boom and keep unemployment near 3.7 percent. He ordered new manpower efforts and training to help firms hire skilled workers while aiming to sustain growth and price stability. The Labor Department reported February unemployment at 3.7 percent, with 322,000 more jobs for 71,551,000 employed.
New York observers debated whether Mondays Dow Jones industrial average drop signals a market leveling off or a longer downturn. The Dow fell 14.58 to 917.76, the heaviest one day decline since Kennedy's assassination with the 1963 dip at 21.16 points.
New York stocks opened mixed in moderate trading as analysts expect some selling before any large scale buying from investors or traders.
Plunging shares left observers puzzled whether the drop signals a temporary readjustment or a retreat from inflated prices. The Dow Jones industrials lost over 75 points from month‑ago highs as brokers cited tight money, rising taxes and rates, and Viet Nam war uncertainty. Trading was heavy and glamor issues led the decline, with blue chips also affected.
Frank lin H. Nolan 28 a former Sophia resident was killed Monday afternoon when a truck he drove was struck by a train at Mansfield Mans field Ohio The Norwalk Trucking Co owned the truck Nolan attended Sophia High School Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs C L Nolan of Soak Creek and three children Franklin Jr Rona and Lee of Baltimore Md The body is being returned by jail to Williams Funeral Home in Sophia.
In Jakarta a mob of 200 to 300 leftist students stormed the U S embassy, throwing stones and Molotovs, setting fires, pulling down the flag, and damaging the seal while a U S woman was molested but unharmed. Concurrently 8,000 anti Communist youths seized the Indonesian foreign ministry, demanding a new cabinet as Subandrio criticized U S actions in Vietnam. Similar protests occurred in Kuala Lumpur against U S officials.
Willard Brown NAACP legal advisor denounces Secretary of State Robert Bailey for forwarding KKK charter information from a Tupelo branch. Brown says a writ of prohibition will be sought and federal statutes invoked to block incorporation while noting un-American implications of permitting Klan operation.
A 905,138 grant for a 74 bed Summers County hospital at Hinton was approved by the Public Health Service. The project, totaling 1,830,276, will add 38 general beds and 36 long term care beds under the Hill Burton Act with state approval dated March 1.
Robert B. Harvit former Raleigh Register reporter and WWNR Beckley news director says he bought WBTH Williamson for $111,000 pending FCC approval. The 1000 watt station will become Harvit Broadcasting Corp with Harvit as president. other stockholders include his wife Stephanie Sloman and William F. Blackburn.
U S military spokesman says air and naval strikes on North Viet Nam Monday produced the war’s most devastating raids to date. Four U S planes were shot down in the panhandle, including two F105 Thunderchiefs and two F101 recon aircraft, as U S and South Vietnamese forces conclude a major campaign in the South.
Invitations to bid for the new Army Recruiting Main Station headquarters were to be opened at 2 p m on March 22 in the Army District Engineers office Louisville. L A Link of the Engineers visited Beckley to survey prospective builders.
Australia will increase its combat forces in Viet Nam from about 1500 to 4500 troops. The plan calls for replacing the 1st battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment with a 4500-man Australian task force, following a request from the Vietnamese government.
UPI reports Army Pfc. Charles D. Wadsworth of Alva Tyler County West Virginia was killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Wadsworth. The Defense Department confirmed the casualty Monday night.
Two suppliers notified Beck ley Newspapers Corp of a $10 per ton increase effective April 1. Consolidated Paper Sales Ltd of Montreal and The Wright Co of New York wired the rise, with Abitibi and Bowater expected to follow. The Raleigh Register and Beck ley Post-Herald face about $18,000 yearly higher costs, prompting potential rises in circulation and advertising charges. The American Newspaper Publishers Association urged producers to reconsider. Local manager George Warren Hodel said outcomes remain to be seen.
The American Newspaper Publishers Association says the planned newsprint price hike will add 75 million annually to U.S. papers and calls the increase unwarranted and unjustified. It urges North American producers to rethink the $10 per ton rise, warning it will curb use and raise advertising and circulation costs.
President Johnson bluntly tells Charles de Gaulle the United States will not bargain away NATO foundations or base access behind allies. He insists all 13 NATO partners must have a voice and rejects placing post talks troops under French command. The fast note follows Paris demand for early renegotiation of the 1951 U.S. forces agreement.
The National Safety Council estimates 3,660 traffic deaths in January, up 4 percent from a year earlier, with 250,000 disabling injuries and another 250,000 lesser injuries reported. The rise adds 180 fatalities versus January 1965.
Mostly sunny and cold this afternoon with a high of 34. Clear and chilly tonight. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and a higher temperature. River and weather readings note above normal Greenbrier, cloudy conditions, and muddy lake levels with gauge at Hinton 3.8 feet. Palm Springs 84 and Pellston 6 record today’s extremes.
A sequence of earthquakes struck Kaifeng in Henan Province China and surrounding regions with casualties and building damage. The tremors were felt across several towns including Erze rum province, causing destruction of hundreds of homes and deaths. Authorities reported strong quake readings and referenced historic floods and past quakes in the region to frame the event.
An 18 year old Marshall University freshman Karen Ann Ronson of Tuppers Creek near Charleston collapsed while hurrying to a morning class and died of an apparent heart attack. She was dead on arrival at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Her mother Reba Ronson said there is no known history of heart trouble.
A state event titled Fast Time opens on April 24 with promotional actions and schedules outlined. Officials emphasize parades, ceremonies, and community activities expected to draw local participation and media coverage.
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