Fight over State NAACP Leadership in West Virginia
William Lonesome of the West Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity says the Negro community seeks new leadership in the state NAACP chapter. He notes he has explored sentiment among Negroes regarding the leadership issue.
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Fanny Seiler III
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West Virginia
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
William Lonesome
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Lonesome
OEO
S. Supreme Court School
Be informed Community Q A on welfare taxes and local issues
A reader's questions cover Medicare drug coverage changes in 1966, mailing Drew Pearson, Raleigh County property tax increases and assessment rules, Social Security child benefits, liquor stance of Freewill Baptist Beckley Conference, Daytona 500 TV history, DIY wills legality, Raleigh Register history, Beatles marriages, Beckley city basketball results, Sears store status, and NAACP leadership debates in West Virginia featuring Lonesome's critique of Davis and discussion of leadership needs and potential female leadership.
Please Call Agai Technical difficulties plague Ring Registers
Technical difficulties at Ring Registers caused data loss between morning hours. People who called during that period must re register and contact Ring Reg for assistance.
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Agai
Weather Fair And Warmer In Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley and vicinity expect sunny conditions this afternoon with a high near 48 and a clear night with a low around 30. Thursday will be fair and warmer with highs in the low 50s and winds light.
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Beckley
Hinton
Yuma
Ariz
Greenville
Maine
West Virginia
Local notes touch Lease signing and weather query
The Register reports a retail lease for a Centre store in Town and Country Center Wales to begin construction after April 1. Air Force and Weather Bureau notes discuss a thunderclap at 11:45 p.m. amid a storm near Raleigh County Memorial Airport.
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Wales
Elizabeth Montgomery
Air Force
Museum To Get Secret Monet Art Collection
Paris area museum to receive a $5.6 million private Impressionist collection bequeathed by Michel Monet to the Academie des Beaux Arts. The works include pieces by Claude Monet and contemporaries such as Degas Morisot Renoir Signac Pissarro and more. The collection was unknown to almost everyone until Monet’s will was read last month.
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UPI
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Eugene Delacroix
Paul Signac
Pierre Renoir
Edgar Degas
Berthe Morisot
Camille Pissarro
Sorel-Moussel
War On Crime Backing Asked By President
President Johnson asked Congress to back a three stage national war on crime through immediate crime prevention detection and prosecution efforts and a long term plan. He urged action on pending bills including federal gun sale controls and reform of the bail system while treating drug addicts as sick rather than criminals.
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UPI
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West Virginia group buys Hog Island near Chesapeake Bay
A six mile North Atlantic island north of Chesapeake Bay is bought by a West Virginia group led by former Gov W W Barron and State Sen Carl Gainer. The Machipango Club bought the abandoned Coast Guard station for 50504 dollars to create a private resort for 60 owners and their guests.
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UPI
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Yorty to Enter Gubernatorial Race Opposition
News briefs report Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty plans to announce a bid for the governorship, challenging Gov. Edmund G. Brown for the Democratic nomination. Also: Soviet space spectacle rumored with in-flight cosmonaut transfers. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open bids on the Belleville lock and dam project near Parkersburg along the Ohio River.
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Samuel W. Yorty
Edmund G. Brown
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Belleville Lock
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Lynda Bird Johnson Eyes European Grand Tour After UT Graduation
Lynda Bird Johnson plans a continental trip this summer following her June UT graduation, after being barred from visiting Europe last year by her father’s U S A program. Dublin police increased guard at the British Embassy and officials’ homes amid fears following the Nelson monument destruction. Street decor reflected jubilation around Crown Princess Beatrix and German diplomat Claus von Amsberg.
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Europe
University of Texas
Dublin
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Former Scotland Yard chief Kendal dies at 85
Sir Norman Kendal, former Scotland Yard chief, died at his home near London on Tuesday aged 85. The report notes other items, including Commerce Secretary John T. Connor Jr stating a surge in federal state efforts to remove highway danger traps with 625 safety projects in 46 states. Also mentions Mrs. Walter Houchens of Cincinnati who installed a tele-booth to enjoy private telephone conversations despite interruptions from a seven rang mobile device.
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London
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John T. Connor Jr
Johnson
Walter Houchens
Cincinnati
William C Steber Dies in Wheeling at 78
William C Steber former Bank of Warwood president died in Ohio Valley General Hospital Wheeling aged 78. He is survived by his widow Ida and three daughters including Eleanor ber Andrews. Governor Hulett C. will host the 1966 Prayer Breakfast Thursday with Senator Frank Carlson as principal speaker. Smith will travel to Washington later this week for a Johnson briefing on foreign policy.
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Frank Carlson
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Johnson
Spelunker Baptizes Son Deep Underground in England
Bruntcliffe England UPI reports spelunker Mike Briggs 28 took his four month old son Andrew six feet underground to baptize him at a subterranean waterfall. The unusual ceremony blends adventure with a religious rite in a remote cave setting.
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England
UPI
Mike Briggs
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FDA probes possible criminal violations in DMSO arthritis drug
FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard told a House subcommittee the agency is investigating possible criminal violations in the testing of DMSO used to treat arthritis. He cited eye damage in patients and said testing went beyond approved limits before being halted last November.
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UPI
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Siege of Shan Special Forces Camp Near Laos Border Tightens
13 Americans and hundreds of Vietnamese tribesmen hold out as Viet Cong estimated at up to 1,200 men press the Shan camp near the Laotian border 375 miles northeast of Saigon. A rescue plane was shot at, four American crewmen believed killed, and air support hampered by weather as U.S. and Vietnamese defenders suffer casualties. Military spokesman reports 61 U.S. dead, 177 wounded, and one missing for the week ending March 5, with a record 1,048 casualties the prior week.
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Casualties Revised Upward in Viet Nam War Week
Saigon based U.S. military command raises weekly American casualty totals to 129 killed and 916 wounded with three missing, from 109 killed and 747 wounded. Offensives in Bong Son area drive the higher toll, surpassing Ia Drang figures. Earlier, week ending March 5 reported 61 dead, 177 wounded, one missing amid clouded air support at A Shau camp.
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Appalachian Power vows Bluestone fight to install Bluestone
Appalachian Power Company vice president Joe P. Gills in Roanoke says the firm will make every effort to install two 30,000 kilowatt generators at Bluestone Dam even if Congressional approval is needed. The company laments the dismissal of its proposal and the postponement of a related hearing on the Blue Ridge Development project in Grayson County Virginia.
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Wild Rivers Foes Organize to Fight River Inclusions
CHARLES TOWN West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle Land Protective Association formed to oppose including the Shenandoah and Cacapon rivers in a Senate bill. Clifford Umscheid of Jefferson County was named secretary treasurer. The group plans to persuade the House to remove the rivers from the measure, expanding from a Shenandoah focus after about 40 of 100 attendees joined.
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UPI
West Virginia
Ammo Blasts Rock Three States
A Missouri Pacific freight train exploded with artillery shells, damaging eight cars and several houses in Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee. Two cars blew apart one likely triggered the other. no injuries reported. Windows two miles away shattered. blast linked to shells from West Burlington Iowa depot.
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Katzenbach warns against radical changes to electoral votes
Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach urged Congress to limit reforms beyond Johnson's proposal to abolish electors and award votes to the popular vote winner. He argued current electors can still vote freely and warned deeper changes could hurt the two party system, state identity, and political participation. Other congressional items follow.
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Jefferson County rejects $1.7 million school bond
Jefferson County voters Tuesday rejected a 1.7 million dollar school construction bond 1668 to 1516. The measure would have funded a new high school to replace Charles Town and Harpers Ferry facilities and three consolidated schools to replace ten elementary schools, but failed to reach the required 60 percent threshold despite a 52.3 percent favorable share.
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UPI
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Harpers Ferry
House Fight Looms Over Nationwide Daylight Time
Washington (UPI) House Commerce Committee backed a bill to make summer Daylight Saving Time nearly automatic nationwide. It would apply to all 50 states unless a state legislature votes to stay on Standard Time before April 1, with an effective date next year. The bill sets uniform dates for start and end this year via last Sundays in April and October. A Senate version already proposes final Sundays in April and October as the dates.
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UPI
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Labor Dept notes Viet Nam buildup strains economy
Washington reports show the Viet Nam war buildup tightening the labor market. Officials urge greater use of Negroes, women, and teens for part time work to ease shortages as unemployment falls to 3.7 percent, the nation’s lowest since 1953.
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UPS
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Falling Tree Kills Gilmer Court Member
Straud E. Allen 64, a Gilmer County Court member, was killed when a falling tree struck him while he assisted a timber crew near his Stumptown home. Authorities reported the accident occurred late Tuesday with Allen dying instantly.
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Holland confirms definite Beckley site for Regional Health Center
Charles Holland, administrator of Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, said at a Beckley luncheon the proposed Regional Health Center will be located in Beckley. He noted BARH is a main reason for Beckley’s selection, and Princeton would have hosted the center if BARH were elsewhere. The project has sparked local controversy since last summer with Beckley and Princeton among interested cities.
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Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
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