Public inquiries and answers column from 1960s Q&A
Reader questions cover fire rules during fire season 4 am to 4 pm, privately owned jets per FAA records, school summer dates 1966 67, library holdings 33535 volumes as of July 1965, and social security for an adopted grandchild. Answers cite city code, FAA Bureau of Records, school calendars, library data, and guidance to contact the local social security office for personalized cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Herb Alley
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Bureau of Records
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cecil Graham
Newton Ga Flooded Again
Newton Georgia endures renewed floodwaters as Flint River bursts its banks. Mayor O C Sindersine recalls past agency in Mobile, Alabama declining levees. Downtown suffers canal-like streets while residents relocate and local post office moves to a home.
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Newton
UPI
Georgia
S. Corps of Engineers
Mobile
Ala
O. C. Sindersine
Credelia Flournoy
Senate China policy hearings resume in Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee continues its broad examination of U S policy toward China with Dr John K Fairbank of Harvard testifying. Reports say Beijing also conducted a top level foreign policy review and diplomats began returning from postings as talks appear concluded.
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Washington
Ages Committee
Eaton Dies in Alabama Slay Case Linked to Liuzzo Death
William O. Eaton, 42, a Ku Klux Klansman charged in the nightrider slaying of Mrs. Viola Liuzzo, died of an apparent heart attack in Bessemer. Charged alongside Witt Eaton and Eugene Thomas Wilkins, Wilkins later was acquitted after a mistrial and a second trial. Liuzzo, a Detroit white woman, was killed March 25, 1965 after the Selma march ends as attackers fired from a passing car.
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Bessemer
Ala
UPI
William O. Eaton
Viola Liuzzo
Eaton
Witt Eaton
Liuzzo
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Eugene Thomas
Wilkins
Detroit
Selma
Sunny Mild Weekend Weather Outlook Beckley Area
Sunny and mild in Beckley and vicinity with isolated clouds. High near 62 this afternoon, low around 38 tonight, and in the low 60s Friday. Airport data show 52 at 11:30 a.m. and 29 at 6:30 a.m. River Greenbrier normal and clear, with river levels noted at Hinton and Greenville reports.
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Beckley
St Hekesss
Cntcannsess
Pon
Greenville
Maine
Marriage Of Princess To Ex Nazi Protested
Amsterdam police battled about 1000 youths as rioting erupted over Crown Princess Beatrix wedding to German diplomat Claus von Amsberg, a former Hitler Youth member. Smoke bombs disrupted processions. guests coughed. protests included remembrance of Nazi occupation.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
UPI
Beatrix
Claus von Amsberg
Hitler Youth
Wehrmacht
von Amsberg
Holland
Europe
Rotterdam
Provos
Juliana
Whittaker trial venue switch denied
Special Judge S N Friedberg refused a petition to move the second murder trial of Carl David Whittaker from Mingo County. The defense argued good cause for change of venue, but the petition was denied with plans to refile at the May term. Whittaker, 22, is an ex Marine.
Four Americans and 16 Tribesmen Survive Saigon Camp Battle
In a two day siege near Saigon a U S Special Forces camp fell to North Vietnamese regulars. Only four Americans and 16 Montagnard and Nung tribesmen survived. Helicopters evacuated the wounded amid heavy enemy fire as a major clash with about 2 000 to 2 500 attackers unfolded at A Shan camp near the Laotian border.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
Viet Nam
Laos
U.S
da Nang
Chu Lai
Tax Restoration In Conference Is LBJ Hope
Washington UPI The Viet Nam tax package, battered by Senate amendments, heads to a House Senate conference for about 1 billion in revenue cuts. Johnson sought 6 billion from repealing excise tax reductions and payroll shifts, with aides predicting much cleanup by conferees.
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LBJ
Washington
UPI
Johnson
House Senate
Senate
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
House
Resignation of Abba Schwartz Roils Capitol Hill
Washington liberals clash with White House over a State Department reorganization that ends Schwartz bureau and moves functions. Rep. Rosenthal and Rep. Reuss vow to oppose the plan until motives are clarified amid Senate questions raised by Sen. Kennedy about Schwartz’s departure.
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Washington
UPI
White House
State Department
Battlements
Abba P. Schwartz
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
Kennedy
Schwartz
Bureau
Congress
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dn.v
Rosenthal
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Smith Bemoans New Religion at Charleston Prayer Breakfast
Gov Hulett Smith denounces a so called new religion led by a former Charleston man Thomas Altizer during his 1966 Prayer Breakfast speech in Charleston He cautions against public prayer room plans in the Statehouse and urges daily prayer as the nation battles abroad in defense of American ideals Frank Carlson also speaks at the event.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett Smith
Smith
Thomas Altizer
Southern University
Frank Carlson
Kansas
U. S
Evacuation Ordered as Chlorine Tank Car Derailed
Charlemont Massachusetts 1,200 residents evacuated after a Boston and Maine Railroad tank car derailed and released deadly chlorine gas. Crews worked to return the car to the tracks and secure the site while residents were told to stay away.
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Charlemont
Mass
UPI
Massachusetts
Boston
Maine Railroad
Mullens Probe Death of Local Man After Shooting
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department is probing a Wednesday night shooting that killed 21 year old Norman Butch Shifflette. He died at 12:30 a.m. today at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after being shot at his mother's home on Early Street. He lived with his mother Thelma Shifflette. The weapon was a .22 caliber automatic and the cause of the shooting remains undetermined currently. The body lies at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department
Joe Hayden
Norman
Butch) Shifflette
Wyoming General Hospital
Thelma Shifflette
Early Street
Hayden
Shifflette
Sam Foglesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Daredevil pilot rescues buddy at A Shau strip
Maj Bernard Fisher of Kuna Idaho lands amid Communist fire to save wingman Maj Stafford Myers at the A Shau Special Forces camp. Myers had crash landed and ran under fire to Fisher’s Skyraider. Navy-like heroics praised by veterans as Fisher’s second perilous mission within 24 hours involved resupply flights through a 100 foot ceiling to the besieged camp.
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Myers
Fisher
Guardian Angels
Fisher Voluntee
A_ Shan
A Shau
Major Fisher Quiet But Hell Of A Pilot
Major Bernard Fisher an Idaho born Air Force pilot who landed on a Viet Nam battlefield to rescue another pilot is a quiet man who loves to ride sharks. Based at Homestead Air Force Base for two and half years with the 319th Fighter Interceptor Group he volunteered last summer to fly in Viet Nam sending his wife and children home. He won pilot of the month twice for bringing in a crippled F104 jet despite oil pressure loss. His photograph was hung in the operations room for saving two $1.7 million jets. He used to ride sharks for recreation and his daring rescue reflects his character.
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Bernard Fisher
Kuna
Idaho
Stafford W. Myers
Newport
Wash
da Nang
Korea
Myers
Homestead, Fla
UPI
Air Force
Fisher
Homestead Air Force Base
319Th
Viet Nam
Airane
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Social Security Office
Newton, Ga
West Virginia
Wheeling
Bob Cunningham
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Cunningham
Beharnes Grocery Company
Bell
Alexander G. Bell
Mr. Watson
Betsy Ross
Elizabeth Griscom Ross
Continental Congress
Ross
North Dakota
Lewis and Clark
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Beckley Junior High
Everett Underwood
Raleigh County Schools
China
Crown Princess
By Arnoud DE Jong
Whittaker
Dien Bien Phu
A Shan
South
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Capitol Hill
Smith Bemoans
Daredevil
Buddy
South Viet Nam
Safety
Dennis B.hague
Kellogg
John Lucas
Steubenville
Ohio
Major Fisher
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