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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1966
Page
2
Obituaries recount deaths from a one car crash near Bradley to a St Clair Shores resident, with services at Glen Jean Oak Hill and Mullens. Surviving relatives include spouses children and siblings. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park and Mt Calvary Sunset Memorial Park listed. calling hours at Tyree and Melton Mortuary.
Ada Leatherson 93 of Beckley died at an East Beckley rest home after a long illness. Her body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending arrangements. L Ever ett Wood 81 of MacArthur died Sunday in Oak Hill hospital. Services set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Caf fee Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Dean Pack and Rev. S. D. Smith. burial in Blue Rice Memorial Gardens. Lucinda Wood born Coal City June 19, lifelong Raleigh County resident, retired building contractor before 1959. Survived by wife Daisy Farley Wood and one son, plus multiple daughters, sons, sisters, brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Edward Henry Bolen 62 of Coal City died at 1 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. Born March 10 1904 at Christiansburg Va. retired miner, member UMWA Local 6003. Survived by wife Vada Hall Bolen four brothers and three sisters. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gospel Tabernacle Crab Orchard. burial Caffee Cemetery at Mit. Body to be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to residence Tuesday.
Fragmentary text indicates Martha Perkow was a resident of Ec and is linked to an obituary notice context. The readable portion preserves a biographical thread while lacking full details of dates, location, or survivors.
A joint meeting of the two main legislative interim committees opened the first interim session since 1966 in Charleston. They discussed creating subcommittees and new study resolutions as a Charleston Humane Association official was to appear to request a bucking bucking ernoon of the subcomm Licensing. Subcommittees on Taxes and Special Revenue Funds also met.
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Dr. Robert J. Saunders, WVU economics assistant professor, said Virginia profits surpass the U S average with banks earning 13.5 percent on capital last year, compared with a national 13 percent.
Mrs Barbara Ellen Sheaves 67 of Layland died Friday. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Chestnut Knob Community Church, Rev L M Legg officiating. Body to be taken from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle to home this evening. Burial in Layland Cemetery.
Mrs Maggie A Adkins 76 of Hinton died at an Alderson nursing home at 6 p m Sunday after a yearlong illness. She was the stepmother of Violet Bartusiak of Beckley and a member of the Christ at Shickley. Born March 2 1890 in Pipestem, she was preceded in death by her husband George. The body rests at E M Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton.
Clyde Holloway 70 a Pineville druggist will be buried at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens after services at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Tuesday. He died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a long illness born October 17 1895 in Lawrence County Georgia. He lived in Wyoming County 40 years was co owner of Holloway Drug oldest druggist in the county and a World War I veteran. He was a Mason and member of Cook Memorial Baptist Church.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told United Press International that the United States should not isolate Communist China, advocating aggression toward China without cutting it off from the world. He declined to predict changes in U.S. opposition to China’s UN seating and urged more learning about China and Asia, aligning with Senate Foreign Relations hearings guidance. The remarks echoed views of witnesses before Senator J. William Fulbright’s committee, who urged engagement and noted China’s leadership faces internal issues more than distant revolutionary aims.
The article surveys Christian radicals led by Altizer and Hamilton who claim God has disappeared from history, arguing for a death of God theory. Traditional theologians rebut with cautious optimism, urging clear language to reassert faith while noting faith has never been easy, says Robert McAfee Brown.
In a four hour Havana University speech Castro denounced Mao Tse Tung and Red China for using rice to blackmail Cuba and warned the United States he has magnificent weapons to fight any kind of war. He threatened to curtail diplomatic ties as he said China seeks to provoke a break with Cuba over a sugar for rice arrangement.
In Newton Illinois a new oil pool spurred a boom as 125 drilling permits were issued in two months. Farmers seek leases from 10 to 150 dollars an acre with royalties likely if a well comes in. Promoters and gas flares draw crowds while some rejects high offers. The town, once politics and crops talk, now breathes oil and crowded courthouse deeds waits.
Charleston officials credited the West Virginia Army National Guard for outstanding results after a three hour statewide alert. About 87 percent of the 3,500 guardsmen reported for duty across 30 cities. The First Howitzer Battalion Swift Artillery led with minimal absences, while the 3664th Ordnance Co. at Point Pleasant posted a 94 percent participation rate.
Charles Lewin, aged 2 in river lore at Thames Ditton, began a daily dawn swim in the Besowe River Sunday. Lewin says he plans to live forever and has crawled through the water each morning for four decades.
A scheduled discussion examines who Jesus is and what his mission means for faith and daily life. Speakers compare biblical depictions with historical context, inviting community input and reflection.
Gemini 8 faces a planned 1 a.m. EST Wednesday launch with rendezvous attempts and four satellite hookups, aiming for a record space walk by Scott. Weather caused rest Sunday, final capsule training completed Saturday, as NASA readies a 100000 mile chase to rendezvous with the Agena.
The United States and 13 allies draft a joint declaration to reaffirm NATO as a defense alliance despite French President Charles de Gaulle’s move to pull France from NATO command. The notice notes potential loss of access to tactical nuclear weapons for French forces and the risk to France’s defense entitlements if NATO ties are severed.
After a series of election battles from 1945 to 1959, Beckley gained 80 acres city land and 200 acres county land with 258 acres donated in memory of servicemen. A 1947 bond won, but funds proved insufficient, prompting further bonds through 1949. Construction began 16 June 1949, Piedmont Airlines started passenger service in 1952, night flights 1959, runway extension 1955, VOR station 1957, hangar 1958, weather station 1963 with federal funding, and jet service discussed last December.
A man died early Saturday at West Virginia University Hospital after a single vehicle crash Friday night on U.S. 219 near Morgantown city limits. The victim's identity and exact circumstances were not disclosed in the available text.
Logan police sought a man in a western style hat after a Sunday night stickup at a local restaurant. The suspect, who had been drinking for about an hour, produced a pistol and stole almost $400 in cash, keeping patrons seated and allegedly threatening to kill an elderly patron.
Diplomatic reports from Singapore say Subandrio and 14 leftist ministers faced potential danger as Suharto consolidates power after the abortive October coup. Jakarta later claimed a purge killed thousands of PKI members while Sukarno remained safe and in command.
Eight persons were cited by conservation law enforcement officers for violations last week. Capt. Raymond V. Eye, District IV, DNR, and Frankford’s Madison H. Riffe, Greenbrier County. Kenneth Lloyd Hobart, Logan. and George Ray Lewis paid $20 fines and costs on highway littering charges. Riffe appeared before Greenbrier County Magistrate Mrs. Marvin Zimmerman. Hobart before Wyoming County Magistrate James Morgan. Lewis paid fines to Magistrate Bill Houck in Mullens. Onnie Short of Baileysville paid a $25 fine to Wyoming County Magistrate Harry Straley on a stream littering charge. Oliver Maynard and Island Creek Coal Co. of Coal Mountain also paid fines for stream littering. they were arraigned before Magistrate Morgan. Sam Titta of Hinton paid $20 and costs to Summers County Magistrate J. B. Wingfield for permitting a ten to toeen ek Gale park. Creed M. Cooper was tried before Mercer County Magistrate John McKinney for giving false information when securing a license, with a $20 fine. John D. Smith of Oceana was fined $20 by Wyoming County Magistrate Earl Laxton for using two rods and reels on Horse Creek Lake, Oceana.
The RCMP file on Gerda Munsinger spurs a heated Commons debate as accusations of spying and security breaches roil Canadian politics. Sevigny, Pirreault, and others are named. Diefenbaker was absent at Vancouver Island. Mrs Munsinger denies spying and seeks protection from racketeer threats.
Three men from Ohio and West Virginia were arrested Sunday in Wheeling for destruction of property after shooting at lights and tires. William James Carr 21 of Toledo Michael Hoover 22 of Elmore Ohio and Harry Beck 25 of Valley Grove WV were charged with carrying loaded in a car and shooting on a highway.
In Da Nang and Hue, 6000 to 10000 students protest the ouster of Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi and demand Premier Nguyen Cao Ky step down. Observers see the rally as part of a larger push to challenge central government amid ongoing Buddhist-led unrest.
In Old Delhi thousands of Hindu Jan Sangh supporters attacked Sikh shops and burned the Gurdwara Sisungk, prompting teargas and police charges. Sikh guards defended the temple as mobs shouted religious war cries. The violence follows two weeks of West Bengal food riots with 26 dead and overlaps with political jail releases ordered by the home minister.
Facey from Westminster says two Communist regiments were in the area around Da Nang, about 375 miles northeast of Saigon, and one regiment surrounded another while reinforcements were deployed. Surviving defenders stayed to cover a helicopter sortie Friday as many wounded killed themselves to avoid capture.
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