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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1966
Page
7
The proposal would prohibit racial discrimination in sale or rental of all homes and housing institutions. It relies on interstate commerce power, avoiding new federal court authority to try civil rights murder or intimidation cases, while awaiting Supreme Court rulings on 1964 Georgia and Mississippi cases.
A Saturday arson fire at Grandview State Park burned over 100 acres of timber along the New River. Firefighters faced shifting winds. control proved difficult as trees risked snapping. Park officials reported extensive damage to game and scenery while crews fought to contain the blaze.
The court unanimously supports using 1870 Reconstruction era laws to prosecute 1964 civil rights killings in Mississippi. The ruling allows federal indictments against 17 Mississippians, including three law officers, for conspiracy to deprive rights.
UPI reports thirteen Ku Klux Klan members were seized by FBI agents in a dawn operation in Hattiesburg Mississippi linked to the January 1966 fire bomb death of Vernon Dahmer a Civil Rights worker. A 14th suspect Sam Holloway Bowers Jr imperial wizard remains at large as the case seeks arraignment.
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi arrives in Washington to press for U S help with India's food crisis and economic reforms. President Johnson pledges practical talks on food production fertilizer and electricity for rural growth as they begin private discussions at the White House.
A compilation of trivia Q and A covers world fairs in the United States with dates and places, Moldavia versus Moldavia, UNCLE acronym, Raleigh County discovery, ink removal on vinyl, Methuselah’s age, AM PM origins, high school scouts, and a Raleigh Armory Cub Scouts expo with April dates and admission prices.
Jakarta reports that Sukarno forms a 30 member cabinet free of communist backers while the military removes Brig. Gen. Mohamed Sabur and abolishes the palace guard. Suharto and Nasution loom over the regime as Voice of Free Indonesia voices discontent.
Beckley area weather shows partly cloudy today with a high near 40 and clear cold tonight. Mostly sunny and warmer Tuesday with a high around 50. Airport data reports a high of 37 and low of 18 earlier, SW winds gusting to 28 mph, with river conditions normal and clear and a new gauge at Hinton at 2.1 feet.
Moscow buzzed as a leading Soviet journal warned that a determined leader could seize total power during the ongoing 28th Soviet party congress. Pravda signaled a Brezhnev speech amid East Bloc delegations and intensified Sino Soviet split tensions with China.
Clarence Tiz Jones, 49, an ex convict turned evangelist, was denied a hearing on a habeas corpus writ by the West Virginia State Supreme Court. He sought release from Moundsville Penitentiary for a 1957 Monroe County burglary sentence, arguing he was not advised of rights. Jones, a former Kanawha County boxer, had a prior habitual criminal enhancement. He later became a lay preacher while in prison and after release, ministering to ex convicts, aided by a Bible his mother sent him.
Former career officer Gen Cevdet Sunay was chosen as Turkey s fifth president succeeding Cemal Gursel who has been in a coma after strokes. Sunay is described as a moderate pro West. The report notes other political and world events in brief.
A federal judge ordered the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen not to strike the nation’s railroads Thursday, averting a possible work stoppage.
In Surfside Florida a gunman abducted Daniel Goldman seven from his home. The kidnapper demanded twenty five thousand dollars in cash by dawn Tuesday and warned the family he might be killed. Surfside Police Chief Wiley Barefoot said the FBI is assisting as liaison since no federal crime occurred yet.
U S B52 bombers struck near Saigon and backed by three raids, followed by a Marine landing force moving up the Saigon River. Landings occurred about 16 miles from Saigon as authorities sought to protect the port from guerrilla activity.
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory will be launched today from Cape Kennedy aboard a 117 foot Atlas Agena rocket. The 3900 pound star Gazer satellite aims to unlock long standing cosmic mysteries in a 500 mile high orbit with a 13 19 p m EST liftoff.
A nine year old girl from Brakpan gave birth by Caesarean at a hospital 30 miles east of Johannesburg. The baby and mother are reported well. Hospital officials note this is the youngest known mother in South African history, with other authenticated cases in Latin America and West Africa.
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