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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1966
Page
1
Alabama voters including thousands of Negroes voting for the first time jammed the polls to decide whether Gov. George Wallace's wife should be the Democratic nominee for governor. A record turnout was expected with long lines before opening. No incidents were reported.
Gov George Wallace allies focus on primaries in Florida Indiana Ohio New Mexico and Oklahoma as voters weigh Viet Nam and living costs. Lurleen Wallace leads Alabama race as eight contenders oppose her with 800000 anticipated turnout. Negro registrations rise sharply since the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Washington UPI report shows Senate Republican Leader Dirksen denouncing Johnson’s fair housing provisions as unconstitutional. The bill, drafted by the Justice Department, targets housing discrimination under interstate commerce powers and faces a judiciary committee fight amid opposition from Dirksen and Mansfield. The measure would extend desegregation and protections in courts and public facilities.
Morgantown Dr. Davis Z. Morgan of Morgantown was appointed Monday assistant dean of the West Virginia University School of Medicine by President Paul A. Miller. Morgan will remain as assistant professor of medicine and medical director of the University Hospital's outpatient department. A Fairmont native, Morgan is a graduate of Kingwood High School, received his undergraduate degree at WVU and medical degree from University of Virginia.
United Press International reports Head Start funds totaling 109153 were approved for three West Virginia counties Clay Upshur and Monroe. Clay County receives 46910 for 189 children Upshur 34791 for 165 children Monroe 27452 for 160 children.
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high near 63. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with low around 35 and a Wednesday high in the mid 50s. Airport conditions show 47 at 7 p.m. and 33 at 7:30 p.m. No significant precipitation. River Greenbrier five feet above normal and muddy. Lake levels at 1940 feet, muddy and rising with 12 gates open. new gauge at Hinton 7.2 ft.
A compendium of Ring Register Q and A items answers readers questions on topics from timing limits for the recording device to utility bill readings and local inquiries. It includes notes on hospitals, unwed mothers homes, and mining rules, plus a brief wartime dispatch from Saigon and American air action.
News in brief reports the Governor's Task Force on Housing to meet in the Senate Chamber today to discuss guidelines for a statewide program. A Thursday meeting at the same location covers the Task Force on Health. Army warns Reservists and National Guardsmen missing drills may face demotion or active duty. Times of London appears sans front page ads for first time in 181 years, adds gossip column and cartoon since 1785 founding.
Arthur C. Elliott, 46, was sworn in Monday as the United States first Negro federal marshal. He will serve as the marshal for the Southern Ohio District as rain fed streams cause scattered local floods but the Ohio and Kanawha rivers show no major danger. Tokyo’s population is projected to reach 11 million this month per city officials.
Senator Jacob Javits of New York withdraws from the 1966 gubernatorial contest while hinting interest in the 1968 Republican presidential ticket. Also, Irving Scarbeck, once jailed for passing documents to Polish Communists, is released from Lewisburg federal prison. Luci Johnson and fiancé Patrick Nugent plan a black tie Milwaukee dinner dance on May 28, marking their first date there.
The West Virginia National Guard won final approval to lease 1 200 to 1 500 acres at Garden Grounds near Piney View from Erskine Co Staunton Va for one year. Units of the 150th Armored Cavalry will conduct tactical training May 28 29 and June 4 with 600 men from the 3d Squadron and 150 headquarters troops from Charleston.
LIMOGES France UPD doctors found a rifle bullet lodged in Joseph Deschamps liver after years of pains. He recalled a June 1940 hip wound from a German shelling. the missing bullet likely migrated around his body for 26 years.
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia is expected to decide soon on accepting the Senate Public Works Committee chair, vacated by Patrick McNamara's death. If he takes the post he would be the second West Virginian to chair a major panel recently, following Rep. Harley Staggers becoming House Commerce Committee chairman.
State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers said WV highway contracts may total nearly 137 million this year and that the state has obligated almost every dollar of available federal highway funds for the first time. Contracts to be let today and May 17 would push 1966 totals past 50 million across 65 projects.
London dispatch reports a Communist summit on Viet Nam strategy and the East-West conflict likely for early July. Warsaw Pact leaders from Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria were said to be participating with possible invitees including other Communist parties and North Viet Nam. Place and formal details remained unclear.
Beckley College granted special beard permission to Michael Nicely of Wildwood New Jersey for his role in the King and I at Cape May County Play House Cape May New Jersey starting in June. The action cites the student government rule from the 1964 65 term requiring clean shaven appearance for male students with limited exception for stage roles.
William J. Rohrbaugh, 38, of Ridgeville, Mineral County, was electrocuted while aiding a co worker at a poultry hatchery six miles west of Romney. James Ponnell of Rio, West Virginia, touched a 7200 volt conveyor tube and was knocked down. Rohrbaugh then touched the truck bed and died instantly. Ponnell survived and was taken to Winchester Hospital after rescue by John Hauser.
West Virginia labor head Miles Stanley urged Governor Hulett Smith to remove statehouse influence from Kanawha County Democratic politics and asked U S observers be sent for Tuesday elections. He named county chairman Gene Bailey and predecessor Luther Carson as operatives, both employed by state agencies, and said neutrality by officials is required to protect honest elections.
The Congo announces decolonialization of major cities by dropping Belgian names and reinstating native names. Changes, timed for June 30, follow a province reorganization from 21 to 12 and mark the sixth anniversary of independence. Leopoldville becomes Kinshasa, Elisabethville Lubumbashi, Stanleyville Kisangani, Coquilhatville Mbandaka, and Paulis Isiro.
Nick Piantanida, unconscious since Sunday after a failed attempt for a world free fall record, showed partial improvement but remained in critical condition in Minneapolis. Doctors reported the coma was not as deep, but he likely suffered brain damage when a freak accident cut off his oxygen at 57,000 feet during a 3½ minute descent.
The House passed almost 3 billion dollars in new spending authority for college construction and loan aid, defying Johnson’s cuts. The plan would place 190 million for loans in 1966-67 and 195 million the next year, with private lenders favored over federal financing. Also noted were tributes to Sen. Pat McNamara and remarks by Adm. Rickover on defense reactions to nuclear ships.
UN Secretary General Thant told the Council of Europe consultative assembly in Strasbourg that the Vietnam War stands as a formidable obstacle to improving East West relations. He noted a possible shift toward a more constructive global dynamic but stressed the war casts a shadow on international cooperation.
Two British journalists David Johnstone and John Hoare arrived in New York aboard the United States and prepared to row solo across the Atlantic from Cape Cod in a 15 and a half foot boat. They will alternate 12 hour shifts, aiming to beat the 1896 American record and return to England.
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