Ring Register Questions and Local Inquiries Answered
The Ring Register column answers reader questions on local issues. Topics include illegal littering in West Virginia waters and enforcement by the Natural Resources Department, summer tennis lessons led by Dave Barksdale after June 14, and a gospel singing event at the Armory on May 28 with ticket details. It also covers TB treatment views, fall art classes by Beckley Recreation Board and YMCA, hairdresser tipping etiquette, and sewer hook-on rules for Public Service District customers.
Bids Sought for Second Highland Scenic Highway Segment
The State Road Commission sets June 7 as bid opening for 5.7 miles of the Highland Scenic Highway in Pocahontas County from Black Mountain to Forest Road 76. The project, designated West Virginia 150, will total 160 miles with most mileage in Monongahelas National Forest. The second phase includes guard rails, grading, drainage and paving from W V 39 to Forest Road.
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State Road Commission
Burl Sawyers
Pocahontas County
Black Mountain
West Virginia
Richwood
Nicholas County
Germania
Grant County
W. Va. 39
Forest Road 76
SRC
Robertson-Lawler Co. Inc
Salem
Un atmospheric spread reports mild Beckley area forecast
Cloudy damp conditions with afternoon showers in Beckley and vicinity. High 72, showers end tonight with low 49. Friday mostly cloudy and cool with a high near 60. Airport data show high 67 and low 52 in the last 24 hours. River gauges indicate Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 3 gates open. Today’s extremes include a high of 97 at Presidio Texas and a low of 20 at Lewistown Montana.
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Beckley
Hinton
Presidio
Texas
Lewistown
Mont
Norfolk and Western Board Votes For Chesapeake Merger
Norfolk and Western stockholders overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. C and O stockholders were to meet in Cleveland to ballot, with Interstate Commerce Commission approval needed. The plan would unify eastern roads under two giant corporate tents once approved.
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Roanoke
UPIL
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mad Sniper Seizure Casts Shade Gap Search Into High Gear
A 200 man armed posse hunted for Peggy Ann Brodnicki and a kidnapper described as a mad sniper in Pennsylvania’s Tuscarora Mountains. A girl’s slip was found in Dry Run Hollow near Neelyton as officials coordinate searches by foot with rifle armed squads and two helicopters en route.
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Shade Gap
UPI
Tuscarora Mountains
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Pennsylvania
Dry Run Hollow
Neelyton
Maryland
Bloodhound search for missing Peggy yields no trace
A helicopter aided the Wednesday search until dark and two bloodhounds worked through the night but failed to locate Peggy or the kidnapper. State police report the abductor may have had a car parked about two miles from the scene. Bloodhounds traced a route from the dirt road to a paved road two miles away. Peggy, a Southern Huntingdon County High School student, walked with siblings toward their isolated home when she was taken.
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Terry Anderson
Harrisburg
Harry
York, Pa
Peggy
Southern
Huntingdon County High School
Man with Rifle Takes Girl in Terror Threat
Police described a lone gunman emerging from the woods with a lever action rifle, declaring he would take the girl. The suspect’s weapon matched a description from a sniper who since April 1964 had fired at five residents and fired many rounds, according to the report.
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Woods
FDR Jr Enters New York Governor Race
Fran kline D Roosevelt Jr son of the late president announces entry to seek the Democratic nomination for New York governor. He attacks Governor Rockefeller’s administration and says New York has moved from crisis to crisis since World War II, save for Harriman years.
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New York
UPI
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York State
Roosevelt
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Averell Harriman
400 Students Block College Door In Protest
A group of 400 students blockaded the University of Chicago administration building in a protest against Selective Service policies. Miles Mogulescu, a first year student from New York City, said the first floor was jammed and access blocked. University officials said offices remained closed and only a few workers could pass. The students had slept in the building since Wednesday afternoon and planned to continue the blockade indefinitely, possibly into Friday.
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Chicago
UPI
University of Chicago
Miles Mogulescu
New York City
University
Mogulescu
Pinecrest Board Okays $30,000 Laundry Equipment
Charleston UPI The Board of Public Works authorized Pinecrest Sanitarium to spend 30000 dollars for laundry equipment and 10000 dollars for repairs and alterations. It also approved a June salary boost of about 50 dollars for welfare directors social workers and supervisors to aid recruitment for 400 positions, funded by the 1966 67 budget but effective July 1. The board permitted the Health Department to spend 11380 dollars to match federal funds totaling 22500 for a central air conditioning unit at the hygienic laboratory in South Charleston.
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Charleston
UPI
Board of Public Works
Pinecrest Sanitarium
State Welfare Department
Health Department
Hygienic Laboratory
South
Beckley BMC Strike Seeks Police Backing To Trim Jobs
Beckley BMC plant locked by about 820 striking workers considers police protection to enable removal of roughly 200 employees. Plant manager Caseino denied explicit plans while union leaders insist negotiations continue. State police say no request filed as talks proceed under Federal Mediation.
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Beckley Manufacturing Company
Register
BMC
G. F. Randall
Beckley Detachment
State Police
Eva Sinozich
International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
Afl-Cio
IBEW
Tom Willey
Howard Steele
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
P. J. Brady
Caseino
Edgar Messing
General Instrument Corporation
Larry Barker
Harry Jackson
Department of Commerce
Willey
Sinozich
Eva Crouch
Connie Bailey
Carol Kirk
Mary Clay Davis
Caroline Vance
Paul Hunter
Raid Near Hai Phong Marks Closest U S Strike To Port City
U S planes on a second day of massive air strikes hit two missile sites near Hai Phong, with one base 10 miles from the port. The raids knocked out SAM sites, and Navy planes targeted another base while Air Force aircraft struck the Mu Gia Pass and other targets. One U S aircraft was lost to ground fire as casualties rose across South Vietnam and Korea.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Enterprise
Navy
Kitty Hawk
Mu Gia
Ho Chi Minh
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Nding
Johnson replies to Fulbright on U S power policy
In Princeton President Johnson says U S power this century has meant agony not arrogance. He adds the United States has used power reluctantly and with restraint, in response to Fulbright's charge that America is becoming arrogant with power.
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United Press International
Princeton
N. J
Johnson
Sen. J. William Fulbright
United States
Bishop Pike Resigns to Rework Church Faith for Modern Times
The Rt. Rev. James A. Pike resigns as Episcopal bishop of California to spend his life studying the church paradox. He says he has devoted increasing time to presenting the faith in a way more relevant to contemporary man.
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San Francisco
James A. Pike
Episcopal
California
Moynihan Attacks Auto Industry Profits as Blood Money
Former Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Moynihan accuses the American auto industry of extreme profitability tainted by blood. He says the industry, given its size, profits immensely while causing widespread harm, intensifying the traffic safety debate.
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Washington
Daniel L. Moynihan
Boy 10 Faces Judge Over Glue Theft
A Chicago boy aged ten admitted stealing money from a piggy bank to fund a glue sniffing habit. Judge Sidney A. Jones pressed him on future theft, asking if he would steal again. the reply was "Maybe."
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Chicago
Sidney A. Jones
Three State Rivers in Scenic Stream Study
Rep John P Saylor introduces a bill to study the Potomac Cheat and Greenbrier Rivers for possible inclusion in a nationwide scenic rivers system. He criticizes the Senate Johnson administration measure as too weak and seeks extended protections and mining controls to curb pollution. The Cacapon Lost and Shenandoah are named in the Senate bill but not the rivers Saylor seeks to protect.
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Washington
Ups
Potomac
Cheat
Greenbrier
John P. Saylor
Saylor
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Cacapon
Lost
Shenandoah
Cheat, Potomac
Shenandoah Rivers
Fire Kills Five Children Near Walkersville
Investigators planned to search the frame house ruins near Walkersville WV to determine the cause of a fire that killed five children early Wednesday. Sheriff Bruce Stutler cited possible faulty wiring or a coal stove overheating. Victims were Susie Cogar 14 Hansley Jo 11 Dorothy 8 Mary 4 and Roger 2. Mother Irene Cogar Larry 10 and three month old Kathy escaped and were hospitalized in good condition. The family grandfather awakened by Larry found the mother had saved only the baby.
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Wildcat
UPI
Bruce Stutler
Susie Cogar
Hansley Jo
Dorothy
Mary
Roger
Irene Cogar
Larry
Kathy
West Virginia University Hospital
Walkersville Fire Department
Stutler
Two Policemen Light UFO Over Charleston
Charleston police officers Robert Easley and Robert King reported spotting an unidentified flying object over the city early Wednesday. Seven officers observed the bright object around 2:58 a.m. and described it as fast, flat, and very bright, disappearing after a rapid dash to the side. Kanawha County Airport officials had no report of the sighting.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert Easley
Robert King
Easley
James C. Robinson
Kanawha County
Gemini 9 Ship Tests Set for Tuesday Launch
CAPE KENNEDY UPI The Gemini 9 spacecraft is cleared for Tuesday liftoff after a second day of electronic flight simulations with Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Stafford and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Cernan aboard. Scientists reviewed data and called the run very satisfactory. A pre countdown activity starts Saturday to ready the Titan 2 booster and craft for an ambitious rendezvous mission. If successful, the flight would extend U.S. lead in manned spaceflight and aim for a four hour rendezvous with an Agena satellite, followed by a 2 hour 25 minute spacewalk by Cernan.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Earth
Air Force
Thomas Stafford
Navy
Eugene Cernan
Space Agency
America
U.S
Planned Obsolescence Hit Auto Profits Charged
Moynihan former labor deputy told the House Commerce Committee that auto industry planned obsolescence heightens accidents and ties to profits. He estimated up to one fifth of output goes to replace or repair damaged vehicles and criticized federal safety efforts and industry influence over safety programs. Public apathy and a failed Ford safety push a decade ago were cited as factors.
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Washington
UPI
Daniel P. Moynihan
Labor
House Commerce Committee
Moynihan
Ford Motor Co
Cab Drivers Strike Paralyzes New York Taxi Service
New York faces a taxi strike as 67 of 80 fleet garages participate in a Wednesday walkout, catching the city by surprise and disrupting cab availability across the metropolis.
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New York
UPS
New
Eisenhower Battles Arthritis After Heart Recovery
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 75, is being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for arthritis in his wrists and neck following a heart attack last November. Doctors are attempting to ease joint pain and loosen stiffness. some progress has been reported, but a return to his Gettysburg farm remains uncertain. He had reduced golf during wintering in Palm Desert and did not play as much as hoped.
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Washington
API
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Palm Desert
Calif
Spectacular Fire at Carbide Plant in South Charleston
A blaze at Union Carbide Blaine Island chemical complex sent flames and black smoke into the sky but caused no injuries. Officials called the fire spectacular yet it was under control within minutes. Damage estimates were not available.
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South Charleston
UPI
Union Carbide
Blaine Island
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