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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1966
Page
2
Charleston report notes the Legislature’s interim committee weighs a Purdue tax authority proposal for a long range study of West Virginia’s tax system. Objectives include analytical appraisal, recommendations, and eliminating deficiencies while considering debt consolidation and offices.
Charleston NAACP leader Willard Brown marks the 1954 landmark ruling anniversary saying integration progress in West Virginia is fair after 12 years. He cites lack of Negro administrators and teachers in local schools and colleges and calls to step up the push with new federal regulations.
New York City's taxi cabs returned to the streets after a five day strike that kept up to 90 percent of the 12 000 cabs idle. Mayor Lindsay won an agreement to roll while issues are negotiated with no formal proposal yet on commissions. The taxi companies indicated a new rate of 46 cents plus two cents quarterly bonuses.
In Edmonton a second Starlight I launch failed on the pad burning out mid attempt. Kenneth Cretney Hugh Boyd and Brian Hopkins all fifth graders built the single stage rocket using firecracker powder. Two passengers, ants, were aboard the craft at the time of the disaster.
UPI reports Chicago, a U S district court refused to halt the De Kalb 428 district’s "Thank You" verse recitation. Judge Edwin A Robson denied a temporary injunction, citing conflicting testimony and the school year near end. Laura Despain testified she clasped hands and closed eyes as instructed by the teacher. Simultaneously some students finished with amen and ay-men as observed by Roger Despain.
A Moundsville cable firm asks the State Supreme Court to block the city from using another franchise arguing the award to Clear Television Co. was unreasonable and arbitrary. The Marshall County Circuit Court had refused an injunction. The petitioner’s attorney said C TV paid nothing for the franchise while Moundsville Antenna Co. offered $15,000 and $1.50 per customer yearly. C TV would pay $1 per customer.
Bad weather reduced U S air raids on North Vietnam to 17 missions Monday. The Air Force targeted Mu Gia Pass and southern Jungles near the 1st Infantry clearing routes. bombers hit highways, trucks, road works and river fords. Navy crews destroyed junks and barges and damaged bridges and roads near Vinh and Dong Hoi.
Authorities pursue any lead in the Peggy Ann Bradnick kidnapping case. State Police Lt. Edward Mitarnowski heads the search in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, after the 17-year-old was taken into the woods by a masked gunman on Wednesday.
Unrest in South Viet Nam shows Ky holding Hue while Da Nang troops exit. The new 1st Corps commander seeks help restoring order in five northern provinces. Col Archelaus Hamblin Jr. travels with U S forces as Buddhist monks accuse US generals of aiding Ky. textes note Cao in a US helicopter and a rebel’s death at American hands.
The article centers on an underworld power struggle as Joe Bananas battles a rival Cosa Nostra family led by Gaspare Digregorio. Authorities suspect this faction engineered Bonanno’s kidnapping, while Salvatore Bonanno narrowly survived a January 28 Brooklyn gunfight.
A tornado struck Columbus Georgia injuring 11 and damaging the business district during a rapid thunderstorm. The same storm system also hit Phoenix City Alabama across the Chattahoochee River, with additional tornadoes reported in Milton Florida and near Fort Walton Florida. A multiple-tornado cluster was seen by a helicopter pilot and a tornado watch was issued for parts of multiple Midwest and Great Plains states.
J D Smith reports 330 radiators valued at 3500 dollars stolen from his two auto junkyards in Pine Bluff Arkansas after a four day weekend. Police investigate as meter readers and salvage workers note missing items.
Robert P. Griffin, sworn in Monday as Michigan's new senator, immediately attacked U S policy in Vietnam, alleging subsidy to war profiteers in South Vietnam. He noted his trip to Vietnam and his first vote backed a convention settlement on investment disputes.
The Monongalia County Bar Association voted to oppose a university proposal to relocate the Law School and allied departments to Charleston citing the city’s governance role as the state seat. Miller announced the university is considering the move and related departmental relocation to Charleston.
Policy advisors state the President aims to use American influence to defeat Communist aggression and social misery in South Viet Nam. They emphasize increasing unity of all non Communist elements and carrying forward the movement toward a constitutional government.
Rev Homer Davis and other civil rights advocates said they would seek to block federal funds to Charleston after the City Council rejected a proposed civil rights ordinance. The council voted 19 to 4 against reactivating the human rights commission and banning racial discrimination in employment and housing. About 60 people gathered at City Hall for a prayerful, singing vigil before the meeting.
Police officer Robert A Moravek filed a theft report in Denver after his patrol car was robbed of auto parts a paycheck a municipal code book and a set of traffic tickets. The incident left Moravek embarrassed as the items were taken from the vehicle.
The Rev. Shirley Donnelly will conduct funeral services for Vesper Gunnoe 68 of 104 Ridge Ave at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Clay Cemetery at Cameron. Gunnoe died Sunday night after a long illness. He was born June 12, 1897 in Cameron and lived in Beckley since 1925. He was a self employed concrete worker, served in World War II, and belonged to Cameron Baptist Church. Survivors include two sisters and six brothers. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the service. friends may call after noon today.
Funeral services for Joe Waddell of Elkins will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at John Lohr Funeral Home in Elkins. Waddell, a Navy veteran with a Viet Nam tour, died by suicide at his Elkins home after a period of despondency following the deaths of his father Clinton and brother Milton. Survivors include his mother Goldie Lantz of Baltimore, his wife Rose, two sons Joe and Mathew, a daughter June, four sisters in Baltimore, and two brothers in Germany and Pennsylvania. Pallbearers are listed. friends may call at the funeral home today after 7:30 p.m.
The Rev William Peeples 76 of Beckley will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after services at Welcome Baptist Church East Park Thursday at 1 p.m. The retired miner died Saturday in a Beckley nursing home following a long illness. Born April 13 1890 in Wytheville Virginia he was a son of the late Mr and Mrs William Peeples. He was a Mason and member of Lodge No 25 Beckley and survived by his wife Lola Peeples. The body will be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church an hour before the service. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon.
Jesse F. Harrell 71 of Hilltop died Monday at home after a heart attack. Born August 20 1894 he was a Brookly n Coal Co. retiree and Hilltop Methodist Church member. Surviving are his wife four daughters four sons and many grandchildren. Funeral at Hilltop Methodist Church Thursday at 1 p m burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Tyree Funeral Home to residence Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services for Leon Bailey aged 56 of Mount Hope were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Rev. William Freeman officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. Bailey died on arrival at a Beckley hospital Sunday. Born May 16, 1910 in Pembroke, Virginia, he was a 23 year Army veteran, retiring as a sergeant. He leaves five brothers Hale Scarbro Charley Lucian in Ohio Hiawatha and Desail Mount Hope and a sister Mrs Louise Brown Mount Hope. The funeral home will receive friends Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services were held at 9 a m for Joseph A. Leventhal 66 of Welch at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rabbi Isadore Wein leading. He died at 11:35 a m Monday after a long illness born November 22 1899 in Butick Russia a World War II veteranSurvivors include two sisters Jeanette Seligman Columbus Ohio and Anna Lepinsky Brooklyn N Y Graveside rites followed at 1 p m today Spring Hill Cemetery Huntington with Rabbi Dworkin in charge.
William Harri son Coon 91 of Oak Hill dies after long illness at a Denmar hospital. Retired miner and Hilltop Methodist member born March 4 1875. Services at 3 pm Thursday With Rev C D Walker and Rev C D Whited. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include two sisters two sons a daughter nine grandchildren twenty two great grandchildren. RNS
Toney Talacci Tony Talacci 74 formerly of Tams died April 4 in Sassari Serdequa Italy. Word of his death reached his son Vincent Mullens. Born August 15 1891 he last worked at Tams and left the country in 1959 to return to Italy. Survived by his wife Maria Filamen Talacci in Italy.
Raleigh L Fitzgerald 65 of Amigo dies after collapse. Funeral at 11 am Wednesday at Black Eagle Baptist Church with burial in Mt Pisgah Cemetery Basin. Body at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens. friends may call this afternoon. Passed away Saturday evening.
Dr P G Howard of Keystone died this morning in a Welch hospital after a short illness. He was a brother of Mrs Blanche Armstead of Meadows Street Beckley. The body is at Linkford Funeral Home in Bluefield.
Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Marie Hill 54 of Lorain Ohio formerly of Raleigh will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Fairdale Freewill Baptist Church Rev Gerald Hawley will preside Burial will follow in Snuffer Cemetery Bolt She died Sunday after a long illness Born February 22 1911 she was the daughter of the late Syrus and Virginia Snuffer She was a member of the Church of God at Lester Survivors include her husband Andrew T Hill four daughters Pat Harrond and Lucille Hackney both of Lorain Sylvia Newsome of Augusta Ga and others
The State Road Commission received bids totaling 11.2 million for 28 highway projects. Vecellio and Grogan with Foster and Creighton bid 7.7 million for 5.1 miles and four structures on Interstate 77 in Wood County. They also bid 1.09 million for 1.222 miles of West Virginia 16 in Raleigh County. A. Shuttle and Co. and Rock Big Equipment bid 1.4 million for 1.9 miles and three structures on routes connected to the Opekiska Lock and Dam Road and 1.13 miles of U S 19 in Marion plus other minor projects in Marion and Monongalia Counties.
State Supreme Court agreed to hear Burchett arguments May 31 over Trooper O S Neely’s demotion from sergeant to trooper. Burchett contends Neely cannot appeal the Board of Inquiry action and that Kanawha County Circuit Court lacks jurisdiction. Neely had been transferred to the Chelyan detachment from Pad en City amid unspecified charges.
Baltimore's worst fire in three years devastated the Atlantic Paper Stock Co complex. About 350 firefighters and 65 units battled four hours to contain the blaze, causing between 500000 and 1000000 dollars in damage. The 14 alarm fire surpassed June 1963 monumental mill blaze as the city’s largest in memory.
Typhoon Irma, already with 13 deaths and millions in damage, moves northwesterly toward southern Luzon and Manila. The Weather Bureau places the storm about 120 miles southeast of Manila with 80 mph center winds. Maximum storm warnings are in effect for Mindoro Romblon and Marinduque.
Washington reports that the United States and Britain agree on a unified NATO strategy post France withdrawal. Secretary of State Rusk and British European affairs minister George Thomson led day-long talks with Defense Secretary McNamara present at times, signaling strong allied consensus.
County residents listed as petit jurors report May 31 for the May term of Circuit Court. The long roster includes Nelson R. Christian. Mrs. Frank Davis. H. E. Davis. Mrs. Perry Futterman. Mrs. K. T. Ford. Mrs. W. H. Fox. Mose Gilbert. Mrs. Maude Griffin. Jack Hilton. J. W. Huddle. Mrs. Harry Hambrick. Mrs. Milton Hughes. Mrs. Waldo Jackson. Robert Lee Kosnoski. Mrs. A. Fray Lilly. Mrs. Jack Lilly. Mrs. Donald A. Lowe. Mrs. D. C. Lynn. James E. Meadows. Rev. J.B. MacLeod. James D. Prince. Amos Quesenberry. Mrs. A. A. Ross. Mrs. Hoppy Reed. Trenton Stover. Conrad Stowers. Mrs. Roland Staten. Mrs. Ray Sigmund. C. L. West. Mrs. E. W. Wilburn. O. W. Godbey. George W. Hodel. all of Beckley. Other numerous residents from Beckley and nearby towns such as Glen White, Mabscott, Cool Ridge, Glen Daniel, Arnett, Old Eccles Road, Naoma, Harper, Crab Orchard, Stover, Skelton, and Stickney are named.
United Press International quotes Senator Albert Gore criticizing Da Nang military actions as possibly dictatorial. In Atlanta, SNCC announces leadership shakeup and vows continued fight for human rights, accusing the US government of deceit about democracy.
Representative Emanuel Celler, a Democratic advocate for a federal ban on housing discrimination, cites 17 states with open occupancy laws and argues the fair housing principle is already established in population centers across the nation. The remarks frame federal action as aligning with existing state protections in major urban centers.
New York Mets manager Wes Westrum credits a shift in player confidence for the team's improved play after four seasons as a laughing stock. He states the players have begun to believe in themselves, fueling better performance this year.
Officials said the Augmented Target Docking Adapter could be reached in 14 days. Just before entering his capsule, Stafford joked about a rubber ball given by technicians and recalled Gemini 6 frustrations, noting he had logged more pad time and elevator time than any other astronaut.
London dispatch reports Britain's first maritime strike in 55 years by the National Union of Seamen affecting 62,500 workers over wages and hours. The disruption stranded more than 123 ships in ports since Sunday night as Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned against profiteering and threatened a national emergency.
United Nations scene as African nations push Security Council to authorize force against Ian Smith's Rhodesian government. A November oil embargo targetting the Smith regime has been voted, and last month Rhodesia-bound oil tankers were detained at sea.
Director Jon Karl Baldwin announced auditions to fill casts for L il Abner The Drunkard and Our Town at The Palace Playhouse starting 7 p m Thursday and Friday. He estimates needing 50 men and 50 women of any age past 10 years, with production dates not yet announced.
Larry R. Harding was ordered released from Moundsville Penitentiary by a unanimous State Supreme Court decision. He had been sentenced to 1 to 10 years for grand larceny by Taylor County Circuit Court in 1964, but Judge Frank Haymond ruled the indictment lacked the word feloniously making the sentence void.
A Times of London cartoon depicts President Johnson driving a car labeled Viet Nam Escalation while reading Ralph Nader’s Unsafe At Any Speed. The image critiques U.S. policy stance amid Vietnam tensions.
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