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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1965
Page
2
Secret Service carried out the tightest security since Kennedy’s assassination to guard Vice President Hubert Humphrey in Dallas. Police covered routes and vantage points as he spoke to a 100 member “Presidents Club” audience with coded city briefings and discreet hotel security details.
Fort Worth based criminal lawyer Robert MacLin, 39, dubbed an “007 type” by friends for his Bondlike image, was shot dead by a gunman in a purple car. Five shots fired, one hit a boy at an ice cream stand 1000 yards away. Police have no leads. haltom City and Fort Worth investigators pursue the case. MacLin had a prior high profile shootout with a bodyguard of District Attorney Doug Crouch and faced prior bond releases. He had sought large life insurance policies, which were denied by Trans National Life Insurance. He spent his last hours with his ex-wife before staying in a Haltom City motel.
Robert D. Bailey of Pineville began his first full day as Secretary of State after taking the oath from Supreme Court President Chauncey Browning Sr. Bailey, 52, succeeds the late Joe F. Burdett who died of a stroke. He will serve until the 1966 election and may seek the office himself.
Johnson argues the measure ensures adequate fixed duration payments for most regular workers especially high earners who are heads of families. The changes, he says, would ease hardship from unemployment and stimulate the economy when needed.
FBI testimony before a House subcommittee shows costs for the Mississippi civil rights killings case rose to 740,835 dollars by Jan 2, 1965, with up to 258 agents assigned. Hoover cited rising crime, espionage fears, and new civil rights duties as reasons for hiring 418 more agents and 389 staff.
Police traced a Rome rail and monastery linkage in a cigarette smuggling case. About 60 cases found in freight cars, 30 in the monastery, with 30 more missing. A truck fled, injuring two smugglers and prompting four men to be charged including Aristide Libenzi Alberto Scali and Ermenegildo Foroni.
A UPI report from Charleston notes Piedmont Airlines delayed a Charleston to Columbus flight after crews found a bird nest with eggs lodged in a wing slot for landing flaps. The aircraft had been parked overnight at Kanawha Airport.
The White House announced Project Headstart allocations covering 47 of West Virginia's 55 counties. Eight counties not included are Brooke Grant Greenbrier Harrison Mercer Mineral Ohio and Ritchie.
Funeral services for Clarence Frazier Belcher 69 of Sophia will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Williams Funeral Chapel Sophia with Rev Cleve Young officiating. Burial in Belcher Cemetery Princeton. He died Monday in a local hospital after a short illness. Survived by wife Nora Farley Belcher Sophia two sons Gorman Sophia and Byron Navy in Norfolk Va one daughter Delores Smith Houston Texas one brother Crockett Belcher Coatesville Pa two sisters Naomi Bird Morgantown and Exie Mullens Portsmouth Va 13 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Body at Williams Funeral Home Sophia after 5 p.m. Wednesday Pallbearers Ed Sebert Pearly Egnor A W Allen Henry Smith Joe Titta Johnny Milano. Also listed is a separate accident death and a Montgomer y hospital condition for Ildon McMillian driver of the car. He is in critical condition. Mrs Ildon McMillian born July 30 1908 at Maben daughter of Mrs Sarah Evelyn Acord Fairdale and the late Robert Cozart. Survived by four sons Ildon MecMillian Jr Beckley Albert George McMillian and Carl Dean MecMillian Fairdale and Randolph Dale MecMillian Mt Vernon Ohio four daughters Mary Griffith Glen Rogers Loretta Smithson Mildred J Sauls and Alma Jean Cozart Fairdale five sisters Wava Wahl Ravencliff Gay Acord Slab Fork Hettie Brooks Sabine Gathie Davidson Fairdale and Virginia Hicks Sophia four brothers Dorse Cozart Slab Fork Ward Cozart Fairdale Emil Cozart Martinsville Va and Donald Cozart address unknown. Body at Melton Mortuary.
Mrs Emma Jane Daniels Hurst 85 died at the home of daughter Mrs Louise Bowden in Kopperston at 3 30 am. Born June 7 1879 Posey she was daughter of Louis and Sarah Daniels. She leaves four sons three daughters 34 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren. Body at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
Mary Frances Epperly infant daughter of F H Epperly and Wilma Farrow Epperly of 231 Klaus St died at birth in a local hospital at 2 am. Survived by parents a brother Dennis a sister Louise paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs B B Epperly Beckley maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph M Farrow Cranberry. Funeral at Webb y t Funeral Chapel at 4 Wednesday Elder Rockford Cochran officiating burial Sunset Memorial Park body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home friends may call after 4 pm today. Mary Esther Fla and Donald stationed with the Air Force in South Carolina a daughter Mrs Ruth Skeens Big Stone Gap VA and two stepsons James Monroe Lawson Santa Paula CA and Ambrose Thomas Lawson Thomasville GA. Body will remain at the funeral home for calling after 4 pm today. RNS
George W Brown 90 of Guyan will be buried in Morgan Cemetery after funeral at Coal Mountain Church of God in Guyan. He died Monday at home after born September 10, 1874 on Big Huff Creek. Survived by daughter Mae Manns and one grandchild. wife died 1955. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville.
George Burl Ellison of Weikle died Sunday in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. He was born July 2, 1875 at Weikle, a retired farmer and Missionary Baptist Church member. Funeral service conducted at 1 p.m. today at Broyles Funeral Home Chapel in Union with Rev. O F Surface. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Weikle. Survived by wife Sue Copeland Ellison predeceased, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. one sister Mamie Miller of Oak Hill.
James H. Smith 53 of Princewick died at 7:15 a m en route to a local hospital after a heart attack. Born January 27 1912 at Davy he had lived in Princewick 25 years and could not work for a year. He belonged to UMW Local 6147 at Resoco. Survived by son James H. Smith Jr of Silver Spring Maryland two daughters Rita Carpenter Mount Rainier and Pat Carpenter Riverdale Maryland three grandchildren Cathaleen Carpenter Serena Smith and Sherri Smith. Funeral at Melton Mortuary Chapel Thursday at 2 p m with ministers H L Hayes and Ray Whitt. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Melton Mortuary after 4 p m Wednesday for calling hours.
Mrs Bertha E McMillian, 56, of Fairdale, was killed in a automobile collision. Police reported the fatal crash occurred on a city street last night. Funeral arrangements are pending at the McMillian family home.
A compiled list shows allocations for numerous counties with child counts and centers. Totals include 16 322 children across 691 centers receiving 2 894 083 dollars, with individual county figures such as Taylor 60 children 2 centers 11800 dollars and Wood 360 children 16 centers 61647 dollars.
Dominican anti rebel Caamano, who calls himself constitutional president, says U S forces divide his forces as a corridor across Santo Domingo runs from San Isidro to the embassy district. He notes rebels hold northern Santo Domingo and remains optimistic of victory while the Army reports a rebel sniper shot a death.
Henry H. Barnett, 61, of Concho, dies after short illness. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill, with Rev. Ernest Barley. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Born Sept 28, 1903 in Frankford Kentucky. Survived by Myrtle Lee, five sons including Robert Jr. of Atlanta Rufus H. of Imboden Wesley in South Dakota George E. of ...
Bare root roses received in Charleston last week are being given special care to grow foliage and will be planted within two weeks in a garden site chosen by Mrs. Hulett C. Smith who took part in today’s ceremony. Arch J. Alexander and Lt. Col. William E. Miller also participated as rose garden leaders. A companion bed is planned this fall parallel to the Cape Coral varieties and every state will plant a living rose garden this month to show Mrs. Johnson’s support for beauty in the nation. The first garden was planted at the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, last year.
Tokyo dispatch says Pyongyang Radio reported that a light U S reconnaissance plane, single engined L19, was shot down over North Korean territory while on a scouting flight over Kimhwa and Sepo by an antiaircraft gun unit.
Raymond Miller of Newark Ohio died Monday when a forklift he operated backed over an embankment and overturned on a construction site near Morgantown. He worked for a firm building a water line for the Cheat View Water Service System at Stewartstown.
Ellis H. Jackson 70, Crab Orchard, died at 8 p m Monday while vacationing in Eugalie Florida. He is survived by his widow Grace Miller Jackson a brother Charles J. Jackson of Lebanon Va and three sisters Maude Combs Crab Orchard Flossie Combs Eugalie Va and Iva Combs Honaker Va. The body is being returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for arrangements.
Mrs. Mary B. Ford 71 of Green Sulphur Springs will have funeral rites at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton with Rev. H A Thompson officiating. Burial follows at Wallace Memorial Cemetery Clintonville. She died 9:30 p.m. Sunday in a Hinton hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was sister to Lewis Hamons Beckley and mother of Mamie Cales Green Sulphur Springs. Born February 3 1894 in Greenbrier County she was daughter of Lee and Rachel Blankenship Hamons. She lived most of her life in Green Sulphur.
The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in Germany driving from Bonn to the Hotel Petersberg a 130 room mountain hotel overlooking the Rhine where the government had taken over the property for her stay. She planned a private lunch and a drive to visit Villa Hammerschmidt in Luebke to view the river and mountains. The visit marks her first to the land of Hannoverian ancestors and German in laws, with historical notes on Edward VII’s 1909 Berlin trip and lasting Anglo German tensions after two world wars.
Congress fast tracks President Johnson's four billion dollar excise tax cut with an urgent designation to avoid a buyers strike and sustain economic prosperity. Democrats and Republicans back eliminating taxes on forty items while Republicans seek matching spending cuts. Ways and Means opens hearings with a week possible finish.
In Berlin a 19 year-old son of a Polish diplomat, Marek Radowski, asked for political asylum in the United States after crossing Checkpoint Charlie on May 5. He was flown to West Germany amid a second Polish defection in two weeks, with officials saying the move aimed to reveal Communist spy rings in Western Europe.
Viet Nam forces repelled a nulla area attack as guerrillas seized two militia platoons totaling about 60 men in a hamlet. Relief units suffered 11 killed 17 wounded 38 missing as 100 weapons fell to the Viet Cong before a second relief force retook the village.
Huntington native Rev. J. S. Wetzel appointed director of the United Church Alcohol Program to sue former head Robert E. Kresge who resigned months ago. Wetzel, minister at Edgewood Methodist Church in Columbus Georgia, serves as legislative liaison for temperance groups in Georgia and sits on the Georgia Commission on Alcoholism.
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