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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1965

Page

2

National Marital Relations Board or a Badminton of Disputes

Washington columnist cites C W Whittemore of the NLRB as a non lawyer mediator and jokes that a National Marital Relations Board could mediate domestic disputes. He proposes a Burton Taylor Act cooling off period and potential government seizure of a marriage in national interest scenarios.

Washington UPI Abby Norman Vincent Peale Ann Landers Mary Haworth Whittemore NLRB National NMRB

Birds Fly Through Window In Keansburg Home

Quirky brief reports 25 pigeons entered Margaret McCann’s living room in Keansburg New Jersey Tuesday routing upstairs before police guided them back out. A lighthearted slice from the day shows residents and officials handling a feathered intruder without harm.

Bird House Keansburg N.J Margaret McCann

Five Women Die As Bus Plunges Near Lugo Spain

A bus traveling to a religious festival toppled over a precipice on a highway near Lugo Spain, killing five women and injuring 43 others. UPI reports the crash occurred Tuesday as the passengers were en route to the event.

Lugo Spain UPI Pon Here

Deaths And Funerals Charlie Moore 77 Rhodell

Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Charlie Moore 77 of Rhodell who died in a local hospital following a long illness. A retired miner and First Baptist Church member his survivors include wife Mollie two sons Theodore and David Draper both of Toledo Ohio a daughter Glorious Peace of Toledo two sisters Australia Robinson of Detroit and Mammie Moorman of Highland Park Michigan nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.

Charlie Moore Rhodell First Baptist Church Mollie Moore Theodore Draper David Draper Toledo Ohio Glorious Peace Australia Robinson Detroit Mich Mammie Moorman Highland Park Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor

Funeral services for Emma J. Hurst and Buckland held Thursday

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Toneda Baptist Church Oceana for Mrs. Emma Jane Daniels Hurst 85 of Kopperston with burial in Hurst Cemetery Saxon. She died at a daughter's home Tuesday. Also at 2 p.m. Thursday Wayman C. Buckland 58 of Mount Hope will be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity after services at North Sand Branch Baptist Church. Buckland, a World War II veteran, died Tuesday in a South Charleston hospital. He worked for Army Engineers. survivors include his mother, three sons, three daughters, six sisters and one grandson.

Emma Jane Daniels Hurst Kopperston Toneda Baptist Church Oceana Vern Cook Boyd Sparks Dolph Harvey Hurst Saxon Louise Bowden Evans Funeral Home Wayman C. Buckland Route 1 Mount Hope North Sand Branch Baptist Church Robert Dean Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity Buckland South Charleston Department of Army Engineers Burma Zetta Williams Buckland Alice Buckland Baltimore Lena Buckland Stamaford Tyree

Funeral for Roland M. Jones in Cool Ridge

Roland Markwood Jones 67 of Cool Ridge dies from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Services at 2 p.m. at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. B L Moss. burial in Cool Ridge family cemetery. Survivors include foster son Kenneth Jones brother Chester Jones sisters Thelma Birmingham and Berre Nicholas. Moose Lodge 1606 pallbearers. Body at funeral home after 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Roland Markwood Jones Cool Ridge Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel B. L. Moss Jones Ronceverte Edward Betty Eagle Jones Kenneth Jones Chester Jones White Sulphur Springs Thelma Birmingham Suffolk Berre Nicholas Ohio Rose and Quesenberry Beckley Moose Lodge 1606

James (Peanuts) Smith Funeral Services Planned

James Henry Peanuts Smith 53 of Princewick dies of a heart attack en route to a local hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. H L Hays and Rev. Ray Whitt officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. Pallbearers: Mac Carpenter Vernon Carpenter Harold Carpenter Harold Akers Marshall Gibson Carl Mounts Dewey Lilly.

James Henry Peanuts) Smith Princewick Melton Mortuary H. L. Hays Ray Whitt Sunset Memorial Park Smith Funeral Home Mac Carpenter Vernon Carpenter Harold Carpenter Harold Akers Marshall Gibson Carl Mounts Dewey Lilly

Funeral rites for Mrs Bertha E McMillian at Fairdale

Funeral services for Mrs Bertha E McMillian 56 of Fairdale will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Fairdale Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Wesley G Grose officiating Burial follows in the family cemetery at Fairdale Mrs McMillian was killed in a collision near Lookout around 9 30 a m Monday She had lived in the community for 45 years The body lies at Melton Mortuary after 4 p m today and will be moved to the church an hour before services Pallbearers are Don Fannin Herbert Lambert Floyd Hollingsworth Robert Fury Dwight Daniels and Claude Walker Jr Women of the church will serve as flower bearers.

Bertha E. McMillian Fairdale Fairdale Freewill Baptist Church Wesley G. Grose MccMillian Lookout Fairdale Free Will Baptist Church Melton Mortuary Don Fannin Herbert Lambert Floyd Hollingsworth Robert Fury Dwight Daniels Claude Walker Jr

Final rites set for Mrs Rebecca J Bradford at Dry Creek

Mrs Rebecca J Bradford 98 of Dry Creek dies after brief illness in Beckley hospital. Funeral 1 30 pm Thursday at Dry Creek Presbyterian Church Rev Phillip King presiding burial Clays Branch Cemetery. Survived by son Joseph Mansfield Ohio six daughters and four step daughters. Valley Funeral Home at 6 pm today to the Presbyterian Church.

Rebecca J. Bradford Dry Creek Presbyterian Church Phillip King Clays Branch Bradford Beckley Hospital Sarah Bone Lyvia Bone Carrie Allen Fairdale Naomi Carver Beckley Rushie Jarrell Jessie Jarrell Lillie Jarrell Clara Green Chesapeake Valley Funeral Home

Final rites planned for Jake W Boyden in Aberdeen Md

Jake W Boyden will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday in Aberdeen Maryland. Survivors include his brother George C Boyden of Beckley.

Jake W. Boyden Aberdeen George C. Boyden Beckley

Edward Randall Fitzwater Dies in Detroit After Long Illness

Edward Randall Fitzwater 44 of Detroit died in a Detroit hospital after a long illness. A meat cutter and World War II veteran born June 30 1920 in Oak Hill he was the son of the late Egbert and Maude Fitzwater. Survivors include daughter Sally of Detroit four brothers Thomas Ralph Homer Emmett and sister Haven Stevens. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill.

Edward Randall Fitzwater Detroit Mich Oak Hill Egbert Maude Backus Fitzwater Sally Fitzwater Thomas T Ralph Sarasota Fla Homer E Fayetteville Emmett I Haven Stevens Thomas Funeral Home Rns

Miners End Strike Near Moundsville Resumes Work

Miners at Ireland Mine of Hanna Coal and Alexander Mine of Valley Camp Coal Co resumed work Tuesday after a sympathy strike idled about 470 workers. Pickets from Ireland and Alexander mines walked off Monday when workers from Powhatan Point and Jacobsburg mines in Ohio joined in. The Ohio miners also returned to work Tuesday.

Moundsville UPS Panhandle Ireland Hanna Coal Co Alexander Valley Camp Coal Co Ohio Powhatan Point Jacobsburg North American Coal Co

Turncoat Flees Hawthornden State Hospital Escape

AKRON Ohio. A search was under way for Lowell Skinner Korean War turncoat and two other men after they fled Hawthornden State Hospital Tuesday. Skinner 34 McClure 29 and Robert Freyman 35 were missing after a routine check. Skinner a former Army corporal captured in Korea in 1950 spent three years as a prisoner of war and refused repatriation. He later lived in Red China as a lathe operator and married a Chinese woman before returning last year. He was committed for an indefinite stay on a psychiatrist’s testimony on his need for help.

Akron Ohio UPI Lowell Skinner Hawthornden State Hospital Skinner Here Cleveland Macedonia John McClure Robert Freyman Common Pleas Court Korea Red China Portage Lakes

Baker Report Sparks Senate Furor Over Draft Findings

Washington Republicans attack the Baker investigation draft as Chairman B Everett Jordan leads a line by line review of Lennox McLendon s draft report. Senator John J Williams accuses Democrats of fear while refusing to speak on the floor before committee action.

Washington UPI Senate Rules Committee Bobby Baker B. Everett Jordan D-N.c Lennox P. McLendon John J. Williams Rdel Williams Baker Senate Democrats Jordan Senate McLendon North Carolina

Bluefield State faces board over seven year noncompliance

Bluefield State College faculty and staff charge the state board has undervalued the college while claiming administration complied with directives. They cite increased enrollment in 1962 to 1965, reduced per capita costs, and greater part time attendance, urging an investigation of all state colleges before any action.

Bluefield Bluefield State College West Virginia

Vehicle Crash Leads To Charges At Valley Drive Intersection

A two car crash at the Valley Drive South and Central Avenue intersection at 1 05 p m Monday caused about 75 in damage. Beckley Police charged Marshall H Martin 44 of Princeton with failure to yield the right of way and operating a vehicle with an expired state inspection sticker. Mile H Martin 57 of Oak Hill drove the 1960 model car. no injuries were reported.

Valley Drive Central Avenue Beckely Mile H. Martin Oak Hill Majestic Laundry Marshall H. Martin Princeton Martin

Still a Patient at Beckley Hospital

Lucien H. Davis of Fairview Apartments remains a patient at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was admitted Saturday.

Lucien H. Davis Fairview Apartments Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital

Election Official's Teen-Age Son Blown To Bits

In Hazleton Pennsylvania an election day car blast killed 17 year old Michael Ruggiero. FBI and state investigators joined local authorities to determine the explosion’s cause and possible motive as the teen, a track team member and band tubist, prepared to graduate. The incident occurred near the elder Ruggiero’s polling place where he worked as a power shovel operator for a strip mining firm.

Hazleton UPI Michael Ruggiero Mike FBI Hazle Ston Ruggiero Frank Azzman

Wide Use Seen of Superwood

Governor Hulett C. Smith outlined at a Southern Interstate Nuclear Board session that a nuclear irradiated superwood developed at West Virginia University could reach global markets. WVU scientist Dr James A Kent explained the process using vacuum impregnation and cobalt-60 gamma radiation to create a hard warp resistant wood that remains machinable. Lockheed-Georgia executive Dr C J Flack moderated and forecast broad consumer acceptance, while a furniture maker predicted irradiated wood furniture could arrive in five years depending on plant availability.

Charleston UPI Hulett C. Smith Southern Interstate Nuclear Board West Virginia University Kent C. J. Flack Lockheed-Georgia Co Flack

Viet Nam guard air bases near Saigon

A 3500 soldier para trooper brigade conducted an air mobile exercise near Bien Hoa and Vung Tau, marching back to Bien Hoa if needed. In Saigon intelligence noted U S Navy strikes hit North Viet Nam oil depots near Phu Qui, ending a six day pause.

Bien Hoa Saigon Vung Tau Cap North Viet Nam U.S. Navy Phu Qui Hanoi

Tense anti segregation protest plan faces opposition

An attempted demonstration in the Deep South next week was opposed by leaders who warned that without access to legislators a mass movement could occur. In New York City, Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy resigned after a council subcommittee proposed a civilian review board, a move civil rights groups found inadequate.

Deep South New York Michael J. Murphy City Council Murphy Council

Three Service Buckles Fail To Standardize

The Defense Supply Agency drops a three year effort to standardize military belt buckles. Current separate buckles for Army Navy Air Force and Marines will continue. A black buckle could not be produced cheaply enough. Officials note other apparel standardizations have cut thousands of inventory entries and saved money overall.

Air Force DSA Pentagon Defense Robert S. McNamara Armed Services Solis Horwitz Chamber of Commerce Greenwich Secretary of Defense Defense Supply Agency

West Virginia Council of the White House Conference Meets

The fifth annual meeting opens at Cedar Lakes Camp with speakers Paul Crabtree Mary Currin and H A Gibard addressing youth and child welfare concerns. WV officials named to the Potomac River Basin Advisory Committee include George Hardrich Bern Wright and Ralph Hottel. The WV Academy of Science receives a 7175 dollar NSF grant to fund scientist lectures in state high schools.

Ripley UPI West Charleston West Virginia Interstate Advisory Committee Potomac River Basin Hulett C. Smith George R. Hardrich Charles Town Bern Wright State Division of Water Resources Ralph L. Hottel State Commerce Department Washington West Virginia Academy of Science The National Science Foundation

McGuire and Giancana Testimony Across Vegas Visit

Miss McGuire testified about her chance meeting with Giancana four years ago at a Nevada gambling table. She hinted at European and Caribbean trips with him, while denying many questions. Giancana arrived separately with Buddy Jacobson, followed by Humphreys, Gus Alex, Tisci, Anselmo, and Giancana’s son in law, aided by attorney Edward Bennett Williams.

Nevada Giancana Europe Caribbean Miss McGuire Ward Benjamin Buddy) Jacobson Jacobson Murray Humphreys Gus Alex Anthony Tisci Steve Anselmo Edward Bennett Williams

Cancer Collections Stand At $5,255

The Raleigh County Cancer Crusade is past the halfway mark with collections at 5,255 or 52.6 percent of its 10,000 goal. State wide the drive has netted 162,267 or 64.9 percent of its 250,000 target. Pleasants Morgan and Preston exceed goals led by George W. Hodel and W. E. Copenhaver with district nine counties and others posting varied results: Mercer 11,940 of 15,500 Summers 1,712 of 2,300 Fayette 2,507 of 6,000 Monroe 787 of 2,000.

Raleigh County Pleasants Morgan Preston George W. Hodel W. E. Copenhaver M. D Raleigh Mercer

Dominican Junta Denies Step Aside to Let Communists Rule

Imbert denied any agreement to step aside for the Communists while sources claimed Bundy fact-finders suggested a Guzman regime. Bundy team members Mann and Martin left for Washington to report on the situation.

Imbert UPI Roy McGhee U.S White House McGeorge Bundy Bundy Thomas Mann Santo Domingo John Bartlow Martin Washington

Five Fines Levied in Town District Magistrate Court

Five individuals faced fines in Town District Magistrate Courts Tuesday. Homer H Legg Jr of Oak Hill paid 25 dollars plus costs for reckless driving. Adair Catlett of Mount Hope paid five dollars plus costs for improper registration. Bobby Wright of Mount Hope paid five dollars plus costs for unnecessary noise. Gregory Paul Black of Coal City paid ten dollars plus costs for overweight and overhanging freight on a truck. Larry W Jones of Sprague paid fine for driving without headlights.

Homer H. Legg Jr Oak Hill W. A. Burke Adair Catlett Mount Hope Burke Bobby Wright Gregory Paul Black Coal City Joe Rodriguez Larry W. Jones Sprague Rodriguez

Kennedy Kids Nanny Resigns In London

London The British nanny Maud Shaw who cared for Jacqueline Kennedy's children since birth says she will retire after summer while aiding Mrs Kennedy to find a permanent replacement. The Kennedy family, Caroline seven and John Jr four, are in London for John F. Kennedy memorial ceremonies at Runnymede staying with Princess Lee Radziwill. Shaw plans to retire near her coastal home fifty miles from London.

London Jacqueline Kennedy Miss Maud Shaw UPI Miss Shaw Mrs. Kennedy Kennedy London Times New York City Caroline John Jr John F. Kennedy Runnymede Georgian Home of Mrs. Kennedy’s Sister, Princess Lee Radziwill Buckingham Palace Hetty

Emory prank scene leads to student confessions

DeKalb County authorities say three Emory University students admitted creating a murder scene on campus as a prank. One student is from Maryland and two are from Jacksonville, Florida. They used blood from a Grady Hospital medical student and turned themselves over to Emory officials for discipline.

Atlanta UPI DeKalb County Emory University Maryland Jacksonville Fla Emory Grady Hospital

West Virginia Progress Corps Aims To Tell State Story

Smith outlined major new investments including a million dollar plant at Point Pleasant a large garment factory at Peace Springs a glass company at Jane Lew and a new wood products plant in Braxton County The plan aims to publicize West Virginia s progress nationwide and invites public enlistment via the State Capitol for the government to the people program Project Headstart and youth retraining initiatives are also highlighted.

Pt. Pleasant Peace Springs Jane Lew Braxton County Smith West Virginia West

Meat Prices Rise Tied to Cattle Slaughter Drop

The article notes higher meat costs linked to a drop in cattle marketings and suggests a broad solution like increasing consumer affordability with more poultry.

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