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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1966
Page
1
A Communist battalion observed Ho Chi Minh's 76th birthday by smashing across the 10 mile wide demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam and attacked two South Vietnamese positions.
Government troops fought rebel South Vietnamese forces around a Buddhist pagoda in Da Nang. At least 5 were killed and 68 wounded in the exchange as monks and Boy Scouts halted a tank march on another temple. UPI reported 3 bodies at the scene and hospitals said 70 wounded.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara proposed a two year universal service program for all youths to work in military or peaceful projects at home or abroad. He argued it would advance global security through development and address draft inequities, with women included on a voluntary basis at first. The plan awaits detailed explanation and eventual legislation, and may prompt nationwide discussion.
Gov. Smith said his mail is entirely against locating a West Virginia University law and public affairs center in Charleston, while he has not formed an opinion yet due to insufficient facts. He noted WVU President Paul Miller is not on a crusade but wants proper discussion. Over a dozen letters opposed the idea, and 450 people attended the session at the Marion County Armory.
A U S Air Force KC135 tanker crashed on a highway near Kadena Air Base killing five crewmen and an Okinawan civilian struck by debris. Initial reports said ten aboard, later clarified as five. U S Civil Administrator Gerald Warner sent condolences to Okinawa officials and families including Kazuo Shimizu.
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high near 73. Fair tonight with a low around 53. Friday, partly cloudy with no temperature change, highs in the mid 70s. Airport readings show 73 at 3:30 am and 57 at 6:30 am. River levels Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with 3.7 gates open. Today's extremes: high 106 Palm Springs, low 26 Butte.
Peggy Ann Brodnick, 17, freed in excellent condition after seven days in the clutches of gunman William Hollenbaugh who was killed by a youth’s pumpkin-ball shot. Hollenbaugh died from a rifle wound. Peggy Ann’s rescue ends a span of terror in Tuscarora hills as investigators pursue motives and identity of the shooter.
Thomas Willey of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said the local union committee hopes for a quick equitable settlement to end the strike that has idled about 820 workers at the Beckley and Skelton plants. Federal mediators Steele and Yaeger called a 2 p.m. meeting at the Beckley Hotel with Jesse Frieden acting as company spokesman. Union president Eva Sinozich reported non‑money items are tentatively agreed, but wages and benefits remain a major dispute.
Washington UPI Defense Secretary McNamara warns European NATO members not to rely on the United States to bear large forces indefinitely without strengthening their own military. He spoke in Montreal and pressed for broader peacekeeping partnership while noting America's high defense share of GNP amid France's move from the integrated command.
An unfrocked Roman Catholic priest Joseph Stocker 59 formerly led a champagne drinking cult and sold Noahs Ark ride tickets was arrested in Bern case of 16 year old Bernadette Hasler beaten with whips sticks plastic bats torturing instruments. Six other sect members were charged with taking part in the exorcism. The bruised body was found in Wagen village with marks of whipping and blunt instrument beatings causing internal bleeding possibly death.
A 63 year old Navy chief petty officer Walter L McCans had an artificial heart for 24 hours after surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Under Dr Michael E DeBakey the device did its job giving the heart time to heal and was removed. The hospital bulletin said bleeding around the lungs was partly controlled and the heart function remained good about 15 hours after removal.
Manila APs report says 121 of the 242 aboard the Pioneer Cebu when it sank in a typhoon have been accounted for. Five dead and 116 missing. Line spokesman says 188 passengers and 54 crew aboard, 20 fewer than prior tally. 22 survivors in critical condition at Cebu Community Hospital. Possible survivors elsewhere among nearby islands.
Former Senator Theodore Francis Green, the oldest person to have served in Congress, died at age 98. The report notes his long Senate tenure and historical significance as a record-holding elder statesman.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his cabinet considered ordering the navy to clear strike-idled ships from British ports risking a general strike. Ousted ex President Juan Bosch announced he will not withdraw from the June 1 presidential campaign in Santo Domingo. The Michigan Lutheran Church Synod approved interracial marriages after two days of debate.
The parents of Danny Goldman, believing he may still be alive, post a 25000 reward on Wednesday for information on how to reclaim his body if he has been killed. The New York stock market reversed its two-week decline with the Dow posting its largest one-day gain in almost a year. A 90 mph hurricane knocked out power and started fires in Novorossiysk on Wednesday as the Greek ship Sauki ran aground nearby.
Texas highest criminal appeals court ordered without further delay a sanity hearing for Jack Ruby the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby ignored the ruling and his sister Eva Grant said she visited him in the Dallas County jail to convey the decision while noting she believed his mind had deteriorated and he could not grasp its significance.
A 20 year old with a two year heart trouble history collapsed on his first day at Fort Knox while undergoing basic training. He is set for medical discharge within ten days. The Army denies knowledge of a letter from his family doctor stating he has a definite heart murmur and should avoid strenuous activity. The incident occurred May 7 as he began physical exercise in Kentucky.
Four armed bandits stormed a private social club in Los Angeles driving about 75 patrons to strip and lie unclothed for eight hours. They robbed guests of $10,000 cash and jewelry, injured a man with a dislocated shoulder, and forced 12 women to disrobe. A white woman was also hurt by one gunman. Police described a man with a public safety item overseeing the hostages as they were kept on the floor until about 3:45 p.m. No motive or arrests noted.
Mississippi lawmakers in Jackson passed a bill 58 to 52 to exempt the state from the 1966 Federal Uniform Time Act. Rep Thompson McClellan urged voting for southern time, while Rep Billy Jack Dees said the move lets Mississippi govern its own schedule.
Washington reports a major U S troop buildup appears under way to guard gains amid South Viet Nam political turmoil and elections set for September. Rep Melvil R Laird says figures are classified but the buildup is firm and large. McNamara signals expanded efforts to meet Hanoi thrusts. The aim is to prevent a return to collapse seen after Diem's 1963 fall.
NASA plans a two day space spectacle beginning Memorial Day with Gemini 9 rendezvous and spacewalk May 31. Atlas-Centaur to launch Surveyor toward the moon’s first soft landing the day before as preparations run around the clock for astronaut team Stafford and Cernan.
SHINNSTON UP I A Shinnston teenager was arrested by FBI agents Wednesday on charges of violating the Selective Service Law by failing to report for a pre induction physical examination Joseph Edward Williams 19 was released on bond after appearing before U S Commissioner J P Clifton at Clarksburg He will await action of a federal grand jury He was arrested on a warrant issued by Assistant U S Attorney George R Tripplett of the Northern District of West Virginia
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