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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1966
Page
14
A promotional real estate notice highlights an emblem signifying commitment to the housing market. It emphasizes that a “Home Of Your Own” is a basic human need and that the listed realtors are dedicated to helping buyers fulfill it.
A North Viet Nam Communist soldier who said he deserted from a South Viet Nam headquarters surrendered to government troops in Pakse Laos. He gave the alias Le Duc Fu also known as David Levin and cited hunger and exhausting marches as his reason for desertion.
The article states that cacao may have originated in Brazil where it still grows wild, highlighting Brazil as a probable source region for the crop and noting its present natural distribution.
Washington dispatch notes Sam J. Zagoria, ex-newsman and NLRB member, may be influenced by his journalism background in a union election case. The board ruled no electioneering violation over plant entrance broadcasts but Zagoria dissented, arguing loudspeakers hurt free employee choice.
Hollywood reports NBC plans a new show starring the Monkees a manufactured singing quartet from London New York and California. The group chosen after screen tests and interviews will perform with a Marx Brothers style story line featuring fast cuts and gags while critics fear backlash over a younger audience pull.
Mrs Arthur Mittchell sewing when a seven ton steamroller brakes fail and rolls into her living room. She and driver Thomas Griffin are hospitalized. Griffin says brakes failed and the machine rolled down a hill into the home at LARGE INTRUDER. A separate notice lists a 1959 International Truck to be sold at public sale in Beckley West Virginia on June 2 1966 to satisfy a debt of Jennings A Berry under a conditional sales contract.
Death notices list several local obituaries: Lucien H. Davis 85 of 20 Wickham Avenue with services at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel led by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Swank, burial Wildwood Cemetery. Henry E. Meadows 77 of Rhodell, body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. Charles Burnette Jr. infant of Midway, graveside Blue Ridge. Thara E. Canaday 73 of Lester, services at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel, burial Canaday Cemetery. Roy W. Hawley 73 of Crab Orchard, services at Williams Funeral Home MacArthur with Rev. Woolford and Rev. Giald, burial Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 5 p m Thursday.
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