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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1966
Page
1
A ten-pound five-ounce brown trout was caught by Grover C. Stapleton of Davis, the largest in West Virginia. The Q&A covers West Virginia fish diversity, UNICEF address, adoption age guidance, Great Lakes ownership by US and Canada, origins of tarring and feathering, Canada's 1965 flag, and nylon bleach tips from a county agent.
Tokyo dispatch reports New China News Agency accusing U S warplanes of two waves of air strikes on May 28 in the Gulf of Tonkin. Three killed and 18 wounded including a fisherman Huang Fengyen and a woman and child. Chinese protest cautions against US imperialism.
Variable cloudiness and cool this afternoon with a high of 67. Clear and cold tonight with some scattered light frost in low areas. Tuesday mostly sunny and continued cool with a high near 70. Airport data shows highs near 71 and lows near 39 or 44. River gauges indicate Greenbrier slight muddiness, Lake normal and clear, Hinton gauge 2.3 ft. Extremes record 103 at Presidio Texas and 28 at Bradford Pa.
Police say 18 year old Thomas Lee Penn was charged as the high emotional killer in a six week crime spree that left four victims dead and tied to two brothers, with his 24 year old sibling William charged in one murder plus related rapes. The case involved robberies as possible motive and involved an FBI crime lab ballistics test.
Havana Radio reports a Cuban patrol boat sank an exile vessel off the Cuban coast near 11 p.m. EST. Two exiles were killed, two injured, and two captured. Prisoners said they departed the U.S. coast for Cuba before the attack.
The United States sent the Surveyor robot toward the moon to test a soft landing and continue the quest for lunar exploration. The mission marks a key step in early uncrewed spaceflight and planetary surface study.
Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan train for Gemini 9's second flight, closely tracking the Atlas Centaur launch of the Surveyor moon lander. The mission aims to test rendezvous and spacewalk plans while Surveyor tests lunar landing tech for future Apollo work.
Beckley Manufacturing Corporation aims to resume operations Tuesday after a union approved final offer. IBEW Local 2011 Vice President Eva Crouch confirms the favorable vote is being urged by international representative Tom Willey.
Pravda accuses the United States of sending spies saboteurs and killers into Cuba via Guantanamo naval base. Tass decried US hostile actions and provocations as Cuba clashes with Cuban soldiers and US Marines continue.
United Press International reports 425 traffic fatalities since the holiday began, with Michigan leading states at 31 deaths and California New York tied next at 27. Officials foresee the toll possibly surpassing last year’s record as safer measures warn of a grim Memorial Day weekend.
Thousands of Japanese communists and socialists marched in the streets amid protests against a U S nuclear submarine visit. The Congo government crushed a foreign-backed overthrow bid involving ex prime minister Kimba. World Journal Tribune and New York Newspaper Guild negotiators pressed on with a 37 day strike. Medicare benefits for those over 65 set July 1 spark a 50 percent plus rise in hospital demand.
Senators seek tighter congressional oversight of the Central Intelligence Agency and may ask former CIA director Allen W. Dulles for help. Former President Joaquin Balaguer of Santo Domingo withdraws his resignation and remains a candidate in Wednesday’s general election.
In Indianapolis the 500 mile race was stopped after a mass of spins near the start. At least 14 cars crashed in under 200 yards, initial reports say no one was injured.
Americans observed Memorial Day with somber tributes to soldiers who died in Viet Nam. At Andersonville Georgia a Green Beret burial occurred at the national cemetery for Pfe. Jimmy L. Williams, 19, from Alabama. In Valley Forge a Medal of Honor winner paused with others, and at Arlington National Cemetery President Johnson laid a wreath and spoke. An antiwar committee in Washington urged cashing bonds, highlighting national splits over the war.
A three day interim committee meeting begins June 12 in Charleston to consider an interstate flood control compact for the Wheeling area. The meeting will also address the state teachers retirement system and educational matters before lawmakers.
A busy Memorial Day weekend pushed West Virginia accidental deaths to 18. Four traffic fatalities topped the tally while seven drownings occurred and six died in a Pad county fire. Names include Kenneth Dale Wooldridge and Newman Coots Jr. in Gauley River tragedy, and Dawn Ellen Canterbury in a pool drowning.
SAIGON UPI reports two more Buddhists, a monk and a young woman, burned themselves in protest against Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's military government, raising a two day total to four self immolations. A monk becomes the third Buddhist in two days to die, as a moderate religious leader calls for Ky to yield power to a caretaker government. Reliable sources say Ky has fired Lt Gen Huyah Van Cao as military chief in the rebel north and named Maj Gen Hoang Xuan Lam acting 1st Corps commander, the fourth such firing in six weeks.
Madison Wisconsin third grade class under Miss Jean Cargill answers define parents with phrases about mothers and fathers who have children. Children describe parents as caregivers with jobs and people who fix meals and provide support and guidance.
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