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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1965
Page
2
Beth L Swank funeral details indicate burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body remains at funeral home with calling hours after 4 p m. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Warner P Barbour age 80 of Jackson Michigan formerly of Oak Hill died about 10 p m Tuesday in Jackson after a brief illness She was born February 19 1885 at Red Spar and moved to Michigan in adulthood Surviving are two daughters Mable Stanley Beckley and Mrsula Skain among others
Obituary notices for W J Lilly born July 18 1902 Lindside area longtime bus operator and church elder. Teel Teel Teal dies Palm Sunday in Beckley hospital. burial in Calloway Teel Family Cemetery. Berry Ray and Berry family member dies in Chicago. services in Beckley. Funeral arrangements and burial details provided along with survivor lists and residences.
William Paul Cole 59 of Bluefield died Tuesday from complications after a trip illness. Final rites set for May 11 at Immanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield with Rev Corley Line officiating. Burial in Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers named Randolph Walker Nelson Griffith G R Kon od Dae kson UW DV y McCord Mike and Jesse Harrison.
Mrs Lucy Porterfield and Mrs Lucy Fortner are named in a vention obituary noting a May 10 Thessila Virginia birth, and a funeral at 6 05 p m on Monday at the home of daughter Mrs Ewell Church in Rock Camp. She is survived by husband Ulysses Sam Porterfield two sons Walter of Rock Camp and John of Fredricksburg and five daughters including Mrs Ewell Reedy of Beckley and Mrs Blanche w.
A brief death notice records the passing of Mrs Canterbury, with the statement she died at 10 o clock. The notice provides limited context and no additional biographical details.
The passage notes the executive's sidelining would imply no policy change, mentions Sik and Semehindhe gram, and flags sticky odds including junkyard eyesores along major federal highways, suggesting potential trouble and public nuisance concerns.
In La Jolla California UP I reports Sealab 2 aquanauts Robert Sheats and Bill Bunton reached 300 feet in Scripps Canyon during the final 15 day phase of a 45 day underwater experiment. Their 19 minute dive surpassed all prior depths and they mapped a virtual sea desert with rock shelves.
Miners were dismissed on Sept 7 and joined by nearly 11,000 men in a three-state walkout. Hearings on six cases concluded with no reinstatement decision yet. The dispute moves to higher steps in the joint UMW and management grievance process as District 6 president Thomas Williams urges reinstatement despite strike threats.
A test vote is planned Friday as Mansfield would move to table his motion to consider the bill and then side with other supporters to vote against tabling. The move aims to block a filibuster with more than a third in support and comes as farm legislation nears formal action on a $4 four year compromise.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge toured the Mekong Delta visiting farmers and village elders, inspecting a civilian hospital staffed by Australians and touring a coeducational trade school. A spokesman declined comment on China’s claim of a U.S. plane shot down near Kwangsi, saying the U.S. does not comment on such broadcasts.
Washington reports the rural water and sanitation facilities bill passed by Congress will fund grants and loans for communities under 5,500 residents for water and waste disposal projects. Rep. Arch Moore Jr. notes about 250 WV communities have unsuitable water supplies and 125 lack adequate waste or sewage systems.
Balloonist Don Picard beached a record altitude of 15 696 feet in a one hour hot air balloon flight over the California desert. The National Aeronautics Association will submit the record to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for confirmation as a world record. The prior mark of 10 400 feet was held by Mark Pasley of Kansas City Missouri.
Me Oy Ray cited as spouse of Jimmy Hall and linked to a $5 297 78 embezzlement from 1959 64. The docket lists numerous cases set for trial including misdemeanors felonies and related dates with defendants such as Dunn lean Fred Bry oct 1 Delbert Callahan speeding and other charges. continued cases include Otis Redden maiming Robert Lee and Betty Jo Settle bad check Lester Belew grand larceny and more with trial dates through Oct and Nov.
The Army promised Belton a sentence exceeding one year in prison for malingering, with a conduct discharge and loss of pay. General Glazier reportedly arranged the deal to be low key and limit publicity. Belton, a bespectacled Milwaukee junior college athlete, was linked to a hunger strike in Georgia and faced U.S. involvement questions.
William J. Eaton of the American Bar Association urged stricter self discipline from lawyers and newsmen to protect fair criminal trials. The conference heard remarks on reconciling free press guarantees with court fairness, with sessions addressing trial by publicity and court coverage. Astronauts from Gemini 4 were to speak at the fourth session, as Sen Morton and editor Herbert Klein were slated to attend. Dean Rusk criticized Red China as a world threat and called for a commission on press issues too important for any chief executive to ignore. The talk emphasized shared responsibility to safeguard fair trials amid public coverage.
A report notes objections raised by Britain's Gordon Bishop Charles Grant, the Auxiliary of Northampton, and U.S. authorities in Washington D.C. over stockpiling and weaponry amid warnings that the operation appears to condone the balance of terror and the use of arms as a last resort.
Summers has served as a conference leader for forty and a half years, conducting work in Huntington Glarksburg and Princeton over the last eighteen months. He is married with three daughters and a son.
An 88 year old woman died when her clothes caught fire while she used a poker on an open stove at her home near Chelyan. State Police identified her as Mrs. Willa Holstein, 89, of Slaughters Creek. the body was found by a grandson.
An article details Johnson's Appalachia program with local elites and a temporary shop setup. It lists names including Hallen, Dr James C. Cain, Willis Hurtoo, Dr David P. Osborne, and mentions the President’s staff and cabinet. Dwight D. Eisenhower is noted among contemporaries.
Fragmentary reports describe Subandrio’s alleged backing of rebels while authorities trace loyalties in Jakarta. The Tjakrabirawa Palace Guard Battalion reportedly conducted a rapid action, with Lt Untung as a senior figure. Unclear details persist on Untung’s whereabouts and area commanders.
The ana Presbytery with 62 churches and 69 ministers passed a resolution to encourage a more lenient stance on marriage between persons of different race or color. The Oct. 14 hear a proposed union of the Presbyterian Church U S and the Re formed Church of America.
Senator Byrd announced that Concord College and Bluefield State College will receive a combined 96,198 in National Defense Education Act loans to aid needy and deserving students. Concord College is set to receive 70 loans totaling 27,328 to field State, with aims to assist southern Virginia students.
Madisonville Ky UPI reports National Coal Conference expects fully automated coal mines within two years. James A Drain NCPC president says automation will cut direct mining costs and boost efficiency.
The local YMCA invites the public to view color telecasts of the World Series for members and the director Harry C announced. A color TV set provided by New River Supply is reserved for use during the series.
Washington UPI Sen Robert Byrd D West Virginia said the General Services Administration ordered condemnation proceedings to hire land for a Beckley district office at an estimated cost of 159000. The move aims to establish a new district SSA office serving the area.
A 17 year old youth, Roland McGill, faced a judge after a remark about his beetle like hair arose. The exchange included a driver’s visibility query, raising questions about conduct and safety during the proceeding.
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