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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1965
Page
2
The president signaled to Bill Moyers that demonstrations may be used by Communists to shape public opinion in Viet Nam. State Department officials called last weekend’s protests unrepresentative of true American mood, urging vigilance against foreign influence and possible misreading of the public’s stance.
In Havana the Ministry ordered United Press journalist Carl Warner to depart Cuba amid the Camarioca exodus refugee movement. He was reported at the port of exit with other refugees as authorities acted.
A coal mine disaster trapped seven miners on a wooden platform and smothered them as a mining machine cut into the shaft. Rescue crews found arrows and chalk messages left by the victims, the last noted at 3:30 a.m. EDT Sunday.
Unif ied Mine Workers District 17 led by Charles claims loss of self governance in violation of the Labor Reforms Act of 1959. District 17 remains under trusteeship along with Districts 4 Uniontown PA 6 Columbus OH 7 Hazleton PA 23 Madisonville KY 30 Pikesville OH and 31 Fairmont.
Rhodesia’s crisis intensifies as Prime Minister Smith, furious over calls to rethink policy, rejects the proposed Commonwealth team. He orders the arrest of former Rhodesian prime minister Garfield Todd, a liberal voice on race matters, signaling a hard line.
Wire dispatches report McGraw-Hill and Standard & Poor's plan a stock exchange merger with fees over 50 million dollars. Daisy Palmer, 23, pleaded innocent to murder in the fatal shooting of 90-year-old William Cribbs and was bound over to the grand jury. An 80-year-old man, Robert Godsave, was walking on Route 6 near Linesville. The Soviets launched another unlisted craft. A United Mine Workers official urged price cooperation on flour sold to bakers. A federal court in the Agriculture Department will explain the food stamp plan at a meeting in St. Albans. An education program runs Oct 19 to Nov 23 called CAUSE. Public notes discuss routes between Parkersburg and Huntington.
Curry pleads guilty in Criminal Court before Judge Harry L. McCreery to breaking into the Old Bridi Store Lester and stealing merchandise valued at 135.29. He is remanded to County Jail and to return at 10 a.m. Nov 9 for sentence with probation motion to be considered later. Other docket items include unrelated cases and a drunken driving charge reset for Nov 4. Delbert Callahan faces grand larceny open pending police report.
Logan County prosecutors have named Sheriff Jack Ferrell as a principal suspect in a 1963 flood relief funds mishandling case. State police will notify prospective jurors and act as bailiffs November 1 as a special Logan County grand jury probes the matter. Deputy sheriffs normally perform this duty, and a $1,000 reward has been offered for information.
West Virginia state law prohibits metal studs on special winter tires. The reminder was issued today by Burl A. Sawyers, state road commissioner.
Obituaries record Mrs. Cook of Windom dies at Beckley nursing home age 69. Burial at Cook Cemetery Windom. She leaves two sons JC H Jr of Belle and Kermit Cook of Mullens, five daughters and many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending with local funeral home. Also noted are services for Mrs E G Jeanette Graves Jr of Huntington and other relatives with service at Presbyterian Church in Pineville. Burial at family plot follows, with pallbearers named.
Mrs Vela Payr of Flint Michigan and three brothers Omer of Mount Hope and Afton Light of Garden Fe Faso ue travel home at 5 p m today from Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill and will be placed in the church one hour before the funeral.
James L Dobson calls it the fu six p m today in a brief statement. The note emphasizes a scheduled action or event at that time. The exact nature remains unclear from the fragment.
Hubert McKinley Brainard aged 69 of Bero Park Orae will have funeral services followed by burial. Mourners include Jane, Steve Lakey Lusk, Lenk Chevice Aly Lilly, Olivia Kris, and Pederson family members. Services coordinate with local funeral home and church.
Mrs Mary Green 73 Mullens will receive final rites at 11 a m Thursday at Mullens First Baptist Church with Rev W R Nelson presiding Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley Death followed an automobile accident at Itmann due to a stroke Born April 1 1892 in Beckley she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Evans Moran She was predeceased by her husband Evert in 1962 Survivors include four sons Roba New Haven Everette Mullens William R Owensville Mo and Charles N Green Beckley three daughters Mrs Mabel Black Lancaster Ohio Mrs Dorothy F and Mrs Betty J Lester Mullens a brother D D Moran Roanoke Va one other sister Mrs Ida Moran McGraws 16 grand and 3 great grandchildren She was a member of Mullens First Baptist Church The body is at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens where friends may call after 4 p m Wednesday RNS
Sergeant Jess W Williams 49 longtime Beckley Police Department member died at 3 pm Monday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Washington after internal disorders and three major surgeries. He was born in Princeton on March.
The 18,000 personal injury suit arising from a December 10, 1964 automobile collision on Rt. 16 at MacArthur opened this morning in circuit court. Plaintiffs Sid James and R Preston of Beckley allege damages after their car collided with George M Wood’s vehicle in which they were passengers. A 7 women 5 men jury was empaneled and toured the accident scene by bus. Jurors named include Judy Bailey Andrew vom Okey Cox Arlene Wyatt G R Bartley Elsie McCain Edward Corey Ruth Meadows Robert Lee Nellie A Philpott Mrs Parsons and John Mekesver. Norman Knapp excused other jurors. Attorneys E Carl Meadows J W Maxwell for the Callisons and W H File Jr Old Hodson for the defense. First Bible printed in America was the Algonquin Bible, monstered for the Indians in
Cuban exodus swells as 125 boats head to Florida. Reports say scores of men and 189 children have arrived since the exodus began Oct 7. The Camarioca shuttle across the Florida Straits gains momentum after a week of few crossings, despite Coast Guard warnings.
COCOM members largely NATO nations except Iceland plus Japan agreed on approving peaceful reactor sales to communist countries in Eastern Europe. No contracts have been submitted yet to COCOM for authorization, with IAEA oversight to ensure peaceful use of reactors and uranium fuel.
Seven Ku Klux Klan members forced a Black motorist off U S 78 near Crawfordville Georgia and attempted to beat him. Police seized seven sawed off shotguns eight pistols and several clubs from the group after arresting them at a restaurant. Two defendants J M Howard Sims 43 and Cecil Myers 27 both Athens Ga were later released on bond while Turner reported as the victim remains involved in ongoing racial tensions in the town.
The Rev James Groppi led 100 to 150 children in a boycott protest in front of St Boniface Church with a plan to set up 12,000 fellow school boycott participants.
A fragment describes Sleulee using a sadas te collector to pick up a piece of phosphorus that may have floated ashore from a flare or marker. It notes she was not horionaty hurt.
CHARLESTON UP I The Board of Public Works resumes a three day session on tentative property assessments for utilities in West Virginia. Officials from Appalachian Power Wheeling Electric Cum Allegh Gas West Penn Power Manufact urers Light and Heat West Virginia Water Co appear to argue the assessments exceed last year’s by about 7 million. They cite inequities in class three and four valuations and ask reductions for several utilities including Chesapeake and Railway N and W and Hope Natural Gas Co and Western Union Telegraph Co citing cost and non profitability of new systems.
A fragmented report describes an earlier attack on July 28 involving American aircraft and a raid with four participants. On Monday U S Air Force jet bombers followed with a strike on a railway yard 95 miles Delta, after a large anti missile raid 90 and 12 miles south of the U S. The text notes massive sustain elsewhere in South.
Opponents argued the measure would delay congressional adjournment and stall action. House leaders postponed final action on President Johnson's higher education aid plan and a poverty area teacher corps until Wednesday to rally as many favorable votes as possible.
Smith argues the constitutional clause on vacancies in the office of the commissioner prevents action due to lack of a quorum and access to the es stianes. he notes the absence of an elected successor despite the vacancy.
In Parkersburg, burglars spent hours trying to crack an unlocked safe at St. Clair's Auto Supply without success. They damaged the safe with torches and tools, left a sign claiming the safe was empty, and appeared to trigger a false fire alarm. Blood stains and a cut were found on the floor.
Radio Malaysia citing Antara reports that a Communist office in Medan North Sumatra was burned killing three sons and wounding others. Jakarta says the area remains tense with Indonesian soldiers clashing during the incident. Neighbors say no troops or shooting were seen on the day after the event.
Experts on trivia report a team defeating Barnard Bryn Mawr and Princeton Saturday in the first intercollegiate trivia contest. They quickly answered questions including Riley's Life of Riley address 1313 BlueBird Lane San Francisco and the eccentric invention Gyro Gearloose.
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