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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1966
Page
1
Questions and answers from The Ring Register style column cover topics from youth building permits on under 14s property to mufflers legality. It notes contact points for city and state offices, daylight saving time, electricity from burned-out bulbs, water pollution concerns, unbreakable plexiglass, and driving license rules.
Charleston. State Purchasing Director Clarence Johnson urged the next legislature to amend the 1965 disclosure law requiring out-of-state firms selling to state agencies to register. He argued the rule forces reliance on higher bidders and may block vitally needed, single-source products. Johnson said many manufacturers refuse to register, citing sole production.
Partly cloudy today with a high around 81 and a low near 60 under clear tonight. Tomorrow partly cloudy with a high near 80. Airport data show 79 for the high in the last 24 hours and 59 as the low. River gauges indicate Greenbrier river normal and clear. Lake Greenbrier normal and clear with 0.9 of a gate open. new gauge at Hinton at 1.6 feet. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures, warmer over the weekend, then cooler. rainfall expected at about Sunday and Monday, totaling around one half to one inch.
The State Showboat Rhodo dendron was sold to Clinton Iowa Park Commission for 21165 ending weeks of speculation over who would get the West Virginia Centennial craft. State Purchasing Director Clarence Johnson said the decision to award the riverboat to Iowa was made after careful consideration and evaluation and called Clinton bid the highest legitimate offer despite Ravenswood bid of 50001 not meeting specs. Johnson joked about a parallel to a good 3 bill and the million dollar integrity of the people of West Virginia. He noted Clinton spokesman comments referenced in a telegram to John W. Scott.
Clarence J. Jones once a local boxer and evangelist was jailed Thursday after a prison release. He rode a bus from Moundsville to Charleston, then was arrested on a drunkenness charge. Judge Charnock released him with a one day sentence served. He had a past of religious work and a prior breaking and entering conviction after “backsliding.”
Beckley Fire Department operated with only three men on duty at the main station on South Kanawha Street while No. 2 on 3rd Avenue sat unmanned. Fire chief Cecil P. Connor said station consolidations occur during staff shortages and noted a policy of 24 hour shifts with 24 hours off and a 14 day limit of five 24 hour days. Mayor John W. Smith, who had previously suspended two officers for neglect of duties, declined to comment on the situation.
Hurricane Faith no longer threatens the U S mainland as its 110 mile per hour winds move deeper into the North Atlantic. Blaw-Knox Co wins a multi million dollar contract to build a titanium dioxide plant for Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Natrium Marshall County. Leonard Walle Jr 23 a groom of twelve days held in Omaha psych ward after his wife a former Dallas dancer Delilah shot dead in hotel. Typhoon Alice, first major storm to strike Okinawa US military base, kills one, injures seven, over ten million dollars in damage. West Virginia orders plan to handle peacetime radiological mishaps. Thousands flee as Greek tremor followed by a strong quake destroys over 1900 homes in the Peloponnesus.
In Phnom Penh the French president and Cambodian head of state demanded withdrawal of foreign troops from Viet Nam and Laos, citing the Geneva accords and seeking guaranteed neutrality. They urged a regional conference to secure borders and prevent wider war. the communique followed De Gaulle's three day visit.
The Johnson administration rejects De Gaulle's demand for a fixed U S troop withdrawal date from South Vietnam unless North Vietnamese forces also depart. Washington coolly responds to the Cambodian speech, noting no public statement may follow. The White House cites De Gaulle offered no North Vietnamese withdrawal plan or peace roadmap. The speech followed a meeting with Hanoi officials.
President Johnson urged emergency legislation to create a 46,000 acre national park near Eureka California to prevent logging in an 18,000 acre section owned by a California timberman. Charleston Press Club canceled a Fowler speech over embarrassment. State Chamber endorses four of five constitutional amendments, opposing longer legislative calendar and higher pay.
United Press International reports the National Safety Council fears 530 to 630 traffic deaths and up to 25 000 disabling injuries during the Labor Day holiday period. Fair weather expected nationwide as the weekend runs from 6 p.m. today to midnight Monday. Howard Pyle warns July death toll set a record with 5 130 fatalities, underscoring the holiday risk.
Thursday governor Hulett C. Smith appointed George W. Stokes of South Charleston to the West Virginia Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board. He succeeds James C. Lyons of Pineville.
U S Air Force pilots fighting through storms again cut North Viet Nam's rail links to Red China. Two planes and their pilots were lost. Viet Cong attacks near Saigon and Hue killed and wounded civilians and soldiers as elections loomed. A bus bombing near Lai Thieu wounded several. Red troop buildups warned in four northern provinces as Premier Ky pledged to resign when a civilian government forms.
An Army engineer, Specialist Four Charles A. Smith of Ashford West Virginia, received the Soldier's Medal in Tuy Hoa Vietnam for rescuing a fellow soldier January 19. Smith dove into rough seas after a wave knocked a man from a ramp, pulling him to safety. His mother Cora A. Smith lives in Ashford and his wife Donna in Carterville Illinois.
The UPI report notes the Senate met only 18 seconds before adjourning for the Labor Day weekend and plans to reconvene at noon EDT Tuesday.
Racial violence flared anew in Dayton Ohio where 1000 combat equipped National Guardsmen patrolled streets and at Battle Creek Michigan. At least 30 injured and 140 arrested in Dayton in 24 hours of looting window smashing and stoning in the Negro West Side. Johnson planned Labor Day weekend visits to Dayton Battle Creek and a Detroit stop.
SISTERSVILLE UPS The Union Carbide Silicones plant south of town was struck when International Chemical Workers Union Local 698 members rejected a two year contract. About 230 hourly workers quit. Plant manager J J Doub said negotiations had been ongoing six weeks with no further bargaining sessions scheduled. The company offered an 11 cent wage hike first year and a reopen option for year two plus additional vacation benefits.
Mary McDonald a television traffic reporter known for helicopter broadcasts died when her airborne studio crashed in suburban Maryland near the DC line. Pilot Lesco Kaufman age 43 also perished as witnesses said engine trouble followed takeoff and the craft struck a 4 000 volt power line.
A two car crash on U S 52 near South Point Ohio killed Ella Ruth Wyant 42 of Huntington West Virginia. The State Highway Patrol reported her car overturned after a collision with a vehicle driven by John Doyle 24 of Chesapeake.
Nicholas County seat Summersville prepares for a visit by President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. The town, population around 2,500, anticipates the event amid memories of Civil War-era destruction and renewed national attention.
Kanawha Airport in Charleston faced dense fog and smoke with no commercial landings at 10:30 a.m. A meeting with federal officials was under way to assess weather and Johnson's planned West Virginia visit Saturday. The Weather Bureau warned conditions could worsen and an alternate landing site remained undisclosed.
Plans set for the President and First Lady to arrive in Charleston by jet at 9 30 a m Saturday for the Summersville Reservoir dedication. Johnson will speak at 10 30 a m after a helicopter flight to the site. Local officials expect hundreds of residents to assist with preparations and anticipate a large West Virginia turnout. The dam forms the largest earth dam east of the Mississippi. After the ceremony, Johnson will fly to Harrisburg for a Dallastown centennial celebration.
J Howard Metireth aged 62 a former U S attorney general in the Truman administration died today at his summer home in Narragansett R I The report notes he had been at his Providence office Thursday and adds that McGrath a former Democratic Rhode Island governor and national party chair also died in bed born in Woonsocket R I in 1903 The item mentions prior political involvement and directs to page 2 for more on McGrath
A National Labor Relations Board petition filed in U S District Court seeks an injunction to halt picketing by United Mine Workers at two Willis Branch coal mines in Fayette County. Named defendants are UMW District 29 at Beckley and Local 8674 at Pax. The NLRB says the Southern Labor Union represents the mines, owned by H&H Coal Co. and Gordon Contracting Co.
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