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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1964
Page
1
Premier Nguyen Khanh’s forces crush a bloodless coup as loyalist generals demand sweeping anti corruption actions and threaten a second upheaval within two months. Citizens face political tension while civilian control is pledged. Rebels yield and retreat as air patrols continue.
FDA cautions residents in five states that boric acid was accidentally distributed as epsom salts. In Buckhannon and Anmoore West Virginia the mislabeled powder could be fatal if ingested. No illnesses reported yet. packaging by Great Seal Co. in Coudersport. Code 1005 indicates affected lots. 58 dozen three ounce packages distributed across five states.
Sixteen Indonesian battalions are massing along Sarawak and Sabah borders on Borneo, triggering immediate defense measures in Malaysia. Malaysian forces bolster border patrols and police as Sukarno accuses Western colonialism, while peninsula raids continue amid a major air drop aftermath with several paratroopers killed or captured.
West Berlin residents lauded five American MPs who braved Communist gunfire to aid a wounded refugee escape over the Berlin Wall. SP4 Hans W. Puhl led the rescue, forcing guards to release the man and pulling him over the barrier amid a volley of shots from both sides.
Ten lives lost in West Virginia during a deadly weekend on the highways. An ambulance driver, Ernest Haynes, 19, reportedly fell asleep and veered off the Turnpike near Beckley, killing patient James Marion, 48, as the vehicle plunged into an embankment. Marion was being transported from Charleston to Beckley when the crash occurred. Haynes was charged with negligent homicide and listed in satisfactory condition.
Beckley and vicinity expect sunny and cool conditions this afternoon with a high near 71. Tonight will be fair and not as cool, low around 44. Tuesday brings some cloudiness and warmer, highs in the mid 70s. River gauges show Greenbrier low and clear, Lake normal and clear, Hinton gauge at 1.5 ft. Five day temps trend cooler midweek then warmer end of week with little or no rain.
The year's first frost was noted today with light frost at Raleigh County Memorial Airport station reporting 37 degrees. Moderate frost was observed at Flat Top where temperatures fell to 30 degrees.
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans endorsed President Johnson for the upcoming election. The paper noted it has supported Democrats for years but shifted from Nixon in the last election, stating the Democratic nominee offers a better potential for a sound administration in the next four years.
Syracuse newspaper editorial says Goldwater is too reactionary and unstable. It endorses Lyndon B. Johnson, criticizing Goldwater for vague statements and noting a president would have few chances to revise ill considered words.
A 22 month old child named Matthew Carmel Mayhugh perished in a Sunday morning blaze in South Parkersburg of undetermined origin. Father Carmel Mayhugh reported flames in the kitchen and living room as he tried to reach his son before both parents were hospitalized. the house was a total loss.
West Virginia reporter spends three days behind bars in Moundsville prison mixing with inmates on No 2 Death Row. He describes processing, cell conditions, guard routines, and the eerie calm of life near the electric chair as he experiences the plain daily routines and human interactions inside the death house.
In Jackson Mississippi 38 of 44 Negro students entered white elementary classrooms without incident. Six did not attend. Negro attorneys plan integration suits in nine more Mississippi communities. Mrs Medgar Evers hailed the progress saying Mississippi moved forward today.
President Johnson heads for the Far West with a Great Falls stop on Wednesday as Goldwater tours a wide southern and eastern circuit from North Carolina to West Virginia. Cardinal McIntyre collapses at the Vatican during Ecumenical Council opening. Farmers urge a close 23 state market rebellion in memory of two Wisconsin farmers. Douglas-Home plans a Scotland flight to inform the queen on next month’s election. Lynda Johnson attends Greek royal wedding. Senators seek reapportionment compromise to finish Congress. UAW chief Reuther opens talks with Ford after Chrysler pattern.
Evangelist Billy Graham drew a record crowd of 26 000 at Ak-Sar-Ben race track in Omaha for the last message of a 10 day crusade. Total attendance across 10 sessions reached 183 170. Police in Newport Beach arrested 40 rioting teens and warned over 100 others to leave after beach scuffles and thrown objects. Governor Barron urged Congress to push a bill adding aged medical care to Social Security. Forty mill workers at Homer Laughlin China Co idled in a wildcat strike affecting about 1300 workers. President and Mrs Johnson attended services at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. Steelworkers Union and Sterling Enterprises leaders to meet with a federal mediator over plant disputes in Morgantown and wide walkout across Mononga lia and Preston counties.
In White Plains New York the state Supreme Court hearing on Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller custody petition ended. Mrs Rockefeller expects a favorable decision and Justice Joseph F Gagliardi will announce judgment soon. The governor's wife joked it looks good but said she is biased.
Pope Paul VI opened the third session of the Ecumenical Council in Vatican City urging bishops to stand with him in governing the church. Cardinal McIntyre fainted from heat during the ceremony as 24 prelats joined the pope at St Peter's altar in a Latin address stressing episcopal role and papal primacy.
San Francisco report notes barber Darrel Wilde predicts a future where men routinely shape and dye hair. He spoke at a convention and forecast styling replacing standard cuts within seven years and coloring becoming common within about a decade. High prices and resistance from traditional barbers are seen as barriers.
In Aberdeen South Dakota Mary Ann Fischer celebrates the first surviving quintuplets turning one year old while news spreads that she is again expecting. The employment details of her husband and the hospital birth times are noted, recalling the historic dawn at St Luke's Hospital under Dr James Berbos.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. announced under ICC order it will divest its 31.1 percent stake in Norfolk and Western Railway within ten years following the N and W Nickel Plate Wabash merger. The divestiture had been ordered pending the merger, with further details noted in the Railroad section.
Raleigh County Clerk C O Smitty Smith Jr launches a voter information series ahead of the November 3 election. The program answers basics like who can vote where to register and how, with attention to residency, age, citizenship, and eligibility rules under West Virginia law.
New York parents held a two day boycott of the city’s largest school system to protest forced transfers for integration. Pickets blocked several schools while a token 14 student enrollment at a Queens junior high failed. Officials said over a million students were expected to enroll but absentee rates were high, with 57 percent at one Queens school and 42 percent at another, and 40 percent missing at a Brooklyn school.
Women voting for the first time in San Marino helped democracy, rebuffing Communist efforts. Unofficial results show the democratic bloc gaining three seats in the 60-seat Grand and General Council, with Christian Democrats and rightist Socialists taking 39 seats. The Christian Democrats gained two seats and the Social Democrats one.
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