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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1966
Page
1
A collection of reader questions and short official responses covers topics from stain removal and fabric care to health card checks, tax questions for widows, Social Security eligibility, post office check dispersal rules, local coin dealers, clothing shrinkage, freezing cabbage, and Huntington Miss America history.
U.S. B52s and B57 Canberras bombed concentrations and supply hubs in the DMZ to back Marine forces as 1,500 Marines land south of the border and another unit advances north in Operation Prairie. The strike followed 121 missions targeting oil depots, a Haiphong base, and SAM sites. A Marine pilot died in a noncombat accident near Saigon as survivors from the DMZ fight were evacuated to the Iwo Jima.
Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon departed USS Guam by helicopter at 9 a.m. EDT to complete their record 71 hour mission. The Gemini 11 debrief to Houston will follow a two day stay at Cape Kennedy before reuniting with families. hopes for a future moon flight rise.
Sen Edward Long charging the Justice Department with failing to prosecute cases of wire tapping as his subcommittee hears more testimony on service observing by telephone companies. He says the judiciary panel will likely back an anti snooping bill next year. The same day the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a 53 million measure for State Department posts overseas including 1.6 million for a new chancery in Saigon and three ambassador nominees Reynolds Carlson Ferguson and Robinson McKvaine.
Officials state the Vietnam buildup will continue without reducing American forces in Europe. Current US troop count in Vietnam is 308,000 with no set limit on buildup size. Westmoreland's requests guide timing while no ceiling on ultimate forces is set. Nixon's 500,000 suggestion is rejected.
A bid to strip Adam Clayton Powell of chair power within the House Education and Labor Committee emerges from Powell’s own ranks. Rep. Sam Gibbons leads the revolt, with significant Democratic support and potential GOP backing. Powell recently ousted Gibbons as floor manager of welfare legislation.
Clear and cool today with a high near 61. Tonight will be clear and cold with frost likely in low areas and a low around 35. Tomorrow increasing clouds with a high in the low 60s. Airport conditions show a high of 66 and a low of 37 recently, with 0.05 inch precipitation. River and lake readings are muddy. Greenbrier one foot above normal, Hinton gauge 3.6 ft. Five day WV forecast: temperatures about five degrees below normal, highs 79 to 56 coastal south and 75 to 49 north, cool into Monday then warmer Tue and Wed, some rain likely Sun or Mon totaling about 0.25 inch.
United Nations diplomats refused to accept Thant’s pledge to leave office when his term ends on November 3. U.S. Ambassador Goldberg publicly urged Thant to remain, signaling Security Council backing for Thant’s continuation. Fedorenko of the Soviet Union voiced unanimous council support in private, while noting it was premature to press Thant officially.
In Grenada Mississippi two desegregated public schools Horn Elementary and Rundle High reopen with 162 Negro students entering quietly under protection of state troopers and the FBI. Judge Claude Clayton had closed the schools previously fearing danger while officials were away.
Stokely Carmichael, SNCC chairman, was released on $1000 bond after 10 days in jail on riot charges in Atlanta. He vowed more civil rights demonstrations and said arrests were illegal while denying SNCC responsibility for the riot. He said Atlanta might as well get used to it.
Nancy Adams 19 of Stone Township faces murder charges after police found her 18 month old daughter Nancy suffocated with a pillow and placed in a bureau drawer. Adams confessed she killed the child Tuesday night due to debt and lack of money for food.
Robert R. Bowers of St Albans leaves after 16 years as director of the West Virginia Commerce Department Travel Development Division to become executive director of the West Virginia Petroleum Association. Curtis Jones will be acting director. Bowers urged state needs include a hotel motel directory and annual one million road maps, plus funding to host travel writers for national publicity.
The United States and the Philippines cut the lease term on four major bases from 99 to 25 years. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Philippine Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos signed at the State Department, amending the 1947 bases pact. U.S. tenure ends 25 years from today, September 16, 1991.
The House Ways and Means Committee invited labor farm and steel leaders for views on President Johnson's anti inflation program amid mixed reviews. The state attorney general said county boards may admit private or parochial students to public schools at discretion, noting no Board of Education rules exist. Senator Byrd urged practical, action oriented response to urban growth during the Public Utilities Association of the Virginias meeting in White Sulphur Springs.
Archbishop Henry J. O'Brien announced a $15,000 grant from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford to the Natural Family Planning Association of Connecticut. The group teaches non device birth control methods. Also noted a regional weather dip with autumn-like air across the Great Lakes and Northeast, with temperatures falling into the 30s in multiple states.
Continental Oil Co announces completion of the Consolidation Coal acquisition. A wholly owned subsidiary will operate Consolidation, with Consolidation receiving one million Continental Oil shares for five billion tons of recoverable coal, plus a $460 million production payment sold to William Coal Corp and repaid from coal revenues with interest. Continental Oil will hold full revenues once the payment is made.
The State Road Commission announced changes to its snow and ice materials procedures after Gov. Hulett C. Smith ordered cancellations of most cinder contracts. District plans, bulk purchases, yard basis pricing, and stricter requisitions aim to ensure cost effective use of abrasives and chemicals including limited calcium chloride.
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