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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1966
Page
2
Beckley police investigate a nighttime break-in at King Tut Drive-In Restaurant with a cigarette vending machine damaged papers scattered and freezer rammed. police have not yet determined losses. State Police probe a separate breaking and entering at Shady Spring involving a truck owned by Tom Shrewsberry and missing tools.
Despite a chemical price rise, West Virginia will save thousands by canceling all road abrasives contracts as ordered by Gov. Hulett C. Smith. State Purchasing Director Clarence Johnson said calcium chloride bids were rebid and should save the state more than 25 thousand dollars on that contract. Four firms bid the rebid, with Huntington Mine Supply and Service the apparent low bidder on most contracts.
Inez damaged lands and economies by leveling coffee cocoa and sugar fields in the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo reported hundreds of homes destroyed as authorities relief efforts mobilized with troops doctors and nurses. The hurricane struck near Jacmel in Haiti and prompted flood warnings and ongoing danger from rains.
Stephenson Wyom ing County officials probe a Tuesday night break in at the Pocahontas Fuel Co store. Entry came by smashing the front door glass. Missing items include a gun, transistor radio, tools, and watches. Discovered by James Sanger during morning deliveries.
Graveside services for James M. Saunders infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles William Saunders will be at 10 am Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park with Rev F C Calhoun presiding. The infant died at 419 am today in a local hospital. Survivors include maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs George Pittman Beaver and paternal grandfather Clyde Saunders Beaver. The body is at Melton Mortuary.
Multiple obituaries and funeral plans for James Workman Herbert Raines Harry Frye William Banks and others, detailing survivors, services, locations and burial arrangements in Montgomery Beckley Oak Hill Tams Shady Spring and surrounding areas. Includes discharge timing and family connections with extensive survivor lists and funeral home details.
Funeral services are listed for Dr Ronald A Wheeler 38 of Fairfield Ohio in Hamilton with burial there. He died in Cincinnati Hospital. Also listed are David Ellis Brown 70 Fayetteville a former UVa athletics director, Joyce Brown and relatives. George Willis Moose 79 Rhodell and William James 67 Skelton die after long illnesses with arrangements pending. Local funeral homes note services at Dodd Payne Ritchie and Johnson and hospital deaths.
The Chamber plans a full review of all memberships by year end to erase a projected deficit before January 1, 1967. Increased operating costs prompt a push for cash revenue and higher dues across multiple categories, with detailed new rates for retailers, auto trades, banks, and professionals while hospitals shift from auto dealers pricing.
Mrs Gertrude Pownds aged 65 of Carlisle died at her home at 10 am after a prolonged illness. The body lies at the Ritchie funeral home awaiting arrangements.
City Finance Co. of Sprague filed a suit in the circuit clerk’s office to collect on a promissory note. Defendants Tom and Maude Brown allegedly signed the note on December 7, 1965 for 1114.80 dollars, including an 800 dollar loan plus 314.80 dollars interest. The defendants are in default and owe 51 percent interest retroactive from September 27.
Allen P. Slusher, 34, longtime Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital aide, resigns to become administrative assistant at ARH Middlesboro Kentucky. A native of Four Mile Kentucky, a Lone Jack High School graduate, he is married to Betty Dixon with three children.
Morgantown authorities ruled out foul play in the death of 18 year old Point Pleasant freshman John C. Myer on West Virginia University campus. Autopsy planned. results to be released to the family. Body found Thursday morning in his Bozeman Hall dorm room by a friend.
Guardsmen rode shotgun on trucks as police and officials met to decide if 2000 guardsmen would be reduced after disturbances that flared Tuesday night when a white officer shot and killed a black teenager fleeing a stolen car. Heat wave worsened conditions while federal aid was mobilized to review antipoverty programs and job training amid one of the nation’s worst jobless spells.
Marines with jets and artillery captured a fortified North Vietnamese command post just south of the DMZ in a 10 week operation at Quant Tri. They killed 51 Communists, raising the total dead to 933 confirmed and an estimated 1,200 more, as infiltration routes via the border area remained a major target. The post lay in a valley near hills finally taken after two days of fighting. Bones and rotting equipment hint at July's Hastings operation in the same theater.
Washington reports from UPI describe rising per capita cigarette use among adults 16 and over. The Agriculture Department estimates an average of about 215 packs per smoker this year, second only to 1963, with a further rise expected.
The Third Congressional District Democratic meeting venue is moved from the Daniel Boone Hotel to the Civic Center. At 8 p.m. in the West Virginia Room the workshop style session will cover proposed amendments on the November ballot with campaign leaders Clarence E. Elmore Chauncey Browning Jr. James M. Sprouse Ann Hurst Walter Burtopr Curtis Hall and Francis P. Farley in attendance.
Secretary of State records list five corporations chartered in Charleston. Parkersburg-National Brokerage Agency, Beckley Professional Laboratory and X-Ray, B and B Building and Paving of Salt Rock, Harco in Clarksburg, and Fayetteville based River Front Coal Co. Inc. entities show authorized stock and starting capital figures with listed incorporators.
UPI reports West Virginia congressmen split on the War on Poverty roll call. Democrats Hechler Kee Slack Staggers voted for while Republican Moore voted for the measure as the House approved it 210 to 156.
Theodore Robey, 51, of Clarksburg was struck and killed by a drug store delivery jeep driven by Randall Radcliff, 19, as he crossed a downtown street. Police said possible charges were pending an investigation.
Moscow and Peking exchanged greetings at a minimal level amid strained ties. Delegations from both countries met to honor the 17th anniversary of Communist rule in China. Viktor Gorshkov cautioned the uneasy Moscow Peking relationship while wishing China success in its socialist construction.
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