Appalachian Aid Debate Highlights National Policy Split
Washington reports a House debate on President Johnson's 1.1 billion Appalachian aid bill aimed at West Virginia and ten other states including Ohio. Republicans predict mixed support while Democrats urge passage citing regional misery and development needs. The bill creates a regional commission, funds highway development, surveys water resources, rehabilitates mining scars, and expands vocational training programs.
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Chileans May Elect Communist Leader Allende
Havana reports government circles predict Salvador Allende will win the Chilean presidency on Friday and says only a coup or election fraud could stop him. The result tests whether pro Marxist forces can gain power legally or by force.
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Sovietes accuse China of vast land grab in bold claim
Pravda accuses Peking of an expansionist program claiming over 500000 square miles of Soviet territory and ambitions across Burma Vietnam Korea Thailand Malaya Nepal Bhutan and Sikkim. It warns such rival claims would raise tensions and invite military conflict.
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Three Year Old Rescued From Abandoned Well
A 3-year-old asthmatic boy named Jerry Bettencourt fell 25 feet into an abandoned dry well in Fremont California. After three hours rescue worker Duayne Watson pulled him out with ropes as a crowd watched and the boy was taken for observation in good condition.
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Encephalitis Cases in Cincinnati and World News Briefs
A second suspected Cincinnati encephalitis case is under investigation to see if linked to Houston’s epidemic. Sgt. Alvin C. York, WWI hero, dies at 76. Lt. Charles F. Klusmann, shot down in Laos, flies home via Thailand. Senate to vote on Social Security health care plan for the aged. Baltimore prepares for possible riots amid warnings of agitators. Vietnam's Vice Premier Hoan resigns citing lack of authority. Indonesia launches airborne assault landing 30 paratroopers in Johore. Ohio Supreme Court upholds July decision banning numbers game slips.
LBJ Orders FBI Probe Into $35000 Payoff Charges
President Johnson asked the Justice Department to direct the FBI to investigate Sen. Williams accusation that builder Matthew McCloskey paid a $35000 kickback on the DC Stadium contract. Williams said $25000 went to the 1960 campaign fund via Don Reynolds.
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Bobby) Baker
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Germans Remember World War II Start Across Berlin
On the 25th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of Poland West Berlin held wreath ceremonies led by Major Willy Brandt with Allied commandants. East Germany’s Walter Ulbricht condemned imperialism in a Volkskammer speech. The nearby Kroll Opera House marked Hitler’s Reichstag address announcing the invasion.
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Langsville Man Faces Two Robbery Charges
Larry Bryan Wyatt, 25, of Langsville, was bound over to the Vinton County grand jury on an armed robbery count after being arrested at the Midway Inn Route 33. He also pleaded innocent to assault with intent to rob in Athens County Court and faces charges for the Meeksville Tavern robbery attempt.
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Athens
Neighbors Ignored Aged Woman in Plight Five Days
In East Liverpool a 74 year old woman Was found on her kitchen floor after a fall. Neighbors reportedly refused to help prompting police to intervene. Her husband Elmer, also 74, wandered dazed inside the home. Both were hospitalized after the incident. President Johnson signed a large housing bill in Washington. Robert F Kennedy was nominated for the Democratic Senate seat from New York amid a challenge from Samuel Stratton supporters.
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Selma Ladzinske
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Dirksen Aims to Limit Debate on Reapportionment Plan
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen says he plans to move possibly Friday to limit debate on renewing a proposal to delay court ordered reapportionment of state legislatures.
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Senate
Everett Dirksen
Liberal falsehoods and campaign views in 1960s Athens article
A Messenger page summary notes liberals spreading falsehoods about Barry Goldwater’s surrender to moderates and quotes John Johnson’s major campaign views. The issue references Nelsonville and Point Pleasant obituaries, Logan coal history, and Stan Musial in hospital, with scattered local sports notes.
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Art Kuhn
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