Moore Weighs Governor Run Without Firm Yes or No
Rep Arch Moore Jr West Virginia's lone Republican in Congress says he is considering a run for governor in 1968 but refuses to declare. He plans to decide by mid-summer after conferring with state leaders and notes the risk to his 1st District seat. He questions the private club liquor act and cites possible court challenges.
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Charleston
Arch Moore Jr
West Virginia
Moore
Hulett Smith
State Supreme Court
United Church Alcohol Action Program Group
Border fortifications to seal South Vietnam border
Saigon reports Premier Ky confirming start of a fortified barrier below the DMZ to curb infiltration by North Vietnamese forces. U.S. and Vietnamese commands show cautious support while noting limited action and recent attacks around Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Mondey
South
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South China Sea
Helicopter Rescues Two From California Plane Crash
A Civil Air Patrol team hoisted a man Nicnara Lee McCrachen 24 and his wife Anna Marie McCracken 23 from a wrecked light plane on Cucamonga Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains. They survived night-long freezing temperatures and high winds with minor injuries.
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Fonatana
Calif
Anna Marie McCracken
Ikoe
Cucamonga
San Bernardino Mountains
McCrackens
Corona
San Francisco
Lacey Brown
Civil Air Patrol
Guevara Note Secretly Distributed by Havana Congress
A pamphlet issued in Havana claims to contain a message from Ernesto Che Guevara. The document refers to guerrillas in Bolivia and Brazil and shows Guevara without a beard. Guevara has not appeared publicly since March 14, 1965, with Osmany Cienfuegos presenting the statement at a news conference.
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Havana
Trincontinental Congress
Cuba
Ernesto
Che
Osmany Cienfuegos
Organization of Solidarity of Peoples of Africa
Asia and
Latin America
Howesville Boy Dies After Electric Kite Incident
Patrick Greaser a 12 year old from Howesville West Virginia died at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital Richmond after being burned while trying to free a kite from power lines. He had been in critical condition since the April 9 accident near his Preston County home and was flown to MCV for treatment.
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Richmond
Patrick Greaser
Howesville
W.va
Medical College of Virginia
Young Greaser
MCV
Preston County
South Korea Remains US Guard in Ongoing Tense
Seoul notes the 1952 armistice ended fighting but no peace pact exists. About 55,000 U.S. Army and Air Force personnel stay on guard as tension and danger persist along the demilitarized zone. The piece links Korea to Germany and Vietnam as potential future divides. Six Americans died in a recent border attack.
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United States
U.S. 8Th Army
Air Force
South Korea
East
West Germany
West Berlin
Vietnam
Korea
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Fire Whips Through Dismal Swamp Area
A wildfire in the Dismal Swamp near Chesapeake destroyed an estimated 600 to 800 acres of timber on Washington Forests property. Crews from the Forestry Division Chesapeake fire departments the North Carolina Forestry Service and National Guardsmen battled the blaze for a day and a half with about 150 people on scene and another 100 expected to continue through the night.
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Chesapeake
Washington Forests, Inc
Forestry Division
Chesapeake Fire Departments
North Carolina Forestry Service
National Guardsmen
Drowning Fatality After Auto Crash Near Bradshaw
A 21 year old McDowell County man Nickie Gene Druggish of Bartley drowned in Dry Fork Creek after an auto crash on State Route 83 east of Bradshaw. His brother Ernest Lee Druggish 23 and passenger Rey Robinson 18 escaped serious injury. Driver charged with reckless driving as troopers investigate details of the 2 a.m. crash near a 30 foot embankment.
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McDowell Countan
Bradshaw
Ernest Lee
Bartley
Rey Robinson
Jolo
J. W. Kinsey
Bradshaw - Bailey Road
Craggish
Dry Fork Creek
Fire kills five including mother and three children in duplex
In Indianapolis five people died in a Sunday fire that engulfed a two story duplex. A newspaper delivery boy and a helper helped some escape but smoke drove them back. The victims include Shirley Page 42 and her children Tommy Booker 10 David Booker 5 Angela Booker 3 and James E Walters 39.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fet Ao Meebo
Shirley Page
Tommy Booker
David Booker
Angela Booker
Nixon says war not a 1968 issue but tactics matter
Nixon told reporters in Saigon that he does not expect the Vietnam War to decide the 1968 race though U S tactics like bombing North Vietnam and manpower levels will shape outcomes. He projects eventual South Vietnamese independence and internal security under their own forces. He cited King and antiwar protests as boosting a pullout myth and warned of Democratic split over Vietnam.
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Saigon
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
North Viet
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Martin Luter King Jr
Democratic
Republican
Surveyor 3 Aims Moon Landing From Cape Kennedy
NASA plans an Atlas Centaur launch between 1 14 and 2 25 a m EST to send Surveyor 3 to the moon. After a 67hour 237000mi voyage the 2283pound craft will brake and touch down in the Ocean of Storms for photography and rock digging as a prelude to manned missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Two Hours Twenty Five Minutes For Taxes
The Tax Foundation estimated that the average American will spend two hours and 25 minutes of an eight hour workday in 1967 to earn money to pay taxes. It notes taxes cost more work time than housing and other expenses, with 1 hour 26 minutes for housing. The study compares 1966 at two hours 19 minutes and 1925 at two hours 20 minutes.
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New York
Tax Foundation, Inc
Adenauer Listed In Serious Condition In Bonn
In Bonn West Germany doctors said former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer 91 remains seriously ill with influenza and bronchitis though heart and circulation have stabilized. The bulletin noted overall condition improved at 6 p m while his general illness persists.
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Bonn
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Inside Abby
A brief reader note outlines sections and page cues for the issue. The page list includes features titled Graham and Add Years with references to classifieds and society items.
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Abby
Graham
Princeton
Minobe Wins Tokyo Governor Election Shaking Sato
Ryokichi Minobe, a Socialist backed economics professor, won the Tokyo gubernatorial race with 2,201,389 votes, defeating Masa Tos hi Matsushita as Liberal Democrats faltered. The leftist victory strengthens a Socialist Komeito majority in city government and could influence U S Japan treaty politics.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Ryokichi Minobe
Sato
Liberal Democratic Party
Masatoshi Matsushita
Rikkyo University
Minobe
Matsushita
Kenichi Abe
Komeito
Soka Gakkai Organization
Liberal Democrats
Metropolitan Assembly
Tadashi Adachi
Japanese Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Japan
United States
Americans Wounded As Terrorists Hurl Grenades in Saigon
At a Saigon bus station Monday morning terrorists hurled two grenades at a group of American servicemen, wounding nine. Police deactivated a Claymore mine found at the scene. Authorities believe two to four attackers were involved, who fled.
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U.S
Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
Mercer Native Dies In Wreck
A Mercer County native Frankie Eugene Harvey 22 of Fort Pierce Florida died in a Sunday morning single car crash in Fort Pierce. Harvey born in McComas is the son of Dayton and Mrs. Harvey now living in Fort Pierce. Body to be taken to Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Mercer County
Florida
Bluefield
Frankie Eugene Harvey
Fort Pierce
Fla
Harvey
McComas
Dayton EK. Harvey
Cravens
Bluewell
Richard Speck Convicted in Nurses Murders
A Peoria AP report notes Richard Speck was found guilty on all counts for the 1966 Chicago townhouse nurse killings and faces the death penalty. Jurors deliberated 49 minutes over nine days of testimony then read eight verdicts to the court.
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Peoria
Ill
Richard Speck
Chicago
Speck
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