Pilot Dies In First Public Flight Of XV5A Vertiplane
Edwards air base Calif AP A promising vertical takeoff plane crashed during its first public flight Tuesday killing pilot W L Lou Everett 42 chief engineering test pilot for Ryan Aeronautical Co Everett died when the XV5A fluttered near 800 feet and nosed into a desert lake bed after attempting to switch from jet to fan power He had parachute but it failed to open Everett lived with wife Betty Jane and four children in Bonita California and was a WWII and Korean War veteran with a degree in aeronautical engineering from Mississippi State.
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Lou Everett
Ryan Aeronautical Co
San Diego
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Ecru
W. L. (Lou) Everett
Everett
Ryan
General Electric
Earth
Betty Jane
Bonita
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mississippi State
Ans
$30 Million Suit Against UMW Trial Set
The United Mine Workers of America faced a $30 million antitrust suit led by East Tennessee miners led by George Ramsey. Trial before US District Judge Frank Wilson is scheduled to begin September 7 and is allotted six weeks, with prior delays tied to related cases reaching the Supreme Court.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Wilson
George Ramsey
East Tennessee
U.S. Supreme Court
Knoxville
Tennessee
Ramsey
Sasha
Se Union
Senate approves large finance bill funding Appalachian program
The Senate passed a $2.268 billion appropriations bill with $352.3 million for the Appalachian Regional Development program. Most funds cover the remainder of the fiscal year and emergency public assistance grants. The Appalachian allotment gains a one year extension and includes a $200 million highway project for the 11‑state region.
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Washington
Senate
House
Appalachian
Two of ten prisoners remain at large in Beckley jailbreak
In Beckley two of ten escapees from the Raleigh County jail are still sought. Fugitive Roger Norris and Raymond York were identified as at large with four more recaptured in Prince and Hinton areas. Belew, captured in Hinton, had earlier been indicted for interstate transport of forged checks.
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Beckley
Roger Norris
Jonben
Raleigh
Raymond York
Oak Hill
Prince and
Hinton
George Lester Belew
Belew
FBI
Prince
Estil W. Matlens
Welch
Huntington
Woman and Daughter Perish in Three Car Crash Near Charleston
A three car collision near Charleston claims the lives of 38 year old Leona Dawson and her 10 year old daughter Debra, both of Nettie. They rode with neighbor Claude Perkins who was attempting a left turn off U S 60 onto the Chelyan bridge when struck by another vehicle. The crash occurred about 10 miles southeast of Charleston on the Chelyan bridge.
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Charleston
Here
Nicholas County
Leona Dawson
Debra
Nettie
Marmet
Dawsons
Claude Perkins
U. S. 60
Chelyan Bridge
Inside Editorials and Movie Notes
A compact page entry previews editorials and film notes, highlighting commentary and new releases. It lists sections including Abby pieces, Princeton coverage, and society notes plus a brief on classified items and sports highlights.
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Princeton
Tough Bargaining Still Ahead In Steel Industry
President Johnson praised steel negotiators for averting a crippling strike and urged a full settlement by the September deadline. Pittsburgh talks between United Steelworkers Union and 10 major firms face many hard months of bargaining to prevent a new labor crisis next fall.
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Pittsburgh
Johnson
Washington
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
McDonald
Preacher as Gun Toting Officer Works Berkeley County
In Martinsburg the Rev. C. Claude Cave, a preacher and minister, serves as a Berkeley County constable armed with a gun. He travels the area delivering sermons while also serving court papers, balancing religious duties with law enforcement. The piece notes his background in Berkeley Springs and his recent run for constable as a Democrat.
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First Church of God of America
Claude Cave
Berkeley County
Berkeley Springs
Cave
McDowell Grant Approved For VISTA Program
Gov Hulett Smith approved a 69305 federal anti poverty grant for McDowell County chapter of the Council of the Southern Mountains. The funds aid six VISTA volunteers in the county and train nine neighborhood project workers.
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Charleston
McDowell County
Council of the Southern Mountains
Hulett Smith
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Little Hurley Girl Drowns in Hurley Creek
A two year old Buchanan County Virginia girl Betty Jo Littles died after slipping from a footlog into a swollen creek near her Hurley home. She was found downstream lodged against a log and died between 6 and 6 30 p m. Funeral planned at the family home with burial in Laurel Creek Cemetery. She is survived by her parents two brothers and four grandparents.
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Buchanan County, Va
Hurley
Ralph Hess
Hess
Betty Jo Littles
Earl Littles Jr
Grundy Hospital
Flint
Vince Howard Littles
Grant Littles
Harrison Justus
Delbert Justus
Harland Blankenship
Laurel Creek
Virginia
Grundy
McCormick Seeks Bramwell Mayoral Seat in June Election
D W McCormick Bramwell high school principal announces candidacy to unseat Mayor William H Bowen in the June 1 town election. Bowen seeks re election as do five council members and the town recorder with several challengers entering the race.
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D. W. McCormick
Bramwell High School
Bramwell
William H. Bowen
McCormick
Bowen
K. L. Morrissettte
W. P. Clark
Marvin A. Tabor
Dr. A. J. Porter
Katherine Barringer
Richard Raugh
R. H. Sexton
M. K. Haynes
David S. Richardson
Marines Clash Near Da Nang Amid Rising Vietnam War Tensions
U S Marines clashed with Viet Cong outside Da Nang for the seventh day. four Marines wounded by snipers and mines. Air Force planes strike Bai Duc Thon Bridge 160 miles south of Hanoi. Viet Cong and government troops suffer multiple casualties across four actions. Vietnam announces new maritime rules expanding U S Navy involvement in territorial waters. Marine Corps commandant Gen Wallace Greene Jr visits Saigon on inspection.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Bai Duc Thon
Hanoi
U.S. Army
Phan Huy Quai
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Foreign Ministry
United States
Quai
Viet Nam
Republic of
North Viet Nam
Red China
Soviet Bloc
U.S. Marine Corps
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Better Roads Bonds Opening Set Today
Gov. Hulett Smith will open bids on the first 20 million in bonds under the 1964 Better Roads Amendment. Bids will be awarded to the lowest interest rate, with about 20 firms expected to bid for bonds covering the last half of the current fiscal year ending June 30. Another 20 million is planned for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The amendment allows 200 million over 10 years, limited to 20 million per fiscal year.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
Viet Nam Peace Talks Offer Renewed by Johnson
President Johnson renewed his offer to talk peace with any government anywhere any time without conditions. He opened a news conference stating some call it a small war but to those who die it is the last war with high stakes for the United States and South Vietnam.
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Johnson
Press
Washington
United States
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
United
Ed Murrow dies after long cancer in New York
Ed Murrow, famed CBS radio and television newsman and former USIA head, dies at 57 after 18 months with cancer at his PaWLing, New York farm. His wartime London broadcasts earned him worldwide renown and he later led CBS news before a 1961 stint directing the USIA under President Kennedy.
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Pawling
N.Y
Edward R. Murrow
CBS. Radio and Television News
U.S. Information Agency
Murrow
New York
Sir Winston Churchill
Britain
Columbia Broadcasting System
John F. Kennedy
USIA
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