Eisenhower Ailing With New Heart Attack At 77
Washington AP Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, suffered another heart attack early Tuesday doctors said the outlook is guarded. Son John Eisenhower rushed to his bedside as Walter Reed Army Hospital noted he was resting comfortably with stable vital signs after the chest pain episode. The general, hospitalized since May 14, had shown a satisfactory recovery from his June 15 attack and delivered a convention message by remote electronic hookup from his hospital suite.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
John Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Army Hospital
Associated Press
Dele
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Wreck Kills Welch Man on Wyoming County Mountain Road
A 70 year old Welch man, George D. Morgan, was killed Tuesday when his car crossed the median on Baileysville Mountain, struck another vehicle, then plunged about 500 feet off the road. Deputy Halsey and Cpl Heflin found him dead. Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to handle arrangements.
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Baileysville Mountain
Wyoming County
Herbert Halsey
George D. Morgan
Morgan
J. E. Heflin
Halsey
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
GOP Platform Preview Signals Unity At Miami Beach
The Republican National Convention fast reviewed a 1968 platform pledging peace abroad and a just society at home. Sen. Everett Dirksen led a 102 member committee as talks hinted at little dissent, with Reagan and Romney backing the peaceful and gradual stance on Vietnam.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Republican National Convention
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Vietnam
Nixon Visit Reassuring Virginia Delegation
Virginia Republicans, convinced Nixon will win the nomination, met him in Miami Beach and pressed for a running mate. They reported Nixon spoke assuredly of national reach, promised a unifying pick, and outlined a balanced Vietnam stance while advocating peace through negotiation.
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Virginia
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Jack L. Middleton
Middleton
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
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Secret US spy satellite launched from Cape Kennedy
Agent 817, America's newest master spy, lifted off from Cape Kennedy on an Atlas Agena rocket at 7 08 a m EDT on a secret mission to gather intelligence above Eurasia and other hot spots. The launch was cloaked by order of the joint chiefs and State Department amid delicate Geneva disarmament talks.
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State Department
Geneva
Switzerland
Mercer County Man Shot Five Times in Domestic Dispute
A 47-year-old Mercer County man was hospitalized in serious condition with five gunshot wounds after an noon Tuesday incident at Robert Watkins’ home in Ceres. Cecil Dewey Earls was also wounded and operated on. Watkins turned himself in to Mercer County Jail later Tuesday night. Watkins faces felonious assault charges and was to appear before Justice of the Peace Jim Belcher in Princeton.
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Bluefield
Ceres
Robert Watkins
Princeton
Cecil Dewey Earls
Watkin
Watkins
Justice of the Peace
Jim Belcher
J. L. Tryall
Route 2
Route 1
R. D. Thompson
D. B. Atkinson
Cc. J. Harvey
Saigon
U.S
Nixon Near First Ballot Nomination As Delegates Rally
Nixon adds delegates to his GOP roll as rivals scramble for second ballot support. AP tallies show Nixon approaching 667 needed, with Goldwater backing Nixon and Reagan courting Southern delegates while Rockefeller, Lindsay, and others shift votes.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Goldwater
Reagan
Howard Callaway
Georgia
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Tazewell County Girl Charged With Shotgun Murder
A 15 year old girl in Tazewell County Virginia is charged with the murder of her father, William Marlin Billips, 52, following a 12 gauge shotgun incident at their Stony Ridge home. The suspect is jailed in Tazewell County Jail as authorities continue the investigation. Funeral services for Billips are planned at the Church of Christ in Mud Fork with burial at Sluss Cemetery.
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Tazewell County
Stony Ridge
William Marlin Billips
Garney Lusk
Lips
Luther
Carl
Vernon
Ernest Billips
North
Gertrude
Nannie Billips
John Griffith
Bluefield
Albert Sluss
Abbs Valley
Church of Christ
Mud Fork
Charles Sublett
Sluss
Greever Funeral Home
Barron Case To Resume In U S District Court
Pre trial hearings in the bribery conspiracy case against former Gov. W W Barron and five other defendants continue in Charleston. The first issue is likely the change of venue as Barron’s attorney collapsed in court and a delay was granted until July 19 with physician restrictions until Aug 15. Defendants include Burl A Sawyers Vincent J Johnkosk Truman E Gore Bonn Brown and Alfred W Schroath. The six face a federal indictment for conspiring to take bribes for state contracts and lawyers argue publicity tainted the pool. The motion seeks a venue shift outside West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. W. Barron
U. S. District Court
Barron
Robert G. Perry
J. Robert Martin
Perry
Burl A. Sawyers
Vincent J. Johnkosk
Truman E. Gore
Elkins
Bonn Brown
Clarksburg
Alfred W. Schroath
West Virginia
Viet Cong Blow Up Key Temporary Bridge Near Saigon
Viet Cong underwater mines attached to a raft destroyed a temporary pontoon bridge 17 miles southwest of Saigon on National Highway Four. Army engineers move in to repair, as traffic into the delta hinges on the route.
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Saigon
Mekong
Ben Luc
Delta
Quang Nam
U.S
West Virginia Delegates Eye Nixon Nomination at Convention
Miami Beach dispatch notes 14 West Virginia GOP delegates split on Nixon and Rockefeller as the roll calls approach. Some Nixon supporters show firm loyalty while a Rockefeller faction predicts a few votes, with roll call dynamics and state loyalties shaping the outcome.
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West Virginia
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Rocky
Nelson Rockefeller
Mahlon Guthrie
Rockefeller
New York
Stover Demoted at Princeton State Police
Lt. Roy C. Stover the head of the Princeton State Police detachment was demoted to trooper and reassigned to Company C headquarters at Elkins following a State Police Board of Inquiry. Supt. Welty said hearings were internal and discussed personnel records which remain privileged.
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Roy C. Stover
Princeton
Company
Elkins
Spe
Cial State Police Board of Inquiry
State Police Supt
T. A. Welty
Welty
Stover
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