French Say tzec Invasion Came After Soviet Leaders Feared Loss Of Power
French government sources say Brezhnev and Kosygin decided to move against the Dubcek regime in Czechoslovakia after fearing loss of power at home. They weighed risks to their survival, remembering Krushchev and the Cuban crisis, before choosing a show of force to curb Czech liberals.
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Bernard Kaplan
Paris
Nana
Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Cierna
Bratislava
Nikita Krushchev
Brezhnev d Kosygin
Kosygin
Brezhnev
Russia
Bratslava
Breznev
Wampler Criticizes Vietnam War Policy In Lebanon Talk
Representative William C. Wampler spoke to Russell County Republicans in Lebanon Virginia accusing the Johnson Humphrey administration of mishandling the war. He warned of a bloody stalemate in Vietnam and urged intensive voter registration ahead of November 5. He planned further campaigning in Russell County and the Lee County Fair.
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William C. Wampler
Rep.Va
Russell County
Lebanon
United States
Vietnam
Wampler
McCarthy
Johnson
Humphrey
Viet Nam
Lee County
Virginia Car Crash Kills Man In Virginia Beach
James G. Pauley 33 of Virginia Beach dies when his car runs out of control and hits a parked vehicle on Bow Creek Boulevard. Police report the incident as the fatality from a single-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach.
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James G. Pauley
Virja Beach
Pauley
Bow Creek Bouleard
Virginia Beach
Fairfax
William Bruce Little
Vienna
U. S
Virginia
Fallmouth
Maurice Wilbur Clark
Falmouth
U.S. 1
Stafford County
Petroplus sworn as WV Court of Claims member
Secretary of State Robert D. Bailey swore in August William Petroplus of Wheelersburg as a member of the West Virginia Court of Claims to replace Julius W. Singleton who resigned to join the West Virginia Coal Operators Association.
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Charleston
Robert D. Bailey
William Petroplus of
Wheelag
West Virginia Court of Claims
Julius W. Singleton
Singleton
West Virginia Coal Operators Association
How's That Again
In Hyden Kentucky AP John Waage seeks directions from an elderly man to his friend’s home. The man gives a playful, circular directions reply describing a block turn and a home approaching on the left.
Andy Is For Black Progress
In Peoria Illinois Charles Correll age 78 half of Amos and Andy says he supports progress for Black Americans and would help if able. He recalls growing up as a bricklayer before radio fame starting at WGN Chicago with Freeman Gosden and notes they worked for two years for nothing to launch.
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Peoria
Ill
Charles Correll
Amos
Andy
Correll
WGN
Chicago
Freeman Gosden
Security Exchanges Closed in Bid Week Market Shutdown
New York AP reports securities exchanges and the over the counter market were closed Wednesday for the seventh consecutive one day a week shutdown to ease clerical backlogs after record trading volume. The NYSE and AMEX boards weigh extending the closings beyond this week for broker staff relief.
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New York
Board of Governors
American Stock Exchanges
Deep Ocean Search Ship Planned By Navy Partners
A revolutionary deep ocean search and recovery vessel named the Alcoa Seaprobe is planned with a 244 foot aluminum hull. Built jointly by Aluminum Company of America and Ocean Science and Engineering, the ship will locate and lift heavy objects from the sea floor up to 6,000 feet deep and 200 tons, with sea surface observation and remotely deployed sensors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Drawing Boards
Navy
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh, Pa
Ocean Science and Engineering Inc
Washington, D.C
Alcoa
Seaprobe
Retirement Rules For Disability Retirements In WV Opinion
Charleston report notes state attorney general rules that municipal police and firemen retired for disability before age 65 cannot be forced into nondisability retirements later. Disability retirement payments cannot be discontinued unless a medical determination finds no longer disabled and reinstatement to duty. Bow er prepared the brief in response to Kanawha County Prosecutor Charles Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Asst. Atty
J. Patrick Bower
Kanawha
Charles M. Walker
Goldberg to Address West Virginia Labor Federation Meet
Arthur J. Goldberg will speak at the West Virginia Labor Federation opening session of its annual convention in Charleston. The former secretary of labor and U S Supreme Court justice now practices in New York City. The event, moved to Sept 20, is announced by federation president Miles C. Stanley and secretary-treasurer Glen Armstrong. COPE will also meet Sept 20 to propose political endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia Labor Federation
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
New York City
United Steelworkers Union
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
United Nations
Federation
Miles C. Stanley
Glen Armstrong
AL Cio Committee On Political Education
COPE
Asphalt Employees To Bargain Sept 4
Cincinnati AP reports nine workers at Burdette Asphalt and Redi Mix Co Charleston West Virginia will hold a collective bargaining election on September 4. They will vote on representation by Local 175 of the Teamsters Union per the National Labor Relations Board decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Burdette Asphalt and
Redi Mix Co
Charleston
W. Va
National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters’ Union
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