New Round In Baker Probe Starts Today In Public
The Senate Rules Committee opens a new public round in the Bobby Baker probe to examine alleged payoff links to the Kennedy Johnson fund. Key witnesses include Matthew McCloskey, Don Reynolds, and Baker as the panel sets procedures for further inquiry into political dealings from Capitol Hill.
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Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Senate
Matthew H. Mcloskey
McCloskey
Ireland
John J. Williams
R-Del
McClosatie A
Philadelphia
Don B. Reynolds
MacCloskey
Washington D.C
Williams
Reynolds
Kennedy-Johnson
MicCoskey
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Capitol Hill
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
White House denies Hoover replacement plan
The White House stated President Johnson never considered replacing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and denied Newsweek’s report of a push to find a new chief. Newsweek stood by its source while FBI declined comment.
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Washington
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J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
George E. Reedy
Newsweek Magazine
Oi MO
Ing Yvonnson
Hoover
Reedy
Newsweek
Osborn Elliott
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon
Board Reinstates Welch Armory Caretaker Cosimo Serge
A special five member board advised State Adjutant General General Williams to re hire Cosimo Serge as caretaker of the Welch National Guard Armory. The board ruled his June firing by Capt James Gallimore was improper citing personality conflict. Gallimore argued Serge mishandled armory duties. The panel met here Sunday and recommended reinstatement.
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WELCH
Adj
Williams
Cosimo Serge
Welch National Guard
Serge
James Gallimore
Gallimore
AMA chief urges doctors to resist Medicare push
Dr Donovan F Ward warned Florida physicians that a federal health program funded by Social Security taxes could still be blocked though Congress grows stronger. He said polls show division on Medicare and stressed AMA support for care for all but opposition to federal intrusion into medical practice. The House of Delegates will vote Wednesday on a public education program addressing the issue.
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Miami Beach
Fla
American Medical Association
Congress
Donovan F. Ward
Ward
House of Delegates
AMA
West Virginia Weather Forecast Calls for Snow and Rain
The Weather Bureau in Charleston expects precipitation in West Virginia through Saturday in the form of snow and rain. A quarter inch of precipitation is possible on Thursday. Temperatures will run 4 to 5 degrees below normal, with highs around 46 in the south and 45 in the north and lows near 30 south and 23 north.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Charleston
Sugar Crop Harvest To Begin Early In Cuba Provinces
In Havana, Cuba, harvesting of the annual sugar crop starts Tuesday two provinces Camaguey and Oriente, key to export earnings. Optimism cites ideal weather and a potential five million ton yield, aided by 40,000 volunteer cutters and 2,000 new trucks to move cane to mills.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Camaguey
Oriente
Flora
Matoaka Man Fined Jailed for Drunken Driving Chase
Charles W. Terry of Matoaka received a 20 day jail term and fines totaling 140 dollars after a Monday magistrate in Princeton found him guilty of driving while intoxicated and failing to heed a police siren. Troopers described a high speed pursuit reaching 120 mph along Route 10.
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Charles W. Terry
Matoaka
James B. Belcher
Princeton
Belcher
Terry
William A. Johnson
Lashmeet
Rock Road
Johnson
Rebels Gain Control of Stanleyville
Rebels tighten grip around Stanleyville as fighting erupts at the airport where a Belgian plane crashed killing seven aboard. Congolese forces and white mercenaries remain in the area while hostages and refugees are reportedly moved or rescued amid ongoing sniper fire and diplomatic caution.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Stanleyville
Albert Liegeois
Congo
Michael Hoare
Mobutu
Bunia
Watsa
F. J
Wintery Conditions Grip Bluefield and Surrounding Roads
Bluefield and Princeton streets were slick with fresh snow and ice as of Monday night. State Road Commission crews treated primary and secondary roads, but many routes remained hazardous with drivers urged to use snow tires or chains and pedestrians to walk carefully.
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Bluefield
State Road Commission
Princeton
SRC
Tazewell
Bland
Giles
Virginia
Virginia Faces Painful Reapportioning Task
Gov. Harrison presses lawmakers to redraw districts to ensure population equality as required by federal courts. Committees hold hearings while Republicans oppose the plans in both chambers. Plan A from UVA aims for near equal districts, with Northern Virginia and lower Tidewater gaining seats at rural areas' expense.
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Senate
Del
Lawrence H. Hoover
Harrisonburg
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University of Virginia
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Tidwater
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Virginia
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Arlington
Fairfax
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Alexandria
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Hampton
Virginia Beach
No Decision From Court Delayed in Virginia Redistricting
Virginia Supreme Court released twenty decisions but postponed the major ruling on congressional redistricting. No opinion was issued by Monday with Jan. 18 as the next possible date. The case, filed by Jack Wilkins of Norfolk, claims current maps discriminate against the 10th and 2nd districts.
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Virginia
Supreme Court
High Court
General Assembly
Jack Wilkins
Norfolk
Woman Acquitted In Tazewell County Killing
Alice Vance, 34, was found not guilty of murder in the October pistol slaying of her husband Henry Vance at their Sinking Waters home near Bandy. The defense testified self defense after he returned home intoxicated and threatened her. the jury deliberated 30 minutes.
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Tazewell
Alice Vance
Vincent L. Sexton Jr
Henry Vance
Sinking Waters
Tazewell County
Bandy
Belgium denies U S pressure on Congo rescue mission
Brussels reports that the Belgian government rejected claims of U S pressure ending the Congo rescue operation. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said there was no U S pressure to call off the mission, while Prime Minister Theo Lefevre’s office denied a newspaper report quoting him on U S reluctance.
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Brussels
Belgium
Congo
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Theo Lefevre
Lefevre
United States
UN Assembly Opens as 92 Issues Loom Over Key Session
Diplomats from 112 nations converge on New York for a pivotal UN General Assembly with tensions over U S Soviet peacekeeping assessments clouding the start. Expected to elect Ghana’s Alex Quaison Lackey as president amid possible secret voting and debate over new members Malta Malawi and Zambia.
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N.Y
U.N
Assembly
Alex Quaison- Lackey
Ghana
Soviet Union
Carlos Sosa-Rodriguez
Venezuela
Quaison-Lackey
Malta
Malawi
Zambia
Churchill Celebrates 90 With World Greetings
Sir Winston Churchill marked his 90th birthday in London as world statesmen sent telegrams and letters. Post Office trucks delivered thousands of birthday wishes to his Hyde Park Gate apartment while he enjoyed a quiet day with close friends and family and a dinner featuring his favorite oysters.
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Hyde Park Gate
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Truman
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Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Britain
Times
The
Blenheim Palace
Randolph Churchill
Winston Spencer
Clementine
Queen Elizabeth II
Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches 554 Lives
The Associated Press reports 554 deaths occurred during a 102-hour Thanksgiving weekend period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. It marks the busiest four day holiday toll since 1958, surpassing last year’s 543 deaths.
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W. S. Magill
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Ernest Hallman
Western Carriers Conference
J. E. Wolfe
James Reynolds
Wirtz
Francis O’neill
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Thomas Ramsey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Joseph Ramsey
International Association of Machinists
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Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association
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Elizabeth
William McChesney
Wamba
Phoenix
Ariz
McChesney
World Wide Evangelization Crusade
Wam
Federal Aviation Agency
Mercer County
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West Virginia Turnpike
Mercer
Richmond, Va
Albertis S. Harrison
Paul Ranck
Williamsport
Lycoming County
U. S
U.N. Assembly
Gromyko
Ali
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
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