Five Republicans File Federal Suit Over West Virginia Districts
Five Republicans filed a federal suit in Southern West Virginia seeking to strike down the current five district map as unconstitutional due to population variance. They request a preliminary injunction to bar certification of aspirants until a hearing. The suit names four in the 4th District and one in the 1st, with two lawmakers among plaintiffs. They aim to force reconsideration ahead of the May 1968 primary filing period.
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Charleston
West Virginia
John A. Field Jr
Miller
Dak Song Village Raided by Viet Cong in Central Highlands
Viet Cong battalion attacked the Dak Song New Life hamlet near the Cambodian frontier using grenades and flame throwers. Reports varied on casualties with estimates from 20 to 300 killed and many wounded or missing, while 30 to 40 homes burned. U S officials cautioned the figures differed as communications stayed difficult.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Dak Song
Highway 14
U.S
Wilbur Wilson
Wilson
U.S. Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support Office
South Vietnam
Green Beret
Governors Back Norfolk and Western and coal alliance
The Southern Governors Conference and ex opponent Southern Railway back the Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio merger. Hearings opened with technical financial data as sides debate roaming trackage rights and coal shipment rates across southern states. Former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders said the coal agreement secures South access to vast coal fields served by N and W.
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Southern Railway
Pennsylvania
New York Central
State of
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Carl Sanders
N&w Southern Coal
Southern Governors Conference
Southeastern Association of Railroads and Utilities Commissioners
N&w-C&o
Sanders
N&ww
Charles J. Ho
of Glove
William R. Staats Inc
New York City
Penn-Central
Pennsylvania Company
N&w
C&o
Hodge
Surgeon Reports Heart functioning Well So Far
Cape Town surgeon Christian Barnard said the heart transplant patient Louis Washkansky 55 is recovering well and fed for the first time since surgery. Washkansky remains in an oxygen tent not needed by medical staff as doctors monitor for possible organ rejection in the coming days.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Christian Barnard
Washkansky
S. C. W. Bosman
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Denise Ann Darvall
University of Cape Town Medical School
Missing Man Case Probed After Tug River Plunge
State police and McDowell County authorities probe possible foul play in the disappearance of Fred Tinsley a 46 year old Bluff City Tennessee salesman living in Welch. Divers from Bluefield and local squads continue dragging the Tug River area near Jaeger after Tinsley’s car swerved off U S 52 and disappeared. Lonnie Lester who rode with him was jailed for public drunkenness but later released.
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McDowell County
Tennessee
Tug River
Laeger
B. P. Hellms
Fred Tinsley
Bluff City
Tenn
Carter Hotel
Welch
Bluefield
Jaeger
Tinsley
Lonnie Lester
Lester
Inside Abby Add Years Classified Editorials
Fragmentary newspaper page shows sections labeled Abby Graham Little People Princeton Society and sports notes with a Stargazer feature and stock listings, indicating a local society and entertainment page layout with brief items and column references.
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Abby
Graham
Little People
Princeton
Society
Stargazer
Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Near Goal of 6000
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund drive reached 2138 toward a 6000 goal with 101 contributions by Tuesday. Proceeds support a Christmas party for about 1500 underprivileged Bluefield youths marking the 50th annual event. Contributions may be mailed to Bluefield Daily Telegraph or delivered to 412 Bland Street.
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Bluefield
Santa
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Box 208
W. Va
Bland St
Four Children Die In Virginia Beach Fire
Four young children died in a one story home fire on Indian River Road near Virginia Beach. The victims were Sandra Smiley five Gale three Priscilla Ann two and Rose Marie Jones four a neighbor visiting in the Smiley house. Jackie Smiley five escaped after being thrown from a window by her mother Mrs Ben Smiley. Mrs Smiley was treated for burns and hysteria at a Norfolk hospital. The husband was at work when the blaze started. The fire destroyed the entire house and the cause was not immediately known.
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Indian River Road
Sandra Smiley
Gale
Priscilla Ann
Rose Marie Jones
Smiley
Jackie Smiley
Ben Smiley
Leinsdorf to resign from Boston Symphony after 1969 season
Conductor Erich Leinsdorf, 54, announced he will resign as head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the end of the 1969 season at Tanglewood. He cites heavy workload from rehearsals conducting recording and touring. He lives in Brookline with wife and seven children and earns about 80 000 to 90 000 dollars annually.
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Boston
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
Leinsdorf
Boston Orchestra
Brookline
BSO
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Carmichael Barred From France By Cops
Paris police barred Black Power advocate Stokely Carmichael from entering France and canceled his planned Vietnam war protest rally. He was detained at Orly Airport and to be sent home aboard a plane to any destination of his choosing after arriving from Stockholm via Copenhagen.
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Paris
Stokely Carmichael
France
Vietnam
Carmichael
Orly
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Steel makers raise prices on key products amid wage fears
Armco Steel Corp and Republic Steel joined U S Steel and Bethlehem in boosting prices by five dollars a ton on cold rolled sheets with Armco adding five dollars on hot rolled sheets and four dollars on galvanized sheet and strip. The moves cover products used in cars appliances storage tanks industrial machinery and garbage cans. President Johnson said no emergency controls are planned while noting strong views on rising costs and wages.
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Pittsburgh
Johnson
Armco Steel Corp
Republic Steel
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Armco
Washington
Police Seize Distraught Detroit Man After 16-Hour Siege
In Detroit on the West Side 62 year old Eugene Ector held officers at bay for 16 hours threatening to kill five family members. Police ringed the home sent him to a hospital for examination with no injuries reported.
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Eugene Ector
Fortress
Detroit
Ector
SAP
Eetor
Hicks
Joanne
William
Bridgette
Rodney
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Thomas Turkaly
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William Watson
Watson
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