Romney predicts Burch resignation from GOP post
Michigan Gov. George W Romney said Dean Burch will likely resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Governors called for unity and expansion of leadership but stopped short of ousting Burch. Romney added the Jan 22-23 Chicago meeting will decide if Burch backs the governors' principles.
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Denver
Colo
Michigan
George W. Romney
Dean Burch
Republican National Committee
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Burch
Montana
Tim Babcock
Barry Goldwater
GOP National Committee
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Smylie
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New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Romney
CBS
Bureh
GOP
Chicago
Republican Governors Association
Robert Smylie
Thurston Morton
Kentucky
Goldwater
Ex Hinton Man Shot To Death Near West Side Bar
Robert R. Maddy 26 formerly of Hinton W Va was found shot in the chest beside his running car on Cleveland's west side police say he had just left a job at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp and robbery is not the motive a $105 paycheck and $9 in cash were in his pockets a resident reported hearing a shot and calling police
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Cleveland
Robert R. Maddy
Arene
Catti
Maddy
Hinton
W.va
West Side
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Robbey
Irate sailor starts fires at fish factories in Germany
Werner Weber, a sailor, told police he started a fire at a fish factory after being refused more drinks. He killed a worker who tried to intervene and then set another factory ablaze. Damage from the first blaze reached 1.5 million marks. Firemen saved the second factory.
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Bremherhaven
Germany
Werner Weber
Weber
Cops Search For Missing Youths In Chesapeake Woods
In Chesapeake Virginia police firemen and Coast Guardsmen combed swampy woods late Sunday for two teenage boys Phillip Reid 14 and Stanley O Bannon 13 both from the Fentress Section who wandered into the area behind the O Bannon home while seeking pine cones and failed to return.
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Chesapeake
Phillip Reid
C. J. Reid
Stanley O'Bannon
James O'Bannon
Fentress
O’bannon
Russia To Finance Rebel Congo Guns
A secret Soviet pledge to fund and supply airlifted arms to Congo rebels emerged from Cairo talks. A diplomat cited meetings with Gaston Soumialot and leaders Nasser and Ben Bella, with Khartoum and Juba airfields to be used and Soviet pilots delivering Antonov transports. The move aims to counter Chinese influence and show Moscow can provide military hardware in Africa.
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Soviet Union
Gaston Soumialot
Soumialot
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Sumialot
Khartoum
Juba
Egypt
Ghana
Moscow
Africa
Moise Tshombe
Burundi
Congo
Severe Northeast Snowstorm Strikes Eastport and New England
A brutal snowstorm blankets Eastport Maine and much of New England. Up to 10 inches fallen in parts of the region while ice in places topples power lines. more than 60,000 customers lose electricity and score of deaths recorded across icy highways. The FedEx? weather update notes a 16 to 22 degree low with a 32 degree day.
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Eastport
Maine
New England
Federal Aviation Agency
Mercer County
Albany
N.Y
Dreary Yule Tree Fund Hits $677.50 With 16 Percent of Goal
Bluefield Daily Telegraph sponsored Community Christmas Tree fund reaches 677.50 dollars, only 16 percent of a 4,000 dollar target with 17 days left before December 24. Santa visit planned for 1,500 to 2,000 underprivileged children at Ramsey Auditorium. donations accepted at Telegraph office or by mail. Sunday contributors include W. W. Walker 25, Carolyn Hebble 3.50, Mountain Motor Sales 10, etc.
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Ramsey Auditorium
Santa Claus
Santa
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Community Christmas Tree Association
C-O Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
Bland St
W. W. Walker
Carolyn Hebble
M K. Otey
Edgar S. Pedigo
Mountain Motor Sales, Inc
Ann Chudina
G. M. Cruise
Jean R. Brown
Richard W
Pat Wilkinson
Clayton D. Sweet
Controversy Over Churchill Statue Cigar Feature
Washington branch of the English Speaking Union funds a 100000 statue of Winston Churchill to be placed outside the British Embassy with one foot on each shore. Debates over including a cigar split members. a national poll drives the final design choice.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Cleveland
William McVey
Union
Sir Winston Churchill
Vanderbilt Heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan Dies
Mrs Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan 88 former Duchess of Marlborough died Sunday at her Southampton home. An heiress to the Vanderbilt fortune she was once a leading figure in European society. Her marriage to the Duke of Marlborough ended in divorce.
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Southampton
N.Y
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
Duchess of Marlborough
Long Island
Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
State Board Weighs 43 Million Dollar Budget
Charleston AP reports the Board of Public Works begins three days of hearings to trim 213 million in next year’s state department requests down to a package for the Legislature. Education seeks 104.8 million, Welfare 19.7 million, with Gore predicting 167 million general revenue and a possible 3.1 million surplus draw.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
W. W. Barron
Truman Gore
Gore
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
Mississippi 21 Men Face Federal Civil Rights Charges
Mississippi officials have not decided state charges for 21 men arrested by the FBI in the murder of three civil rights workers. A national defense fund is being formed to cover legal fees for the defendants, with a possible corporation to accept donations.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
W. H. Johnson Jr
Red Clay Hill
Philadelphia, Miss
FBI
Laurel G. Wier
Meridian
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
U.S
Esther Carter
Mass Hearing Mapped For 814 Berkeley Sit-in Arraignments
Prosecutors mapped strategy for Monday mass arraignments of 814 University of California Berkeley sit-in demonstrators over civil rights recruitment on campus. Demonstrators face trespassing and resistance charges as police dragged protesters from Sproul Hall.
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Berkepley
Calif
University of California
Berkeley
Alameda County
San Diego
Republican
Richard E. Barnes
Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Sproul Pall
American Association of University Professors
Edward W. Strong
South Viet troops rout Viet Cong battalion near Tan Lac
South Vietnamese infantry backed by U. S. helicopters and light bombers rout a Viet Cong battalion at Tan Lac village seven miles north of Ca Mau. In the nine hour battle 115 Communist troops were killed, six U. S. airmen were wounded, and 14 helicopters were damaged. Col. Jim Keirsey said deception plans helped pin the enemy in place.
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CA Mau
U. S
Tan Lac
Here
Robert Hinckett
New
Saigon
Binh
Col. Keirsey
Wilson Arrives in Washington for Talks with Johnson
Prime Minister Harold Wilson lands in Washington for two days of discussions with President Johnson. Topics include a proposed allied nuclear force with a mixed manned surface fleet as one element. Wilson says the visit marks the start of fruitful cooperation to strengthen the alliance.
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Washington
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
Johnson
U.S
Wilson
United States
Labor Party
Jackson Sheriff Denies Deer Hunt
Harpold, the Republican sheriff elect of Jackson County, says he was not deer hunting at night as Hardy County wardens alleged. He was in a car with a friend in the Lost River area when they briefly flashed lights on deer. He recently was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $100 for spotlighting.
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W.va
Harpold
Jackson County
Hardy County
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