Community Christmas Tree drive nears goal in Bluefield
The Community Christmas Tree Association reports 74 percent of its $6,009 target raised for underprivileged Bluefield youngsters. Friday contributions totaled $212.31, bringing the running total to $4,482.98 with many donors listed from Fairview Junior High and local families.
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Bluefield
Community Christmas Tree Association
Cindy
Eddie
Mareie
Linkous
Richy
Patsy Nuckolls
Fairview Junior High
Charles Thomas
Robert Caffee
Timmy
David Arnold
F. L. Bruce
Karen
Michael Stringfellow Grey
Kenneth Tomchin
Alonzo McCue
Teresa Ann
Linda Wells
David C. Bane Sandy
Kerry Helmandollar
the Crickers
Rob Weiss
Joe P. Davidson
Cathy
Michael Cash
Percy to Seek Republican Nomination for U.S. Senate
Charles H. Percy, 4, Bell and Howell Co. chairman, announced plans to seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois next year. The move follows speculation after his November 1964 gubernatorial loss to Otto Kerner.
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Chicago
Charles H. Percy
Iinois
U. S. Senate
Percy
Bell and Howell Co
Otto Kerner
Inside Abby and Other Feature Snippets
The page lists sections including Honor Roll Movies Classified Princeton Comics Society Crossword Sports Editorials Stocks and Gores with shorthand labels and page indicators for a reader navigating the issue.
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Abby
Princeton
Il Society
Space Champs Preparing For Fiery Re-Entry Today
Gemini 7 astronauts Borman and Lovell near end of longest spaceflight with 206th orbit over the Pacific. They await retrorocket fire at 8 28 a.m. EST and splashdown about 37 minutes later in the Atlantic aboard USS Wasp.
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Space Champs
Wasp
Borman
Pacific
Earth
Atlantic
Schirra
Stafford
Berman
Sshirraa
Mission Control
Kohler and UAW end 11 year conflict with back pay pensions
The Kohler Company and the United Auto Workers Union settle an 11 year dispute. About 1,400 former strikers receive up to 10600 each in back pay totaling 3 million dollars. Pension restoration adds 1.5 million. The accord awaits National Labor Relations Board and federal court approval.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers Union
Kohler
Wis
Emil Mazey
UAW
Lyman C. Conger
Mazey
Kohler Company
Conger
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
U S and Britain Agree to Oil Embargo on Rhodesia
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson agreed to impose an oil embargo on Rhodesia and to aid Zambia by keeping sea routes open. A long White House meeting followed, with talks on defense budgets and global duties beyond Rhodesia.
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Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
London
Zambia
Wilson
U.N. General Assembly
White House
U.S
Britain
Africa
Ian Smith
Robert S. McNamara
George W. Ball
McGeorge Bundy
Suez
Convict Acquitted In Prison Slayings
Richmond Virginia AP reports Allen Carroll Pruitt was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the January fatal stabbings of two State Penitentiary employees. The all male circuit court jury deliberated six and a half hours.
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Richmond
Allen Carroll Pruitt
State Penitentiary
Gemini 6 Astronauts Thank Cape Kennedy Launch Team
Navy Capt. Walter Schirra Jr and Air Force Maj. Thomas Stafford visit Cape Kennedy to thank over 400 launch team members after a flawless Gemini 6 launch. They meet NASA and Air Force officials, undergo medical checks, and review rendezvous procedures at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Earth
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Borman
Lovell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Wally Schirra
Tom Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Bermuda
Schirra
Wally
Stafford
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cape
NASA
Martin Co
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Geeral Electric Co
Burroughs Corp
Aerojet-General Corp
Pan American World Airways
Radio Corporation of America
Charleston Mansion Seeks 200000 More Repairs
The governor’s mansion in Charleston faces about $200000 more in repairs after exhausting funds. State finances director Truman Gore said prior funds are depleted and all repair contracts were canceled for legislative review.
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Charleston
Truman Gore
Finance and Administration
Hulett Smith
Kuhn Construction Co
Martens Associated Architects
Smith
Gore
Grenade Attacks Tense Saigon as Viet Cong Campaign Prompts Orders
Saigon endured two grenade blasts on Friday night amid Viet Cong terror as U.S. forces faced MIG escorts and a 73 ton bombing raid on North Vietnam. A teenage attacker wounded 12 on a busy street, while Pleiku remained off limits to GIs through December 26 amid heightened security.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hau Nghia
Viet Nam
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Pleiku
Peace overture from North Viet Nam faces conditional terms
Washington AP report states President Ho Chi Minh offered conditional peace talks via intermediaries. North Viet Nam demands a preconditioned cease fire and acceptance of Communist settlement terms. U.S. officials seek clarification while reaffirming unconditional talks remain on offer. Ho Chi Minh and Pham Van Dong reportedly signaled a desire for talks without troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
White House
Fanani
U.S
Rusk
Fanfani
Hanoi
Pham van Dong
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Haiphong
White House chef resigns over interference with kitchen
Rene Verdon the White House chef resigns effective Jan 1 citing culinary interference after Mary Kaltman a Texas food coordinator was hired to cut costs in the three kitchens Verdon asserts he knows his business after 28 years of cooking and says the First Family loves Texas style food but avoids involvement in kitchen decisions.
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Washington
Rene Verdon
White House
Johnsons
Texas
Verdon
John F. Kennedy
Mary Kaltman
Clebourne
Tex
Elizabeth Carpenter
Johnson
Kaltman
Court Test Looms Over Reclassifying Demonstrators
In Ann Arbor Michigan draft boards reclassify at least 10 University of Michigan students from 2-S to 1-A after Oct 15 sit in protests against the Vietnam War. The case centers on legal questions of indiction rights and potential prosecutions.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Selective Service Office
Dents
Eric Chester
Douglas Truax
Ronald Miller
U.S
Universal Military Training and Service Act
Selective Service
Circuit Court
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Eugene, Teresa
Mathew Cundiff
Tammy Kessinger
Nattie B. Dawson
Anonymous
H. K. Blankenship
Ewing
Fairview Jr High
E. R. Wilson Jr
W. E. Copenhaver
M.D
Herb
Nancy Taylor
C. F. Wilson
Sherri Barnes
Steve Meador
Jack Byrd
Sarah Byrd
Robert M. Taylor
Tammy Nil
Hazel S. Ferrell
Frank Klauber
Haskel Sluss
Jimmy, Sissy
Barbara Getgood
Rickey
Jimmy Stafford
John
Nancy
Robby Black
Garland M. Jones
Paul Jackson
C. W. Dickey Sr
Ruth Louise
Samuel A. Buffington
W. T. Goodlace
Craig Gordon Duncan
Pickus
Fairview Jr
Judy Carol Ashley
Gary High School
Francs
Fairview Jr. High School
Kelly’s
Fairview
Persy
Illinois
Charles Berry
Berry
Elliott M. Lee Jr
Ian
Lee
Harvey Kitman
Milwaukee
Local #23
Kohler Firm
Central Highlands
U.S. 1St Cavarry Airmobile
North Viets
United States
Amintore Fanfani
State Department
Arthur Hales
The
American Civil Liberties Union
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