West Virginia House Passes Teacher Pay Rise Amid Tax Hikes
The West Virginia House approved a $320 yearly pay raise for public school teachers funded by a penny boost in gasoline and cigarette taxes, totaling about 7.7 million dollars. The package awaits Senate action along with a 500 dollar raise for degreed teachers and other financing changes.
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Charleston
House
West Virginia
Senate
Finan
Del
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
End of Six-State Soft Coal Strike Announced
Washington AP United Mine Workers announced Saturday night that a six state soft coal strike ending after six days with about 84500 miners involved has a settlement. Workers expected to return Monday under an agreement with Pennsylvania officials. State police to be withdrawn from Somerset County Solar Fuel Co mine and Solar Fuel barred from operating its mines.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Somerset County
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Solar Fuel Co
Lilly Launches Bid for West Virginia Senate District 10
Bluefield attorney Philip T. Lilly Jr. announced his Republican candidacy for the West Virginia State Senate from the 10th District, comprising Mercer Summers and Monroe counties. Lilly is a former Mercer County Republican chairman and has held multiple civic roles including American Legion commander and YMCA president. He is active in private practice and serves as attorney for the Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority.
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Bluefield
Philip T. Lilly Jr
West Virginia
Charleston
Lilly
Mercer County
P. T. Lilly Sr
Mercer County Bar Association
Riley West Post No. 9
American Legion
Four Die In Truck Plunge In West Virginia
Four members of the Horn Wood family are dead after a pickup crashed through a guardrail on U S 382 at Beauty Kentucky and plunged 30 feet off a cliff onto a passing Norfolk and Western train near Kermit West Virginia. Two other children, Audie and Dewey Wood, survived with injuries.
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U.S. 382
Kermit
Audie Wood
Dewey Wood
County's Control of CEO Hit By Mercer County Power Move
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corp. could be placed under county court control, said Robert Fulcher, president, at a Mercer County Courthouse meeting in Princeton. He warned the move would turn the antipoverty program into a tool of the local political machine and keep the poor dependent on authorities. James V. Overdorff, executive director of the local Office of ...
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Matt Yance
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corp
Mercer County Court
Robert Fulcher
Fulcher
Mercer County
Princeton
James V. Overdorff
Youth tries to ship himself to Australia in crate
A 19 year old Philadelphia man, Michael Shway, was found crammed in a shipping crate at Kennedy Airport en route to Melbourne. He faced possible prison and a fine. authorities limited him to New York City and Philadelphia areas and ordered him home by 10 PM with parental supervision.
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Brooklyn
Federal Court
Right
Kennedy Airport
New York
Philadelphia
Australia
U.S
Salvatore Abruzzo
New York City
Shway
Leon
James Tappin
Playboy
Melbourne
Bitter house to house fighting in Hue and Saigon
Allied forces clash with Communist troops in Hue and other South Vietnamese cities as the Red offensive continues. U S command reports 14 997 enemy killed and 1 116 allied deaths in 126 hours with 367 Americans and 738 Vietnamese among the dead. Suspects seized rise to 4156 as Hue and citadel battles continue amid air and ground bombardment.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
Questions Still Lurking On Tonkin Gulf Incident
Washington AP One of McNamara’s final acts as defense secretary is defending the administration from a delayed action challenge to its credibility. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will question him about a staff report on the Tonkin Gulf incident of 1964.
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Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tonkin Gulf
McNamara
U.S
Johnson
Vietnam
Sen
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
U.S.S. Maddox
Filing Flurry At Deadline Heats Races
A surge of late announcements created a crowded field for Mercer County and state posts as the May 14 primary neared. Democratic attorneys Dan Wells James C. Cain David W. Knight and Charles Smith compete for the prosecutor nomination. Bluefield lawyer Fred C. Blue heads the Republican slate for county prosecutor. County figures include Don Anello challenging Frank Gibson for county court commissioner. Republicans field only Donald R. Baldwin for county court. Three Democrats seek sheriff against no Republican candidate. In multi county races, Sen. R. E. Barnett faces Howard Marcum with Lilly unopposed for the GOP against Barnett. James Kee runs unopposed in the Fifth District Democratic race. Don Clark seeks the GOP nomination, pending filing. House races feature six Democrats and four Republicans for Mercer seats, with eight candidates vying for two Board of Education posts.
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Mercer County
Dan Wells
James C. Cain
Bluefield
David W. Knight
Princeton
Charles Smith
David Burton
Fred C. Blue
Don Anello
Bramwell
Frank
Red) Gibson
Lashmeet
Donald R. Baldwin
Sun Valley
Bluefield State College
Homer G. Ball
E. D. Bazzie
L. G
John) Underwood
Winifrey G
Shrewsbury
R. E. Barnett
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Howard Marcum
Philip T. Lilly Jr
Barnett
James Kee
Don Clark
Secretary of State
Charleston
House
House of Delegates
Del
Charles E. (Tate) Lohr
del. C. C. Christian Jr
Lucille Thornhill
Clyde White
Athens
John P. Anderson
James E. Bishop
Herman Kirchner
Harold D. Brewster Jr
James Perry
Edwin C. Damewood
Board of Education
Jack Nestor
Robert Walthall
Harold Tomchin
Wilson Carter
Joe Testino
Blue
del. James C. Cain
Bluefield Lawyer Enters Mercer County Prosecutor Race
Fred C. Blue of Bluefield, a 41 year old attorney with deep Republican ties, announced as the Republican candidate for Mercer County prosecutor. He filed before the May 14 primary as the incumbent Democrat David Burton did not seek re nomination, while three Democrats pursued the nomination.
South Korea Presses U.S. on Pueblo Crisis and Panmunjom Talks
Seoul officials voiced misgivings over U.S. handling of the Pueblo incident while Panmunjom negotiations with North Korea continued under United Nations banner. Reports claimed a secret U.S. North Korea meeting yielded no results, stirring protests and calls for Seoul participation in talks.
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North Korea
Panmunjom
Pueblo
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Radio
Chung Hee Park
South
Park
South Korea
Kim Il-sung
Panmungom
Pyongyang
U. N
U.N. Command
Unified Command
Korean Central News Agency
Stephen Robert Harris
Melrose
Mass
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