Freeman Woman Slain in Bramwell Shooting Spree
A 41 year old Mercer County woman was killed and two men wounded in a Bramwell shooting spree over a boyfriend dispute. Gertrude Edwards of Switchback is charged with murder and held in Bluefield Jail pending a preliminary hearing.
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Mercer County
McDowell County
Bramwell
Stella Fuller
Freeman
Bluefield Sanitarium
Sam Thaxton
Lewis Edwards
Bluefield
Gertrude Edwards
Switchback
E. H. Pettrey
Edwards
Deaths Reported In Old Dominion
Three more traffic deaths were reported Tuesday in Virginia bringing the new year total to four. Grover Clarence Liskey 25 of Linville died in a two car collision three miles east of Christiansburg on U S 11 in Montgomery County. Albertis Conway Johnson 49 of Sutherland was fatally injured when his car left State Rt 226 west of Petersburg and struck a tree. Richard Edward Batkins 50 of Quinton was killed when struck by a bus five miles east of Seven Pines on U S 60 in Henrico County.
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Christiansburg
Grover Clarence Liskey
Linville
U.S. 11
Montgomery County
Petersburg
Albertis Conway Johnson
Sutherland
Dinwiddie County
Richmond
Richard Edward Batkins
Quinton
Seven Pines
U.S. 60
Henrico County
State's Economy Reaches Record High in Early 1966
West Virginia's economy hit a record year in the first half with 18 of 22 business indicators up for January to November. Employment grew by 6,300, trimming unemployment by 4,600 or 11.6 percent, while total civilian workforce stood at 613,100 in mid November.
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Charleston
State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Chamber
Department of Employment Security
Hoffa Demands Wage Boost in Trucking Talks
Teamsters President James R. Hoffa announced plans to seek 5 to 7 percent wage increases for about 500,000 trucking workers as talks begin in Washington January 17. He suggested 16 to 22 cent per hour annual raises on top of current wages and about 1.10 per hour in fringe benefits, noting trucking profits run around three percent and signaling possible federal rate approvals. He warned negotiations may start rough amid potential legal troubles.
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Hollywood
Fla
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Washington
Hoffa
Teamsters
Jack Ruby Dies Insisted He Acted Alone
Jack Ruby, the strip-joint boss who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died of cancer in Dallas at 52 after more than three years in jail. He maintained he acted alone, a claim that led to the murder charge being dismissed upon his death.
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Jack Ruby
Dallas
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Tough
Chicago
South Side
Dist
Henry Wade
Jack
Louis Holland
Montague
Wichita Falls
Damon Runyon
Oswald
West Virginia Leads Nation in Vietnam Combat Deaths
The state reports 101 West Virginians killed in Vietnam since December 1964, led by Sgt. Daniel L. Miracle of Williamstown. Kanawha County has 12 victims. McDowell nine. Monongalia eight. Most served in the Army. highest rank among the dead was Marine Lt. Col. Joseph H. Muir. Some parents call for bombing Hanoi amid war casualties.
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Charleston
Daniel L. Miracle
Williamstown
West
United States
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Wayne H. Kidd
Nutter Fort
Sgt
Miracle
Kanawha County
McDowell County
Monongalia
Navy
Air Force
Last days of Jack Ruby tormented by visions and doubt
An obituary style piece recounts Jack Ruby in Parkland Hospital during his final illness. He denied conspiracy links and told relatives there was nothing to hide as he faced death. He reportedly suffered hallucinations accusing him of a pogrom against Jews.
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Ruby
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Joe B. Brown
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Jack
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Haiti Invasion Plot Foiled in Florida Keys Roundup
Dozens of armed plotters from Cuba and Haiti exiles, and American mercenaries were rounded up in the Florida Keys near Marathon after a raid on an island. Roland Masferrer claimed 50 escaped in a boat, with as many as 200 others possibly at large.
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Haiti
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Florida Keys
Marathon
Roland Masferrer
U.S. Bureau of Customs
Vest
Mercer Woman, 82, Is Highway Victim in Mercer County
Eighty two year old Minnie Smith of New Hope Road was fatally injured in a State Route 20 auto pedestrian crash Tuesday becoming Mercer County's first traffic fatality of 1967. She died at 3 15 p m at Princeton Memorial Hospital from head and body injuries and shock.
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Minnie Smith
New Hope Road
Mercer County
Smith
Patton A. Smith Sr
Bluewell
Bernard Craft
Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
R. M. Hall
Franklin County
James I. Poe
Mary Jane Brown Poe
Powell's Wife Fired Over Staff Travel Credit Cards
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faced accusations of deceptive use of official travel credit cards. His wife, Corine Huff, was ordered dismissed from her $20,578 a year staff job due to departure from required service, with the House Administration Committee referring findings to the Justice Department.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem Democrat
New York
New House
House Administration Committee
Congress
Justice Department
House
Powell
Miss Huff
Committee On House Administration
Wayne Hays
Dohio
Puerto Rico
Hays
B52 raids continue as Saigon reports record Viet Cong defections
American B52 bombers hit Communist positions in South Vietnam for a second day while a post truce lull persists. U S officials cite a record 20242 Viet Cong defections in 1966, nearly double 1965, with total defections over four years surpassing 48000. Despite this, Communist strength in the south stays around 280000.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Taxpayers Fear The Sk5 Computer Prompting Delinquent Returns
The IRS reports voluntary payments of about 5 million in back taxes since 1962 due to computer fear. Computers flagged errors, boosting additional taxes and penalties to 3.1 billion for the year and expanding audits.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
IRS
Maj
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Elmer Gertz
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Marion
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Upshur
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Barbour
Tyler
Preston
Wayne
Ohio
Wyoming
Lewis
Mason
Fayette
Mercer
Jackson
Boone
Brooke
Mineral
Gilmer, Taylor
Marshall Summers
Pocahontas
Webster, Wetzel
Calhoun
Greenbrier
Doddridge
Killer
By Bernard Gavzer
Earl
Key West, Fla
Invader
Dade County
Miami
Turers
Roland Masserer
Delbert E
Glen
Marvin E
Patton A. Smith Jr
T. R. Yeater
Baltimore
W. R. Sizemore
Crystal
Ruby A
Velva J. Smith
J. E. Yeck
Okie Pasley
Arlington, Va
Memorial
Omar Burlseon
D-Tex
Corrine A. Huff
Education and Labor Committee
North Vietnam
Medway
Demilitarized Zone
Hastings
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