U S Forces Arrive for Duty in Viet Nam and Bomb North
The first full sized U S infantry unit arrives in central Viet Nam aboard a troop ship to reinforce Cam Ranh Bay area. U S warplanes strike deep into North Viet Nam near Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu while China denounces the action and Pentagon denies charges. A Viet Cong convoy attack disrupts a Saigon to St Jacques road convoy.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Cam Hanh Bay
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
China
Yunnan
Pentagon
Ft. Riley
Kan
Peking
Hok’ou
Lao Cai
Washington
Texas White House
State Department
Yen Bai
St. Jacques Sea Resort
Plane Downed In Atlantic Near Nantucket
Coast Guard reports a C121 transport from Otis Air Force Base ditched in the Atlantic 100 miles east of Nantucket Sunday night with 19 aboard. Air Force and Coast Guard say one engine on fire and one feathered as the four engine plane went down after radio distress calls at about 4:20 p.m. local time.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Atlantic
Nantucket
Air Force
Nantucket Island
Damascus Va. Youth Drowns in South Holston Lake
A 20-year-old Damascus, Virginia, boy Lloyd Holman drowned Sunday afternoon in South Holston Lake near Bristol. His body was recovered from about 30 feet of water around 8 p.m. after roughly five hours of dragging efforts that began at 3 p.m. Life saving crews from Bristol, Washington County Virginia, and Carter County Tennessee assisted, near Saddle Dam. Holman lived with his sister Mrs. Martin Hamm in Damascus.
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Bristol, Tenn
Damascus
Lloyd Holman
South Holston Lake
Bristol
Washington County
Carter County
Tenn
Parkersburg Boy Drowns In Kanawha River
A 13 year old Parkersburg boy Sammy Lin diedecker drowned in the Little Kanawha River while playing with friends. He was swinging out over the river on a rope when he fell or jumped and disappeared into the water. His body was recovered Sunday night.
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Parkersburg
Kanawha
Sammy Lindiedecker
Kathryn Biles
Plane With Four Aboard Reported Missing En Route to Hagerstown
A twin engine Cessna 310 carrying pilot John Westfield and four occupants including attorney Stanley R. Cox and his wife Marilyn plus daughter Margaret 8 disappeared Sunday en route from Morgantown West Virginia to Hagerstown Maryland. Search efforts were halted at dusk due to fog and darkness while ground teams prepared to sweep Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania airports. The Cox family planned a visit to Camp Robin Hood near Chambersburg PA to see another daughter Amy 6.
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Hagerstown
Morgantown
W.va
John Westfield
Clarksburg
Stanley R. Cox
Marilyn
Margaret
Cox
Congress
West Virginia
Maj
Ann Paterson
The
CAD
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Maj. Paterson
Camp Robin Hood
Chambersburg
Amy
Ex Russell County Attorney Quillen Dies at 93
S B Quillen 93 former Russell County Va common wealths attorney died in Knoxville after brief illness a lifelong Lebanon resident practiced law 70 years and was once chairman of the Russell County Board of Public Welfare Survived by grandsons Stephen M Quillen Lebanon and James W Quillen Knoxville Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Knoxville, Tenn
S. B. Quillen
Russell County
Commonwealth
Quillen
Lebanon
Jazz Pianist Powell In Critical Condition
New York AP reports Bud Powell 40, famed as a top jazz pianist, remains in critical condition at Cumberland Hospital Sunday while telling visitors he felt better despite his serious illness. He is regarded by many as one of the world’s greatest jazz pianists.
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New York
Bud Powell
Cumberland Hospital
Second Trial Opens in 1944 Hit And Run Death
In Clay County Tennessee the second trial starts today for Gover Jones accused of second degree murder in the New Year’s Eve 1944 hit and run death of lumberman Newt Lee near Moss. Lee’s son Welby Lee spent years compiling a 153 page evidence file and previously his mistrial occurred when two jurors were related to defense witnesses.
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Celina
Tenn
Newt Lee
Moss
Lee
Gover Jones
Indianapolis
Welby Lee
Clay County
Jones
Tennessee
John A. Mitchell
Lsft
Bogalusa Marches End Peacefully Under Heavy Police Guard
In Bogalusa Louisiana whites displaying Confederate flags and 500 whites led a mass march while a parallel silent Negro procession headed by James Farmer moved under 375 helmeted troopers. Police kept the groups apart after brief gunfire and a riot gun presence deterred trouble.
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Pogalusa
Bogalusa
Milton Earl Parker
Bush
Parker
Jimmy Davis
Columbia Street
Tom Burbank
J. B. Stoner
Atlanta
States Rights Party
Stoner
Johnson
Farmer
Louisiana
Lawmakers Move Bills and Budget in Busy Week
Senate and House leaders plan a busy week with over $20 billion in annual funding bills, a move to remove silver from coins, and a $1.9 billion antipoverty authorization. Leaders seek conference compromises on healthcare, social security, and voting rights measures while advancing annual appropriations and the civilian space program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senators
Johnson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Civilian Space Program
Veterans Administraion
Mike Mansfield
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
U S and Japan Open Sharp Trade and Policy Talks
Washington hosts the fourth meeting of the U S Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs The talks focus on sharp differences in trade policies and Southeast Asia development plans The Japanese delegation arrives from Grand Teton National Park after weekend talks with Secretary Udall and includes top Conservative leaders Takeo Miki and Etsu Shiina The session is not a negotiating one and no agreements are expected to be announced The two sides voice mutual concern over overseas markets fishing rights and U S rule in Okinawa
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Washington
Japan
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
U. S
Andrews Air Force Base
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
Stewart L. Udall
Etsu Saburo Shiina
Conservative Party
International Trade and Industry
Takeo Miki
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Economic Planning Agency
Finance
Agriculture
Transportation
Labor
Rusk and
Udall
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Orville L. Freeman
Commerce
John T. Connor
W. Willard Wirtz
Gardner Ackley
President
United States
Viet Nam
Korea
Iran
Okinawa
New York
High Seas
Man Held On Kidnap Count In Mercer County
Giles County Virginia man George Howard Snider was jailed in Princeton on a kidnapping charge after allegedly taking a nine year old girl by the arm on Saturday night and returning her two hours later. A preliminary hearing is set for today at 2 p.m. before Magistrate Jim Belcher. Not molested. Police continue the investigation.
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Giles County
Mercer County
Princeton
C. H. Fralick
H. C. Fields
George Howard Snider
Pearisburg
Snider
Jim Belcher
Mercer Street
Dr Lyle Gage Suffers Heart Attack at Farm
Prominent neurosurgeon Dr E Lyle Gage of Bluefield Sanitarium suffered a heart attack near his Oakvale farm Saturday night and remains under medical care. His physician said Sunday the progress is favorable and he is doing well.
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E Lyle Gage
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dr. Gage
Oakvale
Two Die In Giles County Crash Near Ypsilanti
A 57 year old Giles County woman Annie Lee Conley and her 13 year old granddaughter Judy Kay Conley were killed in a head on collision near Ypsilanti Michigan at 525 am Sunday. Also seriously injured were Garland Conley and Conn Crane. The victims were en route to Narrows after attending a wedding. Funeral plans are incomplete and bodies will be taken to Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows.
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Giles County
Ypsilanti
Mich
Annie Lee Johnson Conley
Narrows
Judy Kay Conley
Conley
University Hospital
Garland Conley
Judy Conley
Conn Crane
Annie Conley
Ruby Dean Riddle
John H. Conley
W. C. White
Hannibal
Ohio
Don Brown
Peterstown
Clinton Riddle
Randall Clark
Winston-Salem
Leon Jones
Garland
Frank Conley
Gladys Lambert
Rocky Gap
A. E. Johnson
Anna Darlene Conley
Gary Clifford Conley
A. H. Buchanan
Riffe
Inside Abby 10 L People . 10 Add Years 10 Movies
The blurb lists features across sections including Abby with ten lines, ten movie notes, and ten years of media items. It introduces classifieds and Princeton items alongside comics, society editorials, sports, and TV notes.
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Abby
L. People
Princeton
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Bluefield
West Virginia University
Charleston
Oadis Ratliff
Frederick Street
Ratliff
David Shields
Bluefield Jaycee
Jordan
Russell
Powell
Papermill Town
J. Jenkins
North Charleston
S. C
Miss Jenkins
Folly Beach
Senate House
Miki
Charles de Gaulle
Alexei N. Kosygin
Rade Council
Northern
Pacific
Dr. E. Lyle Gage
Giles
Michigan
Guard Corps
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