Federal Troops Move Into Streets Of Detroit Riots
President Johnson ordered federal troops into riot torn Detroit to restore order after previously dispatching 5000 troops. He proclaimed action justified by indisputable evidence that state and local officials could not control the violence. Johnson spoke from the White House urging nationwide effort to maintain law and order.
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Detroit
Washington
Johnson
Dispatch
George Romney
Movie and Television Center
White House
Demn
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Dirksen
District of Columbia
Ford
Two Miners Killed in Separate McDowell Accidents
Louis Michael Kraje Jr 45 of Thorpe and Warren Harper 46 of Caretta died in separate McDowell County incidents Monday morning. Kraje, a U S Steel No 10 mine employee at Gary, suffered crushing injuries in a shuttle car accident about 3 am. Harper died after a conveyor belt accident at Island Creek Coal Co No 1 mine in Bartley at 8:45 am while greasing the belt. Kraje was a union official and community member. Harper belonged to the United Mine Workers and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Both bodies were taken to Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
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Louis Michael Krajc
Thorpe
Warren Harper
Caretta
McDowell County
Krajc
U. S. Steel Corp
Gary
Harper
Island Creek
Kraje
United Mine Workers of America
Tug River Burial Association
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Catholic Order of Foresters
Mike
Sophia Kraijec
Bartley
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Garland
Robert Clinton Harper
Sparta
N. C
Clevestep Harper
Sandra Skaggs
Cleveland
Pamela
Rebecca Harper
Larry
John Harper
Clyde Harper
Seattle
Wash
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Man Held In Fatal Shooting In Raven Virginia
Basil Asbury 50 of Richlands arrested and charged with murder and malicious assault after a early morning shooting in Raven. Robert E Lee 32 of Tazewell killed. Cary Dell Wells 27 of Raven seriously hurt with arm and back wounds. Autopsy ordered. motive unknown. Wells employed by Asbury. Lee a General Shale worker. Sheriff Davis noted pickup incident and that Asbury was taken into custody at the Dixie Hotel around 6 a.m. in Tazewell County.
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Well
Raven
Cary Dell Wells
Basil Asbury
Dixie Hotel
Richlands
Tazewell County
Clarence Davis
Clinch Valley Clinic
Wells
Lee
Asbury
General Shale Corp
Two Die in Logan Plane Crash Survey Flight
Logan County investigators say a Piper JA8 carrying former airline pilot Harry Kaffenberger of Greenville Ohio and Joe Houchins of Wayside West Virginia a State Agriculture Department employee crashed during a low level oak wilt survey over rough terrain. The aircraft departed Taplin Airport about 30 minutes earlier.
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LOGAN
Logan County
Harry Kaffenberger
Greenville
Ohio
Joe Houchins
W.va
Agriculture Department
James J. Bivens
Charleston
Kaffenberger
Bill Richards
Huntington
Republicans blame Johnson as riots spark national alarm
The Republican Coordinating Committee warned the United States was nearing anarchy due to racial rioting and faulted President Johnson for inaction. They urged Congress to launch an emergency investigation of riot planning and operations while federal troops were dispatched to Detroit.
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Washington
Republican Party
United States
Johnson
White House
Congress
Ray C. Bliss
Coordinating Committee
Detroit
Michigan
George Romney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Ray Bliss
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
House
Fires flare anew as Detroit riots rage overnight
Detroit, AP reports fires flared anew on Monday as rioting, looting and killings hit the city’s fringe of downtown. By afternoon at least four blazes burned, a supermarket roof collapsed after being looted, and looters carried out shoes dresses lamps and sweaters while a lone National Guardsman stood by.
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Detroit
Peaceful Wedding Turns Into Detroit Siege
An Associated Press report from Detroit describes a peaceful wedding reception at 2700 West Chicago that devolved into an all night riot siege. Gunfire, looting scenes, house fires, and roving armed individuals created fear as residents sheltered in place amid the chaos.
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Detroit
West Chicago
Linwood
Detroit Riot Area
David Welsh
West
Chicago
Tunnel Gets Sendoff Today
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the 22 million tunnel on Interstate 77 through Big Walker Mountain between Wythe and Bland Counties in Virginia are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday with West Virginia leaders and road boosters attending. A Bluefield delegation leaves at 11 a.m. led by State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers. A 1 p.m. picnic at Carter Wayside precedes remarks by Gov. Mills Godwin and other officials including Douglas Fugate and William Wampler, with potential comments from Sen. Harry Byrd Jr.
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Big Walker Mountain
Wythe
Bland Counties
Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield
West Virginian
Burl Sawyers
Carter Wayside
Fort Chinsell
Mills Godwin
Little Walker Mountain
Wytheville
Gov. Godwin
Sawyers
Douglas Fugate
William Wampler
U. S
Harry Byrd Jr
Dynamite Death Ruled A death by own action
Larry Wayne Cooper 19 of Doran Virginia died in a dynamite explosion in a small truck Monday night. Sheriff says he lit a fuse and drove across a field as dynamite in his lap detonated about a mile away. At least six sticks exploded. seven others found nearby. Cooper survived by multiple siblings and grandparents. Body taken to Mullens Funeral Home. arrangements incomplete.
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Larry Wayne Cooper
Doran
Sheriff's Office
Cooper
Sheriff's Department
Thurman
Goldie Cantrell Cooper
Whitewood
Vernie
Janie
Loretta Cooper
Gary
Jerry
Dale
Leonard
Terry
James Cooper
Jim Cantrell
Slate
Walter Cooper
Jolo
Mulelens Funeral Home
Richlands, Va
Weekend forecast with near normal temps
Extended outlook shows near normal temperatures through Saturday with daytime highs around 85, cooler Wednesday, then warming again Thursday and Friday. Mountain areas see highs near 30 and overnight lows mainly 55 to 65, with warming trend into the weekend.
War activity rises from DMZ to Mekong Delta
Allied commands report stepped up combat from the demilitarized zone to the Mekong Delta with no major clashes but increased fighting and road mining. U S and South Vietnamese patrols resume zone activity while top Johnson envoys, Taylor and Clifford, visit Saigon to push for greater manpower. A 42 hour fight in the central highlands leaves 25 North Vietnamese dead, and a field hospital in the delta sustains minor damage from a mortar barrage.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Clark Clifford
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Delta
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Aetal
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Lydia Marie Roatsey Kraje
Louis Michael Kraje Jr
Albert Joseph Kraje
Lakeland
Fla
John Steven Kraje
Thrope
Eleanor Wagers
Mary Bezener
Hamtramck
Mich
Albert
Joseph Kraje
Steve Kraje
VFW
Robert E. Lee
Taze
Davis
Ward Young
Tazewell
William and
Mary Case Lee
Betty
Phyllis Lee
Richard H. Lee
Cedar Bluff
Donald W. Lee
Arlington
J. B. Lee
Lafayette, Tenn
Greever Funeral Home
Taplin
Republican Coordinating Committee
George Christian
Christian
Cent Store
Associated Press
Chicago and
Grand Rapids
Flint
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