Pope Rejects Catholic Membership in World Council
Pope Paul VI on a visit to Geneva prayed with World Council of Churches leaders but declined to join the council for now. He said membership is not mature enough for a positive decision, as security forces kept order against placard protests by nine Presbyterian ministers calling Roman Catholicism anti Christ.
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Paul VI
World Council of Churches
WCC
World Council
Rome
Council
Viet Cong Declares Revolutionary Government in Vietnam
The Viet Cong announced a parallel Republic of Vietnam Temporary Revolutionary Government linking the NLF and the Alliance of National Democratic and Peace Forces. The move aims to gain diplomatic recognition and strengthen claims as the legitimate South Vietnamese voice at Paris talks.
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Hong Kong
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi Radio
National Liberation Front
Alliance of National Democratic and Peace
South Vietnam
NLF
United States
Nixon calls for North Vietnam to join peace move
President Nixon says the United States has opened the door to peace by withdrawing combat forces from South Vietnam and challenges North Vietnam to respond by withdrawing forces or entering Paris talks. He notes South Vietnamese forces are now trained to take over substantial combat actions.
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Dent Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
North Vietnam
Viet
Teenagers Charged With Family Murder In Fire
PARKERSBURG W V AP a teenage girl 15 and her 13 year old brother were charged with murder in the pre dawn fire that killed their parents and 10 siblings investigators say the house was doused with gasoline and witnesses described the blaze as burning like a sheet of paper the pair were brought to a preliminary hearing as psychiatrists and welfare reports were awaited the surviving relative said the girl had argued with her parents over dating a 17 year old cousin
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Helen Enoch
Susan Bailey
Roger Bailey
Parkersburg
W. Va
D. V. Eaton
Wnesses
Susan
Roger
Wood County Circuit Court
Wood County Child Welfare Department
Judy Fury
Joliet, Ill
L. W. Bechtold
Bechtold
Low bid opened for East River Mountain Tunnel project
The State Road Commission opened a $23,718,612 bid from Gordon H Ball Inc and S A Healy Co of Danville California for the East River Mountain Tunnel. The bid was the highest ever for SRC with 27 projects in 19 counties totaling nearly 40 million dollars. Completion of the twin bore tunnel is planned for 1971 and other contracts will follow.
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East River Mountain
State Road Commission
SRC
Gordon H. Ball Inc
S. A. Healy Co
Danville
Calif
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
City voters pick ten candidates for Bluefield general election
Bluefield voters chose ten nominees for the July 1 general election. District results highlight Victor DeVault and G. W. Gills leading in their districts with other notable names including Robert Moore, John Duffy, C Edwin Elliot, Clyde Stephens, and Henry Webb. The beiFollowing redistricting order and two-year terms reshape city boards.
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Bluefield City
Victor DeVault
Robert Moore
John Duffy
Clyde Stephens
Robert Thornhill
G. W. Gills
Leland Carter
Lewis Cook
Paul Myles
Henry Webb
Allan Connolly
Phillip Jefferson
J. Spencer Thompson
DeVault
Railroad Retirement Board
Moore
Elliot
Bluefield Food and Brokerage
Carter
Gills
City Provision Co
Cook and Myles
Norfolk and Western
Oakwood Man Killed In Mine Mishap
Clyde Fuller 40 of Oakwood Virginia a Centennial Construction Co employee was killed in a mining accident early Tuesday. He fell 90 feet after lift bolts snapped in a shaft 400 feet underground. Kyle Reed injured remains in Grundy hospital. Fuller survived by wife Minnie Mae Darnell Fuller and other relatives. Funeral set Friday at Mountain View Church of Christ Moutheard Kentucky. Burial Belcher Cemetery Moutheard.
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Centennial Construction Co
Vansant
Clyde Fuller
Oakwood
Fuller
Kyle Reed
Grundy
Minnie Mae Darnell Fuller
Ida Stiltner Fuller
Donald Jessie
Tockland
Millard Keen
Jerry Fuller
Richmond
Masonic Lodge No. 17
Mountain View Church of Christ
Moutheard
Clarence Greenleaf
Jimmy Viers
Belcher Cemetery
Plane Crash Kills Two in Cabin Creek Mountain
State Police recovered two bodies from a light plane that crashed on Cabin Creek mountain near Dry Branch. Pilot John Gunderson identified. passenger Randolph Skaggs, Charleston Civil Air Patrol commander, confirmed later. Residents saw the plane circle and crash. search resumed after flight plan indicated Skaggs aboard.
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Cabin Creek Mountain
John Gunderson
Randolph Skaggs
Charleston
Civil Air Patrol
Dry Branch
Gunderson
Skaggs
Ex Mohegan Man Fatally Shot in Chicago Street Attack
Former Mohegan resident Pear Welch was beaten and shot by a street gang on a Friday while repairing a car fender inside a Chicago shop. Gary Dean Willis, 21, of Chicago, was at the shop door when the incident occurred, officials said.
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Pear Welch
Chicago
Ill
Gary Dean Willis
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Sters
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C. Edwin Elliot
Webb and Connolly
Park Central High
T. Courtney Tanner
Bluefield
Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
Democratic
Myles
Victor R. Devault
Edwin Elliott
Robert W. Moore
Leland H. Carter
Lewis H. Cook
Henry
Webb JR
Grundy Funeral Home
State
Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
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