Russell Barely Loses South Carolina Senate Nomination
Sen. Donald S. Russell loses to former Gov. Ernest F. Hollings in South Carolina Democratic Senate primary as Hollings led in early returns. Illinois results see Rep. Barratt O’Hara edge Mikva for renomination in a Chicago party contest.
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Associated Press
Donald S. Russell
South Carolina
Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
Illinois
William Dewson
Chicago
South Side
Chicago Democratic Organization
Rep
Barratt O Hara
Johnson
Abner Mikva
O'Hara
Mikva
Dawson
Fred Hubbard
Ronald L. Williams
Hollings
Russell
Olin D. Johnston
Johnston
Marshall Parker
Bradley Morrah
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Morrah
John Bott Culbertson
Spartanburg
Fellings
Ponl
Chicago Democratic
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Cive
Charles H. Percy
Pat H. Douglas
Eighteen Miners Hurt In Mullens Accident
Eighteen coal miners were injured in an underground wreck at the Tralee operation in Wyoming County. Nine were hospitalized with serious injuries from a collision between a vehicle carrying workers to the surface and loaded coal cars. Names of the hospitalized include Oral Blankenhip Wyatt Matoakwa and others. nine more unspecified victims were treated and released. Investigations into the collision by Allied Chemical Co. officials continued Tuesday night.
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Tralee
Wyoming County
C. E. Easterling
Collins
Grace Hospital
Welch
Beardon
Stevens Clinic
Mays
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Mullens
Somiet Sorvey Division
Allied Chemical Corp
Casterling
Twister Destroys Dairy Barn Near Leesburg
A Tuesday tornado six miles east of Leesburg flattened a $65,000 dairy barn owned by Coleman C. Gore. No cattle were housed at the time, but machinery was ruined. The cyclone also toppled a 125-foot blower box stand and uprooted several trees.
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Leesburg
Here
Coleman C. Gore
Methodists Fail To Liberalize In Virginia Conference
In Norfolk the Virginia Methodist Conference rejected a plan to liberalize policies and integrate congregations ministers and bishops by a two thirds vote. Delegates approved merging Negro Central Jurisdictional Conferences with white conferences in each geographic area. Salary increases were recommended for ministers next year and this year with decisions pending Wednesday.
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Norfolk
Mom Of 9 Indicted In Husband's Death
Vonda Jean Mullenax of Terra Alta faced a Preston County murder indictment. The case involves her husband Ray Mullenax believed to be about 44, with arraignment set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities have not disclosed if a body has been located. Details to the grand jury remain sealed.
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Kingwood
W.va
Preston County
Grand Jury
Vonda Jean Mullenax
Terra Alta
Ray Mullenax
Two West Virginians Awarded Purple Hearts at Walter Reed
In a Flag Day ceremony at Walter Reed Army Hospital 19 combat veterans received Purple Hearts. West Virginia's First Lt. James E. Beitz 24 of Charleston was wounded twice in one day while aiding a wounded man. PFC Mickey Aliff 21 of Beckley also earned the medal for wounds in combat in Vietnam.
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Washington (Ap
West
Chicago Police Shake Up Tactics In Puerto Rican Riots
Chicago Police Chief O W Wilson named Capt James Holzman acting deputy chief of patrol to oversee the Northwest Side area where eight people were shot and wounded and riots injured many as more than 80 were arrested. A two man patrol integration order was issued with limits on cross race teams.
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Chicago
O.W. Wilson
James Holzman
Division Street
Richard J. Daley
Holzman
Chicago Avenue
Rush Street
Wilson
Puerto Rico
Mile Square Northwest Side
Radford Re Elects Mayor Sam Mattox in City Election
Radford voters re elected mayor Sam C. Mattox the only incumbent on the Radford city council with 1051 votes John L Whitehead won a council seat with 1496 votes and Alvin W Farrell secured 1495 votes in the same election.
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Radford
Sam Mattox
Sam C. Mattox
John L. Whitehead
Alvin W. Farrell
ICC Completes Rail Hearing on Norfolk & Western Merger Petitions
Washington AP report says the Interstate Commerce Commission finished a lengthy hearing on petitions by Erie Lackawanna Delaware and Hudson and Boston and Maine railroads to join the Norfolk and Western system. About 50 witnesses testified over 22 sessions since April 20. N W opposes the petitions and favors merging its own facilities with Chesapeake and Ohio. The N W also proposes Erie D H and B and M be joined with Reading and Central of New Jersey in a subsidiary company.
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Reading and Central of New Jersey
Veteran and Newcomer Lead Dublin Council Race
Incumbent A. M. Lockard and newcomer Johnny Boothe led with 189 votes each in Dublin town council elections for two of three seats. Albert Keats trailed with 130 ballots for the remaining seat.
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Dublin
A. M. Lockard
Johnny Boothe
Wart
Albert Keats
Ex Marine Reveals Drug Use Among Viet Nam Service
A former Marine corps crew chief and gunner testified to a Senate judiciary subcommittee that pep pills barbiturates heroin and marijuana were available to servicemen both in the United States and overseas. He described flight missions in Viet Nam and an incident where drug use led to firing on allied troops.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Frank
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
den Department
Baird
Viet Nam
Senate
House
Soviet tirade interrupts talks on disarmament in Geneva
In Geneva the Soviet delegation led by Alexei Roschin launched a bitter attack on U.S. Viet Nam policy as talks resumed. Roschin accused Washington of duplicity, pressing for no progress in Geneva while expanding the Viet Nam war and threatening an Atlantic nuclear weapons sharing plan with West Germany.
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Geneva
U.S
Viet Nam
Alexei A. Roschin
United States
Roschin
William C. Foster
Genoa
Washington
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsaraokin
West Germany
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
Oschin
Atlantic
Uninjured After Single Engine Plane Crash Near Bristol
A single engine aircraft burst into flames six miles south of Bristol Tenn after failing to reach Tri-Cities Airport due to low clouds. Pilot Steve Doran and six passengers escaped through doors as the plane nosed over after clipping a rocky ridge and catching fire. Occupants included Mrs. Doran their infant son Chris and Mrs. Walsten with two daughters Tammy and Faith. They were traveling from Carotte North Carolina to Twin Oaks Michigan.
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Bristol, Tenn
Here
Steve Doran
Doran
Chris
Dick Walsten
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tammy
Faith
Carotte
N.C
Twin Oaks
E L Head Elected Mayor Of Poca In Three Way Battle
In Pocahontas 313 voters chose Ernest L Head as mayor by a 4 to 1 margin. Three candidates tied for two council seats with 114 votes each, among 21 candidates for council and two for mayor. C W Gilmore Jr and James K Suit led the ballot for two of the eight seats.
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West Ward
M. G. White
James E. Harman
Earl Peery
Frank Denardo
Huffard
J. Harvey Tate
J. Hudson Huffard Sr
Tate
James G. W. Gillespie
Poca
Pocahontas
Ernest L. Head
Head
James H. Cheek
Mabel C. French
James C. Taylor
Edna M. Drosick
C. W. Gilmore Jr
James K. Suit
C. M. Harry
James R. Skewes
John R. Drosick
Charles
Surveyor 1 Ends Moon Sunset Run In Pasadena
Pasadena AP A historic Surveyor 1 mission ends as the camera shuts down after capturing more than 400 lunar sunset shots. Controllers face a two week lunar night with temperatures to 250 below zero risking battery failure and potential revival after sunrise.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Surveyor
Robert J. Parks
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Mack Collins
R. M. Beardon
John Mays
Helen
Blankenship
Wyatt
Bilefield Sanitarium
Twister
Committee On
Holland
Amsterdam
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Bluefield
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J. Hudson Huffard Jr
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Fleshman
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Tazewell
Giles
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ICC
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George Ross
Vircina
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