Bluewell Seawer Facilities Approved for Public Service District
A $1,699,800 federal grant for Bluewell Public Service District funds sewer facilities serving Bluewell and surrounding communities. A $1,132,200 loan is expected to accompany the grant, covering total project costs of about $2.83 million. Construction of roughly 25 miles of pipe should take about a year with pipe sizes ranging from six to possibly fourteen inches.
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Bluewell
James Kee
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Shupe
Tax Free Foundation Considered for City Improvements
Mrs James P Thomas chair man of the Bluefield Beautification Commission says the panel is weighing a tax free foundation to accept gifts for local improvements. Donors could designate projects or allow the commission to allocate funds to needs such as a new library or park improvements.
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James P. Thomas
Bluefield
Violence Sparks in Cincinnati Escalation After Racial Disturbances
In Cincinnati Ohio scattered violence flared Wednesday despite patrols by police and Ohio National Guardsmen. Crowds disrupted streets with Negro youths stoning cars in the Fairmount area and a fire bomb set off on Winton Place. Lt Col Folk ordered guardsmen to return fire if fired upon. A City Hall meeting devolved into a tense confrontation as Negro spokesmen criticized city leadership.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio National
City Hall
Jake Held
White-Hatted Youth Patrols Try Calming Tampa
More than 120 young men in white helmets fanned out across Tampa's Negro neighborhoods in a City Youth Patrol effort to deter violence after warnings of police retaliation. The volunteers, many unemployed, met with Negro leaders and officials to organize patrols as 400 National Guardsmen returned to their armories. Sheriff Malcolm Beard said he would not deploy additional troops.
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Tampa
Fla
CYP
National
UN Security Council blocks Soviet push on Israel gains
The United Nations Security Council vetoed a Soviet backed demand to brand Israel as aggressor and surrender Arab territory won in the six day war. Secretary General U Thant sought members' views on an emergency General Assembly session to renew Moscow's anti Israel drive with potential Kosygin attendance.
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Security Council
Israel
U Thant
General Assembly
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Thant
United Nations
Assembly
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
India
Mali
Mariner 5 Fixes Canopus Target En Route to Venus
Mariner 5 corrected its sensor drift after briefly locking on Earth and is now tracking Canopus to set a rendezvous with Venus. Launched from Cape Kennedy, the 540-pound craft speeds toward Venus at about 8100 mph, aiming for a 2000 mile high pass on Oct 19 to probe cloud cover and potential life.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Venus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Canopus
Cape Kennedy
Fla.—j
Mariner 5
United States
Fayette County Man Drowns During Kanawha River Boating
A 41 year old Fayette County man Spencer Jarvis of Glen Ferris drowned when his boat capsized on the Kanawha River near Kanawha Falls as his family escaped to safety. Authorities say all other family members were rescued.
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Gauley Bridge
W.va
Fayette County
Kanawha River
Kanawha Falls
Spencer Jarvis
Glen Ferris
Jarvis
Liberty damaged in Malta search for 24 missing crewmen
The U S Navy destroyer Liberty limped into Valetta Malta after being struck by Israeli jets and a torpedo in the Middle East war. Navy authorities believe 24 crewmen are trapped in holds as rescuers and a court of inquiry begin proceedings.
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U. S
Cmdr
William L. McGonagle
Liberty
Malta
Valetta
U.S
Davis
House Tributes American Flag Veterans in Flag Day Ceremony
The House paid tribute to the United States flag with wounded Vietnam veterans in attendance. Marine band opened with The Stars and Stripes Forever as Rep. Brooks saluted twenty veterans before a packed chamber. A color guard, pledges, and patriotic songs followed in a ceremony honoring service members. Veterans Curry Coffey Henderson Blake were among those recognized.
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Marine Band
Stars and Stripes Forever
Vietnam
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
United States
West
Two Giles County men killed in Rt 10 crash near Pearisburg
Arnold Lee Thorne and Buddy Allen Blankenship, both 25, died when a 1957 auto struck two locust trees on a curve two miles south of Pearisburg. Driver Wesley Blankenship, 25, escaped with minor injuries and is charged with reckless driving and two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
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Giles County
Wamen
Arnold Lee Thorne
Buddy Allen Blankenship
Narrows
Rt. 10
Pearisburg
Wesley H. Blankenship
Thorne
Buddy Blankenship
Giles Memorial Hospital
J. T. Lee
Lee
Deck Officers Strike Broadens Across Atlantic Ports
A strike by AFL-CIO Masters Mates and Pilots began in New York and spread to Atlantic and Gulf ports from New Orleans to Baltimore. The walkout seeks parity with wage gains recently given to radiomen and marine engineers, potentially tying up dozens of U S ships.
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New York
Maine
Texas
Afl-Cio
New Orleans
Baltimore
Atlantic
Gulf
Hanoi and Haiphong Hit by Heavy American Raids
American warplanes bomb Hanoi and Haiphong to disrupt road and rail traffic north of the capital and port. Jets targeted networks around the cities while armaments were shown to include a reinforced A26 Nimrod night bomber. Six MIGs at Kep airfield were reportedly destroyed on the ground as monsoon weather improves for four more months of flying.
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Siagon
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Saigon
Air Force
North
Kep
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