U N General Assembly to Open Emergency Session on Middle East
U Thant summons 122 nations for Saturday session at U.N. amid U S U S R tension over the Middle East. Kosygin leads Soviet push while the United States battles for speaking priority and contemplates a Big Four meeting with De Gaulle Wilson and Johnson.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Alexei N. Kosygin
Lomats
U Thant
Soviet Union
Israel
Thant
United States
Kosygin
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Johnson
Dean Rusk
New York
Harold Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Retired Man Dies In Monroe Accident
A 70 year old former Peterstown Town Council member Evans F. Thomas died after his car struck a utility pole while crossing Rt 12 near the Peterstown Athletic Field Road. He died at a Pearisburg Virginia hospital from head injuries and a suspected heart attack. Burial is at Peterstown Cemetery with Masonic Lodge pallbearers.
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Peterstown
Evans F. Thomas
Thomas
Pearisburg
Peterstown Athletic Field
Rt. 12
Peerless Coal and Coke Co
Kimball and
Vivian
McDowell County
A. W
Josie Spangler Thomas
Oka Youell
Glada Woodyard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mary Tunn
Cashmere
Hunter Thomas
Nettie
Peterstown Methodist Church
Joseph Gieger
Charles Jack
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Masonic Lodge
Coal Gas Pilot Gets 12 Million For Conversion Plant
The Interior Department funds a pilot plant project to convert coal into gas. The Institute of Gas Technology in Chicago, part of the American Gas Association, will receive 12,272,000 with previous and planned contributions totaling 1.5 million. The goal is high quality gas interchangeable with natural gas, signaling potential early synthetic gas industry development before 1975.
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Washington
Interior Department
Institute of Gas Technology At
Chicago
American Gas Association
Stewart L. Udall
Association
Rail Action Set For Next Week
Congress delayed a decision on the threatened national rail walkout as six shopcraft unions would be free to strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday under earlier law. The Senate passed a bill to allow presidential board mediation if no voluntary agreement is reached within 90 days, with the House backing a similar 90 day period.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
Senate
House
Deck Officers Strike Ruling Leaves Uncertain Return
A federal judge upheld an arbitrator’s back to work order in a deck officer strike tying up ships at Atlantic and Gulf ports. Without an injunction, immediate effects are unclear as unions question parity breaches and possible broader impact on maritime operations.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Maritime Service Committee
Tanker Service Committee
Deck Officers
Kosygin Holds Talks in Paris as UN Mideast Debate Intense
Soviet Premier Kosygin met with President de Gaulle and aides in Paris for nearly four hours to discuss Mideast war fallout. France urged moderation at the UN while Kosygin pressed to brand Israel as aggressor and force territorial surrender. No immediate plan for de Gaulle to attend the U.N. Assembly in New York.
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Paris
Alexei N. Kosygin
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Kosygin
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
Assembly
France
United States
Britain
Moscow
de Gaulle
U.N. Assembly
U.N
United Nations
Mideast
Alexei Kosygin
Maurice Couve de Murville
Jean Dussol
Orly
U. N. General Assembly
Viet Cong Threaten Reprisal Executions in Vietnam War
The Viet Cong threatened to execute American prisoners in retaliation for South Vietnamese court executions of three Viet Cong suspects. U.S. officials condemned any reprisal as a violation of the Geneva Conventions. In fighting nearby, Viet Cong forces attacked Phu Yen outposts, with air strikes and artillery driving casualties on both sides.
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Baigon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Harold George Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Saigon
U.S. State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Washington
Vietnam
McCloskey
Radio
Viet Cong
U.S
US State Department
Phu Yen
U. S. 1St Infantry
Mekong River Delta
da Nang
Man Shot Eight Held In Wyoming
A Wyoming County youth was critically shot at a Baileysville drive-in around 12 39 a m Friday. Rod Robinson was wounded in the stomach by a .22 rifle and is improving at Stevens Clinic in Welch. Nine Baileysville youths aged 18 and over were arrested after a two group brawl. Benny Toler faces a $2000 bond while the others post $1000 bonds each.
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Wyoming County
Baileysville
Rod Robinson
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Paul Goode
Frank Fortner
Benny Toler
Ronnie Toler
Elmore Johnson
Billy Rose
Edgar Adams
Bobby Spears
Gaile Spears
Jerry Spears
Justice of the Peace
Bernard Morgan
Brenton
Morgan
Jurisdiction Question in Private Club Liquor Case
State ABC Commissioner Clarence Elmore asks Kanawha County Circuit Court to dismiss the suit challenging the private club liquor law for lack of jurisdiction. He argues the attorney general must be a defendant and that the court should defer to the State Supreme Court. A hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. June 29, with UCAAP naming Elmore as the sole defendant.
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Frank L. Taylor
UCAAP
Elmore
Racial unrest in Ohio Michigan. Tampa quiets
Authorities monitored violent incidents in Dayton and Lansing as arson and street clashes surfaced. In Cincinnati and Cleveland groups pressed for jobs and economic action while Tampa began to calm under a new youth patrol program.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Michigan
Tampa, Fla
Boone County Woman Burned To Death
A house fire in Marmet West Virginia claimed the life of Becky Spurlock a 67 year old resident of Ridgeview Boone County. Her charred body was found near the front door and authorities say she appeared to have attempted to escape before being overcome by flames.
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Marmet
W. Va
Becky Spurlock
Boone County
Ridgeview
Unidentified Sighting Reported at South Hill
Richmond AP reports the Air Force stamped the April 21 South Hill sighting as unidentified. Witness C N Crowder saw a 16 by 12 foot aluminum tank like object that shot upward spewing flame, leaving scorched pavement and depressions. NICAP officials examined the site as NICAP and Air Force noted 30 of 1060 yearly sightings were unidentified.
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Richmond
Air Force
South Hill
Washington Information Office
C. N. Crowder
Crowder
National Investigating Committee On Aerial Phenomena
NICAP
Trucker Fatally Crushed As Load Shifts On Norfolk Road
A truck bound for the Norfolk Naval Base braked to avoid a collision on Hampton Boulevard Norfolk causing a heavy cargo shift that crushed the driver. An hour passed before a crane lifted the load and freed the victim John W. Swanburg four of Chesapeake.
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Associated Press
Norfolk Naval Base
Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk
John W. Swanburg
Chesapeake
Stoney Creek
Estela Bravo
West New York
N. J
Richmond
U.S
Sussex County
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Aurora Lake
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Roanoke
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Rt. 8
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University of Virginia
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