Plans Are Go For Beachhead In Space Titan 3C Roars To Success
Titan 3C, the Air Force's most powerful rocket, scored a triumphant maiden flight at Cape Kennedy. The 21,000 pound dummy satellite orbited, signaling plans for unmanned and manned military space labs and a network of 24 communications satellites within three years. Officials foresee a lunar payload and space missions advancing by 1968. Maj. Gen. Funk hailed the test as a great national achievement.
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Air Force
Ben I. Funk
Air Force Space Systems Division
Defense Department
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Tory
Lab
Reconnais
Titan
Fayette County man identified from skeleton found near Oak Hill
The May 19 skeleton discovery along a Minden Thurmond rail spur near Oak Hill is identified as Lou Lewis Bennett, 42, missing since July 27, 1963. Sheriff Epperly notes Bennett's death cause unknown and no dismemberment evidence yet, amid five missing Fayette men cases and famed mad butcher rumors.
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Oak Hill
W. Va
Here
Fayette County
Lou Lewis Bennett
Bennett
Minden
Thurmond
Doug Epperly
Epperly
Rusk Details Peace Efforts and Viet Nam Outlook
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Cabinet that the United States has pursued many peace paths in Viet Nam but faces repeated Communist rebuffs and a preference for military action during the monsoon season. He cited past diplomacy from Kennedy Khrushchev talks to Geneva Laos and nonaligned proposals, and noted possible use of nuclear capable bombers in future strikes while avoiding comments on specific bombing targets.
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Washington
United States
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
U.S
Rusk
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
North
Southeast Asia
John F. Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Vienna
Laos
India
Cambodia
IBM computer sketches panties in new clothing design
At an industry meeting an IBM 1627 digital plotter outlined a model’s pink bra and panties in straight lines. The system can grade patterns from a base size to fit other measurements and adjust for regional differences in body shapes.
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Atlanta
IBM
Peace Corps shows signs of leveling off after four busy years
Demand from overseas remains strong while new applicant figures trail 1964 during the first five months of the year. Officials say no concern but a reassessment is under way on volunteer placement and tasks for the year ahead as Director Sargent Shriver pursues a new program amid Johnsons war on poverty.
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Washington
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Johnson
China pledges to send volunteers to Vietnam if Viet Cong requests
Beijing said it will provide volunteers to Vietnam if the Viet Cong requests aid and the United States continues to fight. A Foreign Ministry statement asserted 650 million Chinese will back Vietnam and prepare to join and fight alongside Vietnamese forces until U.S. forces exit.
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Red
China
Viet Nam
United States
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Guns Stop Czechs At German Border
Czech border guards fired when several Czechoslovaks tried to breach a West German border with a heavy crane near Schirnding. Bavarian police said the crane halted near the border and at least one Czech was shot dead.
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Schirnding
Germany
West Germany
Miner Killed in Bishop Cave-In at Pocahontas Fuel
A 35 year old miner Luther G Lefler of Bandy Dix Creek was killed when rock collapsed at Bishop early Friday. Rescue teams freed him after nine hours of digging through 25 to 30 feet of debris. Lefler, a Korean War veteran and UMWA Local 6025 member, lived with wife Mary Ellen and was a native of Pulaski County. He attended Boyds Chapel Methodist Church.
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Tazewell County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bishop
Luther G. Lesler
Rt. 1
Dix Creek
Lefler
United Mine Workers of America
Mary Ellen Hayes Lefler
Pulaski, Va
Annie Fortner Lefler
Theate Luther G. Lefler Sr
Boyds Chapel Methodist
Joyce Lefler
Tom Lefler
Humphrey Visits Paris With Gemini Crews To Pay Respects
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey travels to Paris with astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II to meet Charles de Gaulle and pay respects to a great nation. The group plans to visit Le Bourget Airfield, attend the air show, and discuss future space flights including Moon missions.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
France
America
Charles de Gaulle
Humphrey
le Bourget Airfield
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
de Gaulle
Moon
Johnson
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Mathews
Julian Scheer
NASA
White
Col. McDivitt
Western Floods Ravage Plains Leaving Dozens Dead
Floods triggered by violent thunderstorms swept from the Rocky Mountains across the Great Plains from Montana to New Mexico, causing at least 13 deaths with Colorado reporting six. Evacuations occurred along the Arkansas River, bridges failed on Interstate 80S, and military helicopters aided rescues as the National Guard prepared to deploy to northeast Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Mountains
Great Plains
Montana
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Pearl Gray
Woodrow
Arkansas River
Kansas
Syracuse
Johnson Sets Monday Signing for Excise Tax Repeal
President Johnson announced will sign the excise tax repeal on Monday to give merchants time to adjust inventories. The measure, worth 4.6 billion dollars annually, will wipe out levies on a wide range of products the day after signing, with benefits to consumers and retailers starting Tuesday.
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Washington
Johnson
Congressional
Congress
Governor to Slice State Birthday Cake at World's Fair
Governor Hulett Smith plans to fly to the New York World's Fair to help cut the cake honoring West Virginia's 102nd birthday at its pavilion. William E. Potter of the World's Fair Corporation will assist. A Wheeling children's minstrel group will perform at the U S Pavilion later Sunday.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Smith
William E. Potter
Bliss warns Free Society may hurt GOP unity and funds
Republican leader Ray Bliss says Barry Goldwater's Free Society Association could drain party dollars and split support. He notes Gen. Lucius Clay declined to join as founder while taking on the GOP finance chair. Bliss pressed for party-focused fundraising and unity.
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Bliss
GOP
Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Barry Goldwater
Free Society Association
Lucius D. Clay
Goldwater
Arizona
Th Society
Republican Party
Denison Kitchel
Society
Goldwater Group
Clay
New York
Savoy Plaza Hotel To Close And Be Demolished
New York AP reports the Savoy Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue will close permanently on June 30. The 1,000 room, 1947 opened hotel will be demolished to make way for a 50 story office building.
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New York
Savoy Plaza
Fifth Avenue
West Virginia Forecast Sees Cooler Spell Through Wednesday
The extended outlook predicts cooler than normal weather for West Virginia through Wednesday with average temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal. Highs reach the mid 80s in the south and low 80s in the north while lows dip to the low 60s in the south and mid 50s in the north. Rain is expected Tuesday or Wednesday totaling under a quarter inch.
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West Virginia
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