McDowell Man Shot Over 3 Debt Dispute
Leslie Vance of Paynesville was critically wounded by a shotgun blast on a rural road near his home in an argument over a $3 debt. Hubert Eugene Payne, 25, also of Paynesville, was arrested for felonious assault and waived a preliminary hearing. Payne surrendered at his father's house. bond not yet set. Troopers Swartz Kimsey Hedrick investigated.
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McDowell County
Welch
Leslie Vance
Paynesville
Stevens Clinic
Hubert Eugene Payne
G. L. Swartz
Payne
Justice of the Peace
Vance
Swartz
Paul Taylor
Ira Mullins
J. W. Kimsey
J. C. Hedrick
CIA Chief Resigns In Surprising Move
President Johnson announced Adm. William F. Raborn's resignation as CIA director after less than a year, to be replaced by Richard Helms. Johnson also outlined Viet Nam policy, signaled tougher military action, and named new officials including Samuel Nabrit for the AEC and Rosel Hyde as FCC chair.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Adm
William F. Raborn
Central Intelligence Agency
Atomic Energy Commission
Oval Office
Raborn
CIA
Richard Helms
the Treasury
State Department
California
AEC
Samuel Milton Nabrit
Texas Southern University
Houston
James
Howard University
Mary I. Bunting
Gerald F. Tape
ABC
Federal Communications Commission
Rosel H. Hyde
FCC
Hyde
Dominican Republic
John Hugh Crimmins
Santo Domingo
Saigon Marks Anniversary of Ky Regime Amid Buddhist Crisis
Saigon celebrated Armed Forces Day and the first anniversary of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's military government while curbing Buddhist unrest in the capital and Hue. Pinpointed actions included economic decrees, a half piastre devaluation, and a crackdown as a monk in robes was among those arrested. a protester, Dao Thi Tuyet, 16, died after setting herself on fire in the Buddhist Institute.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hue
Buddhist Institute
Dao Thi Tuyet
Phan Huu Tran
Institute
Wyoming Man Fatally Injured in Single Vehicle Crash
A 3 year old Wyoming County man Robert Morgan of Guvan was killed in a single vehicle motorcycle crash near Guyan on Sec Rt 62. Police say the 1966 motorcycle left the highway plunging about 50 feet down a steep embankment. Morgan was northbound. The highway was clear and dry. investigators from state police and the county sheriff’s department were on scene.
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Wyoming
Pineville
Robert Morgan
Guvan
Guyan
Sec. Rt. 62
Morgan
Ceredo Boy Fatally Injured By Tractor
A 6 year old boy from Ceredo West Virginia died in Chillicothe Ohio after jumping from a moving tractor and failing to clear its wheels on the Russell Neff farm. He died several hours after the accident in a local hospital.
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Chillicothe, Ohio
West Virginia
Here
Chris McKenny
Clyde McKenny
Ceredo
W. Va
Chillicothe
Russell Neff
Saigon policeman slain as gang attacks Buddhist Institute
In Saigon an officer named Kieu Cong Hai, 25, was dragged from a bicycle, beaten, and shot dead near the Vien Hoa Dao Buddhist Institute. Police halted the attackers as Hoodlums fled toward the institute, heightening a confrontation between police and Buddhist dissidents.
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Saigon
Buddhist Institute
Lo Sat Sinh
Kieu Cong Hai
Cho Ray Hospital
Vien Hoa Dao
Virginia Independent Voters League backs Spong and Boothe
The Virginia Independent Voters League endorsed State Senator William B. Spong and Armistead L. Boothe as Democratic primary challengers. The rally drew about 150 delegates, signaling support while voicing tension with Moses Riddick, the league’s founding figure. Police were summoned after reporters tried to eavesdrop on a private session.
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Richmond
William B. Spong
Armistead L. Boothe
Virginia Independent Voters League
League
Virginia
Democratic Party
VIVL
Moses Riddick
Riddick
Spong
A. Willis Robertson
Escobedo Plans Defense Tied to Own Ruling in New Charge
Danny Escobedo, the Chicago man whose murder conviction was reversed by a landmark Supreme Court decision, plans to use that ruling to defend against a gun possession charge. His lawyer, Marshall Schwarzbach, says the 1964 and 1966 rulings on police interrogation and self incrimination bolster his case for trial on July 12.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Danny Escobedo
High Court
Marshall Schwarzbach
Escobedo
Schwarzbach
James Sullivan
Manuel Valtierra
U. S. Supreme Court
Cross greets civil rights marchers in Mississippi amid Klan display
About 100 marchers linked by bus from Chicago press on toward Belzoni as a flaming cross greets them in daylight in Itta Bena. SNCC leaders report five campus requests denied by Mississippi Valley State College officials citing health and sanitation limits.
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Itta Bena
Miss
Mississippi
Alphonso Harris
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Albany
Delta
George Raymond
Canton
Greenwood
Mississippi Valley State College
Belzoni
J.H. White
Bob Smith
SNCC
Poff Nominated For Eighth Term In Roanoke GOP Meet
In Roanoke the Sixth District Republicans renominated Rep. Richard H. Poff for a eighth term as no Democrat has filed against him. Poff and Rep. Robert J. Dole of Kansas assailed the Johnson administration, faulting executive overreach and a one party government. Dole argued poverty money funds political gain and questioned aid distribution. Holton and Mayor Ould, potential GOP Senate contenders, attended but declined to say if they would run.
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Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Roanoke
Richard H. Poff
Poff
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Dole
A. Linwood Holton
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Holton
James P. Ould Jr
Lynchburg
GOP
Senate
Auto Safety Legislation Advances Toward Comprehensive Rules
Washington AP Congress moves toward broad auto and highway safety measures. Senate and House committees back tougher standards beyond Johnson requests, aiming to require federal vehicle safety standards and 1968 model car equipment including collapsed steering columns and safety door latches.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
House Public Works
Commerce
Secretary of Commercce
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Senate Commerce Committee
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Norfolk
Victor Ashe
Ashe
Youngstown
Ohio
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