Johnson condemns Pentagon Papers as distorted view of presidency
News and Time reports quote Lyndon B. Johnson saying the Vietnam Pentagon Papers offer a biased, misleading picture of his role. He argues the leak nearly amounts to treason and criticizes censorship failures while labeling McNamara a Kennedy man and Ellsberg a suspect source.
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Vietnam
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Time
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Robert Kennedy
Robert McNamara
Kennedy
McNamara
Harvard
Kennedy Center
Cambridge
Mass
Washington Post
World Bank
Ellsberg
Times
Sidney Zion
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Douglas P. Rouse dies after long illness at 56
Addison Ohio, born Kennarrock Virginia, former Point Pleasant High math head and Welch teacher, World War II Navy LTJG. Survived by widow Elaine Burdett Rouse, daughter Julia Rush, brother Fred, four sisters. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church. burial Suncrest Cemetery. Also Mrs Bruce Boardwine Jr of Manassas Virginia dies after long illness in Tazewell Virginia. funeral arrangements pending.
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Addison, Ohio
Addison Hospital
Kennarrock
Philip and
Ida Henderson Rouse
Point Pleasant High School
Welch High School
Elkhorn High School
Switchback
Concord College
West Virginia University
University of Tennessee
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Phi Kappa Delta
Elaine Burdett Rouse
Julia Rush
Columbus
Ohio
Fred Rouse
Della Wright
Daisy Shelor
Frances Holiway
Bluefield
Anna Martin
Beckley
Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Rufus A. Cromartie
Suncrest Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Bruce Boardwine
Bruce
Virginia) Boardwine Jr
Manassas
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Classified Text Fragment
Fragments show newspaper masthead details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph with Associated Press membership and subscription rates. The legible items include carrier and mail rates and general contact references.
Mrs Laura Gilley Dies After Short Illness at Welch
Laura Jane Gilley 63 of Anawalt died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Survived by husband Walter Gilley and mother Cora Miller of Anawalt, plus two sons Ralph and Raymond, four daughters Rena Marie Howard Ruby Colahuca Nita Kelliher Connie Sue Akers, two brothers Billy Dollar and Edward Dollar, nine grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday Kenneth Funeral Home Chapel Northfork with Rev. Fred Sexton officiating. Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. today.
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Anawalt
Welch
Walter Gilley
Cora Miller
Ralph Gilley
Milford
Del
Raymond Gilley
Magnolia
John
Rena Marie) Howard
Claymont
Kenneth
Ruby) Colahuca
Virginia Beach
Nita) Kelliher
Frederica
Charles
Connie Sue) Akers
Skygusty
Billy Dollar
van Nuys
Calif
Edward Dollar
Pinellas Park
Fla
Kenneth Funeral Home
Northfork
Fred Sexton
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Blueweil
Sawyers Infant Bobby Ray Sawyers Jr Dies After Birth
Bobby Ray Sawyers Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Bobby Ray Sawyers of Tazewell Virginia died shortly after birth Saturday in a Roanoke hospital.
Funeral rites for Nichols and Hart noted in Bluefield and Northfork
Graveside services for Robert Joseph Nichols 13 of Rt 4 Bluefield were held today at East Cemetery Rock with pallbearers listed and Cravens Shires Funeral Home in charge. James Hart 72 of McDowell died Friday in a Beckley nursing home. services were held at Bennett Funeral Home Chapel Northfork and burial at Belcher Cemetery Coaldale Mountain.
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Hart
James
McDowell
Beckley
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
James Black
Belcher
Coaldale Mountain
Pentagon Papers Court Fight Echoes in Nation
The public debate over the Pentagon Papers continues as courts weigh prior restraint and press freedom. Judges Gurfein Kaufman Gesell discuss the right to know while Ellsberg defends exposure of government deception.
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New York
Murray L. Gurfein
Nixon
Gurfein
Gesell
Pentagon
Motions to Dismiss Kent State Indictments Filed
Attorneys for Craig Morgan and for Jeffrey Hartzler and Thomas Miller ask dismissal of indictments arising from the May 1970 Kent State disturbances. Judge Edwin Jones gave two weeks for briefs as 23 of 25 indictments remain under consideration amid arguments of grand jury prejudice and student participation.
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Ohio
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Jeffrey Hartzler
Thomas Miller
Portage County Common Pleas
Edwin Jones
Ohio National Guard
Morgan
Upper Arlington
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Miller
Smithville
Jones
U.S
Ramsey Clark
KSA
Clark
Raid Nets Cops Booze Arrests at McDowell Club
State police raided Frenchie's Club in Big Four early Sunday, arresting Debby Lynn Burnoski 18 of Welch for illegal sale of whisky and Allen Scotty Wolford 32 of Big Four for aiding and abetting whisky sale and contributing to the delinquency of minors. Fifteen juveniles aged 15 to 17 were present. a large quantity of whisky was seized. Wolford posted bond. Burnoski was released. Hearings set before Justice Norman Baker in Welch.
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McDowell County
Debby Lynn Burnoski
Welch
Allen (Scotty) Wolford
Big Four
Frenchie
D. M. Shade
Justice of the Peace
Norman Baker
Shade
Ex Bluefield Family Dies In Detroit Crash
A Detroit freeway crash killed a Bluefield family and their two children. Charles Francisco age 20 Deborah English Francisco 17 Charles Francisco age 2 and Patrick Francisco age 1 died when their car struck a bridge abutment. Survivors include Amos Francisco of Bluefield and Dorothy Murray now in New York. Bodies to be returned to Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield.
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Detroit
Charles Francisco
Deborah English Francisco
Patrick Francisco
Francisco
Amos Francisco
Church St
Dorothy Murray
New York
Lugo
Buff Urges Proof For Coal Miner Benefit Claims
Disabled miners urged to compile substantial evidence as Social Security Administration offices in West Virginia and Kentucky offer to reconsider previously rejected claims. Dr. I. E. Buff, a coal mine health advocate, called the move a sympathy act ahead of Congress considering liberalizing amendments to the black lung law.
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I. E. Buff
Charleston
W.va
Social Security Administration
West Virginia
Kentucky
Buff
Congress
Explosion at Ashland plant injures and evacuates residents
A blast at a chemical plant near Huntington, covering Ashland Kentucky Proc torville and Chesapeake Ohio and nearby areas, prompted police to cordon streets and Civil Defense to evacuate several homes. Fire officials said the blaze seemed under control about three hours after the explosion. The plant founded in 1912 employs about 500 people.
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Ashland
Proctorville
Chesapeake
Ohio
Huntington
Civil Defense
Fire Department
Plantation uproar over youths at show prompts police action
Sheriff F A Smith says youths are on private property with no place to go as sponsors plead for a court injunction. State police are deployed as concerns rise over water sanitation and security while promoters vow ticket refunds. Local business improves amid the disruption.
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Pointe Coupree Parish
F. A. Smith
Lind
Lou Weinstock
Cambridge Investment Corp
Bobby Barone
Giant Sequoia's Tannin and Thick Bark Shield Itself
The giant sequoia of California is praised for disease and rot resistance. It ward off threats via tannin and bark that can reach two feet in thickness.
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California
Rail strike theories swirl as miners face return shift
Rail officials await proof of a mass return to work as United Mine Workers District 29 leader James Leeber predicts miners will end the week-long walkout at 12:01 a.m. Today. UMW President Boyle calls for end to a national strike amid court rulings on a welfare fund.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
United Mine Workers District 29
James Leeber
UMW
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Gerhard Gessell
U. S. District Court
Boyle
Mountain Climbers Drowned on Symmetry Spire Descent
Three climbers from Idaho Falls perished while descending Symmetry Spire at 11 500 feet in Grand Teton National Park. They skidded through a snowfield hole and were drowned as a guard watched the site. The victims were Robert Deal 28 Wayne Creek 36 and Louis Ybarrondo 9.
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Wyo
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Grand Teton National Park
Robert Deal
Wayne Creek
Louis Ybarrondo
Frank Betts
Deal
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