Intelligence Officer Calls For Halt In Body Count Method
Lt Col Richard A. McMahon urges ending the body count in Vietnam noting it is a dubious metric for enemy potential. He warns exaggerated losses mislead plans and erode credibility, saying counts may be inflated under pressure and useless in a sprawling jungle theater.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Washington
Vietnam
Richard A. McMahon
U.S
McMahon
Saigon
Plans For Company Is Rich Creek HDC Topic
The June meeting of the Rich Creek Home Demonstration Club in the Municipal Building featured the topic Plan In Advance For Company presented by Mrs. Opie Stables and Mrs. R. W. Coombe. Members reviewed advance planning for guests and community projects while signing a get well card for Mrs. Agnes Miller.
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Rich Creek Hdc
Rich Creek Home Demonstration Club
Opie Stables
R. W. Coombe
E. S. Sanders
Landinea Tha Thirtaan
Atau Vwic
Vwullouil
Lncliivelds
W. O. Woodson
Agnes Miller
Giles Memorial Hospital
Helen Childs
Jean Gentry
H. C. Thompson
R. G. Holdren
C. W. Presley
Stamp Program Change Urged By Freeman
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman urged West Virginia to distribute federal food stamps more often than monthly. In a letter to Sen. Byrd Freeman suggested post offices as distribution centers and said the Welfare Department would decide on changing the current schedule.
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Washington
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
West Virginia
Robert Byrd
Freeman
West Virginia Welfare Department
Byrd
Hearing Set For Ex Gov Barron In Bribery Conspiracy Case
A July 11 hearing in Charleston is set for ex Governor W W Barron and five others on pre plea motions in a federal bribery conspiracy tied to state contracts. Judge J Robert Martin ordered the hearing, potentially delaying the trial from July 8 by several weeks.
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Charleston
W. W. Barron
J. Robert Martin
Barron
Burl Sawyers
Vincent Johnoski
Truman Gore
Elkins
Bonn Brown
Clarksburgh
Alfred Schroath
Traffic deaths rise to 241 on state roads this year
State police reported Friday that 241 people have been killed on state roads this year, compared with 208 at the same date last year.
Inquiry in Closed Session on USS Scorpion Loss
A naval court of inquiry in Norfolk held a full day of closed testimony into the loss of the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion and crew members. The Scorpion disappeared after a May 21 radio message 365 miles south-southwest of the Azores while homeward from the Mediterranean. The seven member panel, led by Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin, recessed until Monday with testimony likely to finish next week and then the court will review evidence and draft findings and recommendations.
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Norfolk
Naval Court of Inquiry
Mediterranean
Azores
Adm
Bernard L. Austin
Rockefeller and McCarthy meet by chance in Oklahoma City
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy crossed paths at the Oklahoma City airport after Rockefeller criticized McCarthy’s planned Paris talks with North Vietnam. The meeting was cordial with handshakes as Rockefeller prepared to fly to Arkansas.
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Oklahoma City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
Eugene J. McCarthy
Rockefeller
McCarthy
Paris
Arkansas
Lincoln
Neb
Vietnam
Woman Named To Fill House Seat In West Virginia
Gov Hulett Smith named Mrs Helen Baker Bolling of Clarksburg to fill the unexpired term of the late C P Marstiller in the House of Delegates Marstiller died last April at age 62 after six years in the House Bolling is president of the Harrison County Democratic Women's Club.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
Helen Baker Bolling
Clarksburg
C. P. Marstiller
House of Delegates
Bolling
Harrison County
Democratic Women's Club
Marstiller
Charleston Governor Orders Review of 1916 Murder Case
Gov Hulett Smith directs a review of Hollie Griffiths case a 75 year old man who has spent over five decades in prison. Griffith was sentenced to life for murder in 1916 and earlier received six months medical leave in February but was returned to prison in May after a monthlong disappearance.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
Department of Public Safety
Hollie Griffith
Griffith
Gov. Smith
Virginia counties share $298,722 handicap aid
Seven Virginia counties and two cities will share a federal grant of 298,722 for a Helping Hand program for handicapped children. The program will be headquartered in Pulaski County with Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson and Montgomery counties plus the cities of Radford and Galax also participating.
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Radford
Virginia
Pulaski County
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bland
Carroll
Floyd
Giles
Grayson
Montgomery
Galax
Brazil Grants Artists A Voice In Federal Censorship Panel
Justice Minister forms panel including artists writers to study Brazil censorship rules. Critics doubt real change as current rules hinge on vague interpretations. Cartoons mock “unartistic” cuts while films and songs face pre approval and stage reviews.
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Brazil
Justice
Antonio da Gama E Silva
Correio da Manha
Ingmar Bergman
Careful Shopping for Above Ground Swimming Pools
New York AP outlines four key qualities for pool buyers quality durability safety and beauty. Coleco Industries advises on leak resistant heavy gauge vinyl liners winterized options sturdy top rails corrugated steel sidewalls pillar supports and strong bottom rails to prevent shifting. Safety rules stress keeping debris out of water covering small pools and guarding children.
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New York
Coleco Industries
Pool
Elizabeth Circle Meets In Narrows
The Elizabeth Hale Circle of the First United Methodist Church in Narrows met at the home of Mrs. Cecil Crotty with vice-chairman presiding. Mrs. James M. Martin Jr spoke on Gods Open Door from Dr. A J Cronin, pledges for 1968 69 were made, and the World Bank passed. Mrs. John Billes will host July meeting with program by Mrs Crotty.
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Elizabeth Hale
First United Methodist Church
Narrows
Cecil Crotty
James M. Martin, Jr
A. J. Cronin
World Bank
John Billes
Crotty
Nine marriage licenses issued in Giles County
Giles County Clerk’s Office in Pearisburg issued nine marriage licenses on Friday June 21. Names include Ronnie Lane Smith of Matoaka West Virginia and Judy Elizabeth Ellison of Bluefield West Virginia among others from West Virginia and Virginia. couples list spouses and birthplaces.
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Pearisburg
Giles County Clerk’s
Ronnie Lane Smith
Matoaka
W. Va
Judy Elizabeth Ellison
Bluefield
Thomas Allen Temple
Charleston
Geraldine Deloris Schupback
J. B. Lessor
Goldbond
Cathy Gail Osborne
Kimballton
Roger Dean Hash
Chicago
Ill
Robert Lee Anthony
Ripley
Ellen Ardena Shamblin
Bancroft
Narrows Junior High MYF To Meet Sunday
Narrows Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship of the First United Methodist Church will meet Sunday evening at six o clock at the Narrows church. The Senior High MYF will not meet this year as the group runs concurrently with public schools.
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Methodist
First United Methodist Church
Narrows
Six O’cock
M.Y.F
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