Nixon Hopes For New Viet Policy Sees GOP Gains
Nixon warned if current policy continues the Vietnam war could last five more years with higher casualties. He criticized the Manila conference as offering no shortening strategy and projected a strong GOP wave in midwestern and western states, naming Romney, Rhodes, Percy, Reagan and Brown in key contests.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Manila
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Michigan
George Romney
Robert Griffin
Ohio
Illinois
Chuck Percy
Sen
Paul) Douglas
California
Ronald Reagan
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Preston Probe Finds Voter Abuses At Hopemont Hospital
Preston County Prosecutor Neil Reed said the investigation found that almost all Hopemont State Hospital patients cast absentee ballots. He said many are not of sound mind and incapable of voting and that the probe would continue to see if votes by mentally incompetent individuals are recorded statewide.
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McComas Man Killed in Mine
Danny Edward Lusk, 26, of McComas in Mercer County, died after a mining accident at Pocahontas Fuel No 6 Mine near McComas. He was fatally crushed while operating a loading machine on a relief shift, after being hit by a roof fall at Crane Creek.
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Mercer County
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Inside BT vac Classified Comics and Editorials
A condensed page summary notes various sections including Classifieds Comics Movies Princeton Graham Society Sports and Stocks with page cues and column references. It lists featured topics and page numbers indicating where readers can find content across sections.
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Society
Eight year old killed by Powhatan Arrow near Northfork
An eight year old boy from Kyle McDowell County was killed when struck by Norfolk and Western Train No. 26 east of the Northfork crossing at 5 02 p.m. The child was walking on the tracks and did not see the train. The engineer was R H O'Dell Bluefield. The body was taken to Bennett Funeral Home North Fork. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Survivors include mother Thelma Webb and seven brothers and one sister. He attended Elk Horn Elementary School and Powhatan Baptist Church. He was born March 10 1958 in Kyle.
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Carl Dawson
Bluefield Public Housing Authority
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Mullens Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Mullens
A 46 year old Roy Jenkins of Mullens died when his car veered near Mullens hit a curb skidded 76 feet and struck a utility pole. Driver Roland McCloud 21 and four other passengers were not seriously injured with five others hospitalized.
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U S Patrol Slain By N Koreans Near Armistice Line
North Korean attackers ambushed a U S patrol of eight from the 2nd Infantry Division killing six Americans and a South Korean, wounding one American as Washington protested violence and pledged a firm anti Communist stance in Asia spoken after President Johnson left Korea.
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Rowe Miner Fatally Crushed in Virginia Mining Accident
Lawrence Harold Street 28 of Rowe Virginia dies from injuries after becoming entangled in a mining machine at Jewell Smokeless Mine between Rowe and Oakwood in Buchanan County. He leaves wife Lois Arwood Street and three children. Funeral services planned at Rowe Chapel Church with burial at the family cemetery.
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Anna Belle Eaton
Honaker
Beulah Keen
Betty Sue Street
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Anzil Childress
Dave Blankenship
Honaker Va
Two Virginia Traffic Deaths Reported by AP
Two traffic deaths raise Virginia’s year toll to 903 30 above pace. Lizzie Inez Simmons 67 of Roanoke died in a two car crash on Oct 27 near Roanoke. Curtis Hubert Gibson 55 of Schuyler died when his car ran off U S 29 south of Charlottesville and struck an embankment.
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Schuyler
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Robber Hunted In Florida Swamp
In Florida, police pursue a tall slender suspect in a $72.13 dairy store robbery. Ev erglades airboat, helicopter, dogs, and swamp buggy efforts fail to flush him from a bullrush and sawgrass swamp near a Tampa area, with patrolman Maring and clerk Raymond Freelove involved.
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White Backlash Tests Pat Brown in California Governor Race
California Democrats hope for a Johnson visit and Truman style rhetoric as Pat Brown campaigns across the state amid a rising white backlash. Polls show Brown behind, with Oakland and San Francisco racial tensions cited. Reagan aides project confidence for Republicans while Brown emphasizes mass campaigning in Los Angeles and television outreach in the final week.
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Truman
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Reagan
Tom Dewey
Roberts
Los Angeles
Early snowstorm hits Midwest and Southeast region
A fast moving snowstorm brought freezing temperatures as far south as the Gulf Coast and central Texas. The system dumped up to six inches in Indiana and Kentucky saw up to four inches with seven inches forecast. Tornadoes in Raleigh injured at least four and widespread power outages and road closures followed in several states. An 80 year old Louisville man died shoveling snow. Michigan reported three to ten inches with two traffic deaths blamed on ice.
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Rain and snow expected with minor flooding in Bluefield area
Rain and a few snow flurries fell Wednesday in Bluefield, with 1.87 inches officially recorded at Mercer County Airport from Tuesday evening to Wednesday. No damage reported though some drains clogged and water in creeks rose. forecasts call for more showers and possible snow flurries.
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Tazewell
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Bluefielders See Roanoke Public Housing Benefits
A Bluefield group toured Roanoke public housing and urban renewal sites to gauge potential bluefield projects. Roanoke official Roy Henley defended subsidies while Mayor Lambert labeled the plan socialistic, sparking debate on funding and local support.
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Lambert
Roy Henley
Henley
Dave Lisk
Lisk
Four Marines Die Fighting Fire at Pendleton
Four Marines died while battling brush fires at Camp Pendleton California, part of a string of blazes across 5000 acres. The deaths raised fire fatalities to 14 amid 90 to 100 degree heat and 60 mph winds. Names withheld until kin notified.
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