McNamara Meets Saigon Generals in Vietnam Talks
McNamara and top U.S. officials held three sessions with Vietnamese junta leaders including Minh and generals Tran Van Don and Le Van Kim to press for a neutralist path and to discuss training and support for the South Vietnamese war effort. The meetings aimed to reassure Washington would limit any Cambodian talks but left uncertainty about broader U.S. commitments.
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Viet Nam
Freday
McNamara
New York Times
United States
Washington
Cambodia
U.S
CLA
McUone
Lodge
Harkins
William P. Bundy
Minh
McCone
Todge
Tran van Don
Fe van Kim
Nune Tho
Air Force
Honolulu
Five Die After Highway Safety Talk In Spring Hope
Five youths from Spring Hope were killed when their car ran a stop sign and hit an Indiana oil truck near Vere three miles east. Passengers were Roger Moss and Tody Duckett both 20, Juhany Matthews 14, Dale Weaver 16, and Simon Mullen 16. Moss reportedly said they had attended a safety lecture and received leaflets before the fatal crash at 4 p.m. The truck driver Curtis Batchelor, 34, escaped injury.
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Spring Hope
Here
Roger Eugene Moss
Tody Duckett
Juhany Earl Matthews
Dale Weaver
Simon Mullen
Spring Mope
John Lynn
Vere
Lynn
Moss
Curtis Olver Batchelor
Spring Kne
Voting rights debate prompts counterpoint on literacy tests
The commission defended voting rights regardless of education while noting literacy tests are often used to bar Negro voters. Brendan Byrne urged broader access, questioning ballot language and printing ballots in other languages. The discussion touched on lowering the voting age though most states set 21.
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Commisam
Brendan Byrne
American Herilie Foundation
Alaska
Hawaii
Bishop Campbell to Confirm 21 at St. Paul’s Church
Episcopal Bishop of West Virginia Relev Withwa Campbell will administer confirmation to 21 presented by Rev William S. Prepiali. He will meet vestry for breakfast after early communion and deliver the sermon at the 11 am service.
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Relev
Withwa C. Campbell
West Virginia
William S. Prepiali
St. Palii's Church
Campbell
Kittie Hock
Los Angeles
Phil Basch
Ainncapalis-St. Paul
Clesetana
S yNew
Prise Agam
York
Celombus
Denver
Philadelphia
Charleston
Detroite
Pittsburgh
Houston Y
Seattle
Teast
Ingreasum
Hines
Vega
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Toder
Nae
Igwstar
Agat
West Virginia studies direct food distribution reach and impact
A survey will assess space for commodity distribution and item effectiveness. In 51 of 53 counties 158,382 West Virginians picked up free commodities last month, the lowest on record, while the peak was 352,499 in May 1961. Since the early 1960s direct distribution has shifted in four counties to federal food stamp programs.
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McDowell
Wayne
Logan
Mingo
Smith
Philip Hearn
Northeast Area
Teog Distribution
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hearn
New York City
Johnson
West Virginia
Welfare Department
Weather forecast fragment from Washington bureau report
Weather bulletin shows forecasted low temperatures and rain chances for the 24 hour period. It references urban locations and dates but contains garbled OCR text, making specifics unclear. The readable parts indicate expectations of cooler conditions and precipitation.
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Washington
Aintall Ter
Bond, tax plans pace fall ballot in state session
Legislators discuss a $200 million road bond to finish the interstate system and fund primary and secondary roads. They note the need to extend the century old sales tax to cover next year’s budget while reviewing liquidation plans for New Kanawha Industrial Corp and Ash Craft assets amid court actions.
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Board of Public Works
Barron
Field
John Gorman
Robert Ashworth
Copenhaver
New Kanawha
Hastings
Mich
Cadillac
St Hastings
Ashtraft
Oak Hill
Army Chemical Corps
Ure
Oak + Hill
Bow Nees
New
Kanawha Industrial Corp
Harrison C. Ash Sr
Cincinnati
Fayette County
Fire calls in Charleston on Friday report building fire
Charleston Fire Department reports Friday incidents at 107 Pom and 419 Kanawha Street with a fire under investigation at 98 Pom. Smoke and steam observed near Higley Avenue block as firefighters respond and assess damage.
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Charleston Fire Department
Kanawha
Higley Ave
Cold weather forecast across Unis area today
Cold conditions persist with snow flurries expected in the Rockies and Great Lakes region. Snow accumulations anticipated in the northeast as well. Occasional rain and drizzle appear in the central and southern Plains and coastal mid to south Atlantic states. AP Wire photo.
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Unis
Rockies
Great Lakes
Ated
North East
Middle and
South Atlantic
Coal to Gas Developing Pact Signed
Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall signed a 975000 contract with Bituminous Coal Research Inc to develop low cost coal gasification equipment. The plan covers design and testing at Monroeville with a three month timeline and possible pilot plant development if successful. Attendees included Sen. Byrd and Rep. Fulton along with coal industry representatives.
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Washington
Secrear of the Interior
Stewart L. Idali
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Monroeville
Udall
Robert C. Byrd
DAW
James G. Fulton
Rpa
Office of Coal Research
Legal Group Reprimands Circuit Judge
The West Virginia State Bar Ethics Committee reprimanded Circuit Judge Don J. Eddy of Morgantown for publicly endorsing a 1962 general election candidate, his former secretary Mrs. Jean Friend for Monongalia County circuit clerk. The committee cited the Judicial Ethics Code urging judges to avoid political endorsements and speeches while acknowledging a clerk's political role under state law.
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Associated Press
Legal Ethics Committee
West Virginia State Bar
Don J. Eddy
Morgantown
Edy
Jean ‘Friend
Monongalia County
Eddy
Monongalia Circuit Court
West Virginia Bar News
Legal C Mthies Committee
Dee. Fi
Morgontown
Legal Ethics Committer
Code of Judicial Ethics
US Men Killed In Saigon Plane Crash
Two American airmen died Friday in the fifth fatal crash involving US personnel in South Vietnam in two weeks. A light 119-type spotter plane failed after takeoff from Soen Trang airfield in the Mekong Delta, rising about 100 feet before crashing into paddy fields and exploding. Fifteen other Americans have died in air crashes in the past two weeks.
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Baigon
South
Viet Nam
Soen Trang
Mekong Delta
Samaritan Cops Get Surprise Christmas Gift
Charleston police Sgt. J. Crockett organized a donation drive among officers to help a disabled veteran reach Cleveland for the holidays. The veteran said he traveled from North Carolina, ran out of money in Charleston, and the fund covered gas and food. A $5 money order arrived with thanks and a Christmas greeting from Daniel Gopshes of Cleveland, Ohio.
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J. Crockett
Crockett
Cleveland
North Carolina
Charleston
Police
Daniel Gopshes
Ohio
Conferees Fail To Reach Pact On Wheat Sales And Funds
Long effort to avert adjournment ends with House insisting on a $3 billion ceiling and blocking export import bank guarantees for wheat sales while Senate leaders push for at least 3.1 billion and refuse to tie the President's hands. As Friday night drags on, lawmakers stay in private talks with few in the galleries.
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Senate
House Representatives
Otto Pussman
D-La
John C. Pastore
D-R
Johnson
Passman
House Speer
John McCormack
D-Mas
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X& Ship 'N’ Shore
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