Weather Forecast Summary for Several States
Partly cloudy conditions across Charleston and West Virginia with minor showers. Kentucky reports partly cloudy skies, highs around 80 and lows in the 40s. Ohio expects partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers, high in the upper 80s. Western Pennsylvania sees increasing cloudiness by afternoon with showers and possible thunder. Overall temperatures show upper 70s to 80s in various regions with light to moderate winds from the northeast.
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Chanleston
Fale
West Virginia
Highlands
Kentucky
Flohio
Atleriona
Bish
Pennsylvania
Ant
Strike Law Slated Today by Congress
Congress plans to act on a strike law with the House backing, while leadership remained noncommittal. A House conference was summoned for 10 a.m. EDT today as unions express growing frustration. The Post Office Department imposed a moratorium on certain classes of mail to distant destinations.
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Joseph W. Ramsey
Aficio International Association of Machinists
Shepcraft
Post Office Department
Peking Urges Death Battle in Hong Kong Chaos
Early Sunday a clash erupted as police raided Communist areas in the new territories. Officers described the weapons as nasty including spear tipped pipes knives and gasoline bombs crafted from bottles. Local Communist papers urged activists to seize guns and fight to the death while police reported no firearms found beyond dummy rifles and wooden revolvers.
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Rail Strike Disrupts Freight and Local Operations
The B and O lines in northern West Virginia face rail freight outages as strike action spreads from Huntington to C and O shops. Union pickets appear at key facilities while officials warn of payroll losses and production halts affecting military supply chains. Spokesmen report some lines remain unimpacted but partial shutdowns threaten industrial complexes and regional economy.
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C&o
Huntington
Gregory
DeVine
C&o-K&o
C&ob&o
West Virginia
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western
Maryland
Elkins
N&w
Sandusky
Ohio
Jine
Pocahontas
State Educators Praised For State Wide Planning
West Virginia public school leaders gathered in Jackson's Mill for a statewide planning conference. Dr Kenneth Parsley cited lack of state financial support as a major hindrance to long range planning while noting over 200 million dollars spent on educational research last year. He urged tailored programs meeting local needs as 350 officials focused on school finance teacher preparation and changing educational concepts.
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Cation
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Virginia
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West Virginia
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Riots Fire Gridlock as Officials Rush Aid Across City
Sniper fire and rioting described as a perilous citywide crisis. Governor appeals to supermarkets to open for starving families while the Cross and YMCA in Orange mobilize food and medicines. Soldiers, police, and fire crews sweep the Central Ward as arsonists set blazes beyond Negro sections.
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Springfeld Avenue
Cross
YMCA
Orange
Observers Hampered as Guns Fall Silent Along Suez Canal
Reports say U N observers began posts after a weekend flare up in Sinai. An Egyptian air force mix included built Cairo planes and MiG fighters while Israel claimed the pilot Li Murteda el-Ain Arial was captured. Maariv notes Egypt received new Soviet planes.
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Hoya
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Israel
U.N
Asrael
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Uniing
Soviet Union
Maariv
Middle East
Prison Jaycee Escapes While Attending Talk
A Jaycee with four life sentences at Moundsville State Penitentiary escaped Sunday during a regional meeting in New Martinsville. Mika Thompson, 32, left after a guard released four prisoners in front of the restaurant hosting the meeting, then disappeared when the guard returned to his car. Thompson was convicted of breaking and entering in Ohio County and is held under a life sentence for habitual criminal act.
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Martinsville
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Ohio County
Large Viet Cong complex hit in Mekong Delta raid
United States air forces targeted North Vietnamese supply hubs as bombers struck a major Viet Cong complex in the Mekong Delta about 32 miles southeast of My Tho. Pilots said trucks were destroyed and several fires sparked, while other raids set 20 fires near Dong Hoi and damaged rail and barge facilities near Thanh Hoa.
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Thanh Hoa
Weekend Accidents Kill Three Victims on West Virginia Highways
Three weekend traffic deaths occurred in West Virginia. Leon ard Carl Willis, 26, of Victor, died when his truck toppled onto him near Ansted. Mag gie Virginia Wilson, 59, of Junior, was killed on U S 250 near her home. Wendell L. Regester, 29, of Adrian, Upshur County, faces charges after a truck struck a man walking on U S 1460 east of Bluefield. Willis, a Minden Sewell Coal Co. employee, leaves parents Charles and Mrs Willis and siblings in Victor and nearby towns.
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Tuck
West Virginia
Leonard Carl Willis
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Willis
Mill Creek
Ansted
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Maggie Virginia Wilson
Junior
Barbour County
Wendell L. Regester
Adrian
Upshur County
Shuargel
Hubert D. Blankenship
Boissevain
Bluefield
The
Baptist Church
Minden Sewell Coal Co.l
Minden
Charles Willis
Bonnie Sue l
Connie Marie
Doctors Admit We Obviously Avoid Law On Abortion
A West Virginia legislative subcommittee heard six doctors claim abortion rules clash with current law. Dr. Frederick Dobbs and colleagues argued for more liberal abortion statutes while noting physicians sometimes act outside statutory limits to save mothers or fetuses. They warned a too loose law could create abortion mills, and debated epilepsy as grounds for divorce and the marriage policy amid reform talks.
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Frederick Dobbs
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Virginia
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