Summer Assault Largest of Reds near Tay Ninh
U S and South Vietnamese forces fought a major summer assault around Tay Ninh, 50 miles northwest of Saigon, with 1,000 civilians fleeing. The battle left dozens of American and Allied casualties while enemy deaths rose, and outposts around the provincial capital faced shelling and large-scale clashes. The fighting encircled the city as government paratroopers and 25th Division units pushed to repel the attacker.
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Saigon
Cominto
Tay Ninh
Munist
Cao Dai
Namese
U. 5
U. S
Cambodia
Phu’ Kuong
U. S. Command
Phu Khuong
U.S
25Th Division
Oriental
Briton Casts Doubt On Carrier Behavior In Melbourne Evans Crash
A U S Australian board hearing heard Lt Mawson testify he saw white lights on the Melbourne deck before the collision with the destroyer Evans, but no colored navigation lights. Capt Stevenson recalled the rescue ops and witnesses discussed message exchanges in the minutes before the crash.
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Subic Bay
Evans
New York Times
Thomas Mawson
Melbourne
Mawson
Cleopatra
John Stevenson
Stevenson
West Virginia Daily News Sold to Welch Publisher
R. L. Taylor, publisher of Welch Daily News, bought the West Virginia Daily News from Norman B. Blake of the Ronceverte paper. The paper began as a weekly in 1889, became an offset daily on January 25, 1967, with offices in Lewisburg and a printing plant in Ronceverte. Daily circulation runs about 5,050.
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Ronceverte
West Virginia Daily News
R. L. Taylor
Welch Daily News
Norman B. Blake
Blake
Ronceverte News
William B. Blake Sr
Valley News
Lewisburg
Revision urged for RDA Trash Demonstration grant
Officials from the Federal Solid Waste Program told the Regional Development Authority that its Trash Demonstration Project grant must be revised and resubmitted for timely review. Kanawha County will provide 60 000 dollars in matching funds while HEW wants pilot testing before a full demonstration. Moran cited Sen Jennings Randolph arranging the HEW visit.
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Federal Solid Waste Program
Regional Development Authority
RDA
Clarence Moran
M. L.smith
Pete Johnson
Cincinnati
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Kanawha Councy Court
Thej
Moran
Sen
Jennings Randolph
Faulty Wiring Blamed for Fire at Dry Ridge Home
Fire destroyed a house on Dry Ridge near St Albans with wiring blamed as the cause. Occupants were the Clifford Johnson family. Fire Chief Ronnie Dailey said flames enveloped the structure before responders arrived. One girl, Alisa Leonard four, was hospitalized in fair condition after being struck by a car and undergoing surgery at Charleston General Hospital.
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Dry Ridge
St. Albans
Ronnie Dailey
West Side Volunteer Fire Department
Clifford Johnson
Alisa Leonard
Third Ave
Charleston General Hospital
Yulla Leonard
Pittsburgh Firm Buys Marion Mine
Eastern Associated Coal Corp said it acquired the Jeanne Coal Co mine at Rachel Marion County West Virginia with a daily 5300 ton capacity. The mine operates 265 employees across three shifts and will retain staff. part of production serves Sharon Steel’s Fairmont by product coke plant and major customers include electric utilities and industry.
Capitol Visit Set Sunday By Indians
A 12 member Indian group from The Experiment in International Living, sponsored by Marshall University, will tour West Virginia after arriving in Huntington. They traveled via Traverse City and will proceed to New York City, staying with Huntington families and attending language and U S studies. The delegation includes seven men and five women, all graduates or students from Indian institutions.
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Hunington
Charleston
India
West Virginia
Marshall University
Traverse City
Mich
United States
New York City
Ucasinet
Sagaiass
Middie
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Man
Virginia
Suit Over 1967 Shooting At Ideal Tavern
Dominic and Madeline Cuppola filed a common pleas suit alleging a woman was wounded in a June 1967 shooting at the Ideal Tavern in Charleston. They seek 10 000 and 50 000 from defendants John Cacciotti and Bill Harlow doing business as the Ideal Tavern.
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Common Pleas
Ideal Tavern
Charleston
Dominic
Madeline Cuppola
John Cacciotti
Bill Harlow
Cuppolo
Higher-Paid M16 Maker Trails Schedule for Vietnam War Rifles
Washington-2-A reports Harrington & Richardson Inc. behind on a high priced M16 contract to supply 19,000 rifles by May 31 with only 12,210 delivered. In contrast General Motors Hydramatic Division exceeded its 19,000 target with 29,676 M16s as of May 31, while Pentagon justified the award to H R R for quality over cost.
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Washington
Army
Harrington & Richardson Inc
Worcester
Mass
Pentagon
General Motors
Hydramatic Division
G. M
Health Council Receives $32000 HUD Grant for WV Region
The Region 1 Health Planning Council at Charleston West Virginia won a $32000 grant from the U S Department of Health and Welfare for health planning in Boone Putnam and Kanawha counties announced Thursday by Senator Jennings Randolph Democrat West Virginia.
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Health Council
Washington
U. S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Region 1
Health Planning Council
Charleston
W. Va
Boone, Putnam
Kanawha
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Biblical Reference To Saucers Sparks Lions Club Talk
New York UFO lecturer James W Moseley told Charleston Lions Club that biblical wheels in Ezekiel may hint at visiting planets. He noted waves or flaps of sightings since 10th century and cited 1952 Air Force reports and Hillsdale Michigan events as part of ufology history. He'll speak at a weekend Congress of Scientific Ufologists convention in Daniel Boone Hotel with a public program Saturday at the Charleston Civic Center.
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New York
James W. Moseley
Charleston
Moseley
Kansas
Air Force
United States
Hillsdale
Mich
Congress of ‘Scientific
Daniel Boone Hotel
Surgery Performed on Injured Montgomery Youth
A Montgomery youth named James V. Ballengee underwent a three hour surgery at Laird Memorial Hospital after accidentally ramming his hand through a window pane. He was employed on a construction project at West Virginia Tech at the time.
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Montgomery
Laird Memorial Hospital
James V. Ballengee
West Virginia Tech
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