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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1963
Page
1
West Virginia presses a vast highway buildout aiming to finish the interstate system by 1972. The effort, led by the state road commission, must overcome funding gaps, bureaucratic hurdles, and fierce public controversy to pave the mountains and mount the economy.
Informants say Morocco seeks UN involvement while Western powers avoid taking sides. Reported talks in Ba Imako among Hassan II, Ahmed ben Bella, Modibo Keita, and Haile Selassie yielded a ceasefire to start midnight last Friday, but artillery bombardments around Figuig indicated fighting resumed Sunday. French maps dispute Tindouf’s status. Figuig remains under Moroccan flag.
The televised wedding at the Moscow palace featured Valentina Tereshkova and Andrian Nikolayev with Khrushchev presiding. Guests toasted with champagne while officials hinted the pair may return to space, and a symbolic baby doll was presented.
In Greece, Premier George Papandreou’s Center Union leads in early returns over Constantine Caramanlis’ National Radical Union as 7,962 of 10,162 districts report. The Left’s United Democratic Left trails. analysts foresee a fragile coalition amid a possible political stalemate and continued pro Western stance.
Fragmentary reports from the 1964 off year elections show leaders including President Kennedy watching for signs as no congressional seats are contested. The page notes obituaries, tributes, and assorted sections from sports to editorial content, with scarce decisive outcomes mentioned.
Eleven members of a single family died when their car left a dead end and plunged into the Harlem River during a christening party return. A 12th occupant survived as divers searched for the remaining three in the 40 foot deep water. Strong emotion followed as relatives recalled a joyful gathering.
Surface workers reached eleven miners believed dead in the Lenigede iron mine near Broistedt Germany. A week earlier 29 other miners were trapped after water flooded the gallery. Drillers sunk a 200 foot supply shaft in a third rescue attempt. The eleven had survived ten days without food heat or light as supplies were rushed down the shaft.
In Saigon the Viet Nam junta moves to establish a Buddhist led provisional government with Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh as chief and Nguyen Ngoc Tho likely premier. Reports say civilians will be technicans not politicians as the regime consolidates power.
Washington officials expressed regret over the violent deaths of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu after their detention by military forces in Saigon. The United States repudiated earlier private views blaming the brothers, clarifying it does not accept responsibility for the events. State Department had no comment on Mrs Nhu’s charge that the death was an indelible stigma to the United States. The new rulers said the three younger children are safe and will be flown to Rome.
Saigon night clubs reopened at noon Sunday celebrating the toppling of Ngo Dinh Diem. Bars hosts and hostesses discarded smocks and wore skirts as curfew limits loosened for a few hours, signaling broad public relief and renewed nightlife.
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