Ring Register FAQ in West Virginia Almanac Style Q&A
A compact Q and A column answers varied questions about history and current facts. Topics include tulip planting dates in 1966, Washington Monument height, Capitol height comparisons, adult education sewing classes, Eva Gabor age, day-of-week for historical dates, Washington signing of the Declaration, television invention, Betelgeuse location, Mrs. Johnson's name, Easter school status, ocelot availability, Rhododendron bloom window, West Virginia statehood date, and turkey gobbler season dates.
Anti Government Turmoil Grows In Saigon Riots And Embassies
Buddhist students clash with national riot police in downtown Saigon while rioters march on the U S Embassy and other American sites. U S officials declare Saigon off limits to civilians and military amid wider unrest in Da Nang and Dalat. Police deploy tear gas, barbed wire, and guards as demonstrators demand overthrow of Ky government.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Leon Daniel
UPI
U. S
da Nang
Dalat
Gia Long
Premier Nguyen
Cao Ky
Tan Son Nhut
Railroad strike ends as railroads drop contempt bid
The AFL-CIO Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen walkout ends after four days as rail carriers abandon $500,000-a-day contempt action amid a back-to-work movement. Judge Holtzoff vacates the contempt motion while Gilbert faces separate fines. The strike halted traffic across 38 states, with trains resuming and extensive layoffs expected to ease as service returns. Forest fires in the Southeast, including Hamlet North Carolina, threaten communities but are largely contained by renewed firefighting and rain. Nearly 90,000 acres burned in North Carolina and 109,000 in South Carolina over four days.
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Washington
UPL
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive
Francis Shea
Alexander Holtzoff
North Carolina
South Carolina
Holtzoff
Gilbert
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Brotherhood of Gilbert
Illinois Central
Boston & Maine
Gulf Squalls Kill Eight in Florida Tornado Outbreak
Deadly tornadoes from Gulf squalls cut a wide path through central Florida killing eight and injuring at least 150. Five deaths occurred in Tampa with three more in Polk County as Lakeland, a citrus hub, suffered heavy damage.
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Tampa
Fla
Snow Flurries and Warm Temps Across Regions
Weather bulletin notes snow flurries and chilly lows in Beckley area with high 41 and a low near 28, plus a broader five day trend West Virginia cooler then warmer. Separate report describes severe Florida storm damage near Tampa, Cocoa and Lakeland with multiple deaths, tornadoes, and disrupted Cape Kennedy launch plans.
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Beckley
Hinton
Alice
Texas
Scottsbluff
Neb
Pocatello
Idaho
Florida
Pinellas Point
St. Petersburg
Cape Kennedy
Kopperston Mine Strike Continues at EACC Site
800 miners idle at Eastern Associated Coal Corp Kopperston mine since Thursday. Union Local 7604 of United Mine Workers met Sunday at the Oceana hall and plans another meeting at 6 p.m. today. Cause of the strike could not be determined.
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Kopperston
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Oceana
United Mine Workers of America
85 000 Presidential Threats Catalogued
Washington the Secret Service has identified about 85 000 individuals who pose potential threats to the president Of that total around 1 800 are "somewhat higher risks" whose whereabouts are checked automatically when the president or other protected officials travel to the community where the risk exists The figures were released in a transcript of House appropriations subcommittee hearings on the fiscal 1967 Secret Service request and noted the prime risk count had risen from 400 at Kennedy's assassination.
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Washington
UPI
Secret Service
House Appropriations
David C. Acheson
Treasury
John F. Kennedy
Four day rail strike hurts railroads and auto plants
United Press International reports the four day rail strike removed about 10 percent of freight cars from circulation, idling over 175000 workers and costing eight railroads 15 to 20 million dollars. The auto industry faced nearly 30 million dollars in losses and plant shut downs as parts stalled in transit. General Motors halted seven plants with others on partial production while Ford and Chrysler aimed to run all plants but faced delayed parts.
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United Press International
J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Soviet units volunteer to fight in Viet Nam
News in brief reports Gen. Alexei Yepishev stating entire Soviet military units volunteered to fight in Viet Nam at the 23rd Communist party congress in Moscow. Western observers see it as a warning to the West, not a plan to deploy Soviet troops against the United States.
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Alexei Yepishev
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
Viet Nam
Kremlin
United States
Ronald Reagan
California Republican Assembly
Pittsburgh Press Today
Economic adviser Sees Possible Short Tax Rise
Gardner Ackley, head of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said on a TV program that a small temporary tax increase might be needed to curb inflation threats but the timing is not yet right and no action has been advised to the President. Senator Ribicoff, a critic of automaker design practices, said safety standards have finally improved in Detroit and further advances in safety can be expected.
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Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
UPI
Detroit
Heaviest air attack hits North Vietnam and Da Nang area
UPI reports the United States staged the heaviest air incident of the year with 72 missions over North Viet Nam and heavy B52 strikes 20 miles southwest of Da Nang. Intel sources say up to 25,000 fresh Communist troops massed near the Da Nang border as U.S. infantry of the 1st Cavalry Division cross into neutral Cambodia chasing Viet Cong forces.
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Saigon
UPI
United States
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Navy
Johnson
Guam
da Nang
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Cavalry
Noted Broadway Playwright Dies
NEW YORK. Broadway mourns Pulitzer winner Russell M. Crouse, 73, who with Howard Lindsay created Life With Father and Arsenic and Old Lace. Crouse died Sunday from pneumonia complications. known as a jovial punster and meticulous craftsman with a long Lindsay-Crouse collaboration.
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New York
UPI
Broadway Today
Russel M. Crouse
Howard Lindsay
Father
Crouse
Lindsay-Crouse
Lady Bird Sees Rio Grande Raft Adventure
Lady Bird Johnson headed from Big Bend to Fort Davis to dedicate its restored fort as part of a Rio Grande raft flotilla down the Mariscal Canyon. The 24 raft armada faced a rough trip with several participants taking spills while Johnson enjoyed the ride and anticipation of a Washington trip.
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Big Bend National Park
Tex
UPI
Lady Bird Johnson
Big Bend Country
Rio Grande
Fort Davis
San Antonio
el Paso
Presidio
Austin
Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Washington
Mariscal Canyon
Mexico
Accidents Cost U. S. 107,000 Lives In 1965
Chicago based data show 107,000 lives lost in 1965 due to accidents and a dollar toll of 17.3 billion. J L Recht of the National Safety Council cites the figure as about one third of the defense budget and roughly 40 percent of after tax corporate profits. He notes accidents rank as the fourth leading cause of death after heart disease cancer and stroke.
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Chicago
UPI
United States
J. L. Recht
National Safety Council
Recht
Congress of Environmental Health
American Medical Association
U. S
COPE Snubs Moore Slack in West Virginia Primaries
Charleston UPI reports the West Virginia Labor Federation COPE refused to endorse Rep. John Slack and Arch A. Moore Jr. Mohether reasons cited: voting against repealing Taft Hartley right to work. AFL CIO members urged to oppose both. Slack received no endorsement for his seat. Moore’s Democrat successor Kidd endorsed. Endorsements also went to Sen Jennings Randolph and Reps Harley Staggers James Kee and Ken Hechler.
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Charleston
UPI
John Slack
D-W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
R-W. Va
West Virginia Labor Federation
Federation
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Slack
Labor
Moore
West Virginia
Aflcio
William M. Kidd Ofoulon
Jennings Randolph
Harley Staggers
James Kee
Ken Hechier
Russia claims Luna 10 moon orbit and plays Internationale
Moscow reports Luna 10 has orbited the moon marking a major step toward manned lunar exploration. Tass notes an 8:44 p.m. orbit with altitudes from 217 to 621 miles and one orbit every three hours. Rashidov announced the feat to the Soviet party congress amid celebrations and foreign guests.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
United States
Moon
Sharaf Rashidov
Communist Party Presidium
Soviet Union
Rashidov
Tass
Power Restored After Beclky Power Outage
About 1,500 customers on Main South Kanawha Church and South Fayette streets lost power for over an hour while Park Street suffered a three hour outage. The failure ended near 1 a m Monday. Appalachian Power Company spokesman John M Gates said the cause was not known.
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Beckley
John M. Gates
Appalachian Power Company
Main
South Kanawha
Church
South Fayette
Park Street
Gates
Raleigh Register Kicks Off 13 Candidate Interviews
The Raleigh Register begins a series of candidate interviews for the House of Delegates. The first interview features Ira Kessinger and appears on Page 3. The discussion will also be broadcast on Radio Station WJLS at 7:35 p.m.
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Raleigh Register Today
House of Delegates
Ira Kessinger
WJLS
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