Autobahn Closed as Russians Threaten Berlin Corridor
The Russians blocked the 110 mile Berlin Helmstedt highway for 42 hours, halting Allied and German traffic and sending warplanes into air corridors to Berlin. Allies protest, asserting the action was tied to West German Parliament events. the blockade followed ongoing joint Soviet East German maneuvers.
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Berlin
UPI
Berlin Helmsted
West Berlin
Pan American World Airways
East Germany
Babelsberg
Marienberg
Early Bird To Be Launched Tonight From Cape Kennedy
COMSAT launches the Early Bird, first commercial communications satellite, atop a TAD rocket from Cape Kennedy. The six thousand solar cells will relay 240 two way telephone conversations across the Atlantic and support television transmission during a planned hour long window beginning at 6 30 p m EST. The mission marks COMSATs first space venture and could boost stock value for its 137000 shareholders if the 40 hour sequence succeeds and yields revenue by June 1.
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Comsat
Early Bird
North America
Europe
Senate Asked To Ratify 2 UN Amendments
President Johnson urged the Senate to ratify two amendments to the United Nations charter expanding UN Security Council and UNESCO memberships. If approved, the Security Council would rise from 11 to 15 with a voting majority from 7 to 9, and UNESCO from 18 to 27. The plan reflects decolonization and growth of new Asian and African nations.
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Senate
Washington
UPS
Johnson
United Nations
U.N. Security Council and Economic and Social Council
Unesco
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Asia
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Johnson and Aides Prepare Vietnam Speech at Johns Hopkins
President Johnson met with top military and diplomatic aides to finalize his Vietnam and Southeast Asia address. The major speech is set for Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST to Johns Hopkins University students and faculty, with nationwide radio and TV coverage planned by major networks.
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Washington
UPS
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Rainy weather in Beckley and vicinity today
Scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with a high near 68 and a low around 55. Wednesday should bring showers ending with a high in the upper 60s. Beckley reports a 24 hour high of 70 and low of 54, with a 7 am reading of 58, and precipitation at .25 inch. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and muddy with 7 gates open. Hinton gauge at 3.3 ft. Extremes include 100 in Laredo and 18 in Oneonta.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Hinton
Laredo
Tex
Oneonta
N. Y
Diver Dies Amid Cave Rescue in Fifty Six Arkansas
Navy deep sea divers released four cave explorers from Rowland Cave after a tense rescue. As the last man emerged to sunlight, damage control chief Lyle E. Thomas, 39, collapsed and died. Autopsy to determine if death is linked to the rescue.
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Ark
UPI
Navy
Lyle E. Thomas
Rowland Cave
Thomas
Stone County
J.T. Burton
Eccles man dies in hit and run incident near Raleigh
Clarence Pyatt, 60, of Eccles, died at 8:25 a m after being struck by a car around 1 a m Saturday. The driver, Billy Joe Farley, 34, Sprague, was fined 100 dollars and jailed 30 days for hit and run and now faces negligent homicide charges. Pyatt’s body lies at Combs Funeral Home in Gauley Bridge as arrangements are completed.
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Eccles
Clarence Pyatt
Raleigh
Billy Joe Farley
Sprague
John Mankin
Ed Worley
Beckley
Clergy Fight to Reign In Resort Gambling in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas clergy form a de facto crime-busting coalition to press a grand jury probe into alleged illegal gambling at the resort. The revival follows a yearlong shutdown, as Gov. Faubus threatened state police, and venues reopen as private clubs with free or cheap memberships.
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Grand Jury
Orval Faubus
Oaklawn Park
Six American Killed in Major Viet Nam Battle
In a large land and river battle 125 miles southwest of Saigon five American soldiers died today, plus another killed Monday night. The four man helicopter crew perished, and an army adviser and a Navy adviser also lost. Viet Cong claim 121 dead. about 50 Vietnamese casualties reported. The clash near Chuong Thien Province marked South Viet Nam’s biggest toll since last month. Ceremonial airlifted troops and amphibious craft supported the operation. A Vietnamese air force fighter was shot down, its pilot killed.
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Saigon
UPS
Navy
South Viet Nam
Chuong Thien
Mekong
Chuong Thein
North Viet
Carey's Future Uncertain After Phony Election
Washington reports that Labor Department findings allege IUE trustees falsified election results to keep James B. Carey in office. Paul Jennings seeks court action to replace Carey amid AFL-CIO scrutiny and possible ethical-code probes.
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Washington
UPI
James B. Carey
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUF
Paul Jennings
Newark
N.J
IUE
Jennings
Protestant Talks At Crucial Point In Church Union Talks
Leaders from six Protestant denominations meet in Lexington to push merger talks toward a united church of 20 million members The commission recommends keeping historic episcopal ordination as a symbolic link and proposes mutual laying on of hands to commission all six denominations for service in the new church
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Lexington, Ky
UPI
United Church
Methodist Church
Episcopal Church
United Presbyterian Church
United Church of Christ
Beckley Ad Highlights West Virginia Industrial Site Offer
A three quarter page Wall Street Journal ad on April 6, sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Commerce and Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce, promotes a 1,800 acre site around Raleigh County Memorial Airport. The piece touts nearby amenities, transport links, and a ready labor force as a lure for light manufacturing and related industries.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Wall Street Journal
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Beckley-Raleigh County
Vuerea
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Herm Bostick
Piedmont
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Beckley School Sys
Weaver resigns as state GOP chairman in West Virginia
Charleston based dispatch reports C S Jack Weaver Jr resigns as Republican state chairman to lead the St Louis office of Midwest Steel Corp He will remain until a successor is chosen later this month The Summers County native became chairman June 4 He previously managed campaigns for Cecil Underwood in 1966 and Harold Neely in 1960 He has worked with Midwest Steel since June 1962 and starts as St Louis office manager May 1
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Weaver
GOP
Harold E. Neely
Midwest Steel
St. Louis
New York Prepares Night Patrols for Subways
New York launches a multi million dollar drive against subway crime. Mayor Robert F Wagner ordered police armed with nightsticks and revolvers to patrol every subway train from 8 pm to 4 am and every station during the same hours. The night patrols begin Wednesday and continue indefinitely.
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New York
UPI
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
State Health Director to Visit Beckley Health Center
Dr. N H Dyer state health director was expected in Beckley this afternoon to attend a Raleigh County Health Center staff meeting, according to a spokesman at the center.
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N. H. Dyer
Beckley
Raleigh County Health Center
Justice Dept to Charge Two With Spying
The Justice Department planned to seek spy indictments against an Army sergeant and a middleman accused of selling defense secrets to the Russians for 11 years. Set. Robert Lee Johnson and James Allen Mintkenbaugh face possible death if convicted, with both held on $20,000 bonds after arraignments. A Vatican report says Pope Paul VI will modify canon law to ease marriages between Catholics and non Catholics and recognize their validity with conditions, including education of children.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Richmond
Set
Robert Lee Johnson
Pentagon
James Allen Mintkenbaugh
FBI
Johnson
Defense Department
Mintkenbaugh
Castro Valley
Calif
U.S
Vatican City
CUPI
Vatican
Paul VI
Pike Wreck Hurts 2 A One Car Accident on WV Turnpike
A two person injury crash occurred on the West Virginia Turnpike between mileposts 39 and 40 at about 10 30 a m today. Injured were Omer Mast 22 of Middleburg Indiana still hospitalized at Raleigh General Hospital and Florence Brubaker 51 Nobleville Indiana. The 1964 car was registered to William Kenneth Bubaker Route 2 Calloway Virginia. Turnpike police reported four occupants. Belle ambulance evacuated the injured to hospital.
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West Virginia Turnpike
Omer Mast
Middleburg
Ind
Raleigh General Hospital
Florence Brubaker
Nobleville
William Kenneth Bubaker
Calloway
Belle
Thieves Strip BC&G Of Heavy Equipment
Thieves used their own transport to strip mining and bulldozing gear from eight BC&G sites after the Buffalo Creek and Gauley line shut down. They moved to the old BC&G Dun don terminal and removed a locomotive bell and a large steel plate from a steam engine, reporting several bulldozers and mining machines stolen.
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WIDEN
UPI
Buffalo Creek
Gauley
Bc&g
Dundon
Siamese Twins Born in Leroux Bottereau France
Siamese twin girls were born last Saturday in Leroux Bottereau in western France. The twins are joined at the chest and stomach and authorities have not decided on an attempt to separate them.
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Nantes
France
UPI
Leroux-Bottereau
Commerce Secretary Opposes Alabama Boycott Demand
Commerce Secretary John T. Connor publicly opposed an economic boycott of Alabama at a Philadelphia news conference. Dr. Martin Luther King’s proposal would harm the nation, he said. Stewart Hensley of United Press International was named Missouri’s journalism honor award recipient for distinguished service. Congressional hearings begin on President Johnson’s omnibus farm bill, likely delaying final action. The Cherry Blossoms Festival in Washington opens with dignitaries taking part, though the main attraction is missing as blossoms have not yet bloomed. West Virginia University approves a minimum wage policy of 1 per hour for nearly all employees starting July. Huntington officials plan to appeal a ruling that Cabell Circuit Court Judge Hereford must reinstate Herman A. Frazier as chief of detectives after his federal jury tampering indictment and subsequent clearance.
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Commerce
John T. Connor
Alabama
Connor
Philadelphia
Martin Luther King
Stewart Hensley
Washington
United Press International
University of Missouri
Missouri
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ryuji Takeuchi
West Virginia University
Huntington
State Supreme Court
Cabell Circuit Court
John W. Hereford
Herman A. Frazier
Latin American common market proposed by Senator Javits
Senator Jacob Javits proposed a Latin American common market to unite the economies of 19 Latin nations. Charleston attorney Melville Stewart died at 70. Khrushchev and his wife attended an art show near the Kremlin. Southern senators agreed to delay final action on the voting rights bill until after Easter.
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Rn.y
Charleston
Melville Stewart
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Supreme Court upholds Pendleton tax on out-of-state firm
The State Supreme Court today upheld Pendleton County tax assessors’ claim that a Maryland construction company must pay 1,368 dollars in taxes though its taxable equipment had been moved from West Virginia late in 1961. Veteran actor Henri de Bray, 75, collapsed and died in Nottingham after a heart attack hours before he was to play Poirot in Alm. Treas agents arrest 50 government employees tied to an organized numbers racket in Pentagon and other Washington military buildings. In Cleveland, agents seize 305,000 dollars at Wilbur Dean’s home, a suspected numbers operator. largest such cash seizure in a single gambling raid in the country.
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State Supreme Court
Pendleton County
Maryland
West Virginia
Henri de Bray
Nottingham
England
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot
Treasury
Pentagon
Washington
Cleveland
Wilbur Dean
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Robert L. Johnson
Justice Dept
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