Viking Princess Fire Abandons Cruise Ship Off Cuba
The Viking Princess carrying about 445 aboard caught fire off Cuba in the Windward Passage. Eight rescue vessels including the Cape Norte and US Navy ships assisted, with at least 360 rescued and 125 unaccounted crew or passengers. Conditions were good, no immediate deaths reported.
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Viking Princess
Cuba
Stanley M. Brown
Miami, Fila
UPI
Miami
Cape
Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Cape Norte
U.S
Owens
Wilkinson
Raleigh
Swerve
U.S. Coast Guard
Cook Inlet
Sailfish
Caribbean
Haiti
Yarmouth Castle
Nassau
End Run Around Soft Coal Deal By UMW
The United Mine Workers Union said it would announce terms of a new soft coal contract, signaling an end run around the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Merl Kelce of Peabody Coal said he had been bargaining separately, with no confirmation of an agreement. UMW President W A Boyle set a 2 p.m. EST news conference to disclose terms.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Peabody Coal Co
Merl Kelce
Peabody
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Henry resigns as FCC chair to return to Memphis law practice
E William Henry resigns today effective May 1 as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to return to law practice in Memphis Tennessee. The American Football League names Al Davis of the Oakland Raiders to succeed Joe Foss as commissioner after Foss resigned the $50 000 position Thursday. U S Atty W Arthur Garrity says a decision will come early next week on actions against four pacifists who allegedly burned draft cards in Boston including David C Benson 18 Morgantown West Virginia son of a WVU instructor.
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E. William Henry
Federal Communications Commission
Memphis
Tenn
Texas White House
American Football League Today
al Davis
Oakland Raiders
Joe Foss
Foss
U. S. Atty
W. Arthur Garrity
Boston
David C. Benson
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Delaware tries for special session on Klan ban fails
A request by State Atty. Gen. David Buxton for a special session of the Delaware Legislature to ban Ku Klux Klan activities was rejected by Gov. Charles L. Terry and legislative leaders. Funeral services will be held in Atlanta for Don F. Freeman, former West Virginia purchasing director, who died Wednesday. Freeman once edited a Ravenswood weekly newspaper. A low-yield underground nuclear test was conducted Thursday at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada site, the 13th this year and 267th there.
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David Buxton
Delaware
Charles L. Terry
House
Senate
Atlanta
West Virginia
Don F. Freeman
Fremean
Ravenswood
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Eisenhower to Observe Easter Quietly at Palm Desert
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie plan Easter Sunday quiet at their Eldorado Country Club home in Palm Desert California. They intend to return to Gettysburg Pennsylvania between April 27 and May 1. American authorities displayed a lost U hydrogen bomb aboard the USS Petrel off Palomares Spain for newsmen to photograph. The 10 foot silver coated device was recovered from the Mediterranean after a costly underwater search. African powers blocked a British bid to convene a Security Council meeting to halt oil flow to Rhodesia via Portuguese pipelines.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Eldorado Country Club
Palm Desert
Calif
Gettysburg
U. S
Petrel
Palomares
Spain
Mediterranean Sea
Security Council
Rhodesia
Mansfield says Senate could adjourn earlier this year
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged that Congress adjourn earlier than last year when it remained in session until October 23. In California, balloonist William R. Berry fractured a vertebra after a 300 foot fall when his balloon collapsed after takeoff at Livermore in an attempt to set a 15 600 foot hot air balloon record.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
William R. Berry
Livermore
Calif
Weather glance Beckley area shows cool, occasional rain
Occasional rain and cool this afternoon with a high near 49. Tonight dampness ends as clouds give way to clear early Saturday. Beckley area reports 24 hour extremes from 26 to 51 with light showers possible. rivers normal and clear, Greenbrier and Lake levels steady, new Hinton gauge at 2.3 ft. Five day WV temps to run about 5 degrees below normal with light precip likely mainly Sunday.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Tex
Marquette County
Mich
Miners Urged to End Kopperston Strike
Kopperston coal mine managers press 702 union workers to end a six day wildcat strike citing grievance procedure under the national Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement. A letter from Eastern Associated Coal Corp states no discussion while the stoppage continues.
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Kopperston
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Citizens Group Seeks Lilly Ouster in NBPSD Ruling
North Beckley residents push for a public election to remove NBPSD chairman James D. Lilly after his resignation on Thursday. Basil Bailey expected to succeed Lilly, with Lilly, Bailey, and Jack Clemens to remain on the board. The Raleigh County Court had denied the petition, deeming it illegal, prompting a new petition by the Citizens Committee led by C. M. Elmore.
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James D. Lilly
North Beckley Public Service District
NBPSD
North Beckley Citizens Committee
Lilly
C. M. Elmore
Basil Bailey
State Road Commission
Bailey
Jack Clemens
Public Service
Elinor Hurt
Raleigh
Citizens Committee
Citizens
Elmore
Peti
Eastern miners strike over brakeman use halts Kopperston workers
The stoppage began March 31 in a dispute over brakeman use on mine locomotives. Picket lines shut nearly all mine personnel out. R H Freeman, VP for production at Eastern's Pittsburgh HQ, said lost wages amount to about $29 per day per employee. With 702 workers, daily losses exceed $20,000 and total losses around $100,000 to date for the miners and Wyoming County. Kopperston workers come from six counties including Wyoming, McDowell, and Mercer.
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R. H. Freeman
Eastern
Pittsburgh
Wyoming
Kopperston
McDowell
Mer
Randolph seeks Senate probe of Naval Academy hazing
Senator Jennings Randolph charges two West Virginia nominees to the Naval Academy faced harassment that disrupted studies. He urges a Senate inquiry or reform of plebe indoctrination, warning of possible legislation to curb Annapolis funding if changes fail.
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Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
West Virginia
U. S. Naval Academy
Randolph
Senate
Naval Academy
Elkins
W. Va
Academy
Annapolis
Senate Education Subcommittee
No Extension On License Tag Purchase This Year
Charleston dispatch reports State Motor Vehicles Commissioner J Kay Thomas declares no extra time to buy license tags this year. He cites payroll costs and fiscal pinch, saying extending past June 30 benefits no one as motorists delay until the last day. Applications will mail this week and plates must be purchased by June 30.
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Charleston
UPI
J. Kay Thomas
Thomas
Young Driver Killed In US 119 Crash Near Charleston
State police said Wayne Smith, 18, of Charleston died when a car going out of control on busy US 119 skidded and rolled over him. He was alone in the vehicle. The wreck tied up traffic for about an hour.
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Charleston
U.S. 119
Wayne
Smith
Riots injure eight Americans in Saigon stun
A hand grenade near Tan Son Nhut Air Base wounded eight Americans and three Vietnamese as anti-government demonstrations surged through Saigon. Rioters pelted troops with stones and Molotov cocktails while Buddhists urged on by monks pressed through the streets near the Vien Hoa Dao pagoda.
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Saigon
UPS
Tan Son Nhut
3Rd Field
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vien Hoa Dao
United States
44 Cong Slams In Two Battles
U.S. troops killed 44 Communists in two actions in South Vietnam during Operation Lincoln and Operation Fillmore. The 1st Air Cavalry and 101st Airborne reported destroying enemy forces while Navy and Air Force pilots attacked routes, depots, and radar sites in the North. One SkyraiderPilot was rescued after bailing out near Da Nang Harbor. Ground action included a 101st assault on a Viet Cong stronghold near Tuy Hoa.
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Saigon
Guam
Viet Nam
da Nang
da Nang Harbor
101St
Tuy Hoa
FHA loans cap tied to income. wife’s salary not counted
The FHA spokesman said loans aim at adequate housing, not elaborate. A wife’s salary is not generally considered in determining the maximum loan amount. The Q&A also covers Teel Elementary enrollment, local events at the Armory, and background on Rev. Matthew Ellison and Beckley history.
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Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Brezhnev Re-elected as Soviet Leader at Party Congress
In Moscow, Leonid Brezhnev secured the posts of party secretary general and politburo member as the 23rd Soviet Communist party congress closed. Anastas Mikoyan and Nikolai Shvernik were dropped from the politburo for age and health. Nikita Khrushchev was removed from membership, leaving him only in the Supreme Soviet. The politburo shrank from 12 to 11, with new member Arvid Pershe and veterans Kosygin Podgorny Shelepin Suslov remaining in key positions.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Brezhnev
Anastas Mikoyan
Nikolai Shvernik
Khrushchev
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Bid Setting for I 77 in Wood County Planned
Charleston bids set for May 17 by the state Road Commission to build five miles of Interstate 77 from Rockport to Saulsbury in Wood County. The project closes the Wood County let. Earlier on May 3 SRC will accept bids to widen West Virginia 95 to four lanes in Parkersburg and provide an interchange on I 77.
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Charleston
UPS
State Road Commission
Rockport
Saulsbury
Wood County
SRC
Parkersburg
Johnson proposes boosts to Social Security and child dental care
President Johnson called for across-the-board increases in Social Security benefits and a new federal aid program to finance dental care for young children under six. He tied Medicare expansion to aid for youth, signed a two month extension for enrollment in Medicare provisions, and spoke at a ceremony in San Antonio before attending Good Friday services.
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San Antonio, Tex
Johnson
John Gardner
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
San Antonio
San Fernando Cathedral
Court Grants Pool Injunction at Rock Lake Pool
Kanawha Circuit Court Judge Frank L. Taylor issued a permanent injunction ordering mass demonstrations at Rock Lake Village Pool near South Charleston to cease while allowing peaceful picketing and entry attempts. The ruling cites blockades and violence during protests since last August, while upholding the Civil Rights Act as not applicable to the pool.
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Rock Lake Pool
Taylor
Changes at Lakin State Hospital Diffuses Tension
Public focus followed discrimination charges by Local 844 against Lakin State Hospital administration. A 10 page union letter to Gov. Smith and lawmakers outlined grievances about personnel and procedures. New business manager Ward Webb met staff to discuss changes aimed at better relations, with no job losses and planned grounds improvements including paving and a new laundry to come online.
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Fanny Seiler
Charleston
UPI
Lakin State Hospital
Pt. Pleasant
American Federation of State
Hulett C. Smith
Legislature
State Human Rights Commission
Ward Webb
Webb
Kenneth Byrne
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Develon
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John R. Tunis
Woodrow Wilson High School
A. No
Hubert Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
VISTA
A. George Parker
Raleigh County Community Action Association
America
A. Reps
Arch A. Moore Jr
Harley 0. Staggers
John M. Slack Jr
Ken Hechler
James Kee
Robert C. Byrd
Moore
Matthew Ellison
First Baptist Church
Rev. Ellison
Monroe County
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Farley's Fort
New River
Enoch L. Ellison
Grace Anderson
Ellison Avenue
Harlow Warren
Beckley USA
Ellisons
Beckley Area
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Mankins
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J. Q. Hutchinson
Beckley Post Herald
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Mom
San Diego
Edith
Deedee) Jenkins
J. C. Penney
Miss Jenkins
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Dawn
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Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin Law
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