Soft Coal Strike Reaches Tenth Day In Five States
In Pittsburgh a 41,000 strong miners’ walkout stretches into its 10th day with no contract progress. Cliff White of Moundsville WV, UM W Local 6271, says they await UMW President Boyle’s next move as Washington talks stall. District leaders call the Moundsville meeting illegal.
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Moundsville
W. Va
White
United Mine Workers
W.va
UMW
W.A
Boyle
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Con
John Cassidy
District 4
Steve Kochis
Bobtown
Kochis
Washington
Space glider flight slated for November by Air Force
Four scientists unveiled an 80 inch delta shaped space glider built by Martin Co for an Air Force Prime program. The 890 pound craft will fly 100 miles high in November to simulate reentry conditions for future manned spacecraft and lifting body designs aimed at landing at jetports after space missions.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Air Force
Earth
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Martin Co
Cape Pickets To End Today Cape Kennedy Trade Tieup
Cape Kennedy workers faced a two day moon base delay as 400 building tradesmen prepared to return to work. IUE kept four gate pickets despite a government request, halting over 40 percent of Cape’s 1150 construction workers and crippling Apollo moon base projects. Federal mediator Wayne Kensaton set a bargaining session in San Francisco at 1 30 p m PST to address the hourly pay scale dispute between IUE and UTC.
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UPI
Moon
International Union of Electricians
Afl-Cio
Space Center
Cape
Washington
IUE
Federal Mediation Service
Electricians
United Technology Center
UTC
Wayne Kensaton
San Francisco
Launch Successful For Titan Missile Test at Vandenberg
A Strategic Air Command combat crew from McConnell AFB Kansas launched a Titan II ICBM at Vandenberg Calif at 12 44 am PST in a series of tests on alert since June 1963 Preliminary reports say the missile remained on course for a Pacific target and the mission is part of ongoing deterrent trials involving missiles and crews from SAC
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Calif
UPI
Strategic Air Command
McConnell Air Force Base
Kansas
SAC
Pacific
Mansfield Asia peace plan signals search for an honorable way out
UPI analysis notes rising public interest in Senator Mansfield s Asian peace conference proposal as a potential exit from the Viet Nam morass. Lawmakers report growing constituent anxiety amid South Viet Nam turmoil and Buddhist concessions to Ky s regime. Officials warn of political instability risks and cautious State Department stance.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Viet Nam
South
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
State Department
McNamara Defends Restraint in Vietnam War Policy
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Americans should be proud of President Johnsons restraint in fighting the Vietnam War. He disputed Fulbrights suggestion that the U S was intervening in a civil war and defended the administrations Vietnam policy amid calls for a tougher approach.
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Washington
UPI
Robert §. McNamara
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNamara
J. William Fulbright
United States
Fulbright
U.S
South Viet Nam
Buddhists and Catholics face tense Vietnamese crisis
In Saigon and Da Nang, Buddhist leader Thich Thien Minh exerts pressure with a 10 000 strong rally alleging government plotting to retain power. Catholic demonstrators in Da Nang condemn Buddhist attacks and demand apologies as fears of sectarian conflict rise amid political upheaval.
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UPI
Thich Thien Minh
da Nang
Sagion
Minh
Vien Hoa Dao
Nguyen Cao Ky
Local Q A column answers readers on fishing laws and services
The column covers Little Beaver fishing legality, private boats on county lakes, foreign coin dealers Mop's Hobby Shop Oak Hill and collector Cotton Korman, Beckley Water Co lake access with $3 yearly permits, and liability safety notes. It also answers questions about humane societies, Babe Ruth League tryouts, Social Security work rules for disabled beneficiaries, and local cinema plans.
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J. W. Foster
Raleigh County Park Committee
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Mop’s
Oak Hill
Beckley Water Co
Wilmer A. Stanley
U S Bombings Reach Close To Haiphong Air raid in North Vietnam near Haiphong
U S jets flew low over North Vietnam striking the industrial heart for the third straight day and hitting a vital highway bridge ten miles from Haiphong. A4 Skyhawks dodged surface to air missiles as three planes were shot down in three days and two pilots remained missing. Viet Cong guerrillas attacked An Khe airbase in central South Vietnam, injuring no one but damaging two C130s and a fuel tank.
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Saigon
An Khe
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Viet Nam
Viet Youths Break Up Pacifist Conference
In Saigon angry Vietnamese youths hurled rotten eggs at six American pacifists, disrupting a news conference and forcing the group to leave the country. The protest blamed the government, which allegedly aided the event by providing access to an address system and microphones. Reed Muste dodged an egg as other pacifists, including Karl Meyer and William Davidson, witnessed the disruption by youths who climbed tables and ripped banners before authorities allowed the Americans to depart.
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Saigon
UPI
Bradford Lyttle
New England Committee For Non Violent Action
CNVA
Lyttle
East Berlin
Warsaw
Moscow
A. J. Muste
Committee For Non Violent Action
Muste
Karl Meyer
The
Catholic Worker
New England
Snow and Tornado Outbreak Rattle Midwest to Rockies
United Press International reports a heavy winter storm sweeping from the Midwest to the Rocky Mountains bringing snow to the northern Plains and subzero readings in the mountains. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms ripped through Oklahoma to Wisconsin, injuring at least five and killing a man in Missouri.
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United Press International
Midwest
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Mountains
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Missing Spelunkers Turn Up At WVU
WVU cave explorers William H. Duncan and Robert D. Bergad returned to campus with two University of Pittsburgh students after a three state police search. They had been in the Lewisburg to Marlinton area and missed two days of classes, prompting concern from WVU officials and a student’s mother.
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UPI
West Virginia University
William H. Duncan
Keyser
Robert D. Bergad
Irwin, Pa
University of Pittsburgh
Duncan
Lewisburg-Marlinton
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
D. B. Williamson
William Bergard
Test Run Postponed for Weather Alert System
In Pontiac Michigan a test run of an electronic alerting system to warn against tornadoes and other weather disasters was postponed Tuesday due to rain.
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Pontiac
Mich
Greek freighter driven onto Ajax Reef near Miami
The 417 foot Greek freighter Pericles ran aground 23 miles south of Miami on Ajax Reef after winds of 29 to 30 knots created seven foot seas in the Gulfstream. The Coast Guard reported the vessel was driven onto the reef Tuesday night.
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Miami
UPI
Pericles
Here
Ajax Reef
Coast Guard
Johnson plan to move CRS to justice department faces GOP block
President Johnson’s proposal to shift the Community Relations Service from Commerce to Justice is expected to pass today, despite a late Republican bid to block the transfer. A three-judge panel defers sentencing Mrs. Johnnie Mae Shaver, ex clerk of Rolling Hills School District in Cambridge Ohio, on remaining forgery and document counts.
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Commerce Department
Justice Department
House
Johnnie Mae Shaver
Rolling Hills
Cambridge
Ohio
France cites painful misunderstanding over memorial ban
The French government blamed a painful misunderstanding for angry reactions to its decision prohibiting memorial services at a major military shrine for an American GI killed in the city’s liberation. Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville said he is confident of reaching a Bonn agreement on French troops in West Germany after NATO withdrawal July 1.
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France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Bonn
West Germany
NATO
Four Die As Plane Explodes Over Farm Near Claysville
Four men were killed Tuesday when their single engine plane exploded over a farm near Claysville Pennsylvania. An attorney charged Tuesday that Crucible Steel officials paid Norton Simon fifty thousand dollars. The claim occurs during the second day of a two hundred million stockholders suit against Crucible.
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Claysville
Crucible Steel Corp
Norton Simon, Charman
Wheeling Steel Corp
Crucible
Mondale accuses Ford on recall safety concealment
Senator Walter F. Mondale accuses Ford Motor Co of deliberately camouflaging safety hazards tied to a recall of 30,000 1955 model cars. A zoological park near Winfield trades a black bear a baby llama and a monkey for the 225 pound lion that mauled a model at the New York Auto Show on April 8.
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Walter F. Mondale
D. Minn
Ford Motor Co
Zoological Park
Winfield
New York
Forests Facing Danger Period in West Virginia
West Virginia faces a period of severe forest fire danger in the next three weeks, says the State Department of Natural Resources. After 18 days of abnormally low fire danger, near normal temperatures and below normal precipitation are forecast for 30 days. Last week saw 10 forest fires burning 125 acres, with 689 fires destroying 27,922 acres since January 1. The statutory fire season runs through May 31.
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Charleston
Upi
West Virginia
State Department of Natural Resources
Mountain State
Another Bomb Scare At WVU
WVU faced a fresh bomb scare with two anonymous calls prompting evacuations of Bozeman Hall and Armstrong Hall around 3 am and again near 8 am. Police found no devices. fire officials noted a device to ease calls had been installed as part of a recent spate of threats totaling 18 incidents.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Bozeman Hall
Armstrong Hall
WVU
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