Termites Force West Virginia Governor From Mansion
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith and family left the Charleston executive mansion after termite damage weakened the structure. He now commutes 55 miles daily from Beckley as engineers project three weeks or more to restore livability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Fazio
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Beckley
West Virginia Turnpike
Martens
Deserting rebel mastermind seeks asylum after Dominican coup
Lt. Col. Miguel Hernando Rama iro, 36, once a key planner of the April 24 Dominican military coup, deserts Caamano Deno's rebel movement and seeks political asylum. He defends the coup as honest, says leftist parties corrupted its aims, and notes Caamano’s lack of military discipline allowed leftist influence. He is a U.S. trained career officer who criticized rival factions.
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Hernando
Donal Reid Cabral
Caamano
Antonio Imbert Barrera
U.S
U.S. General Staff
Panama
Crowds Fail to Help After Beckley Pedestrian Crash
J K Brash, a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company worker, rushed to aid John Lanchester after an auto strike on Raleigh Hill. He called for an ambulance and treated Lanchester with a first aid kit as bystanders slowed and watched, offering no assistance until police and medics arrived. Lanchester suffers multiple injuries and remains hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teek Rice Register
Beckley
Raleigh Hill
J. K. Brash
Tolley Drive
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Brash
John Lanchester
Lanchester
Red Cross
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Congress Votes Rights Bill Seen To Pass Today
Washington United Press reports Congress poised to approve a compromise voting rights bill ensuring southern Black citizens can vote. Senate action planned later in the week with White House fate not yet sealed. The day’s briefing also covers immigration reform, a bank failure probe, a Pentagon reserve merger debate, and a constitutional showdown over one man one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
White House
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
United States
Colorado
Steven L. R. McNichols
Brighton
Colo
McNichols
House Armed Services
Defense
Cyrus R. Rance
Pentagon
Army
National Guard
Everett M. Dirksen
Supreme Court
Weather Clear And Cool Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley area forecast calls for mostly sunny and cool conditions this afternoon with a high near 73. Clear and cool tonight, low around 50, then Wednesday partly cloudy and slightly warmer with a high in the upper 70s. Prevailing winds NW at 10 mph, humidity about 54 percent at 12:30 p.m.
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Beckley
CIA Ciciioeesercuse
Hinton
Blythe
Calif
Pellston
Mich
City Disclaims Responsibility Over White Stick Creek Filth
Residents led by Victor Warden and Rev. L E Leadingham push Beckley to unclog trash in the Sanitary sewer line area to curb flooding. Mayor says no city duty as no sewer breaks. blame falls on C and O railroad and others. The dispute traces to 1962 amid sanitation concerns near Mankin Ave and the Plaid Stamp Store.
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City Hall
White Stick Creek
Victor Warden
L. E. Leadingham
Eisenhower Drive
Beckley
Smith
Sprague
Mankin Ave
Plaid Stamp Store
Mankin
Warden
Rev
Leadingham
C & O Railroad
John Turley
W. W. Barron
State Department of Health
Ross P. Daniel
Turley
School Starts Aug 31 in Raleigh County Schools
Sherman Trail announced Raleigh County Schools will reopen on August 31 with teachers and principals reporting August 30 and students returning August 31. The schedule clarifies the start date and staff reporting days for the new term.
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Raleigh County
Sherman Trail
Trail
Negro Miss New York stripped of title
Gloria Jon Miss New York State 1965 and first Negro winner has been stripped of her title effective July 30 for alleged unwillingness to fulfill obligations. The pageant director said the title will stay vacant until the 1966 Miss U S A pageant. Jon vows to seek a court injunction and sue for damages, alleging racial motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Gloria Jon
New York State
Ted Marshall
Chicago
Playboy Club
Marshall
Ten Mafia Chiefs Jailed In Italy
Italian police report the arrest of ten Mafia chiefs in Palermo as UPI notes awaiting U S actions on three Italian American suspects linked to the case Gaetano Russo aged 73 a friend of the late Lucky Luciano Joseph Cerrito aged 54 and Santo Sorge aged 57 are identified as US bound and said to reside in New York California and New York respectively The report also mentions Frank Coppola and Giuseppe Genco as associated figures.
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Palermo
Italy
UPI
U.S
United States
Gaetano Russo
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Joseph Cerrito
Santo Sorge
Russo
Sorge
New York
Cerrito
California
Frank Coppola
Giuseppe Genco
Peace moves cited by Harriman and envoys
U.S. Ambassador Harriman and Ghana's envoy to Hanoi report progress toward peace in Vietnam as leaders and diplomats in Belgrade Peking and Washington discuss possible ceasefire moves. Tito and Sekou Toure pursue non aligned efforts while Hanoi rejects UN intervention and Taylor notes Hanoi cannot be pressured into talks soon. Malraux meets Mao and Zhou in Peking.
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London
UPI
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Ghana
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Belgrade
Tito
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Peking
Charles de Gaulle
United Nations
China
Dean Rusk
U. S
Moscow
West
Johnson vows exit if South Vietnam can govern itself
President Johnson said the United States would leave Viet Nam promptly if the local population could be guaranteed self determination free of alien ideology. He pledged to negotiate peace and use full American power against Communist aggression, stating the U S treaty with South Viet Nam is binding and that Americans have died to keep contracts.
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Washington
UPL
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
International Platform Association
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
White House
Dwight D Eisenhower
John F. Kenendy
U.S
Duc Co Siege Broken by Vietnamese Paratroopers
Vietnamese paratroopers attacked in waves and broke the nine day siege of the American Special Forces camp at Duc Co in the central highlands. The relief came as UPI reported ground and air strikes killed about 191 Viet Cong in 24 hours. An Air Force Thunderbird was shot down nearby, pilot reported killed. The Duc Co camp, cut off since July, lies 210 miles north of Saigon near Pleiku and guards Route 19.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
UPI
Duc Co
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Hanoi
China
Red China
Due- Co
U. S
South
Viet Nam
le Thanh
Cambodia
Ford smiles at Johnson attack boosts GOP profile
President Johnson’s weekend jab at a top party figure drew attention to Gerald R. Ford as House Republican Leader. Ford, elected Jan. 4, leads 141 Republicans against a 293 member Democratic majority, shaping limited but steady efforts amid ongoing battles.
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Johnson
House
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
UPI
Frank Eleazer
Ford
Washington
Upt
R-Mich
Soviets Press Nuclear Talks as U.S. Urged Out of Vietnam
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva, the Soviet Union declared Vietnam blocks any progress toward disarmament and demanded the United States pull out. Soviet spokesman Semyon Tsarapkin attacked U.S. policy, warning no progress while American troops remain in Vietnam. He urged NATO nuclear plans be scrapped and signaled Moscow’s willingness to continue talks only on Soviet terms.
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K.C. Thaler
Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
William C. Foster
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Kremlin
Viet Nam
Tsarapkin
Moscow
West
NATO
West Germany
Germany
Britain
Taylor optimistic on Vietnam ground victory
General Maxwell D. Taylor said the United States and South Vietnam could make it impossible for Hanoi to win on the ground in South Vietnam. He spoke on arriving in Washington to report to President Johnson on the guerrilla war after retiring as ambassador to Saigon.
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Washington
UPI
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Taylor
Saigon
Johnson
Leukemia Girl Exposed to Chicken Pox to Extend Life
Ventura California United Press International report details 4 year old Joy Ann Evans a leukemia patient deliberately exposed to chicken pox by her mother in UCLA Medical Center advised hope doctors notes that some patients lived longer after chicken pox. The mother advertised for a child with the illness Cary Abbott responded and the two children met sharing a cup last Sunday.
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Ventura
Calif
UPI
Sharon Evans
Little Joy Ann Evans
Ucla Medical Center
Los Angeles
Joy Ann
Hal Abbott
Cary
Beckley Firm Low Bidder On I-64 Project
Beckley firms Southern Coals Corp and Foster & Creighton Co win the low bid for a segment of I-64 west of the W V 10 interchange and for seven resurfacing jobs totaling 1 476 922. Low bid on the I-64 paving is 879 149. Resurfacing bids cover Cabell and Jackson counties with 8.7 miles of Sec 29 and 47 1 at Fudges Creek totaling 55 605 by Nichols & Ronk Inc of Huntington.
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Charleston
UPI
Huntington
State Road Commission
W. Va. 10
Southern Coals Corp
Beckley
Foster & Creighton Co
Nashville, Tenn
House panel approves higher federal minimum wage to 1.75
Washington UPI report says a House Labor subcommittee approved a bill raising the federal minimum wage by 50 cents to 1.75 an hour and extending wage hour coverage to 6.1 million more workers. Senate committee backs long delayed Soviet consular treaty with one dissent.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
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Manse
Robert Martens
Ing
Truman E. Gore
Gore
D.R
Congress
N.Y
Harriman
By Stewart Hensley
U.S. Army Camp
LBJ
By Frank Eleazer
Beckley Firm
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