Eight Day Space Flight Aug 19 Running Tight
SPACE CENTER Houston NASA says the August 19 launch date for astronauts Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad remains. Fuel cells may evaporate gases, risking a tight schedule. They plan to eject the REP rendezvous pod, orbit Gemini 5, and attempt a high altitude rendezvous using the Gemini radar as prep for Gemini 6.
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Conrad
Howard Tindall
Manned Spacecraft Center
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Two Churches Burned Near Bogalusa in Night Fire
Night riders set two Negro churches ablaze in Tammany Parish about 40 miles from Bogalusa. Sheriff George Broom said gasoline fueled the fires, and the structures, 10 miles apart, were not tied to any civil rights activity. both burned to the ground.
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UPI
Bogalusa
Tammany Parish
George Broom
Grant announced for West Virginia tuberculosis research
Washington reports a 70 750 Public Health Service grant to the West Virginia Health Department for a TB eradication program. Senators Byrd and Randolph say Health Director N H Dyer will lead the project titled A Step Toward Development of a Program for the Eradication of Tuberculosis in West Virginia.
Fastteeth Promises Comfort for False Teeth
Advertising copy touts FASTEETH as an alkaline powder to sprinkle on dentures to prevent plate slippage and embarrassment. Claims it does not sour and helps breath, urging readers to buy paste at local drug counters.
Viet Nam war reports include downed F105 and rail strike
The day’s dispatches describe an F105 shot down near Vinh during a six raid, the second consecutive loss, and a second Thunderchief hit while targeting the Thanh Hoa railroad bridge south of Hanoi. U S air forces attacked the Hanoi Lao Kay rail link, with box cars and yards hit near Yen Bay.
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Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
U. S
Lao Kay
Red China
Yen Bay
Young Savage Held For Murder Feud Tied to TV Film
Ray mon Ortiz a 22 year old Puerto Rican, held on homicide charges after a brawl in East Harlem left one teen dead and four wounded. Orlando Figueroa 18, also arrested. Police say a Puerto Rican Italian American feud flared after a Puerto Rican youth was beaten, with seven or eight Puerto Rican youths seeking revenge.
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New York
UPI
Raymon Ortiz
Homicide
Ortiz
Orlando Figueroa
Burt Lancaster
East Harlem
Harlem
Walter Cordero
John Morales
Ortzi
Girl Three Crushed By Family Car in Pine Grove Driveway
Louise Miller, 3, was killed when the family car rolled into a ravine while she played in the driveway of her Pine Grove home. Her parents Howard and Mrs Miller were rushed to New Martinsville hospital with nonfatal injuries. brakes reportedly failed.
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Pine Grove
UPI
Louise Miller
Piney
Here
Howard Miller
Martinsville
US Air Force ridiculed over ongoing UFO reports in Oklahoma
Oklahoma residents faced three nights of unidentified flying object sightings across eight states. Officials noted Jupiter and stars as likely sources, while a Planetarium director disputed the claim, suggesting radar reflections from temperature inversions caused false blips.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
U.S. Air Force
Nebraska
Texas
Justin
Ponder
Texas Highway 156
Air Force
Robert Risser
Oklahoma Science and Art Foundation
Risser
Wichita
Three Injured In Wyoming Wreck
A one car crash near Pineville at 1 45 am sent three people to hospitals. J D Holmes a 24 year old Bedford Ohio driver was unhurt? actually minor? who struck a concrete bridge and plunged over a 60 foot embankment. Holmes is in satisfactory condition at Wyoming General Hospital. Dolly Carbaugh of Baileysville and Leroy Messer of Kopperston were admitted to local facilities in satisfactory condition. Investigation by the Wyoming County Sheriff's department is underway.
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RNS
J. D. Holmes
Bedford
Ohio
Holmes
Wyoming General Hospital
Dolly Carbaugh
Baileysville
Steven
Welch
Leroy Messer
Kopperston
Bluefield Sanitarium
Miss Carbaugh
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
State Seeks Grant To Operate 3 Parks
Gov. Hulett C. Smith announced West Virginia has applied for an Area Redevelopment Administration federal technical assistance grant to plan and operate three new state parks and expand a fourth. The funds would cover professional advice on park management promotion and tourist facilities at Pipestine, Canaan Valley and Hawks Nest State Parks, with a decision expected soon.
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UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Area Redevelopment Administration
Smith
Washington
Pipestemn
Cajnaan Valley
Hawks Nest
Deaths And Funerals Olen Lane Shrader
Olen Lane Shrader 41 of Kegley died early Monday in a Beckley hospital. Survived by wife Lois Flinchum Shrader and son Teddy and daughter Nancy at home, plus siblings and six brothers. Requiem Mass was held for Joan Clisso 54 at Sacred Heart Princeton with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Princeton
Nelson J. Hamilton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Miss Clisso
Bluefield
Chester and
Jerry Smith
Robert Gilley
Richard Gray
Warren Burkett
R. D. Dishner
Obituary notices for Malinda Graham and L C Campbell
Malinda Graham 81 of Corinne died Monday evening after a long illness at her Basin home. Born December 25, 1883, she was daughter of the late Tom and Martha Shrewsbury. Survived by son Ernest Shrewsbury of Princeton, daughters Lillie Hartley of Princeton and Bertha Lane of Corinne, five brothers, three sisters, and other relatives. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Mount Pisgah Church Basin, with burial in Shrewsbury Cemetery. The body stays at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens after 5 pm today, moved to church one hour before service. Separate funeral held today in Pittsburgh for L C Campbell 76, former Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates VP and past National Coal Association president. Campbell died Saturday. his son L C Campbell Jr. and widow Mrs. Vernon Campbell survive, along with another son and seven grandchildren.
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Corinne
Basin
Tom
Martha Jane Shrewsbury
Ernest Shrewsbury
Princeton
Lillie Hartley
Bertha Lane
Corrine
George Shrewsbury
Edward Shrewsbury
Leonard Shrewsbury
Glen Fork
Paris
Shrewsbury
Ghent
Lee Shrewsbury
Roanoke
Meadie Gunter
Salem
Vadie Shrewsbury
Besoco
Ethel Griffith Basin
Mount Pisgah
Philip Graham
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
L. C. Campbell
Pittsburgh
Campbell
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
National Coal Association
Beckley
L. C. Campbell Jr
National Mine Services
Vernon Campbell
Robert Hamilton Dies After Extended Illness At 68
Robert Hamilton of 68 Stotesbury died at his home early today after an extended illness. He was a retired miner and a World War I veteran. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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Robert Hamilton
Stotesbury
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mrs Mary Naomi Lewis Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Naomi Lewis 56 of St Albans were held at 2 p.m. today at St Albans. She died Sunday morning in a Charleston hospital. Survivors include her husband Ernest and three children, sister of W E Mitchell, 108 Thornton Ave.
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Mary Naomi Lewis
St. Albans
W. E. Mitchell
Thornton Ave
Charleston
Ernest
Ford's bipartisan Viet Nam briefing signals a new GOP leadership
Ford defends his fresh leadership stance amid a Viet Nam briefing scene with about 100 newsmen. He contends Republicans back the President's hard line against communism in Southeast Asia and criticizes some in his party for undermining unity. Ford has become a newsroom magnet since toppling Halleck as GOP leader, drawing more attention than McCormack as the GOP asserts an alternative agenda and hearings.
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Ford
Southeast Asia
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Johnson
House Republicas
John W. McCormac
D-Mass
Republican Congress
Johnson disputes public appeasement on Vietnam and UN role
President Johnson urged Americans to consider the Vietnam conflict in broader terms as the United States intensifies its war effort in the South. Secretary of State Rusk invited Hanoi and Beijing to state what they would do if U S bombing of North Vietnam stopped, while renewing faith in UN mediation despite Hanoi's rejection of any UN role.
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Yugoslavia
Jal Bahadur Shastri
Viet Nam
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Robert McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
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Honolulu
William C. Westmoreland
South Viet Nam
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North Viet Nam
North
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Earle C. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of State
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Red China
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Security Council
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Laos
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Greek Crisis Nears Climax in Athens Parliament
In Athens the Greek political crisis nears its peak as Premier George Athanassiadis Novas faces a possible confidence vote by Friday. Parliament reconvenes amid backstage maneuvering for a replacement, with former Deputy Premier Stephen Stefanovolous touted as a compromise. Police guard the Capitol as protests flare outside and Novas opens debate amid vociferous interruptions.
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UPI
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Novas
Stephen Stefanovolous
Stefanovolous
George Papandreou
Constantine
Papandreou
Peace Moves Reach European Capitals In Hanoi Talks
The article notes Viet Nam talks last month with Soviet Premier Kosygin where the U S and Moscow may favor a conference but conditions are unclear. Kwesi Armah, Ghana’s high commissioner to Britain, delivered Ho Chi Minh’s letter to Nkrumah, saying Hanoi found talks useful and that peace moves are underway.
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Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
Ghana
Britain
Kwesi Armah
Ho Chi Minh
Kwame Nkrumah
Hanoi
Armah
Commonwealth
Harold Wilson
Nkrumah
Road bids update across counties in West Virginia
Bids listed for multiple road projects across West Virginia. Items include U.S. routes and state routes with distances and costs such as 2.45 miles on U.S. 6 in Kanawha County at 166 221 dollars and 5.27 miles of W V A 10 in Wyoming County at 78 340 dollars. Contractors cited include Anderson's Black Rock Inc and Central Asphalt Paving Co.
Federal loan approved for Fairmont State College facilities
A $500,000 federal loan for construction of dining facilities and student housing at Fairmont State College in West Virginia was approved by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd announced the loan, which will be supplemented by $20,000 in local funds.
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API
Fairmont
W. Va
State College
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Test hearing at Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Do you annoy friends without realizing it. If you must ask repeats or raise volume you bother neighbors. We test hearing with electronic equipment and let you try eyeglass and behind the ear aids at no obligation. Call write come in Beckley Mountain State Hearing Aid Center 210 Main St. Phone 253-6352 W Va.
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Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Beckley
W. Va
Racial clashes halt Alabama bloodmobile visit
United Press International reports a Red Cross bloodmobile visit to Greensboro Alabama cancelled as about 250 Negro civil rights workers planned a donation march Local Red Cross officials accused the protesters of politicizing the program Demonstrations in Americus Georgia continued despite a plea from Gov Carl Sanders with 23 pickets arrested For King a bomb threat interrupted a Philadelphia meeting at Girard College where NAACP protests have continued Sanders warned movement inflames violence A Bogalusa Louisiana official said racial trouble may be easing but vigilance remains in state
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Red Cross
Greensboro
Ala
Americus
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Sanders
Atlanta
Martin Luther King
Philadelphia
King
Girard College
NAACP
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Bogalusa
McKeithen
Wilson Defeats Censure Motion in Parliament
In London Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson won a 303 to 200 censure vote as Conservatives led by Edward Heath clashed in a heated debate. The Liberal minority abstained, nullifying minor defections and shaping a sharp political setback for Heath's leadership.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Edward Heath
House of Commons
William Warbey
Heath
Mafia leaders tied to international crime network jailed
Italian police jailed Mafia boss Russo and Sicilian kingpin amid a seven city crackdown after two years of investigation. Police say they headed an international gang linking Sicilian crime with U.S. syndicates, a connection long suspected by authorities. Police Chief Franceso Inturrisi announced the breakthrough.
Dominican rebellion timeline shifts before Reid resignation
Dominican source says yearlong plan moved up by two days after Reid jun ta learned of it. Conspirators allegedly seized five government figures to compel Reid's resignation. One battalion led, four more joined after his departure. Military backing crumbled with US troops arrival. Dominican troops returned to barracks.
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Reid
Hernando
State's Work Force Reaches New Peak Since 1962
West Virginia's civilian work force rose to 618,800 in June the highest since June 1962. Unemployment increased seasonally to 41,000 or 6.6 percent as many young people sought first jobs. Employment totaled 577,300, up 18,300 from last June per the state employment department.
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Charleston
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