Nine GIs Survive By Playing Dead In Ia Drang Stand
In Ia Drang Valley a lost platoon of 26 Americans fought voraciously against Hanoi regulars. Nine survived by feigning death while additional U.S. forces pursued the large operation Paul Revere. Air Cavalry and 25th Infantry reported heavy casualties on both sides amid a broader air war escalation across North and South Viet Nam with hundreds of missions.
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UPS
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Ia Drang River
Central Highlands
1St Air Cavalry
25Th Infantry
Hanoi
25Th
North
Viet Nam
7Th Cavalry
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Ia Drang
Oil Shipments to Haiphong Hit by Bombing
UPI reports American air strikes have halted most oil shipments to Haiphong, once handling 95 percent of North Viet Nam's petroleum imports. Communist bloc tankers avoid Haiphong now, with one diverted to a Red Chinese port for possible shipment to Hanoi by rail. Rail links from China to North Viet Nam are intermittently disrupted but not permanently.
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Washington
UPI
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Hanoi
China
School Inspections Expanded For Strip Mines Program
Charleston authorities announce a new training program to qualify personnel for increased state strip mine inspections. Beginning September 19 the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Mines will run classes in Charleston Clarksburg Beckley and the Roaring Creek Acid Mine Demonstration Project in Randolph County. Training will continue in successive weeks until all personnel are trained.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Mines
Ith
Clarksburg
Beckley
Roaring Creek
Randolph County
Steel Sheets Up $3 A Ton Across Major Mills
Pittsburgh US Steel and five other leading producers raised the price of steel sheets by 3 a ton, the largest selective rise in three years. The move, effective Aug 10, aims to boost annual industry profits by about 87 million dollars as costs to automakers and appliance makers edge higher.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
US. Steel Corp
L. B. Worthington
US. Steel
Johnson
U.S. Steel
Sorenson Sees RFK as Potential U.S. President
New York based adviser Theo dore C. Sorenson, a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy, told UPI that Kennedy could become president someday. He noted Kennedy's broad following in multiple states and said Kennedy's mission is to do the best in any role he can play.
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New York
UPI
Theodore C. Sorenson
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Sorenson
Ladies of the Press
Bob Kennedy
fifteen year old drowns in kanawha river
Chesapeake officials report Billy Trail aged 15 drowned in the Kanawha River on Wednesday when he fell from a boat. The two youths were riding in the boat and reportedly grabbed a submerged tree limb causing the craft to overturn.
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Chesapeake
UPI
Billy Trail
Kanawha River
Logan Countian Killed by Coal Train in Logan County
Perry M. Miller, 21, of Chapmanville Logan County, was killed when struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway coal train at Robinette while at work as a C&O brakeman.
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LOGAN
UPI
Perry M. Miller
Chapmanville
Logan County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Robinette
Miller
C&o
Beckley forecast Mostly cloudy with light rain likely
Weather outlook for Beckley and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy skies from this afternoon through Friday with occasional light rain late today tonight and Friday. It will stay cool with a high near 72 tonight and a low around 60 then a mid 70s high tomorrow. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear Lake normal and clear with 1.9 ft at Adams and 1.9 ft at Hinton. Extremes noted include a high of 114 at Palm Springs and 38 at Philipsburg Pennsylvania.
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Hinton
Palm Springs
Calif
Philipsburg
Johnsons Bid To Halt Steel Hike Collapses
Johnsons effort to stop a steel price rise collapsed as U S Steel announced a $3 per ton increase. The move followed five smaller firms and signaled a industry wide rise likely to affect autos and refrigerators. U S Steel chief Worthington downplayed White House reaction. Gardner Ackley urged restraint in a telegram to Inland Steel and others.
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Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Worthington
Johnson
L. B. Worthington
U.S. Steel
White House
President’s
Council of Economic Advisers
Boy Sits In Canoe For 75 Hours In Texas Charge
ALDERSON UPI George Killinger 18 of Huntsville Texas may have broken the freshwater canoe sitting record by remaining in a canoe for over 75 hours. He entered the boat Sunday and planned to stay until 4 p.m. Wednesday a group of girls from a neighboring summer camp coaxed him to end the marathon session to attend a dance. Killinger said he believed the old record was about 50 hours.
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Alderson
UPI
George Killinger
Huntsville
Tex
Killinger
Grand Jury To Investigate Whitman Sniper Killings
A grand jury in Austin was convened to probe Charles J. Whitman’s sniper killings. State chemists tested Whitman’s blood for dexedrine and alcohol as police reviewed the case files and notes near his victims’ home. A, 33, wounded 33 others and 15 were killed during the University of Texas tower assault.
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Austin
Austin, Tex
UPI
Charles J. Whitman
Whitman
Dist
Tom Blackwell
Grand Jury
University of Texas
Bert Gerding
University of Texas Tower
Tex
Senate panel backs bill to ease money for builders
The Banking and Currency Committee backed a measure to loosen money for home and apartment construction. Sen John G Tower R Texas said the bill would boost loan money in savings and loan firms, aiding buyers and sellers with lower rates. Also noted were a satellite launch from Vandenberg AFB California, and new co chairs for Dollars for Democrats in West Virginia Mrs John Scott and Sam Harshbarger.
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Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Edward M. Kennedy
D- Mass
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Air Force
John Scott
Oak Hill
Sam Harshbarger
Milton
West Virginia
James Sprouse
Dogs Kill Girl Injure Playmate in Maryland Attacks
A large armed search planned at dawn to find the last of three Great Danes blamed for killing a 45 year old girl and mauling her playmate in suburban Prince Georges County Maryland. Two dogs were rounded up near the scene. Sharon Sparks 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Sparks and James Barney 6 son of Army Sgt and Mrs Barney were named. James Barney remained in poor condition but expected to recover. The dogs had escaped from a kennel Tuesday night as their owner searched for them.
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Washington
UPI
Prince Georges County
Sharon K. Sparks
Charles Sparks
James Barney
Army
Senate plan to end airline strike faces resistance
Senate leaders seek a compromise to order IAM members back to work for 30 days with Congress and the President sharing responsibility. The plan would put a 30 day return to work, 60 day extension by mediation board, then a final 90 day extension for six months of no strike while negotiations proceed with United, Trans World, National, Northwest and Eastern.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Mansfield
International Association of Machinists
IAM
United
Trans World
National
Northwest
Eastern
Wilson reels from discord as rebels threaten government
London reports a Labor mutiny over the prices and incomes bill as at least 27 dissident MPs abstained, shrinking the government's majority to 52 in a 277 to 225 division. Whips consider sanctions, while the bill moves forward amid stormy debate.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Labor
31 Persons Aboard Bodies From Missing Cruiser Found
Falmouth England 31 people including seven children aboard the holiday cruiser Darlwin sank in a gale off the Cornish coast. RAF search planes spotted debris four miles offshore as lifeboats recovered four bodies. Wreckage and a small ladder life jacket boat planking from a 45 foot craft were found in a one square mile area near Dodman Point.
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Falmouth
England
UPI
Darlwin
Royal Air Force
Cornish
Gov Smith Welcomes Rails Utilities Group
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS UPS Gov Hulet C Smith welcomed the Great Lakes Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners to a meeting in the city He said free enterprise under informed legislation has allowed utilities to grow with private capital and maintain high quality service at reasonable rates He praised the American utility industry for its scale and affordability.
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White Sulphur Springs
UPS
Hulet C. Smith
Great Lakes Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Smith
Beckley Answers Way to Contact Scouts and More
Questions and answers cover Scout contact for Boys, Hawaii round trip price, theater schedules for The Sound of Music in Beckley, removing skillet sticking, Beckley Water Co minimum rate, oil stain removal, Sandoz and LSD, West Virginia State Fair dates, marriage license rules, and mildew stain remedies.
Three Maryland Counties Added to Drought Relief List
Washington UPI reports Harrison Mason and Pleasant counties were added to the drought relief program for special buying and grazing privileges. Hay and pasture conditions are under 35 percent of normal due to the drought, bringing the total to 33 of West Virginia's 55 counties eligible.
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Washington
Expensive Errand Ends With Missing Worker
Albert Henaf was sent on a 10 minute errand but vanished along with the company car two weeks ago. A Riviera hotel owner reports a Mr. Henaf stayed 12 days and left without paying the bill, while his boss in Villard de-Lans searches for him.
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Saint Raphael
France
UPI
Albert Henaf
Henaf
Villard de-Lans
Riviera
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