Exotic African beasts spared from sea disposal
A change by the Agriculture Department allows 55 exotic animals to land in the United States after a 60 day quarantine in Clifton New Jersey. The halted shipment would have been dumped at sea to prevent potential disease, but protests by animal lovers and Rep Glenn Cunningham secured a landing and examinations for zoos in cities including Omaha Washington Cincinnati Milwaukee Portland Denver San Francisco Boston Jacksonville Tampa San Antonio and Chicago.
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UPI
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Glenn Cunningham
R-Neb
Omaha
D.C
Columbus
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Portland
Ore
Denver
San Fancisco
Boston
Jacksonville
Tampa
San Antonio
Chicago
Soviet vows restraint as Vietnam aid grows
Soviet Premier Kosygin announces continued aid to North Vietnam while urging calm to avoid widening the Vietnam conflict into a global war. Parliament approves his four year leadership and signals possible disarmament talks, despite sharp U S accusations.
Rights Measure Approval Seen In House Vote
UPI reports House managers forecast passage of a housing discrimination ban affecting about 40 percent of U S homes after a razor edge 180 to 179 vote on an open occupancy amendment. Additional weakening amendments and a potential vote to drop the provision loomed as nine days of debate continued.
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Washington
UPI
Sniper Whitman and Mother to Be Buried Side by Side
In Lake Worth Florida the funeral mass for Charles J Whitman former Marine and his mother will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church where he once served as an altar boy. Whitman killed his wife and mother then 13 others at the University of Texas before he was shot by police. Their bodies were flown home from Texas on Wednesday.
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Lake Worth
Fla
UPI
Charles J. Whitman
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Whitman
University of Texas
Florida
Texas
Od Rinex Fat Loss Pill Ad Promises Money Back
An advertisement touts Od Rinex as a prescription free fat loss tablet. It guarantees full refund if not satisfied, pricing shown as 3.00 and 3.25 with mail orders, and lists Rist's Pharmacy at 314 Neville Street.
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Oaanen
Rist’s
Neville Street
Whitman registry entry links University tower visit to killer
A Texas University tower guest log shows Charles Whitman listed with John Whitman and Jim Bland on July 22, suggesting prior access to the Austin campus site as investigators probe the shooter’s history. Whitman’s brother reports John Whitman and Jim Poland on a cross country trip. authorities pursue the broader past history of the attacker as victims are buried.
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Austin
Frank T. Owens
Texas University
Whitman
John Whitman
Jim Bland
Lake Worth
Fla
Patrick
John
Jim Poland
Patrick Whitman
First National Bank
Charles Whitman
Ables to Speak at District 23 Steelworkers Meeting
Steelworkers Union President I. W. Ables will be the main speaker Friday at the Chancellor Hotel in Parkerburg. Sen. Jennings Randolph will join Ables on the platform as more than 200 union delegates from West Virginia and neighboring states attend a two day meeting of District 23 officials and delegates.
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UPI
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I. W. Ables
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Ables
Chancellor Hotel
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Vietnam War Briefing From Saigon On Air Strikes And Casualties
American planes flew 103 missions Wednesday over the North Viet Nam panhandle bombing or damaging 28 antiaircraft batteries. B52 bombers from Guam hit the DMZ for the third time. U S casualties for the week ending July 30 totaled 99 killed in action and 534 wounded. South Vietnamese losses were 200 killed with allied deaths at 12. Communist toll tallied 1,153 dead and 89 captured.
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Guam
Demilitarized Zone
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Viet Nam
U.S
Australia
South Korea
New Zealand
Deaths and Funerals Chester Terry and Nathaniel Light services
The Rev. J. L. Bly and Rev. Walter Harris will lead the 2 p m funeral for Chester Arthur Terry 47 of Harlem Heights at New Hope Baptist Beckley burial Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Tuesday in a local VA hospital after a short illness. Surviving wife Bertha Terry five brothers two sisters stepchildren and stepsons are listed. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with viewing times through Friday. Funeral services will be 2 p m Friday at New Hope Methodist Church Maine for Nathaniel Green Light 75 of Maine who died Wednesday after a long illness. He was born May 12 1891 in Marie a son of James and Olive Light and a retired stone mason. Survivors include Virgie three sons two daughters a sister eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The body will be at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hin ton then placed in the church one hour before the service. Burial in the church cemetery.
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Walter Harris
Chester Arthur Terry
Harlem Heights
New Hope Baptist Church
Beckley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Terry
Walter A. Terry
Bedford County
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Harper Heights
Fred Charles
Pittsburgh
Edward
Stamford
Andrew
Gregory
Columbus
Ohio
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Ellen Clark
Brenda Hughes
Gloria Hughes
Ronald Hughes
Lester Patterson
Louis Patterson
North Carolina
Ritchie and Johnson
Greenstown
New Hope Methodist Church
Maine
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Marie
James
Olive Clowers Light
New Hope
Christo George Christo George, 73, dies in Mullens hospital
Christo George, 73, of Ravencliff died Wednesday night at about midnight in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. The body is at Sam Fogle song Nease-Neely Funeral Home in Mullens pending final arrangements. Graveside rites were held this morning for Bobbie Lee Smith newborn son of Burl and Mrs. Burl Richard Smith of Hilltop. The infant died Wednesday in Oak Hill hospital. The Rev. John B. Mills conducted the last rites. Arrangements were by Tyree Funeral Home of Oak Hill.
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Ravencliff
Mullens Hospital
Sam Foglesong
Nease-Neely
Mullens
Hill Top Cemetery
Bobbie Lee Smith
Burl Richard Smith
Hilltop
Oak Hill Hospital
John B. Mills
Tyree
Tragic attack as dogs fatally injure child in woods
Mrs Barney and James with three youngsters searched near a gravel road after dogs glimpsed in the woods. Sharon's body was found as the beasts charged. Sparks fired pistol shots to drive the animals off and carried the dead child home. Two 100 pound dogs were captured and taken to an animal shelter for observation.
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James
Sharon
Ody
Sparks
Britain debates proposed freeze on prices and incomes
The Tories and many liberal and Labour MPs pushed to bring the bill to the House of Commons for debate on a year long price and income freeze. The government tried to rush it into law before adjournment around August 12. The motion enabled a Commons debate where the opposition branded the freeze powers totalitarian. the government won the vote but its majority fell to a record low this Parliament.
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Liberal
Labor Party
House of Commons
Tamper Bester Dies After Long Illness at 57
Jesse Tamper Bester, 57, of 212 Gregory Street, died at East Beckley Nursing Home at 8 15 p m Wednesday after a long illness. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. The body lies at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Jesse “Tamper” Bester
Gregory St
East Beckley
New Hope
Navy strikes near Haiphong third attempt to hit targets
Bombing by the Navy near Haiphong was its third try to devastate storage tanks and pumping stations. Reports say planners sent too light loads though bombing was on target. One pumping station remained intact as reconnaissance tracked the mission. Pentagon communique cited pilots claiming hits while other storage targets remained.
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Haiphong
Air
Hanoi
Navy
Pentagon
Lake Central Jet Engine Failure Injures Passenger at Morgantown
One passenger injured when fragments from a failed left engine pierced the fuselage of a Lake Central Nord propjet during approach to Morgantown Airport. The craft, carrying 16 passengers and 3 crew, landed safely after the 10 am failure en route from Cincinnati to Washington.
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API
Lake Central Airlines
Nord
Lake Central
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati
Washington
No Pickets At Kentucky Mine
Madisonville Kentucky United Press International reports no pickets at East Diamond Mine of Island Creek Coal Co as an eight day walkout continued since July 27. Other nearby mines operated while locals discuss causes and seniority related discontent.
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Madisonville
UPI
East Diamond
Island Creek Coal Co
Kentucky
9566
Oriole
Bell & Zolier Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Nigerian governor warns of tense situation in Midwest
Lagos Nigeria The military governor Lt. Col. David Ejoor says conditions in his region are tense and calls for an immediate conference on Africa's most populous state’s future. He reports many deaths from disturbances sparked by the kidnapping of deposed ruler Maj Gen Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi whose fate remains unknown.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Africa
David Ejoor
Midwest
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Ironsi
Employes Back To Jobs In Quebec Hospitals
About 32 500 nonmedical employees returned to work in 139 Quebec hospitals today ending a 20 day strike.
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Montreal
UPI
Quebec
Watershed project approved in West Virginia group vote
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved 37 water projects including a $3.6 million Upper Buffalo Creek plan in Marion County Virginia. The action follows wider aid allocations for watershed development and rural water infrastructure programs.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Agriculture Committee
West Virginia
Buffalo Creek
Marion County
Death of Comic Lenny Bruce Suspected Narcotics Caused
Hollywood police say Lenny Bruce, famed for off color humor, died from probable narcotics causing the coroner to list narcotics as the probable cause. Bruce was found nude in his Hollywood Hills bathroom with needles and paraphernalia nearby. He was 40 and had a history of legal trouble including heroin possession and deportation orders.
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Vernon Scott Hollywood
UPI
Lenny Bruce
Bruce
Hollywood Hills
Sunset Strip
Willard Bausbinder
Homicide Division
England
Inland Leads as Government Debates Steel Price Hikes
Johnson delayed action after council talks as Inland set no advance notice andSpoiler Inland resisted price raises. Administration expected a 0.1% rise in wholesale index with larger spread. Sheet and strip products, about 30% of steel shipments, touch cars appliances and more. Armco estimated refrigerator cost up 28 cents automobile 3 dollars dryer 15 cents.
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Inland
Armco
Steel hikes may raise car prices by a few dollars
Detroit reports that major steel firms announced sheet steel price increases of about 2 to 3 dollars per ton. With most cars containing roughly a ton of steel, consumer costs could rise by 2 to 3 dollars per vehicle, translating to 16.2 to 24.3 million dollars for the industry if widespread.
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Detroit
API
Mother Drowns Four Kids Self in Ohio Tragedy
In Geneva Ohio authorities investigate why Patricia Smith 24 drowned her four children Keven 4 Catherine 3 Kasandra 1 and Keith two months then killed herself at a pond on the John Clay farm near her father's property. Her separation from Wilbur Smith of Flint Michigan last January is noted as context by the coroner.
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Pat
Patricia Smith
Mrs. Smith
Here
Wilbur Smith
Flint
Mich
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Catherine
Kasandra
Keith
John Clay
Ashtabula
John R. Higerd
Steel price hikes at major producers raise costs
Steelmakers Inland Chicago Jones & Laughlin Armco and others boosted base prices by 12.9 percent citing higher labor costs under a three year USW contract. They also lifted sheet seconds by 2 per ton, with second grade sheets up 2. Armco warned gains are modest and should not burden users, noting increases equate to 28 cents per refrigerator 3 dollars per automobile and 15 cents per clothes dryer.
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United Steelworkers of America
USW
National Steel
Pittsburgh Steel
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Armco Steel Co
Armco
Pair Refused Drinks Strips Protest in CAEN Nightclub
In CAEN France two students Jean Paul Chauvet and Jacques Schweitzer 20 and 21 stripped naked after being refused drinks by a bartender. A bystander Roland Brunet 23 attacked the manager, knocking out three teeth. Chauvet and Schweitzer were later jailed on charges of offending public morality.
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France
UPI
Jean Paul Chauvet
Jacques Schweitzer
Roland Brunet
Brunet
Chauvet
Schweitzer
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