North Viet Nam Power Plant Bombed In Major Raid
U S military says jets bombed North Viet Nam's Yong Bi thermal power plant near Haiphong in 118 missions and struck oil depots. A Navy F8 Crusader was shot down but its pilot rescued. The attack followed a day of clashes in South Viet Nam with mortar and rocket fire on Marines command posts during Operation Colorado and other ground operations in the Central Highlands.
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Saigon
UPS
Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
U.S
Oriskany
Yong Bi
Haiphong
South Viet Nam
Paul Revere II
Speck may face heart ailment delaying court date
Richard Speck may require up to a year of bed rest due to a possible heart ailment but warden Jack Johnson said it should not prevent his appearance in court on August 18. Senate leaders set September 6 to debate the Civil Rights Act with Dirksen holding key to the outcome. Thundershowers and heavy rains hit the Eastern Seaboard and Northern Plains, with 1.30 inches reported in Knoxville and other towns.
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Richard Speck
Jack Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Eastern
Seaboard
Northern Plains
Texas
Knoxville
Tenn
Lemming
S. C
Anniston
Ala
Westinghouse Develops Tiny Wireless Transistor Sliver
Westinghouse Electric Corp announces a major advance in a small transistor using a vibrating gold sliver two to three times the thickness of a human hair. The new device needs no bulky wire coils and could expand mobile radio applications beyond Dick Tracy era wrist radios.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Dick Tracy
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Weather Summary for Beckley and Vicinity
Variably cloudy today with a high near 74. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with a low around 56 and highs in the mid 80s. Airport readings show 75 high and 61 low over the past 24 hours with partial afternoon readings. River gauges read Greenbrier normal and mud free, Lake normal and clear with three gates open. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures and modest rainfall totals of about half to three quarters of an inch Monday into Tuesday.
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Beckley
Kalispell
Cut Bank
Mont
Open Housing March Targeting All-White Bogan District
Civil rights leaders schedule the first open housing march into Chicago's all white Bogan area on the southwest side amid fears of violence. Police say residents may be armed and will monitor gun owners. Archbishop Cody urged a temporary halt to the marches.
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Chicago
UPS
Bogan
Gage Park
Chicago Police Intelligence
John P. Cody
Troopers Keep Peace as Grenada Racial March Continues
In Grenada Mississippi troopers maintained quiet as 300 Negroes marched past 250 hecklers. Demonstrators avoided the square after a city ordinance barred protests there. Police ringed the courthouse area while marchers toured the streets and returned to a church.
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Grenada
Miss
UPI
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Oxford
Becketts Beaming Q and A on local legal and civic queries
A Q and A compilation from Ring Register covers questions on riding motorbikes on private land, licensing on public roads, medical training at Pine Lodge Nursing Home, rose propagation, penny to dollar conversion, dump ownership and hours, beer age, TB x ray mobile unit visits, local motorcycle dealers, access to hearings, home brewing limits, and related local governance details.
Dr King endorses nonviolence over black power in address
Dr Martin Luther King Jr declaring nonviolent protest the Negroes strongest weapon condemned the black power movement. Speaking during a Southern Christians convention via telephone King, ill with illness, urged unity and predicted millions would adhere to nonviolence rather than violence or separatism. He was reelected SCLC president.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Martin Luther King
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery
Birmingham
Selma
SCLC
Britain Enacts Sweeping Wage Price Freeze Law
LONDON UP I The wage price freeze bill became law as the Lords signaled royal assent at noon. Prime Minister Harold Wilson left London for Scilly Isles as Parliament recessed for summer while unions and business leaders challenge the plan and Labor treads a divided path through October conferences.
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London
UPI
Britain
House of Lords Commission
Harold Wilson
Scilly Isles
Conservative Party
Wilson
Labor
Rev Crowson May Be Alcohol Commissioner
The Rev L E Crowson says in a local TV interview he would accept the liquor post if offered. He criticizes the current liquor commissioner Clarence C Elmore and his 31 page trip report, planning to submit a detailed analysis to Elmore and Governor Hulett C Smith.
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Charleston
L. E. Crowson
Crowson
Clarence C. Elmore
Elmore
Hulett C. Smith
Luci and Pat Nugent Make First Appearance in Bahamas
Luci and Pat Nugent appear publicly with Secret Service protection at Capricorn villa in Nassau. They meet Bahamian governor Sir Ralph Grey for tea, pose for photos, and return to their $250,000 honeymoon villa by the ocean after the visit.
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Nassau
Bahamas
UPI
Pat
Luci Nugent
Secret Service
Oceanside Capricorn Villa
Protectorate
Sir Ralph Grey
Luci
Oceanside
Heart Patient Steps After Artificial Pump Implant
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez, 37, of Mexico City, became the first recipient to walk after a left ventricular bypass pump was implanted by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey at Methodist hospital. The device, which can take up to 90 percent of the heart's workload, is connected to a machine and currently limits movement.
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Houston
UPI
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez
Mexico City
Methodist
Michael E. DeBakey
Moss Explosive Art on Display at Capitol Rotunda
Joe Moss unveiled a controversial firecracker painting in the Capitol rotunda. The top panel depicted a mountain scene. beneath, a second image showed Moss’s view of strip mining damage. The piece, created by cherry bombs, blends ruined landscapes with pollution and a stripped tree, reflecting the artist’s personal history. Governor Hulett C. Smith received the work.
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Charleston
UPI
Joe Moss
Beckley
Capitol Rotunda
Moss
Hulett C. Smith
Lunar Orbiter On True Course
Pasadena based Lunar Orbiter, America's space photography craft, appears on a corrected path toward lunar orbit after Thursday night commands. Engineers planned a noon EDT briefing to report midcourse success and expected entry into the moon's gravitational field by Sunday morning.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Flying Photographic Laboratory
Woomer
Rev Selling Fish To Get Money For Church
Rev Karl Lundberg in Ropsley England sells fish to fund restoration of a 12th century village church. National Federation of Fishmongers at Grantham objects calling it disgraceful. He travels 130 miles round trip to Grimsby each Friday buying wholesale fish and reselling locally, earning 22.40 in profits.
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Ropsley
England
UPI
Karl Lundberg
National Federation of Fishmongers
Grantham
Lundberg
Grimsby
Strike Costs American Business At Least $1 Billion
The UPI report states the airline machinists strike has cost American business including tourism at least $1 billion, with broader tax impacts and widespread losses across airlines, hotels, travel agencies, and related services. Chicago alone loses about $600,000 daily, split between airlines workers and hospitality sectors. Mail service disruption is notable in Chicago, while other cities report near normal mail flow. Internationally, London airport officials say the problem worsens with delays extending to Atlantic flights.
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Leroy Pope
New York
UPI
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago
O’hare
Washington
Los Angeles
London
Trans World Airline
Atlantic
House readies federal order to end airline strike
Washington reports the House Commerce Committee moves toward clearing a Senate bill to require 35,400 machinists to return to work at Trans World United Eastern National and Northwest aiding a 36 day walkout. Rep Dingell opposes, vows to fight.
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Washington
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Senate
Trans World
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Moorefield Boy Dies in Traffic Accident
Moorefield eight year old Mark Wilson died from injuries after a traffic crash near his home. He was treated at Keyser before transfer to West Virginia University Hospital Morgantown. His mother and two sisters were hospitalized at Keyser.
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Morgantown
UPI
Mark Wilson
Moorefield
West Virginia University Hospital
Keyser
Herman Miller
Hamrick Killed in Action in Viet Nam
Washington report states Pfe. Benjamin N. Hamrick of Kingmont Marion County West Virginia was killed in action in Viet Nam Defense Department announced Thursday He was the son of Mrs. Lillian M. Hamrick.
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Washington
UPS
Pfe
Benjamin N. Hamrick
Kingmont
Marion County
W. Va
Unarmed helicopter captures guerrilla in Saigon field
A U S Marine spokesman says an unarmed UH-1B helicopter spotted a Viet Cong guerrilla in a field. The helicopter descended to five feet, struck him with a skid, and the crew pulled the stunned fighter aboard.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
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