Thirteen Cyclists Jailed After Assault on Girl in Leetsdale
Thirteen teenage members of motorcycle gangs known as the Chosen Few and the Chain Gang were jailed on aggravated assault and battery charges after an incident involving an 18 year old girl along the Ohio River bank in Leetsdale. Police say the group forced the girl into a milk truck and assaulted her. bonds were not posted. two dozen others were involved in earlier police actions. Names and hometowns of the suspects span Beaver and nearby Ohio towns.
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Pittsburgh
API
Chosen Few
Leetsdale
Ohio River
Louis Perry
Allegheny County
Cyclists
Harry Cotter Jr
Freedom
Leetsdale Road
Cotter
Smith
Allegheny County Dist
North Korean Communist Party declares independence from Moscow and Peking
The Rodong Shinmun editorial asserts that each Communist party must be independent to pursue its own revolution. It rejects external export or import of revolution and signals possible shift toward alignment with Japanese and Romanian parties. It stresses that parties must use their own brains and resist ideological shackles.
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Tokyo
UPI
Communist Party
Rodong Shinmoon
Moscow
Peking
International Communist Movement
Search for burning ship off Venezuela called off
The Coast Guard ended the search for a vessel reportedly aflame off the Venezuelan coast after a Royal Netherlands air force patrol found only a mother ship and a smaller hunter boat with bright lights. Aimed at verifying the blaze, six merchant ships and a Navy store ship were asked to alter course, but the Dutch plane’s failure to locate a fire led officials to cancel the operation. The alert began after an Argentine passenger plane reported seeing a burning hulk about 120 miles north of Curacao and 300 miles south-southwest of San Juan, with SOS flashes observed from small boats prior to the rest. The Coast Guard said the crew may have abandoned ship and that lights may have been mistaken for a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Caribbean
Coast Guard
USS. Navy
Curacao
Sa Juan
Jet Engine Breaks Apart Injuring Woman on Flight
A Lake Central Nord propjet flying from Baltimore toward Charleston with stops near Washington Elkins Clarksburg and Fairmont suffered an engine failure 15 minutes from Martinsburg. Passenger Imogene Sloboda of Springfield Mass sustained chest cuts and was to be discharged soon. The airline plans to replace 13 Nord propjets serving eight states with DC-3s while investigating the incidents.
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Martinsburg
WPI
Massachusetts
Lake Central Airlines
Nord
Here
Morgantown
Imogene Sloboda
Springfield
Mass
Bobbie Justice
Lake Central
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Charleston
Washington
Elkins
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Accident Claims Two In Highway Run Off Near Cowen
A Webster County man and his son in law from Michigan were killed when their car ran off the highway near Cowen and struck a utility pole. Authorities identified the victims as Harlan Hardway, 62, and John Lansford Kessler, 39. Kessler, of Taylor, Michigan, was visiting relatives in the area.
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Cowen
API
Webster County
Michigan
Here
Harlan Hardway
John Lansford Kessler
Kessler
Taylor, Mich
Johnson seeks to shore up guideposts amid inflation rise
Washington (UPI) The Johnson administration acts to mend a faltering economy as inflation pressure grows. Senate votes 83 to 9 to inject 3 billion into the mortgage market to spur homebuilding, risking a potential 1 billion deficit. Ackley set to testify August 22 on wage price guideposts overhaul with other officials.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
House
House Government Operations Committee
Bread Industry Not To Blame For Price Rise
Washington UPI report states a House subcommittee concluded after four days of hearings that the bread industry is not to blame for rising bread prices. The panel found no unconscionable profits from wheat growers to retailers as costs of baking and distribution drive price increases. A Safeway executive noted shoppers often pick higher priced brands, even when cheaper Safeway bread is available.
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Washington
UPI
House
Graham Purcell
D-Tex
William S. Mitchell
Safeway Stores Inc
Safeway
Federal Aid Sought Over West Virginia Water Shortage
Senator Byrd reports Hurricane West Virginia officials seek federal aid as the town faces an exhausted reservoir in five to six days. Water shipped by rail may be arranged. engineers from the Office of Emergency Planning and Army Corps of Engineers will inspect. OEP funds are available for such emergencies.
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Washington
UPS
Robert C. Byrd
Hurricane
W. Va
Raymond Peak
U. S. Office of Emergency Planning
Army Corps of Engineers
West Virginia
Byrd
OEP
Australia orbit attempt aims for closer lunar trajectory
An orbiter in Australia will ignite a 100 pound thrust rocket engine to adjust its path toward a closer lunar orbit. Launched from Cape Kennedy on Wednesday, the craft will take 352 pictures of the moon, with the first images to be transmitted August 18 to the Goldstone Tracking Station in Southern California. A federal space agency spokesman said the mid course maneuver has apparently been successfully performed.
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Australia
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Goldstone
California
Federal Space Agency
Funeral services set for Kermit T. Ford 62
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p m at the Keyser Bryant Chapel for Kermit T. Ford 62 of 610 Johnstown Road. Rev Everett R Shafer to officiate. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Ford died of a heart attack Thursday at 5 50 p m in a Beckley hospital. Born April 24 1904 in Layland he was a son of the late William I and Rosanna Gwinn Ford. He was a retired self employed plasterer. Surviving are his wife Beulah Dillon Ford two daughters Rose Tench of Cocoa Florida and Irma Todd of Vienna three sisters Virginia Burns Mount Hope Alice Ford Springfield Ohio Lucille Zickafoose South Charleston three brothers Nelson West Covina Millard Los Angeles and Carl Springfield Ohio and two grandchildren. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home after 4 p m Saturday for calling.
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Kermit T. Ford
Johnstown Road
Keyser-Bryant
Everett R. Shafer
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Ford
Beckley Hospital
Layland
William I
Rosanna Gwinn Ford
Beulah Dillon Ford
W. N. (Rose) Tench
Cocoa
Fla
Irma) Todd
Vienna
Virginia Burns
Mount Hope
Alice Ford
Springfield
Ohio
Lucille Zickafoose
South Charleston
Nelson
West Covina
Calif
Millard
Los Angeles
Carl
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
William Edward Maynor
Willis Branch
Tyree Funeral Home
Mount Hopy
Stephen Davis
Roanoke
Maynor
Cirtsville
Cittsville Methodist Church
Raleigh County
Dupee
Lyanne Maynor
Lena Belle Maynor
William L
Hawthorne
Jack E
Beckley
Virgil
Jewel) Brown
William
Mary) Nichols
el Paso
Texas
Nicholas
Nina) Orbender
Baltimore
Boyd C. Carter
Tyree
Jack Logan
Bedford
Myra Carter
James
Tucson
Ariz
Louis Lois Kincaid
Maxine Tolliver
Soulsville
Dewey Carter
Lilly Carter
Audrey Orange
Thaxton
Mill Creek
Obituary notices for Maynor Carter Day and Wipperman families
Funeral services are scheduled across several towns for William E. Maynor and Boyd C. Carter with burial in Maynor Cemetery and Blue Ridge Memorial. Additional notice names F. L. Day of Stephens on death and lists the Wipperman family in Mullens. Services set in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hopy and Mount Hope with multiple survivors and lengthy family listings.
Attack On Cutter Just A Mistake In Vietnam
UPI reports a mistaken air attack by U S Air Force planes on Coast Guard cutter Point Welcome off the Vietnamese coast. Two dead, five wounded, including captain. Chief Patterson, Swansboro NC, praised for guiding the ship under heavy fire. Pilot recognition hindered by altitude and cutter’s PT boat silhouette.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
North
South
Patterson
Chief Patterson
Bill Russell
Knoxville
Tenn
O’connor
Coast Guard
Point Caution
Robert J. la Forte
New London
SCLC Endorses Open Housing and Welfare Proposals
The organization urges Congress to restore open housing provisions to the civil rights bill, de-escalate the Vietnam War, and guarantee a $4,000 yearly family income. It accuses the House of bowing to real estate lobby racism and praises Title IV for using federal power to dismantle ghetto barriers. The Chicago Gage Park incidents highlight police brutality in the ghetto. The 1966 session left a bitter imprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCLC
Congress
U.S
House of Representatives
Gage Park
Chicago
Climbers Die While Attempting Meije Peak Climb
Three French climbers were killed Thursday while attempting to summit Mount Meije in the French Alps. The 13 143 foot peak tragedy occurred in Grenoble area as rescue efforts were launched.
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Grenoble
France
UPI
Meije
French Alps
Death of Leon F Stewart at 59 in Beckley Hospital
Leon Francis Stewart aged 59 of Glen Jean died at 1:20 a.m. in a Beckley hospital after an extended illness. Born March 25, 1907 in Thayer, he was a retired Alloy Metals Co. employee, a World War II veteran, and a member of Mount Hope Presbyterian Church. Survived by his wife Anne of Glen Jean, two brothers Bryson H. of Elk Horn City, Ky., and Robert E. Jr. of Orlando, Fla., three sisters Mrs. Joe L. Harvey of Glen Jean, Mrs. Clyde H. Whitt of Cerete, Ill., and Mrs. James E. Dorton of Oak Hill. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill pending arrangements.
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Leon Francis Stewart
Glen
Orlando
Fla
Joe L. Harvey
Glen Jean
Clyde H. Whitt
Cerete
Ill
James E. Dorton
Oak Hill
Tyree
Funeral service for William J. Cox in Dunns
William J. Cox, 76, of Dunns, will be held at 2 p m today at the Missionary Baptist Church in Dunns, with Rev. Robert Lilly officiating. Burial will follow in Cox Cemetery. He died at 5 p m Tuesday at his home after a short illness. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James Cox
Dunns
Missionary Baptist Church
Robert Lilly
Cox Cemetery
Rose and Quesenberry
Watson and Nelson Obituaries Highlight Media Pioneers
National obituaries report John O. Watson chief editorial writer for Hearst papers died of pneumonia at Trafalgar Hospital at age 64. Chicago notes Carl J. Nelson, who helped gauge public taste with Dr. George Gallup and later led Carl J. Nelson Research Inc, died after a long illness at age 60.
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New York
UPI
John O. Watson
Hearst
Trafalgar Hospital
Chicago
Carl J. Nelson
George Gallup
Carl J. Nelson Research Inc
Surgeon Dr. Joseph R. Shaeffer Dies at 62 in Texas
San Antonio report states Dr. Joseph R. Shaeffer internationally known surgeon and disaster medicine authority died Thursday at age 62. He was based in Texas and widely respected for humanitarian medical work and disaster response leadership.
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San Antonio, Tex
UPI
Joseph R. Shaeffer
Airlines Fight Over Wage Rates and Back‑to‑Work Powers
The article describes airline labor tensions with persistent wage disputes and a potential back‑to‑work mandate. Motions seek President triggered orders, while Congress debates authority. The administration labels the disruption a major inconvenience, not a national emergency, despite 60 percent flight grounding. A House panel backs Senate language to compel strikers to return for up to 180 days, with staged steps: 30 days by Congress, then a presidential board and up to 60 and 90 additional days.
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Congress
House Committee
Senate
Beatles Open 14 Day US Tour Amid Controversy
Britain's Beatles begin a 14 day American tour as John Lennon apologizes for saying the group is more popular than Jesus. He clarifies his remark while the band faces mixed reactions including radio bans and a record burning. Teen enthusiasm surrounds their Chicago arrival despite the controversy.
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Brenda W. Rotzoll
Chicago
UPI
Britain
Beatles
John Lennon
Jesus
John
South
Indiana
London
Pan American World Airways
O'Hare International
Liverpool
Gemini 11 Crew To Take Record Ride In Space
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon target a September 9 launch for an 862 mile high mission. They will perform a first orbit rendezvous with the Agena target rocket, ride back to Earth with onboard computer guidance, and Gordon will conduct a spacewalk and tether the Agena to Gemini 11, then trigger a controlled cartwheel maneuver to study orbital stability. The 71 hour flight, nearly doubling Gemini 10’s distance, marks one of the final Gemini missions.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Charles Conrad
Richard Gordon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space
Atlas
Gemini
Conrad
Gordon
Earth
Apollo
Moon
Navy
Heat's On Cops In Windy City
Chicago police faced civil unrest and Supreme Court restraint in July, with 64 resignations, 37 of them ineligible for pensions. Superintendent Orlando W. Wilson blamed riot duty and court rulings for the large quits, noting many left for higher pay and citing limits on interrogation due to prisoner rights.
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Chicago
UPI
Supreme Court
Orlando W. Wilson
Chicago Police Board
Federal taxes eyed to finish 41,000 mile highway network
Washington reports the Public Works Committee warned the interstate system may cost $51.2 billion with completion by 1973, nine months behind schedule. The highway trust fund could fall $6 billion short, prompting possible diesel and fuel tax increases as the federal and state shares remain 90 and 10 percent respectively.
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Washington
UPI
Public Works Committee
Highway Trust Fund
Johnson
House
Striking Flights Redirect Passengers to Prestwick and Europe
The strike disrupts US bound travel with rerouting to Prestwick Scotland and continental Europe. TWA customers receive 100 dollar 30 day interest free loans while stranded in London. Thos Cook says Europe tourism impact limited. Washington reports little effect on tourist traffic and business travel remains via shuttle services. Congress requests for seats surge as airlines cope with fewer flights. A travel agency notes surge in funeral transport requests, possibly in error. A columnist suggests treating unemployed hostesses to lunch, without much public uptake.
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New York
Prestwick
Scotland
Europe
Canada
TWA
London
Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd
Worldwide Travel Agency
Washington
American Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Boston
State Election Meeting Called
State Election Committee to meet next Wednesday to probe Kanawha County irregularities and statewide voter registration. Secretary Robert Bailey stated a compilation of model codes from other states will be reviewed. Indicted Kanawha official John Burkett faces suspension as Gov. Smith notes normal procedure. Aug. 26 hearing date set for Burkett and 11 co-defendants.
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Charleston
UPI
State Election Committee
Robert Bailey
Kanawha County
Bailey
Olin J. Barrows
Grantsville
W. Graham Smith Jr
Williamson
Stanley Preiser
Claire Hewitt
Richwood
State Liquor Commission
John Burkett
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
William Thompson
Burkett
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Allegheny
Justice of the Peace
Thomas F. Wilson
Beaver County
John J. Smith
Youngstown
Ralph A. Sposetta Jr
Leetonia
John J. Jones
Sebring
Clifford R. Stone Jr
Vanport
Steadman P. Beighley
Rochester
Gaylord F. Gradel
Monaca
John Hrusovski
Norman V. McCray
East Rochester
George Freck
Scott Cope
William Douglas
Charles Stemberski
Ambridge
Korean Communist Party
Off
Venezuela Coast
San Juan
Venezuela
Gardner Ackley
President
Orbiter
William E. Maynor
F. L
Pete) Day
Stephenson
Mullens Hospital
Clayton
Jane Day
Cora Wipperman
David
Don
Cleveland
Edward
Hinton
Douglas
Atlanta
Jimmy
Marcella Thornquest
Melbourne
Jodean Perry
Huntington
Loretta Wilson
Cullman
Ala
Rosemary Sloan
Sam Fogle
Nease and
Neely
Mullens
David O'Connor
Cambridge
Dany
Davis
Davis Oil
Martin Senour
Main Street
Foster Hardware
Leon F. Stewart
William J. Cox
Airlines
Lennon
William Wordsworth
Windy City
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