U S Aid To The Congo Stepped Up Sea
The United States moves to speed up delivery of up to 6.6 million in military aid to the Congo to aid Premier Moise Tshombe against rebels. Washington reviews plans to ship arms, with Belgium ready to supply further aid, as policy makers weigh how deeply to engage in Congo’s instability.
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Four Transports Arrive to Aid Congo Fight
Four U S Air Force C130 transports landed at Leopoldville with 106 personnel including 42 Rangers to support Premier Tshombe against rebels. G Mennen Williams, U S assistant secretary of state, arrived to discuss aid while Sen Stennis warned the move could draw the Congo into an African Viet Nam.
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UPI
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D-Miss
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Joseph S.clark
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Jacob K
Armed Robbers Take 80000 at Kennedy Airport Payroll
Four armed men in a white car forced American Airlines cashier John Young to open the hangar safe at Kennedy Airport. They stole $63,000 in cash and $20,000 in checks from the payroll delivered Thursday by an armored car. Police reported the 6 am incident.
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Seven U S Airmen Die In Japan Plane Crash
A KB50 refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain 170 miles northeast of Tokyo at dusk, killing seven U S airmen. Four crewmen parachuted to safety as disaster workers recovered the bodies. The Thursday incident involved U S military personnel.
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Cold snap keeps WV in deep freeze across state
A frigid air mass sweeping from Canada pushed West Virginia to near record lows Thursday night with more cold expected tonight. Charleston posted a record low of 47 degrees early today, breaking the date’s prior mark of 50 set in 1930.
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Beckley WV Weather Forecast and Readings
Cloudy and cool conditions with a high of 66 this afternoon and a low around 47 tonight. Saturday brings more cloudiness with a chance of showers, high in the upper 60s. Beckley reporting 65 at 3 p.m. and a low of 43 in the last 24 hours with no precipitation and light winds. Greenbrier notes show muddy conditions and a gauge at Hinton reading 1.7 feet. Five day outlook calls for temperatures 4 to 6 degrees below normal, with one inch of rainfall mainly on Sunday and a mix of warmer and cooler days into midweek.
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Jons Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Raise For Everyone Except President Federal Pay Hike Signed By Alvin Spivak
Alvin Spivak signs a federal pay raise bill granting increases for most government workers while explicitly exempting the presidency. The measure aims to address widening pay gaps and boost morale across departments, with effective dates pending implementation details.
Copter Pilot Death May Have Saved Hundreds
A U S Army helicopter pilot 1st Lt Harold L McNeil of Mt Pleasant Texas was killed by a 50 caliber Viet Cong machine gun hit during a 96 helicopter attack at Ap Bo Cang village. His death prompted an air landing plan shift saving other troops and the battle ended today. In Washington President Johnson signed a $558 million federal pay raise bill boosting pay for civilian workers except the President. The measure raises salaries for about 1.7 million workers, with retroactive effects and staggered start dates for Congress and other officials.
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Mt. Pleasant
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50 000 Purged From Relief Roll
CHARLESTON UPI The State Welfare Department pruned over 50,000 persons from the caseload as a PR program nears its third year. Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith released a report noting results and saying ineligible removals strengthen remaining aid. The purge cut cash grants by almost 4.3 million in one year, with many ineligibles tied to surplus food commodities in 1957-61.
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PSC Weighs Bus Proposal
The Public Service Commission considered Greyhound Lines plan to transfer the Charleston Beckley service to another firm amid union warnings of a potential strike. A letter from the Motor Coach Employee Union and a union attorney highlighted the strike threat at a Thursday hearing.
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Four Escape In 65th Mingo County Jailbreak
WILLIAMSON UPI four inmates escaped the Mingo County jail by digging a hole in a second floor wall and dropping ten feet to the ground. Identified were Robert Gibson of Wharnecliffe Eugene Fuller of Gilbert Columbus Ooten of Lenore and Isaac Ellis of Verner. It was the third breakout from the old Brock structure this year and the 65th in 60 years as a new jail is under construction nearby.
Man Charged In Double Murder Dies Of Stroke
A Wyoming County man out on bail in a June double slaying died in a Mullens hospital from a stroke suffered Thursday night. Dave Lester, 75, awaited grand jury action for the shootings of Hilda Jane Ross, 49, and Cecil Cook, 53, who were killed in front of Ross’s home on June 1 during an apparent argument. Sheriff Lelan Phillips said Lester admitted the shootings.
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RNS
Wyoming
Mullens
Dave Lester
Hilda Jane Ross
Cecil Cook
Lelan Phillips
Lester
Lumberman Fatally Struck by Tree in Preston County
Herbert Clarence Miller, 52, of Bruceton Mills, a Preston County lumberman for Interstate Lumber Co., died Thursday when a falling tree struck a smaller tree and kicked back on him. This marks the second fatal lumbering accident in the area this summer, following an earlier similar death.
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UPI
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Interstate Lumber Co
UN Wins No Fighting Pledge In Kokkina Scene
UN reports a promise of no firing at Kokkina while admitting inability to seize control of Nicosia. Gen Thimayya stated assurances from both sides but warned of unrest as Greek Cypriots block UN patrols near Kokkina. The cap of tension centers on the green line and the fragile cease-fire on Cyprus.
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Young GOP Fund Raising Dinner in Beckley Hotel
Raleigh County Young Republicans plan a fund raising dinner on Saturday August 22 at 6 30 p m in the Beckley Hotel ballroom. Former Gov Cecil Underwood GOP gubernatorial candidate will be the principal speaker. Ticket chairman is County Clerk C O Smitty Smith.
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Cecil Underwood
Beckley Hotel
Reginald (Glida) Meyers
C. O. “Smitty’ Smith
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Floyd M.sayre
Nut on waitress finger prompts five firemen call
In Los Angeles a bartender and friends joke ends with a cock tail waitress wearing a nut on her finger as a mock wedding ring. Fire Capt. Robert Dove and four firefighters use thread to compress flesh and remove the nut, while witnesses note the unusual rescue.
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Reapportionment Debate Raises National Tension
West Virginia officials and lawmakers joined national figures in a high stakes dispute over state legislative reapportionment as Congress races toward adjournment. House Rules Committee backed a bill to bar federal court rulings on state apportionment, while Senate Republicans sought a two year delay of the Supreme Court decision amid a city versus rural power struggle. Byrd and fellow WV officials pressed for the importance of local officials programs during a national gathering.
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Johnson veers off script at White House speech
President Johnson departed from the prepared text addressing 77 college presidents and land grant leaders. He spoke on federal state relations and education, then fired indirect jabs at Goldwater over centralization, while joking about central authority and military decisions.
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Barry M. Goldwater
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Ohio Youth Is 271st W.Va. Road Fatality
A single car crash near Williamstown in West Virginia killed Randy Eugene Turner, 17, of Marietta, Ohio, just before midnight Thursday. Four passengers were injured, and the death raised West Virginia's road toll for the year to 271.
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UPI
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W. Va
Space Snuggies Tested For Hot Weather Wear
Houston. The Manned Spacecraft Center and United Aircrafts Hamilton Standard Division are testing water cooled long underwear called space snuggies. Two Bayl or University medical doctors will wear them this weekend in Austin during driver tests to measure cooling under competition stress. Astronauts of the future may wear these on space trips perhaps to the moon.
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Moon
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Cosmos 37 Launch adds to space talk in USSR
Moscow reports Cosmos 37, the latest unmanned satellite in the exploratory series, equipped with scientific instruments and transmitting data as speculation grows about a manned space spectacular with two or three astronauts. Tass notes the program began March 16, 1962 and continues intermittently.
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UPI
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Earth
Remodeling Begins At Memorial Building For YMCA Use
Remodeling of the Raleigh County Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Building into YMCA use started today with seats and fixtures removed from the auditorium. Means Lumber Co of Beckley estimates the auditorium remodeling at $900 as their workers begin work on the floor, a spokesman said.
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Beckley
IRS Blocks Monthly Tax Withholding Plan
The IRS moved to stop U S firms from withholding employees taxes in a single monthly amount. Premier Photo Service Inc. of Parkersburg, W Va, sought monthly withholding to ease payroll tracking and avoid weekly bookkeeping. Judge Charles F. Paul rejected the plan last month, and Acting IRS Commissioner Bertran M. Harding said bundling withholdings could violate the law and leave workers short cash in weeks taxes are withheld.
Rehabilitation Plan to Rehabilitate Rejected Soldiers
The Defense Department launches a November pilot to recruit men rejected for Army service due to mental or physical standards. Volunteers will enter a three year program of education, training and rehabilitation. About 11,000 will be in training at once, with 60,000 accepted over three years.
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