Johnson says rigged Vietnam vote would alienate Americans
President Johnson warned Saigon leaders that a rigged election in South Vietnam would alienate the American people. Special envoys Gen Maxwell Taylor and Clark Clifford disclosed the message to Marshal Ky and Gen Nguyen van Thieu after their Asian trip. Clifford said the president believed honesty in the election was essential, despite wartime constraints.
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UPI
Johnson
Saigon
South Vietnam
Maxwell Taylor
Clark Clifford
Clifford
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Theiu
Taylor
Face the Nation
CBIS
Difford
Johnson allows new bombing targets in North Vietnam
President Johnson authorized U S air strikes on targets in North Vietnam previously off limits. Saigon reports say fighter bombers hit inside a 25 mile border zone closer to China, suggesting policy change.
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Washington
UPS
North Vietnam
U.S
Johnson
Action
Saigon
Phil G. Goulding
Defense
U.S. Bombers Hit Rail Bridges Near Lang Son Again
American bombers attacked vital North Vietnamese railroad targets within 10 miles of the Chinese border for a second day, aiming to disrupt war material flow from Red China. The Lang Son bridge collapsed in a V shape. another southern span was damaged. Hundreds of boxcars were destroyed or damaged in the area, a high daily total this year. President Johnson personally approved the strikes as Adm. Sharp pressures the Pentagon on Haiphong mining.
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Ky. Cung River
Washington
Johnson
Pee
U.S
Grant Sharp
Pacific
Senate
Sharp
Haiphong Harbor
Congo Mobutu Intervenes as Kinshasa Embassy Sacked
UPI reports Congo mob sacked the Belgian embassy in Kinshasa and burned furniture and fires on the sidewalk until President Mobutu and Foreign Minister Bomboko intervened. Mobutu urged an immediate stop to the demonstration and a return to work as party supporters caused destruction. An American resident nearby was reportedly beaten by the mob.
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UPI
Kinshasa
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Justin Bomboke
Revolutionary Party
Popular Revolutionary Movement Party
Washington
Collision Kills Two in West Virginia Ohio Car Crash
Georgetown Ohio report from UPI states Phillip H. Withrow 23 of Seth West Virginia and James W. Sexton 50 of Ironton were killed in a two car collision on U S 52 west of Manchester in Adams County. Officers said one driver was left of center at the time of the crash.
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Georgetown
Ohio
UPI
Phillip H. Withrow
Seth
W. Va
James W. Sexton
Ironton
U. S. 52
Manchester
Adama County
Weather Update For Beckley And Vicinity
Partly cloudy today with a high near 74. Tonight mostly fair and cooler with a low around 50. Tuesday will be fair and slightly warmer with a chance of rain from this afternoon through tomorrow. River and lake conditions show Greenbrier low and clear and Lake normal and clear. Five day forecast notes below normal temperatures across West Virginia with daytime highs near 80 and mountain highs around 70s, lows 52 to 60, with showers expected Thursday.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
Death Valle Calif
Pellston
Mich
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Lenore Boy Rescued After 24 Hour Well Ordeal
Leonard Boyce, 15, was rescued after 24 hours trapped in a sandslone well near Lenore. He suffered frostbite to all ten toes and minor injuries but is reported eating well and expected to go home in a few days. Relatives and rescuers aided through the night as a safety helmet and wooden shielding kept him safe during the collapse-riddled ordeal.
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Williamson Memorial Hospital
Ward Howell
James Wol‘ford
Wiliamson
Navy
Ben
Leonard
Faye
Skies Over Raleigh County Air Show Attracts Hundreds
The Flight Breakfast air show at Raleigh County Memorial Airport drew about 500 attendees from Michigan Virginia Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Skydivers Jerry Humphries and Bob Torian and pilot Bob Kosnoski showcased jumps and tours amid displays of the Dilts Special gyrocopter and a helicopter.
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Bob Torian
Lynchburg
Bob Kosnoski
New River Flying Club
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
NAACP leader labels Byrd racist over call for brute force
Herbert Henderson, head of the West Virginia NAACP, urged Gov. Hulett C. Smith to repudiate Sen. Robert Byrd for urging force against rioters. He called Byrd the most rabid racist in Congress, citing violence and bigotry amid tense race riots and a lack of comment from the governor.
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UPI
West Virginia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Hulett C. Smith
Robert Co. Byrd
D-W. Va
U.S. Congress
Herbert Henderson
Byrd
Henderson
Robert C. Byrd
Sen
U. S
Detroit
National
Johnson pushes 10 percent tax increase in Congress
The Johnson administration opened its drive in Congress for a 10 percent tax hike to fund the costly Vietnam War. Treasury Secretary Fowler testified that the rise is a vital measure of fiscal responsibility amid war costs, as top aides Ackley Schultze and others defended the plan against an uphill political climate.
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UPI
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House
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Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
W. Gardner Ackley
Presidential ‘Economic Council
Tthe
Southeast Asia
West Virginia to Open Bids on Five Surfacing Projects
The West Virginia State Road Commission will open bids August 29 for five road surfacing projects across Boone Fayette Greenbrier Pocahontas Randolph and Wyoming counties. About 24 miles of road will be improved including Long Creek Road W V 219 US 250 and Oceana Madison Road. State funds will finance the work.
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Boone County
Long Creek Road
Fayette County
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Greenbrier County
Pocahontas County
Randolph County
Moore Still Mum On Decision At West Virginia Rally
Rep Arch Moore Jr refused to disclose his gubernatorial decision at a Republican rally in Welch West Virginia. Speaker Taft Jr urged voters to back Moore noting leadership in the state while Moore criticized the current administration for broken promises and lack of new industry.
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Rep
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Taft
Vietnam
West
Svirsk Leaves Dairen After Sino Soviet Clash
A Russian freighter the Svirsk sailed from Dairen with heavy damage after three days of clashes with Red Guards. Crew resisted assaults by Chinese militants who seized crew, damaged radio gear and vandalized the ship. Premier Kosygin warned China to release the captain and restore trade, signaling a rare Beijing retreat in Moscow Pekin tensions.
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UPI
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Red Guard
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Mao
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Chou En-lai
Kosygin
Peking
Soviet Union
Darien
Viktor Korzhov
Red Guards
Nikolai Ivanjov
Korzhov
Krozhov
Ivanov
Bears Kill Two Teen Girls in Glacier Park Attacks
In Glacier National Park two bears fatally mauled two 19 year old girls during separate weekend trips. Rangers shot two bears but could not determine if they were the attackers. Authorities planned to question four witnesses and the surviving youth to determine what occurred.
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Glacier National Park
UPI
Juliet Helegson
Albert Lea
Minn
Michelle Koons
San Diego
Calif
Keith Nielson
Bear Attack Horrifies Campers at Glacier Park
At a Glacier National Park camp, a killer bear fatally mauled Denise Koons and wounded Michelle Helegson and Roy Ducat. Campers Ray Noseck and Ronald Noseck Paul Dunn aided peers by climbing trees as the bear dragged Koons away. Deputy coroner Dave Cutler described fatal wounds and the others’ injuries.
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Perrysburg
Hio
Koons
Michelle
Dave Cutler
Flathead
Helegson
Cutter
Numbers of U S and West Virginia military dead in 1967
Records from the Office of the Adjutant General in Charleston show 1967 totals through Aug 3 of 5 625 U S Armed Forces deaths including 92 from West Virginia. The text also includes trivia and opinions on schools and youth, plus a reader letter about a new high school.
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West
NSA aided CIA budget operation revealed 1952 to 1967
NSA president W Eugene Groves disclosed in a report to the 20th National Student Congress that the National Student Association received over 3.3 million dollars from 1952 to February 1967 as an intelligence and operations wing for the CIA. He said CIA support included much of the NSA budget and staff safety from McCarthy era pressures.
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Groves
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McCarthy
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