U.S. Backed Down On U N Peacekeeping Payments
The United States ceded its hard line on paying UN peacekeeping costs, signaling a gradual end to the financial crisis. Arthur J. Goldberg announced Washington would not press for fines or vote-loss over arrears, while warning against a double standard. The move weakens General Assembly authority and foreshadows tougher financing debates ahead.
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United Nations
N. Y
UPI
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
France
U. N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
U.N
Goldberg
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
Washington
World Organization
U.S
Soviet Bloc
Ting
Russia
Assembly
World Court
Congress Farm Bill Is Before The House
The farm bill faced the House with chances improved after a plan to drop a bread price hike provision. Democratic leaders and Agri culture Secretary Freeman agreed to remove the controversial subsidy increase, routing extra funds from treasury to spare housewives. Eisenhower held talks with GOP leaders ahead of a Thursday tent meeting on his Pennsylvania farm.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Treasury
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Pennsylvania
GOP
Cass Scenic Railroad Improvement Bids Opened
Bids were opened today on improvements to the Cass Scenic Railroad in Pocahontas County part of a $23.9 million state park project to extend the old logging line up Bald Knob from Cass.
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Cass
Charleston
UPI
Cass Scenic Railroad
Pocahontas County
Bald Knob
Beckley Area Weather Update and Regional Extremes
Beckley and vicinity face continued heat and humidity with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers this evening and 50 percent on Wednesday. Highs near 89 and lows around 68, with no precipitation recorded in the last 24 hours. River conditions show Greenbrier low and clear, Lake normal and clear, new gauge at Hinton reported. Nearby extremes note Imperial California high of 108 and Butte Montana low of 41.
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Beckley and Vicinity
Greenbrier
Hinton
Imperial
Calif
Butte, Mont
Mullens Man Wins Raleigh Register Horseshoe Tourney
Bill Vaughn of Mullens captured the Raleigh Register Horseshoe Tournament title, the only man to win the annual event twice, defeating defending champion Gilmer Ayers 4-1 in a shortened match after Ayers left due to hospitalization. Ayers and Don Marshall won the doubles title, while Loving Burns of Beckley won the women’s crown.
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Little Beaver Lake
Bill Vaughan
of Mullens
Gilmer Ayers
Bill Vaughn
Mullens
Vaughn
Ayers
Don Marshall
Loving Burns
Beckley
Eccles
Marshall
Mabscott
Howard Green
Don Pugh
Miss Burns
Pauline Haga
Vaugh
Medics Inspect Gordie And Pete Before Historic Flight
Gemini-5 twins Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad prepare for the 109-foot Titan-2 launch from Cape Kennedy at 10 a.m. EDT to begin what would be the nation’s fifth and sixth space flights of 1965. Final Medical exams were completed with weather the main concern as countdown nears T minus two days.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
Merritt Preston
Space Agency
Two Girls Chosen as Cape Kennedy Messengers
In Charleston two Women’s Job Corps Center members Shirley Ballard and Margarete Comer, both Greensboro residents, were picked to serve as news center messengers for Gemini One. They depart today and return Saturday. Further selections include two girls from St. Petersburg, Florida, for similar duties.
Watts Riots Subside Amid Still Sporadic Violence
Violence in Watts and surrounding Southern California areas eased as National Guardsmen held the line after six days of rioting that left 34 dead 856 injured and nearly 200 million in damage. Snipers and firebombers continued in Watts but appeared to be diminishing.
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Watts
Los Angeles
Negro Watts
Detroit
Eisenhower Backs Tough Line After Los Angeles Riots
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower denounced the Los Angeles race riots as senseless violence and warned of growing lawlessness nationwide. He spoke after a breakfast meeting with House Republican leaders, urging stronger respect for law and order and a review of moral standards.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
United States
Eisenhower
House
Inside the Watts Riots Shopkeeper Describes Burning Store
A Los Angeles riot report follows shopkeeper Harry Loeb, owner of 1711 South 103rd Street, whose 35 year family business in Watts was incinerated by a mob. The piece, by Al Kuettner, offers the street view of death, fire, and crime from inside the devastated district.
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Los Angeles
UPI
al Kuettner
United States
Watts
No. 1711
Harry Loeb
South 103Rd St
Loeb
Humphrey Delays Speech to Hear West Virginia Youth
Vice President Hubert Humphrey postponed his keynote at the VFW National Convention in Chicago to let Huntington West Virginia High School graduate Charles H. Goodrich finish his Voice of Democracy speech on the Challenge of Citizenship. Humphrey praised the young speaker and the program amid mentions of National Guardsmen and concerns over democracy.
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Chicago
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
West Virginia
Charles H. Goodrich
Huntington
W. Va
Humphrey
Goodrich
VFW
Voice of Democracy
Charles
Manry Nears Goal in 3200-Mmile Atlantic Crossing
In Falmouth England Robert Manry nears port in the 13.5 foot Tinkerbelle after an 11 week solo crossing of the Atlantic 3200 miles from Massachusetts. His wife and children sail toward him as thousands in Falmouth greet the tiny sailboat and Coast Guard observers estimate the vessel 14 miles offshore awaiting final approach.
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Falmouth
England
UPI
Robert Manry
Atlantic
Manry
Manny
Virginia
Tinkerbelle
John Riding
Newport
R. I
Riding
Mass
Plymouth
Spain
Azores
Bermuda
Bodies Debris Found After Lake Michigan Jet Crash
Coast Guard crews recovered four bodies as debris and oil washed ashore near Highland Park and Winnetka. The downed New York to Chicago United Air Lines Boeing 727 carried 30 aboard, with Federal investigators joining Civil Aeronautics Board in probing the disaster amid bad radio conditions and stormy seas.
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Chicago
UPD
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Lake Forest
Winnetka
Woodbine
United Air Lines
Pope May Have Ulcer Slows Papal Recovery
Castel Gandolfo Italy Pope Paul VI may be suffering a small ulcer that is slowing his recovery from overexertion according to a high Vatican source.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Wreck Claims Third Victim In Lens Creek Crash
A Hernshaw accident on U S 119 at Lens Creek Mountain Aug 6 killed three people and injured others. The victims are truck driver Robert Casto 42 of Elkview Franklin Workman 20 of Marmet and Herbert Terry Hudnall 24 of Marmet who died today from injuries. The state's 1965 highway toll reached 270, compared with 277 last year.
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Charleston
UPI
Hernshaw
Herbert Terry Hudnall
Marmet
U. S. 119
Lens Creek Mountain
Robert Casto
Elkview
Franklin Workman
Viet Cong Attack Near Da Nang. 200 Reported Killed
U S Marines south of Da Nang repelled a night assault by Viet Cong shouting Yankee you die and Yankee go home. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi said about 200 Viet Cong were killed with operation still ongoing. Viet Nam Press tallies week totals at 1330 killed 148 captured 2375 defected. government losses 214 killed 64 missing. No Marine casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Stroy
Viet Nam Press
Strategic Air Command
Fall From Tree Swing Kills Boy in St Albans
ST ALBANS UP I Thomas N Barrows 17 died from a broken neck after falling from a tree swing onto rocks by Coal River He had been swinging with about two dozen companions and slipped striking his head on rocks at the water s edge He was pulled ashore but died. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Wendall M Barrows.
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ST Albans
UPI
Thomas N. Barrows
St. Albans
Coal River
Barrows
Wendall M. Barrows
AC and F Strike Ends at Huntington Plant
A week long walkout at American Car and Foundry in Huntington concluded as most of the 1,100 workers resumed duties Monday. Union officials reported high return rates and resumed production across the plant.
Quick Action Saves Youth In Pool Mishap
Charleston report says 16 year old David C Ball of Hurricane Putnam County was saved by pool manager Bill Maxwell after a dive into shallow water left him unconscious at Camp Virgil Tate. Ball received mouth to mouth resuscitation and began breathing minutes later. He remained in satisfactory condition at a local hospital.
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Charleston
UPI
David C. Ball
Hurricane
Putnam County
Ball
Camp
Virgil Tate
Bill Maxwell
Family of Four Murdered in New Vacation Cabin
In Crestline California a family of four plus their dog were killed by rifle fire in a newly built mountain cabin. James A. Boles 41 an aeronautical engineer his wife Darlene 37 and sons Bob 15 Tom 12 were found at the San Moritz Chalet area about 15 miles east of San Bernardino. The coroner said the killings occurred last Saturday with all victims shot numerous times and the dog also killed.
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Crestline
Calif
UPI
James A. Boles
Darlene
Bob
Tom
San Moritz
San Bernardino
San Bernardino County
A. J. McCann
East Panhandle Pushes East West Road Idea
Gov Hulett C Smith and State Road Commissioner Burl A Sawyers met Martinsburg leaders backing an east west highway through the Eastern Panhandle as part of a Charleston to Washington route via I 79 Weston and Buckhannon Elkins Petersburg Moorefield to I 81 The group cited three WV centered alternatives from Moorefield toward Winchester Martinsburg via routes 220 50 and WV 45 and a path to Martinsburg via 220 50 and W Va 45 with a Virginia corner.
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Martinsburg
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Burl A. Sawyers
Panhandle
Charleston
Washington
Weston
Buckhannon
Elkins
Petersburg
Moorefield
Strasburg
Berkeley
Morgan, Jefferson
Hampshire
Sawyers
Martinsburg - Berkeley County
Bolt Three Forks Road Bids Sought
State Road Commission will open bids August 31 for six projects totaling about 9.4 million dollars. Major items include 3,069 miles of Interstate 79 from MecWhorter to Lost Creek in Harrison County and two bridges over the back channel of the Ohio River for Interstate 70 in Ohio County. Other work includes W V 99 from Three Forks to Bolt, Sec 32 and 322 near Grassy Creek, U S 219 near Midland to Elkins, and U S 52 between Huntington and Wayne.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
MecWhorter
Lost Creek
Harrison County
Ohio River
Ohio County
Boone
Raleigh
Wyoming
W. Va
Three Forks
Bolt
Nicholas
Grassy Creek
Randolph
Midland
Elkins
Wayne
Huntington
Medicare Series Impresses Beckley SS Chief
Dwight Billings district manager of the Beckley Social Security office praised The Register series on new Medicare and Social Security laws as very informative. He ordered a copy for his library and noted the booklet costs $1. The 12th of 14 parts ran on Page 3 today, with photostatic copies being made for files.
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Dwight Billings
Beckley
Social Security
Register
Billings
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Ac&f
East Panhandle
Bolt Three Forks Road
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