Australians' decisive Delta battle tops night war news
Australian troops repelled a Viet Cong ambush on a Mekong Delta rubber plantation in a three hour clash that left 213 Viet Cong dead and the Australians claiming the war's biggest victory. U S jets sank their 18th MIG in air battles near Hanoi. President Johnson began a three day upstate New York tour highlighting progress against Great Lakes pollution and announced a Lake Erie pollution control project under the 1965 act.
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Saigon
U.S
North Viet Nam
Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Johnson
New York
Great Lakes
Niagara Square
Cleveland
Toledo
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Rand Development Corp
Oal
Beckley College substitute policy and local queries
Beckley College struggles to hire substitutes when teachers are absent, aiming to keep classes going but noting college needs differ from high school staffing. Other Q A topics cover local laws on riding within city limits, inter library loans, Roy Richardson’s presidency of the Raleigh County Singing Convention, blueprint reading at the college, and ink stain removal guidance.
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Beckley College
John Saunders
Roy Richardson, Jr
Raleigh County
Elmer Hawley
Richardson
Beckley
Raleigh County Public Library
C. H. Graham
Mary Nell Godbey
County Home
Cooperative Extension Office
Obscene Letters To Luci And A Threat Plot Arrest
FBI agents arrested Leonard Fairorth 26 of Philadelphia on 27 federal counts including threats to President Johnson and Gov. Scranton plus sending obscene letters to Luci Nugent and others. He faced arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Edward Furia and potential penalties totaling up to 20 years per count.
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UPI
FBI
City Health Department
Johnson
Luci
Leonard Fairorth
Fairorth
U.S
Edward W. Furia
Air Force Reserve
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Faiforth
Luci Nugent
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Frances Knight
United States Passport Office
Viet Nam
Muhlenburg College
Allentown
Philadelphia Health Department
Hoover
Secret Service
House
Michael J. Lesko
Pat Nugent
White House
Kathleen Carter
Arlington
National
Showers Possible in Beckley and Vicinity Forecast
Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers or thunder showers today tonight and Saturday. High today 81, low 63, high Saturday in the upper 70s. Airport conditions show 83 high in last 24 hours and 63 low. river gauges indicate Greenbrier slightly above normal and muddy, Lake normal and cloudy with 3.3 gates open. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures 84-63 in the south and 80-56 in the north with showers about Sunday and Wednesday totaling three quarters of an inch or more.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
China Lake
Calif
Pellston
Mich
West Virginia
Mullens Man Killed on Kitty Hawk
Mullens gunner's mate second class Larry Clinton Brewster, 26, was killed in a missile room accident aboard the U.S. Kitty Hawk anchored at San Francisco. Funeral services are planned Monday in Cover.
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Mullens
KNS
Navy Department
Larry Clinton Brewster
San Francisco
Calif
Six Jailed During House Hearing News In Brief
A roundup of brief World items notes a missing radi um vial found to be absent in Pittsburgh area. Edward E Bittner in Mercy Hospital after a failed jail escape attempt near Allegheny County jail. Byrne approves Naval Station Sugar Grove housing. Nevada Gaming Commission probes casino profits. Kinoy removed from House Un American Activities hearing. Carter wedding events and Rockefeller family notes. Viet Cong aid bill protests lead to six arrests at House hearing.
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Pittsburgh
Texas
New York
Edward E. Bittner
Mercy Hospital
Allegheny County
Bittner
U.S
Robert C Byrd
Naval Radio
Sugar Grove
Congress
Nevada Gaming Commission
Commission
Milton Keefer
House
House Committee On UN
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
W. Averel Harman
U. S
Harriman
Washington
UPI
Committee On Un-American Activities
James D. Hittle
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Viet Nam
Hittle
Youth Against
Hiltie
VFW
Child Dies After Being Struck By Car in Charleston
A 6-year-old Charleston boy, Richard A Grow, died shortly after midnight at a local hospital after being struck by a car near his home Thursday night. Authorities identified him as the son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Grow. Details of the accident were not immediately available.
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Charleston
UPI
Richard A. Grow
Clyde Grow
Lunar Orbiter Pictures Puzzle Scientists In Pasadena
UPI reports space scientists puzzled by a marked image quality drop in Lunar Orbiter photos of the moon. The potential camera malfunction could be progressive, threatening the Orbiter 1 mission. Site zero images showed craters and valleys, raising concerns for future manned landings.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
U.S
Clifford R. Nelson
Bowen
Lunar Orbiter
Lunar
Nelson
A-l
Morgantown Group Forms to Promote Constitutional Amendments
A Morgantown meeting formed the Bipartisan Committee for Constitutional Revision to educate the public on five November constitutional amendments. The group plans direct mail and local media outreach and hopes to spark similar committees statewide with the aim of garnering support and discussion.
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Morgantown
Bipartisan
Committee For
West Virginia University Political Science
Thomas Drake
Warrent Moss
Vasquez Heart Pump Removed
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez, a Mexico City beautician, had a heart pump designed by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey removed in a 20 minute local anesthesia procedure. Tests showed her heart could take over pumping duties, first time since device insertion on Aug. 8.
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Houston
UPI
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez
Mexico City
Where is Cotton White in EDA contact note
Cotton White of the Economic Development Administration is requested to call 253 3321 ext 56. The message specifies a direct phone contact for follow up.
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The
Economic Development Administration
Airlines Vote On Latest IAM Contract Offer
Washington sources say strik ing airline machinists vote today on a new contract to end the 44 day walkout. IAM leadership cautiously optimistic, though locals remain uncommitted. Most of 35400 machinists and ground crews worked other jobs during the strike and may not feel the pinch. Some independents show testy mood though the proposal meets most original demands. Results expected tonight.
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Washington
UPI
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Viet Nam Bound Sgt Dies After Mugging
West Virginia Army Sergeant Sgt. J. C. Boyd R. Abshire, 47, son of Carl Abshire of Martinsburg, W. Va., died after being beaten and robbed of 54 dollars near the waterfront while en route to Viet Nam. A cab driver found him wandering and he told of the attack before dying at a hospital. His last assignment was with the U S Army Garrison Service Company at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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San Francisco
UPS
Viet Nam
J. C. Boyd R. Abshire
Carl Abshire
Martinsburg
W. Va
Abshire
U. S. Army Garrison Service Company
Fort Bragg
N. C
Planes Spray Dallas in Fight Against Encephalitis
Three Air Force planes from Langley VA sprayed $40,000 worth of insecticide over Dallas County for three hours daily covering about 500 square miles in a week. The effort targets St. Louis encephalitis amid 88 suspected and 65 confirmed cases in 18 days, with three deaths. Dr Hal J Dewlett called the operation a safe fast method, as there is no cure for the disease.
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Dallas
API
Air Force
Langley Air Force Base
St. Louis
Hal J. Dewlett
Biracial Teams To Test Real Estate Offices In Chicago
Dr Martin Luther King organized biracial teams to test 100 Chicago real estate offices for open occupancy pledges. If dealers fail, a major Sunday demonstration is planned in Marquette Park near Daley’s residence amid rival rallies by Nazi and states rights groups. King warned that failures could trigger intensified demonstrations and scheduled a strategy meeting to plan further actions.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King
Bridgeport
Richard J. Daley
Daley
King
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Marquette Park
J. B. Stoner
National States Rights Party
Augusta
Stoner
Rockwell
States Rights Party
Negro group backs Wallace for governor after integration stance
In Birmingham a Negro organization the West Jefferson Coordinating Council says it will support Mrs George Wallace for governor this year. It praises Gov Wallace for his unintentional help in integration and notes the Negroes will strive to keep the Wallaces in office another term. Signed by Blevins Stout president.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
George Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
West Jefferson
Blevins ‘Stout
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