FDR Jr Rebuffs Run Against Byrd in West Virginia
Roosevelt Jr rejected a plan to enter West Virginia politics by challenging Senator Robert Byrd. Two independent groups sought the move to unseat Byrd, one of professional politicians and one of liberal Kanawha Democrats. He showed no interest and did not relocate a residence to the state. The discussions arose amid speculation that Robert Kennedy might shift to New York to run for Senate against Keating.
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Parachute Jumps Fail In 1000-Foot Fall At Eglin Air Base
Airman Michael D. Leonard of Lawler Iowa fell 1000 feet during a practice jump at Eglin Air Force Base Florida with two parachutes unopened. He escaped with a leg scratch after landing in a field. Sgt. Earl Maple aided and Leonard noted his watch still ran.
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Johnson asserts economy is strong in election year
President Johnson meets with 538 small business executives urging unity and civil rights support. He cites 4.6 million small firms, responsible for 40 percent of economic activity and 75 million livelihoods, urging leaders to promote growth and lawful order while stressing times are good.
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Johnson signs $46.7 billion defense bill amid call for new weapons
President Johnson signed a $46.7 billion defense appropriation to maintain U S world superiority in planes and missiles and fund research into new weapons including a possible death ray. The measure includes $52 million for advanced manned strategic aircraft design and $6.4 billion for weapon research, though $719 million below the president's budget.
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Weather forecast for Beckley area with warm humid conditions
The Beckley area will be partly cloudy and warm with higher humidity this afternoon reaching near 86. Tonight will be cloudy and mild with a low around 65. Saturday brings more heat and a risk of thunderstorms, highs near the mid 80s and winds from the southwest. River conditions on the Greenbrier are normal and clear, with new gauge readings at Hinton showing 1.7 feet. Five day outlook calls for temperatures about three degrees below normal, showers and thunderstorms likely Saturday and Sunday totaling a quarter to half inch.
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Italian Communist Leader Palmiro Togliatti Dies in Yalta
In Rome the Italian Communist Party announced that Palmiro Togliatti died in Yalta, Crimea at age 71 after a brain hemorrhage and complications following exploratory brain surgery eight days earlier. He was a top figure in international communism for four decades.
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Wheeling Holds 14 Year Fugitive
James Evan Marshall, 54, held without bond in Ohio County jail awaiting a fugitive warrant from Virginia. Marshall escaped 14 years ago from the Virginia Penitentiary in Richmond on Sept 6, 1950 while serving 18 years for murder and lived in Wheeling since 1950 under the name James Leigh. He indicated willingness to waive extradition but did not want to return to Virginia.
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Albany Ordered Not To Violate Negro Rights
Federal Judge J Robert Elliott barred Albany Georgia from arresting peaceful Negro picketers near city hall or denying parade permits for civil rights protests. The injunction, tied to a 1962 suit by Martin Luther King Jr and Albany Ne rves, also blocks police harassment of demonstrators and protects right to peaceful assembly. In Atlanta, a clash occurred during Lester Maddox restaurant desegregation hearings as he seeks stay of an injunction to integrate.
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Hoffa Support Maintains Union Unity Amid Court Appeals
Thirteen Teamster vice presidents and Secretary-Treasurer John F. English said they contemplated no move to oust James R. Hoffa as union president while his legal appeals run. Hoffa called the statement gratifying and said it proves there is no dissension in the union.
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West Virginia Road Death Toll Reaches 277
Preston County man C. M. Scaffer, 76, of Rowlesburg died after his compact car collided with a tractor trailer at the intersection of routes 72 and 26 on a rain slick road near Kingwood. The incident raised the state's traffic fatalities to 277 this year, up from 230 at the same point last year.
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Cuba Halts Foreign Purchases, Sets Sugar Ministry
Cuba orders overseas foreign trade reps to suspend further purchases and end letters of credit except for sugar and nickel sectors, a medical center, and other exemptions. The move follows reports of Cuba's strained finances and reassignments of several top economic ministers in recent weeks.
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N W Moves To Effect Merger
Norfolk and Western Railway begins steps to merge with Nickel Plate after ICC approval on November 17. The only remaining obstacle is Pennsylvania Railroad divesting its N W stock, with 30 days to disclose plans. N W president Herman H Pevier expects completion within a few months.
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Makarios Reneges On Blockade Won
United Nations pressed Cyprus President Makarios to honor an agreed blockade lift and end food and water restrictions. He reportedly reneged demanding reopening of the Nicosia Kyrenia road as a precondition. Galo Plaza cautioned Turkish Cypriots keep the road as their breathing space amid regional tensions. Defense minister Garouphalias arrived to press Makarios and curb Soviet aid requests. No casualties reported.
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Four Americans Among 100 Dead In Viet Nam Ambush
In a marshland ambush 45 miles southwest of Saigon, Communist Viet Cong forces killed and wounded large government units. More than 100 government soldiers died, including four Americans. nine captured. The clash occurred near Phu Tue after guerrillas overran a tiny outpost.
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Beckley Parking Poem Sparks Town Visit Lark
A Beckley visit by Mayor John W. Smith is marked by a local poem about the town’s parking issues. The piece, mailed from Pensacola by L. C. Pard Lively, mocks sign limitations and notes parking behind Beckley Junior High School during the Lively Convention attended by the family two weeks earlier.
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Parole Board Accused of Backing Down
Charleston Daily Mail reports the West Virginia State Board of Probation and Parole backed down from a public fight with Kanawha County Judge William Thompson. Chair J Alexander Creasey seeks reconciliation through discussions with Thompson and Wheeling newspapers, amid campaign politics and long running disputes from the Underwood and current administrations.
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Lynda Johnson Hosts White House Costume Ball Tonight
Lynda Johnson will host a costume ball at the White House tonight with about 100 guests. The party starts at 10 p.m. EDT and invites attendees to dress as their favorite real or fictional figures from American history.
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Pentagon May Scrap Mobile Medium Range Missile
The Pentagon nears cancellation of the Mobile Medium Range Ballistic Missile program after investing over $100 million. Once praised by Defense Secretary McNamara, the MMRBM was touted by the Joint Chiefs and NATO allies as a key replacement for aging aircraft and missiles. Air Force development aimed for a mobile nuclear armed rocket with land or sea launch capability.
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Illness Strikes Harold Outright After Governor Bid
Upshur County Democrat Harold Outright, who failed to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last May, is seriously ill in a New York City hospital with intestinal bleeding after several blood transfusions.
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Calvin Coolidge
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FTC delays cigarette warning order by six months
The Federal Trade Commission agreed to a congressional suggestion and postponed for six months its order requiring cigarette packages to bear a health warning to smokers.
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Civil rights vs trigger happy fuels 1964 Democratic fears
At Atlantic City the Democratic race for Johnson’s renomination centers on Civil rights as a volatile issue versus Goldwater’s nuclear stance. Analysts note Johnson’s broad appeal but weak emotional pull among youth, while strategists warn the “trigger happy” label could backfire or energize a backlash. Polls show Johnson leading 60 to 64 percent to Goldwater's 36 to 40 percent, with registration drives ongoing nationwide.
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