Vietnamese Cadet Foils Viet Cong Mine Attack in Saigon
A South Vietnamese cadet officer thwarted a twin mine attack near Premier Nguyen Cao Ky’s offices, with one mine exploding and the second deactivated. U S Navy Skyhawk jets sank one North Vietnamese PT boat and damaged others around Hai Phong. A mine ripped a Long Tao River minesweeper near Saigon, with a crew including an American sailor injured. Viet Cong mine efforts aim to disrupt the Saigon supply route up the river channel.
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Saigon
UPS
Tonkin Gulf
South
Saigon Sea
Nguyen Cao Ky
Constituent National Assembly
U.S
Navy
Skyhawk
Haiphong
Long Tao River
Baton Rouge
U.S. Women Seek Fewer Than Three Children Says PRB
Population Reference Bureau says many American women want fewer than three children, aiming below a 3.5 child growth path yet above an ideal 2.5. It notes couples often overshoot by one or two children, while most couples are skilled at deciding family size.
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Washington
UPI
Population Reference Bureau, Inc
Cigarette Filters Fail To Protect. Study Says Some Pass More Tar
Dr George E Moore of Roswell Park Memorial Institute reports that some filtered cigarettes allow higher tar and nicotine intake than nonfiltered ones of the same brand. The Roswell Park study tested nine brands and urged industry accountability. True is noted as the most effective filter brand in the tests, while Pall Mall filter tip cigarettes performed poorly.
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George E. Moore
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Moore
Roswell Park
Cancer Research and Treatment
New York City
Pall Mall
Beckley Industrial Brake ownership revealed
The Industrial Brake in Beckley is owned by Carlos and Charles MacMillan and Dave and Dorothy Goldberg though the business is outside city limits. A public service permit number 141577 on a delivery truck probably denotes a permit. A city survey shows 35 service stations in the business district, with 44 listed within city limits. Chief Connor denies selling his home or losing duties, noting he remains fire chief.
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Carlos
Charles MacMillan
Dave
Dorothy Goldberg
State Police Department
Connor
Beckley
Lester
Inflation push strains labor disputes says mediation chief
Inflation is complicating labor disputes says William Eimkin head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. He warned money issues, usually easy to resolve in strikes, have grown more significant over the past year. The report also covers political endorsements, urban aid, tax incentives for industry, Miss USA World Denise Blair, a fatal plane crash in North Carolina, and UAW's wage strategy for 1967.
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William E. Eimkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Hampshire County Fair
West Virginia Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Charleston
Jennings Randolph
Harley O. Staggers
Ken Hechler
James Kee
William Kidd
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Senate
White Sulphur Springs
Tax Executive Institute
Denise Estelle Blair
Utah
London
Layton
Columbus
Florida
Christine Anne Fisher
West Palm Beach
Lawndale
N. C
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Auto Workers Executive Board
Knowles Orders Troops Guard Cools Race Turmoil In Wisconsin
Negro rioters bombed cars with Molotov cocktails and trapped families near Luci Nugent's Wisconsin weekend home. Secret Service guarded the Prescott Street residence in Waukeagan as 66 were arrested and 10 burned. National guard troopers faced 5000 white demonstrators in Wauwatosa over Eagles Club closure, with 400 troops deployed to quell crisis. Nine suburban communities and police kept watch, while Cannon refused to quit the Eagles Club amid protests led by the Milwaukee NAACP youth council.
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Waukegan
Ill
Luci
Secret Service
Prescott Street
Luci Johnson Nugent
Patrick
Nugent
Jerry Nugent
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Illinois State Police
Lake County
Wauwatosa
Wis
UPI
National Guard
Milwaukee
Warren Knowles
Robert C. Cannon
All White Eagles Club
Cannon
Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eagles Club
State Industrial Commission
James Groppi
Groppi
Inmate Escapes from Moundsville Penitentiary Milk Truck
Moundsville Penitentiary officials reported no new leads in the escape of 47 year old Clayton Litton from Jackson County serving 1 to 10 years for grand larceny. Litton escaped Saturday while a trusted inmate and used a prison milk truck. the abandoned vehicle was found near the prison.
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Moundsville
UPI
Jackson County
Clayton Litton
Faith Hurricane Gathers Strength Near Bahamas
Hurricane Faith here in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas built center winds to 120 mph as it drifted north about 575 miles east of Miami and 230 miles east northeast of San Salvador. Forecasters called the storm's future path doubtful while warnings remained in effect for Grand Turk to San Salvador.
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Miami
UPI
Faith
Atlantic
Bahamas
Grand Turk
San Salvador
Miami Weather Bureau
Weather summary for Beckley and vicinity today
Partly cloudy today tonight and tomorrow with highs near 79 to 80 and a low around 56. Airport observations show a high 77 and low 54 in the last 24 hours, no precipitation, SE wind near 6 mph. River levels Greenbrier normal, Lake normal and clear with one gate open at 1.6 ft. new gauge at Hinton 1.6 ft. Five day WV forecast calls for 83-61 south and 79-54 north with rainfall 0.5 to 1 inch later in the week.
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Beckley
Hinton
Needles
Birthe
Calif
Greenville
Houston
Maine
West Virginia
Haying and Grazing Privileges Granted in WV Counties
The U S Department of Agriculture expands drought relief with haying and grazing rights on soil bank land in two more West Virginia counties Ohio and Wyoming Counties join 42 counties authorized to use land previously withdrawn from production Farmers may graze and harvest hay on the land with downward payment adjustments for soil bank acreages authorized due to drought conditions.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Ohio
Wyoming
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Open-Air Brothel In Woods Closes Near Marseille
MARSEILLES France UP I reports police shut down a large open air brothel 15 miles south of the city after motorists complained. Two Marseille women were arrested on soliciting charges as investigators note a rise in streetwalkers leaving crowded coastal streets for outdoor work.
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Marseilles
France
UPI
Riviera
Salon-de-Provence
Toulon
Nice
Cannes
Luna 11 joins Luna 10 and Lunar Orbiter in lunar orbit
Tass announced that Luna 11 around the moon transmits data to Earth joining Lunar Orbiter 1 and Soviet Luna 10 as the second Soviet craft in lunar orbit this year. The 3616 pound spacecraft reportedly follows an egg shaped path with a 99 to 744 mile altitude range and two hour fifty eight minute period.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Earth
Tass
Youth strangled by car window tragedy in parked station wagon
Erie Pa three year old Todd Stephenson died when his neck was caught between a power window and the frame as he stood with his head inside a parked station wagon. Coroner Merle Wood said the child turned the key that automatically rolls up the window and was found dangling from the window. He apparently obtained the key from his father's bedroom.
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Erie, Pa
UPI
Todd Stephenson
Erie County
Merle Wood
Wood
Todd
West Virginia reports deadly weekend on state highways
One of the worst weekends on West Virginia highways left ten people dead, including three sailors in Grant County near Mt. Storm. Victims include Tracy Hawkins and Gary Preston of Fairmont in a Navy truck wreck, plus motorists from Fairmont to Elkins and Charleston, with several in out-of-state crashes in North Carolina and Ohio. Authorities link the Grant County crash to excessive speed.
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West Virginia
Grant County
Mt. Storm
West
Charles E. Sims
Elkview
Kanawha
Hamon J. Rhodes
Kenna
Jackson County
Sims
Mocksville
N. C
Rhodes
Geneva
Ohio
Cpl. C. C. Oliver
Petersburg
State Police
Tracy L. Hawkins
Fairmont
Gary Preston
David Barker
Brookhaven
Morgantown
Tommy Farmer
Priemer
McDowell County
Welch
Delbert Elmore
Charleston
Charleston East
Richard C. Carter
Woodville
Boone County
Griffithsville
Edward Wright
Wheeling
Delbert Morrison
Berkeley Springs
U. S. 11
Berkeley County
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Gardiner, Ore
Pat Morris
Red Guard
Kremlin
Buffalo, NY
W. Va
Billy Graham
Baptist (Southern
MNG
Gister
Cecil P. Connor
Tokyo
Red Guards
Peking
Nazi Germany
Communist Party
China
Mao Tse-tung
Kyodo
A. Connor
Larry Cavendish
John
Betty Winters
Mt. Nebo
Department of Health
MacArthur
Health Department
Knowles
Wisconsin
Luci Nugent
Fast
The
William L. Hassell
Pt. Pleasant
Sec. 15
Okey D. Murphy
Ritchie County
Orval D. Vickers
Canvas
Nicholas County
Richwood
Pocahontas County
Robert Junior Vint
Elkins
U.S. 219
Allen Crowder
Lindale
Logan County
Mud Fork
Denzil McCormick
Mt. Morris
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