Michigan Legislator Impostor West Exposed in Tax Scam
FBI and Detroit police uncovered that legislator West, 54, who served one term and won a second, ran a tax fraud scheme. He filed false returns for clients, forged signatures, and used fictitious spouses to secure refunds up to 275 dollars, while charging three dollars per client. IRS warns victims to repay refunds with 5 percent interest as federal prosecutors prepare charges. He also used a fictitious background as Daniel Weston West, a New York lawyer who died in 1961.
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West
FBI
Detroit Police
IRS
R. I. Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Daniel Weston West
New York
Ice Storm Strikes New York Leaves Thousands in Shelters
Thousands displaced by the worst ice storm in New York history remain in emergency shelters as more than 2,000 linemen and workers push to restore electricity to over 40,000 homes still without heat. At the peak, more than 100,000 homes were dark and about 100,000 people sought shelter. The storm caused at least 12 deaths including highway crashes, a drowning child, and an electrocution. Governor Rockefeller toured the damage and praised civil defense and Red Cross efforts amid subfreezing temperatures.
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Albany
N. Y
UPI
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Civil Defense Organization
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Glen Falls
N.Y
Tito Assails Red China in Yugoslavia Speech
President Tito, at the Yugoslav League of Communists opening, accused Communist China of trying to dominate world communism with Stalinist tactics. He said China overestimates its role and praised Khrushchev’s post Stalin leadership, while making no comment on potential leadership succession.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Tito
China
Yugoslav League of Communists
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Weather in Beckley and vicinity cloudy with light snow
Beckley area sees mostly cloudy skies with light snow flurries this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. High this afternoon near 28 with not as cold tonight and Tuesday highs in the low 30s. River levels steady Greenbrier normal Lake 6 ft below normal gauge at Hinton 2.9 ft. five day forecast for West Virginia calls for 4-8 degrees below normal highs 46-29 south 44-22 north with ongoing snow flurries totaling 0.1-0.2 inch.
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Beckley
S. Beckley
S.accvnanh
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Gromyko Criticizes Western Congo Policy at United Nations
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Gromyko attacked Western policy in the Congo Southeast Asia and Cuba. He presented a new memorandum on disarmament and urged Western cooperation to revive Geneva arms talks. He urged UN effectiveness as a collective tool for peace and security but gave no sign of easing Moscow’s stance on funding peacekeeping in Congo and the Middle East.
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United Nations
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Congo
Southeast Asia
Cuba
United Nations General Assembly
Geneva
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Middle East
Georgetown election sparks fears of arson violence
Quotes from a Georgetown businessman warn that racial tensions may explode after today’s election between Premier Cheddi Ja gan’s PPP and the PN C, with a feared fire setting in Georgetown and across the country.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi B. Jagan
GOP Move To Oust Burch Faces Tough Sledding
Washington based UPI survey shows moderate Republican governors may fail to rally party officials to remove National Chairman Dean Burch. Committeemen question plan, with 66 votes needed when the National Committee meets Jan. 23. Governors urge a broader, more conservative leadership, while Goldwater loyalists back Burch.
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Burch
Washington
UPI
GOP
Dean Burch
Goldwater
William Addington
Kansas
Goldwzer
Denver
Tennessee
Harry Carbaugh
Wisconsin
Talbot Peterson
Byron Ising
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Republican Governors Association
Michigan
George Romney
Agencies Seek $213 Million in BPW Budget Talks
West Virginia state agencies planned to present requests totaling $213 million at the Board of Public Works three day meeting in Charleston. President Miller of WVU aims for $14.5 million mostly for personnel services. Education plans a $33 million hike, Welfare seeks $19.7 million, with the board tasked to trim requests to fit revenue estimates before the January 13 legislature convening.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
W. W. Barron
Truman E. Gore
Three Held In Maddy's Death
Cleveland police detained two West Side brothers aged 19 and 30 and a 45-year-old woman for questioning in the death of 26 year old Robert R. Maddy found shot in an alley. Investigators said Maddy left a tavern after work at Jones & Laughlin Saturday night and possibly argued with another car before the shooting. A station wagon was seen leaving the alley after the shot while Maddy’s car remained running with lights on and his body beside it. He is survived by his father William of Hinton.
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Cleveland
UPI
Robert R. Maddy
Hinton
W. V. Maddy
Lhe
Maddy
Jones & Laughlin
William
Fire destroys home. mother and three children escape
In Parkersburg a fire gutted a one story frame house while a mother and two of her children fled. Two boys aged eight and six, William Houser and Ricky Dale Houser, died in their beds. Debie, 9, had left for school and Alice, 3, and Kevin, 4, escaped with their mother, who suffered burns and cuts.
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Parkersburg
UPI
William M. Hous
Ricky Dale Houser
William Houser
South Parkersburg
Houser
Alice
Kevin
Debbie
Spencer
William
Ricky Dale
Identification tentative in Huntington house fire death
The charred body of an 80 year old man is tentatively identified as Robert Hazlett after a weekend Huntington fire. Police suspect smoking in bed started the blaze and neighbors identified the victim since the homeowner was away.
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Huntington
UPI
Robert Hazlett
Demos Elect White Carson Demos Elect White Carson
Democratic members of the West Virginia legislature chose H Laban White of Clarksburg as near Speaker of the House of Delegates and Howard Carson of Fayetteville for a new term as President of the Senate. White was acclaimed after backing from Governor elect Hulett Smith and House leaders, while Carson won 21-6 over Clarence E. Martin Jr. in a 30 minute Senate caucus.
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Charleston
UPI
H. Laban White
Clarksburg
House of Delegates
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
Senate
House
White
Hulett Smith
Charleston Civic Center
Carson
Clarence E. Martin Jr
Martinsburg
Interim groups meet in Charleston at joint session
The Legislature's joint committee on Government and Finance and the Commission on Interstate Cooperation opened a two day meeting in Charleston. They planned to discuss the West Virginia Pavilion at the New York World's Fair medicare legal advertising archeological site preservation especially Indian Mounts and Southern Interstate Atomic legislation.
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Charleston
UPI
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
West Virginia
Britain’s Wilson and Johnson Start NATO Talks at White House
President Johnson and visiting British Prime Minister Harold Wilson opened crucial talks on NATO’s future. Wilson pledged Britain’s full contribution to nuclear strategy and allied security, while Johnson outlined a search for new arrangements amid stresses in the alliance. Two more sessions were planned with Wilson before his New York and Canada trip.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Western Alliance
Wilson
White House
NATO
Britain
New York
Canada
Wil
Son
Labor
United States
All Powerful Soviet Committee Convenes
Moscow reports say the all powerful Soviet Central Committee met to discuss the Sino Soviet dispute and possible party and government shake ups ahead of a Supreme Soviet session. Western observers expect the meetings to guide Soviet policy in the post Khrushchev era amid renewed ideological rift with China over dogmatism and personality cult methods.
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Moscow
Pravda
Khrushchev
UPI
Kremlin
Soviet Central Committee
Supreme Soviet
Communist China
Peking
Alabama Nixes Satchmo Appearance in Arts Festival
University of Alabama refused jazz great Louis Armstrong a February appearance at the Festival of Arts citing student concerns over race. President Frank A Rose Jr. said the action was not about Armstrong’s race but offered no explicit reason. The Crimson and White reported the decision amid student petitions and calls to reconsider by Armstrong’s booking agent.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala
UPI
University of Alabama
Louis
Satchmo) Armstrong
Frank A. Rose Jr
Armstrong
Crimson and White
New York
Associates Bookers
Bill Cardwell
Cotillion Club
Southern Union of
Alabama
Major Victory Claimed Over Guerrillas in Viet Nam War
UPI reports a major government victory as 115 Viet Cong U Minh II guerrillas were killed in a swampland battle 143 miles southeast of Saigon. Twenty three government soldiers and six American advisers were wounded, while 23 American helicopters were hit. Maxwell D. Taylor opens urgent talks with Vietnamese leaders, amid possible air strikes against North Viet Nam and Ho Chi Minh Trail routes. Local forces persist in mopping up in the chest-high grass after the daylight offensive against rebel units.
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Robert T. Haskell
South Amboy
N.J
Taylor
Washington
Tran van Huong
Nguyen Khanh
Johnson
Sion
U Minh II
Pope Paul VI Considers More Papal Foreign Trips
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI may undertake additional international journeys as a pilgrim for peace. Fresh from an historic India visit, he may visit the Philippines next year while commemorations mark Catholicism's 400th anniversary in the Pacific in 1965 and consider attending the Marian Congress in the West Indies in mid March.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
India
Holy See
Philippines
Pacific Islands
West Indies
Pearl Harbor Day ceremonies slim this year
Few ceremonies mark Pearl Harbor Day as UPI notes the 23rd anniversary of the attack. Navy officials redirect remembrance to Memorial Day alongside other battle memorials. Delegates from Fleet Reserve Association and Pearl Harbor Attack Veterans Association will visit the USS Arizona site to lay wreaths on battleship row.
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Honolily
UPI
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Navy
Memorial Day
Bunker Hill
New Orleans
Gettysburg
San Juan Hill
Argonne
Bataan
Fleet Reserve Association
Battleship Row
Ford Island
Arizona
Union
U.S
Supreme Court strikes down Florida race based cohabitation ban
The UPI report notes the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the 1962 conviction of Dewey McLaughlin, a Honduran born Black man, and Connie Hoffman, a white woman, for living together in a Miami Beach apartment. Justice White wrote the opinion, stressing equal protection while not ruling on interracial marriage bans. The court also agreed to review Connecticut's 1879 anti birth control law and the Estes case in Texas, with further action to consider mail delivery restrictions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Florida
Byron R. White
Dewey McLaughlin
Connie Hoffman
Miami Beach
Potter Stewart
William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan
Connecticut
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Tex
Farmer
T. J. Wilson
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Dov's Touching Story Featured In Today's Pages
Brief synopsis notes a feature on Dov’s touching story beginning today on page 11. The item signals a human interest piece likely focusing on personal experiences, resilience, and community reaction across early pages.
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Robert Smylie
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Nelson Rockefeller
William Scranton
Pennsylvny
John Love
Colorado
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Sen
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BPW
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Soviet Committee
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