Wilson To Sell Allies On New NATO Nuclear Plan
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson ended two days of talks in Washington saying progress was made toward broader Allied control of Western nuclear power. He indicated a forthcoming British plan for increased Allied coordination and sought support from President Johnson and other NATO members while clarifying that the U S proposal for a multilateral nuclear fleet is not to be pressed immediately. Meanwhile in Moscow Premier Kosygin announced a 555.6 million ruble cut to the Soviet military budget for 1965, describing it as a step toward reducing international tension as USSR plans a large peacetime budget.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Canada
Johnson
U.S
Britain
West Germany
House of Commons
London
Alliance
United States
MLF
Russia
Jay Axelbank
Moscow
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Kremlin
S Oa
Supreme Soviet
NATO
Khrushchev
Bids Rejected On Tech P E Building In West Virginia
The State Board of Education rejected all bids for the health and physical education building at West Virginia Tech as excessive. The low bids were Baker and Coombs for main construction at 1,207,700 Morgantown. Summersville Plumbing and Heating for mechanical work at 293,377 Summersville. and Schoolfield Harvey Electrical for electrical work at 112,500 Charleston. The three low bids totaled 1,613,577 about 335,000 above the Legislature appropriation. Board will study plans and specs further.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Ton
West Virginia Tech
Baker and Coombs Inc
Morgantown
State Board of Education
Summersville Plumbing and Heating Co
Schoolfield Harvey Electrical Co
State Sells Last Bonds Under 1920 Road Act
Charleston West Virginia sold 1.3 million dollars of road bonds on Tuesday, the final issue under the 1920 Road Amendment. Halsey Stuart and Co. led 17 bids at 3.11153 percent, with total interest cost 525,850 for a 25 year issue. The sale raises total outstanding bonds under the amendment to 50 million, as new bonds could be issued only as old issues retired. Authority to reissue under the 1920 act was revoked by the Better Roads Amendment ratified November 3.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Halsey Stuart and Co. and Associates
Weather Gradual Clearing Beckley And Vicinity
Scattered snow flurries this afternoon with gradual clearing and a high near 40. Tonight will be fair and cooler with a low around 20. Thursday looks mostly sunny and warmer with a high in the 40s. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake 6 ft below normal. new gauge at Hinton 2.8 ft. Five-day forecast calls for 3 to 8 degree above normal highs in WV with rain likely this weekend.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Compensation Chief And AMA Meet Today
State Workman's Compensation Commissioner Cletus B. Hanley was to meet with State Medical Association representatives in Charleston to discuss proposed changes in fee schedules for compensation cases. Doctors planned a seven point program covering payment and regulatory areas, after they billed patients directly for treatment normally covered by the program. The billing action was rescinded following Hanley’s invitation to discuss the complaints.
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Charleston
UPI
Cletus B. Hanley
State Medical Association
Hanley
Court Denies Hoffa Delay in Tennessee Appeal
U S Court of Appeals sixth circuit denied motions by Hoffa attorneys seeking delay in his Tennessee jury tampering conviction appeal, with a hearing set for 9 a m Monday. The wire dispatch includes other world and national items: a Bolivian Atlas Airlines crash, Weirton Steel acid disposal plant plans, Bobby Baker probe in Senate Rules Committee, a Philadelphia Mississippi civil rights defense fundraiser, Sue Lyon's divorce, Sen J William Fulbright on Vietnam policy, a Huntington manslaughter sentence, Princess Anne injures finger, Dr Martin Luther King Jr arrives in Oslo for Nobel Prize, and a biracial Y M C A sit in.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit
James R. Hoffa
Tennessee
Atlas Airlines
la Paz
Armando Cortes
Weirton Steel Co
Ohio River
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Philadelphia
Miss
Sue Lyon
Lolita
Hampton Fancher III
Princess Anne
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Beneden School
Martin Luther King Jr
Oslo
Bluefield
Ym-Ywca
William J. Winters
JFK Letter Brings $9 500 At Auction
New York based Park Bennet galleries offered a Kennedy letter collection and George Washington correspondence. Four Kennedy letters to Mrs John Kirsey Jr. sold for 9 500, while Washington’s March 19 1783 letter to Governor Harrison brought 7 500. Carnegie Book Shop bought both items.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy
Park-Bennet
George Washington
Benjamin Harrison
Virginia
Congress
Carnegie Book Shop
Washington
John Kirsey Jr
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Leaders Promise Steady Course For U S Ties
Premier Kosygin and Leonid Brezhnev outline a measured program shifting toward co existence with the West and gradual consumer benefits. The new team aims for methodical reforms, granting local managers more production input, boosting farm private plots, and improving dairy and poultry output while reducing heavy industry emphasis.
Indonesia Grounds U S Ambassador Visit To Sacked Library
Indonesian authorities barred U S Ambassador Howard P Jones from flying to Surabaya after a mob of about 1000 youths sacked the U S Information Service library in Surabaya. Police cited law and order concerns as they closed the library and halted outlying operations. The incident followed arson on books, the burning of the library flag, and attacks on a USIS car and mobile unit amid anti U S protests over Congo policy and U S support for Malaysia. The State Department condemned the plunder and threatened to seek restitution from Indonesia.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
U.S. Information Service
USIS
Surabaya
U.S
Congo
Malaysia
Howard P Jones
Here
Jakar
Washington
State Department
Campus Queen Slain in Platteville Union Shooting
Kathleen Moan 20, Platteville State University homecoming queen, was killed in the campus snack bar when John A. Treglown, 19, a dropout from Platteville, produced a 9 mm pistol and fired three shots. He was captured in Lancaster and likely to be charged with first degree murder.
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Platteville
Wis
UPI
Platteville State University
Kathleen Moan
Kathy Moon
John A. Treglown
Lancaster
Treglown
Grant County
Roy Groney
James B. Hafferty
Leo E. Becher
Belvidere
Ill
Siamese Twins Born in Bay City Healthy, Houston Trip Delayed
Siamese twin girls born Tuesday in Bay City Tex joined from collarbone to navel were described as big healthy babies doing nicely. They were delivered by cesarean and transported by ambulance to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, which delayed after a minor collision. doctors began tests and will not attempt separation for some time.
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Houston
UPI
Bay City
Tex
John Webber Jr
Matagorda General Hospital
Texas Children’s Hospital
School Levy Defeated in Randolph County Special Election
Randolph County voters defeated a proposed 315300 annual three year school levy in a special election. Unofficial returns from 40 of 44 precincts showed 2975 in favor and 3210 opposed, with a 60 percent required for passage. The levy would fund school improvements and teacher salary increases.
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Elkins
UPI
Randolph County
Bids Advertised On Five Stephens Lake Projects
Five Stephens Lake projects invite bids including Travel Trailer Park Utility Building Family Camping Area Utility Building Recreation Area Concession Stand Maintenance Building and Comfort Station Bids due 10 a m January 7 at Raleigh County Clerk's office and publicly opened Plans specifications and bid forms available at Robert L Davis Co Contractors invited to site tour December 22 at 10 a m to inspect plans and discuss contracts M A Johnson Lake authority chair said bidders may examine bid bonds performance and payment bonds at the Robert L Davis Co location
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Stephens Lake
Raleigh County
Lake Stephens
Robert L. Davis Co
South Valley Drive
M. A. Johnson
Lake Authority
Ike and Goldwater hold unity summit in New York
Former President Eisenhower and Senator Goldwater meet in a unity summit aimed at moderates pushing for Dean Burch's removal as GOP chairman. Pennsylvania Governor Scranton reports from Denver as Meade Alcorn may join. Nixon and others attend at Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
UPI
Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Morningside Heights
Dean Burch
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Denver
Burch
Robert A. Taft
New York City
Taft
Goldwater
Hostage Rescue Ends Bank Siege in Buckhead Atlanta
A gunman in Buckhead attempted to rob Citizens & Southern Bank as it opened. He held Ray West, Mrs West, and their child overnight, plus another hostage Susan Ingle. A police helicopter pursued the suspect, who fled at up to 100 mph and was captured within an hour. All hostages were unharmed.
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Atlanta
UPI
Citizens & Southern Bank
Buckhead
J. T. Marler
Ray West
R. E. Little
Joe Collins
CWSB
Railways Seek Injunction To Block Strike
In Chicago UPI: Railroads petitioned a federal court for a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction to stop a strike slated for next Tuesday. The action affects over 50,000 machinists electricians and sheet metal workers amid an 18 month wage dispute. Judge Joseph Sam Perry scheduled a 12:30 p.m. CST hearing.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. District Court
Joseph Sam Perry
National Mediation Board
Washington
C&O seeks to end freight rail service in West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway asks the Public Service Commission to discontinue all less-than-carload rail freight in West Virginia and to shift those shipments to motor transport in the same areas. Hearings set for January 18. vice president M I Dunn of Huntington argues rail LTL is no longer necessary and costly.
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Charleston
UPS
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
C&o
PSC
M. I. Dunn
Huntington
Dunn
North Viet Nam accuses U S of ship shelling village
Tokyo bulletin reports Communist North Viet Nam charging that three U S warships shelled a North Vietnamese village in pre dawn hours Wednesday. At Cape Kennedy a U S attempt to launch an unmanned Gemini capsule on a 2 150 mile flight failed at liftoff due to a last minute engine shutdown. The 109 foot Titan 2 stood on its launch pad undamaged as officials investigate the misfiring and delay further two man spaceflight readiness.
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Tokyo
U.S
Cape Kennedy
UPI
U. S
Space Agency
America
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Leonid Brezhnev
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