Global Briefs Tie Up Year With Promises And Strikes
Luci Baines Johnson vows to finish schooling after marriage to airman Pat Nugent and returns to LBJ Ranch from Illinois. Warsaw orders NYT’s David Halberstam to leave over a slew of slanderous articles. Irregular stock market start to the final week of trading. CORE’s James Farmer plans to resign March 1 to lead a new $50 million Center for Community Action Education Inc. Transport Workers Union votes to strike NYC transit on New Year’s Day unless issues settle. Clermont-Ferrand officials probe a Christmas Day cable car disaster killing six and injuring one, including Mrs Jacqueline Kenne. Cardinal Spellman leads Mass for 650 sailors aboard USS Ticonderoga and Marines in Da Nang. Dahomey to hold elections Jan 16 but power transfer tied to order and unity.
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Luci Baines Johnson
Johnson
Pat Nugent
Chicago Tribune
Luci
LBJ
Waukegan
Ill
David Halbertstam
Warsaw
New York Times
Pap
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Center For
Community Action Education Inc
Transport Workers Union
New York City
Lice
Clermont - Ferrand
France
Jacqueline Kenne
Valley
Robert F. Kennedy
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Uss Ticonderoga
U. S
da Nang
Christophe Soglo
West African Republic of
Dahomey
Gunshots Kill 4 West Virginians
Four people died from gunshot wounds during the Christmas weekend in West Virginia. Authorities cite multiple incidents: Loren Cline and his son French face hearings over the fatal shooting of Robert F. Toler in Vermer near the Logan-Mingo line. Holley Moore and Cecil Smith Jr. face murder charges in separate cases in Charleston and municipal court. Sammy White is charged with murder for a Verdunville shotgun slaying. Lorean Wilson dies when a pistol she handled in a Huntington parking lot fires.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Williamson
Loren Cline
French
Robert F. Toler
Mallory
Vermer
Logan-Mingo County
Toler
Holley Moore
Charleston
Cecil Smith Jr
Sammy White
Verdunville
Logan County
William Meeks
Meeks
White
Florence Dempsey
Lorean Wilson
Huntington
Sobers
Weather Turning Colder Beckley and Vicinity
Weather forecast notes a mainly sunny day with increasing clouds and a 20 percent chance of flurries tonight. High near 4, low around 19, then partly cloudy and colder tomorrow with a high near 30. Airport readings show recent highs 38 and lows around 15 to 31, with river gauges Greenbrier low and clear, Lake clear, and a new Gauge at Hinton at 1.7 feet. Five day outlook for West Virginia calls for near normal highs 44 to 28 in the south and 43 to 22 in the north, with cold conditions and light to moderate precipitation mid to late week.
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Beckley
Hinton
Alpine
Tex
Broadys
Lewistown
Mont
West Virginia
Humphrey Embarks On Major Overseas Diplomatic Mission
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey begins a broad four nation Far East swing from Andrews AFB to Manila for Marcos inauguration, then to Formosa, Korea, and Japan. He will not visit South Vietnam, but will reaffirm U.S. Viet Nam policy before returning to Washington for Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Andrews Air Force Base
Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Formosa
Korea
Japan
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Uss
Fire At State Capital Proves False Alarm
In Charleston three fire units investigated smoky vapors escaping from the east wing of the State Capitol. Reported as billowing clouds by east end residents, the vapors were found to be steam boiler emissions. Firemen cleared the scene after about an hour, noting the 1921 Capitol fire history adds context to the scare.
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Charleston
UPI
East End
West Virginia
Capital
Record of highway fatalities contrasts with clean states
Only Alaska Hawaii Montana and South Dakota had no highway fatalities. Twelve people died when a San Francisco bound Greyhound bus skidded off an icy interstate near River Oregon early Christmas Eve. A two car auto collision occurred as well.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Montana
South Dakota
R River
Ore
Pope Paul VI Makes Viet Nam Peace Top Priority
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI regards peace in Viet Nam as his major task and worry. He laments the failed Christmas cease fire and signals ongoing efforts to avert a wider war. The pope's Christmas messages urged a cease fire and negotiations, influencing U.S. considerations.
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Pope Paul
Viet Nam
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Holy Father
Paul
United States
Hanoi
Johnson
Sex Becomes Recreation Says Pill Spread Changes Morals
Berkeley reports at AAAS meeting a social scientist after widespread pill use says sex has become recreational and morality has shifted. Martin B Loeb of Wisconsin notes progress but not revolution while noting discussion openness and future genetic control and possible employer role in family planning.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
American Association For the Advancement of Science
AAAS
University of California
Martin B. Loeb
School of Social Work
University of Wisconsin
Loeb
Berkeley, Calif
Johnson aides and Vietnam talks plus social notes
United Press quotes involve Lyndon Baines Johnson era Vietnam stance and peace talks as well as social comments from a Wisconsin School of Social Work on oral contraceptives changing sexual mores. Elizabeth Cater speaks on Luci Johnson marriage plans in the White House. Secret Service agent Knetch notes the President’s desire for peace in Southeast Asia amid antiwar demonstrations.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Elizabeth Cater
Ladybird Johnson
Lucia Baines Johnson
White House
Secret Service
Clarence Knetch
LBJ
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Johnson resumes full post-holiday workload in Texas
President Johnson returned to full post holiday workload at his Texas ranch focused on planning next year budget and legislative program. He arrived six nights ago for a year end stay and attended meetings as part of the administration’s year end review.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas
China calls US and USSR one in heart on UN session
Tokyo report says Peking Peoples Daily accuses the United States and the Soviet Union of colluding to derail China at the United Nations General Assembly. It cites alleged backroom talks between Gromyko and Rusk and claims the UN remains a tool of the U.S. while the two powers pursue their own interests.
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Tokyo
UPI
China Today
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
Peking Peoples Daily
U.N
New China News Agency
Assembly
United Nations
United
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Rhodesia
China
Andrei Gromyko
Duke Talks To Lord In Big N Y Church Concert
In New York City at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, Duke Ellington led a sacred music concert drawing 1600 attendees. The 90 year old building housed Ellington's 16 piece orchestra with Lena Horne Brock Peters and a large mixed choir. The performance blended jazz with religious imagery as Ellington described communication with the Lord.
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Duke
Lord
Big N.Y
New York
UPI
Basin Street East
Eddie Condon
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Bryant M. Kirkland
Ellington
Dr. Bryant
Louie Bellson
Lena Horne
Brock Peters
California
Herman McCoy
Harlem
Mother Ame Zion Cathedral
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Re
Hope Troupe Witnesses Plane Crash Near Carrier
Comedian Bob Hope and a cast of performers watched as a US Navy A4 Skyhawk failed to pull out over the South China Sea off Vietnam. The pilot ejected and survived after a 30 minute scare aboard the USS Ticonderoga with escorts Turner Joy and Swanson.
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Viet Nam
UPS
Bob Hope
South China Sea
Turner Joy
Swanson
Joey Herterton
Union Chooses UMWA as Bargaining Agent at Maust Coal
George Titler District 29 reports Maust Coal Company Alpine Grant County workers vote 124 to 18 to name the United Mine Workers of America as their bargaining agent in a December 22 election held by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Maust Coal Company
Alpine
Grant County
United Mine Workers of America
George Titler
National Labor Relations Board
Two G is Accused of Aiding Enemy
NAHA Okinawa AP The two U S Army sergeants freed last month after captivity by the Viet Cong are charged with aiding the enemy. Sgt. George E. Smith and Spec. 5 Claude McClure are accused of preparing furnishing and delivering to the Viet Cong documents and writings harmful to the United States. They were captured November 24, 1963 and released November 28. They faced possible court martial after a two week Army inquiry. The men had criticized American involvement in Vietnam and said they would join peace movements.
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Naha
Okinawa
API
Viet Nam
U.S
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude McClure
Temeeen Tenn
United States
Smith
McClure
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
America
Korat
Thailand
U.S. Army
Ryukyu Islands
Hiep Hoa U.S
Saigon
Isaac Camacho
el Paso
Tex
West Germany
Army
Washington
Grandma Sprouse Dies at 98 in Kentucky Marriage Gap
In Catt Hollow Kentucky Grandma Sprouse died Christmas Day at 98 after a 20 year marriage to Delbert Shorty Sprouse then 18. The couple wed in New York City and settled on the Sprouse farm near Louisa, drawing national attention two decades ago for the age difference.
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Catt Hollow
UPI
Sprouse
Mattie Lyons Large Sprouse
Delbert
Shorty) Sprouse
New York City
Louisa
$346,000 Stolen From Doctor's Home
The FBI and police pursue a mystery theft at Dr. Basil Owens home in Hopewell Township Aliquippa Pennsylvania. Thieves pried a bedroom safe Friday and stole 331000 in municipal bonds 4600 in cash 10000 in surety checks and 1000 government bond. Checks and bonds were negotiable.
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Aliquippa
UPI
Basil Owens
Hopewell Twp
FBI
Turnpike Victim Is In Poor Condition
Mrs. Gloria Richmond an Indianapolis resident remained listed in poor condition at Beckley Hospital after a Christmas Eve Turnpike crash at Mile Post 46. Her husband Ronald and daughter Lisa died in the three car wreck as ten fatalities marked a bloodiest long weekend in West Virginia.
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Gloria Richmond
Indianapolis
Ind
Turnpike
Here
Beckley Hospital
Ronald
Condipital
Richmond
Mile Post 46
Lisa
Dale
West Virginia
U. S
Marines Battle Entrenched VC Near Da Nang Barracks Hit
U S Marines engaged two Viet Cong patrols seven miles south-southwest of Da Nang near Quang Ha village, claiming 56 enemy fatalities as Leathernecks resume full-scale operations. Barracks at Sadec and nearby Mekong Delta sites faced blasts from Claymore mines. a Viet Cong attacker died while rescuers were wounded. Air activity over the North remained suspended after the Christmas ceasefire. A Pleiku tribunal handed down four executions related to the rebellion.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
Quang Ha
U. S
Viet Nam
Oeiet Nam
Mekong
U. S. Army
Bing Duong
Sai Posen
Sadec
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Montag
Oil Rig Collapse Off North Sea Near Grimsby
A North Sea drilling rig 30 miles off Grimsby collapsed with about 40 crew aboard including American technicians. Flames still spouted from the rig named Sea Gem operated by British Petroleum. Humber coast guard lifeboat and RAF Leconfield helicopters aided. Voltava reported life rafts launched.
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North Sea
Grimsby
England
UPI
Humber
Leconfield
Voltava
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United Press
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Peking
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Hearts In Tune
Bunny Briggs
David
Hope Troupe
William
Bill) Brocker
Newark
Ohio
Brocker
Hope
Cam Rahn Bay
Marines
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