U S Probes New Peace Possibilities In Viet Nam Talks
U S Ambassador Harriman flew to Warsaw on a secret mission amid hopes of pressuring Hanoi for peace talks as a six day Viet Nam bombing moratorium continued. The trip, paired with talks in Moscow between Kohler and Podgorny, signals U S efforts to broker a settlement while Iran, China, and Soviet moves shape the regional balance. A 25th Army Division was deployed to Pleiku, boosting U S strength in the Central Highlands to deter further North Vietnamese actions.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Warsaw
Viet Nam
United States
China
Harriman
Washington
Poland
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Nikolai Podgorny
Hanoi
Guam
Johnson
London Daily Express
Saigon
Saltonstall resigns opens Republican field in Mass
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts will not seek another term, prompting GOP contenders to surface including Edward Brooke and Gov. John Volpe. The 73-year-old Republican, a long-time Armed Services panel member, ends a 21-year Senate run. Other briefs cover ICC merger denial, calm weather, flooding risk fading in the Pacific Northwest, and notable political moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
John A. Volpe
Saltonstall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Weather Summary for Beckley and Vicinity
Cloudy and warmer this afternoon with a high around 51. Tonight partly cloudy and not as cold, low near 33. Thursday should be fair and mild with a high near 50. Airport readings show 43 high and 26 low in the last 24 hours. River gauges: Greenbrier low and clear, Lake normal and clear, new Hinton gauge at 2.1 ft. Five day outlook: West Virginia temperatures 8 to 10 degrees above normal, precipitation total about 0.5 to 1 inch Friday through Monday, with milder Thursday and colder Monday.
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Beckley
Neds Acates
Hinton
Miami International Airport
Fla
Limestone
Maine
West Virginia
Peril of War as Plane Crashes at Sea After Strike
A returning plane from a strike crashed in flames in the sea after missing a snag rope. The pilot ejected and escaped injury, highlighting the dangers faced during operations.
Beckley Woman Among Four Killed in Turnpike Crash
Four dead in a three-car head on collision on the West Virginia Turnpike eleven miles north of Princeton. Mary Bainbridge of Beckley died after emergency surgery. six more hurt. Victims include Ray Martin of Sharon and Leroy Pitzer of Fairview, with family members among the injured. Turnpike deaths this year reach 21, 13 of them out of state residents.
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Beckley
Mary Bainbridge
S. Oakwood Ave
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
Bainbridge
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Fairmont
Kays
Smith
Pitzer
Martin
Pollice
Bainbridge J
Seaver Mortuary
Richard
Fort Bliss
Texas
Summers County
Hinton
Ronald Lee Richmond
Indianapolis
Ind
Lisa Dawn
Beckley Hospital
Richmond
Gloria
Richard Dale
A. L. Ducker Jr
Greensboro
New Year holiday traffic death toll forecast
The National Safety Council projects 360 to 440 traffic deaths and 17 000 to 21 000 disabling injuries in the New Year weekend from Thursday 4 PM to Sunday midnight. The prior peak death toll for New Year holidays was 474 in 1965, and last weekend’s Christmas holiday had 721 deaths.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
Medicare Alert drives enrollment for 600000 elderly
Washington heads of two federal agencies launched Medicare Alert a crackdown effort by OEO and Social Security to reach 600000 of the 19 million elderly eligible for Medicare. The drive warns that those who miss the March 31 deadline for doctor bill insurance could wait two more years and face higher premiums.
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Washington
UPI
R. Sargent Shriver
The
Fice of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Social Security Eee Roberts
Social Security
Medicare
14 Rescued After Boat Breaks Up at Sea
The Coast Guard investigated a holiday skindivers party when their seagoing houseboat broke up and sank in heavy Atlantic seas. Fourteen aboard, mainly Illinois teens, spent hours in a life raft and skiffs 14 miles off Miami Beach before rescue by an oil tanker, Amoco Delaware. Survivors said they had no warning until water seeped through floorboards and the vessel began sinking.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Illinois
Amoco Delaware
Ice Balls Under Fire From State Health Chief
State Health Director N H Dyer criticized the novelty ice balls from Hong Kong after lab tests found some samples with bacteria counts up to eight times those in West Virginia drinking water. The items, plastic water containers frozen to chill drinks, drew previous public attention before Christmas.
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Charleston
UPI
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Hong Kong
West Virginia
Gas Explosion Kills Colorado Miners Near Redstone
A gas blast at a Chicago owned coal and coke mine near Redstone Colo. killed eight or nine miners who worked overtime to take New Year’s Day off. Most victims were married with children and lived in Carbondale or Glenwood Springs. Rescue crews found the bodies as inspectors prepared to investigate the cause.
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Senateal Color Mountains
Chicago
Carbondale
Glenwood Springs
Redstone
Colo
Lynda Bird Johnson Ski Trip With Boyfriend Planned
Lynda Bird Johnson, visiting from Utah, plans more time on the snow near Salt Lake City or in Jackson Wyoming. She is staying with her medical student boyfriend Brent Eastman, 25, a river guide. He invited her to visit his family after meeting on a Snake River trip last summer.
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Evanston, Wyo
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Utah
Salt Lake City
Jackson
Wyo
Brent Eastman
Snake River
Eastman
Lynda Bird
White House
Divorce Court Psychologist Critiques Sex Symbol Culture
Chicago based divorce court psychologist Dr. I A Burch says many American marriages fail because girls are trained as sex symbols and not as persons. He notes rising divorce rates in Cook County and argues women must be educated to develop themselves beyond appearance.
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Chicago
UPS
I. A. Burch
Burch
Illinois Circuit Court
Cook County
Italian Premier Faces Domino Effect After Fanfani Resigns
Italian government trembles as Amintore Fanfani rejects Moro's plea to stay as foreign minister and confirms resignation. The move, tied to his wife Bianca Rosa and Giorgio La Pira, risks toppling the Christian Democratic government and splitting the party while Hanoi peace talks surface.
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Rome
UPI
Amintore Fanfani
Aldo Moro
Christian Democratic Party
Uslue
Fanfani
United Nations General Assembly
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Giorgio la Pira
Moro
Lin
Bianca Rosa
la Pira
la Pi
6.5 Mile Stretch Of I 77 To Be Opened
Motorists will be able to drive on another 6.5 miles of Interstate 77 in Jackson County beginning Thursday. The segment runs from Fairplain to just west of Ripley and will connect with 18.7 miles of I-77 recently opened, ending near Ripley on U S 21.
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Charleston
UPI
Jackson County
State Road Commission
Fairplain
Ripley
U. S. 21
Dr Thomas Miyawaki Unmasked as College Dropout
SAN FRANCISCO UPI reports Dr Thomas E Miyawaki claimed medical credentials were solid. He taught anatomy for 15 months at UC Medical Center and earned a promotion before officials revealed he had no medical degree and was an undergraduate dropout from Loyola University in Los Angeles. He did not treat patients, but conducted anatomy labs for small groups. The fraud surfaced after a poor showing on an oral PhD exam, though administrators noted he was apparently competent in his teaching duties.
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San Francisco
UPI
Thomas E. Miyawaki
University of California Medical Center
Miyawak
Loyola University
Los Angeles
Miyawaki
Hawaii
Harold Harper
Guerrilla Attacks Hit Viet Nam Ahead of Lunar Cease Fire
Communist guerrillas launched a broad assault across Vietnam overrunning a district capital blowing up three bridges wiping out a Mekong Delta outpost and striking seven garrisons within 25 miles of Dalgan. Jet transports carried 4000 jungle troops of the 25th Infantry Division from Schofield Barracks to Pleiku as Saigon eyed a four day cease fire next month over the lunar new year.
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Saigon
APS
Mekong Delta
Morgantown Marine Lance Cpl Kovac Killed in Vietnam
Marine Lance Cpl David Kovac 19 of Morgantown West Virginia was killed in action near Da Nang Vietnam. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Kovac and his body will be returned to Morgantown for burial.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Lance Cpl
David Kovac
Morgantown
W. Va
Danang
Viet Nam
Kovac
Frank Kovac
Aide to Buddhists pressures cease fire timing in Vietnam
The report notes Buddhist sensitivities and Catholic favors in Saigon era policy. U S bombers pause resumes against North Viet Nam with SAC B52s raiding a Viet Cong target 405 miles north of Saigon as Hawaii troops prepare to block northward infiltration.
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Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Saigon
Quang Tin
Hawaii
Central Highlands
State Pays $3,929 Tab For Puerto Rican Trip
State records show 13 legislators spent 3929.46 on a Puerto Rico trip to San Juan for a national conference, with eight more travel costs expected. Listed expenses include Senate leaders, party figures, and house members, totaling above 5000 when all costs are counted.
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Charleston
W. T. Brotherton Jr
Senate
John Carrigan
William Moreland
Lloyd Jackson
James H. Davis III
House
H. Laben White
George H. Seibert Jr
Del
Carmine Cann
Garbage Scow Lifted For 6700 In Cash Jewelry
New York police report Mrs. Kwan Lee and nine relatives plan to resume a dumpster fortune hunt. After hiding diamonds worth 3000 and 2000, plus 1700 cash, a son dumped the bag in a can and the truck dumped the contents onto a barge. They search seven tons of garbage for the loot.
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New York
UPI
Kwan Lee
Lee
Troops Reach Viet Nam From Hawaii In New Flight
A wave of US Army infantrymen arrived from Hawaii to South Viet Nam, boosting total American combat strength to 184,000. The 3rd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division, nicknamed Tropic Lightning, landed at a new Central Highlands airfield as Sgt. Maj. Roy E. Beddinfield of Henderson, North Carolina, disembarked. The move follows Defense Secretary McNamara’s call for stronger countermeasures against infiltration by communist forces.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Roy E. Beddinfeild
Henderson
N. C
Red
Eir
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Vice President Humphrey Reaches Manila Stop on Asia Tour
Vice President Hubert Humphrey arrived in Manila on the longest stop of his five day Asian tour carrying Johnson’s search for peace. He urged Japan to boost medical aid for Viet Nam and prepared for talks with Ferdinand Marcos on U.S. involvement in the region and possible Philippine troop participation.
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Ana N Uy
Johnson
Far East
Manila
Seteentenet Aires Gees International
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Viet Nam
Sato
Humphrey
Sele Tion
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Marcos
Malacanang Presidential Palace
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippine Senate
Southeast Asia
Hirohito
Nagako
Imperial Palace
U.S
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
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