Peace Quest Faces Soviet Pushback in Vietnam Talks
Kosygin stated the Soviet Union would not join the American effort to push Hanoi toward peace, signaling Moscow’s cold reception to the US peace initiative as bombings and war intensify in South Vietnam. Western diplomats reported the negative response reached private channels in Moscow. Ambassador Harriman planned talks in New Delhi with India coordinating on broader peace efforts.
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Ing
Alexander N. Soviet
Troute Step Sid
Teria
Hanoi
Ho Fan
Forthcom
United States
U. S
Viet Nam
Kosygin
Moscow
NATO
Alates
W. Averell Harriman
Tito
Brdo
Harriman
New Delhi
India
LBJ Offer Seen as Dual Peace Push and Resolve
Washington reports Johnson's Viet Nam peace initiative is a two edged effort. It aims to signal willingness to negotiate with Hanoi while reaffirming U.S. resolve to fight if peace talks fail. The plan targets Communist capitals and emphasizes flexibility on minor points but firmness on defending South Vietnam.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Cai Whi Jiden- Howe
Averell Harrisman
J. Goldberg
Peking
United States
South Viet Nam
Smith Maps 46-Item Legislative Call and Budget Plan
Governor Smith outlines a 46 item call for the 30 day session plus budget items. Proposals would empower the Board of Public Works to issue revenue bonds for new or improved mental health facilities and old buildings. The plan omits a deputy director post, cites constitutional revision, discusses birth control and anti gambling bills, and seeks transfers from special funds to the general revenue fund. West Virginia could gain nearly 1 million by reclaiming abandoned savings accounts and insurance policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meno Health Department
Public Institutions Commission
Board of Public Works
Mason County
Tespo
Mental Health Department
Smith
High Court
General Revenue Fund
West Virginia
Windy And Warm In Beckley And Vicinity
Becketty weather shows variable clouds windy and warm today with a high near 65 and southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Tonight mostly cloudy mild with a 20 percent shower chance. Saturday mostly cloudy and cooler with a 40 percent shower risk and highs in the low 50s. River and lake conditions noted with Greenbrier low and clear and Lake normal and clear. Five day outlook calls for statewide temperatures about 10 degrees above normals and modest weekend to midweek precipitation.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Tex
Glasgow
Mont
West Virginia
125 Million Equipment Swindle Indicts 26 At Shipyards
A federal grand jury indicted 26 individuals over a five year theft ring from Navy shipyards. The case alleges thefts of diesel engine parts for submarines, typewriters, shoes, and other Navy property valued at about 125 million. Arraignments are planned for mid January. two more dealers, Lamar Dennis and Melvin McEuen, are charged as conspirators.
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Lamar Dennis
Harahan
New Orleans
Melvin McEuen
Marine Industrial Supply
Long Beach
Calif
Kopperston Fire Kills Housewife
A Kopperston housewife, about 45, was burned to death while seated on a living room couch. Firefighters and neighbors found her body on the chair about 9 a.m. The cause is undetermined though a dropped cigarette is suspected. She leaves two daughters. her husband is hospitalized in Ohio. Body at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Kopperston
RNS
William
Carrie) Goble
Goble
Revelers Toast New Year as 1966 Arrives Tonight
United Press International reports revelers will greet 1966 with a toast to the past and future. Night club crowds celebrate as the nation rings in the new year, amid changes noted on Holiday Page 2.
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United Press International
Hearing Set Today In Welch Shooting
John Reed, 30, of Paynesville, faces murder charges after Jil Roberts, 33, was killed by five gunshots in Roberts home in Welch. Roberts had entered Reed's Rock Ridge area residence and threatened Reed's wife and children. Reed allegedly fired after Roberts shot inside the house and was held in McDowell County jail.
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Welch
UPI
John Reed
Paynesville
Jil Roberts
Roberts
Reed
Rock Ridge
McDowell County
Defense budget seen as largest since World War II
Washington report notes Johnson to submit a roughly $60 billion defense plan next month, aiming to fund the Vietnam effort while risking cuts to other programs. McNamara reviewed undecided items as the White House contemplates delaying some expenditures and seeking supplemental funding.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Texas
Pentagon
U.S
Board of Public Works OKs 1966 67 budget
Charleston news dispatch reports the Board of Public Works approved the general revenue budget for fiscal 1966 67 totaling 196 556 719. The vote lasted about 30 minutes, the document will be printed around Jan 3 and sent to the Legislature Jan 12.
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Charleston
UPI
Board of Public Works
Okeh
Traffic Deaths Mount Worst Yet To Come
A report from United Press International cites total holiday traffic fatalities at 64 by 11 a.m. EST with 360 to 440 deaths projected for the 178 hour period and 17,000 to 21,000 injuries. The Safety Council links half of holiday deaths to alcohol and notes young drivers are more affected.
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Nited Press International
Safety Council
Three More Die On State Roads
United Press International reports three highway deaths in Hancock County during the New Year weekend. Mrs Genevieve Wolf 64 of Wellsville Ohio and husband Arthur 65 were in a head on crash on U S 30 east of Chester. William R Wright 23 of Industry Pa died in a collision on a curved wrong side route. Carmen D DeFelice 55 of Weirton was struck while walking to work on U S 22 in Weirton.
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United Press International
Hancock County
Genevieve Wolf
Wellsville
Ohio
Arthur
Chester
Hancock Coun
U. S
Pennsylvania
William R. Wright
Rt. 1
Industry
Ernest R. Yoder
Accident
Wright
Carmen D. DeFelice
Weirton
U. S. 22
Beckley Opposes Move of Tubercular Patients to Pinecrest
Charleston dispatch reports Browning and Institutions Cameropener Chauncey Brown Jr oppose Weston State Hospital transferring 100 tubercular patients to Pinecrest Sanitarium. Weston superintendent Dr Cornelia Wilbur contends relocation needed for isolation. Only 14 deemed suitable for transfer. remainder to Weston with TB drug prophylaxis or sent to Hopemont for surgery or release if psychiatric criteria met.
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Browning
Cornelia Wilbur
Weston
Rowning
Beckley
Pinecrest
James H. Walker
Charleston
Walker
Hopemont Hospital
Bethlehem Steel Increases Structural Steel Prices
NEW YORK The Bethlehem Steel Corp announced today a rise of five dollars per ton in the price of certain structural steel types. The move comes as the company adjusts to market demand and input costs.
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New York
UPS
Bethlehem Steel Corp.s
U S Steel Silent on Second-Ranking Action
U S Steel Corp offers no immediate comment on the action affecting its second-ranking executive, as market observers await clarity on the move and potential implications for company leadership and strategy.
Company cuts costs and revises prices on jumbo sections
A NOR Sp page notes Mavens ne added and mentions structural sections aimed at lowering construction costs. It details price revisions and the reworking of extrasecn jumbo construction sections to reduce overall expenses.
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NOR Sp
Polish ICC Officer Seeks Asylum in Saigon
1st Lt. Anatole Slawinsky of the International Control Commission fled Polish diplomats and entered a Vietnamese police station seeking political asylum. Police detained him briefly but Vietnamese officers protected him. officials say he is a civilian ICC officer temporarily commissioned as a first lieutenant.
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Slawinsky
Omeews
Ian
ICC
Viet Nam
Tax hikes offset excise cuts as Social Security tax rises
Washington reports that excise tax cuts take effect today reducing club taxes while Social Security tax increases begin at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. The higher levy on the first 6,600 of income rises to 4.2 percent, funding bigger retirement benefits and elderly health care, with net revenue around 5 billion. The excise cuts total about 1.7 billion for 1966.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Cong Bomb Dalat billet Kills US Soldier
Viet Cong terrorists exploded two plastic bombs at a pink stucco American military billet in Dalat early today, killing one U.S. serviceman and wounding 10 others. The war’s intensity rose as ground fighting surged near the Cambodian border with a 600-man Viet Cong battalion engaged. U.S. B 52 bombers continued strikes from Guam into North Vietnam.
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Peace Elite
Ate Na Dale Eikome
Uae Oe
North
Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Guam
da Nang
Chu Lai
U S
South Viet Nam
Dalat
Mediation upbeat on settlement for East Alton gunpowder plant
UPS Fed mediators optimism on union approval of a wage and conditions settlement at Olin Mathieson Chemical Co plant East Alton Illinois. Factory shut Dec 1. workers to vote at meetings Saturday and Sunday with production resuming Monday if approved.
Transportation mishap near Miami flashes into new year
News in brief reports an 80 foot ship with 35 crew on board struck reefs south of Miami before dawn as the new year started. A Virginia man defends Smith against aiding the enemy charge, saying they trust Army attorneys. Fidel Castro delivers major speeches with police roundups and mass detentions in Cuba. Mrs. Donald J. Baker of Moorefield announces candidacy for West Virginia Senate in the 16th district after her husband’s death. the West Virginia GOP plans a state party session.
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Miami
Chester
George Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Smith
Cubam
Fidel Castro
Donald J. Baker
Moorefield
West Virginia
Senate
Baker
Republican Party
Arleston, Shott
GOP
A Soldier Comes Home From Viet Nam
QUI NHAN Viet Nam NEA report follows four men on a runway as they transfer a dead soldier in a long green bag. The men confront fear and numbness while debating the meaning of home and peace as the body heads toward San Francisco en route to Lagion for cleansing and burial.
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Tom Tiede
Lagion
San Francisco
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