Laos Capital Under Attack in Coup Clash
Fighting rages as rebel Gen Khamkong marches on Vientiane backing right wing Col Bounleut Saycode. Loyalist forces of Prince Souvanna Phouma clash with rebels near Radio Vientiane and the airport amid markings by scarfs and shifting loyalties. Western diplomats seek to avert full civil war.
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Martin Stuart-Fox
Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Khamkong
Souvanna Phouma
Bounleut Saycode
Radio Vientiane
Kouprasith Abhay
Saigon
Kouprasith
Ouane Ratikoun
Ouane
Prince Souvanna
International Control Commission For
Thadeua
Indonesia Aims to Test Atomic Bomb by October
Brig. Gen. Hartono said 200 Indonesian scientists are developing the nations first atomic bomb with testing planned for Armed Forces Day in October. The announcement follows Subandrios China visit and a China Indonesia communique on military and economic ties.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
API
Antara
Hartono
China
Subandrio
Chou En-lai
Seven Arrested as Huntington Police Raid Hotels
Huntington police raided three hotels and a residence arresting seven people and seizing 1200 pep pills and 500 barbiturates. Six adults face felony charges for illegal sale of malony laurea and pep pills. one person faces a misdemeanor. Warrants issued by Magistrate Frank B. Phillips.
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Huntington
UPI
Cabell County
Cecil Johnson
Patricia Webb
Billy Thompson
Claude Wellman
Sherry Johnson
Burlin Horn
Proctorville
Ohio
Frankie Lewis
Herman Frazier
Frank B. Phillips
Frazier
Riad
State Blanketed Roads Perilous
West Virginia faces more winter weather as temperatures could fall eight degrees below zero while light snow ends tonight. Up to 13 inches fell Monday across mountains, with seven inches in Mercer and Raleigh Counties and up to half a foot in Wyoming Summers Randolph and Mingo Counties. Flat Top totals 11 inches and Beckley 8 inches. snow tires or chains urged on most main highways by the State Road Commission.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Mercury
State Road Commission
SRC
Logan County
Mercer
Raleigh
Wyoming
Summers
Randolph
Mingo
Flat Top
Weather Bureau
Beckley
Beckley Area Weather Update and River Gauges
Beckley and vicinity see variable clouds and cold, with a few flurries this afternoon high around 15 degrees. Tonight will be fair and very cold with a low near 5, then a mostly sunny and cold Wednesday with a high in the low 20s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake level 6 feet below normal and clear with 4 gates open. A new gauge at Hinton reads 2.3 feet. Today’s extremes: 84 in McAllen Texas high and 32 in Brainerd Minnesota low.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
McAllen
Tex
Brainerd
Minn
Explosion Deep In French Mine Takes 21 Lives
In Lens France a gas explosion in the Avion area mine killed 21 miners and left four entombed. By afternoon 17 bodies were recovered as families gathered at the pithead. officials noted strong safety measures yet expressed little hope for survivors.
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Lens
France
UPI
Lens - Lieven
Avion
Lille
Europe
Walkout Ends At Moonport
CAPE KENNEDY Fla UPI Construction workers end a three day walkout at Moonport ending the idling of 200 million in key space building. About nine percent of the 4300 man workforce expected back by day’s end with full return hoped by Wednesday as 18 unions decide to resume work following a presidential commission inquiry into grievances. The strike delayed NASA Marion Power Shovel contract work on an eight million crawler to move Saturn V rockets, with steelworkers imported from Ohio involved in the dispute.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
UPI
America
Apollo Moonport
Space Agency
Clifford Baxley
Brevard Building and Trades Council
Baxley
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Marion Power Shovel Co
Marion
Ohio
Truck Driver Kills UT Freshman After Snowball Fight
A Greeneville truck driver shot and killed Marnell Goodman an 18 year old UT freshman during a snowball fight near the T Room in Knoxville. Willett 27 was charged with murder. Police noted the driver sustained facial injuries in the melee. Witness Dana Wolf Jr. recounted the shooting and ensuing scuffle.
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Knoxville, Tenn
UPI
University of Tennessee
William Douglas Willett Jr
Greeneville
Tenn
Marnell Goodman
Swampscott
Mass
Goodman
T” Room
Final Passage By Month's End Seen
Washington based on UPI report Senate backers of President Johnson's $1 billion Appalachia aid program predict final passage by month end after a 62 to 22 vote. Sen Jennings Randolph says action could be late this month with House optimism from Rep Robert Jones Jr. House hearings begin Wednesday. The bill would authorize 840 million for road, health, and resource projects across 355 counties in 11 states. It was approved by the Senate after prior passage and broad regional assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mansfield.
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Washington
Johnson
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Senate
House
Appalachia
Judiciary Committee
Del
Harry R. Pauley
D-Mcdowell
State Medical Association
Carrigan
Public Health
R. E. Barnett
D- Mercer
Bundy To Take New Look At Viet Nam War
President Johnson sends McGeorge Bundy to Saigon with John McNaughton and Leonard Unger to review Vietnam war issues after the recent military coup. Bundy aims to assess the situation and return by week’s end, while Kosygin’s North Vietnam trip is noted as separate.
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South Viet Nam
Johnson
Taylor
Bundy
John McNaughton
Leonard Unger
Viet Nam
White House
George E. Reedy
Washington
Kosygin
North
Saigon
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Hanoi
Russia
Viet Guerrillas Wound 3 Fliers During Lunar New Year
Communist guerrillas fired on several American aircraft wounding three U S fliers during the first day of the lunar new year. A small Viet Cong unit attacked Bac Lieu Province outpost before midnight but withdrew after government artillery killed two attackers. In Saigon, children celebrated the Year of the Serpent amid a festive mood.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Bac Lieu
U.S. Air Force
Binh Duong
Executive Flu Hits Capitol Not Asian Flu Epidemic
The Public Health Service reports no serious Asian flu outbreak this winter despite widespread executive illness in Washington. President Johnson’s cold prompted hospital visits, while Defense Secretary McNamara faces a mild fever and virus pneumonia. Secretary Rusk missed a Senate appearance to recover from a cold, and Churchill’s funeral attendance was affected. The center notes increased absenteeism but no signs of an Asian flu epidemic.
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Washington
API
U. S. Public Health Service
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
McNamara
Dean Rusk
Senate
Winston Churchill
London
Dockmen Ignore Johnsons Plea
In a stand against a nationwide contract, the International Longshoremen's Association keeps striking in East and Gulf ports despite a White House appeal. Through Labor Department intermediaries, President Johnson urged a return to work where contracts exist, but the union will wait until settlements cover all ports. Philadelphia Galveston and Miami stay out. Baltimore unions ratified a four year pact joining New York Boston Norfolk New Orleans and Mobile as others to settle. About 60,000 longshoremen remain on strike as most work in ports with agreements.
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New York
UPI
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
East
Gulf
Labor Department
Johnson
ILA High Command
Philadelphia
Galveston
Miami
Baltimore
Boston
Norfolk
New Orleans
Mobile
Reds Fire New Type Rocket
The Soviet Union launched a new rocket carrier for space objects over the Pacific, surpassing 8000 miles. Tass said the flight and all stages followed the program and the model reached water with high accuracy. Navigation restrictions in the test area were lifted earlier than planned.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
Tass
Smith Plans Pitch For House Action On Bill
Gov. Hulett C. Smith will fly to Washington to urge House passage of the Appalachian Regional Development bill. He will testify before a House subcommittee after the Senate backed the $1 billion measure. Smith earlier testified before the Senate Public Works Committee and called the bill good news for West Virginia and nine other underdeveloped states. He will attend the Presidential Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning and return to Charleston Thursday evening.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Washington
House
Senate
Smith
Senate Public Works Committee
West Virginia
Legislature Senate Has Tax Bill At 2nd Reading
In Charleston UPI reports the Senate is to take up a House tax bill with exemptions for food and drugs from the 3 percent sales tax. The House passed the measure after defeating amendments, and a companion bill to make the 3 percent use tax permanent after June 30 awaits second reading. Senate leaders expect amendments and slower movement, with passage anticipated Wednesday if rules are not dispensed.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate
House
John Carrigan
Moundsville
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
Hulett C. Smith
State Board of Health
West Virginia lawmakers push wage, motor pool, tax bills
Charleston dispatch reports measures submitted to the West Virginia Legislature include a 1 per hour minimum wage covering most workers not under federal law with overtime pay rules, a state motor pool to save about 750000 annually, and a 1 percent gross sales tax extension to doctors and lawyers.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
H. Laban White
Del
Carmine Cann
D-Harrison
del. Noel Poling
R-Jackson
del. D. P. Given
D-Webster
Rain-Maker Bill Draws Farmers to Capitol Hearing
Farmers from the Eastern Panhandle converge on the Capitol for a public hearing on the rain maker bill. Del. William B. Slonaker says the measure would outlaw cloud seeding by non government agencies, amid support from farmers and objections from fruit growers worried about hail. A petition with 4000 names backs the bill.
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Charleston
UPI
Panhandle
Del
William B. Slonaker
Hampshire
Slonaker
Agriculture Committee
Churchill Didn't Plan Own Rites
In London an authoritative source said Churchill had no part in planning his funeral or kept a personal funeral book. The state funeral, code named Operation Hope Not, was five years in planning without his knowledge. He reportedly welcomed bands but did not guide the ceremony.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
Winston
Field Marshal
Lord Montgomery
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
England
Churchill
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