Javits Randoph Resolution Aims to Broaden Vietnam Debate
Senator Javits and General Randolph unveil a new Javits Randolph resolution to widen Congress debate on Vietnam policy. The plan supports U.S. aims in South Vietnam, promises talks with other parties, and calls for accelerated economic and social development in South Vietnam. The measure seeks a stronger mandate for President Johnson and continued military actions in Vietnam.
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LBJ
South Viet Nam
Tion
Joint Economic Committee
Schultze
Congress
Senate
World News In Brief From Wire Dispatches
Scientists called off an attempt to launch a weather satellite at Kennedy due to issues with the target. The shot was rescheduled for 2 22 a m EST Thursday. Mrs John F Kennedy challenged world opinion in resuming bombing raids on North Vietnam and insisted that the value of talks about peace remains clear. Lt Gov Raymond P Shafer of Pennsylvania named John S D Eisenhower to run his campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Funeral services will be held in Washington for John Marshall former assistant U S attorney general who died at 84. Governor Scranton urged a National Transportation Institute at a Pittsburgh conference. Former President Eisenhower signaled approval of resuming bombing in Vietnam calling it a dark day if allies think we weaken in supporting freedom. A Roman Catholic Archdiocese spokesman said Patricia Kennedy Lawford remains a Catholic in good standing despite her divorce from Peter Lawford and may receive sacraments unless she remarries.
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John F. Ken
Viet Nam
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
John S. D. Eisenhower
Keystone
Washington
John Marshall
U. S
Marshall
New Cumberland
W. Va
Parkersburg
Calvin Coolidge
Bethany College
West Virginia University
Yale
William Scranton
National Transportation Institute
Pittsburgh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
India
Calif
Johnson
America
Archdiocese of
New York
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Peter Lawford
Temperatures To Tumble Tonight Weather Shift Bedevils West Virginia
A capricious low pressure system drives snow and cold across West Virginia as residents resume digging out. Snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 6 inches with the forecast calling for further temperature drops tonight.
Beckley WV Weather and River Updates
Light snow today accumulates one to two inches with a high near 20. Tonight snow showers end and flurries rise to a low around 10. Tomorrow mostly sunny with a mid-20s high. Greenbrier River normal and clear, Lake normal and clear, New gauge at Hinton 2 ft. Five day outlook: temperatures 12 to 15 degrees below normal, precipitation 0.5 to 1 inch, mainly Friday or Saturday.
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Aeane
Cccconcusnas
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
UN role in Viet Nam rejected by France
France joined North Viet Nam in rejecting United Nations intervention in the war and the Soviet Union opposed any U.N. action. A Paris cabinet communique called for a Viet Nam solution by the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and Communist China in line with the 1954 Geneva agreements. The question of Security Council action rested with further discussion.
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UPI
France
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
U.N
United States
Security Council
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
China
U.N. Security Council
Jets Bomb North Vietnam For Third Straight Day
U S jets bombed North Vietnamese targets for the third day as bad weather limited destruction. In the ground fight, Allied forces under Operation Masher pressed a coastal advance near Saigon, with 697 Viet Cong casualties recorded, while a U S helicopter misfire caused 1 dead and 9 wounded among U S troops.機
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Saigon
UPS
U. S
USS
Istae
U.S
Legislature Action Set On 2 Amendments
Charleston dispatch reports five proposed amendments to the State Constitution moved through the Legislature. The measures aim to extend each legislative session to 60 days and authorize the Legislature to revamp judicial circuits. The amendments were rapidly advanced to amendment stage in the House.
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Charleston
UPS
House
Legae
Senate Ready To Act On State Minimum Wage
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported a House-passed one dollar per hour minimum wage bill with amendments set to clear hurdles in both chambers. The changes extend the effective date to January 1 1967, add exemptions for job trainees and certain Social Security beneficiaries, keep hotels and motels under House coverage, and maintain a two year term for delegates. A fifth amendment lowers school bond passage to a simple majority, with enabling legislation expected to move by next week.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate
Judiciary Committee
William Moreland
Morgantown
House
Moreland
Convention Issue Lacks Popular Support
Gov. Hulett C. Smith said the proposed Constitutional Convention issue lacks sufficient popular support and would not be just to bring it to a vote now. He warned defeating it would delay constitutional revision for years, while noting five amendments are under legislative consideration.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
President Johnson seeks 524 million for world health and education
President Johnson asks Congress for 524 million dollars for health and education worldwide, plus a broader 3.4 billion in military and economic aid for 1967. He envisions expanded education aid, a peace corps exchange, and malaria and smallpox eradication targets within ten to fifteen years, urging rich and poor nations to collaborate.
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Prejohnson
International Health
Educa
Mankind
Johnson
House
Senate
Reporter Writes Own Obit Cigarettes Were The Death Of Me
Honolulu obituary by Mark Waters notes he died of lung cancer at Queens Hospital six days after drafting his own obituary. Waters 56 years old, born Davenport Iowa, UNC graduate, long Baltimore resident, stated cigarettes caused his cancer and that he smoked two packs daily.
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Honolulu
UPI
Mark Waters
Queens Hospital
Waters
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Davenport
Iowa
University of North Carolina
Baltimore
Rockefeller IV switches to Democrat in West Virginia House bid
John D. Rockefeller IV announces he will seek a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates as a Democrat. GOP figures respond with mixed reactions, noting potential party impact and machine politics while Governor Nelson Rockefeller expresses pleasure at his nephew's public service career.
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John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
House of Delegates
GOP
John D. Rockefeller
John Shott
Rockefeller
Shott
Cleo Jones
Jones
Kanawha County
Jay
Republican Party
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Red Ship Hangs Around N-Device Search Area
U.S. Navy ships shadow a Soviet trawler sighted near the search zone for the missing 20 megaton H-bomb off Palomares Spain. The trawler departed overnight but could not be barred from observing the operation. A two man submarine was being flown from the United States to aid in recovering the bomb, thought to lie in 200 fathoms of water off the southeast coast of Spain.
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Palomares
Spain
UPI
U.S. Navy
United States
State Tax Revenues Lag Behind Estimates by $1 Million
Tax Commissioner Thomas Battle told the House Finance Committee on Tuesday that overall revenue trails forecasts by about 1 million dollars with gross sales tax lagging far behind estimates while most other taxes exceed expectations as the fiscal year proceeds.
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Charleston
UPI
Thomas Battle
Board of Public Works
House Finance Committee
Mansfield urges Geneva Conference acceptance
Senator Mike Mansfield calls for immediate acceptance of North Viet Nam’s proposal to reconvene the Geneva conference to discuss Viet Nam negotiations. He urges Soviet Union and Great Britain to act promptly to reconvene the 1954 Geneva body, opposing any United Nations role in peace talks.
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UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Sted
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United Nations
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Geneva
Three Sentenced For Stealing Blood in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a judge condemned an unspeakable blood theft ring and jailed Leonard Blum for nine to 23 months while ordering a $1,000 Red Cross fine. Terry Bianco paid a $250 fine and costs, and Thomas Smith received five years probation with a $100 fine. Bianco and Blum diverted hundreds of pints from Red Cross blood to Metro Blood Service in 1964, selling them for over $3,300.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Red Cross
Raymond Pace Alexander
Leonard Blum
Metro Blood Service
Blum
Terry Bianco
Einstein Medical Center
Thomas Smith
Miss Bianco
Einstein
Smith
Metro
Freight Train Hits Bus Killing 19 Puerto Rican Migrant Workers
A Miami area crossing collision between a freight locomotive and a bus carrying 34 migrant farm workers from Puerto Rico left 19 dead and 13 injured. The train warned by signals failed to stop the bus, dragging the vehicle 150 yards along the tracks. Crew noted the engine at 30 mph on the run to pick up produce at Princeton.
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Miami
UPI
South Miami
Jackson Memorial
Luis Santiago
Alejandro Cato
Manuel Padilla Marando
Dade
Maimi
E. B. Shaw
Princeton
Wife Claimed Messier Had Enemies After Slaying
In Miami, June 1964, detective Lt. Gerald Evans questioned Candace Messier about possible suspects after Jacques Messier was killed at 6:20 a.m. in his apartment. She replied she could not think of anyone who might have wished him harm as the investigation continued.
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Miami
UPI
Candace Eeme
Jacques
Gerald Evans
Fumes Kill Four in Petersburg in Accidental CO Poisoning
Four people died in Petersburg from carbon monoxide poisoning in what authorities ruled an accident. Charles A Bean, 40, his children Charlotte 15, Charles Jr. 13, and Keith 8 were found in a partly heated house where a circulating air furnace fed fumes from a running car in a nearby garage. Bean’s estranged wife Lena Bean was notified and expected to return from Minnesota. Bean’s landlord found the bodies after snow blocked access.
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Manassas
Muntzing
Bean
John Kitzmiller
State Investment In U S Notes Authorized
State Treasurer John Kelly received authorization Tuesday to reinvest $8 million in state funds into short term U S Government notes. The Board of Public Works approved the move after noting current notes mature Thursday. The BPW also refused Kanawha County Board of Education permission to sell a newly passed $22.9 million school improvement bond issue in the state’s name.
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UPI
U. S
John Kelly
Board of Public Works
BPW
Kanawha County
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