New Society Aim In Viet Nam By Johnson Ky
President Johnson and Prime Minister Ky discuss a new society plan for South Viet Nam. The program targets pacifying 900 rural hamlets first by clearing Communist forces, then delivering social services, with goals to improve 1000 more hamlets and construct schools roads bridges dams and canals. It signals a shift to nonmilitary efforts alongside the war.
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Thang
Donald H. May
Honolulu
UPI
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh asks India to initiate talks for peace in Viet Nam
Informant sources in New Delhi say Ho Chi Minh asked India, as neutral chairman of the International Control Commission, to start peace moves in Viet Nam in a letter to President Radhakrishnan. No official confirmation yet. The request is under urgent consideration by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Foreign Minister Swaran Singh.
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Bulletin
New Delhi
API
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
International Control Commission
India
Indira Gandhi
Swaran Singh
Johnson Moves Toward End of Vietnam Talks in Hawaii
In Honolulu President Johnson and Saigon leaders Thieu and Ky near a final plenary session on Southeast Asia policy. A 1 p.m. departure for Washington followed a joint communique and renewed momentum in peace and war talks with plans for more meetings dropped overnight.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Honolulu
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Washington
Saigon
Thieu
108 Viet Cong slain near Tuy Hoa in hand to hand fighting
U S para troopers of the 101st Airborne Division battled Communist positions 230 miles northeast of Saigon and killed an estimated 108 Viet Cong in two coastal plain engagements. American casualties were moderate to light. two planes were lost, including a Navy A4 Skyhawk over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Cao Lanh
Pleiku
Central Highlands
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Lao
Voters choose mayoral candidates in New York bid
New York voters decide between Republican Theodore Kupferman and Democrat Orin Lehman for Mayor Lindsay’s seat with a third conservative in the race. The contest centers on Kupferman a Lindsay ally against Lehman, kin of the late Herbert Lehman.
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New York
Theodore R. Kupferman
Orin Lehman
John V. Lindsay
Congress
Lindsay
Kupferman
Lehman
Herbert Lehman
Tokyo Bay
All-Nippon Airways
Nebraska
Missouri
New England
Rockies
Plains
No Trace Of Missing Plane-37 Aboard
Ground search parties combed Banihal Pass for wreckage of an Indian Airways Fokker Friendship carrying 37 aboard. The plane, with 33 passengers and four crew, disappeared about three miles from the pass on a Srinagar to New Delhi flight via Jammu.
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New Delhi
API
Banihal Pass
Indian Airways
Himalayas
Kashmir
Srinagar
Jammu
Weather Foggy And Damp In Beckley Area Today
Considerable cloudiness and fog linger this afternoon through Wednesday with sprinkles possible. High around 42 today, low 34 tonight, and mid-40s tomorrow. Airport reports show 24 hour high 40 and low 34 with light SE wind. precipitation 0.02 inch. River conditions remain normal for Greenbrier and Lake with a gauge reading of 1.9 feet at Hinton.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Tex
Lebanon, N. H
Budget Bill Includes $35,000 For Honey in the Rock
Charleston reports that the budget bill to be voted by the House of Delegates and passed by the Senate includes a $35,000 appropriation for Honey in the Rock the Beckley outdoor epic. The bill also features a $1 an hour minimum wage measure advancing with statewide support and expected signing by Gov Smith.
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House of Delegates
Senate
Beckley
Department of Commerce
Charleston
RNS
West Virginia
Hunlett C. Smith
Del
William McCoy, Jr
Pendleton
House
Smith
UPI
Taising
General Revenue Fund
Hulett C. Smith
H. Laban White
White
Conference Committee
John Carrigan
Marshall
Chester Hubbard
Ohio
Paul Kaufman
Two Claim Candy Tried To Hire A Killer Ex Con Testifies
Billy Frank Mulvey testified in Houston that Melvin Lane Powers admitted killing Jacques Messler. Mulvey said the July 1964 claim followed Candy Messler paying $7,000 to hire a professional killer. Candy denied knowledge of the man when confronted.
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Mossier
Miami
API
Melvin Lane Powers
Houston
Jacques Mossier
Billy Frank Mulvey
Texas
Messler
Candace
Mulvey
Candy
Powers
Harris County
Mossler
Jacques Mossler
Cotton White Now With EDA Huntington Office
Cotton White, former Raleigh County assessor and late primary Secretary of State candidate, has joined the Economic Development Administration in Huntington. He is currently in Kentucky for familiarization with the EDA program, under temporary director Ross Manley. White served as Raleigh County assessor from 1960 to 1964 and recently ran for Secretary of State, narrowly losing to Joe F. Burdett. He previously worked for the West Virginia Resources Department and is now married with two sons, living at 509 Crescent Road.
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Cotton White
Raleigh County
The
Economic Development Administration
Huntington
West Virginia
Resources Department
White
Crescent Road
Guns Tanks For Latin Revolutionaries Smashed
U S customs agents arrested five men in El Paso in a nationwide gun running ring. The group arranged shipments of submarines tanks airplanes guided missiles and ammunition to Latin American revolutionaries. Five defendants faced charges of conspiracy to violate the Neutrality Act and the Export Control Act.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
U. S
Latin
Tom Rogers
Eugene Michals
Peyton Dean
Larry Grubb
Johnny Acuna
U.S
Fred Morton
Rogers
Dean
Grubb
Acuna
Texas Western College
Fidel Castro
Prosperity Man Takes Own Life
Rudolph Walney, 50, of Prosperity, died at about 7 a.m. from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had been in critical condition at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital since about 1:30 p.m. Monday after being found by a neighbor in a 1955 pickup in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Prosperity. Police noted a .22 caliber pistol purchased by Walney earlier.
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Rudolph Walney
Prosperity
Walney
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
First Baptist Church of Prosperity
Watney
Miner Killed in Slate Fall at Lochgelly Mine
Joe Kokoski a 49 year old miner operator of Carlisle was killed instantly in a slate fall at the Lochgelly mine of The New River Coal Co at 1 am. He was the only person hurt and is survived by his wife Elizabeth a son and two daughters at home.
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Lochgelly
Joe Kokoski
Carlisle
New River Coal Co
Kokoski
Elizabeth
Private Clubs Pleas Ignored In Anti-Gambling Bill Advance
The West Virginia State Senate passed an anti gambling bill 31 to 2, removing lodge definitions and extending penalties. Critics warned raids could target home card parties, while fraternal lodges were largely excluded from the measure. The bill moved to the House of Delegates.
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Charleston
UPI
State Senate
Oleg Hedrick
D-Marion
Wiliam Sharpe
D-Lewis
Tracey W. Hylton
House of Delegates
Howard W. Carson
Beatnik Claims He's Radio Hanoi Voice
Ronald Ramsey a 27 year old Compton resident claims to be the voice of Radio Hanoi broadcasts urging U S troops to lay down arms. He says he produces tapes shipped behind the Iron Curtain for North Viet propaganda and aims to editorially motivate soldiers to peace. Ramsey who is white calls himself a black nationalist and faces possible jail for his activities. U S authorities in Washington reportedly investigate his broadcasting.
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Compton
Calif
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Radio Hanoi
Ronald Ramsey
Tron
Radio
Hanoi
Ramsey
Watts
Washington
Justice Department
Senate Refuses To Kill 14 B Filibuster
The Senate again blocked cloture on President Johnsons bill to repeal Taft Hartley 14 B. The 51 to 48 vote kept the filibuster alive as the measure nears defeat and a formal interment is planned for Thursday. Dirksen leads the Republicans in opposition amid right to work fight.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Gavin Testifies on Viet Nam War Policy Inquiry
Gen James M Gavin testified before Senator Fulbright's Foreign Relations panel as part of hearings on a 415 million foreign aid request for South Viet Nam. The session highlighted congressional criticism of President Johnson's Vietnam strategy and Gavin's call to pull US forces back to defendable coastal enclaves.
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Washington
UPI
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Viet Nam
James M. Gavin
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Fulbright
D-Ark
Gavin
House Judiciary Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
Joint Economic Committee
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ku Klux
Unemployment Rate Drops to Nine-Year Low in January
Washington UPI reports the national unemployment rate fell to 4 percent in January, the lowest since April 1957. Labor Secretary Wirtz projects it to dip below 3.5 percent by year end 1966, with seasonally adjusted joblessness down by one tenth of one percent from December.
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Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
State Itemizes Accusations Nuckols Charged With
Kanawha County Intermedi ate Court heard that former State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols allegedly carried payroll workers not on state business. Prosecutor Walker said about $12,000 in unlawful actions included pilots listed as clerks and secretaries working in private business. Defense argued the pilots and secretaries performed state work and that space limits forced private offices.
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Charleston
Motor Vehicles Department
Defense
Sam Lepinsky
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N. Y
United States
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Lynda Bird
University of Texas
Luci Baines
Georgetown University School of Nursing
Lewis McManus
McManus
House Conference Committee
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H. D. Quigg
Cotton
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Fred Vines
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