Johnson Promises Stronger War and Peace Efforts in Viet Nam
President Johnson returned to the White House from a 10,000 mile Honolulu mission promising a tougher U S push in both the war and peace in South Vietnam. He ordered Vice President Humphrey to Saigon to sustain the momentum and briefed the nation on the trip outcomes.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
U.S
South Viet Nam
Air Force One
Andrews Air Force Base
Hawaii
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Humphrey
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Congress
Gavin Predicts Unavoidable Thailand War
Senate committees pressed Johnson’s request for 12.3 billion in extra defense funds as Gen. Gavin warned of an impending clash in Thailand and the risk of reopening Korea amid Vietnam war escalation. He testified for over four hours before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, part of a broader inquiry into U.S. Viet Nam policy.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Thailand
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James M. Gavin
Red China
Gavin
U.S
Viet Nam
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
America
Dunbar Man Pays Parking Ticket With Vietnamese Dollar
Kyle W. Levine of Dunbar mailed a parking fine and included a Vietnamese dollar from Viet Nam with a note hoping to be home soon even if it meant more tickets.
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Dunbar
UPI
Kyle W. Levine
Viet Nam
Weather Summary for Beckley and Vicinity
Cloudy and mild conditions expected with a high near 52 and a low around 37. Sunshine returns later with mid 50s highs, no precipitation reported, river and lake levels normal, winds from the west at 14 mph.
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Beckley
Badin Ecole Ee
Greenbrier
Hinton
Naples
Fla
Butte
Mont
West Virginia
Major Viet Cong losses amid largest American death toll in weeks
In Saigon 89 Americans die as heavy fighting in coastal regions continues with 1,541 Viet Cong killed and 245 captured. U.S. Marines, Army units, and allied forces sweep Viet Cong strongholds 300 miles northeast of Saigon. South Vietnamese casualties reach 184 killed and 121 missing. Strategic bombing by SAC B52s targets two Viet Nam sites. Humphrey to visit Saigon.
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Saigon
Upi
la Drang
U.S. Army
1St Air Cavalry
101St Airborne
Ia Drang
Chu Pong
An Lao
Bong Son
U.S
An Lae
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Guam
South Viet Nam
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Hanoi
South
Viet Nam
Heart Fund Drive Total Reaches 705 in Raleigh County
Donations to the Raleigh County Heart Fund from the special gifts division total 705 with Carroll Simpkins chairing. The drive aims for 8000 this month while other divisions have yet to report. Heart Sunday is Feb 27 and events run through Feb 26.
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Raleigh County
Carroll Simpkins
Guy Owen Baker
Alestoes
Woodrow Wilson High School
London Subway Strike Looms Against Rail Workers Demands
London may face paralysis as subway workers vow to join the threatened strike by railwaymen next Monday. The National Union of Railwaymen demands higher pay better hours and more holidays for its members and plans coordinated action.
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London
UPI
New York City
Subway
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
Thestrike
India Answers Ho Chi Minh Letter on Viet Nam Crisis
New Delhi says it hopes for a peaceful solution in Indochina and that India will fulfill IC C cease fire duties. President Radhakrishnan assured Ho Chi Minh of India's careful adherence as chairman of the International Control Commission. Ho's letter, received last week in January, claimed U.S. aggression in South Viet Nam.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
Ho Chi Minh
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
International Control Commission
Indochina
Radhakrishan
U.S
Viet Nam
Declaration of Honolulu outlines social revolution plan in Viet Nam
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey travels to Saigon to launch the Honolulu Declaration urging broad programs in agriculture education health and democracy to win the war in South Viet Nam. Johnson Ky and Thieu endorse continued bombing of the North and expect military cooperation with the United States.
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Johnson
Honolulu
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Army
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Westmoreland
United States
Humphrey
Saigon
Points East
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Thieu
South
Police foil store gunfight arrest four in Yeggs raid
In Naugatuck three officers surprised four suspected safecrackers after a gun battle inside Brewer’s Supermarket. James Meadows and John Harris of Charleston Raymond Christ of Norfolk Virginia Albert Puckett of Sanford North Carolina were jailed on multiple charges with bonds set at 10 900.
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Brewer’s Supermark
James C. Meadows
John D. Harris
Charleston
Raymond N. Christ
Norfolk
Albert K. Puckett
Sanford
N.C
Mingo County
Grand Jury
Christ
Puckett
Harris
Meadows
Sampson Sentenced to One to Ten Years in Prison
James Carl Sampson is sentenced to one to ten years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. He appeared before Criminal Court Judge Harry L McCreery in a case tied to a rash of school entries in November including Shady Spring High School, with co defendant John D Quesenberry.
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James Carl Sampson
Gettysburg
Moundsville
Harry L. McCreery
Sampson
Pennsylvania
John D. Quesenberry
Shady Spring High School
Jealous deer blindsides Ursula Andress in park incident
London reports Ursula Andress, 29, Swiss born actress, with a black eye after an incident at Bushey Park. She said a jealous deer charged toward her as she fed the deer with bread, causing the injury.
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Ursula
London
UPI
Ursula Andress
Bushey Park
Diplomats Discount Hanoi Peace Initiative Feels Largely Symbolic
In Washington London New York Tokyo and Paris diplomats discounted Hanoi taking the peace initiative after New Delhi published a letter from North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh to Indian President Radhakrishnan. They note it mirrors earlier messages and adds ICC chairman India has a special peace responsibility. Indira Gandhi declined comment in Jaipur as Shiina suggested possible shifts in North Viet Nam’s peace posture.
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UPI
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Washington
London
New York
Tokyo
Paris
New Delhi
Ho Chi Minh
India
Prasidart
Sergenalt Radhakrishnan
International Control Commission
ICC
Jaipur
Congress
Ont National Congress
Indira Gandhi Oday
Etsusaburo Shiina
West Virginia Budget Nearing Passage Ahead of Deadline
The State Board of Public Works and ten conferees reach a final accord on a 1966 67 budget of about 199.1 million dollars. Passage could occur today with lawmakers aiming to beat the Thursday midnight deadline, as the House and Senate address amendments on terms for sessions and school bond rules.
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Fanny Seiler
Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
BPW
Finance Committee
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Ivor’ Boiarsky
D - Kanawha
House Committee
Belcastro Draft Controversy Stirs Statewide Reaction
Clarksburg draft board cancels a Latin America tour for WVU jazz trio led by Belcastro after reclassifying him 1-A denying a teacher exemption. Belcastro now at Ft Benning while bandmates Remenko and Hackett faced congratulations from their draft boards.
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Belcastro
State Department
WVU
Bridgeport High School
Harrison County Board of Education
Latin America
Selective Service Board 5
Ft. Benning
Joyce Breach
Notre Dame
Daily Athenaeum
Guy Remenko
Bob Hackett
Case Continues Against Nuckols
The prosecution resumes its case in the trial of former Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols charged with making false entries in state accounts. William Conway testified about five state payrolls claimed as working but not. The defense contends each was legitimately employed by the state.
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Charleston
UPI
Jack Nuckols
Nuckols
Kanawha County
Charles Walker
William Conway
Conway
Clarence Conner
Edward L. Schultz
Ruth Hensley
Evan Persinger
Jay Rowe
Engagement Party For Luci Nugents Plans Get-Together
Washington sources report a White House engagement party planned for Luci Johnson and Patrick Nugent at the City Tavern Club in Georgetown this weekend. The Nugents from Waukegan will attend with their son in the Air National Guard, while Luci’s Georgetown nursing student sister stays in Texas.
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Washington
UPI
Johnsons
Nugents
Waukegan
Pennsylvania Ave
Johnson
Jerry Nugent
Patrick J. Nugent
Luci Johnson
White House
Illinois
Lbj Ranch
Luci
Helene Lindow
Georgetown University School of Nursing
City Tavern Club
Georgetown
Texas
Air National Guard
Andrews Air Force Base
Nugent
Pat
Lynda
University of Texas
West Virginia Turnpike records highest toll road death rate
West Virginia Turnpike registered 18.1 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles in 1965, far above the national average of 2.4. The International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association released the figures, noting West Virginia had the highest toll road death rate in the nation.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
Mountain State
Klansman Roton testifies on undercover work for Klan and Alabama
Ralph Roton an Alabama electrician testified before the House Un American Activities Committee revealing he served as an undercover operative for the Ku Klux Klan and for Alabama. He appeared as hearings continued on anti-Communist inquiries amid other congressional business.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph Roton
Fairfield
Ala
House Committee On UN
Alabama
House Ways & Means Committee
Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Senate
Prostitution Conviction Upheld in Sex Neutral Ruling
In Oakland two women Jeanette McDonald and Hattie Smith had prostitution convictions upheld by a three judge Alameda County panel. The defense argued mutual solicitation and equal protection but the court rejected the claim and ruled the arrests not discriminatory.
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Oakland
Calif
UPT
Jeanette McDonald
Hattie Smith
Alameda County Superior Court
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Ned) Watson
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