Viet Cong destroy U S billet at Qui Nhon killing many
UPI reports Viet Cong destroyed a U S Army billet at Qui Nhon, 250 miles northeast of Saigon, with heavy casualties feared up to 33 Americans killed. Only seven wounded survivors found as building was completely destroyed. Attacks surge across South Vietnam with other clashes and losses including Pleiku and air force fliers.
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UPI
U.S. Army
Qui Nhon
U.S
Viet Nam
Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Binh Dinh
Johnson Consulting With Tep Advisers
President Johnson met with top advisers and focused on reports of a Viet Cong raid that reportedly killed up to 33 Americans. A National Security Council briefing noted close attention with officials from the State and Defense Departments involved. The attack on a four story billet at Qui Nhon occurred at 8 p.m. Wednesday with mangled Viet Cong bodies found nearby. About 60 enlisted men lived there, 20 away at the time, 40 believed inside. Viet Cong attacks followed a Libération Front call for intensified actions against U.S. forces as bombing raids continued in North Vietnam.
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UPI
Johnson
George E. Reedy
National Security Council
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Search For Downed Navy Pilot Called Off
The search for Lt. Edward A. Dickson of Wyoming Pa has been called off. Dickson, shot down in the North Viet Nam air raid on Dong Hoi, remains missing after parachuting into the sea. He was the sole Navy jet lost in the attack as 49 planes took part and eight others were damaged.
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Washington
UPI
Edward A. Dickson
Wyoming
U.S
North Viet Nam
Defense Department
Dickson
Dong Hoi
Navy
Kosygin Ends Visit To Hanoi In Hanoi Hanoi
Kosygin wraps up four day Hanoi visit amid North Vietnamese demand for immediate withdrawal of the U S 7th Fleet from the China Sea. Tass quotes Hanoi on military expansion and defense boosts while U S retaliation planes strike North Vietnamese targets. Kosygin then flies to Peking aboard an Ilyushin 18 with a top Soviet delegation.
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UPI
Viet Nam
China Sea
Southeast Asia
Tass
North Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
U.S
7Th Fleet
North
Communist
China
Relations Calm Beneath The Surface In US Soviet Ties
UPI report notes surface anger from Viet Nam events and the Moscow embassy attack, yet overall U.S.-Soviet relations seemed calm though unsettled. Key diplomats Thompson and Dobrynin discussed Viet Cong attacks tied to limited U.S. retaliation, while Kosygin and Brezhnev faced the test of crisis, with Russia strengthening SE Asia support and arms supplies.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
Moscow
State Department
Russia
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Dobrynin
Thompson
Pleiku
United States
Appalachia Bill Moves Toward Floor Action
Washington UPI House committee approved Johnsons 1.1 billion Appalachia development program moving the Great Society measure toward floor action. Rep Robert E Jones Jr said approval is likely by months end with Senate passage already granted. The bill focuses on highways conservation education health in 11 states to combat regional economic decline. Immigration plan and Jenkins questions also noted.
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Washington
Johnson
Reuther Urges Auto, Electrical Union Merger
UAW president Walter P Reuther said the United Auto Workers has proposed merging with the International Union of Electrical Workers, aiming to form a union rivaling the Teamsters in size. IUE officials offered no comment as talks began with no IUE president James B. Carey commenting.
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UPI
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International Union of Electrical Workers
UAW
Walter P Reuther
IUF
James B. Carey
Weather summary for Beckley and vicinity
Occasional rain this afternoon with a high near 60, clearing and cooler tonight. Thursday cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 40s. Beckley yesterday high 56, low 48, varying readings this morning. River Greenbrier three feet above normal and falling, Lake five feet above normal and falling with 14 gates open. New gauge at Hinton reads 5.8 feet. Extreme readings include 84 in Ocala and 9 in Glasgow. Five day forecast calls for 5 to 10 degrees above normal and rain about Thursday and again over the weekend.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Ocala
Fla
Glasgow
Mont
West Virginia
Mystery Man Buys Seven Van Goghs At Florida Auction
A mystery buyer paid 1.425 million for 25 French impressionist and post impressionist works at a Palm Beach sale. Vincent van Gogh The Sower sold for 250000 to New York City attorney Roger Oresman on behalf of an unnamed client.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Vincent van Gogh
van Gogh
New York City
Roger Oresman
Oresman
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCoy
New York
Historic Papers Found In Old Cardboard Box
Denver officials opened a dusty box in a library room and found remarkable items. An oath of allegiance signed by George Washington and witnessed by Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair at Valley Forge in 1778, an 1853 Jefferson Davis appointment as secretary of war under Franklin Pierce, a July 4 1863 wallpaper edition of the Vicksburg Daily Citizen, a Civil War roster, 1800s bank notes, and Colorado mining stock certificates. The box's contents reveal a trove of early American and regional history previously thought routine.
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Denver
OPI
University of Denver
George Washington
Arthur St. Clair
Valley Forge
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Franklin Pierce
Vicksburg (Miss
Daily Citizen
Colorado
University
Abel Leads In USW Election
Pittsburgh United Press International reports a tight USW presidential race with J W Abel leading incumbent David J McDonald in unofficial early returns. Tabulation from 2296 of 3203 locals shows Abel 185017 to McDonald 171172, smaller locals driving results as large locals await.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
J.W. Abel
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Abel
McDonald
Train Fire Kills 26 On Madrid Barcelona Express Near Zaragoza
In Spain a blaze swept three passenger coaches of the Madrid Barcelona Express killing 26 and injuring about 50. The fire occurred around 6 20 a m between Grisen and Tinseque about 16 miles from Zaragoza, authorities said.
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Spain
UPI
Grisen
Tinseque
NAACP Warns Youth Leaders To Halt March
BLUEFIELD WASHINGTON UP I The NAACP state youth conference president warned that youth leader John Nettles faces suspension if he proceeds with a statewide march on Bluefield Sat. Feb 13 the national headquarters in New York ordered Nettles to cancel and defer demonstrations until legal appeals with the Y are resolved. State President Rev C Anderson Davis backed Nettles authority limits and said he would not approve the march.
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Bluefield
UPI
NAACP
Bluefield Saturda
C. Anderson Davis
John Nettles
Bluefield State College
Nettles
National
New York
Ym-Ywca
Southern Conference Education Fund
Carl Braden
Davis
Legislature Teacher Pay Bill At First Reading
West Virginia lawmakers move a key teacher pay bill to its first Senate reading as the 60 day session nears halfway. The measure would raise pay for about 17,000 teachers over three years, funded by a new consumer sales tax, with critics noting gains mainly favor experienced staff. The bill’s sponsor Sen. Hans McCourt says it should deter young teachers from leaving while acknowledging beginning pay remains unsatisfactory. Other bills awaiting votes include penalties for cruelty to children and higher doctor registration fees.
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Thomas P. Fazio
Charleston
UPI
Senate
West Virginia
Hans McCourt
D - Webster
Finance Committee
House
Lottery Foes Battle Over State Sweepstakes Hearing
Charleston hearing on a proposed state operated sweepstakes drew church groups and opponents citing moral grounds. Backers cite New Hampshire results and a published booklet. WV Council of Churches vows to oppose, while Senate sponsor William R. Sharpe and House sponsor Jesse Barker push the measure.
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Robert M. Gornall
Charleston
UPI
New Hampshire
House Judiciary Committee
L. E. Crowson
West Virginia
Senate
William R. Sharpe
D-Lewis
House
Jesse Barker
D-Kanawha
Sharpe
NASA OSO-2 powers on six of eight experiments
NASA announced that six of eight experiments aboard the Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO-2 are on and transmitting excellent data. The two others were briefly activated but shut down due to irregular performance. planners will try to reintegrate them next week as the rest of the spacecraft operates to expectations or better.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
Tuesay
Orbiting Solar Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Nation's Oldest Twins Celebrate 99th Birthday
Duckworth twins believed oldest in the United States mark their 99th birthday in Ventura California with a two candle cake. Bedridden Mrs. Mattie Peale receives care at General Hospital cottage home while sister Mrs. Sarah Hampton and relatives plan a celebration. Their baby brother Daniel Duckworth resides in Mount Vernon Indiana, birthplace of the twins February 10 1866. Hampton’s son O A Hampton lives in Fillmore California. the twins hope to join the century club.
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Ventura
Calif
China vows to fight U S to very end in Asia crisis
Beijing denounces U S air raids on North Vietnam and warns it will carry any Asian war with the United States to the end. The Peoples Daily editorial, broadcast by Xinhua, claims the United States would burn in Asia if it continues. More than 1.5 million protesters demonstrated in Peking during the anti American protests.
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7Th Fleet
China Sea
China
Peking Radio
Peking
United States
U.S
Tokyo
UPI
Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Peking Peoples Daily
New China News Agency
Southeast Asia
Asia
House Passes Gold Cover Bill
Washington reports the House voted 300 to 82 to abolish the gold cover requirement. If the Senate approves, about 4.75 billion dollars in gold would be freed to meet overseas demand and bolster the dollar. President Johnson plans further measures to shore up dollar stability and balance of payments.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Federal Reserve Bank
House
Johnson
U.S
Congess
Air Mail Merger Under Study For Postal Reform
Postmaster General John A. Gronouski said a long range plan would abolish air mail and merge it with first class mail into a single preferential class. The plan is under study with no changes expected this year. It would move all air mail and first class mail by the fastest available transport, whether air or surface.
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UPI
John A. Gronouski
Gronouski
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