Killer Winds Wreak Havoc In Ga N C
Severe weather caused heavy rain and melting ice pushing the Ohio River and tributaries toward flood stages across West Virginia Ohio and parts of Kentucky. Forecast crests topped 36 feet at Parkersburg and near 28 feet on the Allegheny at Pittsburgh. Ice jams and sewer backups flooded Pleasanton Elm Grove and surrounding areas.
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Ohio River
West Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Huntington
Pt. Pleasant
Ashland
Gallipolis
Ohio
Central
West V.a
Weather Bureau
Hunt
Pleasanton
Elm Grove
Carolina
Rechi
Olive
Clinton
North Carolina
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
East
Virginia
New Jersey Civil Defense
Trenton
Beckley Area Weather and Road Conditions Update
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high near 48 and rain changing to snow tonight. Low around 27, with Tuesday snow and temperatures in the single digits. Greenbrier River at 6 feet above normal and rising, Lake at 16 feet above normal, 8 gates open. Road closures reported across Clarksburg, Moundsville, Huntington, and Wheeling areas with mud tires common in southern areas. one bridge washed away near Summers. Red Cross prepared standby facilities in Wheeling. officials urge calm. Continuous river and weather updates expected.
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Beckley
Hinton
West Palm Beach
Fla
International Falls
Minn
West Virginia
U. S. Rt. 40
W. Va
Red Cross
Wheeling
Charles L. Ihlenfeld
State Road Commission
Clarksburg
Moundsville
Huntington
Logan
Honey Author's New Epic Put Onstage at Cherokee Center
Kermit Hunter, author of Honey in the Rock, plans a late June 1967 premiere for an unnamed outdoor epic at the Cherokee Cultural Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The $2 million complex includes an amphitheater and museum, with Hunter also famous for Unto These Hills performed in Boone, North Carolina in 1952.
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Kermit Hunter
Beckley
Sensete
Tahlequah
Oklo
Seya
Hunter
Hills
North Carolina
Est
Boone, N. C
Funds Requested to Activate Teacher Corps Programs
Washington AP President Johnson asked Congress for 55.8 million dollars in supplemental funds to activate the National Teacher Corps and the rent supplement program and to cover higher draft costs. The 1966 request cites 125000 inductions, with the corps placing 3700 ex teachers as teaching interns in low income areas, available via local school boards under the 1964 school aid bill.
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Washington
API
Johnnson
Congress
National Teacher Corps
Johnson
John W Oecae
America
Agena rocket failure threatens Gemini 8 launch date
Cape Kennedy reports a malfunction during ground firings for the Agena target rocket delaying plans for Gemini 8. An explosive start damaged the Agena engine, mirroring a prior Gemini 6 failure. A temporary backup plan is in place at Cape Kennedy as officials investigate the cause.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Air Force
Federal Space Agency
Atlus
Ca Kennedy
Writers Guilty of Anti-Soviet Propaganda in Moscow
Two Russian writers were sentenced to five and seven years for smuggling works to the West. Andrei Sinyavsky received seven years, Yuri Daniel five. The Supreme Court refused to prosecute further, convicting them of anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda despite pleas that their writings harmed no one. Their defense centered on literary intent and secrecy in manuscript handling.
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Moscow
UPI
Andrei D. Sinyavsky
Yuri M. Daniel
Supreme Court of the
Russian Federated Republic
Sinyavsky
Daniel
Communism
Soviet Union
Atoe
Wholesale prices reach record high in January
Washington reports wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent in January to new record levels. Farm products and processed foods led gains with pronounced rises in food sectors. The year over year increase stood at 3.6 percent as the economy continued to expand toward the five year peak.
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Washington
UPI
Cong Mines Kill 47 Rice Farmers
A string of mine blasts near Tuy Hoa 225 miles northeast of Saigon killed at least 47 rice farmers and 27 civilians. A bus strike and a pressure mine killed 20 more and injured seven. US forces report heavy activity across the South in a 24 hour period ending today.
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Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Tho
Miles
Humphrey Shuttles Between Thai and Laos Capitals
Vice President Humphrey travels by air through Bangkok and Vientiane visiting Premier Souvanna Phouma and observing new roads as he carries a set of carved spoons and wooden elephants for Everett Dirksen. He flies 350 miles to Laos for a working lunch with officials amid Secret Service protection.
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Everett Dirksen
Secret Service
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Thailand
Hanoi warned not to try war crimes trials
The State Department denounces any plan by North Vietnam to try about 60 American prisoners. It says such trials would violate the 1949 Geneva convention. As of last week US prisoners in North Vietnam include Air Force and Navy personnel. In Las Vegas Lindsay, 28, wed Sue Schwartze, 23, at the Little Chapel of the Crosby. they had previously married Barbara Crosby and have a son, David, 4.
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Washington
State Department
Viet Nam
Department
United
Hanoi
Robert Oblig
North
Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Lindsay
Sue Schwartze
Little Chapel of the
Crosby
Barbara
David
Ring Register contact for reader questions
A notice invites readers to call 253 2441 any time except 10 to 11 am for the new Ring Register service. Questions are answered by an electronic device with a Register staff member responding in the Ring Register column or a related section.
Question prompts readers toward respectful service
A brief notice appears inviting Register readers to ask questions. It emphasizes a serious information service and welcomes questions, framing the service as helpful and informative.
Dominican Violence Grows as Bomb Wounds Paraguayans
In Santo Domingo a terrorist bomb wounded six Paraguayan troops of the Inter-American Peace Force. An overnight attack saw a .50 caliber machine gun open fire on an American patrol downtown, with no U.S. casualties. A grenade at the Paraguayan outpost caused the injuries. Sporadic gunfire and rioting left police dead and wounded.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Inter-American Peace Force
IAF
Match Ao
Five Die In West Virginia Weekend Traffic Mishaps
Five people died in West Virginia traffic incidents over the weekend raising the 1966 toll to 41. Johnny Jordan 18 was killed near Kanawha Putnam County after a mishap. Ralph McKinney 18 died from a chest wound after a shooting incident near Summersville. Six month old Gary Dale Harding of Kanawha County was found suffocated in his crib. Henry P Johnson 76 of Rio is listed among Saturday deaths.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Nicholas County
Kanawha County
Johnny Jordan
Bad Kanawha
Putnam County
Ralph McKinney
Summersville
McKinney
Charles David
Gary Dale Harding
Charles Harding
Neuro
Geff Lilly
Henry P. Johnson
Rio
Nuckols Case May Go To Jury Today in Kanawha
In Charleston Kanawha County Inter mediate Court former Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols faces trial as defense plans to call two more witnesses before resting. Nuckols has denied the charges from the witness stand.
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Charleston
Jack Nuckols
Kanawha County
Nuckols
Mak Nuckols
Air pollution care astrodomes for cities on earth
Dr Eugene B Konecci of the National Aeronautics and Space Council outlined self contained sealed cities called astrodomes to cleanse air and water. Communities of several thousand would be fully self sufficient with recirculating water and synthetic food plus meat factories. Electric transit would replace autos inside the city while cars could be used outside to dilute fumes.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
API
Moon
Mars
Earth
Eugene B. Konecci
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Smithsonian Institution
Konecci
National Cybernetics Foundation
Dollar Switch Opens New Coinage in Australia
Sydney authorities say Australia switches to a new coinage with denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 cents. Prof. N R Wills of the University of New South Wales notes the move marks a major monetary reform. Old shillings and pence become obsolete as the new system launches today.
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Sydney
UPS
Australia
N. R. Wills
University of New South Ota
Rabbi Adler in critical condition after Sabbath synagogue shooting
In Detroit a rabbi and a 23 year old assailant remain critical after a Sabbath attack at Shaarey Zedek. Rabbi Morris Adler, 59, suffered a bullet wound to the head and is on artificial respiration as doctors assess prognosis. The shooter, a former college honors student, fired at worshippers then killed himself.
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Detroit
APS
Morris Adler
Rabbi Adler
Mount Sinai Hospital
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