U S Plans Increase in Viet Nam Deployments and Tactics
Secretary Zedie outlined further commitments to Vietnam as preparations to raise deployments and activity levels unfold. Gen Wheeler testified U S forces have reversed the tide toward a favorable position, while senior officers debated concentrating defenses along coastal enclaves and restricting broader ground and air actions.
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South Viet Nam
Earl G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Viet
Nam
Army
Marine Corps
James M. Gavin
United States
McNamara argues over bombing North Viet Nam strategy
Gavin expanded views before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as McNamara contests plans to widen bombing of North Viet Nam. He warned power, oil, harbors, and dams could be hit yet the infiltration of troops would continue, noting 20,000 North Viet Nam troops entered South Viet Nam in 1965 and predicting further Communist strength despite high casualties.
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Gavin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNamara
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Major kill tally lifted in northeast coast operation
In a large sweep against Communist forces on the northeast coast, American and South Vietnamese troops pursued fugitives and reported heavy casualties. Cavalrymen claimed captures of weapons, while Skyraider and paratrooper units reported several enemy deaths nearby Bong Son and offshore naval actions.
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Moore
1St Cavalry
Attac Skyraider
Bong Son
Senators press for limits on Vietnam policy amid money bill
Democratic senators who urged Johnson to halt bombing express disappointment at his terse reply yet back the $4.8 billion mental Viet Nam funding bill. They insist no blank check for administration policy and consider amendments. Sen. Morse warns of grassroots fury while Sen. Hartke says troops must be aided but policy escalation is not endorsed.
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Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Senate
UPI
U.S
Honolulu
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Viet Nam
Hartke
Critics Unimpressed By Liz Stage Debut at Playhouse
Critics unimpressed by Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in a stage debut at the Playhouse. The piece, linked to fundraising for a theater workshop at Oxford, and tied to various local political notes, follows a hectic press schedule and dramatic onstage moments.
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Liz
Taylor
Burton
Oxford
Hollywood Cameras
Tay
Nuckols Story Contradicted in Court Testimony
AAMVC legal counsel Joseph P. Hennessee contradicted Jack A. Nuckols before Kanawha County Intermediate Court, saying no planning meeting occurred as Nuckols claimed. Nuckols, West Virginia Motor Vehicles Commissioner under the Barron and first Smith administrations, faces charges of falsifying state records as jurors awaited final summations.
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Charleston
American Association of Motor Vehicle Commissioners
Kanawha County
Jack A. Nuckols
Joseph P. Hennessee
Washington
AAMVC
Fort Lauderdale
Miami Beach
Nassau
An. Nuckols
Barron
Smith Reign
Weather Dank And Drear Beckley And Vicinity
Cloudy this afternoon with a high near 44. Rain begins tonight and continues through Wednesday. Tonight's low about 38. Wednesday highs in the low to mid 40s. River Greenbrier 5 ft above normal, muddy and falling. Lake 37 ft above normal, muddy and rising, 11 gates open. Hinton gauge 7.3 ft. Today's extremes show 84 at Homestead and 25 at International Falls.
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Beckley and Vicinity
Greenbrier
Hinton
Homestead
Fila
International
Minn
Death of Rep Albert Thomas Ends Noted Public Service
Washington field report details the death of Representative Albert Thomas, a longtime public servant known for hard work and dedication. His passing leaves a void for colleagues and family, with his lastHouston trip noted and he returned to Washington early in the year. His wife and two children survive him as confirmation of a life devoted to duty.
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Houston
Washington
State Braces For Ohio River Flood
Winter cold grips the nation as Arctic air brings sub zero temperatures and rain and snow. Ohio River floods threaten Western Virginia and southeastern Ohio with New Cumberland evacuation of 200 families. Wheeling Steel shuts a Steubenville plant as water rises and river crests 5 to 6 feet above flood stage near Wheeling.
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United Press International
Middle West
West Virginia
Ohio
Ohio River
New Cumberland
W.va
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corp
Steubenville
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Ohio Valley
Utah
Salt Lake City
South Dakota
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Weather outlook: above normal temps for 30 days across South Atlantic
Weather Bureau reports warmer than normal temperatures for the next 30 days in the South Atlantic coast states still recovering from last month's blizzard. Rainfall chances vary from above normal in the south to below normal in the Northwest, with mid-February to mid-March expected to bring near normal temps to the Midwest.
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Washington
UPI
South Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Wife Held For Hammer Murder Hangs Herself
A woman accused of beating her 78 year old husband to death with a sledge hammer was found dead by hanging in her Weston Hospital room. Retta Bell White 65 of Bomont Clay County reportedly tied bed sheets into a rope and hanged herself after being charged with the Feb 2 murder. She had a long history of mental illness authorities said.
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Me Hg
UPI
Weston Hospital
Weston
Retta Bell White
Bomont
Clay County
United States and Soviet agree to NPT debate start
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to begin specific debate at the 17 nation disarmament conference on a nuclear non-proliferation treaty. We will begin Thursday.
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Geneva
API
United States
Soviet Union
Luchinis Seek Reversal of Court Ruling on Beclay Property
The Luchinis petition Raleigh County Circuit Court to reverse a decision condemning their property. The Sanitary Board of Beckley sued in November to condemn land for sewer system improvements. The circuit court declined to overturn its ruling.
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Charleston
UPI
Raleigh County
Sanitary Board of
Pike Victim Dies In Bluefield Traffic Crash
Bluefield report says John Irin Jr. died Monday from injuries sustained in a weekend traffic accident. The fatality follows the earlier crash that left him hospitalized.
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Bluefield
UPI
John Irin Jr
Herrin
Luci Johnson to wed in Aug at national shrine
Washington UPI reports Luci Baines Johnson 18 will marry Airman Patrick J. Nugent 22 on Aug 6 at noon in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the White House announcing the ceremony. The couple will wed at St. George's Church in Chicago with a White House reception for family and close friends.
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Washington
UPI
Waukegan
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
White House
Luci Baines Johnson
Johnson
Patrick J. Nugent
Gerard NI
Ill
St. George’s Church
Chicago
Nugent
Pat
Nugents
Miners To Stress Fringe Benefits In New Contract Talks
The nation's soft coal miners press for fringe benefits in a spring contract, including paid holidays, extended vacations for veterans, end of a no strike clause, broader sick pay, job security, and tougher widows benefits. They deem automation not a top issue, aiming instead for improved safety and wage equity while accepting automation’s role in revitalizing the industry. The UMW Wage Policy Committee met in Washington to set demands after grass-roots discussions in coal fields, signaling closer union cooperation and a return to earlier wage goals.
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Edward C. Sielski
Pittsburgh
UPH
United Mine Workers
Waynesburg
John L
Lewis
Leonard McVey
UMW
Powhattan Point
Ohio
Washington
Mands
McVey
UMW International
Wage Policy Committee
Rank
William 5S. Howard
Moundsville
W. Va
Tristate
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Howard
Beckley Firm Low Bidder On Wood Project
Apparent low bids announced for three bridge or road wood projects with bids totaling about 10.5 million dollars. Vecellio and Grogan of Beckley submitted a five point seven million dollar bid for a highway of way fencing segment near the Ohio River. Guthrie Fence and Supply Co. of Charleston bid twenty six hundred thousand for a separate wood fencing job along I-77. General details in the State Road Commission notice list bidders Aegiona and Bee as participants.
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Charleston
UPI
Egiona
State Road Commission
Genkahelphias
Bee
U. S
Vecellio and Grogan, Inc
Beckley
Wood County
Ohio River
Guthrie Fence and Suply Co
All CATV Systems Placed Under FCC Regulation
In the past the FCC regulated only CATV systems that picked signals from the air and relayed them by microwave facilities to subscribers.
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FCC
Indian Airlines Twinjet Caravelle Crashes In Dense Fog
A Caravelle airliner carrying 81 people burst into flames after landing in heavy fog at Palam Airport. All 81 aboard survived as officials reported 74 passengers and 7 crew members were on board. The crash occurred during landing in hostile visibility. Cause under investigation.
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New Delhi
UPI
Indian Airlines
Palam
Indicted Figure Faces Panel Decision on Fate
A panel will be asked to rule on the accused's future after a compelling indication of the potential conviction or sentence. The case centers on a dramatic turn in the investigation and references a lengthy compulsion claim guiding the proceedings.
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