Police lines seal Harlem after Malcolm X slaying
Police in New York and Chicago moved to avert clashes between rival Black nationalist groups after Malcolm X was killed at a Harlem rally. Extra patrols and command posts were set up as investigators booked a 22 year old suspect for homicide and federal agents eyed the suspects’ interstate movements.
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New York
UPI
Chicago
Malcolm X
Malcolm
Elijah Muhammad
Muhammad
Harlem
Park Department
Mt. Morris Park
Manhattan
Mt. Morris
Incredibly Jealous Generals Roiling Viet Nam Policy
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warned that jealous generals in Saigon have created an incredible situation, with military coups and infighting undermining President Johnson's Viet Nam policies. He urged a negotiated settlement and neutralization, stating the United States must aid the Vietnamese people without subsidizing internal power struggles. Mansfield said the hour is very late in Viet Nam.
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South
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Johnson
South Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
Khanh Agrees To Step Down From South Viet Nam
Lt Gen Neuyen Khanh agreed to resign as South Viet Nam's military strongman but balked at writing the declaration in Saigon. He held out in Vung Tau seeking a face saving measure as rebels pressed for official resignation. The Armed Forces Council named Maj Gen Tran Van Minh to succeed him after three days of coups.
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Saigon
UPI
Neuyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
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Vung Tau
South
Viet Nam
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Phan Khac Sun
Amerian
Tran van Minh
Little Minh
Eyewitness Account Of Malcolm X Slaying At Harlem Rally
UPI reports two newsmen witnessed the Malcolm X assassination in Harlem. Stanley Scott described entering Audubon ballroom amid guards and tension, then hearing a terrifying volley that felled Malcolm on stage. Betty X cried out as the crowd fled, while guards moved to restore order. The event followed warnings of danger and questions about security.
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Malcolm X
UPI
Stanley Scott
WMCA
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New York
Audubon Ballroom
Malcolm
Betty
166Th Street
Broadway
Organization For
Mike
Malcom
State Hit Hard By Cold Wave
A cold wave struck West Virginia Sunday night after a mild spell, dropping temperatures to the low teens and bringing up to eight inches of snow in some areas. Snow depths reached eight inches in Tucker County and seven in Randolph. Drivers were urged to use snow tires or chains as temps plummeted from around 50 Sunday morning to the teens and overnight lows of 5 to 10 degrees. No more snow was expected before mid week with a gradual warming trend forecast for Tuesday.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Tucker County
Randolph County
State Road Commission
Highway Information Bureau
Weather Bureau
Windy And Cold Weather Across Beckley Area
Partly cloudy windy and cold this afternoon with a high near 22. Tonight will be clear and cold with a low around 5. Tuesday shows increasing sun and rising temperatures with highs in the upper 30s. Reported wind gusts, temperatures and river conditions noted for Greenbrier and nearby vicinity.
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Eckley High
Greenbrier
Hinton
Palm Springs
Calif
Thief River Falls
Minn
Wellsburg Man Killed in 52nd State Road Fatality
Wellsburg resident Edwin F. Yeager died when his car slid off West Virginia Route 27 about two and a half miles east of Wellsburg and plunged 100 feet over an embankment. Authorities cited snowy icy roads but did not attribute the crash to conditions. Yeager was alone. the fatality marked the 52nd in the state this year, compared with 63 by this date last year.
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UPI
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W. Va
Here
Yeager
79 Japanese Miners Trapped By Cave-In
In Yubari on Hokkaido Island a coal mine collapse trapped up to 70 miners. About 172 workers were inside 4500 feet from the entrance when the cave-in occurred. Roughly 100 men escaped to the surface, officials said. The mine had a deadly 1960 collapse killing 42 people.
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Yubari
Japan
UPI
Hokkaido Island
Slide Entombed Miner May Lose Hands And Feet
Einar Myllyla the 32 year old Finnish born carpenter survived 78 hours under the Granduc copper mine avalanche ruins on British Columbia s Pacific coast. He faced possible loss of hands and feet from shock lacera tions and frostbite as rescuers found him semi conscious under five feet of snow and rock.
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Stewart
B.C
UPI
Einar Myllyla
Myllyla
Granduc
British Columbia
Pacific
Soviet Union Concedes Hitler Died by Suicide in Berlin
The Soviet Union announced on an East German radio broadcast that Hitler killed himself in the chancellery and that a charred body recovered from the chancellery garden was identified as Hitler beyond dispute. Western Allies had accepted his death, but the Soviets had disputed the evidence.
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Berlin
UPI
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Legislature drinks bill ponied up in calendar shuffle
The House Rules Committee shelved a Senate-passed bottle club bill while the Senate moves ahead with a House-passed bill to abolish capital punishment. The special calendar system began, shaping which bills get votes. The bottle club would let individuals keep liquor at nonhome venues for guests. The Senate meanwhile kept diploma-for WVU law graduates off the regular calendar.
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Robert M. Gornall
Charleston
UPI
House Rules Committee
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
House
Good Samaritan
West Virginia University
Anti-Gambling Bill Pressure Mounting in Senate
Nearly 100 letters from private citizens urge reconsideration of the anti-gambling bill as the Senate Judiciary Committee, which tabled the measure, grapples with pressure and Gov. Smith’s stance. Chairman Moreland may seek another committee vote while Smith calls for at least a floor report.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
William Moreland
D-Monongalia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Moreland
King-Wallace Clash Looms In Alabama
In Selma Alabama Dr Martin Luther King returns to open a sixth week of a voter registration drive described as the last stand for white supremacy He plans a 1030 am march to the Dallas County Courthouse to confront Gov George C Wallace amid a ban on nighttime marches and no parade permit from Mayor Joe Smitherman The march follows violence and mass arrests last Thursday night in Marion involving Negroes and newsmen and a Negro leader rallying at Browns Chapel Hosea Williams reports readiness for the event while Negro leaders seek permit answers.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King
Alabama
King
Dallas County
George C. Walace
Marion
Joe Smitherman
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Brown's Chapel
Pope Nominates 27 New Cardinals In First Consistory
Pope Paul VI named 27 new cardinals in a secret consistory at the Vatican. The move raises the college to a record 603 members and signals a modernization effort echoing the Second Vatican Council. Archbishop Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore and Czech prelate Josef Beran are among the new appointees.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Lawrence Shehan
Baltimore
Josef Beran
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Governor Urges Prayer as a Daily Habit at Breakfast
Gov Hulett C. Smith urged that prayer be not a sometime thing but a continuing habit at the Governor's Prayer Breakfast in Charleston Civic Center. He recalled George Washington’s practice of prayer and his inaugural address praising Heaven’s order and right, urging residents to pray for the future while giving thanks for past abundance.
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Charleston
API
Hulett C. Smith
WVU Receives $5,000 Gift Under New Drive Matches $50,000
In Morgantown a $5,000 gift from a Weirton family will create $50,000 in student loan funds under WVU's Greater University Drive. Barone Enterprises of Weirton contributed as part of a group of Ralph G. Barone's alumni family. The gift will be matched nine times by National Defense Act funds to support a scholar program.
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Morgantown
UPI
Weirton
West Virginia University
Paul Miller
Barone Enterprises of
WVU
Ralph G. Barone
Congress Pays Tribute To GW
Congress pauses to mark the 223rd birthday of George Washington with a reading of his farewell address in the Senate and House. Sen. Pearson and Rep. Clawson oversee the reading, which lasts about 45 minutes. The piece notes the famous line on avoiding permanent alliances and highlights no other events that day. A separate item reports a Senate subcommittee creating a watchdog panel to monitor nuclear test ban treaty safeguards, led by Sen. John Stennis with Sen. Henry Jackson and Sen. Margaret Chase Smith among others.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
George Washington
House
Senate
James B. Pearson
Aran
del Clawson
R-Calif
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Military Preparedness Subcommittee
Red China
John CC. Stennis
D-Miss
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Margaret Chase Smith
R.maine
Levy Defeated Again in Berkeley County
Berkeley County voters defeated a special school levy for the second time in two months. Unofficial totals: 4,591 in favor, 4,489 opposed, a 6 percent margin required for passage and a 50.5 percent favorable outcome. The levy would have provided about $284,000 for educational purposes in the next fiscal year.
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Martinsburg
UPI
Berkeley County
LBJ Heads to Lexington for Kentucky Convocation
President Johnson flies to Lexington to address the University of Kentucky convocation and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. He is expected to touch on Great Society goals, especially education, marking his first out of town speech since January 20. He attends Sunday services at Christ Church with infant Dawn Elaine Lagernes baptized during the ceremony.
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Kentucky
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Johnson
Christ Church
Episcopal
Potomac
Alexandria
Washington
William Sydnor Jr
Sydnor
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Beckley
Dawn Elaine Lagernes
Dawn
ARH Subsidies Criticized By Private Groups
In Jenkins Kentucky a coalition of private hospital administrators and pharmacists blasted Appalachian Regional Hospitals as receiving subsidies that should be shared with private facilities in the region. At a Sunday meeting 25 delegates urged equal treatment from public funds. Dr Ralph Musgrave of the Jenkins Clinic said ARH is being rewarded for inefficiency, claiming ARH does 15 percent of regional work while receiving 9 percent of credit. The group discussed legal action but opted for a public relations push.
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Jenkins, Ky
UPI
Appalachian
Jenkins Clinic
Ralph Musgrave
Musgrave
Syria Expels Second U S Embassy Staffer
The Damascus embassy says Syria has expelled a second staffer Martha Scherrer a secretary in the administrative section after spy allegations. Scherrer in her 30s has lived in Damascus about two years and has California relatives. The United States denies the charges and Scherrer has 48 hours to depart Syria.
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Damascus
Syria
Bassy
Martha Scherrer
Baath Party
Snowdon
United States
USW Presidential Vote Count Begins in Pittsburgh
The official tabulation of ballots in the United Steelworkers presidential election started at 9 a.m. in Pittsburgh. Protests filed could extend the process as the count between incumbent David J. McDonald and I. W. Abel proceeds, with more than 300 protests pending action.
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UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
I. W. Abel
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