Women Smoking Tied To Higher Cancer Death Rates
New York American Cancer Society survey of 563000 women and 440000 men from 1959 to 1963 finds women smokers have higher death rates from lung cancer coronary disease emphysema cirrhosis and several cancers compared with non smokers. Women smokers die less often than men smokers due to lighter smoking patterns and later start, with a possible biological advantage.
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New York
API
American Cancer Society
E. Cuyler Hammond
The
Cancer Society
Statistical Research Bureau
Hammond
Panel Expected To Okeh $1.00 Wage Floor
The House labor subcommittee was set to approve legislation raising the federal minimum wage from $1.25 to $1.60 an hour by Sept. 1, 1967, with 2 million production workers and 3.6 million retail employees affected. The AFL-CIO faces internal rifts as Johnson advisers weigh inflation risks and union leaders hint at opposing the president in elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Labor Subcommittee
Afl-Cio
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Florida
Congressional
Klan
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ku Klux Klan
Invisible Empire
Defense
S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Trial Committee
Milita Appropriations
Seven Stabbed In Race Melee At Hoop Game
In Oklahoma City a large group described as Negroes charged spectators after a basketball game, stabbing seven white teenagers. One victim, Leon B. Pierce, 18, was in critical condition from abdominal wounds. several others were struck. Police could not determine a trigger as the melee unfolded rapidly with five officers on site unable to intervene.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Tom Vernon
Leon B. Pierce
Douglas High School
Egroes
Syria Faces Shifts as International Command Steers Policy
The international command took over Syria party affairs last December and the new government, seen as leaning toward closer ties with the bloc, ordered all ports closed. The shift follows a party overhaul that dissolved the Baath local command and sidelined several officials, signaling a broader realignment in Syrian leadership and regional relations.
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International Command
Syria
An Bloc
China
Iraq
Hafez
Baath
Jedid
Tiros Weather Satellite Launch Delayed by Cloud Cover
NASA officials review weather conditions after a halted countdown on a Saturn 1B. forecasters warn of low clouds and showers over the Cape Atlantic. a decision on Thursday's attempt to orbit the 290 pound TIROS weather satellite follows.
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Cape
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ceana
New Lynda Johnson pictured as jet set swinger
Washington reports Lyn da Bird Johnson travels with actor George Hamilton as an escort and the White House accepts the publicity. Friends say she is in love with him, though officials insist they are just friends. Hamilton visited LBJ Ranch and impressed the Johnson aides as un-Hollywood yet attentive to Lynda.
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Washington
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
George Hamilton
White House
Hamilton
Lynda
Porype
President Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Nasser vows Yemen troops stay amid regional shift
In a bold media interview Nasser insisted on preserving Egyptian forces in Yemen for years to counter Western nuclear aid to Israel and to pressure Britain to withdraw from Aden. He accused King Faisal of plotting against the Yemen accord and threatened to keep troops until an interim government is agreed. Ulterior rumors suggest renewed conflict may follow.
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Israel
Nasser
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Bac
Britain
Aden
Mohammed el Badr
Jurors Weighed Death Penalty For Cross After Deliberation
District Attorney Tom Blackwell initially sought the electric chair but did not urge the death penalty in final argument. He asserted the facts call for death, yet life in prison could suffice, while Perry L. Jones, chief defense counsel, argued against asking jurors for a life verdict and promised an unappealed sentence if Cross received life.
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Cross
Atty
Tom Blackwell
Blackwell
Perry L. Jones
Ritchie Johnson Funeral Home to handle services for local veteran
Funeral notices list Henry Foster 87 Prosperity dies after two year illness at Sophia Fred X Williams Funeral Home to host final rites Thursday at 2 p m Rev Fred Dinkler will officiate Burial in Hurt Family section Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity Also noted are Woreurdanl death at local hospital after long illness a retired miner WW I veteran American Legion Post 70 Ebenezer church member survivors include several siblings and a daughter Violet Wicks Columbus Ohio plus a stepson Eugene Mullens and nine grandchildren great grandchildren Funeral at Mullens Neely Funeral Home arrangements handled by Pentecostal Holiness church.
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Woreurdanl
American Legion Post
Ebenezer * 0
Cork
Alice
Anand C., Jr
Vorce
Deluth
Minn
Willie C
New York City
N. Y
Violet Wicks
Columbus
Ohio
Eugene Mullens
Colum Ohio
Harrison Warren
Rocky Mount
Amanda Pinkard
Alice Muses
Janie Hayes
Roanoke
Annie Warren
Bluefield
Ritchie and Johnson
Henry Foster
Prosperity
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Fred Dinkler
Hurt
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Oster
Tuesay
Beard
Buster
Onslab Fork
Leroy
Wallace Frank An Bailey
Herbert Kin
Death notices: L. C. Greene of Detroit obituary
Mrs. Lillian G. Lowe of 211 Gregory Street learns her brother L. C. Greene of Detroit Michigan has died in Detroit on Monday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Lillian G. Lowe
Gregory St
L.C. Greene
Detroit, Mich
Greene
Detroit
George T Johnson er ac Pad Funeral Rites for Roanoke Man
Funeral services for George Thomas Johnson 81 of Roanoke and formerly Mullens will be held Thursday at 3 at Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church. Burial follows at Williams Memorial Park. Johnson died in Roanoke after a long illness. He was a retired Virginia Railroad employee. Hamlet and Curtis Funeral Home Roanoke in charge of arrangements.
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George Thomas Johnson
Roanoke
Mullens
Greater Mount Zionaptist Church
Williams Memorial Park
Johnson
Virginia Railroad
Hamlet and Curtis Funeral Home
Final rites for Reverend Arthur Russell in Beckley
The Rev. Arthur William Russell aged 73 of 116 Willow Lane will have funeral services at 1 p m Thursday at St Matthew AME Church Beckley with Bishop J H Easeley from Bluefield and Elder Willie Scho field of Beckley in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Monday in a local hospital after a short illness. Friends may call Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 4 p m today with the body remaining there until one hour before the service.
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Arthur William Russell
Willow Lane
St. Matthew Ame
Beckley
J. H. Easeley
Bluefield
Willie Schofield
Greenwood Memorial Ark
Russell
Wright and Anderson Funeral
Funeral services pending for Mrs Willie Clemons Raleigh
Mrs Willie Clemons 62 of Raleigh died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her husband and two sisters, Mrs Ellan Long and Mrs Allie Harriston, both of Raleigh. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Willie Clemons
Raleigh
Yey Herband
Allie
Ellan Long
Allie Harriston
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Behan Father recalls last words to nun at deathbed
United Press International reports Brendan Behan’s father recounts his son’s final moment. Behan looked at the nun and smiled saying bless you Sister may all your sons be bishops. The anecdote highlights the playwright’s wit in his final hours.
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United Press International
New York
Brendan Behan
Lawsuit Seeks 2623.92 From Stotesbury Couple
A suit filed in the Circuit Clerk's office seeks 2623.92 on a promissory note owed by Willie and Dorothy Collins of Stotesbury. Associates Discount, an Indiana firm operating in West Virginia as a foreign corporation, signed the note on August 8, 1963 to Nationwide Construction Inc. The plaintiff purchased the claim and is represented by James C. Reed Jr., Charleston attorney.
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Circuit Clerk
Stotesbury
Willie
Dorothy Collins
Associates Discount
Indiana
Loga
West Virgina
Nationwide Construction Inc
London Times questions bomber plan amid carrier phaseout
London editorial criticizes government plans to buy F111 supersonic bombers while phasing out aircraft carriers. It argues deterrence by bombers may fail to address minor shipping interference or threats from ground forces and guerrilla activity.
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London
The
London Times
White House aide on Hamilton and Lynda Johnson romance
A White House aide comments on actor George Hamilton dating President Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson. The aide says he seems nice reserved amusing and fun and is very attentive to Lynda Johnson.
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Washington
White House
George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson
Lynda
Verdict Backed Life Sentence For Coed Strangling
James C. Cross Jr. told Judge Mace B. Thurman that the jury's verdict was fair after being sentenced to life imprisonment for strangling a female student in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Tex
James C. Cross Jr
Mace B. Thurman
Marine Killed in Nam Body Arrives Here
UPI reports the body of 19 year old Marine J D Jarrell of Ta was returned here after he was killed in Viet Nam on February 13. He had served in Viet Nam since September.
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Ave 4
UPI
Nam
J. D. Jarrell
Viet Nam
Red Cross seeks food for millions amid Indian famine
The Red Cross appealed globally for food to aid 20 million children and 2 million expectant and nursing mothers in India. Secretary General Henk Beer said at least 130000 tons of powdered milk were needed but only 40000 tons had been pledged.
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Geneva
UPI
Red Cross
India
Ed Cross
Henk Beer
Wrong Address Denver Robbery Confusion
Mrs Jes sie B Johnson reported a home robbery to police after discovering extensive missing items from a welfare agency residence. Clarence Russell Anderson admitted he took furniture and fixtures and sent workers to the wrong address, causing the costly mix up and destruction.
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Denver
UPI
Jessie B. Johnson
Clarence Russell Anderson
Solid Fuel Rocket Test Set Tonight
Scientists plan tonight to test fire a 3.6 million pound thrust solid fuel rocket at the Aerojet General site. The 160 foot deep pit will launch flames over a mile and a half, visible within a 100 mile radius. The 260 inch bore and 931 ton rocket are expected to produce more than three billion candlepower in a spectacular but bracing display.
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Miami
UPS
America
Giant Motors
Theam
Ford Grants 2.5 Million For Urban Studies Worldwide
Ford Foundation announced grants totaling 2.539 million dollars to support urban research and planning. Major awards include 1.4 million to the Harvard MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies, 550 thousand to the Japan Center for Area Development Research, 294 thousand to Harvard for computer aided urban map making, 275 thousand to the University of Delaware, and 20 thousand to Kyoto University for an international planning seminar in Tokyo.
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New York
UPI
Ford Foundation
United States
Harvard- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Center For
Japan Center For
Tokyo
Harvard University
University of Delaware
Educa
Kyoto
Japan
Poet Detained After Havana Trip In Spain
Spanish Communist poet Carlos Alvarez, who attended the Tri continental Communist gathering in Havana, Cuba, was detained in Baeza on Tuesday. Details of the detention were not released, and the case appeared to involve official scrutiny of the visiting intellectual.
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Baeza
Spain
UPI
Carlos Alvarez
Havana
Cuba
Humphrey Ends Asia Pacific Trip With Viet Nam Troop Promise
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey concluded a 41,000 mile nine nation swing in Asia and the Pacific and returned to Washington amid reports of plans to dispatch 20,000 more Korean troops to South Viet Nam. Korean sources said a full Korean division about 20,000 men was to move by midsummer. Humphrey told President Park Chung Hee of U.S. commitment to Korea's security while expanding U.S. forces in Viet Nam.
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Dona H. May
Seoul
Hubert H
Asia
Pacific
Viet Nam
White House
Washington
Humphrey
Johnson
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Korea
United States
Park Chung Hee
America
Petit Jurors Selected for Raleigh County March Term
Names of jurors drawn to serve at the Raleigh County Circuit Court March term were announced. The list includes Peter Ambrosiani Melvin Burgess James Bair William Buchanan Jerry Bays Joe Barney Paul Beasley A M Commercia Odi Casali Pete De Marchi and many others from Beckley Crab Orchard Mabscott Fairdale Coal City Flat Top Stotesbury Shady Spring Oak Grove and surrounding areas. Jurors report for duty March 7.
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Raleigh County
Peter Ambrosiani
Melvin E. Burgess
James W. Bair
William A. Buchanan
Jerry Bays
Joe Barney
Paul R. Beasley
A.M. Commercia
Odi Casali
Pete de Marchi
H. B. Faulkner Jr
Huston Frazier
Carl Fleener
Lewis N. Fox
Pat
William E. Williams
John S. Winters
Beckley
M. G. Bower
Gene H. Church
Noel Gray
Crab Orchard
J. D. Ballew
Edward Garten
Leona Kirk
George W. Williams Sr
Mabscott
A.M. Barker
Okey Combs
Linda Griffith
Fairdale
Bill Cook
Jacob E. Cottile
Arnett
Paul Coulson
Ramona Gill
Coal City
Jack Harvey
Anna M. Wood
L. H. Webb
Flat Top
Charles Campbell
John M. Richardson
Charles W. Meadows
Surveyor
Dwight Daniel
Jack D. Massey
Glen Daniel
Roy C. Belcher
MacArthur
William Eugene Bush
Stotesbury
George Craddock
Maples Fork
Kenneth Cline
Tolleytown
Milton Epstein
Maxwell Hill
Willis Hash
Ghent
Ted Lilly
Shady Spring
Clyde C. Lilly
Cool Ridge
James Ray Lilly
Egeria Road
NS. H. Lemon
Posey
G. W. Lambert
Sophia
Aneth E. Stanley
Lanark
Paul Tolbert
Oak Grove
Myrtle Ward
Skelton
Harold Waller
Glen
Basil Whitenack
Les. R
Student Demonstration Suppressed in Indonesia
Reported by travelers from Jakarta Indonesian troops dispersed a student protest at President Sukarno’s palace with at least two killed and possibly five. An Australian newsman cited students accusing pro-Communists in the Oct 1 coup attempt of joining Sukarno’s new cabinet announced Monday.
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Singapore
UPI
Sukarno
Jakarta
Richard Oxenburgh
Boy Survives 90-Foot Cliff Fall at Charleston
A boy, Robert Caldwell II, slipped while playing near a cliff and fell 90 feet. He landed among rocks with fractures to both wrists and facial lacerations, plus internal injuries, but was reported in satisfactory condition at Charleston General Hospital.
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Charleston
UPI
Charleston General Hospital
Robert Caldwell II
Church council urges China seating at UN and study
A church council on Tuesday urged the United States to support seating China in the United Nations and to undertake careful study of American relations. Several policy statements were set for today including one on Rhodesia. The council called on President Johnson to appoint a commission to examine relations with China and to propose resolutions for public and government consideration after wide study and consultation.
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U.S
China
United Nations
Rchok
New Jersey
Rhodesia
Great Britain
Johnson
Byrd Eyes Tower At Spruce Knob National Recreation Area
Senator Byrd expressed optimism for funds to build a 20 foot stone observation tower at Spruce Knob near Seneca Rocks. The tower would offer views of five mountain ranges and surrounding vegetation with an interpretive display. Public hearings before the Senate Appropriations Committee will outline the project.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
West Virwe
Spruce Knob
Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
Byrd
Congress
Forest Service
West Virginia
Shenandoah
Massanutten
Blue Ridge
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S. Forest Service
Kennedy clarifies vote stance on elections amid Capitol Hill fallout
The senator told reporters in his Capitol Hill office that he was surprised by the uproar over his Saturday remarks. He said he believed he was addressing the implications of the administration policy. The Saturday statement drew sharp criticism from Undersecretary George W. Ball and White House aide McGeorge Bundy, while Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor suggested the senator had been misunderstood and saw no real difference between the administration position and his remarks.
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Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Ment
Administration
George W. Ball
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Gen
Maxwell D. Taylor
Brendan Behan Kept His Wit To The Last
Behan widow Beatrice Behan says Irish women expect husbands to be poured across the doorsill and that Irish men die of liver as American men die of ulcers. Brendan Behan kept his wit to the end, smiling at the nursing nun who tended him as he said bless you and died.
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New York
UPI
Brendan Behan
Beatrice Behan
Redbook
Turnpike crash claims two more lives in WVFD
A Georgia man Lanny Simmons 24 of Waynesboro Ga died from injuries suffered Feb 13 in a West Virginia Turnpike crash. John Herrin of Oak Lawn Illinois died the following day. The toll this date in 1965 was 55.
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Lanny Simmons
Waynes
Boro
John Herrin
Oak Lawn
Ill
Rice Appeal Urges Largesse for India Over Slain Brides
A Jesuit priest urged Roman Catholics today to redirect rice donations to India where malnutrition rides. He cited estimates that in Mexico a ton of rice daily is used to pelt newlyweds, prompting calls to end the practice.
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Ferneta
India
Mexico
Uganda Under One Man Rule Brings Cabinet Arrests
Premier Milton Obote seized power in a one man coup in Kampala. He announced he had taken over all government powers and said he acted to ensure peace and stability. Five cabinet ministers, linked to the Bantu group, were jailed pending investigation. Obote said a council would advise him. Uganda, a Commonwealth member, lies between Kenya and the Congo with a 6.5 million population.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Milton Obote
Lneeman
Obote
British Commonwealth
Kenya
Congo
Africa
Oregon
Commonwealth
Mongolia Dominoed by Moscow Influence, Says Kremlin Letter
A Kremlin confidential letter claims Mongolia lies in Moscow's sphere, noting historic Russian protectorate status and warning that China seeks to subvert border regions. It accuses Beijing of stirring incidents and alleging Russia collaborates with the United States in Vietnam.
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Moscow
Mongolia
Asia
Russia
China
Peking
Kremlin
Red China
Communist Party
United States
Viet Nam
US Forces Bombard North Vietnam Coastal Targets
Offshore shelling by USS Topeka and air strikes by two C47s supported ground advances along Highway 1. The C47s nicknamed Puff the Magic Dragon fire suppressive rounds toward coastal targets as B52s from Guam hit a Viet Cong supply area near Thua Thien Province. American planes intensified daily raids and leaflets explained the strikes aimed at pressuring Viet Minh forces around Hue and Saigon.
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7Th Fleet
North Viet See
Iemit Rang
Phu Barracks
Hanoi
Guam
Thua Thien
Saigon
Hue
Delta Rice Bowl
North Viet Nam
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