Johnson Opens Door to Viet Talks as Britain Probes
President Johnson hinted at possible diplomacy in Viet Nam by allowing British soundings with Washington, while reaffirming no change in policy. London said it was engaged in confidential consultations, with U.S. officials noting only exploratory talks to gauge mutual points or potential for conciliation.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
South Viet Nam
London
United States
Britain
Russia
U S
Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
France and Russia back peace talks on Viet Nam
Paris reports say France and Russia favor a peace conference to stop the Viet Nam fighting. Moscow signals readiness to reconvene the 1954 Geneva Conference, while Britain may pursue diplomatic soundings with U S consent but acts independently. Sen Dodd warns against a Southeast Asia withdrawal. Vinogradov declines to comment on De Gaulle meeting.
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Scott B. Bruns
Paris
UPI
France
Russia
Viet Nam
London
China
North
Serge Vinogradov
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Vinogradov
Southeast Asia
de Gaulle
Washington
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
United States
South Viet Nam
West Virginia Senate Honed On Abolish Death Penalty Bill
West Virginia Senate moves toward final passage of the House approved bill abolishing capital punishment for all crimes. Amendments to allow parole for murderers were added and a final vote was anticipated Thursday. The measure gained Senate approval after limited debate and a 29 0 concurrence on a related pavilion fund bill.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
House
Paul Kaufman
D-Kanawha
John E. Carrigan
R- Marshall
Carl E. Gainer
Nicholas
Carrigan
Smiths Musts Finally Put On Special Calendar
Charleston UPI The House and Senate Rules Committees advanced administration bills to raise salaries for department heads as part of Gov Hulett Smith 14 bill reorganization plan aimed at cutting costs and reducing duplicated services The package also calls for a Division of Corrections and a State Division of Personnel within Finance and Administration with tax functions relocated to streamline expenditures
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Charleston
UPI
House Finance Committee
Board of Public Works
BPW
Ivor Boiarsky
D-Kanawha
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Joe Burdett
Boiarsky
Department of Finance and Administration
Zando
House
Senate Rules Committees
Hulett Smith
Senate
Judiciary and Finance Committees
Department of Public Institutions
State Tax Department
Windy and Rainy Weather in Beckley and Vicinity
Cloudy and windy with occasional rain this afternoon. High 42. Rain tonight changing to snow or snow flurries late tonight or Thursday morning. Thursday windy and colder with high in the mid 30s. Beckley today records a high of 45 and low of 29. River and lake conditions noted with gauge readings and open gates. Five day forecast for West Virginia calls for generally cooler temperatures and light precipitation.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
McAllen
Tex
Brainerd
Minn
West Virginia
Motley to be sworn Manhattan borough president
State Sen Constance Baker Motley will be sworn in as Manhattan borough president at city hall before Mayor Wagner. The 43 year old lawyer and mother was elected by Manhattan councilmen to a $35000 annual post that marks another first for Motley who entered politics 13 months ago after becoming the first Negro woman state senator.
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New York
UPI
Constance Baker Motley
Manhattan
United States
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
West Germany invites Kosygin for Bonn talks
West Germany invites Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin to Bonn for talks, announced by Chancellor Erhard’s press secretary Karl-Guenther von Hase. Kosygin said he was thinking it over.
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Bonn
UPI
West Germany
Alexei N. Kosygin
Karl-Guenther von Hase
Ludwig Erhard
Kosygin
Iowa Gov Signs Bill Abolishing Death Penalty
Des Moines Iowa Governor Harold E Hughes signed a bill abolishing the states death penalty saying crime is unlikely to rise. The move ends capital punishment in Iowa with the law to take effect immediately.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
NCAA invites four teams to basketball championships
Providence, Penn State, Villanova and Dayton received invitations to compete in the NCAA basketball championships. The announcements were released from Kansas City, Missouri, by UPI.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Providence
Penn State
Villanova
Dayton
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Masterminded Overseas International Plot Charged In Slaying
International overtones emerge in Malcolm X murder coverage as CORE leader James Farmer claims the assassination was masterminded overseas. Police guard the Harlem mortuary as threats surface and offices brace for possible retaliation while authorities warn of a nationwide Black Nationalist crisis and potential violence at upcoming Muslim conventions.
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International
Malcolm X
New York
UPI
Harlem
Malcolm
James Farmer
Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Il Am
Neral
Chicago
John Henderson
Elijah Muhammad
Coliseum
Muhammad
Allah
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Clay
Teen Gambling Den Raided in Upscale Haworth Home
Police halted a teenage gambling casino in a Haworth residence after an anonymous tip. Owners Oscar Olsen and Minnie Chatham, plus their teen accomplices, faced juvenile court action. More than 50 youths, ages 15 to 17, attended, with one winner of 300 dollars and another in debt for 192. The operation ran one night weekly with an intercom entry, spotlights, croupier in black tie, and a pink felt dice table.
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Haworth
UPI
Las Vegas
Gaston Michel
Michel
Oscar Olsen
Minnie Chatham
Olsens
Ulbricht Arrives in Cairo for Visit Straining Ties
East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht arrived in Cairo for a week long official visit that could strain relations between the United Arab Republic and West Germany even before it began.
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Cairo
UPI
Walter Ulbricht
United Arab Republic
West Germany
Laser Beam Operation Stated On Duke of Windsor
London sources at the London Clinic say a laser beam treatment will be used in a planned operation on the Duke of Windsor’s left eye within a week. The 70 year old duke has a detached retina and was admitted Monday, described as happy and well after preliminary tests. The laser beam, or light coagulator, will weld the retina back into place.
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London
UPS
Duke of Windsor
U S Uses Heavies Against Viet Cong Near Saigon
UPI reports B57 jet bombers were used for the first time in South Viet Nam joining F100 Super Sabres against Viet Cong concentrations north of Saigon. Three Americans killed and nine wounded as heavy losses were noted. strikes hit Binh Dinh and Pleiku provinces with no immediate results.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Binh Dinh
Pleiku
Appalachian Power seeks permit to build Bluestone hydropower plant
Appalachian Power Co files with West Virginia Public Service Commission for two 30,000 kilowatt hydro units at Bluestone Dam on New River near Hinton. A license from the Federal Power Commission is also required. Project includes a substation and 138,000 volt transmission line, estimated cost 6.5 million dollars, to meet Southern West Virginia demand. Bluestone Dam, completed 1949, lies in Summers County near New River and Greenbrier confluence. state park nearby.
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Appalachian Power Co
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Bluestone Dam
New River
Hinton
Appalachian
Joe P. Gills
Federal Power Commission
Appalacian
Gills
Bluestone
West Virginia
United States
New
Kanawha
U.S. Corps’ of Engineers
Summers County
Greenbrier
Thant Presses Talks for U S Vietnam Troop Withdrawal
United Nations Secretary General Thant urged East-West talks on Vietnam to enable the withdrawal of U S troops with dignity. He cautioned against immediate withdrawal and warned the conflict was worsening. He said he has contacted several involved parties but would not disclose replies.
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United Nations
UPS
Thant
Viet Nam
U.S
U. S
United States
China
Russia
No Public Services Set For Frankfurter
A private memorial service was scheduled for retired Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter who died Monday at age 82. No public services or burial details were announced. Chief Justice Warren and justices plan to attend a private 3 p.m. EST memorial at the Frankfurter apartment. Mrs. Frankfurter has been an invalid for years and cannot leave the apartment.
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Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Earl Warren
High Court
Friday Hearing Set On Family Planning Bill
The Senate Medicine and Sanitation Committee will hold a public hearing Friday on a bill to authorize local health boards to establish birth control clinics. The hearing follows a committee return on Tuesday after a motion by Senate Majority Leader William Moreland who noted criticism over the term birth control. Amendments to use family planning or child spacing are being prepared and a language change is expected. The bill may be referred to the Senate Finance Committee when floor action resumes.
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Charleston
Senate
William Moreland
Monongalia
Moreland
David Mullins
D - Logan
Mullins
Senate Finance Committee
Murder Robbery at Bluefield Service Station Claims Attendant
Bluefield authorities hunt for clues after service station killing of Gussie Neal, 47. The owner found Neal shot five times and beaten, with a safe open and two empty money bags on the floor, suggesting a robbery. An autopsy cites a small caliber gun. The crime occurred late Tuesday night along U S 460. A customer discovering Neal arrived about 15 minutes later.
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Bluefield
API
Mercer County
Here
Gussie Neal
U. S. 460
Neal
Jenkins Denies Pressuring Reynolds Over TX Ad Buy
Washington UPI report says former White House aide Walter W. Jenkins testified he did not pressure insurance agent Don B. Reynolds into buying advertising time on a Texas TV station tied to the President's family. He noted Reynolds offered the purchase to compete with a rival Texas agent, while acknowledging limited knowledge of the deal for $1,208 in Austin ads after Reynolds sold $100,000 in life policies to Johnson in 1957. The Senate Rules Committee released Jenkins' written answers to 38 questions about Bobby Baker's financial affairs as psychiatrists warned a face to face interview could threaten his life amid his resignation and prior morals arrests.
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Washington
UPL
White House
Walter W. Jenkins
Don B. Reynolds
Texas
Johnson
Jenkins
Reynolds
Austin
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Bobby Baker
Fritz' Ind Wife Asks Annulment
The Omaha wife of John Fritz Johnson announces plans to seek an annulment, saying the marriage is void under Nebraska law. Johnson faces unresolved ties to an Akron woman whose status as his legal wife remains until an Ohio case is resolved.
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Omaha, Neh
UPI
Omaha
John
Fritz) Johnson
Johnson
Harry Farnham
Fritz
Farnham
Akron
Ohio
Lawrence Bader
Lake Erie
Chicago
Fire destroys elderly home killing 13 in Brussels
A suburban three story elderly home named Happy So journ collapsed in rubble after a fire early today. Thirteen persons were confirmed dead in the disaster near Brussels.
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Brussels
UPI
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