Televised Hearings Change Little on Viet Nam Policy
A UPI sampling of congressional mail shows televised testimonies by Dean Rusk and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor slowed but did not halt criticism of President Johnson's Viet Nam policies. Support varied by region, with stronger backing in rural areas and the South, Southwest, and West, while urban centers showed more opposition.
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Oy Warren Duffee Ashington
UPI
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Maxwell D. Taylor
House-Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
Pacific Coast
House
Hawaii
Maine
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Arkansas
Rusk
Taylor
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Congress Rusk Supports World Hunger Fight on Hill
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the House Agriculture Committee backing President Johnson’s world hunger program. Lawmakers weighed limits on aid recipients as Cooley and others criticized the bill’s broad authority to decide food aid distribution.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Capitol Hill
President Johnson
Rusk
House Agriculture Committee
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
David Thomas
Federalation Agency
Halse Commerce Committee
Hse Public Works Committee
Hubert Humphrey
US Naval Observatory
Weather totals and road conditions across West Virginia counties
A broad winter weather report notes 5 to 12 inches fallen in Pendleton and Phansas Counties. inches fell in Grant Jefferson Mineral Morgan and Harbour counties with 3 to 9 inches in Preston Clay Monongalia Braxton Upsburne and Raleigh counties. Three inches or less in Ritchie Roane Doddridge Marion Brooke Hancock Marshall Ohio Tyler Witzel Gilmer Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas Monroe Summers Mercer McDowell Wyoming. Other counties received traces or up to an inch. Two roads clear except hard hit counties where chains are advised. West Virginia Turnpike slushy and wet in Flat Top Beckley area with snow tires recommended along the toll road.
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Pendleton
Phansas
Grant
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan and
Harbour
Preston
Clay
Monongalia
Braxton
Upsburne
Raleigh
Ritchie
Roane
Doddridge
Marion
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
Tyler
Witzel
Gilmer
Fayette
Greenbeter
West Virginia Turnpike
Beckley
Hearing Aid Promises Clear Speech For All Listeners
An advertisement offers a new hearing aid claiming high speech clarity even for whispers. It targets difficulties in church, social events, or at home and invites readers to write P. O. Box 4217, Charleston, West Virginia for full information at no cost or obligation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Two Wallace Foes Announce Today For Alabama Governor
Montgomery UPI two political opponents of Gov. George C. Wallace prepared to announce their candidacies for governor to challenge his wife Lurleen. Atty. Gen. Richmond Flowers and State Sen. Bob Gilchrist held separate news conferences as the May 3 Democratic primary looms.
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Lurleen
Wallace
Senate Prep to Amend Tonkin Gulf Resolution Reversal
The Oregon Democrat vows to offer an amendment on Monday to reverse the 1964 Tonkin Gulf resolution authorizing force in Southeast Asia. Senate Democratic Leader Russell B Long threatens longer sessions starting Monday if no votes have occurred on the military aid bill amid other stalled legislation.
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Oregon Democrat
Tonkin Gulf
Southeast Asia
Senate
Russell B. Long
Tax official Bolich dies after seven year evasion case
SPRING LAKE New Jersey Daniel A Bolich 66 a federal tax official who spent more than three decades with the Internal Revenue Service died at his home here Wednesday He faced an indictment in 1952 alleging income tax evasion for 1946 to 1950 After a long legal fight he was acquitted by a federal court in 1959
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Spring Lake
N.J
UPI
Daniel A. Bolich
Bolich
Internal Revenue Service
Boredom and Workplace Dynamics Amid Boss’s Reactions
A terse remark suggests boredom with a task or situation. The speaker notes potential impact on the boss and their own feelings, implying tension between personal attitudes and professional expectations. The line hints at a broader dynamic of morale and accountability in a workplace.
Kremlin Keeps Peace Line Open While Rejecting Major Talks
In Moscow, Kosygin tells Wilson Russia will maintain a channel to the West to prevent crises but refuses big steps toward talks while the Viet Nam war continues. Wilson seeks Vietnam clarification. no evident Soviet shift on Germany nuclear concerns.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Harold Wilson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Wilson
Russia
Kremlin
Viet Nam
West
United States
Kosygin
U.S
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Germany
Bonn
Ghana Liberation Council seals up at Flagstaff House
Ghana’s liberation council freed 56 political prisoners in its first acts and prepared four committees to run state affairs. Accra airport remained closed until Saturday, and the constitution was suspended though the judiciary would continue. Civil servants ordered to stay at work as diplomatic reports said the situation was calm and 1,529 Americans in Ghana were unharmed.
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Ghana
Ouster Plot discussed by Amihyia in London
Amihyia describes a coup in Accra with radio reports picked up in a European country and relayed to him in London. He notes a radio receiver could not be set up in London due to potential trouble with the British government.
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Amihyia
Accra
London
New Year’s Eve Shocker Hits Sleukov With Bullet
William Sleukov, 43, of East Los Angeles, said a sting above his ear at 12:10 a.m. on New Year’s Eve led to discovery of a 25 caliber bullet embedded in his scalp. He reported the wound after swelling and seeing a doctor who removed the bullet.
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Los Angeles
Calif
UPI
William Sleukov
Sleukov
Sheriff's Deputies
Widow Receives Medal of Honor for Sgt Pierce
Washington AP UPI President Johnson awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Staff Sgt. Larry S. Pierce 24 of Wasco California who sacrificed himself by throwing on a grenade to save his squad near Ben Cat South Vietnam on Sept 20 1965. Pierce the 2196th recipient and the second MOH for the Vietnam War. The ceremony honored his bravery and commitment to his men and country.
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Ben Cat
South
Viet Nam
Ciet Cong
Pierce
Army
Roger H. C. Donlen
Syria's Hafez Said In Hiding Amid Border Clash
Beir ut reports tension as deposed Syrian President Amin El Hafez allegedly hid near the Israeli border after a bloody coup. Radio Baghdad claimed he was captured, while rebels said he and other leaders were seized. Witnesses saw the attack on his residence and his sons were wounded. Curfew partly eased as ports opened amid conflicting reports.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Amin El-Hafez
Israel
Radio Baghdad
Iraqui
Hafez
Salah Bitar
Baath Party
Maj
Izzat Jedid
Salah Jedid
Radioamascus
Rockefell er Says He Was Taken In By Phony Art
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller testified he had been taken in by phony works of art at a hearing. He said the experience made him feel sore and silly. In Chicago Cassius Clay arrived with tape over his mouth for a Black Muslim convention and offered only a mumbled comment.
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NEW York
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Chicago
Cassius Clay
Meany calls wage floor plan too little and late
AFL CIO President George Meany criticizes the administration plan to raise the wage floor to $1.60 in two years as insufficient and overdue.
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Washington
UPI
Aflcio
George Meany
Ford voices concern over Senate delay on economic aid
Washington. House GOP leader Gerald Ford criticizes Senate hesitation on President Johnsons request for 415 million dollars in economic funds mostly for Vietnam. He says delays hinder quick action to strengthen US troops morale and reassure the American public that swift action is possible today.
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Washington
UPI
House
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
Johnson
Viet Nam
Capitol
First Minuteman Salvo Tests Simultaneous Firing
Vandenberg Air Force Base California reported a salvo launch as two Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles fired simultaneously from underground silos. Air Force spokesmen said the operation tested multiple firing techniques for potential combat use and marked the first time Minuteman missiles were fired at once.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Deaths and Funerals
Final rites for Enoch Wofford 73 of Mullens will be at 1 p m Saturday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Nelson Staples in charge Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery He died Monday after a long illness Body at the funeral home for calling Friday afternoon Also notice of Mrs Susie Rosella Brash death February 24 in Premier hospital with funeral at O J Douglas Funeral Home Chapel Welch 2 p m Saturday Mrs Victoria Elizabeth Cooper 88 Ironton Ohio formerly of Wyoming County to be buried at Windom Cooper Cemetery Pineville funeral at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville with services at 1 30 p m Sunday Survivors include three sons and three daughters with numerous grandchildren Burial at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville after 3 p m Saturday.
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Enoch Wofford
Mullens
Ritchie and
Nick Brash
Fulton Ave
Susie Rosella Brash
O. J. Douglas
Welch
Death of Sam Johnson Nets Funeral in Alta Vista
Herbert T. and Walker Johnson of Raleigh announce the death of their brother Sam Johnson of Alta Vista Virginia after a long illness. Johnson was a former resident of Amigo. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Alta Vista.
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Herbert T
Walker Johnson
Raleigh
Sam Johnson
Alta Vista
Johnson
Amigo
Final rites for Mrs Levina Elizabeth Taylor at Burnside
Mrs Levina Elizabeth Taylor 77 of Lynco will have final rites at 2 p m Saturday in Burnside Kentucky. She died at 6 a m Thursday in a Welch hospital after an illness. Born October 16 1888 in Burnside she was daughter of Wemis L Cooper and Sarah Reed Cooper. Survived by husband Hugh M Taylor died 1963 a son Aubrey of Cherry Point NC two daughters Hughlene Cook Omar and Ora Fisher Lynco eight grandchildren five great grandchildren. Body remains at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana Saturday morning.
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Levina Elizabeth Taylor
Lynco
Burnside
Taylor
Welch Hospital
Wemis L
Sarah Reed Cooper
Hugh M. Taylor
Aubrey
Cherry Point
N. C
Hughlene Cook
Omar
Ora Fisher
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Barber at Flat Top
Mrs Pearl Etty Barber 65 of Flat Top dies after long illness in a Fayetteville nursing home. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm in Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Worth W Watson and Rev L A Garter. Burial in Tom Lilly Cemetery. Survived by seven sons Frank Carl Roy Joe Jack Albert James seven daughters including Rachael Nixon and Lee Austin, Louise Lilly, Ammalee Farley, Lucy Smith, Betty McCann, Shirley Elkins. one brother Hugh Lawson. one sister Laura Ratcliff. 34 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Pallbearers: Woodrow Boone Naaman Lilly and Clayton Shrewsberry.
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Pearl Etty Barber
Flat Top
Webb and Neal
Hugh
Louvina Gilbert Lawson
Babe Barber
Frank
Carl
Roy
Joe
Jack
Beckley
Albert
James
Crumpler
Richard
Rachael) Nixon
C. E
Lee) Austin
Portsmouth
Louise Lilly
Wilson
Ammalee
Funeral services for Grover C. Warren aired in Greenwood
Grover C. Warren 72 of Westmorelay Street died Tuesday at a local hospital. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev C O Mitchell officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home after 10 a m Saturday. Pallbearers are members of American Legion Post 70.
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Grover C. Warren
Westmorelay St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Rev. C. O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Ritchie and Johnson
Connie Walls Rites Set in Clintonville Church
Funeral services for Connie Edward Walls 66 of Clintonville are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at James Chapel Methodist Church Clintonville with Rev E Pierson presiding. Burial follows at End of the Trail Cemetery. Walls died Thursday at home after a short illness. He was brother to Vannie Walls and D B Walls Beckley and a lay leader at Clintonville. He belonged to Seneca Lodge No 42 AF and AM Lewisburg and Beni Kedem Temple Charleston. A retired sales agent for Thomas Fields Co Charleston. Born January 23 1900 at Uno he was son of the late Billy and Mary Catherine Walker Walls. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle is handling arrangements.
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Connie Edward Walls
Clintonville
James Chapel Methodist Church
Senaca Lodge No
Lewisburs
Beni Kedem
Charleston
Thomas Fields Co
Uno
Billy An
Mary Catherine Walker Walls
Wallace
Funeral service for Clea Archer in Princeton
Clea Archer, 65, of Princeton died Wednesday. A 2:30 p m Saturday funeral will be held at First Baptist Church Princeton with Rev Kenneth Bragg officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Park Cemetery Princeton. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton handles arrangements.
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Clea Archer
Princeton
First Baptist Church of
Kenneth Bragg
Resthaven Park
Final rites for George Bruce at Amigo Baptist Church
George T. Bruce 71 of Amigo died Wednesday in Mullens hospital. Funeral services will be held 2 p m Saturday at Amigo Baptist Church with Rev Oliver Tedder. Crab Orchard in charge. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Body at McDougal Funeral Home Mullens and will be moved to church an hour before service. Pallbearers named Johnny Campbell Walter Johnson Emer Rice Paul Burleson Ralph Minton Jake Norman Bill Jones Dora McKinney Velmer Lilly.
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George T. Bruce
Amigo
Amigo Baptist Church
Oliver Tedder
Crab Orchard
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Bruce
Mullens Hospital
McDougal Funeral Home
Mullens
Johnny Campbell
Walter Johnson
Emer Rice
Paul Burleson
Ralph Minton
Jake Norman
Bill Jones
Dora McKinney
Velmer Lilly
Bailey 84 dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital
Sheffey Bailey of Matoaka 84 died at 2 30 p m Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness He was born June 13 1881 at Rock son of Anderson and Frances Godfrey Bailey He was a member of Matoaka Christian Church The body is at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.
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Sheffey Bailey
Matoaka
Bluefield
Bailey
Paul Bailey
Oceana
Rock
Anderson
Frances Godfrey Bailey
Matoaka Christian Church
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Final rites held for Mrs Sally Cline Bocesseth in Pineville
Mrs Sally Cline Bocesseth 81 of Pineville died Thursday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m Saturday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville with Rev Harry Stevens and Rev Robert Wheeler officiating. Burial at Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. She was born March 26 1886 in Russell County Virginia a daughter of Thomas and Martha Musick. Survived by three daughters Naomi Green Alva Gunter Theda Collins three sons A C Cline A D Cline W M Cline twelve grandchildren four great, plus siblings and a host of others. The body will be taken from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to church an hour before service. Friends may call after 4 p m today. (RNS)
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Sally Cline
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Harry Stevens
Robert Wheeler
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Cline
Welch Hospital
Russell County
Thomas
Martha Stinson Musick
Jasper Cline
Walter
Naomi) Green
Herbert
Alva) Gunter
MacArthur
J. C
Theda) Collins
Huntington
A. C
Beckley
A. D
Peoria
Ill
W. M
Stanley C. Tabor Funeral Held In Redding Calif
Funeral services for Stanley C. Tabor 33, of Redding, California, formerly of Eccles, were held today at 3 p.m. in Redding. He died Tuesday from an apparent heart attack. Surviving family includes wife Beverly of Redding. mother Anna Tabor of Corvallis, Oregon. father Chester of Ripley. brothers Chester of Monroe Oregon, Cecil of Circle View Drive, and Joseph R. of Eugene. sisters Mary Belle Marcuezi of Mabscott, Ethel Record of Ellison Avenue, and Anna Lee Hoffenbridell of Corvallis.
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Stanley C. Tabor
Redding
Calif
Eccles
Beverly Tabor
Anna Tabor
Corvallis
Ore
Chester
Ripley
Monroe
Cecil
Circle View Drive
Joseph R
Eugene
Mary Belle Marcuezi
Mabscott
Ethel Record
Ellison Avenue
Anna Lee Hoffenbridell
Mrs Harry Dawson funeral set in Mullens chapel
Mrs Harry Dawson aged 54 will be laid to rest in Lee Bailey Cemetery Garwood after a short illness in a Wilmington Delaware nursing home. The service will be held at 11 a m Sunday in the Sam Foglesong Chapel with Rev Ronald Adkins officiating. Burial will follow there. The body lies at Sam Fogleson Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens, with calling hours Saturday afternoon.
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Harry
Myrtle) Dawson
Sam Foglesong
Ronald Adkins
Lee Bailey
Garwood
Dawson
Wilmington
Del
Sam Fogleson
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Death Notice for H. W. Harper of Wichita Kansas
Mrs H W Harper of 103 1 2 Lilly Street received word today of the death of her brother H W Harper of Wichita Kansas.
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H. E. Phipps
Lilly St
H. W. Harper
Wichita
Kan
Officer Brodie Flunks Jerk Case Continued
Detroit court resumes May 25 as Patrolman James Brodie and go go dancer Karen Lynn Davidson revisit charges over suggestive dancing at Laronde Lounge. Referee Byrd orders specifics on acceptable dance moves and tone down guidelines for all 11 dancers.
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UPI
James Brodie
Karen Lynn Davidson
Frederick E. Byrd
Karen
Laronde
Brodie
Henry ‘Roman
Roman
Byrd
Miami
Fort Worth
Bridgeport
Conn
Police License and Censor Bureau
AFL Cio and Johnson clash over raising minimum wage
In Washington AFL-CIO backs a 50 cent jump to $1.75 by 1968 while the White House pushes to reach $1.60 in two years. House labor chair Powell supports the $1.60 goal, but Rep. Dent proposes a compromise raising most workers to $1.40 next year and extending to $1.50 and $1.60 for key groups by 1968.
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API
iIt
Afl-Cio
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Federation
George Meany
Meany
Miami Beach
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Education and Labor Committee
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Dent
Pennsylvania
Pleasant Point Resort debt settlement hearing set
US District Court in Huntington scheduled a hearing to settle about 1.7 million in debts against the Pleasant Point Resort on West Virginia 62 north of Point Pleasant. The SBA had closed the resort last week and a special master will hear testimony and recommend a settlement.
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H. B. Agsten and Sons Inc
West Virginia Industries Development Corp
SBA
Agsten and Huntington Trust and Savings Bank
L. A. Wright
Viet Cong Attack Costs 17 Killed in Trieu Phong Ares
Fighting in Quang Tri Province around Trieu Phong has raged since Monday. On Wednesday the USS Topeka used heavy guns to disrupt an attack by 500 Viet Cong. A mortar strike hit a US Marine outpost near Phu Bai and B52 SAC aircraft aided Leatherneck forces in the Saigon region. authorities say 90 pounds of TNT were found at a Can Tho government interrogation center under construction, likely intended to blow the unfinished facility.
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Trieu Phong
Topeka
Phu Bai
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Leatherneck
Saigon
Mekong
Can Tho
Heavy Snow Moves North Across Regions
A heavy snow storm moved into New England after five to nine inches fell along the Appalachians from western North Carolina to Pennsylvania. Snow also covered parts of the West, with up to six inches in central Nevada. Arctic air swept into the upper Midwest and northern Great Lakes as Mississippi River floods leveled near Davenport and Rock Island but stayed above flood stage. Weather warnings were issued for four inches or more in New England and parts of Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York.
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Iowa
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Ill
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Washington Dulles International
Martinsburg
W.va
Harrisburg
Allentown
Change Proposed In Electing President
Four senior senators propose a constitutional amendment to split a state's electoral votes by the statewide popular vote rather than awarding all to the leading candidate. The plan, introduced by Ervin Sparkman Saltonstall and Dodd, would alter the current winner take all system in each state.
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Washington
UPI
Sam J. Ervin
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Albert Cohen dies at 55 in New York hospital
Albert Cohen longtime stamp collector and former president of the New York Chapter of the Aero Philatelists died Tuesday at Bellevue Hospital in New York. He was 55 and was honored worldwide for his award winning air mail stamp collections. Cohen also collected books prints and maps.
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UPI
Albert Cohen
Bellevue Hospital
Cohen
The
Aero Philatelists
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