Exile Order Triggers Dominican Republic Riots
In Santo Domingo a revolt against the El Presidente sparked Communist-led riots after a radio alert claimed a communist takeover. Paratroops restored order with rifles and night sticks as tanks and armored vehicles moved near the presidential palace. President Hector Garcia Godoy said he would stay in power with OAS backing amid tensions.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Hector Garcia Godoy
Organization of American States
OAS
Duarte Bridge
San Isidro
Picenos
Lawford hospitalised amid divorce talk as Kennedy kin weighs split
News in Brief reports actor Peter Lawford in a Boston hospital for medical observation amid possible divorce from Patricia Kennedy. A Mountain State Forest Festival is planned for Elkins in early October with successor to Phil K Harness. Separately St Johns University students plan a noon rally to support a three day faculty strike over academic freedom after student council rejection of boycott or teach-in resolutions.
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Peter Lawford
Kennedy
Patricia
Boston
Elkins
Phil K. Harness
St. John’s University
Westin beauty drive targets junkyard rules meeting
Commerce Commissioner Angus E Peyton sets a January 11 session in the Governors Conference Room at the State Capitol to discuss junk yard regulation as part of Governor Smiths Keep Westin Beautiful campaign Air F Thursday night launched a site from Vandenberg AFB Calif on an undisclosed mission with no further Defense policy details Mrs B J Gaillet excommunicated for resisting integration picketed the consecration of Archbishop Harold B Perry at St Louis Basilica in New Orleans with a sign invoking Jesus non white apostles and priesthood defilement Perry, the first Native American Negro bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, leads the church in Rome.
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Commerce
Angus E. Peyton
State Capitol
Smith
West
Beautiful
Air F
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
B. J. Gaillet
Harold B. Perry
St. Louis Basilica
New Orleans
Jesus
Perry
Churc
Tuskegee civil rights case spurs call for federal troops
Mayor Charles M. Keever warned a stay of a civil rights worker by a white man could spark danger in the Negro town, with about 150 Tuskegee Institute students marching on City Hall demanding the death penalty for Marvin Segrest, 69, charged with slaying Samuel L. Younge Jr., 21, at the town’s all night service station. Louis B. Se retired after 37 years as editor of the Cleveland Press. Thomas L. Boardman named to succeed him. Della Jenkins of Concord celebrated a mistaken birthday, actually turning 105 in Augusta.
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Charles M. Keever
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
City Hall
Marvin Segrest
Samuel L. Younge Jr
Louis B. Se
Cleveland Press
Thomas L. Boardman
Oberlinge
Della Jenkins
Concord
N. H
Augusta
Maine
Windy and Colder With Snow Flurries Tonight Forecast
Windy and colder tonight with a chance of snow in the vicinity. High near 42, then a frigid low around 10. Cloudy and cold Saturday with snow flurries. Beckley observed 38 at 11:30 a.m. with a 7 a.m. low around 32. Sunset 5:21 p.m., sunrise 7:40 a.m. Greenbrier River normal and cloudy. Lake Greenbrier normal and clear. new gauge at Hinton 2.3 ft. West Virginia temperatures expected to run 2 to 10 degrees below normal. today’s highs include 84 in West Palm Beach and a low around -? at Devils Lake.
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Uta Deo
Beckley
Hinton
West Palm Beach
Fla
Devils Lake
N.D
West Virginia
Ambitious Men Higher Risk for Heart Attacks
A Mount Hospital study published in JAMA found that aggressive Type A men in ages 30 to 59 showed a high heart attack risk. Among 3,524 healthy males aged 39 to 59, Type A individuals faced more heart attacks, with 70 of the cases in this group. The research linked ambitious temperament and fast-paced careers to heart danger, noting significant victim shares in the 39 to 49 and 49 to 59 brackets.
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San Francisco
UPI
Mount Hospital
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Mount Zion
Key Witness Testifies Against Logan County Sheriff
Logan County Sheriff Jack Ferrell faces bribery and records fraud charges as key witness Ellis testifies he was ordered to use SRC materials to rebuild flood damaged bridges and to enact a profit splitting scheme with Huntington contractor J. E. Green. Ellis said Ferrell disclosed the profit plan after work began. Prosecutor Damron signaled the case would wrap up soon. Ferrell is defended by Zane Grey Staker.
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Logan
UPI
Logan County
Jack Ferrell
Ferrell
State Road Commission
Suan
Ellis
Huntington
J. E. Green
Green
Atty. Oval Damron
Toho Ferrell
West Virginia
Zane Grey Staker
Williamson
Unemployment Rate Drops To 4.1 Per Cent
The U S jobless rate fell to 4.1 percent in December marking the lowest level since May 1957. Unemployment declined by about 78,000 to 2.888 million while the labor force surpassed 72.7 million, with married men at 1.8 percent and adult men at 2.6 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Gage I
Egg Oon
Yale Ted
Violence Flare in Taxi Strike at Riviera Hotel
In Las Vegas four non-union taxicabs and drivers faced Molotov attacks as 30 to 40 union cabs blocked driveways at the Riviera Hotel. Two drivers were hospitalized and the incident followed a midnight meeting as a five month strike escalated.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Riviera
Jailed Mother Faces Child Abandonment in Kanawha County
Wanda Grimes, 23, jailed on a warrant from her mother-in-law after four preschoolers were found abandoned along a highway in Kanawha County. Grimes says her husband urged her to take the children and flee as she was allegedly shot at by in-laws during a recent attempt to leave.
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Uae Tee Tos
Kanawha County
Wanda Grimes
Here
de Smith
Marmet
Kanawha
Detroit
Lea
Wirtz Enters Transit Strike Talks In New York
Mayor John V Lindsay met with top labor officials and offered to seek the release of jailed TWU president Michael J Quill and eight union leaders to speed an end to a seven day subway strike. He said he wanted a fair and speedy conclusion and trains rolling again.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Johnson
Lindsay Ae Johnson
Lindsay
Wirtz
Transit Authority
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Michael J. Quill
Public Service Commission to rule on gas firm facilities
Charleston report states the Public Service Commission and United Fuel Gas Co. faced regulatory power over production and transmission facilities. The commission temporarily barred Robert L. Stewart from the case due to prior involvement as commission counsel on June 24, 1964.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commissar
United Fuel Gas Co
Manufac
PSC
Robert L. Stewart
Commission
SNCC Leader Urges Draft Dodging and Civil Rights Action
SNCC leader John Lewis condemned U S foreign policy and urged members to avoid the draft or burn cards by personal choice. He urged civil rights work as an alternative to Southeast Asia fighting and criticized U S actions in Vietnam as illegal. The group has faced accusations of accepting Communist sympathizers while defending broad support for its civil rights campaign.
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Nee
UPI
Anct
John Lewis
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
United States
Lewis
Cans
Southeast Asia
Soviet Brass Visit Far East Amid Sino Soviet Tension
A Soviet delegation led by Leonid Brezhnev left Moscow for the Far East with top leaders in Asia. Brezhnev's party aide Alexander Shelepin went to North Vietnam with rocket and armaments experts, while Premier Kosygin remained in Tashkent. The trip followed a chilly reception in Peking during a brief stopover, signaling continued Sino Soviet strains and minimal dialogue between the two powers.
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Moscow
UPI
Ety
Leonid Brezhneveft
Far East
Asia
Brezhnev
Peoples Republic of Mongolia
Alexander Shelepin
Viet Nam
Alexei Kosygin
Tashkent
Soviet Central Asia
Nikolai Podgorny
Ministe Shelepin
Peking
Hanoi
W. Averell Harriman
Tokyo
Australia
Meguo Besinving
Japan
Shelepin
Wen
Ne - Tass
Tass
Tanjug
Red China
Alexei N. Kosygin
Washington House Announces Car-
Washington reports from UPI indicate the House announced a plan in the afternoon session. The terse note hints at a presidential-leaning reform or budget action, with further details pending.
Bomb Seizure Foils Viet Cong Plot in Saigon
Vietnamese police captured two Viet Cong terrorists en route to detonate a 275 pound plastic bomb aimed at the four story Alabama Bachelor Officers Quarters in Saigon. The device, largest plastic bomb found here, could have destroyed the billet and killed or wounded many, including 66 Americans. Police noted proximity to the Metropole billet bombed last month with 10 dead and about 200 injured. Both suspects were armed with pistols as authorities reported the thwarted plan and ongoing investigations.
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Saigon
Ups
Alabama Bachelor Officers Quarters
Cong Quynh Street
Metropole Billet
Triple Murder Arson Cases on Raleigh Grand Jury List
Three murder charges against Lacy Pettry for a pregnant girlfriend’s death are expected before the Raleigh County Grand Jury along with an arson case tied to Arbutus Brows and the salvage yard violation against John Adford. Presentments also include multiple breaking and entering, bad checks, embezzlement, forgery, felonious assault, drunken driving, receiving stolen goods and armed robbery counts.
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Presen
Raleigh County
Lacy Pettry
Dry Creek
Giryfriend
Arbutus Brows
A-11
Grand Jury
John Adford
Autopsy Ordered In Woman's Death
An autopsy was ordered in the death of Mrs Edith 76 after she collapsed at a hospital. Officials say preliminary notes indicate natural causes, with a full medical examiner report pending to determine the exact cause.
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Edith 76
Dedty Hospital
Rett
Appa
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