Beckley Plans Religious Radio Station 1060 kc
Beclley area hosts filing for a 1060 kc daytime 10 000 watt AM station by the Christian Broadcasting Corp of Beckley led by Rev T M Waldron president with P E Rhodes VP and Mrs T M Waldron secretary treasurer The station aims to reach Christians with religious music services local and state news and community programs at an estimated cost of 55000 and monthly operating needs around 3000 The transmitter will be near Crab Orchard and a studio site is to be chosen later The FCC permit requires completion within six months after issue
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Beckley
Christian Broadcasting Corp
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
T. M. Waldron
P. E. Rhodes
Waldron
FCC
Suddeth Turkey Farm
Carolina Super
Crab Orchard
China blasts Johnson in Mao authored UPI piece
In a Peking People’s Daily commentary signed by Observer, Mao’s Maoist voice denounces President Johnson as an imperialist "whetting his knife while telling his beads." The article calls U.S. imperialism a head hunter and praises China’s nuclear stance while criticizing U.S. policy and siding with Indonesia’s UN withdrawal.
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Tokyo
UPI
Mao Tze-tung
China
Johnson
Peking People’s Daily
Observer
Mao
Peking
Five Die In Head-On Freight Train Crash In Ohio
Five trainmen died in a head-on crash between an Erie Lackawanna and a Baltimore and Ohio freight near Sterling Ohio, about 20 miles southwest of Akron. Eight diesel engines wrecked, fuel tanks burst into flames, and victims included threemen from New Castle Pennsylvania. The scene drew a temporary morgue as identifications continued.
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Sterling, Ohio
Erie Lackawanna
Baltimore and Ohio
Wayne County
Akron
New Castle
C. R. Duckworth
Cc.s. Williams
C. S. Druschel
B&o
State Highway Patrol
Arthur R. Lewellyn
Lewellyn
Erie Lackwanna
Don Marney
Carl Porter
Marion
Ohio
Weather Clearing And Colder In Beckley Area
Beckley and vicinity expected clearing skies with a high near 34 this afternoon and a cold night with low around 18. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the low 40s. River and lake readings show Greenbrier rising muddy at 2 ft 2 in above normal, lake 3 ft below normal and muddy, New gauge at Hinton 4.7 ft. Five day forecast calls for below average temperatures then a warm spell, with rain or snow possible Thursday totaling about a quarter inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Two Wrecks Kill Five In Mercer County
West Virginia traffic toll rose to 15 with eight died in Mercer County area over the weekend. A triple fatality occurred on U S 460 near Oakvale Mountain when a five person car skidded on snow and was hit by a tractor trailer. Victims: Robert B. Fuqua 27 of Washington DC, Robert Fuqua 86 Braeholm Logan County, Helen Corbett 30 of Washington DC. Also injured were Willie J. Corbett 37 and Charles Fuqua 49.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Princeton
U. S. 460
Oakvale Mountain
Robert B. Fuqua
Washington, D. C
Robert Fuqua
Braeholm
Logan County
Helen Corbett
Washington
Willie J. Corbett
Charles
Fuqua
Bluefield
Mercer County
Payton R. Berger
Mike Phillips
Norman W. Helmick
Owego
Pendleton County
W. Va
Moorefield
Charles McDonald
Kearneysville
Jefferson County
U. S. 340
Charles Town
Harold Swisher
Vienna
Wood County
Parkersburg
Fayette County
West
Lad Took Bus Kept Going
A 16 year old Mingo County boy stole a school bus Friday night from R F Copley in Chat taroy. He drove toward Ohio stopping in Portsmouth before being nabbed north of Portsmouth on the road to Columbus. He called the trip a ball and said he planned to visit an uncle in Columbus.
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Portsmouth
Columb
Columbus
Ninth Child Born To RFK and Wife in New York
Mrs Robert F Kennedy gave birth to an eight-pound boy, the ninth Kennedy child. Roosevelt Hospital said both mother and infant were doing fine. The birth occurred at 4:11 a.m. EST with Dr Ralph Gause delivering, as Senator Kennedy and a family nurse accompanied Mrs Kennedy.
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New York
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Roosevelt Hospital
Kennedy
Ralph Gause
Sen. Kennedy
Rosellini Pardons Beck Restores Civil Rights
Gov Albert D Rosellini issued a pardon ending the two year state parole term for former Teamsters Union President Dave Beck. The action removes state parole supervision while keeping him on federal parole after Beck’s state grand larceny conviction for selling a $1900 union car and a federal tax filing false information conviction. Beck was released from McNeil Island prison on December 11.
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Olympia
Wash
UPI
Albert D. Rosellini
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Rosellini
Beck
Washington State Parole Board
Grand Larceny
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Tacoma
Government Agencies Targeted in Anti-Eavesdropping Push
Senator Edward V. Long predicts new federal legislation this year to curb electronic spying and privacy invasions. A subcommittee will probe wiretapping concealed recorders mail covers peepholes in public and private spaces in government and other settings. Public hearings aim to reveal scope and spur action.
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Washington
API
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Long
Federal Jury Reconvenes In Rights Murders
A federal grand jury in Jackson, Mississippi reconvened to hear fresh evidence in the slayings of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney. Assistant U S attorney General John Doar assisted as the panel weighs potential confessions and witnesses amid anticipated three day closed session.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
U. S
John Doar
Harold Cox
Biloxi
FBI
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Doar
Burke Marshall
U.S. Department of Justice
Department
Justice Department
Horace Barnette
Viet Cong announce Tet truce for Vietnamese New Year
In Saigon UPI reports the Viet Cong will observe a three day truce during Tet next month. Guerrillas told travelers along main roads as a bus was halted near Nhatrang and announced the pause to about 30 passengers. Tet begins Feb 2.
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Saigon
UPI
Nhatrang
Hue Shut Down by Second Anti Government Strike in Vietnam
Antigovernment action closes Hue with about 600 students and pedi-cab drivers in a day of protests. A similar strike occurred last Thursday and another reported in Quang Tri as Saigon faces a political stalemate. Two American soldiers are wounded by a Communist mine near Saigon, and an officer-adviser was killed in a guerrilla ambush. U.S. officials hope the Tuesday communique ends the government crisis and allows focus on fighting Viet Cong forces. Taylor warns no immediate end in sight to the war.
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Saigon
UPS
South
Viet Nam
Hue
Quang Tri
U.S
Maxwell PD
Taylor
United States
Sato Heads To Washington For Talks With Johnson
Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato flies from San Francisco to Washington for two days of talks with President Johnson on Asia and two areas of disagreement between Japan and the United States. The 63 year old leader departs from SFO at 1 p.m. EST and will land at Andrews Air Force Base at 5 45 p.m. EST.
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San Francisco
UPI
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Washington
Johnson
Asia
United States
Sato
Hayato Ikeda
San Francisco International
Special Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Honolulu
Mark Hopkins Hotel
California
Edmund G. Brown
John F. Shelley
Etsusaburo Shiina
Takeo Miki
Tokyo
GOP Planning New Council
Washington leaders of the Republican party planned a new policy making council to include congressional leadership and external party spokesmen. Senate Leader Everett M. Dirksen and House Leader Gerald R. Ford were to unveil the project at an 11 a.m. news conference, outlining a tentative blueprint for the body.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
GOP
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
United Fund Attains Goal With Raleigh County Support
The United Fund surpasses its $69,200 target, reaching $69,463.20 after three months of solicitation led by UF president Alan Susman and campaign chairman Philip W. Payne. Beckley Speedway owner John Radford's $1,000 pledge helped exceed the goal as officials plan 100 percent plaques and future expansion for eleven agencies including the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts and YMCA.
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United Fund
Alan Susman
Philip W. Payne
Payne
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Raleigh County Cancer Association
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of America
Salvation Army
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health
USC
Raleigh County Dental Health Council
Children, Inc
Camp Galahad, Inc
YMCA
AFL All-Star Game shifts to Houston from New Orleans
AFL Commissioner Joe Foss announced the All-Star game would be played in Houston after New Orleans was dropped over charges of racial discrimination. Foss said the move followed invitations from the Houston Oilers and noted short notice prevented more consideration.
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Chicago
UPI
American Football League
Joe Foss
New Orleans
Houston
Foss
Miami
Fla
Robert King
AFL
Shipping Strike Ties Up Maine to Rio Grande Ports
A wide coast to coast ILA strike over automation halted U S maritime activity. About 60,000 cargo handlers walked out at 12 01 a m EST closing ports from Maine to Texas and marooning ships including the liner United States with 1 013 aboard in New York. Officials planned later enforcement as cargo stayed idle. Assistant Secretary James Reynolds returned to Washington after warning of a possible prolonged disruption.
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New York
UPI
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
U.S
Maine
Texas
United States
Internatioal Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Washington
James J. Reynolds Jr
Shippers
Johnson
Labor Department
Reynolds
Thomas W. Gleason
Alexander P. Chopin
New York Shipping Association
NYSA
Saturda
Congress
Chopin
Gleason
UN Refuses To Leave Jakarta
United Nations officials in Jakarta ignore Indonesia's order to withdraw and will stay until formally told by New York. UNICEF FAO and UNESCO offices remain, with police added at UNICEF, and U.N. insignia damaged. President Sukarno had announced plans to pull Indonesia from the United Nations.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
United Nations
U.N
New York
U.N. Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Social and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Vojko P. Pavicic
Sukarno
Malaysia
Security Council
First 1965 Satellite Launched By Russia
Moscow dispatch reports the Soviet Union launched an unmanned space satellite Cosmos 52 with scientific instruments. Tass said the mission advances the space exploration program begun in 1962 and marks the first Soviet launch of the new year.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
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