World Mourns Indian Prime Minister Shastri Death
World leaders from Washington to London mourned Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who died after a peace mission. A summit with President Nehru and Pakistani talks ended with a declaration renouncing force. Kosygin offered condolences as Pope Paul VI expressed sadness.
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Alexei Kosygin
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Shastri Dies in Tashkent at 61 of Heart Attack
Condolences poured into New Delhi after Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died unexpectedly in Tashkent. In Washington, President Johnson called the death a grievous blow to peace and progress, while Sen. John Sherman Cooper prepared to represent the United States at the funeral.
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Ex-Mit Klan Member Admits Role in Slidell Burnings
Former Ku Klux Klan member John H. Gipson testified to House investigators that he helped plan the arson of two churches used by civil rights workers in Slidell Louisiana last August. He said he provided an excuse at the last minute, and the details point to a terroristic act by the group.
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Ku Klux Klan
Slidell
John H. Gipson
House
Firebomb Kills Rights Leader in Mississippi Probe
HATTIESBURG Mississippi UPI President Johnson pledged full Justice Department resources for the investigation into the night rider firebombing slaying of a rights leader. Authorities seek clues as the case prompts federal involvement and renewed calls for protection of civil rights workers.
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Civil rights fight after Bond denial to seat in Georgia House
Civil rights groups vow mass demonstrations and legal action after the Georgia House refused to seat Negro Bond amid his draft evasion and Vietnam policy criticism. SNCC and NAACP leaders prepared protests while Bond backed by John Lewis warned of further action.
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India Mourns PM Shastri Body Arrives in New Delhi
The body of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri arrived in New Delhi as about 30,000 mourners gathered. President Zakir Radhakrishnan and Hari Krishnan received it. the death followed a heart attack after Shastri brokered a peace pact with Pakistan's Ayub Khan in Tashkent. The funeral plan included lying in state at 10 Janpath and Hindu cremation near Shanti Vana on the Jumna River, with international officials attending.
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John Sherman Cooper
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Antiaircraft Unit Prisoners Captured Infiltration Proof Found
American troops along the Cambodian border reported evidence that a North Vietnamese antiaircraft battalion infiltrated the South. The H-13 unit, armed with 18 heavy guns, was identified from three captured North Vietnamese regulars during Operation Matador in the Central Highlands near Pleiku. The U S Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division is conducting the sweep.
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Royal Australian Battalion
Ship sinks after north Atlantic storm. 11 feared dead
New York dispatch reports a Spanish grain carrier Monte Palomares sank after abandoning ship in a severe gale. Only four crewmen rescued. 23 missing as Coast Guard and merchant ships scour the area. Winds eased to 25 knots, seas around 20 feet. Lampsis also reported damage and abandonment actions underway.
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Garson declines bid to run for Congress
Dallas area Republicans had invited actress Greer Garson to challenge Democrat Rep. Earle Cabell in 1966. Garson, wife of Dallas oilman E. E. (Bedie) Fogel, said she declined after long consideration of the office’s demands, public image and suitability.
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Weather roundup and river conditions report
Highs reached 79 at McAllen Texas and 40 at 2 30 p m with a low of 17 at 7 30 p m. Sunset 5 25 p m Sunrise Wednesday 7 39 a m Greenbrier above normal and clear Lake normal and clear 2 open New ga at Hinton 2 4 ft River levels and conditions summarized for date line.
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Wyoming County 61 Killed In Viet Nam
A former Wyoming County resident James Ray Griffey nineteen was killed in Viet Nam as a U S Army soldier. Griffey, born July 15 1946 in Knoxville Tennessee, was the son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Griffey now of Harvey Illinois. He attended Glen Rogers and transferred to Thornton Township School Harvey during his year. His only known relatives in the area were Mr and Mrs Bennie Parsley Kopperston. He was not married. Also in related news the Governor's Commission on higher education endorsed a plan for a Board of Governors for eight state colleges and separate boards for West Virginia and Marshall Universities. The report recommends continuing Potomac State College under the WVU Board and continuing study to draft legislation for bill form. The chancellor’s position would require an able executive director. Potomac State in Keyser would stay under WVU Board due to its curriculum services and admin. (See Regents Page 2)
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Harvey, Ill
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Regents board plan would oversee West Virginia higher education
President Paul A. Miller of West Virginia University submitted a report to a legislative interim committee proposing a WVU led governing body to plan and coordinate all higher education in the state. The recommended West Virginia Board of Regents would review budgets from all colleges and universities and set unified leadership, including a state chancellor. Legislators reacted favorably to the recommendations.
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Can You Name Raleigh's Delegates Most Can't
Five persons named in Raleigh politics as delegates for the ninth district. Senator Porter, a businessman, was named by five persons. The story notes representatives on page 12 and highlights the difficulty in naming Raleigh's delegates.
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Crowson Urges Smith To Renounce 2nd Term
Charleston report notes Crowson calling on Smith to renounce seeking a second term. The UPI dispatch cites Crowson as a Kanawha County figure urging political restraint amid succession talk.
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Paratroopers Kill D R Rioter in Santo Domingo
UPI reports a Monday general strike in Santo Domingo flopped in places yet disrupted some factories and government offices. Violence erupted with rioters killed one person and wounding another amid protests tied to clashes between loyalist and rebel factions.
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State Highway Death Toll Increases To 10
United Press International reports West Virginia highway fatalities rose to ten with the deaths of Clendenin and Bluefield youths. Donald Reynolds, 20, of Clendenin, died in a one vehicle crash on West Virginia 4 south of Clendenin. Jerry Estep, 23, was reported in satisfactory condition at a Charleston hospital after the same crash. William Hall, 22, of Bluefield, died after his car collided with a truck near Bluefield.
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Art worth 2 million dollars stolen from Besancon museum
In Besancon France thieves escaped with about 50 drawings and etchings valued at roughly 2 million dollars from the Besancon art museum. They ransacked two exhibition rooms housing works by Fragonard Tiepolo Veronese and other masters after removing a heavy iron grill from a window at the main entrance.
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Rainstorm Kills 145 in Rio and Injures 1000
A Rio de Janeiro rainstorm killed 145 people and injured about 1,000, leaving many homeless. Governor Francisco Nagao de Lima declared a public emergency and mobilized army navy and air force units. Five bodies were recovered near Copacabana Beach as homes were swept away.
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Fire kills woman in West End home
Fire swept the upstairs of a West end home in Charleston today, killing Mrs. Georgia Catlett. The cause of the fire was undetermined. The victim was found slumped near a bedroom door. Police said two other women escaped serious injury.
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UPI
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Georgia Catlett
Americans Smoking More Than Ever Since Surgeon General Report
A United Progress International survey shows cigarette consumption rising after an initial decline following the surgeon general report two years earlier. The Department of Agriculture tallies 532 billion cigarettes smoked last year, a record likely to grow this year. Advertising executive Emerson Foote urges health warnings in ads, noting current packs carry warnings but sales may still rise.
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Prodded Panel May Offer Its Own Transit Solution
Mayor John V. Lindsay faces a heated dispute as mediators weigh actions in the Transport Workers Union strike. At 1 am EST today mediator Sylvester Garrett explained the panel’s role while Lindsay lobs a blistering TV address urging settlement options.
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Transport Workers Union
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Sylvester Garrett
Alistion Cast
Alunee
Assistant Urged For Dr Bateman
Charleston officials and the West Virginia Mental Health Association back Dr Mildred Bateman as director. The group urged creating a Deputy Director of Business Administration to oversee maintenance personnel capital improvement and business operations while a qualified psychiatrist retains top authority in the department. The endorsement comes amid unfavourable publicity from a grand jury report on conditions at Lakin State Hospital and praises Gov Smith and state leaders for addressing mental health concerns.
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Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia Association For Mental Health
Woman Dies At 105 In Columbus Nursing Home
Ella Virginia Picket 105, a native of Moundsville West Virginia, died Sunday in Resthaven Nursing Home Columbus Ohio. On the death of her husband Hoe Wheeling West Virginia in the recent years she lived with her daughter. Services will be held Wednesday morning at Wheeling.
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Ella Virginia Picket
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