Churchill Stricken By Cerebral Thrombosis In London
Sir Winston Churchill, Britain's elder statesman, 9, suffered a cerebral thrombosis and circulatory weakness after a cold. A medical bulletin signed by Lord Moran and Lord Brian said he is seriously ill at Hyde Park Gate. Further bulletin to come at 10 tonight.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Lord Moran
Churchill
Statesman
Hyde Park Gate
Winston
Lord Brian
U S Lining Up Support In U N Debt Showdown
The United States prepares for a showdown with Russia over U N finances and seeks backing from a 21 nation Latin American group. Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson met with the group, which warned of grave consequences if the Soviets pay no heed, as Washington says it may confront the General Assembly to safeguard the world body’s solvency.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
United States
Russia
U. N
General Assembly
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sergio Sepulveda
Chile
Stevenson
World Organization
Nation ends 1964 at record economy level
Washington reports the United States closed 1964 with a record GNP despite a fourth quarter slowdown due to auto industry strikes in October and early November. Commerce Department data show a $5 billion quarterly gain, versus about $10 billion in the prior quarter.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
United States
Weather Snow on the Way for Beckley and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness this afternoon with a high near 30. Snow tonight into Saturday with up to three inches possible and flurries Saturday afternoon. Tonight’s low around 22, Saturday highs in the upper 20s. Hazardous driving possible tonight and Saturday. Beckley area highs and lows detailed. river, lake, and gauge readings noted. Western Virginia five day forecast calls for cold weekend and potential precip totals.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Point Mugu
Calif
Booneville
N.Y
West Virginia
U S Naval Support And Air Cover Attacks On North Viet Nam
North Viet Nam targets faced raids by South Vietnamese air force and Navy with American cover. Proposals call these quick strikes by propeller fighters and PT boats, coordinated with U S forces. Separate incidents include a helicopter crash near Bien Hoa with three Americans dead and a reconnaissance flight from Saigon.
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Arthur J. Dommen
U.S. Air Force
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Washington
Defense Department
Con Co
U.S
Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
U S
U.S. Navy
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Largest U S Strike Hits Laos Bridges in War Action
Washington reports the United States carried out a large air raid on Laos, involving 18 to 24 jets, targeting Route 7 bridges to cut Red forces and supplies into South Vietnam. Two F100 and F105 jets were shot down but pilots rescued. operations signaled resolve in Southeast Asia despite official silence.
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Washington
UPI
US S
Laos
China
Viet Nam
United States
Southeast Asia
U.S
Ban Ban
Defense Department
Plain of Jars
Pathet Lao
South Viet Nam
Beckley Chamber approves 1965 budget in special meeting
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved a 1965 budget of 28,887 dollars at a special meeting led by president John M. Gates. The plan reflects a 7,000 dollar rise from 1964 and notes that a U S Chamber of Commerce representative will visit Beckley on January 28 to review accreditation materials. Tickets for the annual dinner go on sale, with the event set for January 28 at the Beckley Hotel Ballroom.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
Beckley Hotel
F.L.C.A
Trent Said Retained As Smith Legal Chief
Curtis B. Trent Jr., Gov. W. W. Barron’s administrative assistant, will remain in the Hulett Smith administration as chief legal counsel to the new governor. He will shift from patronage duties to handling legal matters under federal state programs such as the Area Redevelopment Administration. Trent has long been a controversial figure in Barron’s administration.
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Huntington
UPI
Huntington Advertiser
Curtis B. Trent Jr
W. W. Barron
Hulett Smith
Trent
Barron
Area Redevelopment Administration
Elkins At Risk In Lake Central Route Cuts
WashingtonUPS The community of Elkins may be dropped from the Lake Central Airlines route between Charleston and Pittsburgh. The Civil Aeronautics Board Bureau of Economic Regulations recommends a use it or lose it policy citing insufficient passenger use, requiring at least five daily riders to keep the stop. Martinsburg stop should be retained.
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Washington
UPS
Elkins
Lake Central Airlines
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Economic Regulations
Civil Aeronautics Board
Martinsburg
Mother Of Quints Gives Birth To Twins
Ines Prieto, mother of Venezuela's quintuplets, gave birth prematurely to twin girls in Maracaibo. The babies are in an incubator and the mother is in satisfactory condition. The twins arrive two months early, becoming the sixth and seventh children born to Mrs. Prieto in 16 months. she now has 13 children total. The quintuplets were born September 7, 1965, and all survived.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
UPI
Ines Prieto
Sukarno Open to Peace Talks With Malaysia
Indonesia signals willingness to hold immediate peace talks with Malaysia and to accept mediation by Afro-Asian or United Nations bodies. Subandrio says crisis should be solved without war and Indonesia has no territorial claims, while Kuala Lumpur demands Sukarno show genuine peace intent before talks begin.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
Subandrio
Malaysia
Idonesia
United Nations
North Borneo
Sukarno
Far East
Federation
Kuala Lumpur
Abdul Razak
Razak
First Time In Three Years Church Membership Gains Rise
Louis Cassels reports the Yearbook of American Churches shows total US church and synagogue membership at 120,965,234 in 1963, 64 percent of the population, a 2.6 percent annual gain. Protestant membership reaches 66,854,200 with a 3.2 percent rise, noting 500,000 counted for a new denomination.
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Louis Cassels
UPI
Washington
Yearbook of American Churches
United States
America
National Council of Churches
US Census Bureau
Work Set This Year On Tug Fork Project
A $45,700 flood control project in McDowell County is expected to begin later this year and take about three months to complete. The Dry Fork section of Tug Fork project was approved by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Washington
UPI
McDowell County
Dry Fork
Tug Fork
Army Corps of Engineers
Steel Mill Of Future To Be Built At Weirton
National Steel Corp will build a steel mill of the future at its Weirton West Virginia plant as part of a expanded capital program totaling 340 million dollars for 1964 to 1966. The facility will begin production by late 1966 and will combine a basic oxygen furnace a vacuum system and a high tonnage continuous slab casting machine in one unified production cycle.
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Chicago
UPI
Weirton
W. Va
National Steel Corp
George A. Stinson
Stinson
Investment Analysis Society
Abolish West Virginia Water Development Commission Moves Forward
In Charleston the Legislature's 57th session advances a bill to abolish the West Virginia Water Development Commission. Senate Judiciary Chairman Moreland backs passage. House Speaker White and Minority Leader Seibert also support abolition. Gov. Smith pledges to back the measure as well. The bill, prompted by a 1963 establishment and a 40 million dollar water company purchase disclosure, heads toward first readings and potential swift Senate passage. The House debated a separate food stamp expansion item briefly before adjourning.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Water Development Commission
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
William A. Moreland
Hulett Smith
Moreland
Judiciary Committee
House
H. Laban White
George H. Seibert Jr
Smith
Commission
Big West Virginia Water Co
Cecil H. Underwood
del. D. P. Given
D-Webster
Webster
Clay Counties
Given
Finance Committee
Earl Vickers
Hard Time Seen For Approval Of Foreign Aid Bill
Washington’s Congress faces a tougher time approving Johnson’s foreign aid package than funding. Despite confident Democratic votes for nearly 3.4 billion, lawmakers may balk at unlimited South Viet Nam aid and anti Americanism abroad. Authorization hearings by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Morgan aim to bring a 3.4 billion bill to the floor by mid April.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Capitol Hill
Thomas E. Morgan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Committee
Famed Oneretta Heroine Jeanette MacDonald Dies
Houston confirms Jeanette MacDonald 57 dies of a heart seizure at Methodist Hospital. Star of ROMEO AND JULIET films with Nelson Eddy, she and Gene Raymond wed in 1937 in a famed film colony ceremony. Raymond at bedside, her final words to him, “I love you.”
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Houston, Tex
UPI
Jeanette MacDonald
Juliet
Nelson Eddy
Romeo
Methodist Hospital
Eddy
Jeanette
Miss MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Raymond
Hollywood
Russia Revives Pact Plan With NATO
Diplomatic sources report the Soviet Union seeks a non-aggression pact with NATO through its European satellites. The move appears linked to the Warsaw Pact consultative committee meeting in Warsaw next Tuesday as Tass announces the session to realign Russo East European policies ahead of anticipated high-level talks with Western leaders.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Political Consultative Committee
Tass
Johnson asks Congress for funds to boost disarmament work
President Johnson asked Congress for a four year authorization of 55 million dollars to run the U S Arms Control and Disarmament Agency ACDA through 1969. The request follows a message to Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden and House Speaker John McCormack. Officials say the increase will expand research toward new arms control agreements and testing ban efforts with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
U. S
Administration
Soviet Union
U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
United States
Arms Agency
Well Driller Killed Near Gilbert
Albert G. Dingess nineteen of Harts Lincoln County was fatally injured when entangled in machinery at a well drilling site near Gilbert He was helping another worker repair the belt house of the rig when a belt wheel caught him
Soviet Underground Explosion Detected Near Semipalatinsk
The seismological institute at Uppsala University reported a large underground nuclear blast in the Semipalatinsk area in Asia. It measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and was more powerful than prior explosions there. the last event was Nov. 16, 1964.
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Uppsala
Sweden
UPI
Soviet Union
Semipalatinsk
Asia
Uppsala University
Marcus Baath
Lake Authority Chief Bids Comment On Thursday Costs
Lake authority head M A Ping Johnson refused to comment on Thursday bids for Stephen’s Lake projects until bids are analyzed. He suggested bids may be rejected and rebid to CSA. Base bids for the superintendent’s residence ranged from 49 232 to 60 060 with a 55 000 base quoted by Basile N Meadows Construction Co.
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M. A
Ping
Johnson
Stephen's Lake
Charleston
Community Facilities Administration
Register
Post-Herald
Radford and Farley Construction Company
Basile N. Meadows Construction Company
Raleigh County
Robert L. Davis
Lake Authority
Basile N. Meadows
King calls for tests of Selma motels under new civil rights law
Negro leader Martin Luther King Jr. urges an all out assault on racial barriers in Selma Alabama with a plan to test every motel for compliance with the civil rights law. Movie star June Allyson is in satisfactory condition in Summit New Jersey hospital for a kidney stone attack. A Russian airliner flying from Moscow to Cuba made an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport due to low fuel.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Ala
June Allyson
Summit
N. J
Moscow
Cuba
Atlantic
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Johnson weighs plan to send Peace Corps to Eastern Europe
President Johnson reportedly considers dispatching Peace Corps volunteers to the Communist satellites of Eastern Europe. A federal grand jury was expected to report this afternoon on its probe into the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi. Senate investigators plan to resume Bobby Baker inquiry hearings after the inauguration with former White House aide Walter W Jenkins among the witnesses.
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Johnson
Peace Corps
Europe
Philadelphia
Miss
Senate
Bobby Baker
White House
Walter W. Jenkins
Woman dies in torch death near Columbia Missouri
ANN ATHERTON 26 daughter of a Missouri history professor set fire to herself in a barn near Columbia after a history of psychiatric troubles. Rep James Kee was named to the House Public Works Committee by the Democratic Committee on Committees. United Steelworkers leaders back David J McDonald and J W Abel as they resume campaign for leadership after Wage Policy Committee supported McDonald’s refusal to extend the April 30 strike deadline against big 11 steel producers.
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Ann Atherton
University of Missouri
Columbia
Miss Atherton
James Kee
D-W.va
House Public Works Committee
Democratic Committee On Committees
David J. McDonald
J. W. Abel
United Steeelworkers
McDonald
Governors invited to testify on Appalachian development bill
Governors of Appalachian states are asked to testify January 19 and 21 in Washington on a new regional development bill. Sen. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia will preside over Senate Public Works Committee hearings. A Philadelphia transit strike was averted as an agreement was reached minutes before the deadline. Former Vice President Richard Nixon warned Republicans they must win the 1966 election to have any chance in 1968.
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Appalachian
Washington
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Senate Public Works Committee
Philadelphia
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
GOP
Nixon
Indian Burial Mounds Found In Clay County
From 12 to 20 Indian burial mounds were uncovered in Clay County. Robert Pierson of the Clay County Development Association said the mounds would be graves of chiefs from a culture predating the so called Mound Builders. Unusual rock formations were found across 2600 acres as archaeologists plan explorations to determine origin and note the geometric arrangement.
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Clay County
Robert Pierson
Clay County Development Association
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