Iran Premier Mansur Recovers From Wounds In Tehran
A medical bulletin from a Tehran hospital says Iranian Premier Hassan Ali Mansur is recovering satisfactorily from bullet wounds suffered Thursday by a 19 year old religious fanatic. Other items note Landon’s hospital checkup in Kansas and the Burundi assassination confessed by Gonzalvo Magenzi. Funeral services for Claude Wilcox and reports on Churchill’s capture by Jaap Bothaman are mentioned along with Johnson administration education hearings and Doris Day awards.
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Tehran
Hassan Ali Mansur
Mohammed Bukharai
Ali M. Landon
Kansas
Mpeka
London
U.S
Bujumbura
Burundi
State Department
Gonzalvo Magenzi
Anti Hitchhiking Law Proposed In Georgia
A Georgia legislator introduced a bill to outlaw hitchhiking in the state. Rep. Billy Shaw Abney said the measure would make hitchhiking a misdemeanor punishable by 18 months in confinement and a $1000 fine, inspired by a Georgia man's murder linked to two hitchhikers from West Virginia.
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Atlanta, Ga
API
Georgia
West Virginia
Billy Shaw Abney
Walker County
Weather overview Beckley and vicinity forecast
Cloudy and damp with increasing afternoon clouds and a high near 56. Rain expected tonight and tomorrow with a low around 45 and a Saturday high in the mid 50s. West Palm Beach tops 80 and Grand Forks hits 6 for today as a nationwide set shows varied extremes.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Clear Lake
Hinton
West Palm Beach
Grand Forks
N.D
West Virginia
Proposed Texas City Ordinance Targets News Coverage of Astronauts
El Lago Texas considers ordinance No 54 to monetize media coverage of seven space age residents and Gemini flights. The proposal would charge news outfits for filing and operating mobile units with fines and potential jail time for violations. A city committee will meet January 29 to discuss with Houston news representatives.
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Texas
Alvin B. Webb JR
EL Lago, Tex
East Texas
U.S
Freedom of the
el Lago
Houston
New Weather Satellite Tiros-9 Loops Earth In Polar Orbit
CAPE KENNEDY UPS reports the United States launched Tiros-9 a polar orbit weather satellite from Cape Canaveral. The Delta rocket placed it on a north-south path over Florida Cuba and the Caribbean enabling global weather coverage four times that of prior satellites. Debris risk concerns were noted amid an egg-shaped orbit due to a second stage issue.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
United States
South Florida
Cuba
Tiros
Earth
Tiros-9
Delta
Florida
Gold Coast
Palm Beach
Miami Beach
Caribbean
Panama
Space Agency
Cariba
Teachers Plan Selma March for Desegregation Protest
United Press International reports that more than 100 Negro school teachers plan a Selma march to protest voter registration procedures and Dallas county registrar tactics as 229 demonstrators remain jailed. Civil rights lawyers will seek federal court action to bar Sheriff James Clark from hindering voter registration demonstrations and to gain jurisdiction over the arrested group. In Tuscaloosa, Dick Gregory plans to depart for Chicago after leading an integration drive, with protests at restaurants and theaters to test desegregation rules.
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United Press International
Selma
Ala
Dallas County Board of Registrars
Mobile
James Clark
Tuscaloosa
Dick Gregory
Chicago
Gregory
California
Jack Bartlett
San Francisco
Three Soviet Trawlers Missing In Bering Sea
JUNEAU Alaska UPI three 125 foot Russian trawlers were missing in the Bering Sea off Alaska. A Coast Guard plane joined the search after a Soviet Embassy request. Crew size unknown but Russian trawlers of this type usually carry 14. The Boksetogorsk was lost in a nearby storm. Missing vessels named Nakichevan Sebezh Sevsk.
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Juneau
Alaska
UPI
Coast Guard
Nakichevan
Sebezh
Sevsk
Defeat for Gordon Walker Deepens Labour Crisis in Britain
In a sharp London upset, Foreign Minister Patrick Gordon Walker lost his Leyton seat by 205 votes to Conservative Ronald Buxton, triggering reports of his resignation and signaling a reduced Labour majority. Prime Minister Harold Wilson faced calls that may hasten a general election as a second by election also shifted Labour ground.
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London
Gordon Walker
Labor
London Evening News
Harold Wilson
Evening Standard
Wilson
Labor Party
House of Commons
Ronald Buxton
Leyton
Smethwick
Peter Griffiths
Demonstrators Spark Violent U S Embassy Vietnam Riots
Police and Vietnamese paratroopers crushed Buddhist led anti American rioting in Saigon using tear gas truncheons and shots at the U S embassy and nearby library. More than 1 000 protesters shattered windows at the U S Information Service library as monks and students clashed with authorities.
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Arthur J. Dommen
U.S
United States
Tran van Huong
Marine M.set
William A. Duam
Rochster
N.Y
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Buddhist Center
Tompos seeks race track license hike in West Virginia
Senator William Tompos proposes raising the daily license tax on horse tracks from 500 to 1000 dollars and lifting a 5 percent tax to 6 percent. He accuses Waterford Park of shortening its track to evade the tax, costing the state about fifty thousand dollars last year. The measure aims to curb evasion and fund state coffers amid broader Senate actions on racing and other bills.
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Robert M. Gornall
Charleston
UPI
Senate
William Tompos
Dhancock
Tempos
Weirton
Ate
Waterford Park
Chester
Tompos
House
Wheeling Downs
Senate Finance Committee
West Virginia Water Development Commission
WVFT slams 'Decision 65' plan as inadequate
West Virginia Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO criticizes the Decision 65 salary bill as mediocre for teachers. Burke Hathaway denounces the proposal to raise pay as a pittance and urges a $1,000 yearly raise for all teachers. Legislation moves toward second reading with further Senate action expected.
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Charleston
UPI
West
Hathaway
West Virginia
WVEA
Education Department
WVFT
Track Officials Silent On Waterford Park Probe
Senator Tompos seeks a three member committee to probe Waterford Park near Chester West Virginia over betting practices in the Perfecto Race and alleged doping tests on race day. Track manager Harry Bell declines comment until the resolution is seen while owner James Edwards could not be reached. Condry of the State Racing Commission urges disclosure of facts to evaluate potential impacts on horse racing’s $6 million to state revenue.
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Charleston
UPI
Waterford Park
William Tompos
D-Hancock
Tompos
Senate
Harry Bell
Chester
James Edwards
Berryville
State Racing Commission
Joseph P. Condry
Edwards
Commission
Condry
West Virginia
Murder Verdict Upheld In Screaming Gas Case
A jury reaffirmed a second degree murder verdict against Bennie June Hamric, 27, in the shotgun slaying of neighbor Glenn Winter. Hamric, wife of Sheriff deputy Alva Hamric, collapsed screaming upon the verdict and was later deemed able to attend court. The defense seeks to overturn, with sentencing delayed for motions.
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Winter
Pene
Hamric
Inter
Blissful Day For The GOP Chair Swap
Republican National Committee members approved a transition from Goldwater influence to neutral control by electing Ray C. Bliss of Ohio as national party chair. Richard Nixon attended to back the move while some conservatives urged delaying the vote until April 1, arguing Goldwater had arranged Burch's resignation.
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Chicago
UPI
Republican National Committee
Goldwater
National Party
Diehard
Barry M. Goldwater
Dean Burch
Richard M. Nixon
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Burch
Bliss
Cargo Plane Crashes in Greece Killing 10
A US Military Air Transport Service Globemaster crashed into a mountain near Kalavryta, 100 miles west of Athens, in a snowstorm. All 10 aboard were killed, Greek authorities reported. The crash involved a plane en route from Aviano Air Base, Italy to Athens.
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UPI
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Aviano
Italy
Kalavryta
Sea Level Canal Eyes International Operation Plan
Washington reports the Johnson administration plans a sea level Atlantic Pacific canal likely to be internationally operated. Exploratory talks will occur with Panama Colombia Nicaragua and Costa Rica to gauge views on site and rights for geological surveys.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Central America
U. S
United States
Panama
Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
State Department
Army
Stephen T. Ailes
Thomas C. Mann
inter-American Affairs
Panama Canal
Churchill's Condition Static Amid British Political Turmoil
London dispatch reports Sir Winston Churchill remains unchanged after a massive stroke a week ago as Britain’s formal business stalls. A Hyde Park Gate fire behind his residence causes alarm though no danger to the Churchill home. Prime Minister Harold Wilson postponed a West Germany trip and cancelled a nationwide address over Churchill’s illness.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Lord Moran
Winston
Hyde Park Gate
London Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Harold Wilson
West Germany
Four West Virginia Counties Removed From Low-Income Areas List
The State Commerce Department announced that Wood Pleasants Ritchie and Wirt Counties in the Parkersburg area are off the federal Area Redevelopment Administration list as unemployment fell below 6 percent. The change reduces the total WV counties on the list to five with Grant County having been terminated last November. Contracts already in force remain valid.
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Charleston
UPI
State Commerce Department
Parkersburg
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
Koder Collison
Wood
Pleasants
Ritchie
Wirt
ARA
West Virginia
Grant County
Collison
Russia warns Sukarno to avoid Malay conflict
London based report says the Soviet Union urged Indonesia to tread carefully to prevent armed confrontation with the West over Malaysia. Moscow fears direct or indirect Soviet involvement and is wary of growing Communist Chinese influence in Southeast Asia, amid talk of a Jakarta Beijing pact.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Malaysia
Sukarno
Kremlin
Moscow
China
Southeast Asia
West
Britain
Jakarta
Peking
New Angle Reported In Bobby Baker Case
Senator B Everett Jordan announced a new angle in the Bobby Baker case and said hearings would begin on the phase soon. He would not reveal details until the preliminary investigation closes and hearings are held.
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Bobby Baker
Washington
UPI
Sen
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Jordan
Senate Rules Committee
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