Viet Nam Overthrew Government by Buddhist Pressure
Rebels ousted Premier Tran Van Huong with generals backing the coup. Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh was restored to power as Buddhists celebrate at the National Buddhist Center. A Skyraider crash at Bien Hoa killed two and 460 Viet Cong were reported killed in the week. Police used tear gas to disperse a Buddhist hunger march.
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Michael Malloy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Tran van Huong
Nguyen Khanh
U. S
Bien Hoa Air Base
Huong
Khanh
National
Buddhist Center
Taylor
U.S
Viet Nam
Viet Nam coup upheaval tests U.S. stance
UPI analysis notes U S pressure rises as Tran Van Huong is toppled by Nguyen Khanh. Buddhist leaders push for negotiations with North Vietnam while U S officials hedge their response. Taylor backs Huong earlier. embassy wary on consequences amid sixth Saigon government change in 15 months.
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U.S
Saigon
Huong
United States
West Virginia to Receive $547.6 Million Budget Share
Senator Byrd announced a preliminary national budget showing at least 47.6 million for West Virginia in the 12 months starting July 1, 1965. New projects include a 3.5 million Project Gasoline plant at Moundsville, 4 million Appalachian health facility at Morgantown, 8.5 million National Training School for Boys, 468000 for a Morgantown Forestry Sciences Lab, and 3.8 million Naval Communications Center at Sugar Grove.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
West Virginia
Byrd
Defense Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Moundsville
Marshall County
W. Va
Morgantown
National Training School
Naval Communications Center
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
Reds Challenged To Prove That Diplomat Spied
Moscow notes accuse U S diplomat Richard Stolz of spying and name Kenneth Kerst with a Russian contact. American officials call the charges unfounded and retaliatory as Stolz and his family plan to leave Russia within a week amid Washington denial and calls for evidence.
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Reds
Moscow
UPS
U.S
Richard Dz
Stolz
Montgomery County
Boris V. Karpovich
Washington
Russia
Weather wind and cold Beckley region forecast
Partly cloudy windy and cold this afternoon with a high near 32. Tonight will be fair and cold with a low around 10. Thursday looks fair in the morning with partial afternoon cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s. River Greenbrier above normal and cloudy. Lake four feet below normal with 10 gates open. New gauge at Hinton reads 4.2 feet. Todey extremes show high 88 at Vero Beach and lows of 18 at Bemidji and Hibbing. Five day forecast for West Virginia calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with warmer Friday, colder Saturday, warmer Monday and about a quarter inch of precipitation mainly in mountains.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Todey
Vero Beach
Fla
Bemidji
Hibbing
Minn
West Virginia
Iran names Hoveida to succeed Mansur after assassination
Tehran reports Finance Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida was named to replace Hassan Ali Mansur, who died from wounds after being shot outside the Parliament building. Mansur, 41, served ten months as premier and was pro Western. Hoveida pledged policy continuity including reforms and a new tax law to ease the tax burden.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Hassan Ali Mansur
Mansur
Hoveida
Sepahsalar
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Across-The-Board Steel Price Hike Out Blough
USS Steel Corp chairman Roger M Blough said the nation’s largest steel producer plans no across the board price increases. He noted some changes will occur in a competitive market but nothing out of the ordinary was being contemplated. The remarks came during a discussion in New York.
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New York
UPI
USS. Steel Corp
Roger M. Blough
Miles Of Mourners Line Is Long At Churchill's Bier
London UPI The long vigil over Sir Winston Churchill began with crowds lining outside Westminster Hall before dawn. Prime Minister Harold Wilson led the procession into the hall where Churchill lay in state, as leaders of parties and members of Parliament filed past the coffin. A 17 year old, Nick Hutchins, and New Zealand sailor Robert Allen Wilson joined others who waited through the night for their final salute to Churchill.
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Winston Churchill
Westminster Hall
Houses of Parliament
London
UPI
Herbert Bowden
Houses of Commons
Lords
Nick Hutchins
Churchill
New Zealand
Robert Allen Wilson
Sir Winston
Westminster
Eisenhower Begins London Trip From California
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower departs Palm Desert on the first leg of a world tour to honor Sir Winston Churchill. He travels with Brig. Gen. Robert Schulz aboard an Air Force jet, planning a stop at Gettysburg and likely a visit to Washington, D.C. if President Johnson cannot travel.
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Palm Desert
Calif
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winsot Churchill
Washington, D.C
Johnson
London
Elisen
United States
Johnson Awaits Doctors Okeh On London Trip
President Johnson, back at the White House after three days at Bethesda Naval Medical Center for a chest cold, awaited his doctors' permission before outlining plans to travel to London for Sir Winston Churchill's state funeral. He hoped to go on his first overseas trip since taking office, pending medical advice about exposure to winter weather and risk of infection.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
London
Sir Winston Churchill
White House
U.S. Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Churchill
Narcotics Addict Held In Slaying Of Wylie's Niece
A 22 year old ex convict and narcotics addict Ricardo Robles was arrested on murder charges in the August 1963 knife slayings of Janice Wylie and Emily Hoffert in an Upper East Side apartment. Police tied a fellow addict to the case earlier, shifting focus from George Whitmore Jr. Robles admitted his narcotics habit at booking and faced arraignment in criminal court.
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New York
UPI
Philip Wylie
Richard
Ricardo) Robles
George Whitmore Jr
Philadelphia
Wildwood
N.J
Robles
Tokyo Quake Shakes Down Town Early Morning
A rolling earthquake struck downtown Tokyo at 12 30 a m local time with no initial reports of damage. The tremor occurred late Wednesday night in the city, according to UPI.
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Tokyo
Hines Becomes New Episcopal Leader Today
In Washington DC, The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines formally assumes the role as the 22nd presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, leading about 3.5 million members. Nearly 2,000 bishops priests and laymen from across the United States attend the installation at the Cathedral. Hines, 54, is a South Carolina native and previously served in the church.
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Washington
UPI
John E. Hines
America
United States
Episcopal Church
Washington Cathedral
Bishop Hines
South Carolina
Legislature Revisions Urged In Permanent State Sales Tax
Spokesmen from Wheeling and Parkersburg urged West Virginia lawmakers to revise the permanent state sales tax arguing it drives business across the Ohio River. The top labor union leader supported adjusting the tax to help local firms compete with out-of-state competitors.
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Charleston
UPI
Wheeling
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Ohio River
House Finance Committee
Joe A. Funk
Wheeling Association
Richard S. Cotterman
Greater
Cotterman
State Lottery Bill Introduced In Senate
The West Virginia Senate introduced proposed constitutional lottery legislation, hotly contested with house action by Del. Jesse Barker and Sen. William R. Sharpe Jr. Both proposals would allow state operated sweepstakes. church groups oppose the plan. Also noted are tax and road maintenance bills and hearings on making the current 3 percent sales levy permanent with exemptions debated by business groups and educators.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
William R. Sharpe Jr
D-Lewis
Del
Jesse Barker
New Hampshire
State Council of Churches
Hans McCourt
Louis D. Craig
Paul Kidd
D-Gilmer
State Road Commission
SRC
Robert Holroyd
del. J. Paul England
Wyoming
Moundsville
Huttonsville
del. W. N. Anderson
Lawmaker’s sweepstakes bill sparks church opposition
West Virginia lawmakers push a referendum on legalized sweepstakes to boost state revenues. Clergy leaders from the West Virginia Council of Churches denounce gambling as a moral threat, urging action against a plan to run a twice yearly sweepstakes horse race with $400,600 in prizes and $3 tickets sold in state liquor stores.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Del
Jesse Barker
D-Kanawha
Russell McConnell
McConnell
Rev. L. E. Crowson
Barker
Robert Holliday
D-Fayette
Crab Orchard Church To Get Electronic Bell
Crab Orchard Baptist Church will install a bronze electronic memorial bell costing about 4000 dollars for Mrs. Gaye Donnelly the late wife of Pastor Rev. Shirley Donnelly. The bell is being made in Holland and will be dedicated on Memorial Day with an Angelus bell set to ring at 6 am noon and 6 pm daily. The large bell will toll 20 times and be audible for about three miles.
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Gaye Donnelly
Shirley Donnelly
Donnelly
Newsman's Home Destroyed By Fire in Ghent
A four room house at Ghent owned by Bedford Morris Beck ley Post-Herald City Editor burned at 1 am today near Bowling's Grocery. The residence was reportedly under remodeling. No one was home and the fire origin remains unknown. no fire department was summoned.
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Ghent
Bedford Morris
Beckley Post-Herald
Bowling’s Grocery
Orgin
Dock talks look up with tentative pact near end
New Orleans UPI reported Assistant Labor Secretary James Reynolds expressed optimism that dock negotiators could settle the 17 day longshore strike. He left a critical session and said a tentative agreement had been reached on all issues except wages and fringe benefits.
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New Orleans
UPI
James Reynolds
Reynolds
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Okeh
Bethesda Medical Center
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