CORE Meeting Opens In Atmosphere Of Defiance
The Congress of Racial Equality opens its national convention in Baltimore under a defiant mood as delegates discuss black power and militant aims. CORE officials tout rapid gains in civil rights while highlighting Baltimore as a focal point for employment, housing, and police issues amid a rising sense of confrontation. Lonnie X of the Black Muslim movement is invited to speak at the gathering.
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UPI
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Floyd McKissick
Malcolm X
Malcolm
Lonnie X
Elijah Muhammed
De Gaulle Returns From Soviet Visit In Triumph
President Charles de Gaulle returned to Paris from the Soviet Union claiming success with promises of closer Moscow ties and a Europe less under U.S. influence. His homecoming coincided with France pulling NATO forces, ordered March 7, to grant Paris greater freedom of action abroad.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Moscow
Europe
U.S
NATO
Deaulle
France
Bank Embezzlement Tangles a 1961 Corn Belt Town
In 1961 Mrs Geiger, an assistant cashier once seen as a pillar of the community, embezzled funds over four decades, triggering the bank’s collapse and freezing deposits while most losses were avoided by insurance. Her husband Wallace Geiger, a motion picture actor, died after her imprisonment. The wider fallout touched Northern Biochemical Corp run by Harold E Kistner Jr, who faced arrest after the firm failed.
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Kistner
Northern Biochemical Corp
Elliott Roosevelt
Miami Beach
Fla
Hollywood unions fear runaway TV production abroad
TV industry observers note rising overseas filming for new fall series Rat Patrol Tarzan and The Man Who Never Was, fueling union worries about lost American work. Analysts expect soon global labor accords and increased international production as satellites expand reach and networks face cost pressures.
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Hollywood
UPI
Nbc-Tv
Hong Kong
Japan
Mexico
Spain
Brazil
Europe
Variety
Viet Nam War News Pre-empts W C Fields Profile
NBC plans a four station national Viet Nam network aiding South Viet Nam government with a broadcasting setup. The Ministry of Information in Vietnam will control the system. A Viet Nam network for U S armed forces is also planned, reflecting escalating conflict coverage.
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W. C. Fields
NBC
South Viet Nam
Ministry of Information of
Viet Nam
U.S
Americans Hit Holiday Roads
Americans by the million prepared for Fourth of July travel as police braced for a hot weekend. The National Safety Council projected 510 to 610 traffic deaths over 78 hours starting tonight, with a record-risk July 4th anticipated unless seat belt use saves 60 to 70 lives amid dispute from physicians at the AMA convention.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Chicago
American Medical Association
France accuses U S of spying near Pacific test site
French officials alleged spying by two U S Navy ships Belmont and Ridgefield just outside the Pacific test area hours before France planned its first nuclear explosion. French air force planes monitored the zone 800 miles southeast of Papeete while authorities suspected submarines in the area near Mururoa Atoll.
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Tahiti
UPI
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Here
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Murumoa
House resolves doctors need not sign affidavits on Medicare
AMA convention minutes report the house finding that doctors do not have to sign affidavits to prove practice under the Civil Rights Act in Medicare matters. Dr. Donald R. Hayes, chair man of the house reference committee, said signed statements are not necessary under federally assisted programs.
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House
Donald R. Hayes
McConnell explains Pentagon targets process for North Vietnam strike
McConnell says the President approves or disapproves military target requests after advice from the State Department and other cabinet members. He notes he does not know why approval was withheld at that time and emphasizes the executive decision role.
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McConnell
Viet Nam
State Department
Mobay Strike Averted In New Martinsville
In New Martinsville a strike at Mobay Chemical Co was averted just before midnight when negotiators reached a tentative contract agreement. Union president Chester Burkey said the deal includes a pay increase improved vacations and better contract language after 337 workers agreed to strike if no accord by midnight.
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UPI
Mobay Chemical Co
Chester Burkey
Burkey
Final rites for Wilbur Thom Canterberry at Oak Hill
Death notice for Wilbur Thom Canterberry 66 of Oak Hill. Died Thursday after long illness in Beckley hospital. Retired New River Co. employee, member of Jones Avenue Church of God. Service Sunday 2 p m at Jones Avenue Church of God with Rev. Hoosier and Rev. Bybee. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Survived by wife Millie, son James T. of Belle, daughters Betty Stinnett Oak Hill and Mary Benson of Hawaii, brothers Charlie Patrick Fred, sisters Roy Holdern and Kate Tabor, six grandchildren. Body from Tyree Funeral Home. viewing after 5 p m Saturday.
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Wilbur Thomas Canterberry
Oak Hill
Jones Avenue Church
Funeral Plans For Furrow In Sabine Area
Grover C Furrow 81 of Sabine died at home Thursday after a long illness born October 30 1884 in Giles County Virginia son of John and Martha Furrow He was a retired miner and Methodist member who lived in Sabine 35 years His wife Maude Mae Farrow died in March 1965 Survived by four daughters Zelma Gagrica Beckley WV Peggy Honaker Phoenix AZ Betty Vanish Downers Grove IL Stella Marino Hammond IN two sons Miner Glen Rogers and David Chicago IL four grandchildren and five step grandchildren The body to remain at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville Jack Bobko 84 of 204 Carter St Glen Rogers died Thursday night in a local hospital He worked for Raleigh Wyoming Coal Co No survivors Funeral set for Melton Mortuary Chapel Saturday 11 AM Rev Anthony Garges to officiate Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Active pallbearers named Body available at Melton Mortuary after 5 PM Friday.
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Grover C. Furrow
Sabine
Giles County
John
Martha Collins Furrow
Methodist Church
Maude Mae Farrow
Zelma Gagrica
Beckley
Peggy Honaker
Phoenix
Ariz
Betty Vanish
Downer’s Grove
Ill
Stella Marino
Hammond
Ind
Miner
Glen Rogers
David
Chicago
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Jack Bobko
Carter St
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Anthony Garges
Sunset Memorial Park
Tom Petribih
Nick Rukiviva
Mike Bodenar
John Mosley
Earl Bailey
Speed Bailey
Melton Mortuary
Ida Holmes Funeral to be Held at Home Sunday
Funeral services for Ida Holmes 78 of Red Star will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at her home with Rev. Ernest Barley presiding Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Holmes died at 7 30 a m Thursday in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness Surviving are her husband William P a brother Ed Proffitt of Bluefield three sisters Maggie Lewis in MacArthur R M Williams of New Jersey and John Ed Rice of Clinton Tenn two sons Clifford in Edgewood Wash and John in Cleveland Ohio a daughter May Thompson Long of St Augustine Fla ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill handles arrangements with a residence visit at 4 p m Saturday
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Red Star
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Clinton
Tenn
Clifford
Edgewood
Wash
John
Cleveland
Ohio
May Thompson Long
St. Augustine
Fla
Tyree
Oak Hill
Freddie Lilly funeral set for Glen Morgan man
Funeral services for Freddie Carl Lilly 63 of Glen Morgan will be at 2 p m Sunday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Lilly died Thursday at 12 45 p m at his home from a heart attack He was a Dunns Baptist Church member worked for Raleigh Coal and Coke Co until retirement in 1952 He was born March 14 1903 at Dunns Survivors include his wife Francis Barnett Lilly three sons Kenny Teddy and Marion Lee three daughters Mary Helen and Mrs Donald Carte one brother Maynard one sister Mrs Grace Akers and nine grandchildren Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p m today
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Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
Lilly
Baptist Church
Dunns
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
C. C. Lilly
Francis Barnett Lilly
Kenny
Teddy R
Flint
Mich
Pvt
Marion Lee
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Francis Barker
Mary Helen Lilly
Donald Carte
Beaver
Maynard
Grace Akers
Spanishburg
Walter R. Cottle Dies at 88. funeral Sunday in Beckwith
Walter R. Cottle 88 of Route 2 Fayetteville dies Wednesday after a short illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cotton Hill Baptist Church Beckwith with Rev. William Secrist. burial in Huse Memorial Park. Born Feb 25 1878 in Putnam County he was a retired miner and member of Dempsey Methodist Church. Survived by two sons Clarence and William M. of Route 2 Fayetteville a brother Harvey of Orlando Fla 12 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville then to church one hour before service. Friends may noon Saturday.
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Walter R. Cottle
Route 2
Fayetteville
Cotton Hill Baptist Church
Beckwith
William Secrist
Huse Memorial Park
Cottle
Putnam County
Giles
Isabelle Taylor Cottle
Dempsey Methodist Church
Clarence
William M
Harvey
Orlando
Fla
Dodd Payne Funeral Home
Bombing mission kills civilians and Viet Cong clash in north Saigon area
Today a combat mission ended in tragedy as three F100s failed to jettison bombs near Bin Hoa air base. The bomblets hit Ta Nuyen village, killing five civilians and wounding 43. In Saigon’s north, 320 Viet Cong were reported dead in clashes with U S troops. Marine and air actions across Da Nang Chu Lai Phu Bai regions added to the toll. A downed F105 pilot, Capt Lew W Shattuck, survived after paraching into the sea and being rescued. Communist antiaircraft missiles flew at Hanoi raids while the Bac Giang fuel depot was destroyed.
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Chu Lai
Phu Bai
Dong Hoi
Lew W. Shattuck
Vancouver
Wash
South China Sea
Duane A. Miller
Seymour
Wis
Hanoi
Bac Gian
Johnson warns on Hanoi Haiphong raids burden on war makers
President Johnson says air attacks on military targets will continue to impose a growing burden and high price on those who wage war against freedom. The warning frames ongoing bombing raids on Hanoi and Haiphong as escalating.
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Neb
Johnson
Hanoi
Haiphong
Hudson predicts new federal medical programs will follow Medicare
In Chicago, American Medical Association President Charles L. Hudson warned that government financed medical programs will continue to be created and adopted, likening them to foundlings left on the doorstep of American medicine for sustenance and upbringing, signaling broad expansion of federal health policy.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Charles L. Hudson
Three elements McKissick cites for civil rights progress
Floyd McKissick, national director, argues total equality requires three elements: an improved self image for minority people, development of economic power, and development of political power. The remarks frame a strategy for the civil rights struggle in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
De Gaulle Ends 12 Day Soviet Visit in Moscow
French President Charles de Gaulle wraps up a 12 day tour of the Soviet Union in Moscow and prepares to depart for home. He capped the trip with meetings and remarks reflecting bilateral ties and broader Cold War diplomacy.
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Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
France
Streisand Partner Collapses On Stage in London
Barbra Streisand and partner Michael Craig collapsed during a Funny Girl duet in London. Craig, 38, fell on stage then recovered about ten minutes later, blaming heat as the cause before the show resumed.
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London
UPI
Barbra Streisand
Michael Craig
Miss Streisand
Craig
Man Dies From Fall In Huntington Autopsy details
Keith E. Terry 29 a Marshall University senior from Point Pleasant died from injuries after a fall. Autopsy found skull fracture brain damage and crushed chest. His body was found behind a downtown rooming house on Thursday in Huntington.
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Huntington
Language reach: over a billion speak Indo European
Collier's Encyclopedia notes that more than one billion people, nearly half the world’s population, speak Indo European languages, highlighting the vast global reach of this language family.
Final rites planned for Everett Cook 64 Naoma
Everett Cook a longtime Naoma resident and retired miner dies after a long illness. Final rites are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Naoma Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Carl Wingo and Rev. Ervin Lickens officiating. Burial will follow in Adkins Cemetery. Cook is survived by his daughter Mrs. Mary Ethel Peters of Beckley. Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville handling arrangements.
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Naoma
Naoma Freewill Baptist Church
Carl Wingo
Ervin Lickens
Adkins
Cook
Mary Ethel Peters
Beckley
Armstrong Funeral
Whitesville
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Ethel Gilbert Hersey
Mrs. Ethel Gilbert Hersey of 4508 Garland Street Detroit formerly Itmann died Wednesday in Detroit. She was the daughter of Mrs. Albertha Gilbert and the late R C Gilbert and her sister is Mrs Henry Parham of Mullens RNS
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Ethel Gilbert Hersey
Garland St
Detroit
Mich
Itmann
Albertha Gilbert
R. C. Gilbert
Henry Parham, Mullens
Arthur Luck 70 Dies After Long Illness
Arthur A. Luck age 70 of Earl Street died Thursday night at Beckley hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home.
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Arthur Abraham Luck
Earl Street
Beckley Hospital
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
West Virginia sells near 460000 vehicle tags this year
The State Motor Vehicles Department reported 20000 plates sold on Thursday, bringing total 1966 67 plates to almost 460000, up from 433000 last year. Director C D Frye expects fewer applications next week as some late buyers seek plates. The deadline for most tags was not extended. Trucks and misc vehicles must display tags by Aug 1.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
C. D. Frye
Frye
Rivers Urging Draft Changes
Chairman L Mendel Rivers and senior House Armed Services members say draft changes are needed after hearings on the Selective Service system. A two year Pentagon study recommends keeping the draft for about 10 more years and inducting 19 and 20 year olds before older men. A summer panel review and outside witnesses are planned to map the next phase.
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Thomas D. Morris
Pentagon
U.S
Rivers
Armed Services Committee
Postponement Requested Nuckols Hearing Set For Aug 19
Former West Virginia official Jack A. Nuckols faces assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon charges. Hearing postponed to Aug 19 at defense request. He fled after a restaurant confrontation, with a loaded .38 found in his car. Nuckols, 48, previously WV state vehicles commissioner and ex senator, remains free on bond amid related charges and appeals.
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UPI
West Virginia Motor Vehicles
Jack A. Nuckols
Nuckols
Ritchie Highway
Beckley
W. Va
Anne Arundle County
Thomas Curley
Nichols
Nicholas Sotos
Annapolis
Maryland
William J. Helms Jr
Severna Park
Helms
Wagon Wheels
West Virginia
Charleston
US seeks Viet Nam peace talks with China and Russia
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States tried to arrange Viet Nam peace talks with both Peking and Moscow in May but the Communists kept hanging up the talks. Osage town in Monongalia County, population 614, is defined as a city under state housing law per Asst. Atty. Gen. Bower in a reply about eligibility for federal low cost housing grants. Defense Secretary McNamara plans a Bonn trip in late July to obtain West Germany’s commitment to cover the full cost of U S defense spending there.
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Dean Rusk
United States
Viet Nam
Peking
Moscow
Monongalia
Osage
Asst. Atty
J. Patrick Bower
Kenneth E. Kincaid
Federal Public Housing Administration
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Bonn
West Germany
U. S
Johnson recalls ambassadors as NATO withdrawal begins
President Johnson summoned U S ambassadors to NATO and to France for consultations as France starts its July 1 withdrawal from NATO. Some American forces were already leaving the country.
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U. S
NATO
France
Dominican Republic
Joanin Palaguer
Aref Leads Failed Iraqi Coup Arrests Reported
Former Iraqi Premier Aref Abdul Razzak failed a second pro-Nasser coup attempt in nine months and was reported under arrest today with 17 supporters. In Kentucky a state Civil Rights Act, stronger than the federal 1964 measure in parts, takes effect restricting employment practices and public accommodations. Police acted to prevent a stampede at Billy Graham’s final crusade after 300,000 were handed bills, though only 85,000 tickets will be honored.
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Aref Abdul Razzak
Old South
Kentucky
Billy Graham
Peace Offer for Viet Nam Talks in Hanoi
The President urged Vietnamese and allied leaders that they can request direct talks to seek peace in South Viet Nam. He proposed a simple room and table, with no agenda, to prove U.S. good faith and halt the fighting and bombing if the other side agrees.
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Viet Nam
Hanoi
South
Red China Calls Viet Nam Bombings Step Toward Grave
Peking denounced the U S bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong as an escalation and said the United States and Khrushchev revisionism are paper tigers. The Peoples Daily and New China News Agency warned the United States neared its grave with each attack while noting Vietnamese resolve to achieve unification and victory.
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London
UPI
Red China Today
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Peking
Communist New China
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Communist Peoples Daily
Peoples Daily
New China News Agency
Premier Ky predicts retaliation by Cong
In Bien Hoa South Viet Nam Premier Nguyen Cao Ky praised U S bombing raids on Hanoi and Haiphong as good news and warned the Viet Cong will retaliate in the South. He suggested possible attacks on Bien Hoa Air Base or Tan Son Nhut airfield with mortars during a garden party marking the South Vietnamese air force anniversary.
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South Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tan Son Nhut
God Told Her To Murder Drowns Children in Maine
Carl Fisher returns from work to find his wife Constance drowned their three children. Five years earlier she killed two more, then later survived an overdose and was declared insane. She is charged again as more children are found dead in the home, with notes and a hospital guard maintaining safety. Funeral services are planned for the Fisher children.
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Maine
UPI
Carl Fisher
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