North Viet Nam Bombing Record Deepens War Pressure
U.S. jets pounded North Vietnam in the largest bombing sweep of the war while Communist gunners fired 26 to 28 antiaircraft missiles but failed to down a plane. Air Force and Navy crews used new techniques to evade SAMs, claiming a dramatic breakthrough as 106 missions hit rail depots oil dumps and the Red River Valley railroad line near Hanoi amid heavy defenses and accurate flak.
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Saigon
Air Force
China
Viet Nam
Tues
U.S
Navy
Frank D. Moruzzi
Agawam
Mass
Red River
Hanoi
Darold E. Tukey
Belgrade
Maine
Red River Valley
Merrill R. Lewis Jr
Garden Grove
Calif
Fayette Teacher Pickets Sale Of Historic Showboat
Fayette County teacher Angelo Nunley and five elementary students protested the sale of the showboat Rhododendron in Morgantown. They carried signs urging preservation while officials said the boat was declared surplus and would be sold to the highest bidder after Coast Guard hull repair orders and a lack of legislative funding. Nunley cited a wish to preserve it for future generations.
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Charleston
UPI
Fayette County
Angelo Nunley
Oakland
Smithers
West Virginia
Morgantown
Natural Resources
Robert McDonough
Nunley
Coast Guard
Beckley Weather Forecast With Thunder Showers Likely
Beckley and vicinity see variable clouds with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers late this afternoon, tonight, and Thursday. Daytime high around 85, tonight's low near 63, and Thursday's high in the low 80s. Airport data show 80 on the high and 62 on the low in the past 24 hours.
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Beckley
Weather bulletin notes lake and gauge readings
Possible showers forecast near Lake Possible Showers as conditions stay normal and clear with 1.2 gates open. A new gauge at Hinton reads 1.8 feet, indicating water level changes for nearby waterways.
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Hinton
United Airlines DC8 encounters engine trouble over Pacific
A United Air Lines DC8 flying from Hawaii to Los Angeles developed engine trouble midway across the Pacific. A Coast Guard plane was dispatched to shepherd the stricken jet to safety.
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Los Angeles
UPI
United Air Lines
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Governors' Confab backs U S Viet Nam policy
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told the National Governors Conference that Communist forces in Viet Nam have suffered smashing defeats and that the initiative has shifted to U S and Allied forces. He defended the policy and explained the Hanoi oil depot bombing aimed to slow infiltration and show the North Vietnamese leadership the cost of aggression.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
U. S
Humphrey
U.S
National Governors’ Conference
Hanoi
WVU President Paul Miller Named to HEW Post
West Virginia University President Paul A. Miller will resign to become assistant secretary of education under the Health Education and Welfare Department. Appointed by President Johnson, Miller succeeds Dr. Francis Keppel after meeting with WVU Board of Governors members and confirming the federal assignment. He has led WVU since November 1961 after coming from Michigan State University.
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UPI
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
Francis Keppel
Miller
Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
WVU
Texas White House
Johnson City
Tex
New England
Michigan State University
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Albert B. C. Bray Jr
Logan
Bray
Soldier James Noss Killed in Vietnam
State Soldier Killed. Army Pic. James T. Noss of Bruceton Mills Preston County West Virginia was killed in combat in Vietnam the Defense Department said Tuesday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Earl R Noss.
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Washington
UPS
James T. Noss
Bruceton Mills
Preston County
W. Va
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Earl R. Noss
Three U.S. Soldiers Declared Legally Dead
The Army announced that three captured U.S. soldiers said to have been executed by the Viet Cong last year are now legally dead. Identified are Staff Sgt. Harold G. Bennett of Perryville Arkansas Capt. Humbert R. Versace of Baltimore Maryland and Master Sgt. Kenneth M. Roraback of Fayetteville North Carolina.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Harold G. Bennett
Pauline Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Humbert R. Versace
Humbert J. Versace
Hazlett Ave
Baltimore
Kenneth M. Roraback
Veronica J. Roraback
Thomas Ave
Fayetteville, N.C
Sukarno Reluctantly Accepts Dictator Powers Loss
President Sukarno appeared before Indonesia's congress and reluctantly accepted its decision stripping him of dictatorial powers while challenging them to let the people judge the actions.
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Sukarno
Romania
Russia
Dean Rusk
West Virginia creates crime commission with 25,000 grant
Gov Hulett C Smith announces a new West Virginia Crime Commission to study crime delinquency and corrections in the state. The project is backed by a 25,000 Justice Department grant matched by 25,000 state funds and run with the National Crime Prevention program. It will focus on poverty unemployment and geographic isolation and may propose legislation after its study.
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Charleston
No Change In Names In Groton State Forest
The Board of State Library Trustees in Montpelier voted 4 to 1 to keep the names Niggerhead Pond and Niggerhead Mountain in Groton State Forest. They said no racial slur was intended and that the terms are logging designations despite criticism calling them offensive.
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Montpelier, Vt
UPI
Board of State Library Trustees
Niggerhead Pond
Niggerhead Mountain
Groton State Forest
Dodd Romance Intrigue Linked to Ethics Probe
Washington rumors of Capitol Hill romances spur a Senate Ethics Committee inquiry into Senator Thomas J. Dodd. Former aide James P. Boyd, ex secretary Marjorie Carpenter, ex office manager Michael O'Hare, and secretary Terry Golden figure in the drama as 4 former Dodd staffers allegedly removed files and money intended for reelection, while columnists Pearson and Anderson reported the case.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
Senate Ethics Committee
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Connecticut
Pearson
Anderson
Dodd
James P. Boyd
Marjorie Carpenter
Michael O’hare
Terry Golden
Capitol Hill
Ethics Committee
Carpenter
Boyd
Fayette Man Arrested For Firing At Copter
Fayetteville police arrested Tom Willis of Lookout after he allegedly fired at a spraying helicopter for a power line project. Pilot Fred Brown said his Roanoke Virginia craft was hit three times by shotgun pellets. Willis, 45, faces open charges with possible federal involvement. Brown identified Willis leaving a house with a shotgun and aimed at the propeller and tail.
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Fayetteville
UPI
Tom Willis
Lookout
Fayette County
Willis
Fred Brown
Roanoke
Brown
Saturn Rocket Survives Tests Boosts Apollo Schedule
The Saturn upper stage passed a five hour orbital test at Cape Kennedy, proving hydrogen fuel stability and restart capability for lunar and orbital missions. The milestone sustains U.S. plans to use the stage on Saturn 1 and Saturn 5 boosters, with the first Saturn 5 launch slated for early next year and NASA aiming for manned lunar orbit as soon as November.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
U.S
Moon
Governor Tours Quiet Omaha After Riots
Nebraska Governor Frank Morrison visited Omaha's North Side to assess post riot conditions after three nights of violence. National Guardsmen were present. no arrests reported. A helicopter briefly crashed with no injuries as officers maintained a police and guard presence.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Morrison
Los Angeles
National
West Omaha
No Evidence Of Intervening By Red China
George W. Ball acting secretary of state said the United States has a clear impression that North Vietnamese leaders feel they cannot win a military victory in the South. He added there is no evidence that Communist China will directly intervene to aid Hanoi. Ball noted war weariness in Hanoi and suggested recent reports support the conclusion that Hanoi will not achieve military success.
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Washington
UPI
George W. Ball
United States
Ball
China
Hanoi
State Department
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Black Power slogan linked to anti white view, NAACP chief says
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive director, calls the Black Power movement anti white and a reverse of Mississippi, Hitler, and the Ku Klux Klan. The remark came at the NAACP’s 57th annual convention after a white man interrupted with insults from the audience.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi
Wilkins’ Sharp
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Africa
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