Reuther Demands Billion Dollar Profit Sharing Plan
UAW President Walter P. Reuther calls for a new three year contract with 600,000 auto workers, pushing equity sharing and profit bonuses as part of a billion dollar package. He seeks pay raises, salary conversion, yearend profit shares, and price reductions, targeting General Motors and later Ford Chrysler and American Motors.
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Kennedy Holiday Visit To Rome Stirring Vatican Obsession
Jacqueline Kennedy flew from Dublin to Rome for a five day Italian holiday and possible audience with Pope Paul VI. An Aer Lingus plane waited for her in Dublin as she traveled with 60 passengers and drove in from Waterford where her children stayed during the trip.
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Quinwood GI Killed in Vietnam Mine Explosion
The family of Spec. 4 Roger P. McDaniel 21 has been notified of his death from a land mine explosion in Vietnam. He is survived by his widow Delpa of Quinwood.
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Weather Update Beckley Area With Rain Likely Through Tuesday
Considerable cloudiness remains through Tuesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms likely. Warm and humid conditions continue with today's high around 80 and tonight's low near 63. tomorrow's high near 80 with a 60 percent chance of rain. River and lake levels are normal and clear. Five day forecast calls for above average temps in the 80s by day, 60s at night, with scattered showers and thundershowers throughout the period.
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Concord Prof Quits Raps Administration
Concord College associate professor Ash Gobar resigns citing basic ethical principles. He calls for annual faculty votes of confidence and contesting the board to require such votes. Gobar argues that the spirit of higher education is stifled by administrative hedging and that scholarly judgment is not honored at the college.
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Vietnam War Brief: Two Haiphong Fuel Dumps Hit
American pilots bombed two North Vietnamese fuel oil dumps near Haiphong as 1,000 Communists were killed in eight days of clashes. Two planes were shot down and crews lost. McNamara toured DMZ fronts with Westmoreland as GOP lawmakers proposed a phased bombing halt to deescalate the war without face loss.
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Construction Worker Hurt by Falling Block at Local Site
James Earl Fitzgerald of Sprague was struck by a concrete block from a scaffold about 15 feet high while working at Lewis Chevrolet. He was taken to Appalachian Regional Hospital with head injuries. officials listed him in good condition and admission decision pending.
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President Invited to Herndon Luau West Virginia Style
Residents of Herndon Heights Wyoming County plan a Luau West Virginia Style to address deplorable road conditions. They invite President Johnson as guest speaker and ask for a steer if unable to attend, with other officials also invited and no reply yet received.
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WV allocates 157 million for ADP road work statewide
State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers cites 157 million in Interstate and Appalachian Development Program funds pending federal matching. About 95 million covers 53.28 miles of I and surrounding routes across Braxton Greenbrier Kanawha Lewis Harrison Marion Mercer Monongalia and Ohio counties. The 62 million ADP package funds 12 projects for 46.79 miles mainly on Corridor D between the Ohio border near Parkersburg and I 79 east of Clarksburg.
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Reds Storm Tourist Center in Hong Kong
Rioters assaulted a bus in Kowloon near the tourist area injuring the driver as violence swept Hong Kong. British troops and police battled demonstrators and border clashes left multiple dead and wounded across the weekend, with ongoing patrols along the Shatauk Ok frontier.
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State to establish centralized data processing system
Gov. Hulett C. Smith will issue an executive order creating a central data processing system for state government. The plan gives Finance Commissioner Truman Gore power to contract for equipment, with Hans McCourt overseeing coordination. Lockheed likely to supply equipment. Massachusetts already uses a similar system.
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Former Crawley Man Drowns In Lake Erie
Bobby J. Breckenrich of East Lake formerly of Crawley Greenbrier County West Virginia drowned while swimming from a boat about 100 yards off shore in Lake Erie. Coast Guard divers and Lake County sheriff's deputies recovered the body shortly after the mishap.
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Arab leaders gather in Cairo for first postwar summit
Arab heads of state including Jordan’s King Hussein join Egyptian President Nasser and Algerian Boumedienne in Cairo as Moscow declares a goodwill fleet visit to Port Said and Alexandria. Observers see little sign of a peace move amid Hussein’s bitterness over defeat and possible realignment toward anti Israel figures. Levi Eshkol calls for a satisfactory peace to end Israeli occupation.
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Robertson Enters Race Officially for Governor Nomination
Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson, a Harrison County native in his seventh year as attorney general, formally announces his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He pledges to uphold principles and rejects wheeler-dealers, outlining a 15 year public service career in West Virginia.
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Typhoon Billie Kills and Destroys Across Japan
Typhoon Billie causes widespread floods and deadly landslides in western Japan. Kyodo reports 233 killed 120 missing 446 injured across 16 localities from Kyushu to Shikoku and Honshu with Haiti-like scenes in Hiroshima’s Kure area and Sasebo.
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Wallace wife undergoes cancer surgery at MD Anderson
Lurleen Wallace Alabama governor, age 40, had malignant growth removed at MD Anderson as husband George Wallace stood by. Surgeons led by Dr. R Lee Clark reported cancer returned after a prior 1965 operation, with recovery time uncertain.
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Turnpike Revenues Surpass 1966 Half-Year Figures
West Virginia Turnpike toll revenue for the first six months of 1967 reached about 2.4 million, roughly 130 thousand higher than the same period in 1966. June alone marked one million in traffic, producing a six month total just over one million, compared with 945,142 in the previous year.
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