Historian recounts LBJ accepting JFKs 1960 VP offer
Arthur M. Schlessinger Jr reports in A Thousand Days that Kennedy offered Lyndon B. Johnson the vice presidency in 1960 and was stunned when Johnson accepted against his wife and friends guidance. Kennedy later told a friend he did not offer the post, only held it out. Excerpts appear in Life magazine.
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Life Magazine
Logan Feud Seeks Influence Over County Democratic Chair
The article notes that Logan Feud threatened to investigate and indict unless State Sen. David W. Mullins was removed as chairman of the county Democratic Executive Committee. Mullins and Feull are political allies.
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Mullins
Ferrell
Life Insurance Offer for Ages 39 to 79
An advertisement invites individuals aged 39 to 79 to apply by mail for a life insurance policy with a £2000 guaranteed lifetime protection. Mail the application and rates to Great Lakes Insurance Co. in Elgin Illinois with name, address, zip code, and year of birth to Dept. 13G151NP114.
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Great Lakes Insurance Co
Elgin
Streamlined Tax Structure debated by Charleston panel
Charleston UPI The Legislature's interim committee opened discussion on streamlining the state's tax structure and creating a centralized Office of Information to replace various public relations divisions. Don Hardman argued the plan could save 100000 to 150000 dollars yearly and would operate like a newspaper with PR staff covering departments. The proposal would start with about 10 staff and grow to 18 or 20 as it expands. The committee asked for concrete savings and staffing figures and set Aug 23-24 for the next meeting.
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Don Hardman
Hardman
Three Survive Atlantic Plane Crash Amid Nine Dead
OTIS AFB Mass. A radar patrol aircraft with 19 aboard ditched 100 miles off Massachusetts coast. Nine killed, seven missing. three survivors include 1st Lt. Bruce E. Witcher and Airman 2.C David A. Surles, rescued after hours in the sea. The plane hit the water at a steep angle and sank quickly. a German destroyer helped pluck the survivors from the sea. Puopolo, the third survivor, arrived with serious leg injuries.
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Massachusetts
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Gallagher
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Redding
Calif
David A. Surles
Raleigh
N.C
Cape Cod
Witcher
Surles
John W. Puopolo
Sagamore
Mass
Tornadoes hit several states as storms sweep south
A broad storm system produced tornadoes and rain from New Mexico to Florida. Funnel clouds were spotted near Albuquerque and Devils Lake while 58 mph winds battered Akron Colorado. Belownormal readings and heat persisted in a wide zone from Kansas to Texas and the California desert with Jacksonville and Orlando reporting heavy rain and near 90s temperatures in some locales.
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Minnesota
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
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Orlando
Fla
Kansas
Texas
California
Blythe
Calif
Stant H Duncan services set for 2 p.m. at Cline Church
Stant Henderson Duncan 76 of Spanishburg will be buried at Linkous Cemetery after a short illness. Born January 22, 1889 in Floyd Virginia he was the son of Giles and Mary Underwood Duncan. Survived by sister Mrs. Hardy Bowman Sophia brother Neelis Duncan Lashmeet and half brother Ray Duncan Cranberry New Jersey. The body lies at Memorial Funeral Directory until one hour before the service.
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Cline
Paul Hall
Linkous
Duncan
Bluefield
Floyd
Giles
Mary Underwood Duncan
Hardy Bowman
Sophia
Neelis Duncan
Lashmeet
Ray Duncan
Cranberry
N. J
Cadle services held for Lorenzo Dow Cadle
Lorenzo Dow Cadle 78 of Lester died Sunday after a long illness in a local hospital. Graveside rites were to be held today at 2 p.m. in Canaday Cemetery Glen View with Rev. M H Dinsmore officiating. He was born February 20 1886 in Slab Fork son of Thomas J and Nancy Jane Cadle. He lived in Lester 25 years previously Mabscott. His wife Elsie C Cadle died October 12 1963. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church of Lester. Survivors include a son Delmore Cadle of Northfork VA and four grandchildren.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
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Oak Hill Men’s Bible Class and Oak Hill Lodge No. 206, Order of Odd Fellows
Winifred
Kanawha County
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Annie James Birt
Wilma Flint Birt
Hubert Birt
Muncie
Ind
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Beckley
Nelson Blake
Hill Top
Tyree
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Lester
Canaday
Glen View
M. H. Dinsmore
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Slab Fork
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Nancy Jane Cadle
Mabscott
Elsie C. Cadle
Freewill Baptist Church
Delmore Cadle
Northfork
Mrs Anna F Cook Funeral Arrangements Progress
Mrs Anna Fisher Cook, 61, of Oceana, died Monday in a local doctor's office from a heart attack. Born June 22, 1904, in Oceana, she was a daughter of John and Jeanette Fisher. Survived by husband Fudd Cook. Body at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Jeanette Cook Fisher
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Evans Funeral Home
Edith Houseknecht Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Edith Houseknecht, age 69, of 320 Burgess Street, will be conducted at 2 p.m. The obituary notes the long residence and family ties of the deceased within the community.
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Edith Houseknecht
Burgess St
Leach Services Set for James Edward Leach in Mullens
James Edward Leach, 69, of Herndon, will be honored with funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the McDougal Funeral Home Chapel in Mullens, led by Rev. Henry Parham. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park in Beckley. Leach died Sunday at his home and the body remains at the funeral home for visitation after 4 p.m. today.
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James Edward Leach
Herndon
McDougal Funeral Home
Mullens
Henry Parham
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Leach
Henry P Pitty Johnson Funeral Arrangements
Henry Pitty Johnson, 67, of Mullens, died early today after an extended illness in a Mullens hospital. He had no known survivors. The body is at McDougal Funeral Home in Mullens.
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Plane Crash Probe Opens as Cox Family Rites Set
Aviation authorities investigate a twin engine crash that killed four West Virginians including three Cox family members. Funeral services are planned Thursday in Morgantown for attorney Stan ley R. Cox Jr his wife Marilyn and daughter Margarette. The victims also include pilot John Westfield from Clarksburg. The wreckage was found on a rugged Pennsylvania mountainside after the plane requested landing clearance at Hagers town airport noon Sunday and disappeared. Stan ley Cox Jr longtime Morgantown attorney and GOP leader sought West Virginia congressional seat last year but lost to Harley Staggers. He served as Monongalia County prosecutor 1955 1960 and chaired the state GOP. He is survived by five children and his mother and siblings. The Cox family Mrs. Marilyn Cox and Margarette were en route to visit another daughter at summer camp in Chambersburg. Westfield and his wife were moving to Clarksburg from Fort Rucker Alabama.
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Congress
Harley O. Staggers
Monongalia County
W. Va
Elizabeth Moran
Washington, D. C
Arthur E. Shannon
Four Jailed on Varied Charges by Raleigh County Jail
Four persons were booked at the Raleigh County Jail Monday evening. Boyd Pettry of Naoma was jailed at 3:45 p.m. on a non support charge. Roy W. Hall of Beckley was jailed at 4 p.m. on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Corvan Fox of McAlpin was jailed at 4:20 p.m. on charges of reckless driving hit and run and driving a vehicle with an expired license plate. James Borrer of Arnett was jailed at 11:15 p.m. on a drunk driving charge.
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Boyd Pettry
Naoma
Roy W. Hall
Beckley
Corvan Fox
McAlpin
James Borrer
Arnett
West Virginia Highways Get App regional boost with 436 miles planned
State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers and many business groups back Appalachian Regional Development Plan. Across 11 states about 3,350 miles of development and access highways are to be built, with 436 miles allocated to West Virginia. Sutton Beckley segment estimated at 750000 to 1000000 dollars per mile.
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Burl Sawyers
West Virginia
Slack
Sutton- Beckley
ROTC Instructor Missing After Atlantic Radar Plane Crash
An ROTC instructor Capt. Edward N. Anaka of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins West Virginia is missing feared dead after an Air Force radar patrol plane crash in the Atlantic. He had been at the college since 1963 and was on a six week summer training assignment. The aircraft carried 19 aboard. nine deaths, three survivors, seven still missing. Anaka leaves a wife and four young children.
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Elkins
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Anaka
Mars Probes Shape Future Plans and Rivalry
By 1971 American scientists aim to place a Mars capsule on the planet and return samples of atmosphere and terrain. Russia pursues the same goal but lags, with a Russian probe that went silent months ago after its launch two days after Mariner 4. JPL notes Mariner 4 is a step in a long program. its images won’t determine if life exists.
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Earth
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Congress House Takes Up Coinage Measure
Western lawmakers sought to block a Treasury request to stop using silver in dimes and quarters and even remove silver from half dollars. The House bill would replace silver with a copper base sandwiched between nickel copper, aiming to curb silver use amid dwindling supply. Other items include Coleman’s Senate Judiciary hearing, Cohen’s privacy inquiry, Randolph’s farm wage push, voting rights talks, and a $14.3 billion NASA appropriations debate.
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Viet Nam Air and ground actions expand war effort
A pair of B57 Canberra bombers led by Capt. Gale H. Manning destroyed 60 Viet Cong buildings near Tuy Hoa. Eight F105 jets hit the Son La depot, with 21 tons of bombs and most targets reported destroyed amid heavy flak. Additional strikes hit a ferry complex near Hanoi, a wooden bridge, and mass leafleting over Ninh Binh. Saigon reports 714 Viet Cong killed last week, 284 Vietnamese soldiers dead, and 162 missing or captured. The seven day review notes a drop in Viet Cong activity but a large haul of captured government weapons. Marines report about 200 guerrillas driven from a village near Da Nang. one Marine killed and another wounded. Air actions claim at least 260 guerrillas killed in attacks on positions.
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Violence erupts in Philadelphia and Bogalusa protests
Violence broke out as police clashed with Negro pickets at Philadelphia near Girard College. Governor McKeithen urged a 30 day cooling off period in Bogalusa after meetings with Negro leaders. Demonstrations spread to Chicago and Savannah with arrests and petitions for desegregation. House Republicans labeled Johnson a late civil rights advocate.
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John J. McKeithen
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Mystery of Gemini Four computer malfunction
SPACE CENTER Houston UPS The Gemini Four computer failure defied solution as scientists search for clues. Gemini project head Mathews said confidence of a fix remains low while noting dry lubricant caused hatch trouble and a near rendezvous with the Titan two booster. The mission forced a ballistic re entry with higher G forces than planned.
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Charles W. Mathews
Mathews
White
McDivitt
NATO Backing Sought By U S Viet Nam Policy Move
The United States sought European backing at NATO for its Viet Nam policy as Undersecretary George W. Ball spoke to the alliance. He indicated Washington would intensify fighting and increase military commitments beyond 75,000 troops, citing bolstered Communist forces. France likely refused endorsement, urging U S withdrawal.
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West Virginia reservoir projects approved by Senate panel
The Senate Public Works Committee approved four authorizations including three West Virginia projects. Rowlesburg reservoir at Cheat River costs 133.548 million, Big Sandy River project in Southern West Virginia and Kentucky costs 51.491 million, and Martins Fork reservoir costs 4.86 million. The House committee has not acted yet.
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Senate Public Works Committee
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Kentucky
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No hand me downs define Roberts Jr in all girl clan
Jacksonville Florida UPI reports Douglas D Roberts Jr was born into a family of ten girls and his mother says he will likely be glad he cannot wear hand me down clothes.
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Balloon Arouses 4 State Interest
A large silver balloon drifted westward across Ohio and neighboring states causing many phone calls to officials and media. Weather and FAA officials denied agency responsibility or alerts while Cleveland Sohio Lab ruled it not the Echo satellite balloon. Sightings stretched from Maryland to West Virginia and east to Newark and Zanesville with flights from Cumberland and Middletown failing to locate a source.
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Johnson to visit Vietnam for inspection and talks
President Johnson shifts focus to foreign affairs, sending McNamara to Vietnam Wednesday night for inspection and high level strategy talks. He held Monday telephone conferences with McNamara Mann and Bunker on the Dominican Republic and reviewed a study on U S Canadian relations describing it as serious and constructive.
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Ellsworth Bunker
U. S
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Dean Rusk
Drama Association Board Meeting Set
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association board will meet tonight at 8 p m in the Raleigh County Bank penthouse. Announcement was made by president Okie L Patterson.
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