Racial Violence Hits 3 Major Cities in UPI Report
Rioters in Cleveland’s Hough district battled police with fire bombs and rocks, leaving a woman dead and 15 injured as ten buildings burned. Violence also erupted in Brooklyn and Jacksonville, while Chicago kept National Guard on duty after unrest. Police arrested 49, and 300 officers fought to restore order as New York sent heavy aid.
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Brooklyn
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Lake Erie
Fire destroys dozen buildings amid racial violence
In a northern city an attack left one woman dead, Joyce Arnett, 26, and several injured. A white man was treated at Mt Sinai for a facial wound after a bottle strike by a Black assailant. Ten buildings burned including three apartments and a supermarket. Snipers fired on firemen who abandoned hoses, while Black residents seized gear but made little fire-fighting progress. Neighboring details and witness accounts cited by UPI.
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Mt. Sinai Hospital
Lis
Joyce Arnett
Wallace Kelley
Alden Burk
UPI Newsfilm
Ted Paskett
Ring Register Q and A column on local services
A reader questions ticketing for Honey in the Rock and is advised Cliffside Amphitheater seats are reserved with $2 and $3 prices, advance reservations recommended but tickets may be bought at the box office if not sold out. The column also answers questions on school facilities, hospital floors, Little League standings, A and P meaning, Navy to Army dress, and autoharp tuners with local names.
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Cliffside Amphitheater
Elks Stadium
William B. Bickwermert
Drought Relief Sought For County Farmers
An appeal for drought relief was made by the Raleigh County drought relief committee led by ASCS chair Bee Richardson. Farmers Fster Farrow and Walter James described hay shortages and livestock stress from a fifth year of drought. They urged grants for hay and emergency FHA loans if the county is declared drought stricken.
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Raleigh County
Franklin Lilly
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Lawrence Cavendish
Gerald Miller
Farmers Home Administration
Bee Richardson
ASCS
Fster Farrow
Shady Spring
Walter James
Prosperity
Ani
Miller
FHA
James
Cavendish
Lilly
E. E. Moorefield
Front Pushes Through Plains with Severe Thunderstorms
A cold front moved southeast across the northern plains bringing cooler air. Heavy thunderstorms tracked up the Ohio Valley ahead of the front while heat remained in the arid southeast and deep south. In Chicago area on Monday night violent storms caused scattered damage to power lines and trees with several funnel clouds seen over western suburbs.
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United Press International
Plains
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Thunder Showers Forecast For Beckley Area Today
Thundershowers are possible in Beckley and surrounding area this afternoon and tonight. High around 82, low near 62. Tomorrow partly cloudy, cooler, less humid with highs in the mid 70s. Airport reports show 24 hour high 85, low 67. River gauges: Greenbrier normal, Lake normal and clear, Hinton gauge 1.7 ft. Today's extreme highs 117 at Needles California, 45 at Sexton Summit Oregon.
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Iaanwe Teaeees
Ouwadueseneeses
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Hinton
Needles
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Sexton Summit
Ore
Byrd seeks federal grain aid for drought hit West Virginia
Senator Byrd urged President Johnson to use emergency disaster powers to supply government owned feeds and grains to drought stricken West Virginia farmers. Eight counties Berkeley Clay Hampshire Jefferson Mineral Morgan Randolph Upshur were authorized to use soil bank land reserves for grazing and haying to address worsening drought and debt.
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Washington
UPS
West Virginia
U.S. Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Berkeley
Clay
Hampshire
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
Randolph
Upshur
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Johnson
Byrd
Gemini 10 aims for three day flight and dual rendezvous
Gemini-10 carries John Young and Michael Collins on a three day mission with dual rendezvous plans and a space walk. They set an altitude record of 474 miles using Agena-10 power, surpassing the Soviet mark and traversing part of the Van Allen belt. Collins to perform first extravehicular experiments. walk may be scrubbed if fuel spent in rendezvous. Gemini-11 and Gemini-12 remain as future flights.
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John Young
Michael Collins
Cape Kennedy
Collins
Voskhod
Linkup Mode Low Fuel Forces Gemini 10 Flight Revision
Gemini 10 astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins adjust plans after using excess fuel overtaking the Agena. They will perform a near hour long spacewalk if fuel allows, with Collins standing in the hatch to take star readings and conduct experiments. The crew aims for a more circular orbit, planning a rendezvous with Agena 8 and continuing science tasks despite a fuel shortage.
$58.6 billion defense bill headed for House approval
Wire dispatches report a 58.6 billion defense money bill as the largest military appropriation since World War II headed for overwhelming House approval. Strikes by municipal workers in Lansing, Michigan shut garbage pickup and closed swimming pools amid 90 degree heat as negotiations resume in the airline strike in Washington under pressure from Assistant Labor Secretary James J. Reynolds.
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House
Lansing
Mich
Washington
James J. Reynolds
Court declines to hear South West Africa race case
World Court on Monday refused to hear charges of racial discrimination against South Africa admin of South West Africa provoking calls for a United Nations General Assembly special session. Kingwood skydiver Alvy Joe Deems, 31, suffered two broken legs when his parachute failed at 4500 feet, landing in a cemetery, but was reported in satisfactory condition. House unanimously approved offering overseas service members up to 10 percent interest on government deposits. About 20 abandoned mines will be sealed to stop acid drainage into Shavers Fork River in a joint action led by state and federal agencies. Floyd Ray, 32, of Bluefield, was released on bond after being charged with shooting George J. Hickman, 39, to death in a Sunday dispute over a woman. Swearing-in ceremonies in Charleston installed J Kenneth Shaver as a member of the Board of Probation and Parole and Verl W. Snyder as administrative assistant to the governor.
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South Africa
South West Africa
United Nations General Assembly
Kingwood
Alvy Joe Deems
Shaver’s Fork River
Department of Mines, Natural Resources and Public Institutions
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hulett C. Smith
Floyd Ray
Bluefield
George J. Hickman
McDowell County
Charleston
J. Kenneth Shaver
Wheeling
Board of Probation and Parole
Verl W. Snyder
Huttonsville
Marines Repel 1000 North Vietnamese in Jungle Stand
Two Marine platoons of 45 men each repelled a bugle-blowing assault by 1,000 North Vietnamese regulars in a three hour jungle stand during Operation Hastings in northwest South Vietnam near Laos. The clash left heavy losses on both sides, with Marine estimates of up to 500 enemy dead but no definitive body count.
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Saigon
UPS
South Viet Nam
Laos
Dong Ha
U.S
Dong Hoi
Viet Nam
Fight To Finish Declared After Ho Mao Talks
Ho Chi Minh and Mao Tse-tung have agreed on a fight to the finish for North Viet Nam. Beijing guides ideology while Moscow supplies weapons through East Europe. Peking limits active participation, focusing on guerrilla warfare to sap American strength.
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K. C. Thaler
London
UPI
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
North Viet Nam
Moscow
Two Road Deaths Raise West Virginia Toll
Two men died in separate Monday crashes in West Virginia, lifting the 1966 highway fatality toll to 256 from 231 a year earlier. William Deerfield, 53, was struck while walking along West Virginia 39 in Pocahontas County. Charles O Masters, 74, of Cameron, perished when his car wrecked on West Virginia 7 about five miles east of Morgantown.
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United Press International
West Virginia
William Deerfield
W. Va
Pocahontas County
Charles O. Masters
Cameron
Morigantown
Missionary’s Body Found In Plane Crash Near Tokyo
The body of Rev. Charles Melton, 30, of Belle, West Virginia, was recovered from a light aircraft wreckage on a mountainside of Oshima Island about 60 miles south of Tokyo. He was en route from Oshima to Chofu Airport when he disappeared Friday, with only four hours of fuel. Rescue teams located the crash site Monday after search planes spotted the wreckage and rescuers reached it in the afternoon.
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Tokyo
UPI
Oshima Island
Here
Charles Melton
Belle
W. Va
Chiba Prefecture
Melton
Oshima
Choufu
Miner Killed in Coal Mine Accident at Nearby Site
Clarence Brinegar, 53, of Mor Risvale, Boone County, was crushed to death Monday in a coal mine accident. He was crushed between two shuttle cars in the mine authorities said.
Klein Says He Urged Dodd To Go To Germany
Julius Klein testified before the Senate Ethics Committee that he urged Sen. Thomas J. Dodd to fly to West Germany in April 1964 after Dodd indicated he would go. Klein said the trip aimed to clear distortions from Fulbright hearings and serve the internal security subcommittee. Descriptions in columns alleged the journey sought to aid Klein's German clients.
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Washington
UPI
Julius Klein
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
West Germany
Klein
Senate
Connecticut
Dodd
Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
North Vietnamese to try captured U.S. pilots as war criminals
Paris based UPI relay states Communist North Vietnam announced plans to try captured American pilots as war criminals. The report cites French radio as the source, noting the classification and potential implications for ongoing conflict and prisoner treatment.
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Paris
UPI
Viet Nam
Johnson warns Congress on deficit versus tax hike
President Johnson told Congress the administration may face a heavy deficit next year or require a tax increase if lawmakers continue approving funding he opposes. The warning underscores a potential confrontation over fiscal policy and spending priorities.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
May and December romance tied to Kentucky wedding
Delbert Sprouse known as Shorty after an early marriage honeymooned with his second wife at Catt Hollow Louisa Kentucky. His first wife died December 24 last year aged 98. Sprouse earlier wed Lillian Mae Perry aged 27 in Lawrence County. The courthouse ceremony was officiated by Clerk Gallie Isaac, a Free Will Baptist minister, with witnesses and a striped dress described for the bride.
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Louisa
UPI
Delbert
Shorty) Sprouse
Catt Hollow
Mattie Lyons Large
Granny) Sprouse
Sprouce
Grandma
Sprouse
Lillian Mae Perry
Lawrence County
Gallie Isaac
Isaac
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