Goldberg Named UN Ambassador
President Johnson announced Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg will leave the high court to serve as U S ambassador to the United Nations. Goldberg, a former labor secretary and ex general counsel for the United Steelworkers Union, stood with Johnson as aides and officials watched at the White House.
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White House Rose Garden
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Dean Rusk
George Ball
MacGeorge Bundy
Test Suit Opens in West Virginia Delegate Election Case
Charleston report: Gov Hulett C Smith says WV Constitution silent on electing delegates to a proposed constitutional convention leaving the matter to the Legislature. Finance Commissioner Truman Gore argues the plan violates state and federal con stitutions by equal population for districts. A six member citizen group led by Keith Smith contends the plan is arbitrary and unequal. A tax payer group warns that funding a November 9 election would be unlawful without proper apportionment.
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Charleston
UPI
Supreme Court
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
High Court
Smith
Finance
Truman E. Gore
Gore
U. S
Drowning Brothers 11 and 13 Murdered by Bygone Waters
At Harpers Ferry West Virginia two brothers Charles Fowler 11 and Miles Fowler 13 drowned in the Potomac while bystanders watched. Spectators thought they were playing when they surfaced and disappeared again. A Green Castle Pennsylvania family saw the scene and launched a boat but arrived after the boys were gone. The bodies were recovered hours later near the old Harpers Ferry Bridge.
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West Virginia
Potomac River
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Miles
Harpers Ferry Bridge
Weather Update Beckley and Vicinity Tonight
Beckley area enjoys a sunny afternoon with a high near 80 while tonight turns fair and chilly with a low around 51. Wednesday stays fair with little temperature change as winds from the southeast 11 mph lightly shift.
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Earl Vickers Named Director Of Legislative Services
Charleston UPI reports Earl Vickers a Fayette Democrat, five term House member, is named director of legislative services with a $17 000 annual salary. The appointment follows an attorney general opinion allowing legislators to hold the post, and Vickers will vacate his seat pending gubernatorial successor.
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Charleston
Hulett C. Smith
Joint Committee On Government
Vickers
Robertson
Atomic Detectives Orbit to Patrol Nuclear Explosions
The Air Force launched two new Vela satellites and a small radiation lab into orbit from Cape Kennedy before dawn, aiming to detect any nuclear explosions in space and in the atmosphere. All three spacecraft reportedly function well five hours after launch, with two days of maneuvering ahead before joining a fleet already monitoring treaty violations.
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Soviet Space Spectacular Looms Early Next Month
Moscow reports a forthcoming Soviet space spectacle with speculation of a launch as early as next month. Russians orbited five satellites in one rocket and launched a 12.2 ton booster with a planned mission possibly highlighting a larger space bus and potential rendezvous with other vehicles before year end.
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West Virginia tax on interstate business ruled unconstitutional
Charleston UPI West Virginia Supreme Court declared the transportation privilege tax unconstitutional when applied to interstate commerce, ruling the state cannot tax a foreign corporation engaged in cross state business under the U S Constitution commerce clause. Fort Erie police cracked a $1 million Royal Bank of Canada robbery with four men arrested suspected of using diamond drills to open 400 safe boxes last April 1.
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High Court
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Mariner-4 Switches To New Picture Track
In Pasadena California a scheduled change to Mariner-4 picture transmission shifted to a new track during the 11th photo. JPL officials said the switch confirms the recorder works and will continue to send all 21 Mars closeup images with the final photo expected by Saturday.
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Red Planet
William H. Pickering
Crime Syndicate's Books Headquartered In Wheeling
Wheeling served as the bookkeeping hub for a national gambling syndicate in 1961. Internal Revenue Service officials testified that wiretapped telephone conversations supplied information, with eight to ten phones at a Wheeling establishment used in the first authorized wiretap in the Pittsburgh area.
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Wheeling
UPI
Senate
Cresson O. Davis
Internal Revenue Service
Pittsburgh
IRS
Davis
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Edward V. Long
Missouri
National
Burke Yung
What Sex Is An Angel 1965 Yale Stamp Debate
Newburyport Massachusetts UPI reports the 1965 Christmas stamp featuring Gabriel on a church weathervane sparks a gender question. The Post Office consulted theologians as pundits debated whether angels are sexless and why artists depict an effeminate form while the stamp design remains in use.
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Mass
James Coce
Washington
Catholic Information Center
Louis Hartman
Catholic University
Hartman
Gouldt and Hazlett
Boston
Gabriel
Post Office Department
Lynda Johnson Plans Three Day Canoe Trip Near Ely
Lynda Bird Johnson and a 20 member party prepare for a three day canoe journey starting noon today from a campsite 12 miles southeast of Ely Minnesota. The group began with a breakfast of northern pike and walleyes while Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman joined after their plane trip to Bloomington Illinois. The funeral of Adlai Stevenson was canceled.
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UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Ely
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Bloomington
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
McNamara heads for home amid Viet Nam alarm
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara wrapped up a five day Viet Nam tour with a warning that the war situation had deteriorated in many aspects. He prepared recommendations for greater U S involvement and possibly up to 100000 more troops while noting the Viet Cong had increased in strength and attacks. The base at Bien Hoa suffered a pre dawn strike with light U S casualties as McNamara visited for a briefing.
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World News in Brief Highlights From Wire Dispatches
Mrs Eunice Kennedy Shriver hospital bound for birth of her fifth child in Boston with escort from Hyannis Port. Seventeen miners trapped at Moers Germany mine rescued after five hours underground. NLRB trial examiner recommends dismissal of unfair labor charges against Local 1059 Retail Clerks Union. Harold Wilson may visit Moscow for a fall summit. Over 9,000 Girl Scouts gather in Farragut Idaho for Senior Roundup. Unidentified flying object over West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania linked to missing Navy balloons launched in Canada. Astronaut Pete Conrad reveals Mercury rejection then Gemini success. Deer Isle Granite to supply 2000 tons of granite for JFK Arlington grave site contract $750,000. Chile's President Frei visits Bonn to boost West Germany Latin America ties. Commerce Secretary Connor says federal budget will likely exceed $100 billion next year. Benjamin Gitlow, ex-Communist witness, dies at 73. Miss England Jennifer Gurley relapses but competes in Miss Universe pageant. Mansfield says Congress likely to adjourn by Labor Day.
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John F. Kennedy
Retail Clerks Union
National Labor Relations Board
Evans Supermarket, Inc
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Kremlin
London
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Air Force
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canada
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Deer Isle Granite Corp
Stonington
Maine
Arlington National Cemetery
Eduardo Frei
Chile
Bonn
West Germany
Latin America
Commerce
John T. Connor
Johnson
Benjamin Gitlow
American Communist Party
Crompond
N. Y
Miss England
Jennifer Gurley
Miami Beach
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Reds Lay Siege To GI Camp Bu Dop North Of Saigon
Guerrillas siege the U S Army Special Forces camp at Bu Dop 85 miles north of Saigon with heavy losses reported among six Americans and about 200 Vietnamese defending the outpost. American planes counter attacked as defense forces fight stubbornly while security police foil a mine attack on Ambassador Maxwell Taylor near Saigon Stadium. McNamara concludes a five day tour and heads to Washington with recommendations on further involvement.
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UPS
Bu Dop
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Ho Says Reds Set To Fight 20 Years Or More
President Ho Chi Minh declared North Viet Nam will fight 20 years or longer if needed to defeat U S pirates. In a Hanoi radio address marking the Geneva accords anniversary, he accused the United States of sabotaging the agreements and expanding war to keep Viet Nam divided and threaten peace in Asia.
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UPI
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
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Hanoi
Indochina
United States
Asia
Eight U S Cutters Arrive For Use In Viet Nam
Eight U S Coast Guard cutters with guns and radar sailed into Da Nang harbor for anti Communist patrol duty along the Vietnamese coast. The arrival adds 150 Coast Guardsmen to man the ships and mark another U S military branch in the Viet Nam war.
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West Virginia Hospitals Not Known Noncompliant Says Health Dept
The West Virginia State Health Department told The Register it has no knowledge of any hospitals in the state failing to comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. After UPI reported a survey of about 100 hospitals finding five noncompliant, officials said they will investigate before action. Oak Hill and Beckley hospitals were among those named. Oak Hill cited dining room practices as the issue.
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Tieche
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Jet Plane Makes Unscheduled Stop at Raleigh County Airport
An FMC Corporation Sabre jet made six practice landings at Raleigh County Airport from White Plains to Charleston. Airport Manager Herb Alley said the unplanned arrivals were for non emergency training on the short runway. The jet tours up to 550 mph and used about 4,000 feet of the 5,000-foot runway.
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