Escalation casts longer casualty lists in Vietnam
Washington observers warn of a longer war as U S forces build up in South Viet Nam. Ford and Johnson aides signal a tougher posture while Soviet and Chinese leaders issue hostile notes. The administration remains committed to a stalemated or victorious outcome on Vietnamese soil, despite grim reports on Viet Cong and North Vietnamese strength and ongoing supply-line bombings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
U. S
South
Viet Nam
House
Gerald Ford
Johnson
Ford
North Viet Nam
Johnson Administration
South Viet Nam
Kosygin
Averell Harriman
Peking
McNamara Lodge
Saigon
Medicare Compromise Reaches House Senate Agreement
Washington negotiators approve a multi billion Medicare and welfare extension in a broad compromise bill. The plan expands health coverage for about 19 million Americans aged 65 and over and extends major welfare programs. House and Senate leaders expected swift passage and presidential signing by month end.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Social Se
Fortas Rumored Likely Pick For Supreme Court
Washington speculation centers on Abe Fortas a longtime Johnson ally and prominent Washington lawyer with roles including undersecretary of the interior. Other names mentioned include Thurgood Marshall Thurman Arnold Clark Clifford Richard Russell Cooper Ervin Freund and several former judges.
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Washington
UPI
Abe Fortas
Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
Fortas
White House
Texas
Interior
Arnold, Fortas & Porter
Thurgood Marshall
U.S
Marshall
Senate
St. White House
Bill D. Moyers
High Court
Thurman Arnold
Fortas’ Law Firm
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Clark Clifford
Harry S. Truman
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Harvard Law
Paul Freund
Weather Continued Fair Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley and vicinity see mostly sunny conditions today with a high near 79 and a cool night with a low around 52. Thursday remains fair and warm with little temperature change, while Greenbrier River remains normal and clear with two gates open at Hinton and a new gauge at 2.1 feet.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Blythe
Calif
Philipsburg
West Virginia
Sunay
Hospital Report To Be Presented To Health Board
Charleston report details five hospitals not complying with the Civil Rights Act, based on a State Human Rights Commission survey. Health Department officials will review findings with the hospital and medicare bureau before presenting to the State Board of Health. Hospitals risk losing federal funds for several programs.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Health
Paul Shanks
State Health Department
General Services Division
Paul Bibb
Department
Hospital and Medicare Bureau
State Human Rights Commission
State Highways Claim 3 Lives
Three people died on West Virginia highways Tuesday raising the year toll to 232. Charles S. Workman 10 of Alta Fayette County died after darting in front of a car on West Virginia 39 and died at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery. Fred Sutler 67 of Lucretia near Grafton died from a two car collision on U S 50 near Grafton. Charles B. Polan 26 of Salem died after his car crashed into a church near Salem and he died at a Clarksburg hospital.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Charles S. Workman
Obie L. Workman
Alta
Fayette County
W. Va
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Fred Sutler
Lucretia
Grafton
U. S. 50
Charles B. Polan
Salem
Clarksburg
Cabell Youth Drowns in Ohio River
Lindsey Wiseman Jr., 11, of Huntington was recovered from the Ohio River Tuesday night about three hours after he disappeared while swimming with friends. Authorities said a companion last saw him about 15 feet from the bank and he was “doing all right” before he vanished when he looked back. Firemen were called after the search failed to locate him. his body lay in about 50 feet of water near the swim area.
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Huntington
UPI
Lindsey Wiseman J Jr
Ohio River
Wiseman
Fireman
Kentucky governor moves to outlaw pinball machines
The Kentucky Governor Edward Breathitt will ask the next General Assembly to outlaw all pinball machines in the state. Other items note the Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Mississippi Governor James Coleman for an appeals court judgeship, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her new baby in Boston, a safe belly landing by a B47 Stratojet at Pease AFB, Miss Universe hopefuls in Miami, Mariner-4 Mars photos, a White House education conference ending with Humprey speaking, gun control testimony by Hale Champion, Brereton C. Jones addressing the State Young Republican League, Rajmohan Gandhi visiting Charleston, and Southeast Asia and U.S. political notes.
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Kentucky
Edward T. Breathitt
General Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mississippi
James P. Coleman
Senate
Eunice Shriver
John F
Pease Air Force Base
New Hampshire
Miami Beach
Juana Jeanine Acosta
Mariner-4
Earth
Mars
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Leonard H. Marks
U.S. Information Agency
California Finance
Hale Champion
Brereton C. (Berry) Jones
Pt. Pleasant
Young Republican League
Clarksburg
Rajmohan Gandhi
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Charleston Exchange Club
Charleston
Michigan
Hulett C. Smith
Robert W. Ferguson
Wheeling
Harry W Brawley
State Educational Broadcasting Authority
Kenneth Rubenstein
Thomas
Tucker County
Davis
Gov Smith Seeks Plastic Input Quotas in Washington
West Virginia Governor Hulett Smith led a delegation in Washington to press for import quotas on plastics ingredients like naphtha. Interior Secretary Udall signaled support and a quota system similar to oil may be developed. Attending were Marlon Chemicals’ William Sutter, Rep. Ken Hechler, and Sen. Jennings Randolph.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett Smith
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Smith
William A. Sutter
Marlon Chemicals
Borg-Warner
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rep
Ken Hechler
Sen
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Sutter
Bank Cashier Burns To Death In Bank Fire
In New Martinsville a bank cashier Earl Shupbach 54 burned to death when a fire started in his third floor apartment above the bank. Fire officials said damage hit the second floor offices while the ground floor area flooded. The concrete divider limited main-floor damage as a nearby hotel and office building also suffered slight harm. Shupbach had worked at the bank for 30 years.
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NEW Martinsville
UPI
New Martinsville Bank
Earl Shupbach
Shupbach
Hubert Shupbach
House of Delegates
Wetzel County
Deputy Outruns Bear That Treed Five
In California, Kern County Deputy Norvan Powers raced a 300 pound black bear threatening five children in a tree house near Sugar Loaf Peak. He fired six shots with a .357 magnum, the bear dropped dead within feet, Powers calling it simple.
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Porterville
Calif
UPI
Kern County
Norvan Powers
Bakersfield
Powers
Sugar Loaf Peak
Family Market Basket Up 44 Cents Per Week
A Beckley family of four paid forty four cents more for the weekly market basket in July than in June. State Labor Commissioner Lawrence Barker notes forty items compared, with ten higher, sixteen lower, and fourteen unchanged. the July basket cost 24.97 versus 24.53 in June.
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Beckley
Office of
State Labor
Lawrence Barker
Barker
Injuries Kill Diver in Water Mishap
Roger C. Welch, 16, of Wellsburg died in a local hospital from injuries after diving into Buffalo Creek between Wellsburg and Bethany on July 5. He struck his head on a submerged rock and suffered collapsed lungs, hospital attendants said.
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Wheeling
UPI
Roger C. Welch
Wellsburg
Welch
Buffalo Creek
Bethany
Viet Nam report prompts top White House briefing
President Johnson summoned top military and diplomatic officials to review a Viet Nam report by Defense Secretary McNamara and Ambassador nominee Lodge. The briefing outlined a troop buildup and possible draft calls, with a written preliminary report to follow. Many officials attended the deliberation at the White House, including Rusk Ball Vance Wheeler Raborn Helms Rowan Arks Bundy and others.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
McNamara
Lodge
Saigon
U. S
White House
LBJ
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Dean Rusk
George Ball
Cyrus Vance
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence
William F. Raborn
Richard Helms
Rowan
Carl T. Rowan
U. S. Information Agency
Leonard H. Arks
William Bundy
Leonard Unger
Ball
State Department
John McNaughton
McGeorge Bundy
Harriman Kosygin hold second Viet Nam talks in Moscow
U.S. Presidential Envoy W Averell Harriman met Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin for an hour and 45 minutes in Moscow for the second Viet Nam and international issues discussion. Harriman described it as a follow up but gave no details, and he and U S Ambassador Fay Kohler returned to the U S Embassy. Harriman said he would vacation in Western Europe after July 12 and had cabled significant information to President Johnson while remaining in contact with him.
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Moscow
UPI
W. Averell
Harriman
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
U. S
Fay D. Kohler
Kremlin
Johnson
Europe
Kosygin
Soviet Baltic
New Feature On Page 3 In The Register Today
The Register announces a new weekly feature starting on Page 3 with pictures and stories about outlying communities. Local correspondents commissioned by The Register will report news in Raleigh County every Wednesday and readers may contact the appropriate correspondent with news.
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The
Register Today
Register
Raleigh
Fifth B52 Strike Against Viet Cong North of Saigon
Twenty-five to thirty B52 bombers from Guam attacked suspected Viet Cong concentrations in Zone D, 30 miles north of Saigon, in the fifth raid of the war. The mission dropped 50 tons of bombs after a 2,600 mile flight. no damage assessment was available. The week saw 28 American deaths, 100 wounded and 7 missing or captured, with additional Viet Cong casualties reported by U.S. and Vietnamese forces.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
UPI
Guam
Zone D
Strategic Air Command
Bien Hoa
U.S
Mekong River
Mrs Lemuel Penn Dies in Washington Hospital
Mrs Lemuel Penn wife of the Negro educator shot to death on a Georgia highway last year died Tuesday night in a Washington hospital Cause of death not disclosed immediately
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Washington
UPI
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
Washington Hospital
Rescue In Vain Child Dies Of Meningitis
A three month old Beckley infant saved by Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad on Saturday died Tuesday in a local hospital from contagious spinal meningitis. Father and mother Mr. and Mrs. James Monarchy of Beckley Ave. mourn the loss after efforts including mouth to mouth resuscitation and closed chest massage. The attending physician noted penicillin given to Dowdy and a neighbor who aided at the scene.
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Beckley
Michael Monarchy
James Monarchy
Beckley Ave
Ray Dowdy
Dowdy
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Ariane Tebbenjohans
Cleveland
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Gov. Smith
Marbon Chemical Division
Borg-Warner Corp
Veterans Administration
William L. Driver
Veterans’ Hospitals
Southern Interstate Nuclear Board
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