General Worley Killed as Plane Falls to Ground Fire
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Worley vice commander of the 7th U.S. Air Force in Vietnam was shot down 65 miles northwest of Da Nang while piloting an FRAC photo reconnaissance jet. The second pilot parachuted to safety and was rescued. Worley, 48, from Riverside California, had a long combat record including 120 missions in World War II and would have become deputy chief of staff for operations in the Pacific Air Force.
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DA Nang
UPI
Robert F. Worley
7Th U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
Air Force
Worley
7Th Air Force
Headquarters
Pacific Air Force
North Vietnam
Laos
Riverside
Calif
Palm Desert
March Field
California
Brooks Field
Texas
Pacific
Delays Expected In Fortas Nomination Hearings
In Washington a senior Senate Republican foresees further delays in approving Abe Fortas as chief justice. Senator Roman Hruska questioned a Justice Department memo backing Fortas and Senator Sam Ervin pressed the department over alleged propaganda in the hearings. Eastland suggested the memo may close the Fortas phase.
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Fortas
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Department
Hruska
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Homer Thornberry
Justice Department
Ervin
Hart
James O. Eastland
Bear Attacks Youth Campers in Yellowstone Park
A rampaging grizzly attacked nine young campers from the New York City area in Yellowstone National Park. The bear bit two girls and a boy in their sleeping bags. all injuries were not serious. The bear, previously linked to a California attack, was killed by a Montana warden. The group left for San Francisco after the incident.
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Yellowstone
Mont
UPI
Forest Service
Yellowstoneational Park
California
Montana
New York City
Phil Hoskins
Hoskins
San Francisco
Another Heart Transplant At Texas Hospital
Dr. Denton Cooley led his seventh heart transplant and the 27th worldwide, implanting a donor heart into 57-year-old Beatrice lathe operator Henry W. Jurgens at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston. The 16-year-old donor Michael K. Buxton died after a car crash, with surgery starting at 1 37 a.m. EDT and a beating heart resumed after one electrical shock. The hospital said the patient’s condition was highly satisfactory at completion.
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Houston
UPI
Denton Cooley
Beatrice
Ned
St. Luke’s Hospital
Henry W. Jurgens
Michael K. Buxton
Weather and river brief for Beckley area
Variable clouds warm humid afternoon with a chance of thundershowers. High near 84. Tonight partly cloudy mild with low fog by morning. Low 60. Wednesday warm humid with afternoon or evening thundershowers. Precipitation chances 30 percent today 20 tonight 40 tomorrow. Greenbrier river normal and clear Lake normal and clear gauge at Hinton 1.9 ft. High 109 Needles California Low 39 Baker Oregon.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
September Draft Call Reaches a Low for 1967
Washington UPI reports the September draft call is 12,200 men all for the Army, the lowest since April 1967. The Pentagon said needs will fall, due to a cyclical drop in Army replacements.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Pentagon
Welfare Chief Vincent Undergoes Pancreas Inflammation Treatment
UPI reports Welfare Commissioner L. L. Vincent is hospitalized in Charleston with pancreatitis. A spokesperson said he will be away from his duties for two to three weeks after a weekend admission to the Charleston hospital.
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Charleston
UPI
L. L. Vincent
Charleston Hospital
Vincent
Israeli El Al plane hijacked to Algiers by Arab guerrillas
Five Arab commandos hijacked an El Al jet from Rome to Tel Aviv forcing it to land in Algiers. Algeria refused hostages’ demands, releasing 38 passengers including 14 Israelis and one American. The plane carried 48 aboard with 10 Israeli crew. The hijackers christened the craft Liberation of Palestine.
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Algiers
API
el al
Algeria
Rome
Tel Aviv
Israel
Marseile
Paris
Agerians
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
Kairy
Oded Arbarbanel
Athens
Liberation of
Palestine
Joke turns sour as teens accused in cat cruelty case
In Martinsburg two youths, 19 and 20, ordered to produce a pregnant cat by Friday, reportedly admitted taking the animal for a party release. Authorities say the cat was dragged in a bag and burned alive in an alleged cruelty incident tied to a prank.
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Martinsburg
Steelworkers Vote Today On Strike Issue
Pittsburgh report shows USW members across the United States and Canada voting on strike authorization with early tallies indicating a strong yes. Local 1346 Vandergrift Local 1138 West Leechburg and Local 1196 Brackenridge report decisive margins. Nationwide results awaited as both sides withhold comment during the blackout.
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Pittsburgh
Brackenridge
Birmingham
Ala
Soviets Withdraw Forces and Seek Prague Summit
Soviet troops speedily left Czechoslovakia as Czech reform leaders press for more freedom and an East Bloc summit. Observers say the move averts a major crisis, with Mosc ow and Prague debating venue and date while condemning anti reform currents as Western meddling. Czech leaders insist they can remain loyal communists while pursuing democratization.
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East Europe
Moscow
United States
West Germany
West
Communist Party
Red
U S Protest Against Soviet Czech Interference Claims
The United States protested Soviet charges of U S involvement in Czechoslovakia and East European affairs. Secretary of State Rusk met Soviet envoy Dobrynin, denying the allegations and seeking an explanation. Pravda had alleged U S arms shipments and CIA plans for anti Communist operations in the region.
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Stewart Hensley Washngton
UPI
United States
Russia
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Czechoslovakia
Rusk
Dobrynin
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S
Prague
Pravda
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Europe
Nearest I've Come To Death After Flood Hits Vista Variety Shop
Mrs. J. H. Akers recalls narrowly dodging death as flash flood washed away the shop’s concrete platform on New Raleigh Road. Waters rose to her knees before a passerby saved her, and the platform toppled as the river carried her car downstream. Damage is estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars with debris and loss of inventory in the Beckley store.
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J. H. Akers
Vista Variety Shop
Raleigh Road
State Road Commission
Akers
Black Knight Country Club
White oak disease eyed by state timber task force
The State Department of Agriculture reports an ongoing effort to protect ten million acres of woodland from a white oak timber disease first noted in 1951. An 80 member task force plus seven airplanes survey forests, locate diseased trees, and apply controls through aerial and ground operations, with the program running to late August.
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State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Elizabeth Taylor Resting After Fibroid Surgery
Liz Taylor lies in a hospital bed with roses and champagne nearby after an operation to remove a fibroid tumor and womb. Her secretary and Richard Burton report she is resting but miserable, brave, and refusing to discuss pain. Burton has not left her side.
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London
UPI
America
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Hanley
Miss Taylor
Hanley
Richard Burton
Army Reserve Recruit Waits For Dress Uniform
Nottingham report notes William Sharpe, in the army reserve for five years, remains awaiting a dress uniform because at 4 feet 11 inches tall he has a 44 inch chest, highlighting a size mismatch in the forces.
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Nottingham
England
UPI
William Sharpe
Army Reserve
Army
Two More Die On State Roads
West Virginia highway deaths rose to 285 for 1968, with 36 more than last year. A one car crash near Moorefield killed Carl Edward Simms, 41, of Purgitsville after his vehicle overturned on U S 220. Steve A. Funkhouser, 16, of McLean Virginia, died from injuries after a motorcycle collision on West Virginia 55 near Wardensville.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Moorefield
Carl Edward Simms
Purgitsville
Hampshire County
U. S. 220
Simms
McLean
Steve A. Funkhouser
Winchester
W. Va
Wardensville
Union vows to install comms gear for DNC in Chicago
CHICAGO UPI report says a striking union pledged to outfit the International Amphitheatre with essential communications equipment to guarantee smooth operations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
UPI
International Amphitheatre
House rejects gun owner licensing proposal
The chamber voted 179 to 4 against adding a licensing requirement to a bill banning interstate firearms sales. The amendment was defeated on a nonrecord vote.
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Washington
UPI
House
Lady Bird Bid to Clean Roadsides Fails on Costs and Lobby
Washington UPI report on Mrs. Johnson’s highway billboard ban failing amid Vietnam costs bureaucratic inertia and strong lobbying. Conferees resolved some differences in the federal highway aid bill but kept only partial billboard provisions. Senate and House proposals diverge, with the Senate backing a broader program while the House seeks abolition or a minimal study. The vote against beautification and junkyard screening packages reflected election-year pressure from billboard interests.
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John Hall Washington
UPI
Lady Bird Johnson
House
Senate
Congress
House Public Works Committee
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1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Texas Hospital
PBS
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Jerusalem
United Nations
James C. Jackson
Soviet Union
Kremlin
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Park Junior High School
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