Massacre of Marines Amid Hastings Fighting Near DMZ
Survivors recount a brutal massacre as North Vietnamese troops ambushed India Company of the 5th Marine Regiment on a jungled hillside near the demilitarized zone. Marines forced back, wounded left behind, later found dead. Hastings toll cited with 698 Communists dead and 658 probable. B52 strikes support operations across South Vietnam. A Navy pilot escaped from a North Vietnamese camp after his companion was beheaded. unclear fate of the survivor.
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India Company
5Th Marine Regiment
Powell
UPI
Robert Kaylor
South Viet Nam
Saigon
17Th Parallel
An Xuyen
Mekong Delta
U.S
North Piet Nam
Vinh
Siltix Explosion Investigation Underway
Seven miners died in the Siltix mine blast at New River Co. on Saturday leaving 28 widowed and fatherless children. A multiagency hearing is planned to follow underground and formal testimony procedures over several days, with burial services set for victims in their hometowns. Federal and state officials join company and union in ongoing inspection as cause remains sought.
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Siltix
New River Co
Hope
New River Co’s. Silux
Company
United Mine Workers Union
Deescalation debated as Cleveland reassesses security
Cleveland leaders and National Guard officials weigh easing the 2000 troop force after a week of rioting in the east side Hough district. Four Black residents were fatally wounded, with charges expected in a hit and run shooting. An employment center opened to aid looted areas while the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service joined talks.
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Cleveland
UPI
National Guard
Ralph Locker
East Side
Hough
Benoris Toney
US Department of Justice
Erwin Hostetler
Beckley Q and A column answers local questions
The Register provides brief citizen inquiries answered by local agents. Topics include driving ages, license deadlines, safety rules, cooking tips, vitamin B12 foods, and Lake Stephens sand. Answers cite Beckley officials, home demonstration agents, and public notices.
Where Was This Watts Or Hough In Cleveland
AL KUETTNER compares signs from Watts and Hough Avenue to show how racial tensions sparked arson and ownership messages. The piece notes crude storefront signs reading Blood brother in Watts and Soul brother in Hough, both signaling Negro ownership amid the outbreaks that left Watts devastated and Hough scarred.
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AL Kuettner
Cleveland
UPI
Watts Or Hough
Watts
Los Angeles
Hough Ave
Open Housing Indefensible Says Goodell
UPI reports Senator Charles Goodell criticizes the administrations open housing proposals as indefensible while urging amendments for support. He ties urban renewal tensions to the Watts era and calls for housing relief, recreation, and enforcement in Cleveland’s Hough district amid ongoing unrest and redevelopment fears.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Goodell
R-N.y
Goodell
Anheuser Busch Co
President’s Club
United Press International
People
Goodall
Justice Department
Lewis Robinson
JFK
Hough
No Trial In View Ho Chi Minh Says
Washington officials study a telegram reportedly from Ho Chi Minh saying no trial for captured American airmen is planned. Ho also urged U.S. withdrawal and an end to aggression to restore peace. Pravda accused the U.S. of crimes in Viet Nam and called for Moscow to stay distant from trials.
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Ho Chi Minh
Washington
UPI
Hanoi
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Viet Nam
U.S
Weather Sunny And Warm Beckley And Vicinity
Sunny and warm this afternoon with a high of 85. Clear tonight with a low of 62. Partly cloudy Tuesday with a high in the mid 80s. Airport conditions show a 24 hour high of 81 and a low of 59 with light SE wind. River Greenbrier low and clear, Lake normal and clear, gauge at Hinton 1.6 ft. Today’s extremes include 118 at Palm Springs and 36 at Redmond.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Palm Springs
Calif
Redmond
Ore
Prodigy Kim Ung-Yong to Begin University at Age 3
Korean prodigy Kim Ung-Yong is set to begin university studies this fall at the University of Michigan under a physics professor. He reportedly solves advanced math problems with ease and speaks English and German along with his native Korean.
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Kim Ung-Yong
University of Michigan
Retired UMW Members To Continue Picketing
Retired United Mine Workers members are to extend picketing at Big Mountain Coal Co. mines near Boone County on Monday. They have blocked operations since June in an effort to stall a National Labor Relations Board election determining union representation by the Southern Labor Council UMW or no union.
Morse Avoids Receivership in Six Month Flight Strike Plan
Senator Wayne Morse revised his airline strike bill to order a six month return-to-work without government receivership. The measure, unlikely to please unions, aims to speed negotiations with IAM and five carriers in stalemate after 18 days. Senate action anticipated with ongoing foreign aid debates paused if needed.
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Washington
API
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Road Mishaps Claim 6 Lives
United Press International reports six people died in separate West Virginia highway crashes over the weekend. A Clarksburg woman visiting her son near Morgantown, Mrs. John A. Kovach, 44, died when her car collided on Sec 53. Her son John Jr. was uninjured in a later three car crash. Other fatalities: Jack Starcher, 18, on W V 16 in Clay County. H E Martin, 19, on W V 5 in Hampshire County. Otis Buchanan, 18, from injuries on U S 219 in Pocahontas County. Ramona Griffith, 23, of St Albans, struck by a trailer on U S 60 at South Charleston.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Morgantown
John A. Kovach
Korach
John Jr
Jack Starcher
W. Va
Clay County
H. E. Martin
Hampshire County
U. S. 60
South Charleston
Little One Sailed: Captain Willis Spotted 600 Miles East
British cargo ship Saxonia sighted Captain William Willis aged 72 moving briskly under full sail in his 11 foot boat Little One. Willis is bound for Plymouth after leaving New York on June 22. The sighting occurred 600 miles east of New York.
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New York
UPS
William Willis
Willis
Plymouth
England
Museum of History relocates to bank parking lot
The Miniature Museum of American History, once set to park at the Court House, is larger than expected and moved to the Raleigh County Bank parking lot. It will remain there until 9 p.m. today.
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Museum of History
Museum of American History
Court House
Raleigh County Bank
Pravda Reaffirms Hands Off Policy on Prisoner Case
Pravda states Moscow remains hands off regarding the trial of captured U S pilots in Vietnam and says the matter is entirely within the North Vietnamese government. It accuses the United States of turning the issue international to divert attention from alleged American military brutalities.
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White House
CBS
State Department
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
United States
Viet Nam
UPI
Soviet Union
Hanoi
U.S
U.N
Thant
Belgian Children Vacation Bus Crash Kills 34
An Austrian Alps trip for Belgian children ended in tragedy when the homeward bound bus crashed through a railing on an autobahn bridge near Niederbrechen, Germany. At least 34 were killed, nine of the 43 aboard survived with injuries. among the dead were the three adult supervisors and the driver.
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Limburg
Germany
UPI
Niederbrechen
Frankfurt
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