Ranger 7 Lunar Probe Fails to Launch Moon Pictures
United States fires Ranger 7 television probe on 228000 mile lunar voyage from Cape Kennedy atop Atlas Agena. The 806 pound craft carries six cameras aiming to capture up to 4000 lunar images before impact. Delayed a day by guidance issues, it carries a 50-50 chance of success.
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United States Today
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Four Gemini Flights Planned Astronauts To Log 700 Hrs In ’65
Grounded for 11 months, NASA plans nearly 700 hours in space with a four-mission Gemini program. Grissom and Young to pilot the inaugural December three orbit flight. McDivitt and White to lead a four day mission next spring. 1965 summer to host a seven day flight with contenders including Schirra, Stafford, Armstrong, and Lee. A late 1965 two day mission will rendezvous with an Agena in orbit.
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UPS America
Virgil I
Gus)Grissom
John W. Young
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Air Force
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Neil A. Armstrong
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Rebels Besiege Congo Village
Rebels surround Kongolo in North Katanga as ANC forces near withdrawal. Belgian Vice Consul Robert Guillot flies to Kongolo to rescue two priests and two nuns. Four Belgians reportedly executed by rebels, first white fatalities in three months. Rebels cut road to Tshombe loyal Bahemba territory. bomber strafing reported near Kabalo and Kongolo.
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the Congo
UPI
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Kongolo
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ANC
Robert Guillot
Kongola
Leopoldville
Congo
Bahemba
Moise Tshombe
Kabalo
Ruby Appeal Promised By Defense In Dallas
Ruby's lawyers in Dallas pledge to beat today’s deadline for the first stage of Jack Ruby's appeal amid ongoing feuding with a Detroit attorney who represents the Ruby family.
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API
Jack Ruby
Detroit
Ruby
Weather Sunny And Warm Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley area forecast calls for mostly sunny and warm conditions today with a warm night. High near 86, low around 62. Wednesday brings increasing clouds with scattered showers or thundershowers in the afternoon or evening. River levels: Greenbrier normal, Lake normal with two gates open, new gauge at Hinton 2 ft.
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Beckley High
Greenbrier
Hinton
Pay raise approved for armed forces bill
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to raise pay for all armed forces personnel except the lowest ranking enlisted. The $207 million increase, already approved by the Senate, awaits House action Monday and is expected to take effect September 1.
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UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
CURE Pickets Calif Prelate Cardinal MelIntyre
Catholics United for Racial Equality picketed the Los Angeles chancery as J Francis Cardinal McIntyre led a Requiem Mass for a prominent Black woman leader. The protest targeted leadership against racial discrimination and followed a promised march.
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UPI
J. Francis Cardinal
MelIntyre
Chancery
Catholics United For Racial Equality
CURE
Premier Khanh Sees Defensive Counterattack Against North Viet Nam
Saigon premier Nguyen Khanh stated South Viet Nam would act to strike Communist North Viet Nam even without U.S. consent. The remark came as the United States planned a 5000-man force buildup, about a one third increase, while Washington opposed cross-border action at that time. Khanh labeled a northward strike as defense or counterattack, arguing the south is an independent government. The exchange underscored tensions over possible offensive moves across the border.
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Four More Americans Die in Vietnam Mines and Ambush
Four American officers were killed near Saigon in two incidents as their jeep hit a mine in Go Cong Province and another officer died in an ambush 15 miles northwest of Saigon. Two soldiers were wounded, one seriously, with official casualty reports delayed for six hours. The toll brings U.S. combat deaths to 173 and overall U.S. deaths to 260 since 1961. Khanh held a news conference after meeting U.S. officials. Washington warns casualties may rise as the war continues.
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FMC Employees Vote To Accept New Contract
Charleston UPI report says about 1600 United Auto Workers members at FMC Ordnance Plant in South Charleston approved a 30 month pact ending a 12 week strike. The agreement includes a 2½ cent hourly raise, a seniority clause, grievance rights, and dues checkoff, with 60 days to negotiate unresolved job classifications. an arbitrator to decide if needed. A bomb threat delayed the meeting but no device was found.
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UPI
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UAW
Rayoss
Municipal Auditorium
Ross
Mine Accidents Kill 2 In County
Two area men died in separate mining accidents within seven hours. Samuel Campbell, 45, of Harper Heights, crushed in a state fall at Slab Fork Coal Co. No. 1 mine Monday at 10 p m. James Rhodes, 47, of Bradley, died at Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Mine No 6 at Eccles around 5 a m today at the bottom of a shaft. Officials investigated presstime. no other injuries reported.
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Harper Heights
Slab Fork
Eccles
Drought Threatens West Virginia Fruit Belt Crops
West Virginia officials warn extreme dryness in the eastern panhandle and fruit belt endangers peach and apple harvests. Chief Statistician A R Miller notes two rainless weeks could produce a poor crop with peaches starting Aug 10 and apples later, while hay suffers and drought may surpass 1963.
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API
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Panhandle
A. R. Miller
State Department of Agriculture
Moorefield
Romney
Martinsburg
Miller
Mathias
Hampshire
Morgan
Jefferson
Berkeley Counties
Liens Filed Against 31 Property Owners in Beckley
Beclley residents face liens filed in Raleigh County Courthouse for overdue sewer bills with a 10 percent penalty on totals over 30 days late. Mayor John Wesley Smith notes letters were ignored in several cases, with some bills tied to updating sections of the city and long overdue charges. Properties listed include Della Lilly, Dixie and Florence Bailey, Eli and Rose Motley, Mary Jackson, Claudean Winston, Billy H. and Kathleen Bair, Rex Scrulock, Lola Laing, Walter and Jennie Muse, and others across Central and Early Additions, McCreery Court, Elkins Street, and North Kanawha Street, totaling amounts with penalties. (See Lions Page 2)
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Della Lilly
Home
Dixie
Florence Bailey
Eli and
Rose Motley
Central Addition
Mary Jackson
Claudean Winston
Billy H
Kathleen Bair
McCreery Court
Rex A. Scrulock
Democratic Platform to Denounce Extremism in 1964
Washington DP platform drafters likely will condemn political extremism on both wings and may name the John Birch Society the Ku Klux Klan and the Communist party. They also may credit Republicans in Congress for helping pass the civil rights law.
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Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
Goldwater
Democratic Congress
GOP
Dunkley Named Mr. Hope Principal Again
E W Dunkley, former Mount Hope High School principal, recalled from retirement to fill the post until a permanent replacement is named by the Fayette County Board of Education. Dunkley, who served 30 years as principal, previously taught 43 years in West Virginia and holds a master’s from WVU Morgantown. He’s active in Mount Hope Christian Church, Mount Hope Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and the Fayetteville American Legion Post.
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E W. Dunkley
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Morgantown
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Rabies Quarantine Covers Kanawha County in August
In Kanawha County a rabies outbreak prompts a countywide quarantine for August. Assistant Commissioner Gus Douglas from the State Department of Agriculture urges all dog owners to leash pets and vaccinate against rabies to prevent spread.
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Charleston
UPI
Kanawha
Gus Douglas
State Department of Agriculture
Charles Town Youth Drowns In Ohio River
Newell UPI Darrell Price from Charles Town, age 14, drowned Monday while swimming in the Ohio River at Kennedy Memorial Park. He was with a companion and apparently ignored warnings to stay near the river bank. He had arrived in the county earlier that day with a truckload of horses from Charles Town racetrack to Waterford Park.
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Newell
UPI
Darrell Price
Charles Town
Ohio
Kennedy Memorial Park
Price
Waterford Park
Five Year Old Drowns in River Near Parkersburg
Five year old Bruce Eric Latchaw of Parkersburg drowned Monday while swimming with a neighbor and other children in the Little Kanawha River. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Latchaw, he was five.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Bruce Eric Latchaw
Kanawha River
Bruce
Robert Latchaw
Churchill Honored by Commons On His Final Day
In a rare tribute the House of Commons prepared to express unbounded admiration for Winston Churchill's years of leadership. An all party delegation would present the motion to Churchill at his London town house, a mark few have seen since Wellington. Churchill vows not to seek re election, signaling the end of an era.
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FDIC Pushes for Legislation After Four Bank Failures
The FDIC urges Congress to tighten banking supervision after four bank failures this year. It cites ownership changes preceding bankruptcies and ongoing fraud investigations. Chairman Barr backs a bill requiring banks to report changes in control to regulators to curb risky ownership and protect insured deposits.
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UPI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Congress
Joseph W. Barr
House Banking Committee
School Gerrymandering Hearing Stated Today
A 1 30 p m hearing before Judge John A Field Jr in the new Federal Building Raleigh examines NAACP charges that the County Board of Education gerrymandered school zones to keep segregation. The case traces to 1955 and 1956 orders and to testimony in October 1963.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Federal
John A. Field Jr
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Field
Ben Moore
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