Ranger 7 Paves Way For Moon Visit With Load Of Clear Pictures
Douglas Diltz reports Ranger 7 sent thousands of excellent close up pictures before a bullseye lunar touchdown. Mission hailed a complete success by project manager H M Schurmeier and Johnson, who praised the milestone in America's moon program. Pickering called the flight a textbook operation as scientists and newsmen cheered the 70 hour flight from Cape Kennedy.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Ranger 7
America
Cape Kennedy
Johnson
William Pickering
Pickering
Johnson drops Kennedy from VP list in bid for ticket
President Johnson has excluded Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from his Democratic vice presidential shortlist as Minnesota Senators Humphrey and McCarthy emerge as front-runners. Other named possibilities include Pastore Muskie Ribicoff Dodd Brown Wagner and Roosevelt Jr. while McNamara and Shriver are also ruled out. Outside speculation hints at a convention drive to win Kennedy support for a No. 2 slot.
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Alvin Spivak Washington
UPI
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Atlantic City
Humphrey
McCarthy
John O. Pastore
R. I. Edmunds. Muskie
Maine
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Conn
Thomas J. Dodd
Gov
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Taps Hint At Alive Miners In Chalk Mine Rescue
Distinct taps from deep inside the chalk mine near ChampagnoIe indicate one or more of the nine missing miners may still be alive. Rescue teams adapt with new test shafts as a drilling setback slows progress on the escape attempt.
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Champagnole
France
UPI
Mount River
Beckley Area Weather Forecast and Conditions
Weather outlook for Beckley and vicinity with cloudy to partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Highs near 76 this afternoon, upper 70s Saturday. lows around 53 tonight. Recent readings show 78 the high at 2:30 p.m and 49 low in the last 24 hours. River Greenbrier normal, clear. Lake normal, clear. new gauge at Hinton reads 17 ft.
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Beckley
Satuday
Greenbrier
Hinton
Stauffer Aims to Buy Celanese Plant in Pleasonton
Stauffer Chemical Co of New York is negotiating to purchase the Celanese Plant in Pleasanton. The local plant opened in 1956 and employs 87 people. Celanese Corp chemical division operates three Texas plants.
Atty Gen Kennedy to Stay Active in Politics
Washington UPI Robert F Kennedy, out of the running for the vice presidency, vows to remain in public service. He urged supporters of him and the late President Kennedy to back Johnson, while noting no firm future job. Speculation arose about roles in foreign affairs or a Russia post, but he did not specify.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
State of Defense Departments
Russia
June Sets New Record For Deaths In Traffic
Chicago UPI The National Safety Council reports record U.S. highway deaths for June and the first half of the year. A total of 45,840 traffic fatalities were recorded in the year ended June 30, with 21,280 deaths in the first six months, marking both monthly and yearly highs. The June count rose 7 percent from a year ago, while the six month total is up 12 percent from the first half of 1963.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
U. S
Ranger 7 captures high quality moon pictures
Washington officials report Ranger 7 has produced close up images of the Moon of excellent quality. Goldstone tracking station reports the pictures are better than expected. The flight center notes the mission ends years of Ranger program failures and points to a possible manned visit to the Moon in 1969 or 1970. Ranger 7 struck only 9 or
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
Ranger 7
Goldstone
Calif
Jant
Ranger
Earth
Pictures Released From Ranger 7 Moon Flight Return
Barstow note. After a 25 man effort at Goldstone in the Mojave, Ranger 7 sent a space age signal that fed six television cameras recording up to 4000 close up moon pictures. Officials said the films would be released to the public within 24 to 48 hours. The mission cost about 30 million dollars and aimed to test landing safety for a manned lunar program by 1970.
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Barstow
Calif
UPI
Here
America
Moon
Goldstone
Mojave Desert
Earth
Ranger 7
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Echo
Ranger-7
Educators Urged to Promote Civil Rights Act Acceptance
President Johnson urged U.S. educators to back the Civil Rights Act, telling over 300 county and local school superintendents at the White House that schools shape liberty and that neglect of schools means neglect of freedom. He said the law moves racial conflict from streets to courts and urged delaying demonstrations until after the November election.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Local workers appeal to Johnson to save jobs
Labor trouble brews at New Hospital Chain as Beckley workers petition President Johnson to stop wage cuts and fringe benefits reductions. ARH is cutting wages at Appalachian Regional Hospitals Inc operations, with contracts extended to Aug 15.union leaders warn of possible walkout while contract talks continue.
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Johnson
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Wilbur Wright
United Mine Workers of America
Wright
Elwood Moffett
Washington D. C
District 50
Moffett
Appalachian Regional Hospitals Inc
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Underwood Blames Smith for Flood Irregularities
West Virginia Republican Cecil H. Underwood charged that his rival Hulett Smith should be held responsible for irregularities in 1962 flood relief funds. He cited the Commerce Department and a Kanawha County grand jury report saying funds were dispersed to dummy corporations and manipulated records. Underwood urged voters to judge Smith’s accountability.
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Charleston
UPI
Cecil H. Underwood
Hulett Smith
State Commerce Department
Underwood
Smith
Sup
Commerce Department
Kanawha County
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Department of Commerce
Democrats cited for county economic gains in Kanawha
Gov. W. W. Barron used West Virginia Chamber of Commerce figures to contrast Kanawha County retail sales under Republican Gov Cecil Underwood with gains during Barron's tenure. He cited 1957 60 totals 303 million to 332.3 million in 1963 and argued Democratic leadership boosted growth.
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Charleston
UPI
Kanawha County
W. W. Barron
Barron
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Democratic Party
Fayette Visitor Kills Herself in Oak Hill Visit
Mrs Lois Faye Hodges 37 of Damascus Ohio died in an Oak Hill hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police say she shot herself at 11 15 am Thursday while visiting her parents home in Fayetteville Route. The family reported she had been in ill health and low spirits during the vacation with her husband Herbert and children Randy 9 and Carolyn 18.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Ohio
Lois Faye Hodges
Damascus
Emmett Thompson
Fayetteville
Hodges
Fayette County
Herbert
Randy
Carolyn
Goldwater Sets Aug 12 for GOP Unity Summit
Washington UPI report says Goldwater headquarters fixed August 12 as the date for a Republican unity summit at Hershey Pennsylvania. Former President Eisenhower and former Vice President Nixon are slated to attend with Governor Scranton hosting.
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Washington
Salinger Seen Likely Replacement For Engle
Pierre Salinger flew home from a Far Eastern tour amid reports he would be named to replace U S Senator Clair Engle who died of a brain tumor in Washington. Governor Edmund G Brown, a Democrat like both men, was expected to appoint Salinger to the remainder of Engle’s term ending in January.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Pierre Salinger
Clair Engle
Engle
Washington
Edmund G. Brown
Salinger
Senate
Food Prices Rise in June Driving Cost of Living Up
Washington reports June food prices continued to climb with a two-tenths rise in the national cost-of-living index to 108 on the 1957-59 average. Purchasing power edged up about 4 percent from a year earlier, while officials warn July may see another price jump as food costs persist.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Lively Family Day Proclaimed in Beckley West Virginia
Mayor John Wesley Smith proclaims Saturday as Lively Family Day in Beckley to honor the National Association reunion weekend. J Livesy of Beckley leads events including a 4 p.m. picnic at Grand View State Park and a 7:30 p.m. hotel reception. Kellis Lively of Alexandria serves as association president.
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Lively Family
Beckley
John Wesley Smith
National Association
J. O. Lively
Grandview State Park
Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill
Beckley Hotel
Kellis Lively
Alexandria
Funds Approved for Mt Hope Mines Building and Pineville Post Office
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved 38000 for remodeling and expanding the Mount Hope Bureau of Mines Building as part of a 1,056,300 WV federal buildings package. A new Pineville post office costing 166,250 is included, to be built at Second Avenue and C Street.
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Mt. Hope
Pineville
Mount Hope
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Second Avenue
C Street
Donald H. Stark
Oak Hill
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