Dominican Elections Bosch Holds 3-2 Edge In Race
UPI reports official returns from a fraction of districts show Juan Bosch leading Joaquin Balaguer 3 to 2 with Bosch at 35 873 votes to 22 516 Balaguer and 1421 Bonnelly in Santo Domingo totals. Unofficial tallies from El Caribe Listin Diario suggest Balaguer leads overall, highlighting a nation seeking stability after turmoil.
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Santo Domingo
Bosch
Balaguer
Rafael Bonnelly
el Caribe
Listin Diario
Reform Party
PRD
PRSC
Bonnelly
Min
Ellard Expected On Stand In Hardman Trial
In Charleston UPI says state expected to place confessed triggerman Robert Ellard on the stand in the accessory to murder trial of Mrs Ethel Hardman. Prosecutor Walker cited Ellard saying he killed for money while Hardman supplied it. The case follows the conviction of Hardman’s daughter Miss Mary E Bennett.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert Ellard
Ethel Hardman
Charles Walker
Robert
Ellard
Mexican workers push for higher minimum wage strike
In Rio Grande City Texas striking Mexican American farm workers led by veteran labor figure Eugene Nelson vow to widen picket lines and press for the national minimum wage of 1.25 an hour. The walkout disrupts three large cantaloupe farms in the Rio Grande Valley as farm owners say 50 cents an hour is all they can pay. Nelson was jailed after blocking a train at the Rio Grande City depot and was held on a $500 bond.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
UPI
California
Rio Grande Valley
Eugene Nelson
Nelson
UMW Organizes Chapel Coal Co Mine
KINGWOOD UPI The United Mine Workers union won organizing rights at the Chapel Coal Co. mine after a 15 year effort. Of 175 eligible miners, 150 voted for the UMW, 14 opposed, and one ballot was voided. The union had previously tried to organize through multiple efforts and a ten day strike last October.
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Kingwood
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
Chapel Coal Co
UMW
Pipeline Walkout Halts Oil Across Eureka Network
About 150 workers from Local 3693 AFL-CIO walked out at 7 a m Wednesday when their contract with Eureka Pipeline Co expired. Negotiations failed and flow from Charleston to Pittsburgh stopped, risking $1 million monthly losses to West Virginia producers and the delivery of 275000 barrels of crude oil per month.
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Charleston
UPS
Eureka Pipeline Co
Pittsburgh
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
Afl-Cio
West Virginia
Congress Small Chance Of Rebirth Bill Passing
Washington reports President Johnson's plan to fund a six year program for city revitalization faces slim odds. The administration shrank its request to planning funds and may push construction money later, while a House subcommittee weighs a watered down version. Other items note emergency relief for farmers and a proposed national water commission. NATO debate centers on a reassessment of U S strategy and a possible Paris trip by Johnson.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Congressional
Senate
House-Senate
National Water Commission
Interior Committee
NATO
Paul Findley
Paris
NATO Alliance
Findley
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
U.S
McIntyre
Toll Bridge For Mingo
The Big Creek Bridge Co. is authorized by the Public Service Commission to build and operate a toll bridge at Nolan in Mingo County. Tolls include three cents for pedestrians and bicycles, 15 cents for cars and larger vehicles, with passengers paying an extra three cents and heavier vehicles priced by size.
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Charleston
UPI
Big Creek Bridge Co
The
Public Service Commission
Nolan
Mingo County
Weigand Rites Set. Summit Man 45 Remains Inurned
Graveside services for John T. Weigand 45 of 412 Morris Ave Summit NJ will be Saturday at 10 am at Sunset Memorial Park with Dr Kenneth Swank officiating He died in a Summit hospital at 8 pm Tuesday after a long illness He was a son of T A Weigand of Forrest Hills NJ and the late Mrs Weigand He was past exalted ruler of Birmingham AL BPOE No 1738 and a 1935 graduate of Columbia University He is survived by his wife Ruth Foley Weigand of Summit daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Foley of Beckley Pallbearers are Emmett Fodley Chester Foley Arnold Foley Robert Smith Jack Wood and Darrell Shively The body is being returned to the Caffee Funeral Home and is scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 pm Wednesday injured in motorcycle crash near Summersville at noon He is survived by his mother Edna McGinnis Williams widow Sue Clark Williams of Sand Lick seven sisters and five brothers at home The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home and will be taken to the Williams home at 1 pm Friday
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John T. Weigand
Morris Ave
Summit
Sunset Memorial Park
Kenneth Swank
Weigand
Summit Hospital
T. A. Weigand
Forrest Hills
N.J
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia University
Ruth Foley Weigand
R. L. Foley
Garden Terrace
Beckley
Emmett Fodley
Chester Foley
Arnold Foley
Robert Smith
Jack Wood
Darrell Shively
Caffee
Summersville
Edna McGinnis Williams
Sue Clark Williams
Sand Lick
Barbara Condia
Loretta
Judith
Peggy
Wilma
Theresa
Iva Marie
Paul
Junior
Dean
Michael
Steve
Rose and Quesenberry
Williams
Williams Rites Held for Howard Lee Williams 18
Funeral services for Howard Lee Williams age 18 are set for Saturday at 2 p m at his father Snowden Williams home in Salt Lick with Rev Wade Webb officiating Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Sand Lick Williams died at 4 p m
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Howard Lee Williams
Snowden Williams
Salt Lick
Wade Webb
Sand Lick
Williams
Rusk Ends Helsinki Talks With Finnish Officials
Secretary of State Dean Rusk closed two days of talks with President Kekkonen and Finnish leaders on Viet Nam policy. Protests were restrained as a Communist speaker was barred from an anti American rally, and Rusk prepared to move on to Oslo then NATO talks in Brussels.
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Helsinki
UPI
Dean Rusk
Urho Kekkonen
U.S
Rusk
Foreign Office
Communist National Liberation Front
Nguyen van Dong
Turku
Oslo
Norway
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Brussels
Buddhist compromise details murky from faulty loudspeaker
A garbled Buddhist compromise announcement aired via a malfunctioning loudspeaker led to uncertainty about the terms. The unclear message helped explain why the President declined comment at the news conference as word reached Washington just before the briefing.
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Washington
Miners Affected By Gas At Drift Mine Incident
Miners were at the Doverspike Bros. coal mine when a gas incident occurred. Several others became ill but did not require hospitalization. Victims were about one mile from the mine entrance, in a drift mine cutting into a hillside.
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Doverspike Bros
Shaffer
Doverspike
West Virginia counties lose public works aid status
The Economic Development Administration says seven West Virginia counties are no longer eligible for Public Works and Economic Development Act aid after 1965 unemployment fell below 6 percent. Eligible counties have until June 30 to file new applications. none after July 1.
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Washington
UPI
Economic Development Administration
West Virginia
EDA
Jackson
Marion
Monongalia
Tyler
Wetzel
Putnam
Wyoming
Funeral Plans Announced for Marine Pfc Lewis Rollins
Arrangements for the funeral of Marine Pfc. Lewis C. Rollins, 20, of 200 H St., are to be announced later. He was killed in action in Viet Nam after being stationed there a month. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Silas Rollins of Beckley and a sister Rosa at home. A brother Silas Rollins Jr. preceded him in death in March. The body is being returned to Trent and Durgan Funeral.
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Lewis C. Rollins
Rollins
Viet Nam
Silas Rollins
Beckley
Rosa
Silas Rollins Jr
Trent and Durgan
Parole Board Faces Vacancy With Bronson Resignation
Williamson native John F. Bronson may resign from the State Parole Board and be sent to Governor Smith. If he leaves, Robert Kuhn would bear the parole interview load for about 1,600 inmates, as two members must agree to parole and Byrne had already left earlier this year. The board members earn $9,000 annually despite a 10,000 appropriation earlier this session.
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Charleston
UPI
John F. Bronson
Williamson
State Parole Board
Smith
Charleston Daily
Maine
Mambhore
G8im Tlawyad
Robert Kuhn
Bronson
J. Holt Byrne
Kuhn
Byrne
Flint teachers strike near Detroit sparks citywide picket action
About 200000 residents north of here, teachers drove through town in a militant motorcade then picketed Flint’s 54 public schools. Elmer Knoff warned potential firing under Michigan anti strike law while MEA leader Mary Christian sought no reprisals clause. Substitutes urged. buses paused with students watching from street corners.
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Here
Elmer Knoff
Flint Board of Education
Michigan
Knoff
Mary Christian
Flint
Michigan Education Association
MEA
Detroit
Vietnam War daily toll and air raids reported
Viet Nam reports 240 killed and 55 missing with a 3.5 to 1 kill ratio favoring Allies. U S Navy and Air Force pilots faced heavy anti aircraft fire during raids over North Vietnam after two days of record bombing. Air Power sorties peaked Monday with the largest number of missions. Tuesday saw 120 fighter planes strike inland, destroying and damaging trucks guns barges and roads while rail lines are torn up. Navy strikes near Vinh and Thanh Hoa hit a surface to air missile site destroying launchers and radar control gear.
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U.S. Navy
Air Force
U.S
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh
Navy
Thanh Hoa
Federal Judge Refuses Draft Registration for Objector
UPI reports U.S. District Judge John W. Lord Jr. refused to compel Jeremiah T. Dickinson to register for the draft or to serve two years as a Quaker nursing aide at Friends Hospital. Dickinson, 18, a Haverford College freshman from Yellow Springs, Ohio, cited personal beliefs. The judge imposed two years of work with limited pay, staying at the hospital except for a death in the family, and ordered weekly payments toward room and board.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Selective Service
U.S
John W. Lord Jr
Jeremiah T. Dickinson
Haverford College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Dickinson
Lord
U. S
Drew J. T. O'Keefe
Friends Hospital
State Teacher Not Entitled To Retirement
Asst. Atty. Gen. Claude A. Joyce ruled that a teacher who withdraws from the Teachers Retirement System can receive credit only for years taught after June 4 1941 upon repayment with interest. Mrs Louise Herod cannot count Kanawha County years or pre 1941 service toward disability retirement unless she has at least 10 years since 1941.
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Charleston
UPI
Asst
Claude A. Joyce
William C. Worrell
Teachers Retirement Board
Worrell
Louise Herod
Monongalia County
Kanawha
Greenbrier
Nicholas County
Monongalia
Joyce
Herod
Herold
Buddhist Leaders Silent After Vietnam Settlement News
Rioters restrained from taking their lives after the settlement announcement. Thich Tri Quang and Thich Thien Minh, anti government leaders, have not stated their positions. A funeral march of about 5,000 Buddhists followed two deaths by self sacrifice. The accord expands the Congress of the People and Armed forces to supervise the government after June 6, with Ky removed but Thieu kept as chief of state.
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Thich Tri Quang
Thich Thien Minh
Tri Quang
Thick Tam Chau
Nationalist Party
Cassity Man Killed In Truck Collision
A Cassity resident Merle K. Fox, 27, died in a collision with a larger truck near the Upshur Randolph border. Gale C. Robinson, 22, of Ire land, was charged with negligent homicide in the U S 22 crash. Howard Lee Williams, unknown, died after a motorcycle wreck at Summersville Dam. Charles S. Shanklin, 20, of Bluefield, died when the car he rode in overturned on Va 606 near Hollybrook.
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Ellamore
UPI
Merle K. Fox
Cassity
Randolph County
Upshur
Gale C. Robinson
Ireland
Lewis County
U. S
Howard Lee Williams
Sand Lick
Raleigh County
Summersville
Summersville Dam
Charles S. Shanklin
Bluefield
Va. Rt
Hollybrook
Billy Graham Crusade Opens in London at Earl's Court
London papers largely praise Billy Graham opening his month long crusade in Earl's Court drawing a near capacity 19000 crowd. More than 450 move to stage for decision for Christ while The Times and Daily Telegraph offer criticism of his style and promotional methods in editorials.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Britain
North Carolina
Graham
Earl’s Court
Christ
The
Times
Daily Telegraph
Rights pledge and conference rule clash over forum motions
Delegates at a national conference debate access to floor motions as moderates clash with militants over new rules. Johnson administration faced charges of rigging the event while the steering committee approved changes to allow voting in final workshop sessions. With 12 workshops and under 200 members each, the concessions appear limited.
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Johnson
Southern Governors Conference Set for Kentucky Dam Village trip
The 32nd Southern Governors Conference will run September 18 to 21 at Kentucky Dam Village State Park in Kentucky. More than 500 attendees are expected, including governors staffs state officials and 200 news media representatives from 17 southern states. Mack Sisk coordinates the event and a large communications network is being arranged. The 1966 attendees include governors from Kentucky Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and West Virginia with Maryland Governor J Millard Tawes as chairman.
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Frankfort
UPI
Kentucky Dam Village State Park
Sea Island
Mack Sisk
Kentucky
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
New Dam Authorized In Pocahontas County
The Public Service Commission approved the Natural Resources Department to build a dam in Pocahontas County after design approval. The dam will be on a stream feeding Little River, a Greenbrier River tributary, on U S Forest Service land.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Natural Resources Department
Pocahontas County
Greenbrier
U. S. Forest Servce
Javits Urges Computerized Draft System
Senator Jacob Javits urged the Johnson administration to replace the draft with a universal national service plan for all men under 35. The plan would use a computerized system to allocate service in the armed forces or Peace Corps and poverty programs, with students required to serve in their field after completing studies.
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Washington
UPS
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Johnson Administration
Javits
Peace Corps
Congress
House Gop
Surveyor fires retrorockets in moon landing sequence
The spacecraft used small gas jets to reverse and orient for its main retrorocket toward the moon. It slowed from 5900 mph to 269 mph, then to about 8 mph near touchdown. TV cameras captured the descent as Surveyor settled onto the surface.
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Moon
Surveyor
Landin
Gemini Crew Slow to Identify Four Objects in Launch Delay
Officials Stafford and Cernan described as philosophical about the latest launch disappointment, the second in 15 days. Astronaut chief Donald K. Slayton said the crew are in good spirits and will be as ready Friday as they were today.
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Stafford and
Cernan
Donald K. Slayton
Quake Rocks Tokyo Today
A sharp earthquake struck Tokyo with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. No casualties or significant disruptions were listed, and authorities had not issued warnings or evacuations at press time.
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Tokyo
UPI
Indira Gandhi Inspires Women To Aim High
In a June issue feature, Cleopatra to Elizabeth highlights Indira Gandhi becoming prime minister of India. It covers her rise from assisting Nehru to leading 480 million people, praising her resilience and lifelong dedication to solving national problems.
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Cleopatra
Elizabeth
Indira Gandhi
India
England
Nehru
New Delhi
Shastri
Mrs. Gandhi
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