Beckley area book binding and local queries answered
A Q A column covers Beckley area topics. Heckman Bindery binds Raleigh County Library books at 1010 North Sycamore Street, North Manchester Indiana. Other items confirm New River Park tennis lessons start June 13 with Dave Barksdale. Head Start at Sylvia Elementary begins June 27. interior decorators Rivers Varn and Janet Hall are licensed. Gemini 9 astronauts Stafford and Cerfan completed a bullseye splashdown aboard ship.
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Elizabeth Bivens
Raleigh County
Heckman Bindery, Inc
Raleigh County Library
Beckley
North
Sycamore St
Manchester
Indiana
Rivers Varn
White House
Glen White
Janet Hall At
Gemini Crew Rescued After Close Wasp Landing
The capsule descended by parachute to the western Atlantic near the aircraft carrier Wasp after a three day space mission. Stafford guided the capsule to a landing about 3,000 yards from the ship, the closest approach yet for a manned US space flight. Paul Haney quipped that it was pretty close for government work.
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Wasp
Atlantic
Stafford
Paul Haney
Gemini Control
Capsule Flight Ends With Calm Landing After Fiery Reentry
The capsule endured 3000 degree heat during reentry causing a blackout for five minutes. Air conditioning kept the crew comfortable as G pressure weighed on Stafford yet his voice remained calm. After splashdown they spoke with control, slept five to six hours, and then received retro-fire and landing instructions. Stafford aimed for a cigar and noted his Astros’ loss.
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Space Twins
Stafford
Cernan
Gemini Control
Alma Intensifies Into First Caribbean Tropical Storm
Tropical storm Alma formed from a rainy low pressure area in the northwestern Caribbean Sea and reached about 60 mph winds as it moved north-northeast. Officials warned it could near hurricane strength within 12 to 18 hours as the season began six days earlier.
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Miami
API
Alma
Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Weather Summary Becktley And Vicinity Turbulence Alert
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. High 83, low 60. Five day forecast shows 2 to 6 degrees above normal, rain 0.25 to 0.75 inches mid and late week. Tropical low near Swan Island expected to become a tropical storm, but no land danger. winds 35 to 47 mph, heavy rain over the Honduran Peninsula.
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Beckley
Tees Bee
Vccaes
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Texas
Craig
Cole
Caribbean Sea
Swan Island
Alma
Havana
Cuba
U.S
Miami
Caribbean
Weather Bureau
Honduran
Man Drowns Sunday in Little Kanawha River
william l warner age 20 drowned Sunday night while swimming with three companions at a river swimming hole on the little kanawha in lewis county sheriff said witnesses saw him leap from a rock into seven feet of water and vanish his body was recovered by a neighbor and attempts to revive him failed warner was reportedly a non swimmer
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Wildcat
UPI
William L. Warner
Kanawha
Lewis County
Gerald L. Hayes
Warner
Gemini 9 Mission At A Glance
United Press International reports Gemini 9 with astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan settling for an eight hour sleep on their last night in space. Cernan’s AMU spacewalk was canceled due to fogged visor and poor coms, though he spent two hours outside the capsule. Touchdown expected near Florida after Canton Island east of Hawaii. Recovery aboard Wasp with medicals then Cape Kennedy return.
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United Press International
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Cernan
Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
AMU
Canton Island
Hawaii
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Wasp
Cape Kennedy
Moon Mountain Rises From Lunar Horizon Surveyor Finds Crest
Pasadena Calif UPI reports Surveyor mooncraft pictures reveal a 500 foot high mountain crest above the moon's horizon. Caltech JPL identifies the feature as part of an ancient ghost crater near 12 miles northeast, with a range under three miles long. The Sunday transmission yielded 651 sharp photographs, totaling 2,053 by day four. First try landing credited to the US in the lunar race.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Surveyor Mooncraft
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Goldstone
California
Moja
Toll Boosted to 185 as West Virginia Fares Turn Fatal
West Virginia highways endured a grim weekend with six deaths across four crashes. The annual toll rose to 185 from 178. Victims include Isaac Bennett and Olen Bennett in Pendleton County. Edward Riggleman Jr. and John Murphy Jr. near Clarksburg. Charles Williams in Keystone. Bernadette Knotts in Fairmont. Vincent faces involuntary manslaughter charges.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Harrison
Pendleton
Isaac FE. Bennett
Cherry Grove
Olen L. Bennett
Staunton
Pendleton County
Edward O. Riggleman Jr
Nutter Fort
John C. Murphy Jr
Clarksburg
Lost Creek
Charles K. Williams
Keystone
Bernadette Knotts
Laurel
Fairmont
Thomas QO. Vincent
Tralee Mine Mishap Claims Rhodell Man
Tralee mine worker Woodrow Meadows 44 of Rhodell was killed instantly in a 9 10 a m rock fall at Semit Solvay Allied Chemical Corp mine. Officials said no one else was hurt. Meadows was a veteran and father of a son in the Air Force in Europe and an 11 year old daughter. The body was sent to Mullens for funeral arrangements.
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Tralee
RNS
Woodrow Meadows
Rhodell
Semit-Solvay
Allied Chemical Corp
Meadows
Air Force
Europe
Sam Fogle Song, Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Ky invites civilians to join South Viet Nam junta
In Saigon Premier Ky invites civilians to join the 10 man ruling junta as part of a compromise to ease the Buddhist government crisis. The move expands the junta from 10 to 20 and aims to avert renewed street protests while a transfer plan seeks early civilian rule and a national constitutional assembly. Buddhist leaders offered no immediate reaction.
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Saigon
API
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieu
National Leadership Council
Vien Hoa Dao
Operation Crazy Horse ends with 516 Viet Cong killed
Allied forces declare the three week campaign a success in South Vietnam with 516 Viet Cong killed and 31 captured. U S pilots report 104 more enemy killed in air strikes, 47 missions over the North, and several structures and barges destroyed. South Korean troops credited with 131 enemy killed. One plane lost, crew safe.
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Saigon
Vps
U.S
South Viet Nam
Panhandle
Navy
Vinh
Thanh Oa
Viet Nam
Air Force
Conh Hoi
Mu Gia
Marine
Skyhawk
Qang Ngai
South
Mekong
U. S
Vinh Thanh
America St Air Cavalry Division
Allies Begin Move of SHAPE Site From Paris to Belgium
NATO ministers meeting in Brussels with 14 allies except France agreed to relocate SHAPE from Paris to a Belgian site near Brussels. They plan a subcommittee to finalize location details while maintaining the political HQ in Paris. France declined a meeting with the group, citing prior engagements with Canada’s Paul Martin.
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Brussels
UPI
NATO
France
Supreme Allied Headquarters
SHAPE
Paris
Belgium
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S
Palais Des Congres
Maurice Couve de Murville
Afcent
Fontainebleau
West Germany
Couve de Murville
Paul Martin
NATO Council
Wheeling Student Killed in Salisbury Four-Car Crash
Raleigh United Press International reports a four car weekend crash near Salisbury North Carolina killed Jack W. Norris 20 of Wheeling West Virginia a student at Wheeling College.
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Raleigh, N. C
UPI
Salisbury
N. C
West
Bobby Kennedy Snubbed In Africa Tour
Senator Robert F. Kennedy said two South African cabinet ministers refused meetings during his six day visit to Pretoria. Kennedy named Justice Minister John Vorster and Education Minister Sen Jan de Klerk as the officials who would not meet him. He noted prior requests to meet Vorster had been discouraged and that a State Department cable indicated officials felt unable to see him.
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Pretoria
South Africa
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kennedy
U. S
John Vorster
Jan de Klerk
New York
Vorster
U. S. State Department
Chicago Hoodlum Out Of Jail Sam The Silent Freed
Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana known as Momo is released after a year in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury. The case centers on U.S. District Judge Campbell and federal prosecutor Edward Hanrahan who touted the tactic as a victory for the government. The release comes amid questions over why he was freed and what it means for ongoing investigations.
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Sam
Momo) Giancana
UPI
Washington
Chicago
Silent Sam
Robert T. Loughran
Dan Giancana
Momo
Edward V. Hanrahan
U.S
Giancana
Hanrahan
Gianecana
William J. Campbell
Caponeland
David Schippers
Sam J. Betar
Robert S. Bailey
Justice Department
Pope Paul VI Birth Control Cabinet Meets for Drafts
Pope Paul VI convened his inner cabinet to begin drafting recommendations on possible changes to the church ban on oral pills and other contraceptives. Separately, representatives of the Coal Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe start a 12 day inspection tour of bituminous coal facilities in the Tri State area.
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Pope Paul VI
Coal Committee
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Tri-State
Multimillion dollar titanium dioxide plant planned near New Martinsville
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co announced plans to build a five building titanium dioxide plant near New Martinsville. The Labor Department will drop several cities from the Economic list of federal aid recipients including Cleveland Toledo Philadelphia Buffalo and a four county Pittsburgh area. An autopsy showed a part time preacher died from multiple gunshot wounds after a gunfight with police in Huntington. Senator Byrd pledged to co sponsor an eternal flame at Arlington Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, calling it a symbol of courage and patriotism. Two Culloden residents Donald Cremeans and Barbara Burdette earned bronze medals from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for rescuing a boy from a high voltage line in August 1965.
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New
Martinsville
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Labor Department
Cleveland
Toledo
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Robert C. Byrd
Arlington National Cemeery
Byrd
Culloden
W. Va
Donald E. Cremeans
Barbara L. Burdette
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
West Virginia Draft Quota 701 for July and August
West Virginia will supply 701 men for the national draft in July and August. The July quota is 313 men as part of a 26,500 nationwide call. The August quota is 388 men toward a nationwide 2,600 quota. Local boards will not induct registrants who have not passed 19th birthday.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Adj
Williams
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Cunningham
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