Reluctant Reds Pay Back Tax On Glen Cove Estate
Glen Cove accepts a $38,000 check from the Soviet Union as partial payment on back taxes for the Kilnenworth estate. The city says the USSR owes $26,000 more in taxes plus interest, and the payment averts looming tax lien foreclosure.
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Reds
Glen Cove
N.Y
UPI
Russia
Soviet Union
Killenworth
Long Island
State Department
Joseph Reilly
Reilly
Reds Silent On Moon Mission
Moscow reports a planned Luna 6 unmanned lunar mission with four transmissions received and systems functioning. Twilight details mention a soft landing goal, contrasting Luna 5’s hard landing with no pictures.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Earth
Flight Films View Wives See Space Walk Wonders
In Seabrook Texas UPI wives of astronauts Ed White and Jim McDivitt watched color films of White space walk from Gemini 4. They marveled at vivid colors and understood why he lingered in space. The films showed White floating at 103 miles up, 17,500 mph, as McDivitt watched. Doctors later announced no issues after two days of tests. A homecoming celebration for McDivitt’s 36th birthday was planned for Seabrook.
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Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Pat McDivitt
Pat White
Outer Space
Ed White
Jim McDivitt
White
America
McDivitt
Terry Sanders
Berea
Ohio
Earth
Storms Kill 5: One At Athens
United Press International reports deadly storms across three states Tuesday killed at least five people. An 11 year old girl was struck by lightning in Athens West Virginia, a truck driver died sheltering under a tree in Chicago, a carpenter fell 40 feet at a South Bend church site, and two women perished when their convertible collided with a truck near Carbondale Illinois.
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United Press International
Minnesota
Michigan
Athens
W.va
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Carbondale
III
Carnival Hand Drowns In Kanawha Bath
Marion Hall, 21, a carnival ride operator from Augusta Georgia, drowned Tuesday in the Kanawha River at Chelyan about 15 miles southeast of Charleston. He bathed, stepped into deeper water to rinse, and could not swim. His brother Grady Hall and two companions attempted a rescue but were unsuccessful. Hall worked with Drew Shows, which had been playing in the area for weeks.
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Charleston
UPI
Marion Hall
Augusta
Kanawha
Chelyan
Here
Hall
Grady Hall
Drew
Reorganization studied as subcommittee targets departments
Charleston West Virginia lawmakers study state government reorganization focusing first on small units such as the Board of Barbers and Beauticians and the Department of Archives and History. They plan to question department heads later to assess necessity and savings as about 150 agencies exist. A tax structure and revenue funds review also continues with a cost estimate to update tax surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Board of Barbers and Beauticians
Department of Archives and History
Public Administration Service
William Moreland
D-Monongalia
Hans McCourt
Webster
Charles Evans
West Virginia
Evans
War Vets in West Virginia Applaud Space Pioneers
In Clarksburg the West Virginia chapter of the United Spanish-American War Veterans adopted a resolution praising astronauts Edward White and James McDivitt for their space flight. At the 42nd annual encampment Wilber A. Peet was elected state commander, with I S Flesher senior vice commander, C E Caltlebaugh junior vice, and Norris Bruce adjutant. The women's auxiliary elected Aurora Booth president, Elsie Prim senior vice president, Della Riggs junior vice president, Ellis Summers treasurer, and Bessie Peet treasurer.
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Clarksburg
UPI
America
West Virginia
United
I. S. Flesher
Parkersburg
C. E. Caltlebaugh
Wheeling
Norris Bruce
Piedmont
Aurora Booth
Huntington
Women’s Auxiliary
Elsie Prim
Della Riggs
Glen Dale
Ellis Summers
West Milford
Bessie Peet
Presbyterians Set Fund Drive in West Virginia
The West Virginia Synod of the United Presbyterian Church will launch a statewide campaign next spring to raise 400000 as its share of a 50 million nationwide fund drive. A major gifts appeal among large contributors will precede the main drive. The nationwide total allocates 16 million to Ecumenical Mission and Relations and national missions, 11.2 million to the Council on Theological Education, 5.8 million to Christian Education, and 1 million to a Pensions building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council On Theological Education
Board of Christian Education
Board of Pensions
Congress eyes power for states to ban union shops
The outlook is that the bill to end state right to work laws will be approved by the subcommittee and the Education and Labor Committee. The House opened floor debate on raising the national debt limit from 324 to 328 billion dollars and prepared a bill to permit overseas commercial showing of a government made film about late President John F Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subcommittee
Parent Education and Labor Committee
House
John F. Kennedy
Boys State Governors Gain Legislature Control Indication
At midnight ten counties report, Jarrell’s party leads the Senate 14 to 6 and the House of Delegates 24 to 12. This marks a potential historic shift as a governor would direct the Legislature for the first time in memory. Clarksburg and mano are noted among the participants.
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Mano
Clarksburg
Jarrell
Senate
House of Delegates
Funeral rites for Lonnie Jackson Lester held at First Baptist
Lonnie Jackson Lester 80 of Lester died Monday in a local nursing home after a long illness. Born December 10 1884 in Floyd County Virginia he was a retired miner and UMWA Local member. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church Lester with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, 24 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 2 p.m. today.
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Lonnie Jackson Lester
Lester
First Baptist Church
UMWA
Crab Orchard
Sterling C
Chicago
Lonnie Jr
Ruth Allen
Mildred Clark
Margaret Hill
Beckley
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Funeral Arrangements For Oliver Penn 55
Oliver Penn 55 of New York, formerly of Winding Gulf, died in a New York hospital Monday. Son of the late Mr and Mrs Ernest Penn. Survivors include two sisters Olivia Palmer and Willie Barker, both of Harper Heights. Body returned to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor for completion of arrangements.
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Oliver Penn
New York
Winding Gulf
Ernest Penn
Olivia Palmer
Willie Barker
Harper Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Rodella Ann Radford
Mrs Rhodella Radford 90 of Oakvale Road Princeton will have services at 2 p m Thursday at the Church of the Living God Athens Road Rev John As bury to officiate Burial will follow in the family cemetery near Narrows Va She was the mother of Mrs Esther Farmer Crab Orchard and died Tuesday morning at her home after a long illness Her body is at Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
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Rodella Ann Radford
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Church of the Living God
Athens Road
John Asbury
Narrows
Radford
Esther Farmer
Crab Orchard
Seaver Mortuary
American Consul Wanamaker Shot in Cordoba
UPI reports U.S. Consul Allison Wanamaker, 47, Seattle, was shot twice while driving home in Cordoba by attackers in a car. A neurosurgeon arrived from Buenos Aires to remove an object near his neck. police blame Peronist Communist terrorists after a prior May attack on his consulate car.
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Cordoba
Argentina
UPI
U.S
Allison T. Wanamaker
Juan Christensen
Buenos Aires
Seattle
Wanamaker
Johnsons grand yachts and White House fleet idle then revived
The article notes President Johnson rarely used the White House fleet after taking office, keeping the naval log out of reach, yet the Sequoia and other vessels remain ready for rapid return to service. It cites the naval administrative unit led by Lt Cmdr Delbert Barbee and recalls Johnson’s past use of a Granite Shoals Lake cruiser near his Texas ranch.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Johnson
White House
Naval Administrative Unit
Cmdr
Delbert Barbee
Honey Fitz
Sequoia
Secretary of the Navy
Defense
Granite Shoals Lake
Lake
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Be Kind To Finks Week Planned In Fink Texas
Be Kind To Finks Week will be held in June 2026 in the small Texas town near the Oklahoma border. Judge James Bates Fink, a former justice of the peace from Bug Tussle, Tex., will be the main speaker and celebrity of the week. Locals report difficulties locating Fink and frequent removal of highway markers.
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Fink, Tex
UPI
Texas-Oklahoma
James Bates Fink
Bug Tussle
Tex
Fink
Signs Point To Combat Expansion In Viet Nam
Washington reports indicate American infantry likely to join combat in South Vietnam with a growing force of about 53 500. Johnson authorizes combat support under South Vietnamese request and joint operation while Dirksen fears widening conflict. Key questions on command and coordination remain as Saigon and Washington work out details amid expanding ground roles.
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Charles W. Cord Dry Washington
UPI
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
America
Johnson
Dirksen
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
U.S
Pentagon
Saigon
Maxwell D. Taylor
State Department
William C. Westmoreland
Department
250000 Wanted Posters Placed
FBI distributed 250000 most wanted posters across the nation to locate Duane Pope the 22 year old suspect linked to a Big Springs Nebraska bank robbery murder. Pope a McPherson College graduate and former football captain is charged with a $1500 Farmers State Bank holdup and three killings. A vintage 1939 Buick convertible used in the raid was recovered in Wichita Kansas with a 30 30 rifle inside. Police check fingerprints and tire casts as authorities pursue leads on Pope movement.
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Big Springs
Neb
Wichita
Kan
Pope
McPherson
Kan.) College
Farmers State Bank
Kansas
Rebels To Free 3 Paratroopers
SANTO DOMINGO three U S paratroopers seized Tuesday by Dominican rebels are to be released at 10 a m today Lt Henry Leforce Nash Oklahoma SP4 Alton Blakely Richmond California and PFC Nelson Blengeri a Peruvian serving in the U S Army were arrested after wandering into rebel held territory They were held exactly 24 hours as an alleged propaganda move A fourth serviceman unnamed was missing feared drowned off a Dominican beach Inter American negotiators returned from Santiago after talking with Dominicans on both sides to settle the dispute
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Santo Domingo
U.S
Santiago
Here
Tuesay
Ilmar Penna Marinho
Organization of American States
Mass Funeral for 125 Yugoslav Miners
Belgrade reports a nationwide mourning for 125 coal miners killed in Yugoslavia's Osaki Mine disaster. Mass services in Kakanj honored the dead as Prime Minister Petar Stambolic led officials and mourners including 400 fatherless children. One more victim died in hospital, raising the toll to 126.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Kakanj
Petar Stambolic
Osaki
Mississippi GOP makes history with two mayors elected
Jackson area report notes Hattiesburg attorney Paul Grady defeated incumbent Claude Pittman 2428 to 1828 to become mayor of Hattiesburg, while R. D. Harmond won in Columbus. Seven Republicans won alderman posts in four municipalities. GOP faced defeats in 13 cities. State GOP Chairman Wirt Yerger called the results a history making breakthrough. Governor Paul Johnson hometown link noted as context.
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Jackson
Miss
GOP
Wirt Yerger
Yerger
Grady
Claude Pittman
Hattiesburg
Claude Pittman Sr
Gov
Johnson
Health facility grant rules in Appalachian region described
The state must provide 20 percent of the funds for the multi county regional health facility project. Grants for construction and equipment come from the Public Health Service Act and related acts, with Appalachian Regional Commission approval and governor backing.
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Dyer
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service Act
VA Hospitals to Close Regional Offices and Units
VA Chief William J. Driver said many regional offices in Juneau, Wilmington, Reno, Manchester, Fargo, Sioux Falls, White River Junction, and Cheyenne remain slated for closure along with patient leads at Dwight Ir., Rutland Heights Mass., Fort Bayard N M, Broadview Heights Brecksville Ohio, Sunmount N Y, and McKinney Texas. Domiciliaries at Thomasville Ga. and Clinton Iowa are also on the list. He warned all units could shut in 1965 but offered no timetable and will consult Congress before fixing dates.
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Juneau
Alaska
Wilmington
Del
Reno
Nev
Manchester
N.H
Fargo
N.D
Sioux Falls
S.D
White River Junction
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dwight
Rutland Heights
Mass
Fort Bayard
N.M
Broadview Heights
Brecksville
Ohio
Sunmount
N.Y
McKinney
Texas
Thomasville
Clinton
Iowa
Veterans Administration
William J. Driver
Catholic protests in Vietnam spark new combat role order
Viet Nam placed four soldiers under guard amid Catholic protests against Premier Phan Huy Quat, seen as soft on communism. Military sources in Washington praised President Johnson’s decision to assign American infantry to combat support roles, expanding training guards duties to bolster Viet Namese forces against the Viet Cong.
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Phan Huy Quat
Quat
Washington
Johnson
U.S
South Viet Nam
da ‘Ang
Bien Hoa
Spacewalker observation fuels space mission talk
Navy Airman Harold L. Edging recalls White saying cosmonaut Alexei Leonov faced an outside difficulty during orbit last March 18. Edging notes White believed Gemini 4 crew member McDivitt preferred staying inside the capsule to a spacewalk if needed.
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McDivitt
Campbell
Navy
Harold L. Edging
St. Louis
White
Alexei Leonov
Edging
Police Cite Four Persons By Beckley Officers
Four individuals were cited or charged by Beckley Police Tuesday. Floyd G Adkins 23 Sprague cited for improper registration and ordered to appear June 14. Robert Saunders 54 East Beckley jailed for drunkenness indecent exposure and trespassing. James Reed 28 Andrews AFB Md charged with reckless driving and posted 76 bond. James Harris 70 Beckley charged for no inspection sticker and expired registration and ordered to appear June 14. Aubrey Robertson 35 cited for no state registration and to appear June 14.
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Floyd G. Adkins
Sprague
Beckley
Adkins
Robert Saunders
East Beckley
Raleigh County
James Reed
Andrews Afb
Reed
James Harris
Morris Street
Harris
Aubrey R. Robertson
Robertson
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Bobby Pins
Helene Curtis
Ben Franklin
Sophia, W. VA
uayerTe Iqua Net
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Congress
Lonnie Lester
Mrs
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Finks
Mississippi
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