China accuses Russia of selling out to the United States
In Tokyo the Communist regime marks the second anniversary of its open feud with the Soviet Union by charging Moscow with backing Vietnam peace talks and selling out to the United States. Beijing condemns Soviet leadership as more cunning and dangerous than Khrushchev era figures and vows to persist in ideological conflict.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
Viet Nam
Peking
Washington
London
Paris
U.S
Gerous
New China News Agency
Peoples Daily
Red Flag
Peoples
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Moscow
Combat Ready Battalion Groups Near Dong Xoai
A combat ready U S Army paratroop battalion moved to Phuoc Vinh about 20 miles south of Dong Xoai in an offensive posture for the Viet Nam war. The move followed a government request as a new military leadership committee under Defense Minister Maj Gen Nguyen Van Thieu took control amid Quat and Sun’s resignations. Casualties mounted with 225 guerrillas killed in air strikes, seven Americans dead, 11 missing, and 15 wounded. two Marines were killed and 20 injured near Chu Lai in a separate blast.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
UPS
Dong Xoai
Phuoc Vinh
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Defense
Nguyen van Thieu
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khac Sun
Thieu
Pham Xuan Chieu
National Legislative Council
Nguyen Kao Ky
U.S
Chu Lai
da Nang
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Adventists Warn Against Sex Craze Threat to Society
Parkerburg based report cites Bruce Wickwire of the Columbia Union Conference warning that commercialized sex has invaded daily life. He claims loose morals fuel home breakdown with about a quarter of marriages failing and teenage marriages near 50 percent, warning Western civilization risks collapse if trends continue.
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Parkersburg
UPI
America
West Virginia
Seventh-day Adventists
Bruce Wickwire
Columbia Union Conference of Adventists
Madison Avenue
Wickwire
Weather forecast beads Beckley region with showers
Cloudy this afternoon through Tuesday with occasional rain late tonight and Tuesday. High this afternoon near 72, low around 53, high in the upper 60s Tuesday. Beckley reported 74 as the day's high at 2:30 p.m. and 44 as the low at 4:30 a.m. River conditions Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear. Five day West Virginia outlook shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal with rain totals from one tenth to eight tenths of an inch and showers midweek.
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Beckley
Hinton
Presidio
Tex
Pellston
Mich
West Virginia
Dyer To Meet With County Officials On Health Center
State Health Director N H Dyer plans talks with Raleigh County leaders to plan the Regional Health Center in Raleigh County. Delegates from Raleigh County, the County Court, and the County Board of Health should draft a concrete plan detailing county contributions, funding, and land need. Federal funds cover 80 percent. the source of the remaining 20 percent is uncertain. Dyer will advise the delegation and push for applications to the State Board of Health and the Appalachian Regional Commission, then seek a meeting with Governor Smith and Paul Crab.
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Heath
N. H. Dyer
Raleigh County
Dyer
House of Delegates
County Court
County Board of Health
Lewis McManus
Dale Covey
Glen Daniel
McManus
Withrow
E. M. Payne III
State Board of Health
Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington
Smith
Paul Crab
White House Art Festival Opens
Washington (UPI) An unprecedented 12 hour festival of arts opened at the White House with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson saluting 200 participating artists for their work. The First Lady praised artists for beauty meaning and zest enriching American life. The President was not at opening but expected to appear later at a buffet for entertainers and 400 guests.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Executive
America
Arts
Editor Emil Hodel Recovers From Minor Leg Surgery
Beckley Post Herald editor Emil Hodel is reported doing fine after a minor leg surgery at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital at 2 p.m. Sunday and remains under medical care.
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Emil Hodel
Beckley
Goldwater urges letting military decide Viet Nam tactics
Barry Goldwater, 1964 Republican nominee, tells Johnson to stop acting as commander and let the armed forces choose strategy in Viet Nam. He urges warning to Hanoi and discusses possible use of force against China’s atomic program if provoked, while insisting on victory over negotiation.
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Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Johnson
Viet Nam
Arizona
Hanoi
Goldwater
Red China
United States
Free World
China
U.S
South Viet Nam
Tion
Military PLC
Singer Judy Garland Seeks Treatment For Emotional Upset
Judy Garland, 43, is at UCLA Medical Center's Neuropsychiatric Institute in Los Angeles for treatment of emotional upset linked to an allergic reaction to a drug. Other items note a Wheeling abortion death case, a Mississippi voting law protest, Senator Smith’s keynote in Morgantown, flood fatalities in Anderson Texas, a Paris air show remark by Vitaly Vasin, and a West Virginia University journalism workshop starting with 21 teachers from four states.
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Judy Garland
Ucla Medical Center
Neuropsychiatric Institute
Los Angeles
Thomas O’brien
Wheeling
Donald G. Willis
Wellsburg Osteopath
Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Jackson
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Morgantown
Sanderson
Tex
Vitaly T. Vasin
le Bourget
Paris
West
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Meat Still Going Up Price Of Vegetables Said On Way Down
An Agriculture Department official said fresh vegetable retail prices will soon be lower than a year ago while fresh meat prices likely stay high. Mehren forecast vegetable production 8 to 10 weeks ahead, with prices dropping this summer. He noted meat and some vegetables led the 1.5 percent annual price rise, as cattle and hog prices improved from two years of low prices.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
George L. Mehren
Mehren
Grocery Manufacturers of America
China Readying New Nuclear Tests
Mao Zedong told Indonesian Parliament speaker Arudji Kartawina ta in Hanchow that China plans its third and fourth nuclear tests. He also said China need not send volunteers to North Vietnam while its forces remain strong. Kartawina ta described Mao as healthy and sun-tanned.
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TOYKO
UPI
Kyodo
Mao Tze-tung
China
Mao
North Viet Nam
Hanchow
Arudji Kartawinata
Kartawinata
Jakarta
Chinese Communist Party
Aradji
Peking
FIC Plans Nationwide Push Against Consumer Fraud
The FTC seeks to enlist all 50 state attorneys general in a campaign to curb consumer fraud. Chairman Paul Dixon expects start by fall with a $20,000 yearly outlay to hire one more lawyer and create an office of federal state cooperation to share information on rackets among states and the FTC. Senator Harrison Williams praised the plan as a major step to protect consumers.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Paul Dixon
United Press International
Dixon
Harrison A. Williams
Dn.j
Senate
Space twins receive Chicago welcome amid civil rights protests
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White arrive at O Hare for a day long Chicago welcome led by Mayor Daley. A million residents expected to parade. civil rights demonstrators, some arrested, plan marches despite NAACP withdrawal and varying group positions. Vice President Humphrey to attend.
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Chicago
UPS
James McDivitt
Edward White
Space Twins
O'Hare International Airport
Richard J. Daley
Benjamin C. Willis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
al Raby
Raby
Willis
Revolution Predicted in Russia by 1970
French expert Michel Garder, of the Institute of Strategic Studies, told UPI that Russia would see a 1970 revolution from above led by a managerial elite. He described a shift from Leninist-Marxist rule to a liberal technocratic socialist regime, with tech intelligentsia and possible party traitors.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Communist Party
Michel Garder
French Institute of Strategic Studies
U. S. News & World Report
Garder
Eight Violent Deaths Reported In State
United Press International reports eight violent deaths in West Virginia over the weekend. Julia Ann Sayer, 21, Ceredo, died when her car struck a bridge near Huntington. Catherine Morton, 43, Fairmont, killed when her car, driven by Robert Zelenak, lost control near U S 19. Jackie Lynn Anderson, 15, Comfort, Boone County, died when a truck overturned after a bridge collapse near Madison. Delmas Hensley, 14, Gassaway, crushed by a damaged porch while salvaging bricks. Earl H. Slater, 39, Nitro, struck by a freight train nearby. Robert J. Richmond, 30, Quinnimont, killed by a Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train. Six other deaths included a fire fatality and a model airplane hobbyist electrocuted at Bluefield. Traffic toll reaches 185 this year, down from 203 a year ago.
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United Press International
West
New York Central
Robert J. Richmond
Quinnimont
Fayette County
Chesapeake & Ohio
Sybil Burton Weds Beatle-Type Singer
Sybil Burton 36 and Jordan Christopher 24 wed again in a civil ceremony Sunday and began a quick honeymoon at Manhattan nightclub Arthur. The actress helped run Arthur, where Christopher leads the band The Wild Ones. The couple met five weeks ago at Arthur.
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New York
UPI
Sybil Burton
Jordan Christopher
Sybil
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Manhattan
Arthur
Christopher
Wild Ones
el Morocco
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