France Withdraws Missiles From West Germany Amid NATO Pullout
Paris reports France will remove anti aircraft missile battalions from West Germany by October, ending the wartime warhead issue under the two key system. Paris and Bonn discuss the fate of about 60,000 French troops in West Germany as France refuses supra national control.
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Paris
UPI
France
West Germany
United States
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
NATO Council
Washington
Stetten
Freidrichschafen
Iron Curtain
Germany
Pierre de Leusee
Bonn
De Gaulle to discuss Viet Nam peace with Soviets in visit
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle will press for Franco Soviet cooperation on Vietnam peace terms with all sides including China during his Moscow trip next week. He foresees no immediate end to the war and will not push open peace moves until favorable conditions arise.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
de Gaulle
China
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Siberia
Novoshibirsk
Leningrad
Kiev
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Baikonur
Kazakhstan
Biakonour
Approval Near Amount Asked In Foreign Aid
Washington reports House and Senate committees have approved near the administration’s aid goals but differ in bill length and split between economic and military aid. The administration sought a five-year authorization with separate bills and initial needs of 3.4 billion for economic aid and 917 million for military aid. House and Senate panels offered about 3.3 and 3.2 billion respectively for annual aid, with one year by the Senate and two years by the House. Fulbright, once backing five years, now pushes year-by-year amid Viet Nam policy dissatisfaction.
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Washington
API
House
Senate
Johnson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D - Ark
Senate Group
Fulbright
Collision Eyewitness Details Waring Sailor Rescue
Bayonne Police Director Hugh Grennan described the scene as reminiscent of D-Day after a collision near the Alva Cape. Fireboats sprayed foam while the tug Harriet Moran rescued the Texaco Massachusetts from the blaze. The Texaco ship bound for Port Arthur Texas had unloaded gasoline and suffered heavy damage but did not burn. Capt John Cray, Harriet Moran captain, said the crew took a chance and succeeded.
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Bayonne
Hugh Grennan
Alva Cape
Harriet Moran
Texaco Massachusetts
Texaco
Port Arthur
Tex
John Cray
Third Victim Dies In Wood Alcohol Poisoning Case
Charleston police report a mass accidental poisoning from wood alcohol linked to a jar of white liquid. Roy Thomas Beaver 33 died at Charleston Memorial Hospital after three others fell ill. two earlier deaths in May near Point Pleasant were also linked. Authorities seek source of the alcohol found among the elder Beaver’s effects.
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Charleston
VPT
Roy Thomas Beaver
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Roy Thomas Beaver Sr
C. P. Legg
Point Pleasant
Elk River
Mother and Son Die Hours Apart in Madison
Cecil Fowler aged 47 of Ridgeview died of a heart attack at work on Thursday. A few hours later his mother Gracie Fowler aged 66 died at home after being informed of his death. Local authorities reported a double tragedy occurred in Madison.
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Madison
UPI
Cecil Fowler
Ridgeview
Gracie Fowler
Astronauts Plan Record Altitude Flight Gemini 10
NASA's John Young and Michael Collins aim to set a new world altitude record of 431 miles aboard Gemini 10 aided by the Agena target satellite. The mission, scheduled to launch July 18 from Cape Kennedy, will involve a complex chase and a potential rendezvous with the Agena at about 214 miles altitude.
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Cape Kennedy
Young
Collins
van Allen
Globe
Agena
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
March Ends? Tense Scenes Mark Civil Rights March
Marchers faced tense moments as authorities warned against trouble and Charles Evers from the NAACP voiced fear of tragic incidents. Vocal and silent heckling greeted the marchers on Thursday as seven white teenagers in two cars yelled obscenities before troopers moved them away.
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National Guard
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Armed Taxi Bandit Didn't Do So Well
In Wheeling an armed taxi passenger attempted to rob the driver and steal the cab. He grabbed $12 from cabbie Robert Reno, fired a pistol, then watched the car slide off a berm into an embankment and fled as police searched for the shooter.
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Wheeling
UPI
Robert Reno
Graham to Walk Soho District in London Crusade
Dr Billy Graham plans a spontaneous evening walk through Soho, described as a vice hub by a Paris priest, to urge streetwise residents to attend his Greater London Crusade at Earl's Court. Police will monitor his appearance as he seeks to invite attendees to his meetings and show concern rather than condemn.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Soho
Sin
Paris
Las Vegas
Graham
Greater London
Earl’s Court
Deaths And Funerals Emory Evans 67 Charleston man
Funeral services for Emory Evans 67 of 208 Clendenin Street Charleston will be at 11 a m Saturday at Key ser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Father Edward Burley officiating Burial will be in the Davis addition of Mount Tabor Cemetery He died Tuesday morning after a long illness Born May 15 1899 in Kanawha County he was a painter and a World War I veteran He is survived by one nephew Kenneth Ellison of Chesapeake The body is at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home with calling after 5 p m today
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Emory Evans
Clendenin St
Charleston
Keyser-Bryant
Edward Burley
Davis
Mount Tabor
Beckley
Kanawha County
Johnny
Jeannie Evans
Kenneth Ellison
Chesapeake
Keyser Bryant
Funeral services for Mrs Virginia Withrow
Funeral services for Mrs Virginia V Withrow 41 of Fayetteville will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Fayetteville Methodist Church with Rev Randolph Johnson and Rev Billy Reed Wickline officiating Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville She died at Oak Hill hospital from a heart attack Survivors include husband Don L Withrow four brothers and two sisters Funeral arrangements at Tyree Funeral House Oak Hill Also note of death of Phyllis Payne six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roosevelt Payne of Milton with services pending at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia V. Withrow
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Randolph Johnson
Billy Reed Wickline
Huse Memorial Park
Isaac
Hattie Dempsey Radford
Don L. Withrow
Carlos
Teddy
Thomas Jr
Edward
Oak Hill
B. C. Radford
Jonesboro
Ark
Ethel Underwood
Elsie Woodrum
Fairmont
Tyree
Phyllis Payne
Roosevelt Thomas Payne
Milton
Roosevelt
Donald
Roland
Mabel Payne
Joanna Carton
Lexington
John Carr
Newark
N. J
Ritchie and Johnson
Mary Jane Akers
Mabscott
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Arnold Akers
Marion Crouch
Sunset Memorial Park
Mercer County
Lewis and
Josephine Akers
George Patterson Rites Incomplete After Death
George Patterson 72 of 106 Earl St East Beckley died in a local hospital at 10 30 p m Thursday after a long illness Born May 9 1894 he was the son of Thomas and Margaret Patterson A retired miner and World War I veteran he belonged to American Legion Post No 70 He is survived by his wife Lena Patterson and one sister Miss Jane Patterson of New York City Johnson Funeral Parlor is completing arrangements.
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George Patterson
Earl St
East Beckley
Thomas
Margaret Patterson
American Legion
Lena Patterson
Jane Patterson
New York City
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Byrd Wagstaff Rites Set for Saturday at Second Baptist
Funeral services for Byrd Wagstaff will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Second Baptist Church with Rev. H. B. Alexander in charge and burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. The body will be brought to the church one hour before the service.
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Second Baptist Church
Byrd Wagstaff
H. B. Alexander
Greenwood Memorial Park
Final rites set for Mrs Anna Kate Fullen of Ronceverte
Mrs. Anna Kate Fullen 74 of Ronceverte will be laid to rest in Riverview Cemetery after services at 2 p.m. Friday at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with ministers Franklin H. Bennett and Julian Grubb presiding. She died Wednesday in a Weston hospital and was sister to Mrs. Mary Fulcher of Beckley.
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Anna Kate Fullen
Ronceverte
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Franklin H. Bennett
Julian Grubb
Riverview Cemetery
Fullen
Mary Fulcher
Beckley
Weston Hospital
Death Notice for Hiram Ballengee of Buck and Hinton
Hiram R Ballengee aged 75 died at 9 20 a m Thursday in a Hinton hospital after a six month illness Born June 3 1891 in Fayette County he was son of the late Henry and Mary Richmond Ballengee He lived in Summers County 23 years and worked 20 years as an orderly at Hinton Hospital Survived by wife Alma two sons Samuel Roanoke Va and James at home four daughters Mrs Mary Harold Marmet Mrs May Brooks Hominy Falls Mrs June Lapin and Mrs Barbara Rakes Beckley two stepsons Carl McDonie Sandstone and Harold Taylor Milton a stepdaughter Mrs Opal Chapman Jackson Mich a brother Thomas Pluto a half brother Walter Hinton a half sister Mrs Mary Meadows Hinton and 22 The body is at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
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Hiram Robert Ballengee
Buck
Hinton
Fayette County
Henry and
Mary Richmond Ballengee
Summers County
Hinton Hospital
Almina
Samuel
Roanoke
James
Mary Harold
Marmet
May Brooks
Hominy Falls
June Lapin
Barbara Rakes
Beckley
Carl McDonie
Sandstone
Harold Taylor
Milton
Opal Chapman
Jackson, Mich
Thomas
Pluto
Walter
Mary Meadows
Ronald Meadows
Rites for Mrs Livvie Olds Marsh Held in Charleston
Mrs Livvie Olds Marsh 75 of Charleston died Wednesday after a long illness. Final rites set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Earl G. Hissom, burial in Hilltop Cemetery at Hilltop. Survivors include daughters Hazel Marsh and Billie Wilson, six sons Norman Douglas Charles Robert Garnett Howard, a brother Jake Olds, 35 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
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Livvie Olds Marsh
Charleston
Barlow Bonsall
Earl G. Hissom
Hilltop
Marsh
Hazel Marsh
Billie Wilson
Robinette
Norman
Douglas
Charles
Robert
Tallahassee
Garnett
Miami, Fla
Howard
Houston
Texas
Jake Olds
Fayetteville
Dewey Crook Funeral Held in Shady Spring Church
Funeral services were set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Perry Methodist Church in Shady Spring for Dewey McKay Crook, 23, of Tampa Florida. Crook, formerly of Mabscott, was killed Monday in an automobile train collision in Tampa. The Rev Virgil Cook officiated.
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Perry Methodist Church
Shady Spring
Dewey McKay Crook
Tampa
Fla
Mabscott
Crook
Virgil Cook
Space treaties backed by United States and Soviet Union
United States and the Soviet Union backed rival treaties to neutralize the moon and celestial bodies in separate U.N. bodies. U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg asked the 28 nation U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to meet July 12 to review his draft, while Soviet Acting Chief Platon Morozov urged the General Assembly consider a similar draft at its fall session starting Sept. 20. President Johnson proposed UN action to guarantee freedom of the moon for science and demilitarization of space, echoed by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in a May letter.
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United Nations, NY
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kurt Waildheim
Platon D. Morozov
Thant
General Assembly
Johnson
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Death of Mrs Cheatwood at 58 in Cleveland
Mrs J Cheatwood aged 58 of 611 Olive Court Cleveland Ohio formerly of East Park died Thursday night in a Cleveland hospital after a long illness Funeral and burial will take place in Cleveland.
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Josephine Cheatwood
Olive Court
Cleveland
Ohio
East Park
Bayonne Police Director Describes Harbor Collision Scene
United Press International reports New York harbor channel collision between a British and an American tanker led to fires as police director Hugh Grennan described the dramatic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
New York
Bayonne
Hugh Grennan
New York Harbor
Mississippi Governor warns pullback of troopers for freedom march
Greenwood Mississippi Governor Paul Johnson warned he would withdraw most state troopers protecting the Mississippi freedom marchers stating we are not going to be in the position of wet nursing a group of showmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Titan 3D mission proves solid design says program chief
CAPE KENNEDY Titan program director Col. Davis D. Miller praised Thursday's successful orbiting of eight satellites by a single Titan 3D rocket. He stated there are no reservations about future missions and affirmed confidence in the design.
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Cape Kennedy
Titan
Col
Davis D. Miller
Long attacks GOP plan on small donor tax credits
Washington Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana criticizes a Republican proposal to use tax credits to spur small contributions to campaigns. He warns it could create a system where any election pits voters against well financed opponents, raising concerns about funding dynamics in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell B. Long
D-La
California Fire May Be Contained
A UPI report from Santa Barbara notes firefighters aim to contain a giant brush and timber blaze in Los Padres National Forest by Saturday night. By daybreak it was about 65 percent contained with a 113 mile perimeter, under 40 miles of open line remain. Weather turned favorable aiding fire line efforts as humidity rose to about 40 percent and temperatures cooled into the low 80s. Winds dropped from 30 mph to about 5 mph, easing spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Argentine teachers strike over three years back pay
In Aguavay Argentina teachers at Mariano Moreno Commercial School walked out on Thursday demanding accrued back pay. They said they had not received wages for nearly three years, signaling slow but growing anger at the stalled payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguavay
Argentina
APT
Mariano Moreno Commercial School
Burglar Drops Dollar as He Flees Spencer Steel Co
Spencer North Carolina police chief said a burglar left the Spencer Steel Co premises empty handed on Wednesday night and dropped a dollar bill on the way out. The bill can be claimed at the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer, N.C
UPI
C. W. Wisley
Spencer Steel Co
Mrs Kessler Ducted at Calvary Baptist Fairfax
Mrs Pebble Kessler, 40, of Fairfax, was ducted Monday at 1 45 p m at Calvary Baptist Church for Mrs Pebble C Wickline Kessler. Burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery. Formerly of Beckley she lived in Fairfax prior to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Fairfax, Va
Pebble C. Wickline Kessler
Fairfax
Arlington Cemetery
Kessler
Beckley
Charles H Mayer Obituary Former Examiner Publisher Dies
Charles H Mayer former San Francisco Examiner publisher and president of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation died Thursday at age 63 from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Charles H. Mayer
The
San Francisco Examiner
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
New York News Editor Chris Magera Dies at 34
Chris tine Stewart Magera, local news editor for WPIX-TV in New York, died Thursday from pneumonia at age 34. The obituary notes his work on station newscasts and community reporting, highlighting his role in newsroom leadership and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Christine Stewart Magera
Wpix-Tv
Funeral services held for James F. Greene novelist
Funeral services were held Thursday for James F. Greene a 52 year old novelist and former newspaperman in Old Saybrook Conn UPI reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Saybrook, Conn
UPI
James F. Greene
Paratroopers Hold Defensive Line in Highlands
U S paratroopers report stubborn enemy resistance near Can Tan h and the Hawthorne area as North Vietnamese use the Ho Chi Minh trail to link with Viet Cong units. Intelligence notes two more regiments nearby while Marines and the 1st Air Cavalry stand ready to back up the maneuver.
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Highlands
U.S
Can Tanh
Marines
1St Air Cavalry
Huntington Thief Sought By Police
Police across West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky seek a young man who robbed Diversified Savings and Loan Co in Huntington on Thursday at gunpoint taking 9000. The suspect wore a sun hat and fled. No injuries reported as investigations continue across three states.
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Huntington
UPI
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Diversified Savings and Loan Co
Ky Office Probes Police After Roughing Up Newsmen
Vietnamese Premier Ky orders investigation and sanctions against police after incidents injuring UPI reporters in Saigon. Ambassador Thai says rights of correspondents respected, US protest lodged with Saigon. Second item describes a bank holdup with gunman fleeing, details of the robbery and suspect’s appearance.
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Washington
UPI
Nguyn Cao Ky
Saigon
United States
Julius Frandsen
United Press International
Vu Va Thai
State Department
South Viet Nam
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Frandsen
Martin Stuart- Fox
William Reilly
Stephen van Meter
Texans in peace corps flee mob in Puebla Mexico
A mob in San Sebastian Tepetlaxco shouted death to Protestants and Communists and chased a dozen Texan youths from the village. State police arrived in jeeps to rescue them while a Catholic archdiocese priest tried to pacify locals. The group, linked to Wesley Foundation Sam Houston College, aimed to build a school annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puebla
Mexico
UPI
Peace Corps
San Sebastian Tepetlaxco
Wesley (Methodist) Foundation
Sam Houston College
Glenn Polan
Arthur Chaffee
Methodist Church
Chaffee
San Sebastian
Two West Virginians Die In Fiery Wreck
Two men from West Virginia were killed and a third was critically burned when two trucks collided and burned at the U S 35 Indiana 1 intersection north of Hagerstown. The dead were Robert Thayer 41 of Fairmont and James Wilson 42 of Webster Springs, reportedly Owens-Illinois Glass Co. employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ind
UPI
U. S. 35
Indiana 1
Robert Thayer
Fairmont
W. Va
James Wilson
Webster Springs
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
Riots in Saigon and Hue as Buddhist protests turn violent
Buddhist protesters wounded as they charged through Saigon and Hue amid clashes with police and combat troops. Monks guided youths in arson attacks burning jeeps, autombiles, and a US military bus while police used tear gas. Premier Ky deployed 1000 airborne troops to Hue to clear rebel altars and restore traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Vien Hoa Dao
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Parents Convinced Newark Baby Is Their Missing Son
Chicago couple Chester and Dora Fronczak, living in seclusion, believe the sandy-haired infant they care for in Newark is their missing son Paul Joseph Fronczak, abducted at 37 hours old in 1965. The FBI has not confirmed parentage, while Illinois DCFS notes uncertainty despite medical and police consultations. The Fronczaks have filed a $1 million lawsuit against Michael Reese Hospital over ward security and have begun adoption steps for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Chester Fronczak
Fronczaks
New Jersey
Dora Fronczak
Paul
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Newark
FBI
Edward Waver
Department of Children and Family Services
Chester Fronczak Jr
Paul Joseph
Michael Reese Hospital
Ezaks
William G. O'Toole
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Wesley Beckett
Orville Southern
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Tom Duncan
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