De Gaulle Seeks Franco Soviet Partnership in Europe
In Moscow French President Charles de Gaulle met with Soviet leaders to press a Franco Soviet partnership aimed at resolving Europe’s future without U.S. influence. Talks to continue after de Gaulle’s visit, with plans for further exchange speeches and a series of city visits before July 1 when France begins troop withdrawals.
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Moscow
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Europe
UU. S
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Novosibirsk
Leningrad
Kiev
Stalingrad
France
Podgorny
U.S
America
Germany
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Blind Girl Missing 12 Found Dead In Lake Springfield
The fully clothed body of 12 year old Joann Barzi, a blind pupil from Hope School for the Blind, was recovered from Lake Springfield eight miles southeast of Springfield after searchers and a police helicopter located her about noon Monday. Police reported she wandered away Saturday noon and was last seen near the school.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Hope School For the
Here
Lake Springfield
Joann Barzi
Hope School
Maurice Tretrakoff
Tretrakoff
Sher
NATO Changes May Help U.S. Taxpayer McNamara Says
Defense Secretary McNamara told a Senate subcommittee that NATO adjustments forced by France will be in no way disabling and may ease U.S. costs. He maintained the US will not diminish European combat power or withdraw major units, and warned against allied bickering while noting no benefit in contesting France's prerogatives.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
Senate Subcommittee On
National Security
Europe
7Th Army
McNamara
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
C. Douglas Dillon
France
Secretary of the Treasury
Loan Shark Suit Slated In West Virginia
State Banking Commissioner Carl Early announced a forthcoming legal action in Kanawha County Circuit Court against Barco Co for allegedly charging excessive interest rates. The suit aims to deter out of state lenders from operating without licenses, with Early noting property losses from high rates and Barco’s offices in Charleston Clarksburg and Huntington.
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Charleston
UPS
Carl Early
Early
Kanawha County
Barco Co
West Virginia
Barco
Clarksburg
Huntington
Summer Storms Hit Dakotas and Texas
The first day of summer brought warm southern winds and thunderstorms across the western plains. Funnel clouds were seen in the Dakotas with no touchdowns, while a tornado touched down briefly at Dalhart Texas with minimal damage. A funnel cloud reached Lakeland Florida as cool Canadian air moved into the Northern Rockies, upper Great Lakes, and New England.
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United Press International
Plains
Dakotas
Dickinson
N.C
Dalhart
Tex
Florida
Lakeland
Rockies
Upper Great Lakes
New England
Rocky Mountain States
Sunny and warm Beckley forecast for today and tomorrow
Sunny and warm conditions dominate Beckley and vicinity with highs around 83 to the mid 80s and clear nights. Airport reports show 79 last 24 hours and 51 at 5:30 am, with no precipitation and NE winds near 6 mph. River gauges at Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier are normal and clear. Today’s extremes include a high of 105 in Thermal California and a low of 34 in Kalispell Montana and Mullan Idaho.
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Beckley
Ae AG
Greenbrier
Hinton
Thermal
Calif
Kalispell
Mont
Mullan
Idaho
Q and A From The Ring Register Column
A compiled Q and A section covers topics from airline pilot qualifications to chicken codes in Beckley. It cites Raleigh County Memorial Airport manager Herb Alloy on airline requirements, laws on keeping fowl, legitimacy of a child using a father's name, nitrate fertilizer use in gardening, perceptions of when a girl who bears a child becomes an adult, and basic training lengths in the Air Force and Marine Corps.
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Herb Alloy
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Alloy
Lawrence Cavendish
Melpar Plant to Close in West Virginia
Melpar West Virginia Corp will close its Beckley Mt Hope Road plant between Sept 1 and Oct 1 due to an inability to secure a contract backlog for electronics assembly. The plant, opened Dec 1963 with 19 workers, peaked at 45 in May 1965 and is now down to three. Westinghouse unit’s infrared searchlight contract loss precipitated the shutdown.
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Melpar West Virginia Corp
W. F. Moore
Melpar of West Virginia
Falls Church
Moore
Beckley
Mt. Hope
J. KR. Carr
Beckley Business Development Corp
Melpar
Carr
BBDC
Westinghouse Air Brakes Co
West Virginia Industrial Development Authority
Lynda Bird Johnson Visits Madrid on Spain Trip
Lynda Bird Johnson arrived in Madrid for a two week visit to Spain arranged by her father as a college graduation gift. She was joined by Susan Schein and welcomed by U S Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke and his wife Robyn along with Spanish officials. Gov Hulett C Smith spoke at a Tulsa meeting of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission urging oilmen to educate students about West Virginia industry opportunities.
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Madrid
Spain
Susan Schein
U. S
Angier Biddle Duke
Robin
Hulett C. Smith
Tulsa
West Virginia
Thant to visit Moscow for Viet Nam plan talks
Secretary General Thant will surprise visit Moscow this summer for talks on his three point Viet Nam war settlement plan described as one of the most barbarous wars in history. Timing not disclosed. Indonesian Congress grants Suharto broad powers to run the country until elections restore democracy.
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Thant
Moscow
Sukarno
Suharto
Pope Paul VII Observes Anniversary Quietly
Pope Paul VII marked the third anniversary of his election with routine work and private audiences. No special observances were planned. A Mississippi freedom marchers unit headed to Philadelphia to honor the deaths of three civil rights workers, while the main group aimed to walk 16 miles to Yazoo City. Russia agreed to pay 800 million dollars for 336 million more bushels of Canadian wheat and flour in the Wheat Board deal. Arrival plans for the Beatles in Japan include 3,000 police at the airport and 2,200 at Nihon Budokan Hall for the six-day visit.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Yazoo City
Russia
Canadian Wheat Board
Japan
Tokyo
Nihon Budokan Hall
Ky Executes Harsh Move as Monk Quang Is Captured
In Saigon Premier Ky moves fast seizing anti government Buddhist monk Thich Tri Quang who led Hue rebels. Quang to a luxury clinic. his hunger strike continues as siege at Vien Hoa Dao pagoda persists. Nuns protest briefly as police clear Hue, while Buddhist leaders urge normalcy and call for lifting the siege.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tri Quang
Hue
Quang
Johnson
Vien Hoa Dao
Big Tuy Hoa Battle Shapes Vietnam clash near Tuy Hoa
U.S. airborne cavalry reinforcements join American paratroopers in heavy fighting against a Communist battalion of 500 to 600 near Tuy Hoa. Viet Cong losses listed at 69 dead with likely more, as Marines land 1,500 north of the battle area. Officials warn this could mark the opening round of a major offensive. Casualties for the U.S. described as light.
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Saigon
UPS
USS. Army
Tuy Hoa
U.S
South Viet Nam
101St Division
Kontum
Congress Approves 4.1 Billion Foreign Aid Authorization
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a 4.1 billion foreign aid authorization for the coming fiscal year by a 28 to 7 vote. The measure sets a ceiling, allowing additional appropriations in emergencies, and includes 550 million for South Viet Nam’s economy. Military aid is counted in the defense budget, with 917 million for military and 2.4 billion for economic assistance.
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Washington
UPI
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
South Viet Nam
U.S
Two Marines Planes Crash At Buckroe Beach Reach 2 Killed
Two A6 Intruder planes collided near Buckroe Beach Hampton Virginia. A mother and her 19 month old son were killed in a frame house. Forty one others hurt twelve seriously. Debris damaged about 15 homes and sparked fires across four blocks. Crews comb wreckage seeking other victims. One plane fell into Chesapeake Bay.
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Hampton
UPI
Lloyd H. Nickelson
Viet Nam
Chesapeake Bay
Buckroe Beach
Mary Gallant
Donald
T.G. Madlock
Langley Air Force Base
Damn Yankees Preview Shines For Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Greenbrier Repertory Theatre previews Damn Yankees and aims five shows eight performances each from June 22 to August 27 in their tent theatre on Anthony Creek. The cast features Anthony Lang as Mr Applegate, Lynn Webster as Lola, Gloria Thorpe as a reporter, and Stephen Mills as Joe Hardy. Despite modest singing voices, the production entertains with zaniness of baseball and spirited performances, while audience members are urged to bundle up for chilly nights.
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Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Anthony Creek
Yankees
Joe Boyd
Washington Senators
Mr. Applegate
Senators
Douglass Wallop
Anthony Lang
Applegate
Joe Hardy Lynn Webster
Lola
Hardy
Mr. Applefate
Gloria Thorpe
Joe Hardy
Stephen Mills
Embezzler Geiger to Return to Iowa for Parole
Burnice Geiger 63, the Iowa embezzler who stole 2.1 million from her father’s bank, will begin parole July 1. Sentenced to 15 years in Alderson federal prison, she will travel from Charleston to Sheldon, Iowa, where the crime was uncovered, after her husband Wallace Geiger died soon after sentencing.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Justice
Iowa
Burnice Geiger
Alderson
W. Va
Chicago
Sheldon
Wallace Geiger
Kee Hospitalized for Routine Bethesda Exam
The office of Rep James Kee of West Virginia said Monday he entered Bethesda Naval Medical Center for a routine examination and checkup.
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Washington
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L. L. Vincent
MAA
Vincent
Okehs
Merrill Phillips
U.S. Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Damn Yankees
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