Jets Bomb Barracks Near Red China Raid Deepens Vietnam War
UPI report from Saigon notes US Air Force jets hit a barracks at Son La 120 miles west of Hanoi and an ammunition depot at Ban Nuoc Chieu. Ground combat killed two Marines near Da Nang. A Saigon firing squad executed a terrorist at a barracks housing American officers. Medal presentations followed for four pilots. Air operations included 100 plus sorties across North Viet Nam with 16 jets taking part in strikes on Son La targets.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
UPI
Hanoi
China
Son la
Lao Cai
Viet Nam
Ban Nuoce Chiu
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Ban Nuoc Chieu
Black River
U.S
Navy
North Viet Nam
Tax cut removes excise levies on dozens of items
Washington US officials announce immediate elimination of excise taxes on handbags wallets cosmetics luggage jewelry furs phonograph records radios cameras film and more with staged reductions for autos and room air conditioners. The government urges dealers to pass savings to consumers while noting no legal requirement to do so. President Johnson signs the 4.7 billion tax cut into law at a White House ceremony.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
U.S
Johnson
White House
Mystery at Stephens Lake Fuel and Refreshment Sales Questioned
Raleigh County faces a minor mystery over unauthorized sales of soft drinks and gasoline at Stephens Lake. Lake patrolman claims no knowledge while lake authority president M A Ping Johnson says he will investigate. Visitors report prices high and lack of licenses or clear seller identity at a tent near the temporary boat dock.
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Raleigh County
Stephen’s Lake
M. A
Ping) Johnson
The
Authority
Register
W. Sarrett
Anti Communist Line Indicated By New Regime
Algiers remains calm as a new regime signals a hard line against communism. Police report 200 Reds arrested in a sweeping crackdown across the capital and major cities. The move aims to restore order and stabilize public life amid political upheaval.
Funeral Rites Set Wednesday For Thompson
William G. Thompson WVU Board of Governors member dies at 61 after brain operations. Final rites at Montgomery Presbyterian Church, burial Highlawn Cemetery Oak Hill. Thompson, WVU Law School graduate, served 19 years on the board and as its president, linked WVU athletics and athletic council. He practiced law in Montgomery after Fayetteville.
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Morgantown
UPI
Montgomery
West Virginia University Board of Governors
William G. Thompson
University Hospital
Thompson
Montgomery Presbyterian Church
Highlawn
Oak Hill
WVU School of Law
Board of Governors
WVU
University
Law School
Fayetteville
Weather Warm And Humid Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley area expected mostly fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with a 30 percent chance of thundershowers. High around 82, low near 62. Wednesday will be warm and humid with highs in the mid 80s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear, with a new gauge at Hinton at 2.1 feet.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Fears Awescuees
Greenbrier
Hinton
Imperial
Calif
Toledo
Wash
Mullan
Idaho
U.S. Expected to Recognize New Algerian Government
Washington officials said the United States will recognize the new Algerian government within a day or two. Announcement was delayed pending clarification of reports of unrest outside Algiers.
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Washington
UPS
United States
Algiers
Algeria’s Boumedienne regime targets Communist influence
Diplomatic sources report arrests among Communists close to Ben Bella, with names unavailable. Army publications have openly criticized Ben Bella’s Communist advisers, cited as a coup motive. The resistance committee calls for action while street protests defy a regime ban as students press for Ben Bella’s return.
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Houari Boumedienne
Ben Bella
Committee For Coordination of National Resistance
Algeria
Compagnies Nationale de Se
Viet Cong bomber executed in Saigon public square
In Saigon a 25 year old Viet Cong demolition specialist Tran Van Dang was executed by a 12 man military police firing squad in front of the public market after shouting defiance and anti American slogans. He had been sentenced for attempting to blow up an American officers bar racks last March.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
Tran van Dang
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
Dang
30 Europeans Under Attack In The Congo
A survivor reported Congolese rebels slaughtered police 200 miles northeast of Leopoldville and then besieged a factory where 30 Europeans sought refuge. The group included 17 male workers, 10 women, a missionary and two children. Two Europeans were reported killed. unconfirmed reports cited a mission radio broadcast.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Leopoldville
Seige
Nicki
Forescom Timber Exploitation Company
Col Yeager To Visit NSY Camp
Col Charles E Yeager commander of the U S Aerospace Research Pilot School will spend two days with 100 boys at the National Science Youth Camp near Marlinton West Virginia June 27 July 17 He will lecture on current aerospace pilot research and astronaut training and will accompany campers on a Bald Knob trip with a campfire program He will visit Camp Pocahontas July 15 16 and will be a featured speaker at the science youth camp event with outstanding students from all 50 states
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Marlinton
UPS
Charles E. Yeager
U. S. Aerospace Research Pilot School
National Science Youth Camp
Here
Yeager
West Virginia
Hamlin
Lincoln County
Edwards Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Camp Pocahontas
Bald Knob
Cass Scenic Railroad
Six Swim To Freedom Off Baltic In Escape From East Germany
Six East Germans on an East German cruise ship dived into the Baltic Sea during a Monday night trip seeking freedom. They were rescued by West German patrol boats as search crafts halted following the Fritz Hecker's attempt to recapture them, per Schleswig Holstein officials.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPI
Baltic Sea
Fritz Hecker
Schleswig- Holstein
Bound for Heaven Not Mad Kansas Executions
Two Army deserters James Latham and George York were executed at the Kansas gallows after killing seven during a 1961 cross-country crime spree. Latham aged 23 from Texas and York 22 from Florida faced the trap in Lansing, with Latham declaring not mad and York saying he was going home to heaven. The pair were condemned for the slaying of Otto Ziegler, a 62-year-old Oakley man.
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Lansing, Kan
UPI
Kansas
James Douglas Latham
George Ronald York
Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
York
Jacksonville
Fla
Heaven
Edgar Meissner
Kansas State Penitentiary
Otto Ziegler
Oakley
Tough Country Judge Assigned To Ruby Case
In Montague a local judge, Louis T. Holland, agreed to take over the complicated Ruby case after Judge Joe B. Brown stepped down. Holland, who has presided over prior proceedings, will handle the sanity trial and determine defense representation amid ongoing disputes over counsel.
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Ruby
Montague
Jack Ruby
Louis T. Holland
Dallas Blankenship
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Holland
Judge Blankenship
Dallas
Lee Harvey Osland
Joe H. Tonnhill
Jasper
Tex
Sol Dana
Detroit
William Kunstler
New York
Brown
UCC Board To Meet In South Charleston
Union Carbide Corp will hold a board meeting in South Charleston with president Binny Mason and 15 directors touring local facilities beforehand. The group includes NYU president James M. Hester and other corporate leaders from Continental Insurance Chrysler and Commonwealth Edison prior to the Ka Nawha Valley gathering.
Taxes gobble up Marilyn's estate
Hollywood UP I reports Marilyn Monroe will likely see the $100000 trust intended for her mother consumed by taxes after her 1962 death by probable suicide. Business manager Inez Melson says most estate funds will go to taxes, leaving little for the planned care trust.
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Hollywood
UPI
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn
Japan and S Korea Sign Historic Normal Relations Pact
Japanese and South Korean officials signed a treaty ending 14 years of talks to establish normal relations. In Tokyo thousands of students from Zengakuren protested the accord, clashing with police near the U S Embassy as the United States supported the pact.
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Tokyo
UPI
Zengakuren
United States
Scuba Divers Vanish In Devil's Hole Cave Mystery
In Lathrop Wells Nevada two Las Vegas men David Rose 20 and Paul Giancontieri 19 disappeared during a cave dive into Devil's Hole after entering with two companions. Rescue divers from Clark County Las Vegas San Francisco and Washington searched the murky 90 degree waters for the brothers in law with hope fading as chambers and air pockets yielded no clues.
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Lathrop Wells
Nev
UPI
Devil's Hole
David Rose
Paul Giancontieri
Las Vegas
Clark County Sheriff's Rescue
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Rebel Strike Is Total Washout
A three day general strike called by unions backing Caamano Deno’s rebels failed to disrupt Santo Domingo on day one. Throughout the country Maj. Gen. Barrera’s junta regime faced little notice as industry, shops, banks and government offices in cities like Santiago San Francisco de Macoris Moca and Bonao operated normally.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Francisco Caamano Deno
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Santiago
Dominican Republic
San Francisco de Macoris
Moca
Bonao
Watch Dealers Warn About Hidden Auto Tax Savings
Rep. Charles A. Vanik warned that some auto dealers may cash in the consumer tax cut by raising prices on accessories such as power brakes and air conditioning. He published a 27 page list in the Congressional Record detailing accessory pricing to counteract any price inflation by dealers as the excise tax on new cars shifts from 10 percent to 7 percent retroactive to May 15. A second installment lists prices of accessories.
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Washington
UPI
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Vanik
Congressional
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Johnson
Congressional Record
Nello Teer Low Bidder On Bolt 3 Forks Road
The State Road Commission announced bids on 23 highway projects totaling about 5 million dollars with one state financed project exceeding 1.7 million. Nello Teer Co. of Durham, N. C. appeared as the apparent low bidder for the largest project to reconstruct 3,912 miles of West Virginia Route 99 from Bolt toward Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Other apparent low bidders on federal aid projects included Lang Brothers for W. Va. 61 and bridge work in Fayette and Kanawha counties.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
W. Va
Raleigh
Wyoming
Bolt
Nello Teer Co
Durham
N. C
Marion County
B&o
Tygart River Valley
U. S. Steel Corp
Fayette
Armstrong Creek
Lang Brothers, Inc
Bridgeport
Kanawha
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New Hampshire
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Stephen's Lake
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Houari
Ahmed Ben Bella
Congo
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UCC
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Korea
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