Argentina's Illia ousted by military junta in coup
Argentina's President Arturo Illia was deposed by a military junta after troops seized the capitol and surrounded the White House. Illia left for Olivos with officials as soldiers moved into control, while civilians clashed with troops but, no casualties were reported. The junta announced Illia had resigned and assumed leadership at the army high command.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Arturo Illia
Illia
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Spain
Ilia
Army High Command
Ricardo
Olivos
Juan S
White House
Martin Garcia Island
Jilia
Juan C
He'd Rather Stay And Fight Army Says No
Civilian 4F David Stucki swapped clothes with a Viet Nam bound soldier and joined the 65th Engineer Battalion of the 25th Infantry in Cu Chi, hoping to become a soldier. The Army rejected his bid and handed him to the U S Consulate after discovery, ending his bid to stay on as a GI.
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Joseph Galloway
Saigon
UPI
David Stucki
Viet Nam
U.S
Stucki
65Th Engineer
25Th Infantry Division
Cu Chi
South
San Francisco
University of California
Tan Son Hut
David
Tennessee
Beckley Q&A roundup offers local guidance and trivia
Reader questions span grave search contact details for Wildwood Cemetery Trustees Frank Lemon Robert Thomson Jr and Earl Snead rust removal from marble window sills care options for art lessons near Beckley welfare benefits for foster children Unitarian Church Ghent bookmobile schedule church music director Pope count Catholic population piano classification lights at Babe Ruth Stadium Girl Scout agency closing and plan for new equipment source notes and local responses plus a wartime tale about David Stucki and service in Saigon.
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Wildwood Cemetery
Frank Lemon
Beckley
Robert Thomson, Jr
Lee Street
Earl Snead
S. Kanawha St
Weather Hazy And Humid Beckley And Vicinity
Weather outlook shows continued heat and hazy humid conditions through Wednesday. Highs near 89, lows mid 60s, with tomorrow’s highs in the high 80s. Airport readings: 88 in the last 24 hours, 64 low. no precipitation. SW wind around 10 mph. sunset 8:50, sunrise after. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear. Hinton gauge 1.7 ft. Extreme highs 112 at Buckeye Parker Arizona. lows 43 at Malad City Idaho.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Buckeye
Parker
Ariz
Malad City
Idaho
Pope Receives Final Report On Birth Control Commission
Pope Paul VI was given the final report of his birth control commission. Vatican sources say it recommended a qualified endorsement of the oral contraceptive pill. The report suggested using the pill to regulate the menstrual cycle to improve the rhythm system and not as an actual contraceptive. Cardinal Dopiner presented the document with Father Henry de Riedmatten at the private audience.
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UPI
Paul VI
Birth Control Commission
Vatican
Luciano Casimirri
Julius Cardinal Dopfner
Ence
Cardinal Dopiner
Munich
Henry de Riedmatten
Commission
Casimarri
Dopiner
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
Ottaviani
Casimirri
World diplomacy brief on Vietnam war leaders and leaders travel
London reports Hanoi dispatched President Ho Chi Minh and top aides to Peking and Moscow for emergency Viet Nam War consultations. Gilmer County teachers who missed work for a Charleston pay dispute meeting may be paid only if their absence was authorized. Charles de Gaulle and Soviet Premier Kosygin flew to Volgograd to honor the Red Army’s decisive World War II victory.
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London
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Peking
Moscow
C. Donald Robertson
Gilmer County
Charleston
Charles de Gaulle
Alexei Kosygin
Volograd
Stalingrad
Red Army
Second Straight Day of Oil Raids Hits North Viet Nam
North Viet Nam oil storage facilities were struck again by U S Navy and Air Force planes raising smoke and flames seen far at sea. Ho Chi Minh travels to Peking and Moscow for emergency talks as the raids disrupt fuel supplies. A Navy jet was shot down near Thanh Hoa and a U S helicopter crash killed a pilot in South Vietnam. Marines use dogs to pursue a Viet Cong battalion near Hue, pushing the death toll to 88 in four days of fighting.
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OPS
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam
Hanoi
London
Ho Chi Minh
Peking
Moscow
Thanh Hoa
U. S.S
South Viet Nam
Hue
Nathan Hale
Soldier Philip Vilone Jr. Killed in Vietnam
Pfc. Philip Vilone Jr. of Fairmont listed by the Defense Department as killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Vilone Sr. of Fairmont.
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Washington
UPI
Philip Vilone Jr
Fairmont
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Philip Vilone Sr
Quang Refuses To End Fast In Hunger Strike
Militant Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang defied church orders and continued his 20 day hunger strike protesting Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's government. Informed Buddhist sources said he rejected moderation appeals during a high level meeting in his hospital room.
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Saigon
UPI
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Autopsy reveals gorilla George was a girl at Pittsburgh Zoo
Pittsburgh residents learned that Highland Park Zoo's famed gorilla George was biologically female after an autopsy. The 4-year-old died from colitis and peritonitis, despite a public campaign to fund a female mate with trading stamps. Zoo officials cited uncertainty about Ginger's mating prospects and pledged to seek a suitable male companion.
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Pittsburgh
George
Highland Park Zoo
Joseph F. Bissonette
Zoo
Ginger
Copenhagen
Denmark
Dodd Probe Expands Into Three New Areas
The Senate Ethics Committee broadened its inquiry into Sen. Thomas J. Dodd to three new areas. It reviews a $200,000 campaign contributions misused for personal use, Dodd's ties with insurance firms during his chair of the insurance subcommittee, and a car loan from Danbar Associates Inc. The panel also awaits Julius Klein’s return to resume hearings on the West German liaison matter. Dodd defended himself amid tense testimony, denying any misconduct.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Lyndon B Johnson
Dodd
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Danbar Associates, Inc
Klein
West Germany
Coordinated Planning Ordered By Governor
Governor Hulett C. Smith mandates all future state planning align with the State Comprehensive Development Plan. An executive order requires a liaison between the State Commerce Department and all agencies, with cooperation to harmonize local or specialized plans with the overarching plan. Copies were sent to department heads and agency directors.
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Charleston
Dozer crushes man in Steubenville accident
Steubenville Ohio. A bulldozer accident on a street repair project claimed the life of Grover Beagle 51 of Weirton West Virginia. Beagle was operating the bulldozer when it overturned and crushed him officials said.
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Steubenville
Ohio
UPI
Grover Beagle
Weirton
Www
Beagle
Contempt trial closes in Eugene over student interview ban
Closing arguments were set in Eugene Oregon today in the contempt of court case against coed editor Annette Buchanan cited for refusing to name University of Oregon students she interviewed for a marijuana story. Secretary of State Dean Rusk told SEATO ministers in Canberra there is no sign of peace in Viet Nam and the U S will stay until the Viet Cong halt its war. France plans a first test at its new Pacific atomic proving grounds 800 miles southeast of Tahiti likely this week.
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Ore
Coed
Annette Buchanan
University of Oregon
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Canberra
Australia
Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
France
Pacific Atomic Proving Grounds
Tahiti
Luci Johnson Babysits At White House For Montelaro Family
Luci Johnson is babysitting this week at the White House for the year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Montelaro who will be in her wedding party to Patrick Nugent on August 6 The Montelaros are friends of Luci. The State Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments September 7 in a suit challenging the new State Office Commission. Rep Otis Pike urged draftees be offered a two year army enlistment or three year draft.
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Luci Johnson
White House
James Montelaro
Montelaros
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
State Supreme Court
State Office Commission
Otis G. Pike
D-N.v
House Armed Services Committee
Police Find No Clues In $18 000 Safe Job
FAIRMONT UP I Police have turned up no leads in a safe job that netted burglars 18 000 here over the weekend. The loot included a number of checks which had been cashed by coal miners who received their annual two weeks vacation pay. Police said the safecracking at the Madison Hotel appeared to be the work of professionals.
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Fairmont
UPI
Madison Hotel
Doctors Strike Strands New York Child Health Clinics
In New York City a doctors strike leaves 1500 health department physicians and dentists off duty at 119 child health stations. Mothers carry fevered babies to clinics only to be turned away or sent to Kings County Hospital as negotiations resume after a three day pause.
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Kings County Hospital
Kings County
Chicago
New York City
Mrs Cora Sage Sheppard Killed Near Kopperston
A Wyoming County woman, Mrs. Cora Sage Sheppard of Hatcher, 21, died in a two car crash near Kopperston while driving a borrowed vehicle. Her 6 month old daughter Lorie Ann was injured. the other driver Statts Hannah had minor injuries. The death body was sent to Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Wyoming County
Kopperston
Cora Sage Sheppard
Hatcher
Lorie Ann
W. Va
Statts Hannah
Hannah
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Jury Foreman Bird Buried In Sunset Park
James C. Bird of Indianapolis died Friday after surgery in Cleveland at 54. A Union Railroad ticket agent and former Beckley resident, he was jury foreman in the 1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard murder trial. He served in World War II, moved to Indianapolis in 1957, and is survived by wife Gail, son James E., sister Katherine McDowell, and brother David Bird. Funeral services were held at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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James C. Bird
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland
Union Railroad Co
Beckleyan
Sam Sheppard
US Supreme Court
Sheppard
Bird
Charleston
James Bird
Beckley
Gail Bird
James E
Katherine McDowell
David Bird
J. R. van Meter
Lee Summers
M. G. Jarrell
Clarence Carte
Ross Irle
R. Douglas Schwank
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
County Court Approves Two New Deputies
The Raleigh County Court approved hiring two deputies for the sheriff's department. Earl C. Underwood will start July 10 to replace a dismissed deputy. Ernest Paul Barley begins July 1 as jailer, with Bob Belcher reassigned to field deputy. Berkel named conservator of the peace at Lake Stephens without a raise. Signs will warn swimmers at Little Beaver. Park Board resignations accepted. no replacements named.
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Raleigh
Raleigh County
L. W. Berkel
Lake Stephens
Lake
Berkel
Little Beaver Pa
Raleigh County Park Board
Bobby Lee Morris
ADCU
Park Board
J. W
Buster) Forster
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
AMA Delegates mull Medicare policy at Chicago convention
At the AMA 115th annual convention in Chicago delegates hash out Medicare policy amid doctor opposition and ethical duties. About 20 reports and resolutions on Medicare are sent to committees as the debate centers on what doctors and the AMA should do under the new law. Pickets including Quentin Young demand anti discrimination reforms to end Negro exclusion from state medical societies.
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Chicago
API
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
AMA
Quentin Young
Medical Committee For Human Rights
Insurance and Medical Service Committee
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