U S Planes Bomb Oil Depots Near Hanoi Haiphong
U S war lanes hit fringes of Hanoi and Haiphong in twin raids destroying 40 percent of North Viet Nam oil supply. Soviet condemnation called it a criminal escalation. Air Force and Navy planes struck depots near Haiphong and Hanoi amid heavy flak. One F105 jet was shot down with the pilot missing. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara is quoted.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Robert S
McNamara
Washington
South Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
Tass
London
Britain
Vong Bi
America
Air Attacks Fulfill Johnsons Promise
Washington reports that U S air strikes on Hanoi and Haiphong oil depots fulfilled President Johnsons pledge to raise the cost of aggression at its source. Officials say targets were military support sites with minimal civilian risk as domestic and international debate over widening air action continues.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
Tiaiphong
Johnson
Haiphong
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
Beckley Q and A on traffic rules and local law
A compilation of Beckley Q and A items covers traffic sign placement to ease Granville Ave bottlenecks, parking restrictions west from Park St to College Ave, and local police staffing. It includes questions on Social Security disability timing, night fishing, FHA loan rules, and other civic queries.
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Granville Ave
Beckley
W. A. Teubert
Teubert
Park St
College Avenue
Wilson condemns Hanoi Haiphong bombing with regret
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson said he noted with regret the bombing of populated areas in Hanoi and Haiphong by American warplanes. He dissociated Britain from the action while noting Johnson’s pledge it targeted oil sites, urging no expansion of bombing to populated areas.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Hanoi
Haiphong
Britain
No. 10 Downing Street
Wilson
Johnson
U.S
Man's Body Found Sparks Arrests in West Virginia Hollow
Police found a deceased man along a dirt road in Coon Branch Hollow and arrested two car occupants on intoxication charges. Burl C. Stanley, 60, of Avondale died from crushing injuries to the abdomen and chest. Estil Collins, 40, and Clarence E. Dale, 52, both of Caretta, were taken into custody pending further investigation.
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Saeger
UPI
Coon Branch Hollow
Burl C. Stanley
Avondale
Estil Collins
Clarence E. Dale
Caretta
Weather Update for Beckley and Region
Scattered showers or thunderstorms develop this afternoon and evening with variable clouds. A cooler day with a high near 85 and tonight’s low around 63. Thursday partly sunny and pleasant in the mid 80s, with airport readings showing a high of 89 and low around 62. River levels Greenbrier and Lake normal and clear. Hinton gauge at 1.7 ft. Five day outlook: WV temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal, cooler Friday then warming over the weekend. scattered showers or thundershowers possible tomorrow and Monday. rainfall near or below one third inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Buckeye
Ariz
Redmond
Ore
West Virginia
Coed editor appeals contempt ruling in UO case
Annette Buchanan, 20, editor of the University of Oregon Daily Emerald, remains in contempt for refusing to name marijuana smokers she interviewed on campus. She hopes to appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court but lacks funds, facing at least $2,500 for the appeal.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
Annette Buchanan
University of Oregon
State Supreme Court
Arthur C. Johnson
Oregon Supreme Court
Leavy
California
William F. Knowland
The
Oakland Tribune
Johnson
William Frye
Emerald
Annette
Grand
Oregon
House Deadlocked On President's Fair Housing Law
Washington UPI reports the House Judiciary Committee is deadlocked on the president's fair housing bill. The panel cannot approve or defeat the controversial measure, stalling action in the House.
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Washington
Gunfire Marks Third Night Of Racial Turmoil
In Cordele Georgia whites and Negroes exchanged gunfire for the third consecutive night of racial violence. Police report no injuries or arrests, with isolated shots heard for about ninety minutes. The unrest centers on a white attack reaction to an integrated swimming event at Veterans State Park.
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Cordele
UPI
L. T. Jobe
Jobe
Clemmie C. Gaston
Crisp County Grand Jury
Earlie Posey
Gaston
Veterans State Park
Posey
Ongania Named Argentina Leader After Bloodless Coup
Lt Gen Juan C Ongania was sworn in as Argentina president, replacing Arturo Illia as the junta of commanders-in-chief took power in a bloodless coup. The regime pledges a revolutionary statute and sweeping political changes across provinces, with a new cabinet to be announced.
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Ongania
Argentina
Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan C. Ongania
Arturo Illia
United States
Illia
White House
Republic
Lia
Congress
Supreme Court
Hearing Postponed for WV Official Jack Nuckols
In Odenton Maryland UPI reports hearing for West Virginia former motor vehicles commissioner Jack A. Nuckols on assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon was postponed by Anne Arundel County People’s Court. Judge Curley cited absence out of town. new date to be set by arresting officer Paul Ingley and the warrant witness Del. William J. Helms. Nuckols was arrested June 22 at Wagon Wheels Restaurant Severna Park after police say he threatened Helms with a pistol and a loaded .38 caliber revolver was found under his car seat. He has posted 1203 dollar bond and faces 10,000 bond in WV on falsifying state records. he has a 1 to 10 year WV sentence.
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Odenton, Md
UPI
West Virginia
Jack A. Nuckols
Anne Arundel County
Paul Ingley
Del
William J. Helms
Maryland
Nuckols
Wagon Wheels
Ritchie Highway
Severna Park
Helms
Escapee Baker Captured Near Powhatan Point Ohio
Robert Lee Baker, 30, an escapee from Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia, was apprehended near Powhatan Point by Ohio Highway Patrol and local police late Tuesday after a tip. Baker, serving 1 to 10 years for breaking and entering from Monongalia County, escaped the prison farm last Saturday.
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Powhatan Point
Ohio
UPI
Robert Lee Baker
Moundsville Penitentiary
West Virginia
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio Rt. 7
Baker
Monongalia County
United States Pressures New Argentine Regime Overthrow
The United States condemned Argentina's military coup that toppled President Arturo Illin and suspended relations with the regime. Washington consulted with hemispheric partners under Rio Conference Resolution 26, urging steps toward elections and a return to constitutional government, while signaling possible future recognition of an interim government. Kennedy called the coup a setback to Alliance for Progress and stressed democratic consent for regional progress.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Argentina
State Department
Arturo U. Illin
Department
Buenos Aires
Kennedy
D-N.y
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Tropical Low Beckon Storm Beckey Eyes Caribbean
Weathermen monitor a growing tropical low off Cuba that could become Becky the tropical storm. The system, large and poorly organized, is south of Havana moving northward about 10 mph, affecting rain across the Caribbean and extending toward the Pacific coast of Mexico. Warnings note a worldwide pattern of bad weather.
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Miami
UPS
Caribbean
National Hurricane Center
Becky
Pacific
Mexico
Havana
Cuba
Gordon Dunn
Hurricane Center
Woman's Body Found At Abandoned Mine
A group of boys picking berries found the body of Mrs Loretta Johnson near a slate dump at an abandoned coal mine tip in Vivian. Identified as about 17 she had been missing over a month. Decomposition hindered quick determinations of foul play while police investigate. Johnson, diabetic and prone to convulsions, was wife of John Henry Johnson then serving in the Army. She had lived with her grandmother in the area.
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Vivian
UPI
Loretta Johnson
De Gaulle Ends Tour of Russia
French President Charles de Gaulle wraps a 5000 mile meet the people tour in Russia and heads to Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders. A joint statement and hotline pledge followed with plans for regular foreign minister meetings and expanded cooperation in science culture and space.
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Moscow
de Gaulle
Leonid Breshnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei Kosygin
France
Soviet Union
Britain ends 45 day sea walkout with 12 month inquiry
London reports that Britain's National Union of Seamen voted 29 to 16 to suspend the 45 day strike that idled a large portion of the merchant fleet. The move ends the stoppage for 12 months while a court of inquiry investigates. Shipowners welcomed the settlement offering more days off in exchange for higher productivity, though seamen sought more concessions.
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London
UPS
Britain
National Union of Seamen
NUS
NUS Executive Council
Harold Wilson
Executive Council
Man Seeks Lost Five Dollars Deposited in 1920
A Laurel Springs North Carolina resident asked Beckley mayor John Wesley Smith to help recover $5 he says he deposited in a local bank in 1920. The note explains he left the bank shortly after and is now blind and nearly 75, seeking the bank’s assistance but the bank says details about the account cannot be released to others.
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Laurel Springs
N.C
Beckley
John Wesley Smith
Court House
R. FE. Baldwin
Raleighty Bank
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