McNamara Defends Viet Nam Air Raids On Oil Depots
Defense Secretary McNamara defended U S air attacks on Hanoi and Haiphong oil depots as necessary to curb North Viet Nam’s use of trucks and power tunks for infiltration. He said 46 aircraft attacked, one F105 lost, heavy damage to depots, and 80 percent of facilities at Haiphong destroyed. He noted restraint toward civilians and that the operation aimed to save South Vietnamese and allied troops while forcing Hanoi to divert resources.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
McNamara
Red China
Viet Nam
China
United States
White House
Robert B. Fleming
South
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Lynda Johnson under fire in Spanish press during Spain visit
Lynda Bird Johnson faces criticism from Spain's Pueblo for acting like a movie star during her vacation. U S embassy aides and police escorts awaited her next itinerary as she improvises plans after an eight day tour of northern Spain.
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Spain
U. S
Miss Johnson
Johnson
Madrid
U.S
Lynda
Pueblo
Lynda Johnson
No Shortcuts Seen For New Auto Safety Bill
Congress moves slowly on auto safety as House Commerce Committee votes to draft its own bill rather than adopting a Senate version. Chairman Harley Staggers notes progress is hampered by a jurisdiction dispute with Public Works over highway safety provisions while Senate action pushes mandatory federal standards. Transportation and urban programs are also in play as administration plans split agencies in a proposed department of transportation.
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United States
Staggers
House Public Works Committee
Congressional
Administration
Johnson
Department of Transportation
Senate
Government Operations Committee
House Banking Committee
U.S
House
Charleston Boys State elects Federalist sweep in mock government
Mike Akers of South Charleston won the mock governorship as Federalists swept most top offices at Boys State. The Federalists also dominated Board of Public Works races except Auditor, with Joe Deegan narrowly defeating Mike Kesler by one vote. Nationalists won three Supreme Court posts. Inauguration set for today with Judge Chauncey Browning officiating and Gov. Hulett C. Smith to speak Thursday.
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Jackson's Mill
UPT
Mike Akers
South Charleston
Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
Joe Deegan
Bridgeport
Mike Kesler
Hico
Fayette County
American Legion
Otis Jones
Charleston
Steve Conley
Ravenswood
Allan Woodford
Elkins
Danny Akers
Fayetteville
Steve Knezovich
Paden City
Phil Hazeldine
David Fetter
Huntington
Paul D. Taylor
Fairmont
Rick Warmuth
Cameron
Chauncey Browning
Hulett C. Smith
SEATO backs U S Viet Nam war stance at Prague meeting
SEATO closed a three day session in Canberra with strong support for U S resolve to win the Viet Nam war and pledges of increased help in the anti communist conflict. France dissociated itself from the communique amid de Gaulle policy tensions. Pakistan voiced reservations as American bombing targeted Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Canberra
Australia
UPI
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
U.S
France
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Pakistan
Hanoi
Haiphong
Rights move to curb discrimination in juries and desegregation
Rights groups press ahead after committee tentative approval seeking to end discrimination in selecting federal and state court juries. The plan also aims to strengthen penalties for racial violence and accelerate desegregation in schools and public facilities.
Haiphong Hanoi Raids Hit Petroleum Facilities In Vietnam War
U S forces bombed Haiphong and Hanoi centers in an eight minute raid near Haiphong at 12 50 p m and 25 minutes later hit a Hanoi petroleum facility three miles from the city core Officials said about 40 percent of storage facilities were destroyed and the strikes aimed to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines Preliminary reports from pilots praised the damage while Hanoi claimed seven American planes were shot down In the Mekong Delta Vietnamese forces began a major sweep killing 83 enemy soldiers and engaging two battalions in Dan Tri operations
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Constellation
Ranger
Haiphong
Hanoi
Red River
South Viet Nam
Radio
Mekong
Funeral directors gather for West Virginia association meeting
Miles W Rodney of Wheeling Price H Calfee Ill linked to Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville and Hugh Moore with Calfee Funeral Home Beckley attended the event. After registration delegates enjoyed a coffee hour courtesy of Raymond Hage and Co Huntington insurance consultants for the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association. A President's Luncheon for District Officers and Executive Board members followed in the Town and Country Restaurant El Cid Room.
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Miles W. Rodney
Wheeling
Price H. Calfee
Ill
Robertson
Raleigh County
The
West Virginia Funeral Directors
Carol Bennett
Robert Louderback
Association
Deaths And Funerals of Conard Mack Johnson
Conard Mack Johnson 68 of Oceana died Monday night at home after a heart attack. Funeral services Thursday 11 a.m. at Toneda Baptist Church with Rev. Verne Cook and Rev. Roy Lester officiating. Burial Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny. Survivors include wife Lula Bailey Johnson six sons James Kopperston Wayville Itmann Darrell Doyle Frankie Conrad Raymond Wash five daughters Mildred Acord Virginia Stafford Narcissis Hatfield Genevieve Laxton Patricia Ann Johnson a brother Fred Newland six sisters Maggie Lewis Janice Calhoun Ama Chaney Cozy Lewis Mae Richardson Dassie Rogers and 27 grandchildren. Body to Evans Funeral Home Oceana moved to home at 5 p.m. today and to church one hour prior to services.
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Conard Mack Johnson
Oceana
Toneda Baptist Church
Verne Cook
Roy Lester
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Johnson
Avery County
N. C
Louie G
Cordelia Hicks Johnson
Lula Bailey Johnson
James
Kopperston
Wayville
Itmann
Darrell
Doyle
Frankie
Chicago
Ill
Conrad
Raymond, Wash
Mildred Acord
Hatcher
Virginia Stafford
Narcissis Hatfield
Genevieve Laxton
Lynch
Patricia Ann Johnson
Fred
Newland
N.C
Maggie Lewis
Janice Calhoun
Ama _ Chaney
Cozy Lewis
Mae Richardson
Canton
Ohio
Dassie Rogers
Maryville
Tenn
Evans Funeral Home
Mrs. Cora Sheppard Final Rites Held at Toneda Church
Mrs. Cora Sage Sheppard 21 of Hatcher died in a two car crash near Kopperston Tuesday. Born June 8 1945 in Kopperston she was a daughter of Daniel and Helen Barlow. Survivors include her husband Booth L a brother Walter Eugene in the Air Force Amarillo Texas and sisters Mrs George Spears Hatcher and Mary Helen Barlow at home. Evans Funeral Home Oceana to the parents home at 5 p m Thursday.
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Hatcher
Toneda Baptist Church
Wayne Rollins
Dewey Wilson
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Sheppard
Kopperston
Daniel
Helen Wilson Barlow
Lynch
Booth L
Walter Eugene
Air Force
Amarillo
Texas
George Spears
Mary Helen Barlow
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Funeral notices for Lydia Gyongyosi and Miss Cook
Lydia Gyongyosi 79 of Huntington and formerly Beckley died Tuesday night after a long illness born in Hungary in 1887. Survivors include son Steve Gingise five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services and burial Friday at Madison with Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home. Miss Cook died 2:30 p m Tuesday after a long illness born August 6 1888 in Jesse daughter of John O and Mary Shannon Cook. She had a sewing shop in Beckley and lived in Beckley about 20 years. pallbearers named. Friends may call at Caf fee Funeral Home after 6 pm today.
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Lydia Gyongyosi
Huntington
Beckley
Hungary
Steve Gyongyosi
Steve Gingise
Madison
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
Jasper
West Virginia
Joe Farris
John Richmond
Ewart Gilmer
Grady Morgan
Grady Allen
Joe Lilly
Caffee Funeral Home
Final rites for Thomas K. Wills in Powleys Creek Church
Thomas K. Wills 55 of Hilldale dies in Hinton hospital after a month-long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Thursday at Powleys Creek Baptist Church with Rev. William Fox and Rev. E C Wheeler presiding. Burial in Greenbrier Burial Park. Born Sept 4 1910 in Summersville he was son of the late George Alexander and Teresa Rader Wills. He was a brother of Mrs Lor aine Hicks of Beckley. He was a longtime Summers County resident and member of Freedom Baptist Church. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
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Lhomas K. Wills
Hilldale
Powleys Creek Baptist Church
William Fox
E. C. Wheeler
Greenbrier
Wills
Hinton
Lorraine Hicks
Beckley
Summersville
George Alexander
Teresa Rader Wills
Summers County
Freedom Baptist Church
Powleys Creek
Ronald Meadows Funeral
RNS
Funeral rites for Miss Pearl Cook 77
Funeral services for Miss Pearl Cook, 77, of 609 1-2 S Ka nawha St, will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday in the Cal-
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Miss Pearl Cook
S. Kanawha St
Rhodell Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Arthur Young about 50 of Rhodell was fined $25 and costs after a Bud Magistrate hearing for reckless driving. His car struck a parked vehicle owned by Ray Huffman of Corinne around 1 15 a m today, with damage estimated at $1 000 by officers.
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Bud
RNS
Arthur Young
Rhodell
Terry Lester
Young
Ray Huffman
Corinne
Huffman
Mrs. Maggie Painter Final Rites in Mount Hope
Mrs. Maggie Painter of Weirwood, 78, dies after long illness in Oak Hill hospital. Funeral 2 p m Friday Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors: five sons Tracy North Plainfield NJ Troy Baltimore MD Carlos Page Theodore and Junior C Weirwood. 20 grandchildren. 19 great grandchildren. Preceded by son Cecil 1951. Body at funeral home after 4 p m Thursday.
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Maggie Painter
Weirwood
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Cecil
Death notice for Estell Smith of Los Angeles California
Mrs Estell Smith of Los Angeles California is noted as deceased. His sister Mrs Nora Robinson of 200 F Street is informed and the funeral will be held in California.
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Nora Robinson
F St
Estell Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Funds Told For State Agencies
Charleston reports the State Board of Public Works released funds to operate agencies for the first quarter of the 1966 67 fiscal year as the new year begins. Budget director William Coffman said the general revenue fund may end the current year with over 1 million dollars above estimates. Action on 75000 dollars for agency professional memberships was delayed while an inquiry into proposed increases proceeds.
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Charleston
State Board of Public Works
William Coffman
General Revenue Fund
Hulett C. Smith
Youths Disturb Graham Crusade at Earl's Court
A dozen long haired youths disrupted Dr. Billy Graham’s London sermon at Earl’s Court Arena on Tuesday night by marching with a banner reading Think about Viet Nam. Other demonstrators tossed left wing literature as ushers removed the intruders. Graham urged not to view them as typical.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Earl’s Court Arena
Graham
Viet Nam
Highway Improvements Financed by Bonds Under Better Roads Amendment
Charleston based report states the State Road Commission has financed 91.8 million dollars in highway improvements from the first 40 million dollars of bonds sold under the Better Roads Amendment. The amendment allows up to 200 million in bonds over ten years with 20 million per year. 1965 and 1966 legislatures authorized 20 million each. Bond funds are audited separately and used solely for construction.
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Fanny Seiler Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Vincent J. Johnkoski
Hugh N. Mills
SRC
Bureau of Public Roads
Johnkoski
U. S
Mills
John Koski
Burl Sawyers
Kennedy Defends Draft Lottery Plan Before Panel
Senator Edward M. Kennedy urged that his draft lottery design would work, arguing it would improve fairness and efficiency. He proposed 19 year olds be entered in a national drawing each year, with deferments mostly unavailable and college entrants joining the lottery after graduation. The plan centers on random selection to determine who is drafted, with those not drawn remaining eligible only in emergencies.
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House Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
WVU President Rumored to Quit for Federal Post
WVU president Paul A. Miller vacationing could not be reached for comment on reports he may resign to accept a federal Education Department appointment. FBI background probes are routine before such posts. Miller may join as assistant secretary for education, replacing Francis Keppel.
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Morgantown
UPI
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
Miller
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Francis Keppel
WVU
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Elvis Stahr
Stahr
Kennedy
RFK Backed Candidate Wins Manhattan Surrogate Race
In New York Kennedy backed Samuel J. Silverman who defeated Tammany Hall aligned Arthur G. Klein 70 771 to 47 625. Third place went to Thomas F E Rohan. The victory strengthens Kennedy’s leadership and positions him to influence the Democratic line against Rockefeller in the fall.
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New York
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Manhattan
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Samuel J. Silverman
Arthur G. Klein
Silverman
Klein
Darkhorse Criminal Court
Thomas FE. Rohan
Reform Democrats
Tammany Hall
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Trampled to Death by Elephant at Vilas Park Zoo
At Vilas Park Zoo in Madison Wisconsin the Indian elephant Winkie fatally mauled three year old Ruth Ellen Freedman. She climbed under a chicken wire fence to feed the animal and was snatched by Winkies trunk lifting her into the air.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
Winkie
Vilas Park Zoo
Ruth Ellen Freedman
Ralph Freedman
Princeton, N.J
Ruth Ellen
Tragic Elephant Attack At Kilis Zoo Involves Girl
Witnesses describe Kilis Zoo incident where an elephant trampled 9 year old Ruth Ellen after an air escape. Trainer Mel Bollig retrieved the body as bystanders including the girl's mother and others watched in horror. Zoo director Alvie Nelson said no decision yet on the elephant's fate and noted safety concerns with the cage bars.
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Ruth Ellen
Mel Bollig
Bollig
Winkie
Zoo
Alvie Nelson
Nelson
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