Raleigh Could Lose Federal School Aid Over Desegregation Plans
Raleigh County faces possible loss of federal education funds for not meeting the 1964 Civil Rights Act desegregation requirements, with Rex Smith saying several counties must submit acceptable plans soon or funds will be withheld. Saunders asserts Raleigh is compliant, noting most schools in the county are integrated except four Town District elementary schools and Stratton High.
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Raleigh County
Rex Smith
Smith
Raleigh
West Virginia
U. S. Office of Education
John Saunders
Man Power Training Vocational School
McDowell
Wyoming
Mingo
Mercer
Jefferson
Office of Education
Saunders
Stratton High
Stratton
Shady Spring
Board of Education
John A. Field
Raleigh County School Board
India Pakistan ink cease fire over Rann of Kutch
India and Pakistan signed a cease fire effective Thursday for the Rann of Kutch dispute area. The pact was inked in New Delhi by the Indian foreign secretary and Pakistan’s high commissioner, with a simultaneous ceremony in Karachi. The border fighting, begun April 9 at Bier Bet, ended major engagements by April 30, leaving hundreds dead in what was a pocket war. The Rann Desert spans about 7,500 square miles between Pakistan and Gujarat, India, and is noted as a potential oil source.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
Pakistan
Rann of Kutch
Indian Foreign Office
Karachi
Bierbet
Rann
West Pakistan
Gujarat
Trains Hit 70 Hurt in West Berlin Subway Crash
Two West Berlin subway trains collided at Zoo Station injuring seventy people, twenty five of them seriously, in a UPI report.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Zoo
Weather summary for Beckley and vicinity
Showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions. High near 74, low around 57. Thursday should be partly cloudy and cool with highs in the low 70s. River levels Greenbrier and Lake are normal and clear. gauge at Hinton reads 149 ft. Five day forecast notes cooler trend then slight warming, with isolated showers Thursday and Monday.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Greenbrier
Hinton
Needles
Calif
Marquette County
Mich
West Virginia
Commerce Secretary Sees Strong Economic Facts Amid Market Swings
Washington says the stock gyrations do not reflect a weakening economy. John T. Connor reports the business facts of life remain strong and notes a projected good sized rise in output for the April to June quarter despite recent market declines.
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UPI
Commerce
John T. Connor
Connor
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin Jr
Martin
Commerce Department
U. S
Spaceport Labor Trouble Settled
CAPE KENNEDY UPS reports hundreds of construction workers back on jobs ending a weeklong walkout at the spaceport. The seven major stoppages over 17 months concluded after striking copy machine and microfilm workers accepted a truce and voted to return to work.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Wildcat
Beckley Loses State Nurses Convention Relocated
The 58th WV Nurses Association convention scheduled for Oct 13 15 in Beckley moved to Point Pleasant due to housing uncertainty for 375 delegates and guests. Pleasant Point Resort will host with WV Student Nurses Association also joining 75 delegates.
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Register
West Virginia Nurses Association Today
Beckley
Point Pleasant
Beckley Hotel
State Library Association
Ketiran Brotherhood
Job Corps Center
West Virginia Nurses Association
Betty Lou Perry
Juliann Ritter
Charleston
WVNA
Governor’s Office
Pleasant Point Resort
Ben Gurion Breaks With Mapai Over Election Slate
Former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and his backers formally split from the Mapai party in Tel Aviv. He proposed an independent slate for November elections, citing a long dispute with Levi Eshkol over leadership and the Lavon affair. Moshe Dayan and Haifa mayor Abba Khousky urged remaining in Mapai as opposition.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
David Ben- Gurion
Mapai
Ben-Gurion
Levi Eshkol
Ben- Gurion
Mapai Party
Moshe Dayan
Haifa
Abba Khousky
Fiscal 1965 Deficit Seen At 3.6 Billion In Red
UPI reports fiscal year 1965 ends with an estimated deficit of about 3.6 billion dollars, the smallest in five years. Federal spending may total 96.6 billion against receipts near 93 billion, with final figures due in July. Presidential aides cite Viet Nam, tax policy, and spending as key factors shaping the balance.
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Washington
UPI
Uncle Sam
Congress
Defense Department
Johnson
Auto License Deadline Not Extended Says Police
State Police officials stated no extension will be made for replacing old license tags with 66 plates. Drivers with 65 tags face fines for improper registration as midnight nears. about 430,000 tags sold so far, and the commissioner calls this year’s sales the smoothest in three years.
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State Motor Vehicles Department
Jack Nuckols
Chicago Plea Rejected by Civil Rights Leaders
Civil rights leaders rejected the mayor's peace plea and vowed stiffer demonstrations to push out school superintendent Benjamin C. Willis from office. The dispute centers on school desegregation and Willis's leadership during the integration era in Chicago.
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Chicago
UPI
Benjamin C. Willis
Case Against Collins Nears End in Davis Murder Trial
Final prosecution witnesses are set to testify in Tucker County Circuit Court as Olin Collins Jr. faces murder charges for the slayings of Fred Cooper and his wife, with the babysitter Dora Lewis wounded and their daughter Sandra injured. A mortician and neighbor described the shooting scene, and Collins was later arrested in Oxon Hill.
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Lester Hinkle
Cooper
Cost of living hits record high in May
Washington reports the consumer price index rose three tenths of one percent in May to a new record high. Government data shows ongoing inflation pressures as the cost of living climbs, affecting households and policymakers nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam War Opens New Phase With Joint Operation
UPI dispatches report a new phase in the Viet Nam war as U.S. infantry join Australian and South Vietnamese forces in a large probing action against War Zone D, near Bien Hoa, signaling expanding ground operations and the buildup toward two American divisions in South Viet Nam. 255 Viet Cong dead were counted in a Saigon south operation, with two Americans killed and two wounded.
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Charles W. Corddry Washington
UPI
U.S
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Monay
USS. Army Airborne Brigade
Bien Hoa
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Zone D
Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
Scottish Quads Die After Premature Births in Dumfries
In Dumfries Scotland two of quadruplets born to 34 year old Marjory Mullaney died within hours of birth at Cresswell Hospital. The surviving two babies Bruce and Yvonne weighed 2 lb 4 oz and 2 lb 1 oz respectively. The firstborn girl and third child died this morning weighing 2 lb 14 oz each. The mother is reported in excellent condition. The father Francis Mullaney is a brewery driver. the family has six older children aged 4 to 15.
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Dumfries
Scotland
UPS
Marjory Mullaney
Cresswell Hospital
J. Bruce Dewar
Bruce
Yvonne
Train strikes car injuring two at Lester
A car train collision at Lester injured David Scott Snuffer 13 and Mrs Alice Van Saunders 23 Washington DC about 12 15 pm today The boy is in satisfactory condition at Appalachian Regional Hospital while Mrs Saunders is in serious condition A witness said the car was knocked off the highway and struck by the train State police were investigating at presstime
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Lester
David Scott Snuffer
Alice van Saunders
Washington, D.C
Snuffer
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Neighbor Held In Couple's Murder Near Charleston
NEW MARTINSVILLE UPI Homer Howell in his early 20s, a part time construction worker, is being questioned after a man Arthur Jenkins, 31, and his wife Dorothy Jenkins were shot to death at their home five miles south of here on WV 20. Howell shot himself in the chin and head, survived, and faces possible charges. The couple's four children slept through the incident. motive is yet unclear.
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New Martinsville
UPI
Here
Homer Howell
D. A. Lucas
Arthuree Jenkins
Dorothy
Lucas
Howell
Wetzel County
Paden City
Jenkins
W. Va
Jenkins’ House
Poice
West Virginia Awkward Fate for Marbon Plant
West Virginia legislators face a political dilemma as Marbon Chemical Division seeks a 25 000 barrel daily naptha import license to back a $250 million petrochemical complex in Washington Wood County. The he adline notes U S Oil Import Administration limits and Johnson could shift rules without Congress, placing the president and WV lawmakers in a tense spot while the project promises 3 500 jobs and up to 30 000 in satellite industries.
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Charleston
UPI
Marbon Chemical Division
Borg-Warner Corp
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
Johnson
Washington
Wood County
U. S. Oil Import Administration
Oil Import Administration
Congress
Webster Springs Sheriff to seek 1966 Congress seat
Del D P Given of Webster Springs confirms pursuit of the Democratic nomination for Congress from West Virginia Second District in 1966. He is a four term House of Delegates member and recognizes an uphill race against incumbent Harley O Staggers of Keyser, who holds a ninth term in the U S House.
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UPS
del. D. P
Given
D-Webster
Congress
Harley O. Staggers
Keyser
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Staggers
iHouse of Representatives
Threatened Garbage Collectors Strike Hits Rome As Heat Wave Burns Italy
Italy endures a two week heat wave with near 100 degree heat and 49 deaths from drowning and heat related causes. The start of a three day garbage collectors strike in Rome prompts emergency collections and residents are urged to leave garbage bundles outside for pickup.
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Rome
UPI
Alps
Adamello
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