U S Jets Strike Hanoi Area In Persistent Raids
U S jets bombed three oil dumps and a radar control center around Hanoi while heavy fighting raged 60 miles north of Saigon. U S casualties reached 893 in the last week as strikes continued, with Soviet and Chinese reaction and renewed air activity across North Vietnam.
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Russians Stage Mock Explosion For De Gaulle
In Moscow today the Red Army staged a mock nuclear explosion for visiting Charles de Gaulle as he observed tank and rocket maneuvers in heavy rain. The French leader and Soviet leaders planned a joint declaration to promote closer cooperation, possibly signed at the Kremlin, while de Gaulle eyes NATO withdrawal.
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Johnson faces down red aggression with air strikes on Hanoi Haiphong
President Johnson authorizes U S air strikes against Hanoi and Haiphong to confront Communist aggression in South Vietnam. The move signals a major escalation in Southeast Asia and echoes past U S military actions under Kennedy and Johnson, raising risks of international retaliation and domestic strains while aiming to compel talks peace.
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Global condemnation of U S bombing spreads in Hanoi and allies
United Press International reports swift international reaction to U S raids on Hanoi and Haiphong. Britain voices cautious criticism while Australia and Thailand back the action. antiwar protests flare in London and Paris. Soviet and North Vietnamese media call the strikes barbaric and criminal escalation.
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Bus service to Lake Stephens area proposed this summer
Ernest Quesenberry, buslines manager, says a bus will run at least three trips daily to the Lake Stephens swimming area once road paving is finished, likely at 1 AM, 12 noon, and 5 PM. The service will continue through August, about two months.
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State May Be Declared Drought Disaster Area
Charleston UPI Farmers face potential losses around 25 million as frost and rainfall shortages shrink crops. Gus Douglass urges Gov Johnson to seek federal disaster declaration citing eight inches below normal rainfall and low water across counties from the Ohio Valley to South Branch Valley.
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Weather Partly Cloudy Beckley and Vicinity
Partly cloudy this afternoon and evening. High today 86. Fair tonight with a low of 60. Partly cloudy again tomorrow with a high in the mid 80s. Airport conditions show a high of 85, low 60 in the last 24 hours. River conditions Greenbrier and Lake normal and clear. gauge at Hinton 1.7 ft. Extremes: 109 at Parker Arizona and Needles California. 33 at Redmond Oregon.
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Pact to extend Cass Scenic Railroad to Bald Knob
A $670000 contract will be signed Thursday for an extension of Cass Scenic Railroad to Bald Knob. The signing takes place in the office of State Natural Resources Director Robert P. McDonough.
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Castro breaks long silence with Cuba USA clash at San Juan
Fidel Castro spoke in Havana accusing the United States of dirty political intervention against Cuba’s team at the San Juan Central American and Caribbean Games. He criticized Avery Brundage and claimed U S actions blocked Cuban participation. Cubans finished third amid defections.
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Beclley Raleigh YMCA names Joseph F Vinson director
Joseph F Vinson will become executive secretary of the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA replacing Harry Culp Jr who resigns to lead the Cumberland Maryland YMCA An Aug 1 start is planned and the July 15 departure will leave a 15 day director gap during which other staff handle the summer program Vinson a West Virginia native and long time YMCA official has held roles in Columbus Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio and has studied at Ohio State George Williams College and Sir George Williams University He is married to Nancy Casto and is a former Union Carbide employee
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Pentagon to unveil tweaked draft study today
The Pentagon plans a congressional hearing today to reveal the long awaited draft study findings. Thomas D. Morris, assistant secretary of defense for manpower, will present conclusions from the study. The Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair opened its fourth year near Ripley with exhibits and West Virginia cuisine. The U S Army turned over Governor's Island in New York Harbor to the Coast Guard in a ceremony after 172 years. The Senate approved a $200 million program to aid federal employment offices in helping the unemployed find jobs. A sealed verdict may come today in the civil rights case involving three of six Ku Klux Klansmen accused in the Lemuel Penn slaying. Between 500 and 600 additional summer jobs may be available this summer for West Virginia youths per Sen. Jennings Randolph.
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Capitol grounds plan advances with draft and veto safeguards
A Senate Subcommittee approved a bill to draft a long range plan for the Capitol grounds with an amendment banning projects to enlarge or modify the Capitol without approval from Senate and House Public Works committees. Senate and House negotiators approved a $17.5 billion defense bill authorizing nuclear powered vessels for the Navy and a 3.2 percent pay raise for personnel.
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Record Cigarette Consumption and Lunch Program Plans
American smokers consumed a record 534 billion cigarettes in the fiscal year to date, per Agriculture Department estimates. The Senate Agriculture Committee rejected President Johnson's cutback demand and approved a $110 million school milk program for fiscal 1967 with a pilot school breakfast project. The White House confirmed Johnson will depart late morning for a speaking tour of the upper Midwest.
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Raleigh Vocational Center Gets Grant
The U S Department of Labor approved a grant for the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center to train 15 unemployed workers as TV service repairmen over 28 weeks. The project costs 30142 dollars with 23260 for trainees and 6882 for training, to be conducted at the Raleigh County center.
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Missing Child Found Dead In Aurora Neighborhood
Paula Sue Steinbach, 9, was found dead in a shed near her Aurora home after a neighbor boy, 4 years her age, confessed to the killing. The youth signed a statement with his father and a minister present. Parents hospitalized after learning of their daughter's death. Police consider charges pending versus the boy, with possible murder penalties depending on age.
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Prisoners surrender to Weston housewife
Weston police said two escaped inmates from Huttonsville Medium Security Prison surrendered after knocking on a housewife's door Wednesday. Thomas Urban and Tony Santos, found on a front porch, were jailed in Lewis County.
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State Soldier Dies In Viet Nam Crash
Morgantown reports Warrant Officer Delmas Towns end died in a Viet Nam helicopter crash Friday. The Defense Department confirmed he was in his mid-20s and married, with his wife living in Alabama. Creeds Townsends of nearby Hagens notified.
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Delmas Townsend
Alabama
Nuckols Hearing Transferred but Not Postponed
Odenton Md UPI A hearing for former West Virginia Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack A Nuckols on assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon will proceed as scheduled at 10 am Friday. It will be held 10 miles away at the Ferndale People's Court with Judge George Thomas presiding. earlier word of postponement was reversed. The charges stem from an incident involving a Maryland legislator at a nearby restaurant.
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Anne Arundel County
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State Woman Death by Own Action Victim
A Cross Lanes area woman died in a South Charleston hospital after an apparent self incendiary act. Carol Fisher, 27, was found engulfed in flames in her backyard Wednesday night. Fire Chief Lester Casto said she saturated herself with gasoline and set herself afire. Navy sailor Robert P. Jarrell witnessed a bonfire in the neighbor’s yard, pulled her from flames, and tore off her clothing as his jacket ignited and hands burned. A gasoline can was found on the lawn.
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Explorer satellite launch delayed by tropical disturbance
CAPE KENNEDY UP I reports a driving rain from a tropical disturbance off Florida's west coast today forces at least a day's delay in the launch of an explorer satellite toward an orbit around the moon.
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