Bloody Viet Cong clash drains 184 fighters in Vietnam
In Zone C near the Cambo border region and 70 miles northwest of Saigon a heavy firefight erupted between U.S. infantry and Viet Cong forces. The encounter produced 150 dead or wounded on the Viet Cong side and more than 100 American casualties, with gas masks and tunnels mentioned as part of the grim engagement. Air strikes and artillery supported the fight which extended through the day, marking a rare use of gas by Communist units in Vietnam.
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Wasjim
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Vietnam
Cambo
Hue
America
Ring Register Q and A on taxes and local issues
A compilation from the Ring Register column answers readers questions about a 1967 wage law, deputy sheriff pay, one way streets in Beckley, a 10 month school term, and taxability of disability compensation and miners pensions. It explains federal and state wage rules, local traffic funding, and tax filing requirements, with references to officials and dates.
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Raleigh County
Okey Mills
Burger-Boy
U. S. Department of Labor
Quarrier
Charleston
W. Va
Beckley
E. M. Nn NG Payne
Sherman ‘Trail
Raleigh County Schools
Ring Register
Weather Update for Beckley and Vicinity
Fair weather expected this afternoon tonight and Thursday with a high of 37 today and a low of 20 tonight. Tomorrow’s high expected in the upper 40s. Airport conditions show a 25 degree high last 24 hours at 5 p.m. Tuesday and a 15 degree low over the last 74 hours at 8:30 a.m. today.
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Beckley and Vicinity
March Comes In Like A Lamb Weather Calms
Weather finally eases after a lion like three months with a calm spell for March. Readings show 0.05 inches of precipitation north winds NW at 12 mph and mild extremes from 23 to 90 degrees across locations including Los Alamitos and Peliston.
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United Press
Jan Zen Strance
Eastonners
Los Alamitos
Calif
Peliston
Mich
Senate delays vote on gross margins tax showdown
Charleston report details a Tuesday delay in voting on the gross margins tax bill after Majority Leader Moreland moved to postpone. Carrigan and supporters argued the amendment would erase exemptions for depletion and depreciation, while opponents warned the delay hid party splits. Senate leaders aligned with the postponement, with several senators shifting positions amid party ties.
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UPI
Senate
William Moreland
D-Man
Galia
John E
Carrigan
R-Marshall
Creates
House
Clarence EL
Martin
C. H. McKown
Wayne
Howard Carson
Moreland
Theil
Sen
Jack Miller
R - Wood
Bill To Tighten Club Laws Read In House
West Virginia lawmakers prepare to read a bill in the House after Judiciary Committee approval. Sponsored by Speaker H. Laban White and Del. J. E. Watson, the bill would mandatorily impose a one to three year prison term for a second liquor violation and raise first offender fines from 50 to 500 dollars up to 500 to 1000 dollars.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
House of Delegates
House Judiciary Committee
House
H. Laban White
Harrison
J. E. Watson
Marion
Hulett C. Smith
Six more cadets admit cheating at Air Force Academy
Six more cadets were expelled for cribbing at the Air Force Academy, raising total expulsions to 46 in two years amid a widening scandal. Officials expect up to about 60 implicated as Congress plans a study of the incident, described as the third worst cheating case in U.S. military academies.
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Vietnam
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Imara
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Tran van Do
Prop In Auto Sales Hurts Steel Market
New York report notes an expected spring dip in steel orders from the auto sector could soften markets though other sectors remain solid. The Iron Age says automakers may phase out 1967 runs early to preempt a possible UAW strike, potentially easing auto demand now but boosting steel buying later when seasonally low.
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API
Iron Age
Lec
United Auto Workers
Wheeling GI Killed in Vietnam Action
The Defense Department reports Corporal George E. McCrobie of Wheeling West Virginia was killed in Vietnam. He was 1 month into his deployment and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell McCrobie.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
George E. McCrobie
Wheeling W. Va
Vietnam
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Adam Clayton Powell Fate Hangs On Line Vote
Washington UPI reports House members meet to decide whether Adam Clayton Powell may be seated after a nine member panel recommended seating him then censuring and fining him. Powell warned he would go to court if kept out.
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UPI
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John Conyers
Conyers
Michigan
Noted Sociologist IH Hart Succumbs at 78
Washington (UPI) Hor nell Norris Hart renowned sociologist who studied family relations died at Washington Hospital Center Tuesday of a heart ailment. He was 78. Dr Hart emeritus of sociology at Duke University taught there 1938 to 1957. Before Duke he taught at Bryn Mawr College and Hartford Theological Seminary. Among his three surviving daughters is Mrs Beatrice Ruha of Charleston West Virginia.
McDonnell and Douglas Move Toward Final Merger
McDonnell and Douglas aircraft firms approved a definitive merger agreement. They had signed a letter of intent in January and set an April 8 target date for consummation. McDonnell builds Gemini capsules and Phantom jets while Douglas produces jet transports. a Florida division is planned.
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McDonnell Company
Donald W. Douglas
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Senate Okeh Assured On Nuclear Ban
Senate leaders signal approval of a US Russia consular treaty backing a global push to ban nuclear weapons. Dirksen and associates indicate likely ratification if a broader pact to halt spread advances, with other lawmakers urging movement amid Vietnam era tensions and regional security debates.
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UPI
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
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Sinois
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Britain
Russia
Dirksen hints at nonproliferation treaty support
Dirksen pressed for a nonproliferation treaty as a presidential goal, noting the US and Russia are negotiating one this year. He cited the consular treaty, signed in Moscow in 1964, as an ongoing congressional issue, with Johnson aiming to push both agreements forward.
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United States
Russia
Moscow
Congress
Peyton Place Stars Leigh Taylor-Young and Ryan ONeal Wed
Honolulu UP I reports Leigh Taylor-Young 22 and Ryan O Neal 25 married Tuesday night at a Honolulu home. Circuit Judge S P King performed the ceremony attended by a few friends. Taylor-Young, new to Peyton Place, previously on Broadway and not married before. O Neal, son of writer Charles O Neal, recently divorced with two children.
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Ryan O'Neal
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Burroughs Corp
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Frank Sinatra
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Charles O'Neal
Joana Moore
Keith Swinehart
Dad Leaves Supreme Court To Avoid Conflict
President Johnson names Ramsey Clark as Attorney General prompting Justice Tom C. Clark to retire from the Supreme Court to avoid conflicts. Clark, 67, will step down after Senate confirmation of his son’s nomination, clearing the way for the government’s chief legal representative in civil rights matters.
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