Great Blizzard Of 1966 Strikes Northern Plains
A three day blizzard burying trains and barns left towns without power or phones from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes. Nineteen people died or were missing as cattle froze and residents faced frostbite, stranded transport, and closed schools. Rescue and relief efforts began as cattle were fed and people endured the record cold and snow.
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Plains
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Minneasota
Nebraska
National Guard
North Dakota
Carla Welk
Strasburg
Carla
Betty Beide
Jamestown
Elmer Throne
National DuBois Club HQ Blown Up in San Francisco
The national headquarters of the W E B DuBois Club labeled a Communist front by the Justice Department was shattered by a pre dawn explosion in San Francisco. National executive secretary He Hallinan alleged deliberate setting and blamed 30 to 40 sticks of dynamite. The arson squad and army investigated as the dispute follows a Brooklyn melee involving six members. The DuBois clubs with 2500 members were organized as a national group to support peace and civil rights named after William Edward Burgardt DuBois.
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San Francisco
UPI
W.E.B. DuBois Club
Justice Department
He Hallinan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cman
Eens Ce Senies Psace
Communist Front
William Edward Burghardt DuBois
Communist Party
China Charges Soviet Munich to Begin Peace Talks
A Peking People's Daily commentary accuses the Soviet Union of planning another Munich and pressuring Hanoi toward peace talks. It cites Moscow visits by UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson as evidence of a Western East West link and frames Wilson as supporting U S Viet Nam policy and a peace talks hoax.
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Russia
Munich
Peking People’s Daily
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Harold Wilson
Anti-Castro Expedition Members Barred by U S Coast Guard
Fourteen armed Cuban exiles aboard a boat were turned back from international waters off Florida by the Coast Guard and U S customs officials. The Second Escambray Front Alpha 66, a Miami anti Castro group, identified the men as members. One report called it a commando mission. A press conference was set for today to clarify the situation.
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Miami
UPI
Florida
Coast Guard
U.S
Escambray Front
Alpha 66
Mundt attacks election system and calls for two electors plan
Senator Karl Mundt charges metropolitan areas control presidential elections under the electoral system and criticizes the winner take all method. He advocates a double elector scheme with two from the state at large and one from each local district to yield a more popular outcome. He partners with other congressmen on reform.
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Washington
UPI
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Collectoral College
Mundt
Johnson
Wright Patman
House Banking and Currency Committee
Defense Department
Texas Democrat
Department
Steel
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Pope Dashes Liberal Hopes for Birth Control Reform
Pope Paul VI names ultra conservative Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani to head a Vatican commission studying contraception. The move signals a major setback for liberal hopes of changes in the Church stance on artificial birth control. Three Americans among 15 bishops and cardinals named include Cardinal Shehan of Baltimore Archbishop Bin of St Paul and Archbishop Dearden of Detroit.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
Cardinal Ottaviani
Vatican
Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Leo bin
St. Paul
Demand for Resignation at Barcelona Church Row
A Ramon Zalez Martin of Barcelona does not speak the regional Catalan dialect and is Castilian, a disclosure on Thursday noted. The prelate was unnamed in the fragment, suggesting ongoing tension over language and regional identity within the church leadership.
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Barcelona
UPI
Ryzalez Martin
Boston Newspapers Shut Down by ITU Strike in 1957
Federal and state mediators sought to end a printer and mailer strike that closed five Boston papers including the Globe, Herald, Traveler, and Record-American. ITU locals voted 1,266 to 56 to strike over a three year contract with wage hikes, while 5,000 workers were idle and 1,095,373 daily readers affected.
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Boston
UPI
Fishers
International Typographical Union
ITU
Boston Morning
Evening Globe
Morning Herald
Evening Traveler
Record-American
William Davis Taylor
Ier
Boston Globe
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Globe
Elmer Brown
Boston Typographical Union No. 13
Boston Mailers No
Marines recall a napalm strike during helicopter rescue
A Marine recounts forces lifting a crippled helicopter crewman after an enemy attack. Juxtaposed with the bombardment by jets dropping napalm on a hill, the narrative notes charred remains, foxholes, and booby traps as Marines advance. A leaflet warns villagers about retaliation, provoking disbelief at propaganda.
WVU To Train 100 Local Union Officers
Washington UPI report says the AFL-CIO and West Virginia University will train 100 local union officers from 11 Appalachian states to aid the war on poverty. The program, sponsored by the AFL-CIO Appalachian council led by Miles Stanley, runs from April into next fall with alternating classes and local problem work.
Deaths And Funerals Louise Mutter Short 80 Union
Services will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at the Broyle Funeral Home Chapel Union for Mrs Louise Mutter Short 80 of Union who died 11 p m Saturday at her daughter's home in Salem Virginia Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery She was born October 25 1885 in Virginia daughter of Everly J and Charlotte Silk Mutter and was a Methodist Church member Survivors include two daughters Mrs Frank Reckard Artington and Mrs Ernest Crandock Oak Hill three sons William Arthur Union James P Churchill Tenn Malcolm J Arlington Va two sisters Mrs Martha Frame and Mrs R R Brown Oak Hill 16 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren
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Louise Mutter Short
Union
Broyle Funeral Home
D. C. Craft
Dewey Brown
Green Hill
Short
J. D. Church
Salem
Virginia
Everly J
Charlotte Silk Mutter
Methodist Church
Frank Reckard Artington
Ernest Crandock
Oak Hill
William Arthur
James P
Churchill, Tenn
Malcolm J
Arlington
Martha Frame
R. R. Brown
Mary F. Workman
Mary Frances Williams
Workmen
Workman’s Creek
Workman’s Creek Methodist Church
John Burgiss
Lewis Matheny
Clear Creek
Reed
Deliah Bailey Maynor
Sadie Mullins
Baltimore
Ada Bailey
Gladys Winston
Wanda Atha
Bidwell
Ohio
Dewey H. Williams
Rt. 1
Beckley
Calvin Salmon
Lee Maynor
Elmer Maynor
Bill
Harper Heights
Melton Mortuary
Final rites for Grady Scarbro set at Grady Scarbro Funeral Home
Grady Scarbro dies at 4 p.m. Friday in a Baltimore hospital. Funeral will be at Grady Scarbro Funeral Home with Rev Leo Werner officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body remains at the funeral home. friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Grady Scarbro
Ree Funeral Home
Ount Hope
Leo Werner
Oharee
Blue Ridge
Baltimore
Mrs Minnie Ayers Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs Minnie Ayers Ayres of 217 Plum Ley Street died today at 7:30 a.m. in a local hospital. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Minnie Ayres
Plumley St
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
William Pollard
Jonben
Fayette County
McCormick Services Held for Thomas J McCormick
Funeral services for Thomas J McCormick 86 of Route 1 Mount Hope set for 2 30 pm Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev C S Donnelly officiating Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity He died after a short illness in a Beckley hospital Survivors include his wife Alma a son Claude E of Hyattsville Md five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren Pallbearers will be grandsons.
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Thomas J. McCormick
Route 1
Mount Hope
Tyree
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
McCormick
Beckley Hospital
Baptist Church
Laurel Fork
West Virginia
Alma
Claude E
Hyattsville
Elsie Gregory
Staunton
Goldie Lawson
Myrtle Hughs
Forrestville
Virginia Martin
Joe Lee Allen
Colorado Springs
Colo
Moderate Wins In Guatemala
In Guatemala City official returns show Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro ahead in a three way presidential race. His interior counts favor his lead, with 44 264 to 23 064 and 19 989 for opponents, while polls widen his advantage in the capital.
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Guatemala City
UPI
Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro
Guatemala
Mendez Montenegro
Col
Miguel Angel Ponciano
Juan de Dios Mendez
Mendez
Aguilar
Ponciano
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Revolutionary Party
San Carlos University Law School
Fulbright warns against US China Viet Nam war risk
Fulbright warns that an open ended war in Viet Nam could draw China and the United States into conflict by accident or design. He describes China’s leaders as dogmatists with nuclear capability and urges efforts to understand the Chinese people and leaders through committee hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Viet Nam
America
Fulbright
United
United States
Four Local Dealers To Attend Esso Dealer Convention
Four Humble Oil refining waged dealers from the area will attend the Esso Dealer Convention at the Greenbrier Hotel in Key Sulphur Springs. Participants named Ray Wood Earl H Walker Frank H Warren and R L Lyt Beckley will join in the second annual dealer convention titled 1966 The event highlights regional participation and industry discussion.
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Humble Oil & Refining Waged
Esso
Greenbrier Hotel
Key Sulphur Springs
Ray Wood
Earl H. Walker
Frank H. Warren
R. L. Lyt- Beckley
Hosey Teen Among Two Dead In Laurel Creek Crash
William Kenneth Hosey 16 of Minden died when the car he rode in plunged into Laurel Creek near Beckwith Sunday morning. Survived by parents Ed and Mrs Hosey, three brothers Edward Jerry Thomas R, and five sisters Gloria Biggers Shirley Woodson Barbara Marcella Dreama Hosey. Funeral arrangements by Johnson Funeral Parlor in New York.
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Preston Franklin Puryear
Minden
Laurel Creek
Beckwith
Ruben Puryear
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Ruben Jr
Red Bank
N. J
Edward Puryear
Air Force
Hawaii
Nicey Thompson
Ritchie and Johnson
Beckley
William Kenneth Hosey
Hosey
Ed Hosey
Pleasant Valley Church
Edward
Jerry
Thomas R
New York
Gloria Biggers
Shirley Woodson
Barbara
Marcella
Dreama Hosey
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Curtis A Richmond Dies of Heart Attack at Doctor’s Office
Curtis A Richmond aged 57 died after arriving at a local doctor’s office with death attributed to a heart attack. The body rests at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Curtis A. Richmond
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Walter Jackson Milam dies at 54 in Ury
Walter Jackson Milam 54 of Ury died Sunday from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fred X. Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Sophia with Rev. Cleve Young officiating. Burial will be Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today. Pallbearers are Scotty Milam Delmar Milam Edgar Milam Eugene Mills Ed Crump and Conley Grose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jackson Milam
Ury
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Cleve Young
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Scotty Milam
Delmar Milam
Edgar Milam
Eugene Mills
Ed Crump
Conley Grose
Conservatives Win In Austria Bright Victory Upsets Parliament
The Conservative People's Party won a clear parliamentary majority in Austria with 85 of 165 seats, ending 18 years without an absolute majority. The Socialists dropped to 74 seats, and the Freedom Party held six. Chancellor Josef Klaus led the victorious party.
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Vienna
UPI
People’s Party
Austria
Socialist
Freedom Party
Josef Klaus
Johnson Urges Seniors to Enroll in Medicare Voluntary Coverage
President Johnson urged every senior citizen to sign up for Medicare voluntary coverage for doctor bills before the March 31 deadline. He noted a slower than hoped enrollment rate and issued a proclamation linking National Medicare Enrollment ties to red tape, while stressing basic Medicare care requires no registration.
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Washington
UPI
Prespe Johnson
United States
Washinton
Texas
National Medicare
Johnson
Robert H. Flemming
Marie
Aetean Pro
Medicare
Services for Eddie Pittman set in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Eddie David Pittman 66 of Oak Hill will be at 11 a m Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Allen Gallimore officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died Sunday morning in a Beckley hospital after a heart attack born October 1 1899 in Cora Alabama He was a retired worker for Ashmore Coal Co Brookly n and member of Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle He leaves two sons James H Pittman Farmville NC and Harold Pittman Bristolville Ohio two daughters Reba Nickell and Marlene Ripple Cincinnati Ohio Bonnie Sarver Oak Hill a brother Ellis Pittman Piney View and two sisters Edna McGraw Birmingham Alabama Mamie Card Atlanta Georgia Burial home after 5 p m today RNS
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Thomas Buckhannon
Buck) Bragg
Oak Hill
Winfield
Allen Gallimore
Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle
Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Friends
Tyree
Eddie David Pittman
High Lawn Memorial Park
Pittman
Beckley Hospital
Ashmore Coal Co
Brooklyn
George
Ella Moore Pittman
Cora
James H
Farmville
N. C
Harold
Bristolville
Ohio
Reba Nickell
Marlene Ripple
Cincinnati
Bonnie Sarver
Ellis
Piney View
Edna McGraw
Birmingham
Ala
Mamie Card
Atlanta
Funeral services for Mrs Maude Taylor Pierce
Mrs Maude Taylor Pierce of Fayetteville will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church Fayetteville with Rev F C Bocus and Rev J W Carter officiating. Burial follows in Pierce Cemetery. She died in a New York hospital Friday. Survivors include stepson Marcell Pierce. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor will host visitation at the church two hours before the service and the funeral home will be open from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
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Maude Taylor Pierce
Fayetteville
First Baptist Church
F. C. Bocus
J. W. Carter
Pierce
New York
Marcell Pierce
Ritchie and Johnson
Massive Viet Cong sweep targets Bong Son region action
The U S 1st Air Cavalry led Operation White Wing Masher in Bong Son 300 miles northeast of Saigon with the campaign starting January 25. U S and South Korean troops said 1,484 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces were killed, 570 captured, and about 1,700 detained. Air Force Thunderchief crews reported a SAM missile during a raid 85 miles southwest of Hanoi.
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U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Saigon
Air Force Thunderchief
North
Hanoi
Sai
Descendants of Lusitanians Shaping Modern Brazil
The people of modern Brazil are regarded as descendants of the ancient Lusitanians, blending historic roots with contemporary identity across the nation.
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Brazil
Police Major Accused in Drive-By Attack on Ex-President Home
Gunfire erupts as a speeding car opens fire at the ex-president's residence. An American soldier and a national policeman are wounded near the Inter American Peacekeeping Force HQ at Hotel Jaragua. Four IAPF troopers and two civilians are injured amid a ceasefire enforced by U. S. paratroopers. Bosch, toppled in 1963, had threats since last year. Sunday’s assault marks first near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosch
Inter-American Peacekeeping Force
IAPF
Jaragua
U. S
Guinea Accuses Guinea of Interference in Ghana Crisis
Accra sources report Ghana's revolutionary council sent a note to OAU Secretary General Diallo Telli protesting a Nkrumah broadcast on Conakry radio. Nkrumah, exiled in Guinea, said he would return to crush the council and was named honorary Guinea president by Sekou Toure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accra
UPI
Organiza of African Unity
OAU
Guinea
Ghana
New Revolutionary Council
Diallo Telli
Kwame Nkrumah
Conakry
Nkrumah
Sekou Toure
State Highways Icy Hazardous Weather Icy Roads
Winter conditions grip the state with snow showers, wind, and cold. The State Road Commission urges snow tires or chains as road crews plow and spread cinders. Snow totals reach six inches in Tucker County, five in Randolph, four in Grant. Hazardous driving on U S 60 in Greenbrier, U S 219 in Monroe, and W V 12 and 20 in Summers. Weather forecast calls for lighter winds but continued snow showers and temperatures in the 20s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
State Road Commission
Highway Information Office
SRC
Tucker County
Randolph County
Grant County
U. S. 60
Greenbrier
U. S. 219
Monroe County
W. Va
Summers
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rain Halts Recovery At BOAC Crash On Mount Fuji
Searchers postponed recovery operations as rain and heavy fog shroud the BOAC jetliner wreckage on Mount Fuji. Bodies of 124 aboard the aircraft lie in containers as officials await clearing weather to move the remains to Tachikawa U S Air Force Base near Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Mount Fuji
Gotemba
Tachikawa U. S. Air Force
Saigon Speculator Sentenced To Die
Saigon court for economic crimes convicted a Chinese merchant identified as Ta Vinh, 35, of involvement in an illegal scheme. He was sentenced to death by the court in an action described as a high profile economic crime case in South Viet Nam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
South Viet Nam
New Court For
En Cpuseiei
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