Johnson urges comprehensive federal state crime war plan
President Johnson asks Congress for a united attack on rising crime via new legislation including a mail order ban on all firearm shipments across state lines with Treasury licensed importers manufacturers and dealers exempted. He stresses citizen responsibility and notes juvenile crime statistics show only a small youth involvement.
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Washington
UPI
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Congress
Manufac
Treasury Department
Johnson Pushes Expanded Federal Local Police Coalition
President Johnson urges a national crime program with stronger federal and local law enforcement. He endorses a presidential commission to study origins of crime and recommends enhanced federal leadership, support to states, and cooperation with local and private groups to curb rising crime nationwide.
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Amer
Trenethen
Justice Department
Justice
Treasury
Congress
Lawmakers Begin Final Days With Action Packed Agenda
West Virginia lawmakers enter the last six days of a 60 day session with big issues including government reorganization a constitutional convention and a large 175 million plus budget The capital punishment bill parole provisions birth control clinics and modernization of anti gambling laws loom over a Friday or Saturday deadline A House Senate conference backed compromise may allow parole after 25 years instead of the harsh earlier terms A Turnpike inclusion in the interstate system is also on the agenda ahead of planned overtime sessions
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Charleston
API
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
House-Senate
House
Senate
Burl A. Sawyers
Upgrading of Turnpike Discussed By Sawyers
State Road Commissioner Burl A. Sawyers told the State Senate that upgrading the 88 mile West Virginia Turnpike to Interstate standards is years away. He cited 2 3 years of preliminary engineering studies and noted current federal law blocks using federal funds for turnpike improvements. The Charleston to Princeton toll road carries traffic from I 64 I 77 and I 79 and faces bond repayment pressures.
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Princeton
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Senate
Congress
Supreme Court Rules on Objectors Belief Requirement
The Supreme Court reversed Daniel Andrew Seeger's conviction for draft refusal, striking down the 1948 requirement that objectors declare belief in a supreme being. The ruling defines religious belief to exclude political sociological or personal moral codes and broadens protection for conscientious objectors.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Press
Daniel Andrew Seeger
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Congress
Tom C. Clark
Weather Report Beckley Area Cloudy With Snow Flurries
Beckley and vicinity expect mostly cloudy skies with some snow flurries this afternoon and a high near 46. Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 25. Tuesday turns increasingly cloudy with likely snow by night, high in the 40s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear. Bluestone Lake 2 ft below normal with 5 gates open. Five day forecast calls for below normal temperatures, warmer Tuesday, then colder midweek, with a chance of rain or snow Saturday and total precipitation 0.2-0.4 inches.
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Beckley High
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Bluestone Lake
West Virginia
Steelworkers Resume Contract Talks Tuesday
PITTSBURGH (UPI) Negotiators for the big 11 steel producers and the United Steelworkers Union resume contract talks Tuesday for the first time in two months, aiming to clinch an agreement before May 1 or risk a strike that could hit the economy. Talks paused Jan 8 amid a union presidential election dispute, with results not expected for weeks. Incumbent president David J. McDonald is optimistic, while rival I W Abel claims McDonald will lose by 8,000 to 10,000 votes once counted.
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UPI
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USW
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I. W. Abel
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Rusk Rules Out Negotiations In Viet Nam War
Secretary of State Dean Rusk rejected any possibility of talks to end the Vietnam War until the Communists agree to leave Southeast Asia alone. He noted no signal from Hanoi or Peking despite other postwar negotiations showing potential, and said there has been no change from the Communist side even with past contacts such as the Warsaw session with China.
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UPI
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New York Printers Set Stage For Strike
New York City printers from seven major newspapers authorized a potential second strike by a wide margin, voting 1 978 to 28 to strike if contract talks fail by March 30, as negotiations with the Publishers Association of New York City stall.
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UPI
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International Typographical Union
ITU
Publishers Association of
Negroes Halted By Troopers In Selma March
In Selma, Gov. Wallace ordered troops to stop a civil rights march to Montgomery. Tear gas, clubs, and ropes injured at least 67 people, including leader John Lewis. FBI agents faced attacks as three men were jailed for assault. Dr King announced a renewed march Tuesday despite dangers.
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Ala
UPI
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Justice Department
FBI
Chicago Mayor Faces Threat Linked to King's Safety
An anonymous caller warned police that Mayor Richard J. Daley would be slain if Martin Luther King Jr was killed during the Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Daley’s home is guarded by four officers as authorities say they do not overly worry but remain vigilant.
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UPI
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Montgomery
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Dallas
Leo J. Harty
Four held in loot bag case as brothers splurge
Philadelphia police traced a missing $40,000 bag from a Brinks truck to the Peterkin brothers and Alan Sanders. The group allegedly split the cash after finding it on a curb outside Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Co. Sanders bought a Cadillac and wardrobe, then traveled to New York, while others spent on drinks and a robbery. Three were arrested. Le Grange Peterkin remained at large with bail set at $1,000 each for receiving stolen goods and larceny.
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Blood Bank
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Herbert
Clarence Ferguson
Sander
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New York City
Brinks, Inc
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James Peterkin
le Grange
Sweden Mourns Death of Our Queen Louise
Sweden declares six weeks of mourning for Queen Louise who died at 75 after a leg thrombosis and a six hour operation. She was beloved as our queen by shoppers, neighbors, and friends alike and linked to Britain’s Victoria line.
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Stockholm
UPI
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Marines Land at Da Nang to Bolster South Vietnam Base
U S Marines landed in a combat zone near Da Nang as 1 400 Leathernecks took defensive positions around the airbase eight miles from North Vietnam. The operation, first Marine landing since Korea, raises U S troop levels to 27 000 in South Vietnam. The ICC split on Geneva violations with North Vietnam accused of aggression. Buddhists urged U S withdrawal and halt to bombing. Separately, Viet Cong fired on a U S Army camp in Binh Dinh Province. several Americans wounded.
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Binh Dinh
India and Poland Back U.S. Viet Nam Raid Critique
Two International Control Commission members from India and Poland supported Communist charges that American bombing raids on North Viet Nam were violations of utmost gravity. Canada dissented, saying raids resulted from North Viet Nam’s aggressive policy. The report, released by Britain, cites official North Vietnamese documents alleging violations of the Geneva agreements. Observers note Poland’s likely support due to bloc alignment, while India remains non aligned and Canada sits with the Western alliance.
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Western Alliance
Five West Virginia traffic deaths raise 1965 toll
United Press International reports four weekend highway fatalities in West Virginia push the year’s toll to 60, with Kenneth Shackleford, 21, of Blairton, killed when his car left the road near Charles Town. Passengers Foster Michael, 21, and others suffer injuries in separate crashes at Elkview, Cedar Grove, and Weirton, including John Woodruff, 29, of Martins Ferry Ohio, whose truck brakes failed on U S 22. Workers freed his body after six hours.
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United Press International
West Virginia
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Blairton
Berkeley County
Leetown
Charles Town
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Martinsburg
Kanawha
Homer R. Hinkley
Elkview
W Va
Charleston
Lemon B. Waugh
Cedar Grove
U. S
Glasgow
John R. Woodruff
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Weirton
Judge Orders Sanity Trial For Jack Ruby
Dallas UPI reports Judge Joe B Brown ordered a sanity trial by jury for Jack Ruby set for March 29. Ruby, silent in court, was escorted from his maximum security cell for the hearing. Attorneys Joe Tonahill and Phil Burleson were assigned to defend him after aiding Melvin Belli in the murder trial. The prosecution did not oppose the sanity trial. The judge overruled motions for a pre trial hearing and for a change of venue.
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UPI
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Jack Ruby
Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe Tonnhill
Jasper
Tex
Phil Burleson
Melvin Belli
San Francisco
Burleson
Tonahill
Texas
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Marines Storm Da Nang Beach In Historic Landing
UPI reports Cpl. Garry Parsons leads first Marine squad ashore at Da Nang on Red Beach Two as 20 foot seas pound the coast. No guerrilla resistance met. one Marine lightly injured amid rough conditions and hot weather.
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South Viet Nam
UPI
Cpl
Garry Parsons
Springfield
Pfe
Mrs Moss 90 Dies In Raleigh County Hospital
Florence Pugh Moss aged 90 of 601 N Kanawha St died at 10 15 am in a local hospital after a short illness She was born February 4 1875 in Vanceburg KY daughter of the late James K and Mary Halbert Pugh A Raleigh County resident since 1907 her husband founded Raleigh Hardware Co and she was its president until death She attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music taught piano and belonged to First Christian Church and the Woman's Club until 1954 Survivors include three daughters Mary Louise New York City Helen T Moss and Mrs William W McCathern Roanoke VA one son George H Beckley two sisters Mrs Junius T Moore Charleston and Mrs Mildred Yeager Portsmouth OH six grandchildren and three great grandchildren The body remains at Coffee Funeral Home until one hour before services Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at First Christian Church Burial Sunset Memorial Park.
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N. Kanawha St
Vanceburg
James K
Mary Halbert Pugh
Moss
Raleigh County
Raleigh Hardware Co
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
First Christian Church
Woman's Club
Mary Louise
New York City
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Sacramento
Calif
William W. McCathern
Roanoke
George H. of
Beckley
Junius T. Moore
Charleston
Mildred Yeager
Portsmouth
Ohio
Bluefield Selected As All American City
Bluefield is chosen as an All-American City for 1964 for its mechanization of area coal mines and dieselization of train engines. The awards are sponsored by Look Magazine and the National Municipal League and normally announced in April.
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Look Magazine
National Municipal League
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