No Russian Missiles In Cuba Says Defense Dept
UPI reports U.S. officials told Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Cuba has no long range missiles and earlier denials differ from 1962. Bethel links Cuban exiles to expectant plans, noting caves and tunnels in Cuba, while officials cite ongoing aerial reconnaissance and Soviet aid movements.
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UPI
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Bethel
Cuba
State Department
Fidel Castro
Senate
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Foreign Service
Paul D. Bethel
Citizens A Committee For A
Miami
UP1
West County
Wyoming County
United States
Kee Hechler
James Kee
Aless
Panther Creek
Iuilong
McDowell County
Jennings Randolph
Congress
Russia
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Weston
Burnsville
Countians To Attend State Conference on Language Testing
Three Raleigh County educators will join 123 teachers at the state conference to discuss a potential statewide foreign language testing program. Plans include pilot testing in ten counties with 210 percent sampling aiming to reach 21,000 current foreign language students. The meeting, led by Daniel Franklin of the state DOE, sets procedures for an initial pilot this spring.
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Mary Klaus
Raleigh County
Edythe Clay
Charles Bradford
Marsh Fork High School
Daniel Franklau
State Department of Education
Raleigh
Jackson’s
U.S. Forces Claim Key Fighting in Vietnam Front
In the Bong Son area near the Central Highlands, U S Army 1st Air Cavalry in Operation Pershing with B57 air strikes killed about 80 Viet Cong in running fights since Monday. Seven Americans died and ten were wounded in heavy combat elsewhere. In the Mekong Delta guerrillas fired mortars at American and Vietnamese troops.
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U.S
Bong Son
Central Highlands
Saigon
U.S. Army 1St
Air Cavalry Division
Mekong Delta
Rice Bowl
Compuunist
Plane Crash Near Karachi Kills At Least 11
A DC4 airliner used as a car ferry crashed into a bridge after takeoff from Karachi Airport bound for Tokyo. Early reports say four of six crew members died and seven Pakistanis on the bridge were killed.
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Sahachi
Pakistan
DPI
Karachi
Lawmakers Split Over USIA Domestic Propaganda Plan
House and Senate leaders clash on a proposal to use US Information Agency resources for domestic propaganda. Some oppose, warning against government subsidy of internal messaging. others support broad disclosure and oversight to keep government from abusing influence. Critics fear overreach. supporters argue transparency and awareness of USIA activities.
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U.S
Moss
House
Glenard P. Lipscomb
R. Calif
Appropriations
USIA
Flooding surrounds West Virginia towns and routes
Local damage from an rising Greenbrier River flood blocks Route 20 at Bellepoint and floods Willow Wood Golf Course. In Talcott Lowell area residents evacuate overnight as summer camps and homes are damaged. The river crest reached 85 feet at 7 am. county schools stay open. Pax area roads recede but earlier blockages hindered an ambulance. Mrs Katherine Rash was rescued after her car was swept and totaled.
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Bellepoint
Willow Wood
Talcott- Lowell
Greenbrier
Fayette County
Fayyette County
Pax
Williams Funeral
MacArthur
West Virginia Turnpike
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Katherine Rash
East Gulf
Rhodesl
Rash
Graveside rites held for 24 day old Meade infant
Judith Darlene Cleade Meade, 24 day old daughter of James and Yvonne Pack Meade of Route 1 Beckley, was laid to rest at Pack Cemetery Raleigh at 1 p m with Rev Vernon Pack officiating. The child died after arriving at a local hospital at noon Tuesday. Surviving siblings are James Jr and Rhonda Rae at home. Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Judith Darlene Cleade
James
Yvonne Pack Meade
Beck- Jey
Pack
Raleigh
Vernon Pack
James Jr
Rhonda Rae
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Easter Decor Workshop at New River Park Set
The City Recreation Department sponsors an Easter decor workshop on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the activity room above the city garage at New River Park. Instructor Adelaide Umland guides participants. cost is 30 cents with most materials provided. Bring blown eggs for an eggshell decoration project and contact Umland at 253-3533 for details.
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City Recreation Department
Frank Rodriguez
New River Park
Adelaide Umland
Rodriguez
Deaths and Funerals In Oak Hill and Mount Hope
Funeral services for Carter Lee Jones 39 of Oakland Calif formerly Oak Hill will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill burial High Laws Memorial Park Oak Hill Jones a 23 year Navy veteran senior chief aviation structural mechanic died Friday at home Surviving include wife Shirley a son David and brother Drewie The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Pallbearers for Robert P Sweeney 53 Mount Hope will be listed and services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Sweeney died Monday after a heart attack A bullet from a gun pierced a passenger plane near Pax Charles Lane 75 Pax died Tuesday night funeral at 11 a.m. Friday Williams Funeral Home Blue Ridge Memorial Park Pax burial follows The Lake Central Airlines craft landed safely with no injuries
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Calif
Oak Hill
Calvary Baptist Church
Alden Meadows
High Laws Memorial Park
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Jones
U. S. Navy
Lochtelly
Wilsie Jones
Warren Sizemore
Fayetteville
Shirley
David
Drewie
Oak
Tyree
Robert P. Sweeney
Mount Hope
Otho Hager
David Allen
Jimmy Hendrick
Tracy
Lively
Carl Stover
Robert Craddock
Douglas Sweeney
William Nickoson
Faure Ti
Indiana
Charles Side
Marion Lane
Pax
Williams Funeral
Billie
Thorne and Colletta Jane Thomas Rites Planned
Funeral services for Herman J Thorne 75 of 231 Crawford Street will be held at 2 p m in Rose and Quesenberry Chapel with Rev Reece Burns presiding Thorne died in a local nursing home after months of illness He was born September 29 1891 in Ope ka and was husband of Beatrice G Brown Thorne survived by his wife and a sister and foster sister A second obituary notes funeral services for Mrs Colletta Jane Thomas 85 of 208 Lane died Tuesday at home Born in Hinton she was married to P G Thomas in 1907 and later ran a mercantile business in Sophia She leaves two daughters a son and a foster son Burial is set for Sunset Memorial Park with services at First Baptist Beckley
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Crawford Ste
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Reece W. Burns
Thorne
Opekiska
Phillip R
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Throne
Fairmont
American Academy of Accountants
Chicago
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L. J. Thomas
Couu
Colletta Jane Thomas
Lane
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Kenneth L. Swank
Dewey Wil
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Lar Cgan
Fred
Pax
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Crab Orchard
Robert
Earl
California
Bay of Ohio
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Alildred) Martin
Slab Fork
Belle Shumate
Oak Hill
Frank Lane
Haskell
Cook
James Whitmore
Eugene Goins
Bobbie Lane
Billie J. Young
Arlie McKinney
Coy McKinney
Williams Funeral
Mac. Arthur
Thomas
Henry
P. G. Thomas
George
America Stone
West Virginia
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Stone
Franklin County
First Baptist Church
Philathea
Woman's Mission Society
King’s Daughters of
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Wiley
Georgia) Weaver
Beatrice) Smith
C. Hampton Thomas
Lloyd C. Stone
Sunset Memorial Park
Melton
Don Foley
David Poore
Tom Jarrell
Oliver Peck
Larry Stone
Larkin Philpott
Toman Sayre
James Henry Smith Jr
Typical Questions Answers About LB Draft Proposals
Questions explain a draft lottery system for 18 year olds with testing and pools by age. The plan uses a yearly pool of 2 million eligible youths and selects 100,000 to 300,000 for service, with deferment rules for education and hardship and post college placement into the 19 year old pool.
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Washington
UPI
John
United States
Mrs Annie Smith Rites Held At Fayetteville
Mrs Annie Smith 75 of Beckwith died Tuesday morning. Funeral service scheduled for 11 am Thursday at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev J A Carson in charge. Burial in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. Survivors include husband Clarence L two daughters Garnet Hurt and Louise Jones a brother Lee Surbaugh a sister G W Spangler three grandchildren two great grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 pm today.
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Beckwith
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
J. A. Carson
Huse Memorial Park
Smith
Quinnimont
Henry
Elizabeth Ford Surbaugh
Union talks resume without Hoffa leader Frank Fitzsimmons
Washington sources say the Teamsters began nationwide trucking contract negotiations in Hoffa’s absence with Frank Fitzsimmons acting as interim leader. A close associate expects talks to be steadier and less confrontational without Hoffa, though not necessarily easier.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Toffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Frank Fitzsimmons
Wesleyan Choir To Appear Here
The West Virginia Wesleyan Choir of 55 voices plus an 11 member brass ensemble will begin a spring tour March 16 with a concert at Lewisburg Methodist Church. The tour spans eight days with stops in Pennsylvania, Ripley, and Mill Creek, featuring Bach cantata Christ Lay in Deaths Dark Prison and a balanced program.
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West Virginia Wesleyan Choir
Lewisburg Methodist Church
Berke
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Ripley
Water of Regents
Mill Creek
Mance Committee
Christ
How House Voted CHARLESTON (UPI) Tax bill passage listed
How House members voted Tuesday on the bill to raise taxes on manufacturers, corporations and professionals. Democrats for 68, against 3. Republicans for 4, against 3. Absent or not voting 2. Names of voters and districts included.
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UPI
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Rogerson
Sayre
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Smith
Stamp
Zakaib
Burke
Varney
Willard Buchanan Dies at Work at Babcock State Park
Willard Hender son Buchanan 65 of Danese died Tuesday at work at Babcock State Park from a heart attack born March 11 1902 Williamsburg. Survived by Grace a son Donald Buchanan Edmonston Md four daughters Opal Johnson Layland Orva Flint Fayetteville NC Reba Bragg Crab Orchard Sarah Gilkerson Laurel Md a brother Robert Rainelle 20 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Body at Wallace Funeral Home El Rainelle.
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Willard Henderson Buchanan
Danese
Babcock State Park
Williamsburg
Grace
Donald Buckhanan
Edmonston
Opal Johnson
Layland
Orva Flint
Fayetteville
N. C
Reba] Bragg
Funeral arrangements for John H Tune in Beckley
John Henry Tune, 72, of Mount Hope, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after a long illness. His body lies at the Ritchie and Johnston Funeral Home in Beckley as arrangements are incomplete.
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John Henry Tune
Mount Hope
Ritchie and Johnston Funeral Home
Beckley
State Flood Damages Across West Virginia Continue
Rescue workers and volunteers battle floods as Red Cross, National Guard, and welfare crews deliver food and water to Glenville Marlinton Matewan Williamson Logan and other towns. Evacuees top hundreds, with deaths and drownings reported in Weirton and Logan. City-by-city toll notes evacuated residents, damaged schools, hospitals, and businesses amid river crests and historic flooding.
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Red Cross
National Guard
State Department of Welfare
Glenville
Marlinton
Matewan
Williamson
Logan
Elkins
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Huttonsville
Coast Guard
Weirton
John Frankovich
Edward Frankovich
King's Creek
Kent Coles Tan
Elkhorn
Deskin
John Swimm
Chapmanville
Guyandotte River
Clarksburg
Board of Governors Approved for Marshall University
The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday approved creating a nine member board of governors for Marshall University to be appointed by the governor.
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Board of Governors
Senate
Okeh Charleston
UPI
Senate Education Committee
Marshall University
Ladies Day In Moscow Highlights Soviet Gender Roles
UPI reports in the USSR today marks Ladies Day when Russian women are urged to stay home and men take over chores. The Kremlin praises Soviet women while men perform dawn snow shoveling and hospital work, with women also filling many tough factory and engineering roles.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
U.S
Vietnam
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Central Committee
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Senate Taxes Target B O Reforms and Public Carriers
The Senate advanced proposals to raise the business and occupation tax from 40 to 80 cents per dollar of gross income and to end the B O exemption for professionals with a 1.05 per 100 tax. Public carriers face 6 percent net income interstate taxes and 3 percent gross proceeds intrastate, aiming for about 15.2 million in new revenue. another 3 million would come from shifting the B O tax date.
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Uder
Senate
Liquor Rules Outline Club Membership and Inspections
The rules require private clubs to sell only to members and guests with a maintained membership list. Clubs will be periodically inspected by authorities and corporations with federal gambling stamps will be barred from license eligibility. Hotels and motels may form compliant clubs with designated rooms and adequate dining facilities within the building.
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Elmore
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