WV Legislature Tackles Drugs Gambling and Budget Bills
The West Virginia House aims to pass a Dangerous Drug Act regulating barbiturates and amphetamines and curb teen use. The Senate expects to advance an anti gambling bill while a constitutional convention measure moves between houses for differing delegate counts. House-Senate talks target a compromise to abolish capital punishment and a budget plan shifts toward passage before adjournment.
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Johnson signs Appalachian Bill to aid 11-state region
President Johnson signs a 1.1 billion five year program aimed at revitalizing Appalachia from northern Pennsylvania to central Alabama. The effort focuses on highway construction with 840 million for roads plus funds for vocational education health facilities soil conservation and strip mine rehabilitation. The plan evolved from four years of regional planning by 11 governors and the President's Appalachian Regional Commission.
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Viet Cong Reported 100 Casualties In Jungle Attack
South Vietnamese authorities said government forces killed over 100 Viet Cong in a battle at a US Army Special Forces camp about 275 miles northeast of Saigon. Five US advisers were wounded, one seriously, as Viet Cong mortars and recoilless rifles hit the camp.
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Subways attack spurs swift justice for youths
Naval Airman James R. George testified about a mob beating a 15 year old girl in a Philadelphia subway incident. He said six Black men stood by as 15 to 20 youths dragged the girl down the platform while he was assaulted. Patrolman Faustino fired at the fleeing group as the girl was rescued. Judge Juanita Kidd Stout ordered five defendants to reformatories, two to youth study centers, and one kept elsewhere as swift justice was sought.
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Juanita Kidd Stout
George Faustino
Quarter Sessions Court
Johnson condemns police brutality in Alabama voting rights clash
President Johnson sharply condemned police brutality against Negro demonstrators in Alabama and urged law and order while urging negotiated calm. Federal officials observed the Selma march standstill after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order against the march from Selma to Montgomery. John Doar joined the on site efforts as the White House considered marshals and the justice department involvement as friends of the court in related injunctions.
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Court Rejects Appeal Cases
CHARLESTON. The State Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction appeal from Robert Young. It also rejected Norman Brown’s appeal as a Charleston carnival operator convicted of buying and receiving stolen goods. The court denied writs of habeas corpus for three Moundsville Penitentiary inmates. Young was convicted of first degree murder in the George Merkich slaying. the jury recommended mercy. Brown, who once twice faced Joe Louis, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
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Natie) Brown
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Weather Update Beckley Area Light Rain and Snow
Beckley and vicinity report light rain and snow this afternoon with a high near 37. Tonight's snow flurries expected with a low around 25. Wednesday brings additional snow flurries and upper 20s. River conditions noted as normal and clear for Greenbrier and Lake Bluestone with 5 gates open. gauge at 3.2 ft. Winds W at 12 mph. sunset and sunrise times listed.
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King Stymied Judge Stops March in Selma
In Selma Alabama Dr Martin Luther King Jr planned a march to protest voter discrimination. U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr ordered Negroes to delay the march pending a Thursday hearing while marshals delivered an injunction to Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark and others. James Farmer CORE head and other leaders awaited reaction as supporters gathered. President Johnson reportedly kept hour by hour contact with the tense situation.
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Russia's Dead Probe Is Alive Approach to Mars Next August
UPI reports Zond-2, once said to be dead, remains operational and is on course to pass within about 900 miles of Mars on August 6. Soviet scientist Keldysh confirms the craft, weighing about 2,000 pounds, may perform a Mars atmospheric entry or other maneuvers, while Mariner-4 chases closer to the red planet for first images.
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White Water Championships Set For Petersburg April 3
Washington based dispatch reports the White Water Weekend in Petersburg W Va features the National Canoe Championships on the North Fork of the Potomac. Top U S downriver racers enter 15 mile chases through rapids with one and two man canoes and mixed events for couples. Eastern Kayak Downriver titles run alongside. Sponsored by the Canoe Cruisers Association with local civic groups.
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UPI
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Canoe Cruisers Association
County overdraft sparks questions at Raleigh County meeting
Citizens and local groups packed the Raleigh County Courthouse to demand an explanation for a reported overdraft of about 130 thousand dollars. Officials cited higher court, sheriff, and advertising costs and anticipated revenues not received, while clashing over whether the shortfall was 130K or 160K and how salaries rose despite the deficit.
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Harold Hanks
Raleigh
Hanks
H. G. Farmer
Steelworkers resume talks with Big 11 mills in Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers and leaders of 11 major steel producers in Pittsburgh resumed company by company negotiations after a two month recess. About 450000 workers are covered in talks in 11 Penn Sheraton meeting rooms.
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Basic Steel Producers
Rusk To Outline Foreign Aid Need
Washington notes that Secretary of State Dean Rusk will outline President Johnsons foreign aid objectives to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid uncertain administration legislation. The session centers on Johnsons 3.4 billion aid package while Fulbright and others push alternative proposals and separate economic and military aid debate.
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UPI
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Rusk
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Fulbright
Congressional
Rockfall Kills Three Boys in Kentucky Mine
In Harlan Kentucky three youths Rodney Gross 17 George Gross 12 and Tommy Gross 13 were crushed by about 75 tons of rock in an abandoned coal mine near Harlan late Monday. Coroner P J Begley said the rockmass weighed roughly 12 000 cubic feet and police estimated the volume at 17e.
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Here
Rodney Gross
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U S May Mount Sea Air Patrols Off Viet Coast
The United States considers sea air patrols off the South Vietnamese coast to curb Red infiltrations by sea. Adm Ulysses Sharp would decide on air power needs with possible extra carriers in the South China Sea. No decision has been made yet as the 7th Fleet commands 650 aircraft and 125 ships.
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Adm
Ulysses Sharp
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South China Sea
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Western Pacific
Auto workers walk out at Michoud Saturn moon rocket plant
In New Orleans unit ed workers at Michoud Rocket Works went on strike today as union and management held talks unavailable for comment. Estimates of striking employees ranged from 75 to 200, with the specific dispute details not immediately clear.
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