Appalachia Road Bill Allocates 466 Miles To West Virginia
The Appalachia measure allocates 466 miles to West Virginia with 840 million for development and access roads in isolated valleys. John Sweeney of the Commerce Department will serve as executive director. An $800,000 housekeeping kitty funds start up as bids are expected within two months. Congress must appropriate 1.1 billion for total expenditures. The bill also funds vocational education health facilities soil conservation and strip mine rehabilitation. The president calls it landmark legislation to raise Appalachian incomes.
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Selma bans march after ministers beaten in Alabama
Selma mayor and local authorities ban a planned march citing unsafe conditions after three white ministers were beaten. Clergymen Rev. James Reed critically injured in Birmingham hospital. police confiscate weapons from white onlookers amid ongoing investigation. King plans a larger Montgomery march next week as legal actions loom.
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Battle near Binh Dinh Tests Viet Cong Resolve 300 Miles North of Saigon
UPI reports US Air Force B57 jets and Marine troops fought alongside Vietnamese forces to hold Highway 19 linking Pleiku and Qui Nhon. Viet Cong attacked Hoa An in Binh Dinh, suffered 63 killed, while 18 Vietnamese and several Americans were wounded. An American officer died, and Kanook camp was repelled with 100+ guerrillas killed by joint forces near Da Nang.
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Republicans Criticize Johnson School Aid Bill
Republicans charged that President Johnsons 1.3 billion school aid bill would favor the rich and grow a federal school control lobby. They urged the House Rules Committee to hold it until a GOP alternative is studied. The bill moves from the Education and Labor Committee to Rules for action timing and conditions. The GOP alternative would push 3 to 5 billion in federal credits for taxes and college costs plus 300 million for upgrading poor children's early education.
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Ohio
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Duke of Windsor undergoes third eye surgery
London Clinic surgeons perform a third operation to repair a detached retina in the Duke of Windsor's left eye. A medical bulletin says he is in satisfactory condition at age 70 after earlier procedures in February and last Tuesday using a burning glass technique to weld the retina to the optic nerve.
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APS
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Brown seeks way to have Kerr rescind UC resignation
Gov. Edmund G. Brown says a few thoughtless students led by troublemakers caused Dr. Clark Kerr to resign as UC Berkeley president after December unrest. Kerr and Chancellor Martin Meyerson plan to submit resignations at the March 26 regents meeting, Brown vows to expel the troublemakers.
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United Press International
Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Clark Kerr
University of California
California
Kerr
Martin Meyerson
Board of Regents
Johnson
Brown
Weather Update Beckley Area Snow Flurries and Cold
Snow flurries expected in Beckley and vicinity with a high near 35 this afternoon. Tonight remains cloudy and cold with more snow flurries and a low around 18. Thursday looks partly cloudy with a high in the upper 30s. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and clear with 7 gates open and a 3.5 foot gauge.
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Death Penalty Bill Not Dead
CHARLESTON United Press International reports the West Virginia House of Delegates considered a second compromise capital punishment bill after rejecting an earlier version. If approved, the measure would eliminate parole for first degree murder, forcible rape, and kidnapping when the jury recommends no mercy, while mercy would reduce penalties to life with parole.
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Imported Steel Pressure Mounts In USW Wage Talks
Pittsburgh reports an ongoing wage negotiation between the United Steelworkers and the big 11 steel producers led by U.S. Steel. With a contract deadline of April 30, strike action could begin April 1 if no agreement is reached. The session featured a dispute over foreign competition displays, with USW President David J. McDonald advocating their use to stress urgency.
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Zenith asks FCC to authorize extended pay TV nationwide
Zenith Radio Corp asks the Federal Communications Commission to authorize subscription television on an extended nationwide basis. A Hartford pilot refutes the idea that pay TV is a rich man's toy, showing appeal to middle and lower income families. STV already operates in California, where voters outlawed it by a wide margin, ending STV there after legal battles.
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California
Aegean Isle Hit By Earthquake
An earthquake struck the island of Alonissos in the Sporades group off Greece, destroying about 100 cottages and killing two elderly women aged 70 and 75. The quake centered in northwestern Turkey, with reports reaching Athens via the Seismological Institute in Uppsala. No additional casualties or damages were reported on the mainland.
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West Virginia House adopts bill to legalize dog racing
The West Virginia House passed by 57 to 43 a measure legalizing dog racing with pari mutuel betting after an hour of debate. The bill moves to the Senate where a similar proposal is already on the floor. supporters say it would boost state revenue and tourism, while opponents warn it could expand commercial gambling.
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UPI
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House of Delegates
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French Won’t Help In War With China
Paris reports quote highly placed French sources saying France will not assist the United States if fighting in Vietnam expands into a shooting war with Communist China. They warn Washington that U.S. policies could trigger a general Asian war and expect NATO allies to stay aside or offer only token aid while President de Gaulle favors negotiations and a cease-fire leading to a long-term settlement.
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Pentagon plan would merge civilian units and cut reserves
Washington dispatch reports all 50 states would gain National Guard strength but lose drill-paid units under a Pentagon merger. District of Columbia would have a net gain of 38 men. The plan would abolish the drill-paid Army Reserve and raise the Army National Guard from 400000 to 550000, though actual strengths trail by about 11 percent in reserves and 6 percent in guards. Officials withhold a state by state breakdown pending governor approval.
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GOP Leaders Meet For Face Lift Operation
A broad GOP gathering of the Republican Coordinating Committee aimed to reshape the party image. Notable absentees included Dwight D. Eisenhower Barry Goldwater and Alf Landon while potential 1968 candidates Nixon Romney Scranton and Rockefeller attended. A policy statement and task force reports were expected by mid afternoon detailing new GOP positions.
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New York
West Virginia considers dog racing and gambling bills
In Charleston, lawmakers advanced a pari mutuel dog racing bill creating a three member State Dog Racing Commission and a 6 percent pool take, while the anti gambling measure moved in the Senate. The House and Senate debated budget conference needs and a constitutional convention. Other actions included anti discrimination for ages 40 to 65, hospital reorganization, strong drug control, and extended raccoon hunting hours.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Hopemont
Pinecrest
House
Man Arrested After Unintended Shooting During Street Fight
Philadelphia police say Thomas Epps 48 a baker tormented for a year by a street gang fired into the air after a brick was hurled through his window and challenged to fight A ricocheted bullet struck a 16 year old boy in the right armpit Nathaniel Hall was treated and released Epps faces aggravated assault and battery charges and violations of the Uniform Firearms Act and reckless use of firearms authorities say the neighborhood had been terrorized by the gang with bricks bottles and garbage tossed at Epps home over the past year
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