Plane Crashed After Raid Over Viet Nam
U S forces search jungles for two pilots after a B57 bomber crashed 390 miles northeast of Saigon during a napalm strike against Viet Cong in Binh Dinh Province. Indications say pilots ejected. one pilot from another downed aircraft captured by Communists.
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UPS
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Binh Dinh
Highlands
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Hanoi
Hayden J. Lockhart
Springfield
Ohio
Jill
Alexandria
Louisiana
Lockhart
United States
U.S. Navy
Robert H. Shumaker
New Castle
da Nang
Laos
Major's Wife Wins Stay On Okinawa On Tourist Visa
NAHA Okinawa UPI Mrs Nathaniel Reich won a last minute reprieve allowing her to remain on Okinawa with her Marine major husband for 30 days more on a tourist visa. The civil administration overruled a 3rd Marine Division ruling that Maj Reich was unqualified to sign as sponsor. She arrived last October stayed 60 days then sought another visa. The Reichs fight Marine Corps rules limiting family visits to 60 days. The sponsor must guarantee visitor will not become a public charge and show means of support. The major remained in an isolated counter guerrilla warfare school after her complaints drew headlines. Mrs Reich said Marines would not let her telephone her husband.
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Okinawa
UPI
Nathaniel Reich
Pacific
U.S. Civil Administration
3Rd Marine Division
Maj
Reich
San Diego
Calif
Ryukyu Islands
U.S
Maj. Reich
Birmingham Paper Starts Fund For Minister's Widow
The Birmingham Post-Herald opened the James J. Reed Fund to aid Mrs Reeb widow of the Boston Unitarian minister who died after injuries from a civil rights demonstration beating. John Jemison Jr donated 1000 dollars, with more gifts welcomed and directed to Birmingham Post-Herald. In Casper Wyoming residents formed a parallel fund drive for Reeb's family.
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Birmingham
Ala
Reeb
James J. Reeb
Birmingham Post- Herald
The
Post - Herald
Casper
Wyo
Selma
Reed
Boston
Minister James Reed Dies After Selma Beating
Rev. James J. Reed, 38, white Unitarian minister from Boston and father of four, died in University of Alabama Hospital from head injuries after a beating by segregationists in Selma. Four men charged with murder. protests erupt in Selma and Birmingham as leaders vow to honor him.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
James J. Reed
Boston
Selma
Reed
University of Alabama Hospital
James Reed
Union Leaders Clash Over Steel Contract Extension
Rival USW president candidates Abel and McDonald disagree on who won the election but join in opposing any contract extension for the steel industry. A summit session—described as a briefing by management—focused on possibly extending the May 1 strike deadline by two months, a move both sides reportedly declined to confirm.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
David J. McDonald
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Abel
McDonald
Kerr Resignation After Four Letter Word Caused Crisis
In Berkeley a non student jailed for openly outraging public decency held a four letter obscenity on a sign as Dr Clark Kerr announced his resignation as UC president. Regents meet to discuss campus conduct and leadership amid student free speech tensions and prior shakeups.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
John Joseph Thomson
University of California Student Union
Clark Kerr
California
State University
University of California
Board of Regents
Kerr
Weather Update Beckley And Vicinity Cloudy Snow
Beckley area clouds with light snow this afternoon and night. High around 39, low near 28. Saturday remains cloudy with possible snow or rain, highs in the upper 30s. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake Bluestone normal and clear, 6 gates open. Gauge 3.2 feet.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Senators Push to Lift Oil Import Restrictions
A group of northeastern senators led by Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy urged Interior Secretary Udall to remove all residual oil import quotas for heating large buildings and power generation. Udall pledged a decision within two weeks, before March 31, to conclude the current oil import year, while coal interests pressed to keep controls.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Stewart Udall
Udall
Ous
E. Moody
National Coal Policy Conference
Five prisoners escape jail in Kingwood by dumbwaiter
KINGWOOD UP I Five inmates escaped from Preston County jail during the night by squeezing through a dumbwaiter. Four of the escapees were inmates brought from State Medium Security Prison at Huttonsville to answer indictments for fleeing work details at Hopemont Sanatorium. The fifth, Paul Stonebreaker 35, was held on a fugitive warrant for breaking and entering near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Chief Deputy W B Green reported the break occurred between 10 p m Thursday and 8 a m today.
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Kingwood
UPI
Preston
Huttonsville
Hopemont Sanitarium
Paul Stonebreaker
Uniontown
George Corner
James Jones
William L. Nutter
Harmon Hensley
W. B. Green
Secret Senate Meet Set On Appointments
Charleston dispatch reports a closed Senate session planned to consider Gov. Hulett C. Smith and former Gov. W. W. Barron appointees. Smith named 16 executives for confirmation including Burl A. Sawyers for a new four year term as State Road Commissioner. Sawyers, once on the post from 1955-57 and 1961 onward, is the only appointee removable only for cause. Other reappointed department heads include G. Thomas Battle, Truman E. Gore, and Koder M. Collison. The remaining 12 appointments cover various boards and commissions.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate
Hulett C. Smith
W. W. Barron
Smith
Burl A. Sawyers
Sawyers
G. Thomas Battle
Finance
Truman E. Gore
Commerce
Koder M. Collison
Voting Rights Bill In Congress Progress Report
Washington leaders pressed toward a voting rights bill as Senate figures Dirksen and Mansfield moved toward agreement on a measure to bring state and local elections under constitutional guarantees. Attorney General Katzenbach met with leaders about federal registrars to register voters where local officials block access. Katzenbach planned to present a draft to President Johnson after the session.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Katzenbach
Dirksen
Mansfield
Johnson
David E. Bell
Senate Foreign Relations
Former West Virginia Governor Drives Taxi in Chicago
Chicago Daily News reports former West Virginia governor William C. Marland, who led the state from 1953 to 1956, now works as a taxicab driver for Flash Cabs in Chicago. At 48, Marland living at Ravenswood YMCA, was photographed but declined to discuss his political past.
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Chicago
UPI
West Virginia
Chicago Daily News
William C. Marland
Ravenswood Ymca
Marland
Daily News
U. S. Senate
Charleston
W. Va
Western Kentucky Coal Co
The
Clergy Demand Federal Help Over Selma Voting Rights
Washington religious leaders from many faiths massed in Capitol Hill to urge President Johnson to deploy federal forces to protect demonstrators in Selma Alabama. More than 3,000 participants pressed for immediate voting rights legislation and a federal protection action. A 16 member delegation met Johnson at the White House amid calls for troops or federal marshals and swift enactment of a new voting rights bill.
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Louis Cassel Washington
UPI
Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Selma
John F. Kennedy
White House
U.S. Capitol
Supreme Court
Robert W. Spike
Race and Religion Commission
National Council of Churches
Gious Community of America
Spike
Ala
Statehouse split over West Virginia death penalty vote
West Virginia lawmakers faced a pivotal Senate decision on abolishing the electric chair as the session neared its end. The House passed a tougher death penalty compromise and an abolishment measure, with new life-without-parole terms for certain offenses and altered sentences for murder and rape pleas. Other major items included a Department of Corrections proposal and wage and licensing bills.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
High Chamber
Hulett C. Smith
House
State Department of Corrections
Board of Public Works
Protests Grow After Selma Violence Death
United Press International reports stepped up protests against racial violence after the death in Selma of Rev. James Reed, a white minister beaten by four men. Across the nation thousands of religious leaders rally in Washington for a major interfaith lobby, with sit-ins, marches, and vigils continuing. Memorial services are set for Reed as Martin Luther King Jr denounces the assault as an attack on hopes for civil rights. In Los Angeles protesters plan a march on City Hall, while a Chicago priest recalls fear wearing a Roman collar during Selma protests.
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United Press International
Alabama
Selma
Washington
James Reed
Boston
Selma Street
Martin’ Luther King
Reeb
White House
Los Angeles
Federal Building
Msgr
John J. Egan
Chicago
Archdiocese Office of Urban Affairs
Msgr. Egan
Governor Signs Four More Bills
Gov Hulett C. Smith signed four laws, raising total enacted this session to 51. One bill directs state buyers to favor products from nonprofit workshops serving blind or severely disabled workers. Other measures raise city councilmen pay, ease vehicle height weight and load limits, and establish a standard non-forfeiture clause.
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Charleston
West Virginia Senate OKs Abolition Bill for Capital Punishment
The West Virginia legislature approved a bill to abolish the death penalty with an 18-16 Senate vote, after the House accepted a compromise 63-37. The measure now goes to the governor for signature.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
House
White House Tours Resume Amid Sit-In Risk
The White House reopens public tours with orders for guards to move crowds quickly after a hunger strike protest by youths who gained entry and sat in an East Wing corridor. Police removed them after they demanded to see President Johnson, prompting earlier pauses in tours.
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White House
Executive Mansion
Johnson
Airman Honored After Intervening to Save Girl
Airman James R. George of Georgia, 23, was hailed in Philadelphia as an honorary citizen after he battled a group of six men who were beating a 15 year old white girl in a subway. Mayor Tate praised his gallantry and presented the honor at City Hall. George, a Georgia State University biology major, sustained facial injuries but helped police subdue the attackers.
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Philadelphia
UPI
James H. J. Tate
James R. George
Chamblee
George
George Faustino
Tate
Georgia State University
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Navy
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