Aged German Immigrant Sets U S Policy Protests
DETROIT UPI An elderly German immigrant, 79, Helga Herz, critical after dousing herself with fluid and lighting a match on a Detroit street to protest U S Viet Nam policies. Passersby and a motorist aided her smothering flames. four cans of cloaking fluid were found at the scene. Herz, a Holocaust survivor, was described as humanitarian.
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Stephen Burke
Dearborn
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Viet Nam
Rieads
Dixie Twisters Leave 20 Hurt
A rash of tornadoes in the South injured more than 20 people as a tornado struck a four city Alabama metro area. At Sheffield a rescue crew searched for a nine-member missing family while the Midwest storm brought blizzard conditions and closed Milwaukee schools.
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Alabama
Sheffield
Ala
Milwaukee
Chicago
Tuscumbia
Muscle Shoals
Weather Wet And Windy Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley area forecast shows rain and wind this afternoon with a high near 42. Tonight rain mixes with snow and strong winds, low around 33. Thursday clouds and colder with light snow flurries. highs in the mid 40s. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with four gates open. new gauge at Hinton 2.5 ft. Today’s extremes: high 91 in Laredo Texas, low 18 in Cut Bank Montana.
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Communist Attack In Southern Laos Repulsed
VIENTIANE Laos UPI reports right wing Laotian forces used heavy artillery to repel a battalion of Communist Pathet Lao troops attacking a neutralist unit at Souvannakili in southern Laos. The position lies 270 miles southeast of Vientiane and 20 miles north of Pakse. No casualty figures were available.
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Final Touches Put On Voting Rights Bill
Washington leaders reached final agreement on a voting rights bill. Attorney General Katzenbach presented the final version to President Johnson. Johnson said House hearings would begin Thursday at 10 a.m. EST with Katzenbach as the first witness, and Senate hearings to follow promptly.
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Man Shot In Head Lives To Identify Assailant
Wheeling police report Earl J. Coyle was shot in the forehead with a .32 caliber pistol. The bullet traveled two inches through his head and exited the top. After hospital treatment he identified Herbert C. May as the alleged attacker, an assault charge linked to a drinking bout at May’s home.
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Biochemical Evidence Links Smoking to Cancer
Toronto report by Dr. William K. Kerr of the University of Toronto cites a biochemical link between smoking and cancer. The Banting Institute study finds cigarette smoking raises orthominophenols in urine, falls when smoking stops, and rises again when smoking resumes, suggesting an enzyme block and accumulation of potentially dangerous chemicals that may cause cancer under certain conditions.
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University of Toronto
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Banting Institute
Toronto Academy of Medicine
St Patrick Myths Debunked by Irish Church Leader
Msgr Higgins argued against legends about St Patrick claiming snakes left Ireland and the green as an ancient rite. He described Patrick as a real, modest missionary with few reliable life facts known beyond his two surviving documents. Patrick’s birthplace and dates remain uncertain, with his life largely known from his Confession and a letter to soldiers.
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Grant Sought For Nicholas Airport
Congressman John Slack Jr seeks FAA approval for a 169000 grant to start Summersville Nicholas County airport construction. He also requests 100000 in Army funds to begin work near Summersville Reservoir, with 69000 state match approved to secure federal funds.
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UPI
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Nicholas County
John Slack Jr
D-W.va
Army
West Virginia
Woman Burned to Death in Charleston Fire
A 58 year old woman, Ann Bradley, died when a cigarette caused a fire at her Charleston home. Police say she was dead before firefighters arrived and damage to the dwelling is set at 4000 dollars.
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100000 Irish Set For Parade In New York
New York hosts the annual St Patrick s Day parade with a four hour wave of marchers and spectators along Fifth Avenue from 44th to 86th Street. More than 100 000 Irish men and women take part or watch on television as the city becomes Ireland for a day with festive music and celebrations.
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Samaritan Bill Dies In Legislative Oversight Snafu
In Charleston, the Good Samaritan immunity bill died due to an overlooked amendment dispute between the House of Delegates and the Senate. Two words, including those, were inserted then removed without proper concurrence, and no vote on the amendment occurred, automatically killing the measure.
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Osher Parsons
Special Session Looms Over WV Redistricting Bill
West Virginia faces a likely special legislative session as House approved congressional redistricting legislation heads to Senate approval. The bill requires district populations to be within 15 percent of the state average, with Kee's 5th District at 303,098 or 18.6 percent below the 372,000 average. If enacted, another county would join Kee's district to meet standards before 1966 elections.
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Armstrong to settle in Ghana after retirement
Wire reports Louis Armstrong to live in Ghana after retirement. Also covered are a 1963 Hazelton rescue, a mine reopening, a bus depot fire, ADA convention speaker Schlesinger, NATO force needs, Yugoslavia wheat sale, Sweden inauguration, West Virginia politics, and Cyprus tension.
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Satchmo) Armstrong
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Louis Rosa
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Americans For Democratic Action
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NATO
Yugoslavia
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U.S
King to Lead March on Montgomery Court House
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr announced plans to lead a march on the Montgomery courthouse to demand another official apology for the attack on civil rights demonstrators by mounted officers. The demonstration aimed to promote Negro voter registration and included a simultaneous protest in OC. About 30 ministers held a vigil at the Capitol but were barred from the steps and encircled by troopers, spending the night on the sidewalk before breaking up after several hours.
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Reeb Memorial March Set In Beckley Sunday
The Raleigh County NAACP leads a memorial march for Rev. James J. Reeb a Boston Unitarian minister in Beckley with a police escort from Central Street Baptist Church to the Raleigh County Courthouse square. The 2:15 to 4 p.m. event includes 15 minutes of services directed by Mayor John W. Smith and Rev. David L. Smith.
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James J. Reeb
Boston
Galbraith urges plain speaking by liberals on foreign policy
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, ambassador to Ireland under Kennedy, calls for frank liberal input on U S foreign policy and criticizes nostalgia for past errors. He urges the President to hear reason from moderates amid partisan debates and big budget contrasts.
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John Kenneth Galbraiith
Ireland
Galbraith
Sean Connery
James Bond
Ian Fleming
Diane Cielento
Prayer Vigils and Protests Support Negroes Nationwide
Student demonstrators and prayer vigils pressed for racial justice as SNCC planned a mass Washington demonstration. About 40 demonstrators camped near the White House, while 100 Boston area students and over 100 Wisconsin participants joined trains and buses for the capital to protest Alabama violence and press federal action.
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Alabama
Washington
White House
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
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Wisconsin
Author Quentin Reynolds Dies at Travis Air Force Base
Newsman and author Quentin Reynolds, 62, died at Travis AFB in California from pneumonia complications while in the Philippines working on a biography of Philippine President Desdado Macapagal. He was flown to Travis and died early today. He is survived by his brother, James Reynolds, an Assistant Secretary of Labor, and two sisters.
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UPI
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California Air Force Base
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New York
Philippines
Desdado Macapagal
Travis
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James Reynolds
Fixed Custom Fee Splitting Rumors at Bank Probe
Senate investigators heard that Don Silverthorne and William Bennett split loan fees with the San Francisco National Bank president and an associate, a practice described as a fixed custom. Witnesses said fees were placed in personal accounts, with a 1964 loan case cited and delays in forwarding key reports to authorities. The probe also revealed a withheld report from the Federal Reserve on nearly 10 million dollars loaned to the failed bank.
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James D. Claitor
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Suison Properties
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Abraham Merritt
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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