Four Klansmen Arrested In Liuzzo Slaying
Washington announced four Ku Klux Klansmen in Birmingham Alabama were arrested on conspiracy to violate civil rights in the murder of Mrs Viola Gregg Liuzzo. President Johnson said the arrests followed swift FBI work and urged Klansmen to renounce the group. The victim was driving from Selma to Montgomery with civil rights march participants when she was shot by a sniper.
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UPI
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Birmingham
Ala
Viola Greggo Liuzzo
White House
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J. Edgar Hoover
Nicholas Katzenbach
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Liuzzo
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Birminghham
Montgomery
Selma
Bessmer
Fairfield
United Klans of America, Inc
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Hoover
Katzenbach
Enemies of Justice
AL Kuettner
U.S. 80
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Mich
Sel
State Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr
South
Lemuel Penn
North Georgia
Ft. Benning
Danielsville
Penn
Sizable shooting wounds civil rights activist's wife in Detroit
Anthony Liuzzo spoke in shock after his wife Mrs Liuzzo was shot while driving on U S Highway 80 near an embankment. A bullet hit the car roof and another pierced her temple as a passing car fired. FBI opened an intensive probe into the incident reported from Detroit with civil rights leaders noting a shot was fired from a moving vehicle.
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Anthony J. Liuzzo
Detroit
Capital Welcomes Twin Astronauts
Capitol honors Grissom and Young for piloting the first fully maneuverable manned craft on a three orbit flight marking the Gemini program launch toward Apollo lunar missions. The pair arrive with families from Florida for tributes, ticker tape plans, and civic receptions in Chicago and New York ahead of future honors.
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The
Capital
Florida
New York
Chicago
News In Brief Of Today's World From Wire Dispatches
World wire dispatches summarize currents in policy economy and conflict with quick snapshots. Highlights cover leaders shifts trade talks and humanitarian updates across regions, noting dates places and official statements without graphic detail.
Queen Elizabeth visits Windsor convalescing duke in London
Queen Elizabeth II met the Duke of Windsor in his London hotel suite as he recovers from an eye operation. The reconciliation of the royal family with the American-born divorcee follows decades of separation since he abdicated the throne. Twelve injured in a Knickerbocker derailment near Marion Ohio. 46 aboard, only one passenger hurt. Gamal Abdel Nasser takes oath for a second six-year term as president of the United Arab Republic after winning 99.999 percent in elections.
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Elizabeth II
Gamal Adbel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Union officials to meet in Madisonville over wildcat strike
United Mine Workers leaders and Island Creek Coal Co officials planned talks in Madisonville Kentucky to halt a wildcat strike that idled all union mines across four counties. Meanwhile recovery efforts for the Feb 8 Eastern Air Lines crash into the Atlantic near New York reported 14 bodies identified with little hope of more. In Tokyo, about 10 000 Japanese Communists demonstrated against U S aggression and the use of gas in South Vietnam.
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United Mine Workers
Island Creek Coal Co
Madisonville
Eastern Air Lines
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Tokyo
U. S
South
Viet Nam
Fowler Named Treasury Secretary and FCC Appointment
The Senate unanimously confirmed Henry H. Fowler as Treasury secretary succeeding Douglas Dillon. James J. Wadsworth, a Republican, was named to the Federal Communications Commission, replacing Frederick Ford. Roving ambassador Averell Harriman arrived in Brussels for talks with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak. Gov. Hulett C. Smith reappointed Dr. Carl M. Frasure of Morgantown as chairman of West Virginia Commission on Interstate Cooperation.
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Senate
Johnson
Henry H. Fowler
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
James J. Wadsworth
Federal Communications Commission
Frederick Ford
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Averell Harriman
Brussels
Paul-Henri Spaak
Hulett C. Smith
Carl M. Frasure
Morgantown
W. Va
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Fair employment concerns reach Selma and Craig Base
Leroy Collins told President Johnson that fair employment and non-discrimination rules are not followed in federal offices in Selma Alabama and at Craig Air Force Base near Selma. Johnson ordered agencies to fix the issue and sent Congress a message urging reorganization of the Customs Bureau with an essential feature the abolition of gomonne jobs. Air Force chief Eugene M. Zuckert announced he accepted the resignations of 190 cadets tied to the cheating scandal at the Air Force Academy.
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Leroy Collins
The
Community Relations Service
Florida
Johnson
Selma
Ala
Craig Air Force Base
Congress
Customs Bureau
Air Force Rotary
Eugene M. Zuckert
Air Force Academy
Civil rights groups seek hearings on voting rights bill
Three groups including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Committee of Concerned Citizens of New Orleans urged the House Judiciary subcommittee to hold hearings proposing new elections within six to nine months in areas where Negroes lack ballots. Joint talks resume today as nationwide glass blowers strike enters its 10th day with both sides sticking to their positions. Haig Yaghjian 40 associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra who was to conduct tonight with Artur Rubinstein as soloist died Thursday in a Pittsburgh hospital after a heart attack.
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Student Non - Violent Coordinating Committee
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Committee of
Concerned Citizens of
New Orleans
House J Judiciary Subcommittee
Johnson
Haig Yaghjian
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Artur Rubinstein
Pittsburgh
WVU Professor Patents Two Traffic Safety Devices
Morgantown WVU professor Warren G Lambert has patented two traffic safety devices. One warns motorists when they are on the wrong side of the road. The other alerts drivers to an impending tire blowout.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Warren G. Lambert
Rains Bring Flood Peril Across Western County
Heavy to light rains over 72 hours blocked county highways and caused slides, flooding streams and rivers in the western part of the state. Roads closed include Secondary 33 between Rhodell and East Gulf and Secondary 25 from Glen Morgan to Sullivan. Measured rainfall totaled 1.03 inches in 24 hours with 0.94 inch prior. Schools in East Gulf, Rhodell, Mead and Sullivan canceled afternoon sessions at Stoco Junior High and Rhodell Elementary. River forecasts show rising levels on the Guyan and Ohio rivers with minor flooding expected.
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Rhodell
East Gulf
Glen Morgan
Sullivan
State Road Commission
Fitzpatrick
Ghent
Mead
Stoco Junior High
Mead and
Stoco
Weather Bureau
Charleston
Ohio River
Wheeling
Huntington
Guyan River
Mullens
Wyoming County
Logan
Guyan
Four Die In Head On Crash Near Bluefield
BLUEFIELD, UPI State Police probe a head on collision on U S 52 in driving rain that killed four people and left another injured. Victims include Alex Hodges Jr 24 of Chicago and Alex Hodges Sr 51 of Chicago Franklin D Weis 41 of Ingleside Mercer County and Leonard Meadows 41 of Glen Lyn Va. Sherman Gentry of Johnson City Tenn driver of the other car was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium not believed seriously injured.
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UPI
U. S. 52
Here
Alex Hodges Jr
Chicago
Alex Hodges Sr
Franklin D. Weis
Ingleside
Mercer County
Leonard Meadows
Glen Lyn
Sherman Gentry
Johnson City
Tenn
Bluefield Sanitarium
Head On Crash Kills 1 Near Pennsylvania Border
UPI reports Chester Mrowka 27 of Cannonsburg died in a flaming head on collision with a tractor trailer on U S 40 near the state line about 10 miles east of H er. The Pennsylvania man was in a compact car that slammed into the truck. the truck driver escaped injury.
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Wheeling
UPI
Pennsylvania
U. S. 40
Her
Chester Mrowka
Cannonsburg
Nevada test site explodes sixth 1965 weapon
Washington UPI reports the Atomic Energy Commission fired an underground nuclear device at the Nevada test site, marking the sixth announced weapons test of 1965.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Kennedy scales Mt Kennedy vows no more climbs
UPI reports Robert F. Kennedy, 39, became the first to summit Mt Kennedy in the Yukon, a peak named for his slain brother, and said he will not climb again. He told reporters he had a close call crossing an ice bridge and dropped to his chest before a rope stopped his fall. Kennedy planted a flag bearing the Kennedy crest on the summit but removed it before descent. He spoke of the appeal of climbing yet insisted he has nine children and will return to his family and Senate duties.
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Seattle
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Yukon
U.S. Senate
New York
Washington
Kennedy
James W. Whittaker
Mt. Everest
Pacific Ocean
Mt. Logan
Canada
Mt. Kennedy
North America
John F. Kennedy
Occasional Rain in Beckley Area and Weather Snapshot
Weather notes report cloudy periods with occasional rain or drizzle in Beckley and vicinity. Highs near 58 today, colder tonight and Saturday with light snow possible. Beckley river and lake levels rising, gauges show 7 ft above normal and 10 ft above normal respectively with muddy conditions. Highs reaching 91 in Texas and record lows in Minnesota noted. West Virginia forecast notes below normal temperatures with above three quarters of an inch precipitation this weekend into early next week.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
McAllen
Tex
Duluth
Brainerd
Minn
West Virginia
Supreme Court upholds road bond amendment ruling
Charleston UPI report: West Virginia supreme court unanimously upholds the $200 million Road Bond Amendment as legally adopted. The court found substantial compliance with publication requirements despite not meeting a 90 day notice before the election. Governor Smith and state officials argued public awareness via media and discourse supported legality.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
High Court
Hulett C. Smith
John Kelly
Supreme Court
Harlan Calhoun
Smith
Kelly
Levy Receives 1 to 5 Years for Bigamy
MARLINTON UP I Oscar Monte Levy is sentenced to 1 to 5 years in Moundsville Penitentiary on a bigamy charge. He faces further prosecutions for impersonating Dr Luis Menendez at Denmar State Hospital and for fraudulently filing a medical diploma. A mistrial on a salary under false pretenses case preceded the bigamy plea.
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Marlinton
UPI
Oscar Monte Levy
Moundsville
Luis Menendez
Denmar State Hospital
Medical Licensing Board
Pocahontas County
Margaret Jane Buckman
Pauline Levy
Batavia
N. Y
Pauline
Nickell Kramer
Levy
Luis Fontana Y Menendez
Miami
Fla
Kanawha County
Johnsons $1.3 Billion School Aid Bill Advances
The $1.3 billion school aid measure to upgrade schooling for children from poor families moves toward House passage. It provides books and shared time facilities for public, private, and parochial students while facing church state amendments and opposition over potential effects on the constitutional wall in education.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Senate
State Tournament Films To Be Shown
WSAZ TV will air films of State Basketball Tournament action involving Woodrow Wilson Oceana and Gary District High Schools from 5 to 5 30 p m Saturday. The program is partly sponsored by Raleigh County Bank and Castle Rock Bank of Pineville.
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Wsaz-Tv
Woodrow Wilson
Oceana
Gary
Raleigh County Bank
Castle Rock Bank of
Pineville
C&O Wins OK to Control Nine Percent Route Through Steel Belt
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway won board approval from South Shore to acquire control of the 90 mile route through the nation’s major steel belt. Monon Railroad opposed, asking ICC to investigate alleged secret moves to consolidate. South Shore says purchase would enable stronger competition and industrial development.
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Michigan City
Ind
UPI
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
South Shore
South Shore and
South Bend Railroad
C&o
Monon Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Monon
ICC
Body chemicals worth about eight hundred dollars
Charles A. Thomas, former Monsanto board chairman, told Monsanto stockholders that body chemicals are worth about 800 dollars today, compared with about 98 cents in the 1930s.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Charles A. Thomas
Monsanto Chemical Co
Thomas
a_ stockholders meeting
Johnson honors Grissom and Young after orbital flight
President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded medals to astronauts Virgil J. Grissom and John W. Young for their three orbit mission aboard the first fully crewed craft, praising their pioneering achievement at a Washington ceremony.
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Washington
UPL
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
John W. Young
Congress
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virgil J. Grissom
Astronaut Grissom and Young Return Home in Festive Arrivals
The 34 year old co pilot and accompanying families traveled from Florida to Andrews Air Force Base Maryland in two Gulf stream twin engine planes. President Johnson led tributes with a rose garden ceremony and medals for Grissom and Young. Navy jets bombed four North Vietnamese radar sites including Bach Long Vy Island in the Gulf of Tonkin as part of the air war. WHO reports bubonic plague cases in Saigon with 19 confirmed and three deaths among the 28 000 American troops in South Vietnam.
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Florida
Andrews Air Force Base
Young
Barbara
Sandra
John
William H. Young
Orlando
Fla
Grissom
Johnson
Grissom and Young
Space Agency
Robert C. Seamans
Harris M. Schurmeier
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Navy
Bach Long Vy
Gulf of Tonkin
Hainan
Hanoi
Ha Tinh
Cap Mai Ron
Vinh Son
World Health Organization
WHO
Europe
South Viet Nam
Beckley Collegians Reject Mandatory Ties Policy
Beckley College Student Government election shows 127 of 439 voters favor making dress ties mandatory for male students while the body rejects a uniform dress. The rules require clean shaving, socks, no Bermuda shorts, and bans on profanity. Dean Green B. Horton noted complaints about haircuts and dress.
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Beckley College
Green B. Horton
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