Veterans GI insurance deadline and local Q&A column notes
The Register lists a midnight deadline for veterans to reinstate GI insurance with VA representatives on duty at the local VA Hospital. The page also recaps a school athletic program view from Shady Spring High principal A. W. Jackson, acne advice from a local skin specialist, Stephens Lake fishing opening May 30, driftwood preservation tips, Social Security questions, legal telephone extensions, and a report of B52s and U.S. infantry near War Zone CC with 131 guerrillas killed in a weekend battle near the Cambodia border.
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Veterans Administration
Shady Spring High
A. A. W. Jackson
Tigers
Jackson
Shady Spring
West Virginia
Shady
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Gis
Blast Guerrilla Haven Near Saigon Hit by U S Forces
U S jets and Navy strikes target Viet Cong sites around a southern hub 75 miles northwest of Saigon. The Hancock carrier fighters hit two anti air sites near Vinh, while air and sea routes are hammered inland and along coast to curb North Viet Nam supply lines. U S officials report 19 Viet Cong killed in air strikes, with thousands infiltrating monthly from the north.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Nguyen Huu Tho
Vinh
Hancock
Navy
Air Force
U.S
Dallas Flood Toll Rises Amid 4-Inch Rains
Dallas faces 19 deaths from epic floods as the Trinity River swells to 42 feet after four days of heavy rain. More than 250 people evacuated from over 200 homes in Dallas and Fair Park shelters. Red Cross volunteers feed 1,000 flood victims as power outages occur across multiple cities.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Trinity River
Trinity
Fort Worth
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Red Cross
Jack W. Fikessen
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Garza-Little Elm
Benbrook Lakes
Weather Summary Beckley Area Fog Cool Start Then Warmer
Considerable fog with rain ending this afternoon and cool with a high near 45. Fog tonight and Tuesday morning with a low around 39. By Tuesday afternoon a lifting fog yields mostly fair skies and a high near 60. Airport conditions show 57 high in 24 hours and 40 low. rain and muddy river levels noted in Greenbrier and Lake rivers with a new gauge at Hinton at 6.9 ft. Five day forecast calls for near normal temps 74 to 50 in the south and 69 to 43 in the north, cool Tuesday and Wednesday, warmer Thursday through Saturday with light showers late in the week.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
April Wetter and Cloudy Conditions Reported at Memorial Airport
The U S Weather Bureau station at Memorial Airport logged April as cloudy and colder than usual with 4.6 inches of rain, 1.23 inches above average, and 6.6 inches of snow. Average temperature 48.6, high 78, low 24. Only 2 clear days and 25 cloudy days were recorded among 22 days with precipitation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Memorial Airport
The
Weather Bureau
Viet Catholics denounce Lodge in Saigon protest
About five thousand Roman Catholic refugees rally in Saigon denouncing U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as ally of Buddhist leaders and urge his ouster. They praise American aid, chant Thank you G I, and accuse Lodge of meddling in politics. Police and soldiers block marchers at the U.S. Embassy as May Day protests unfold.
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Saigon
U.S
U S Telegraphed Sympathy For Tashkent Earthquake Victims
News in brief reports the US government sent a telegram to the Soviet Union offering sympathies to Tashkent residents affected by last week’s earthquake. Pravda notes Americans and Japanese who died in Wake Island siege were honored. Senator McCarthy says the Senate Ethics Committee lacks precedent to handle Dodd fund allegations. Joe W. Morgan named Pacific Division News Manager for United Press International.
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U. S
Tashkent
Soviet Central Asia
Communist Party
Pravda
Wake Island
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
Joe W. Morgan
United Press International
Nose gear jam stops XB70 speedtest after takeoff
A planned 30 minute flight at three times the speed of sound by the XB70 was canceled after the nose gear jammed on takeoff. The White House hosted a surprise tour for Viet Nam veterans on Sunday with the Commander in Chief conducting.
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Viet Nam
White House
Revenue Funds Reported Down in April
Charleston report states that April General Revenue Fund collections were about 7 million dollars under estimates with gross sales tax down 5 million from a year earlier. Tax Commissioner G Thomas Battle cites possible effects of President Johnsons spending curb and delayed plant expansions.
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Charleston
UPI
General Revenue Fund
G. Thomas Battle
Johnson
Battle
Board of Public Works
Department of Finance and Administration
Truman Gore
Miners Return to Jobs After Long Strike
Thousands of central Appalachian soft coal miners resume work after a strike that halted production in nine states. At the Robena complex in Carmichaels Pennsylvania operators and unions reached a wage agreement, with miners voting 2 to 1 to return. Other mines in West Virginia were reported operating, while two pockets of resistance remained at Hanna Coal near Wheeling and Valley.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Appalachia
Robena
U. S. Steel Corp
Carmichaels
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Southern Coal Operators Association
SCOA
Northern
Panhandle
West Virginia
Ireland
Hanna Coal Co
Wheeling
Alexander
Valley
Wallace Wife Seeks Alabama Governorship in Primary
In Birmingham, a record turnout eyed as high as 800000 includes 235000 Black voters voting for the first time in the Democratic primary. Gov. George Wallace seeks to replace himself with wife Lurleen, a 39 year old former dime store clerk, amid a field of nine contenders. Early indications favor a Wallace win without a runoff, potentially making Lurleen one of the first women to lead a U.S. state.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Lurleen
Wallace
Alabama
U.S
Florida
Ohio
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Wallaces
Wilcox County
Gilmer County Teachers Return To Classrooms
Gilmer County teachers were set to return after Superintendent Albert Moore agreed to two demands. He would ask the board to pay three teachers their regular salary for attending a Charleston meeting and would call a board session to review Charleston talks with state official Thomas McCray. About 75 percent of 81 teachers had stayed home amid salary dispute.
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Glenville
UPI
Gilmer County
Albert Moore
Moore
County Board of Education
Charleston
Thomas MceCray
McCray
West Virginia Education Association
Classroom Teachers Association
Ten Die As Bus and Train Collide in Denmark
In Herning Denmark a bus carrying sixteen passengers collided with an express train at a grade crossing near Hammerum Jutland. Ten people died and about sixty were injured many of them critically. The bus was cut in two with the rear portion in flames. At least seven victims were girls under twenty. Rescuers worked for hours to free those trapped. The train derailed after the collision at roughly 55 miles per hour.
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Herning
Denmark
UPI
Hammerun
Jutland
Diver Hurt In Freak Accident During Free Fall Attempt
Sky diver Nick Piantanida, aiming to set a world free fall record, suffered a freak oxygen loss in the stratosphere during his third attempt. His balloon gondola was released and he plunged 10 miles to earth, sustaining brain damage. he was hospitalized in Minneapolis after being flown from Worthington, Minnesota.
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Minneapolis Minn
UPI
Sky
Nick Piantanida
Piantanida
Hennepin County General Hospital
Worthington
Minn
Plantanida
23 Killed as Karbala Crowd Panics During Observances
Beirut dispatch from UPI reports 23 people killed and 49 injured when part of a 100000 crowd stampeded in Karbala during Muslim religious observances in southern Iraq.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Baghdad Radio
Iraq
Karbala
War handling under attack on two fronts
Washington based report on McNamara policy under fire as Senate subcommittees allege shortages in Viet Nam equipment and manpower. Fifteen staffers return from abroad to present claims of disposals and unused inventory while the Army Reserve units face restructuring into the National Guard. Critics warn the ready reserve could be degraded as draftees bolster Viet Nam effort.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Viet Nam
Senate
Pentagon
Far East
Europe
Southeast Asia
McNamara
Joseph Lippman
Subcommittee
Defense Department
Lippman
J. L. Throckmorton
Army
Office of Reserve Components
Army Reserve
National Guard
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Ready Reserve
May Day Observances Demand U.S. Exit From Viet Nam
Global May Day protests surged across capitals from Moscow to Peking to press the United States to end involvement in Southeast Asia. In Saigon and European cities, antiwar demonstrations targeted U.S. embassies, while Red Square featured a Kremlin display as Malinovsky assailed U.S. actions.
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Neil A. Martin
United Press International
United States
Viet Nam
Moscow
Zurich
Peking
First International Socialists Congress
U.S
Stockholm
Warsaw
Saigon
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Red Square
Kremlin
Radio Peking
Revisionis
Two Are Killed On State Roads
Two traffic deaths in West Virginia last weekend pushed the road death toll to 135, compared to 132 a year ago. Robert D. Hossley of Huntington died Saturday night when his motorcycle collided with an auto in downtown Huntington. Franklin D. Westfall, 34, of Clarksburg, died the same night in a two car crash on West Virginia 2 south of Parkersburg. Virgil Hendricks of Washington Wood County was slightly injured. A former Kanawha County woman, Barbara Jean Bennett, 19, of Arlington Virginia, was killed near Front Royal while en route to Elkins to visit relatives of her husband. Bennett had worked for a secretarial service and for Senator Everett Dirksen and former Senator Barry Goldwater.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Robert D. Hossley
Huntington
Franklin D. Westfall
Clarksburg
W. Va
Parkersburg
Virgil Hendricks
Washington
Wood County
Kanawha County
Barbara Jean Bennett
Arlington
Front Royal
Elkins
Bennett
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
Lodge Talks With Pope Paul Over Viet Nam Peace Prospects
Pope Paul VI and US envoy Henry Cabot Lodge met in the Vatican to discuss a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam War. The private audience, in the Pontiff’s library, lasted about 40 minutes with Vatican sources noting focus on Viet Nam and prospects from talks with Andrei Gromyko.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Henry Cabot Lodge
Southeast Asia
Lodge
Vatican
U.S
South Viet Nam
William J. Porter
Viet Nam
Holy Father
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Paul
Rome
United States
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Hulett C. Smith
John Kelly
Ray George
Walter Griswold
Eve Breck
Paul Copeland
George W. Hodel
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William G. Snyder
Richmond Flowers
Bob Gilchrist
Carl Elliott
James
Big Jim) Folsom
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Charles Woods
Sherman Powell
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