U.S. Suspends Paris Peace Talks Again
UPI reports the United States halted the Paris peace talks for a second time citing no progress. Porter said Hanoi and the Viet Cong refused to discuss halting their offensive, calling the DMZ not an international boundary. Secret talks and Moscow meetings were noted, with Kissinger and Tho previously engaged but yielding no agreement.
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Paris
UPI
United States
U.S
Wiliam J. Porter
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Porter
Pham Dan Lam
Washington
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Moore Signs Insurance Bill to Expand Public Employees Coverage
Gov Arch Moore signed a bill expanding the Public Employees Insurance Program for about 38 000 school teachers and state workers and all university staff. He vetoed a similar measure in March but said this version avoids abuse and aims to preserve essential benefits while warning of higher costs and uneven health and life coverage.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Arch Moore
Moore
Public Employes Insurance Board
Pease Iotterway
Ohio Primary Results Incomplete As Court Action Looms
Ohio Democratic presidential race remains unsettled with Humphrey leading at large delegates 420,091 votes 41 percent and McGovern at 399,946 39 percent. McGovern trails in 115 district delegates while Humphrey edges in overall tally. federal suits challenge Cuya hoga County results as hearings set in Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPID
Hubert Humphrey
George Mc
Humphrey
McGovern
South Dakota
Louis Stokes
Wayne Hays
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
Secretary of State’s
Wells Spends Almost $42,000 in Democratic Bid
Athens physician Haney A. Wells Jr. reported 41,989 spent in his campaign for the Democratic nomination in West Virginia's 4th district. The pre election report filed with the secretary of state shows 40,756 expenses and 1,225 contributions. Wells led rivals Ken Hechler, James Kee, and Homer Heck in spending.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
Athens
Haney A. Wells Jr
Secretary of ‘State
Wells
Ken Hechler
James Kee
Huntington
Homer Heck
Community Q and A: burning rules and local inquiries
A reader questions Raleigh County burn hours outside Beckley, bird shooting laws near Sophia Creek, veteran hospitalization eligibility, Beckley to Wytheville and Murfreesboro travel distances, and may apple roots and ginseng values. Officials confirm burn windows, reporting birds to police, VA hospitalization conditions, and approximate root prices.
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Raleigh
Beckley
State Department of Natural Resources
Sophia
Barker’s Junk Co
Mabscott
Cole
Midway Guy
Cole’s
Scrap Metal Co
Pittston stockholders reject flood safety resolutions
In Richmond Virginia survivors of the Buffalo Creek flood say they are satisfied with Pittston's pledge to pay death and property claims. Nicholas T Camicia Pittston CEO promised a seven member delegation will get claims paid and pledged to prevent a repeat flood. He noted claims are being processed and will be paid prioritizing the needy while a broader investigation into reservoirs and water impoundments continues. The stockholders defeated three resolutions urging timely reports and hazard audits, adopting instead an amended measure to consider the issues raised by Field Foundation.
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Richmond
UPD
West Virginia
Pittston Company
Nicholas T. Camicia
Pittston
Buffalo Creek Coal Co
Buffalo Creek
Logan County
W. Va
Camicia
Lucian Conn
Conn
Field Foundation
Sunshine Silver Mine Disaster Ranks Idaho’s Worst
Rescue efforts at the Sunshine Silver Mine near Kellogg face setbacks as 58 men remain trapped after a deadly fire that killed 24. Fresh air is pumped to lower levels while the day shift plans a through shaft entry from Silver Summit Mine. Above ground, families mourn as Gov. Andrus calls it Idaho’s worst disaster.
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Kellogg
Idaho
UPI
Sunshine Silver
Sunshine
Silver Summit
Honey Room
Weetevaw
Cecil Andrus
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Marvin C. Chase
Weather Clearing Tonight Beckley Area Forecast
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers this afternoon in Beckley and vicinity. Highs near 60s, gradual clearing tonight to the mid 40s. Mostly sunny Friday with highs near 70s. Probability of precipitation listed as 150 percent this afternoon and 30 percent tonight, near 0 Friday.
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Beckley
President Eulogizes J. Edgar Hoover at National Presbyterian Church
President Nixon eulogized J. Edgar Hoover as a giant in U.S. history and urged the nation to honor his legacy. Hoover, 77, led the FBI for nearly 50 years and was found dead at his home Tuesday. Nixon named L. Patrick Gray II to serve as acting FBI director until a permanent successor is chosen after the November election. Gray, 55, is a lawyer and former Navy captain who served in World War II and Korea. Administration aides reportedly pressured Nixon to dismiss Hoover, but he resisted.
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Isabelle
Hall Washington
UPD
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
National Presbyterian ‘Church
Hoover
FBI
L. Patrick Gray II
Congress
Gray
Navy
I White House
UPI
Turkish jetliner hijacked by four heavily armed students
Four Turkish Airlines DC9 hijackers surrendered in Sofia after threatening to blow up the plane if their demands were not met. They had seized the jet en route from Ankara to Istanbul and sought Turkey’s release of three Turks sentenced for extremist violence, including the Ephraim Elrom case.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
UPI
Turkish Airlines
Ankara
Istanbul
Turkey
Ephraim Elrom
Pentagon Reports Two American Casualties in Vietnam
The US command announced two Americans were killed in the Vietnam conflict last week. Spokesmen acknowledged a reporting lag and noted 15 deaths were listed in weekly communiques, with a further ten dying in non hostile incidents.
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Saigon
Ups
Washington
Pentagon
Yablonski murder linked to Boyle payoff fund
UPI reports prosecutor links a United Mine Workers special fund to the Yablonski killings. Sprague says the fund, organized with W. A. Boyle and Albert Pass, moved $20,000 from the national treasury to District 19, with Prater and Pass tied to the scheme. Huddleston and Gilly confessions detail payments and delays tied to the 1969 murder.
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Sprague
Boyle
Washington, Pa
UPI
Yablonski
United Mine Workers
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Richard A. Sprague
Albert Pass
Tennessee
Kentucky
Silous Huddleston
la Follette
Tenn
Joseph A. Yablonski
Here
FBI
Huddleston i
Pass
William J. Prater
District 19
Bill Prater
der Fund
Prater
Huddleston
Annette ‘Gilly
Cleveland
Ohio
Gilly
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Frank J. Battsti
Eros
Ty Weg
A. Lewis G. McComas
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
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Murfeesboro
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AAA Travel Center
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BTA
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