Schlesinger Calls War Advisers Bunglers In Viet Nam
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. told a Newark audience that Johnson should fire military and diplomatic bureaucrats who misled policy, and warned a dire risk from Red China intervention. Senator Stennis urged shortening the war to save American lives while accepting limited tactical options.
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Robert J. Taylor
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Red China
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
Schlesinger
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Cao Ky
Newark
John C. Stennis
Senate
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Stennis
Mississippi
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
United States
Mike Mansfield
China
Montana
Hillsdale UFO report questions swamp gas theory
Hillsdale County civil defense chief releases a 24 page critique of Dr. J Allen Hyneks Air Force investigation into March Hillsdale sightings. He cites windy conditions and soil tests, with two unnamed researchers noting radiation and boron in campus swamp area as possible UFO indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale, Mich
UPI
Hillsdale County Civil Defense
Air Forces
William van Horn
Hillsdale College
J. Allen Hynek
Air Force
Hynek
Northwestern University
van Horn
Hillsdale
Kipling Vandenberg
Jerry Wilson
UAW Convention Opens With $2 Billion In Gains
UAW delegates in Long Beach at the 20th constitutional convention hear Walter Reuther report about three-year contracts with GM Ford Chrysler and American Motors delivering about 2 billion in increased employee benefits. Reuther says stable prices and higher productivity drive noninflationary wage gains and job opportunities for youth, plus early retirement options for older workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
UPI
United Auto Workers of America
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Fire Meeting Scheduled by Land-O'Hills Fire Department
The Land-O Hills Fire Department calls a membership meeting for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Prosperity Dryfn Community Building. All current and prospective members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land-O’hills Fire Department
Prosperity Dry Fn
Quakes Level Russian City
UPI reports from Moscow that earthquakes devastated Tashkent including ruined schools and hospitals and thousands homeless. Pravda and Komsomol Pravda confirm major tremors on April 26 and May 10 with hundreds killed or injured and 100000 left without homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Tashkent
Pravda
Komsomol Pravda
Clothier Offers Free Fitting at Pittsburgh Ad
A Pittsburgh Press ad from UPI notes a clothier famed for a perfect fit offers free tailoring to thieves who stole from the House of Sidley. Bring in ill fitting garments for tailoring at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Pittsburgh Press
Drive To End Paper Strike Begins Today
A major drive to end the 21 day old newspaper strike began today with resumption of full scale negotiations between publishers and the newspaper guild. Federal mediator David L. Cole will meet with the guild representing business editorial and advertising employees along with printers electricians and machinists unions. The World Journal Tribune merger had been set to publish April 25 but strike blocked it as nine unions refused to cross picket lines. unions seek seniority in dismissals and higher severance pay while the other unions press for fewer layoffs and better severance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
World Journal Tribune
Guild
David L. Cole
Cole
Electricians
World-Telegram and
Sun
The
Journal-American
Herald Tribune
Johnson Attends Catholic Church with Daughter and Fiancé
President Johnson attended a Roman Catholic Mass at St Matthews Cathedral with his daughter Luci and her fiancé Patrick Nugent. They will wed August 6. About 100 people gathered outside as they left the church with escort from Bishop John Cartwright. A sermon on charity referenced upcoming Catholic charity drives.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
St. Matthews Cathedral
White House
Pat
John K. Cartwright
Armand Lavaunte
Seven From One Family Die As Train Hits Car
A train collision near Bowie Maryland killed eight people, seven from a single family, as a Baltimore area auto was struck at an unguarded crossing. Victims include Raleigh Howard Jr and his wife Maria, their 11 year old twins Roxanne Maria and Rosiland Marita, 9 year old Sharon Michele, plus Mrs Howard’s stepfather and mother and a 7 year old boy. The 16 car express clipped the auto and wreckage was scattered up to 500 yards from the crossing.
Minuteman 1 fires from California silo toward distant Pacific target
A Minuteman 1 ICBM was launched from an underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base California toward a target over 5000 miles away on the Pacific test range. The launch occurred at 7 10 a m PDT with SAC crews from Warren AFB Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB Montana reporting on course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Afb
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Pacific
Strategic Air Command
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Malmstrom ‘Air’ Force Base
Mont
Deaths And Funerals For Sam Wyco 1890–195? Veteran Miner
Services for Sam Wyco aged 175 at 1 p m Tuesday in Mullens Sam Foglesong Chapel with Rev Samuel Meadows. burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Wyco died Saturday in a Beckley hospital. Born Sept 27 1890 in Ratno Russia, he was a WWI veteran and retired coal miner. Survivors include wife Tillie Banicki Wyco and 13 children in Ohio Arkansas Massachusetts and Rhode Island, plus 14 grandchildren. Friends may call this afternoon at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wyco
Rhodell
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Samuel Meadows
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Wyco
Ratno
Russia
Tillie Banicki Wyco
Theodore
Edward
Alex
Daniel
Stanley
Paul
Frank
John
Joe
Painesville
Ohio
Waldo
Worchester
Mass
Ann Porter
Little Rock
Ark
Elizabeth Seymore
Point Pleasant
Donna Wyce
Buckland Funeral Service Held for Hyattsville Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Lillian Buckland 76 of Hyattsville Md and formerly of Sprague will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in the MacArthur Church of God with Rev Otis Clyburn officiating Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died Sunday morning in a Tacoma Park hospital after a long illness Born July 18 1889 at Cit tveville she was the daughter of the late Albert and Roxie Williams Hodge Her husband Edward Buckland died in 1937 Surviving are two sons Herbert and Virgil three daughters Mrs Jack Willa Mae Keaton Mrs Dorothy Heatherly and Mrs Harrison Georgia McCormick two brothers Henry Hodge and Albert Hodge The body will remain at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home with friends可 calling after 4 p m Tuesday Pallbearers listed The body will be removed from the funeral home one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lillian Buckland
14Th Ave
Hyattsville
Sprague
MacArthur Church of God
Otis Clyburn
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Buckland
Tacoma Park
Cittsville
Albert
Roxie Williams Hodge
Edward Buckland
Herbert
Virgil
Seat Pleasent
Jack
Willa Mae) Keaton
Maxwell Hill Road
Dorothy Heatherly
Harrison
Georgia) McCormick
Ferndale
Henry Hodge
Howard
Oliver
Erma) Mills
MacArthur
Mary Smith
Joyce Bolen
Beckley
Edsel
Mabscott
Violet Forren
East Rainelle
Melvin Forren
Prospect
Linwood
Burlin
S. Charleston
Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church
Chicago faculty balk at student draft protest center
University of Chicago faculty and staff refused entry to the administration building where about 20 students continue a sit in the main lobby. The protest targets the university's cooperation with the Selective Service System for draft deferments, accusing it of anti education. A faculty spokesman said the campus could move administrative tasks and that the faculty senate may discuss the issue if the students leave. Jonathan Kaplan, an 18 year old student, said some faculty promised a senate review and a decision would come tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Jonathan Kaplan
Chicago
New York City
Kaplan
Escapees Recaptured in Separate Cells Near Harrisville
Two inmates Gary D. White of Parkersburg and Roger L. Webb of Cornwallis in Ritchie County escaped Harrisville jail by lifting a floor panel on Thursday night. They were recaptured Sunday at an isolated cabin eight miles away, placed in separate cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisville
UPI
Gary D. White
Parkersburg
Roger L. Webb
Cornwallis
Ritchie County
Fire sweeps Mt. St. Mary Convent in Wheeling
A Sunday blaze gutted the first floor of Mt. St. Mary Convent in Elm Grove, causing about 30000 in damage with no injuries. Thirteen nuns, who taught at St. Vincent's Elementary, were at Mass when the fire started, likely from a cooking stove, and have moved to another convent for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
Mt. St. Mary
Elm Grove
Joseph Costello
St. Vincent's Elementary School
Funeral set for Vesper Gunnoe of Beckley area
Funeral services for Vesper Gunnoe 68 of 104 Ridge Ave Beckley will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Shirley Donnelly officiating Burial follows at Clay Cemetery Cameron He died Sunday night in a local hospital after a long illness Born June 12 1897 in Cameron he was a son of the late William Harrison and Mary Jane Clay Gunnoe A resident of Beckley since 1925 he was self employed in concrete work He served in World War II and was a Cameron Baptist Church member Surviving are two sisters Esta Blevins of Beckley and Mary Lilly of Alexandria Va and six brothers Addy and Herbert Beckley Aiden and Hubert Beaver Monroe Joe Newark N Y Homer Pittsburgh Pa Friends may call after noon Tuesday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper Gunnoe
Ridge Ave
Calfee
Shirley Donnelly
Clay Cemetery
Cameron
Gunnoe
William Harrison
Mary Jane Clay Gunnoe
Beckley
Cameron Baptist Church
Esta Blevins
Mary Lilly
Alexandria
Addy
Herbert
Aiden
Hubert
Beaver
Monroe
Joe
Newark
N. Y
Homer
Pittsburgh
Former Meadow Bridge Mayor Floyd Murphy dies at 63
Floyd Murphy a former Meadow Bridge mayor dies after a short illness in a Charleston hospital. Services are set for Tuesday at 2 p m at Meadow Bridge Methodist Church with Rev Homer Elkins officiating. Burial will follow in Wickline Cemetery. He worked for the Weights Division of the State Road Commission. The body lies at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Murphy
Meadow Bridge
Meadow Bridge Methodist
Homer Elkins
Wickline
Murphy
Charleston
Weights Division
State Road Commission
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
RNS
Tax Study Versus Long Range State Tax Plans
A short term tax study could meet the states near term needs before the 1967 Legislature convenes in January while avoiding clouding future structural tax plans. Costs vary by state, with examples from 150 000 to 1 million over three years, and Minnesota cited where long range studies produced no enacted measures. WVU officials projected at least 50 000 needed for the study with about 20 000 from WVU in a joint effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papke
Minnesota
Robert G. Dyck
Office of Research and Development
WVU
Bishop Man Wounds Wife and Kills Himself
In Bluefield, Minnie Woods, 52, said her husband John Wood, 57, shot her three times in the neck and shoulder before fatally shooting himself with a 38 caliber pistol. She fled to a neighbor and was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. authorities reported no further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
UPI
Minnie Woods
Bishop
John Wood
Final rites for Samuel Thom at Shrewsbury, 85
Samuel Thom of Basin dies Saturday at 85. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Pisgah Church with Rev. Phillip Graham officiating. Burial follows in Basin family cemetery. Sam Foglesong at Nease and Nee ly Funeral Home in Mullens says friends may call this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Thomas Shrewsbury
Basin
Phillip Graham
Mount Pisgah Church
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Hazelwood services set for Sonny Hazelwood in Oak Hill
George Hazelwood 35 of North Madison Ohio formerly of Oak Hill funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill conducted by Rev Jack Lowe burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Hazelwood killed in an automobile accident near Cleveland Saturday Born Scarbro June 5 1930 son of James and Tina Hazelwood survived by wife Georgia three sons J Charles Robert three daughters Nancy Linda Debbie a brother Julian and three sisters Anna Darker Mary Lou Johnson Betty Jo Rohring Friends may call after 5 p m Tuesday at the funeral home RNS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Sonny) Hazelwood
North Madison
Ohio
Oak Hill
Tyree
Jack Lowe
Mount Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
Hazelwood
Cleveland
Scarbro
James
Tina Hazelwood
C and J Trucking Co
Euclid
Georgia
J. Charles
Robert
Nancy
Linda
Debbie
Julian
Amherst
Anna Loise Darker
Mary Lou Johnson
Betty Jo Rohring
Sheffield
Raleigh Fitzgerald Funeral Arrangements Reported
Raleigh L Fitzgerald, 65, of Amigo, pronounced dead on arrival at 5 40 pm Saturday at a Beckley hospital. A retired coal miner born October 21, 1900 in Ash North Carolina. Survivors include half brothers Randolph Barker of Coal City and Charlie Silivers on of Coal Mountain and a half sister Mrs Mabel Hall of Davy. Body at Sam Fogleson Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens pending final arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh L. Fitzgerald
Amigo
Beckley Hospital
Ash
N. C
Randolph Barker
Coal City
Charlie Stevenson
Coal Mountain
Mabel Hall
Davy
Sam Fogleson
Nease
Neely
Mullens
Leon Bailey Dies at 56 in Mount Hope
Leon Bailey aged 56 of Mount Hope was pronounced dead on arrival at 11 p.m. Sunday night. The body rests at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Bailey
Mount Hope
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Gemini 9 flight considered most demanding yet
Kraft said Gemini nine crew is the best trained yet and the flight is the most difficult attempted by the United States. He noted the craft has many more tasks and a very full flight plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraft
United States
Smith's Task Force Starts Mining Tour
Gov Hulett C Smith and a state task force on strip mining begin a 54 hour tour of surface mining operations in Kanawha Boone and Raleigh counties. The group will visit Glenn Brooke Co at Kanawha County and Onkhey Norton Co at Rayford with Mines Director Wilbur Eigenbrod joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Glenn Brooke Co
Kanawha County
Onkhey Norton Co
Rayford
Kanawha
Wilbur F. Eigenbrod
Boone
Raleigh
Mad Sniper Search Moves To Doorsteps
In Shade Gap Pennsylvania the search for 17 year old Peggy Ann Bradnick abducted by a masked rifleman shifts from the Tuscarora Mountain area to nearby homes. State police aided by 600 volunteers conduct a sweeping but fruitless hunt as investigators consider lines of inquiry including the possibility she fled with the kidnapper or that the suspect used a car to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade Gap
UPI
Irl
Tuscarora Mountain
Peggy Ann Bradnick
Edward Mitarnowski
Pennsylvania
Mitarnowski
Woods
FBI
el Dorado
Ark
Russell Seeks Sole Senate Authority Over CIA Probe
Senator Richard B. Russell declares sole jurisdiction for congressional oversight of CIA activities, signaling a fight as the Senate weighs expanding who monitors CIA clandestine operations. Fulbright and McCarthy push to include Foreign Relations members on the oversight subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Georgia Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russell
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
United Press International
Armed Services Committee
Appropriations
Unrest, Military Measures in Vietnam Spark Nationwide Action
Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu urged unity as unrest and subversion prompt government action with tanks and aircraft deployed in northern provinces. A Buddhist communique urged vigilance for church orders. U.S. officials refused to discuss involvement though indicators suggest advance briefing. Police sealed a Buddhist youth center in Saigon arresting 20, including the youth group’s executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
da Nang
Saigon
Transit firms press for resumed bargaining
Greyhound and Trailways indicated efforts to resume talks as mass commuter movements rise. Trailways doubled and in some cases tripled bus schedules in Portland Oregon. The sticking point is a union demand to shorten the years of service required for pension eligibility. The company offered to boost its pension contribution without altering eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trailways
Portland
Ore
Britain Faces Severe Strikes in World War II Echo
Britain endures its first merchant marine strike in 55 years as 62,500 National Union of Seamen members walk out, tying up 300 to 400 ships. The pound slides, shares drop, and rail services cancel boat trains while Prime Minister Wilson plans a televised address urging calm and no panic buying. Union leaders claim full backing as they vow to fight to the finish amid looming port disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPS
Britain
National Union of Seamen
London Stock Exchange
P. and P., Shipping Co
British Railways
English Channel
France
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Bill Hogarth
Da Nang under martial rule as six held and city quiets
Six people were marched away in Da Nang amid arrests while Vietnamese sound trucks urged workers to return to jobs. Da Nang radio remained off after clashes between Ky's forces and rebels. Armed marines patrolled, turning back an American traveler. Hoi An, once rebel, reported calm per adviser's note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Nang
Donald Carberry
Framingham
Mass
Hoi An
U.S
Nimbus 2 Satellite Photos Begin Live Transmission
Nimbus 2 at Goddard starts evaluating thousands of photographs from a polar orbit launched from Vandenberg. The 912 pound satellite carries infrared gear and cameras to cover 200 million square miles as it orbits every 108 minutes at speeds near 16 564 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbelt
Goddard
Earth
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W. Va
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Beckley National
Neville ST
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West Virginia
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Lawrence N. Edmonds
MacAlpin
Edmonds
Mark Twain High School
US Army
Nathaniel Edmonds
Julia Edmonds
Detroit
Mich
Norman
Barbara Hall
Alma Moore
Athens
Tenn
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
Lawrence Edmonds
Mt. St. Mary Convent
Samuel Shrewsbury
Mrs
Lula Shrewsberry
Wickham
Smoot
Allen and
Ann Forren Patterson
Bill Brewer
Clayton Burleson
Clarence Wood
Noah Wood
Bryan Wood
Kermit Wood
George Hazelwood
Raleigh Fitzgerald
Gemini
Smith
Greyhound
Nimbus 2
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