Kidnapped Peggy Ann Bradnick Rescued After Week Long Pursuit
In Shade Gap Pennsylvania Peggy Ann Bradnick age 17 was kidnapped last Wednesday by a deranged sniper. A 15 year old farm boy Larry Rubeck shot the kidnapper William D Hollenbaugh 44 killing him at point blank range on a Fort Littleton porch. Hollenbaugh had shot an FBI agent and wounded a deputy sheriff as he took Peggy Ann and drove toward the Rubeck farm before the boy fired. The release ends a week long manhunt with Peggy Ann unharmed and hospital care for the injured deputy.
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Shade Gap
UPI
Tuscarora Mountain
Shade Creek
Highway 522
William D. Hollenbaugh
Eugene Brodnick
Peggy Ann
Youth Hollenbaugh
Larry Rubeck
Martha Yohn
Ned Price
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Here
Peggy Ann Bradnick
Fort Littleton
William D. Hollenbaurgh
Hollenbaugh
FBI
Francis Sharpe
Rubeck
McConnellsburg
Russell Meduias
Fulton County
Oldest Beckley store in business since 1899 E M Payne Co
The E M Payne Company is the oldest business in Beckley, operating at the Raleigh House site since 1899. It burned in the 1920s and moved to Main Street, remaining there afterward. The item notes the shop’s long-running presence in the city's commercial life.
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Beckley
Amy Vanderbilt
Two Cyclists Die In Kanawha Collision In Charleston
In Charleston at a busy intersection a motorcycle auto crash killed two cyclists Fred Helm 24 of Bradford Woods Pennsylvania and his passenger Mary Withrow 26 of South Charleston and seriously injured the car driver Marvin Jordan 23 of New York City. Helm a Morris Harvey College graduate died soon after and the couple’s deaths were reported as police investigated.
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Charleston
UPI
Fred Helm
Bradford Woods
Mary Withrow
South Charleston
Marvin Jordan
New York City
Mountain State Hospital
Withrow
Jordan
Morris Harvey College
Helm
Weather Summary Beckley Area Shows Warmth and Rain Showers
Beckley and vicinity report warm conditions with showers thunder storms and brief heavy rain this afternoon and evening. High around 80, clearing tonight. low about 58. Wednesday partly cloudy and cooler with a high near 70. Airport data show 80 high and 63 low in past 24 hours. river gauges indicate Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures 78-54 in south and 74-48 in north with cooler Thursday and Friday, then warmer weekend, rainfall over an inch with scattered showers.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Wichita Falls
Texas
Butte, Mont
West Virginia
U S Air Force bombs own infantry division in error
In War Zone C near the Cambodian border US Air Force fighters accidentally struck troops from the 1st Infantry Division. Two Americans were killed and 58 wounded as markers were misread after a call for air support. Fault attributed to ground crews and possible poor visibility from overcast skies.
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U.S. Air Force
Saigon
Upi
U.S
FAC
Gemini 9 mission blamed on Atlas engine hardover
Cape Kennedy officials search for cause after an Atlas rocket engine went haywire, spoiling the Gemini 9 plan with Stafford and Cernan. The failure halted the rendezvous and spacewalk attempt, as a new ATDA target is readied and a three week delay is possible.
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Cape Kennedy
Upi
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Stafford
Cernan
ATDA
Globe
U.S
Agena
Gemini Flight Safety Review Board
Atlas
Two Teenagers Drown In Separate Mishaps
Two teens drowned in separate West Virginia incidents as warm weather drew swimmers. Johnson Roman, 16, of Quinwood, drowned in Meadow River near Nallen after companions failed to pull him out. Howard A. Worthington, 18, of Laeger drowned in Guyandotte River near Tameliff in Mingo County after entering water too deep. he was visiting family and had been home on vacation from a Job Corps assignment in California.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Johnson Roman
Quinwood
Greenbrier
Meadow River
Nallen
Fayette County
Howard A. Worthington
Laeger
McDowell County
Guyandotte
Tameliff
Mingo County
Gemini program faces costly reconsideration after failures
The Gemini program may undergo a painful reappraisal as three major mishaps in seven months raise questions about schedule and workload. An Atlas Agena loss, a failed Gemini 9 delay, and a prior Gemini 8 abort have tightened margins and threatened future docking missions.
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Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Earth
Space Agency
Gemini
Agena
Buddhists Vow to Burn Alive When Attacked
In Saigon, about thirty young Buddhist monks and several nuns vow to burn themselves if government troops attack pagodas, forming a “death by own action squad” at Vien Hoa Dao. The regime deploys two battalions of Marines and alerts the 7th Vietnamese Division as tensions rise.
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Saigon
UPI
Vien Hoa Dao
Viet Nam
da Nang
Fourth Raleigh County Soldier Dies In Viet Nam
The war in Viet Nam claims its fourth Raleigh County fighting man, Spec. 4 Ronald D. Morehead formerly of Arnett, killed in action last Friday while serving with Troop D of the 362d Signal Co. His wife Monica of Tacoma and parents Arnold and Dorothy Morehead of Chicago are en route. he leaves a son and daughter. Body to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Earlier Raleigh County casualties: Sgt. Lawrence Jackson Stotesbury, Sgt. Sam Ross Glen White, Spec. 5 Lawrence Edmonds McAlpin.
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Viet Nam
Raleigh County
Ronald D. Morehead
Arnett
Morehead
362D Signal Co
John Dean
Monica
Tacoma
Wash
Arnold
Dorothy Morehead
Chicago
Ill
Rose and Quesenberry
Lawrence Jackson
Stotesbury
Sam Ross
Glen White
Lawrence Edmonds
McAlpin
Ruby retrial bid denied by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a bid to grant condemned Jack Ruby a new trial. The motion argued that trial judge Joe B Brown had a personal interest because he was writing a book about the case. AUPI report from Austin notes the ruling closures.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Johnson blasts war critics at Chicago rally
President Johnson decried critics of Vietnam policy as Nervous Nellies and urged unity at a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago. He warned that failure to halt aggression could trigger a general Asian war with hundreds of thousands of casualties, citing 1,705 American deaths this year and calling for national resolve over party divides.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Chicago
Houston
Tex
U.S
Asia
Second Heart Patient Awake And Doing Well
A retired Navy chief petty officer Walter L. MecCans aged 61 from Seattle area, was awakened and talking in limited fashion after surgeon Michael DeBakey implanted an artificial heart. He is the second such patient in a month, with the first dying from a lung collapse. hospital officials said his vital signs remain good and full judgment awaits 48 to 72 hours.
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Houston
UPI
Navy
Michael DeBakey
Walter L. McCans
Seattle
Wash
DeBakey
Methodist Hospital
Ted Bowen
Marian McCaus
Bowen
U S Plane Downed By Rebels In Viet Nam
UPI reports Anti government troops at the Tien Hoa Buddhist pagoda machine gunned an American observation Birddog plane. The U S Army pilot and Marine observer were rescued with minor injuries by helicopter. The crash occurred near Da Nang across the river from the city center as Vietnamese planes dropped leaflets urging forces to unite against the Viet Cong.
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DA Nang
UPI
Tien Hoa
1St Corps
Elkins Beckley Clean-Up Contest Launches Space Theme
Elkins and Beckley start a city cleanup contest with a pretend space mission named 2-B Clean, aiming for late August judging. Gov. Hulett Smith and ex-governor W. W. Barron attend, joined by Mayors John Smith and Clark Sidhoff. Hundreds of students join as 007 agents for Randolph County Cleanup while Davis & Elkins College fraternities collect riverbank rubbish.
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Elkins
UPI
Beckley
Hulett Smith
W. W. Barron
John Smith
Clark Sidhoff
Keep America Beautiful
Washington
Randolph County
Davis & Elkins College
Tygart River
Highland Park
Collec
Samaritan
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Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
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YMCA
Richard Neeve
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Stephen's Lake
Sandy Koufax
Don Drysdale
Koufax
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Jaycees
William Parker
Parker
Raleigh County Bank
John W. Smith
Betty Perry
West Virginia Nurses Association
Ing Egister
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