In Office Six Months Today L B J Emerges As Powerful President
Six months after the Dallas gunshots, President Johnson has emerged as a powerful national figure. He kept Kennedy staff close, pushed a new budget, and began pruning defense installations to signal a shift from Kennedy era policies while awaiting election outcomes.
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Kennedy Assassination Six Months On
An editor notes six months since President Kennedy was killed in Dallas. The piece reviews the ongoing investigation, trial, and national reaction, highlighting continuing uncertainty and the lasting impact of the crime.
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Dallas
Jacqueline Kennedy Hurt Deepens Six Months After Dallas Assassination
Washington columnist Helen Thomas details Jacqueline Kennedy's deeper grief six months after President Kennedy's assassination. The widow remains in a restrained public life, receives thousands of letters daily, visits sites of memory, and participates in investigations and interviews while coping with loss and public scrutiny.
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Weather Summary Beckley Area Becomes Warm and Sunny
Beckley area forecast calls for mostly sunny and warm conditions this afternoon with a high near 82. Tonight will be fair and mild with a low around 55. Saturday looks very warm and humid with possible clouds and a thunder shower, high in the mid 80s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 1.5 gates open, Hinton gauge at 1.7 ft. Five day outlook: temps 8-10 degrees above normal, scattered weekend showers totaling up to half an inch. cooling Sunday and Monday then warming Tue-Wed.
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West Virginia
Night mare detailed in Dallas report six months later
Preston McGraw reports from Dallas for UPI on a case described as a night mare from six months earlier. The article outlines the events and their lingering impact in the community.
Quadruplets born to Cincinnati mother at local hospital
Mrs Willie Mae Mincey aged 39 gave birth to four boys at Katherine Booth Hospital in Cincinnati, reportedly the first quadruplets in the hospital's 50 year history. The quads, born just after 4 AM EST, weigh 3 pounds to 3 pounds 4 ounces and are said to be doing well. Father Robert Mincey, 44, an employee of General Electric, plans to name the boys soon.
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UPI
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Evendale
Bolden To Be Subpoenaed In Kennedy Case
Chicago Tribune reports the Warren Commission will seek the testimony of an indicted Secret Service agent amid allegations of drunkenness and laxity among guards of President Kennedy. It notes plans to travel to Dallas to interview Jack Ruby and probe reports of heavy drinking by agents the night before Kennedy's assassination six months ago, following Bolden's claim.
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Chicago
President Johnson Urges Youth to Build Great Society
President Johnson told graduates at the University of Michigan to help create a great society by revitalizing cities, preserving beauty, and raising education quality. He urged new methods of federal local cooperation creative federalism to tackle social issues and announced upcoming conferences.
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Byrd urges 6.5 billion cut in Johnson budget
UPI reports Sen. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia calls for a 6.5 billion reduction in fiscal 1965 federal spending to avert a deficit as the White House lifts its deficit forecast to 5.8 billion for 1965 and 8.8 billion for 1964, amid tax-cut delays and defense spending trims.
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UN peacekeeping role eyed in Southeast Asia
United Nations discussions in New York examine how Adlai Stevenson proposals could place a UN peacekeeping role in Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. Washington signals willingness for UN participation as Cambodia and Vietnam consider border patrols and possible bilateral forces with UN observers.
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UPI
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Southeast
Reds Capture Ban Taviang Near Paksane
Communists seize Ban Taviang, the last government outpost guarding approaches to Paksane, isolating Vientiane from northern Laos. Scattered defenders head south to join neutralist troops, with Kong Le reported to have about four battalions at Ban Ma.
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U S Pressures Escalate Over Southeast Asia Crisis
Washington officials plan stepped-up military pressure on Communist forces in Southeast Asia if Laos diplomacy fails. The 7th Fleet may move closer to the region and American troops could be sent to Thailand. President Johnson to review planners' recommendations by weekend as jet reconnaissance begins over Laos positions supporting Souvanna Phouma's neutralist government.
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UPI
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State plans crackdown on four WV cities for stream pollution
West Virginia will push four cities Clarksburg Fairmont Morgantown and Welch to speed sewage treatment and curb pollution of state streams. Morgantown already faced a board order to stop discharging untreated sewage into the Monongahela. Clarksburg risks enforcement of an old injunction unless it proceeds with interceptor and treatment plans. Fairmont seeks federal aid and has begun some work, while Welch plans a summer survey to prepare action. The state aims to extend pollution control with federal aid and broaden compliance beyond large towns to smaller cities.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Bern Wright
State Water Resources Board
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Fairmont
Morgantown
Welch
Wright
Monongahela River
Sherwood Election Wires Warn of Deadly Political Feuds
In Sherwood voters faced a tense election night as rival blocs clashed over results. Local officials urged calm while commentators warned heated lines could spark factional strife if tensions rise further.
Red Terrorist Who Wounded 8 GIs Grilled
Saigon police grilled a Vietnamese Communist who wounded eight U S servicemen with a hand grenade. He admitted membership in a Communist terrorist cell operating in Saigon, and investigators sought names of other members and activities. The May 3 waterfront blast followed sabotage of the Card, an American aircraft transport, during salvage ops.
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U.S. Combat Casualty List In Viet Nam Hiked
Washington report states the Defense Department raised by nine the U.S. death toll from combat in South Viet Nam. Nine previously listed as non combat deaths were reclassified as killed in action. Total combat deaths since Jan 1, 1961 stand at 138 while 877 wounded and 13 missing. Non combat deaths total 89, raising overall fatalities to 227.
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UPI
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South Viet Nam
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Promoter Quits Australia Judy Garland Shows
Harry Miller the promoter who brought Judy Garland to Australia for three controversial appearances said he is through with the whole thing after boisterous Melbourne trouble. Garland, who sang poorly due to a sore throat and was late, remained isolated in a Sydney hotel with security guarding access.
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Australia
UPI
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Melbourne
Telephone Calls Linked To Hoffa
A UPI report notes blonde secretary Genevieve Ries testified that a telephone log linked Teamsters President James Hoffa and two associates to Florida realtor Vaughan Connelly who allegedly obtained a 4.3 million loan from the union pension fund. Hoffa and seven codefendants face charges of fraudulently securing 25 million in loans and diverting 1.7 million for personal use. Ries said the log records calls by Hoffa associates to Connelly in 1958 and 1959. She served as Connelly’s secretary from 1958 to August 1960 and identified at least one call made by Hoffa.
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UPI
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Vaughan Conelly
Defector To Be Court Martialed
STUTTGART Germany UPI reports Capt Alfred Svenson 31 of Scranton Pa the only American officer to defect to the Communists in Europe and return will be court martialed on desertion and larceny charges by the Seventh Army spokesman
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Body found in Lookout section under police probe
State Police at Oak Hill confirmed at 1 35 p m that a man’s body was found in the Lookout area and police investigated. Other reports say the unidentified man, age undetermined, was strangled with a belt with no further details available at presstime.
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Oak Hill
Kanawha Judge Considers Dismissal in Blue Law Suit
Charleston. Kanawha Circuit Judge Frank Taylor asked for briefs on two motions to dismiss a suit challenging the constitutionality of the new Sunday closing law. He said a decision would come this summer after refusing to dismiss the suit on motions by the West Virginia Retailers Association, a defendant.
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UPS
Kanawha
Frank Taylor
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West Virginia Retailers Association
Billy Graham urges bold Vietnam stance at Southern Baptist gathering
Billy Graham told the Southern Baptist Convention in Atlantic City that the United States must either escalate to join the Vietnam effort or withdraw entirely. He criticized U S foreign policy that keeps soldiers far away fighting communism while supporting exile efforts near home. Mrs Lyndon B Johnson returned to the White House after a one day anti poverty trip to Breathitt County Kentucky. Dr James Franck, Nobel Prize winner in 1925 for electron atom work, died in Goettingen Germany at 81 from a heart attack.
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Goetingen
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Negro pastor elected moderator at Oklahoma City Assembly
A Negro, Rev. Elder G. Hawkins of the Bronx New York, was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church at its General Assembly in Oklahoma City. In Atlantic City Southern Baptists refused to endorse church racial integration, leaving each church to decide. Senate Republicans meet to finish review of bipartisan civil rights amendments the leadership hopes to introduce Monday.
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West Virginia teacher named Arc Weld ing judge
A West Virginia instructor L. F. Bartlett from Harrisville High School will judge the 1963 64 Arc Welding Award Program of the National Agricultural Education Division alongside educators from Arkansas Utah and Ohio. Edith Green to receive honorary Doctor of Public Affairs at Bethany College commencement June 7. Iona L. King dies at 87 in Huntington. Robert A. McNemar 26 of Piedmont killed in Maryland Route 135 crash near Westernport.
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National Agricultural Education Division
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Harrisville High School
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Ohio
Edith Green
Oregon
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Iona L. King
Morris Harvey
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Huntington
Robert A. McNemar
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Westernport
Rockefeller Campaign Chief Sees GOP Delegates Rise
MAL GUTHRIE predicts that the California primary will bring more uncommitted delegates to Nelson A. Rockefeller. A 400-worker strike halts production at Glen Dale Triangle Conduit and Cable near Moundsville. July 20 set for Kanawha court trial of clerk Lewis A. Hatcher on payroll check forging charges. Chapmanville and Matoaka receive CFA advances of 7500 and 7900 for sewage planning.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Community Facilities Administration
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Mercer County
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