Senate vote on draft reform looms as war grows
The article recalls a 1967 Senate split over draft changes with Ernest Gruening and Wayne Morse backing exemptions for some draftees. It notes a 751 vote against amendments and references the broader Indochina conflict and shift to an all volunteer force. The current vote date is set for Tuesday May 11, 1967.
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John Hall
Washington
UPI
U.S
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne Morse
Viet-Ore
Nam
Senate
Gruening
Indochina
Soviet President Podgorny to visit Egypt amid doubts over USSR shift
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrives in Cairo with Foreign Minister Gromyko for a several day visit seen as key to Egypt-Soviet relations. London sources say the trip signals anxiety over a possible Sadat shift toward the United States.
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United Press International
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Cairo
London
Russia
Torward
United
Middle East
Podgorny
Andrei A. Gromyko
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Soviet Union
Sadat
Ali Sabry
Seale Huggins jury unable to reach verdict in Rackley case
In New Haven the jury trying Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins on murder conspiracy and kidnapping charges announced they could not reach a verdict after deliberating since Wednesday. Judge Mulvey ordered further clarification while testimony described Rackley’s torture and killing by Warren Kimbro and others at Black Panther headquarters.
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New Haven
Gauthier
Mulvey
Alex Rackley
Warren Kimbro
Rackley
David Tilewick
Black Panther
Seale
The
Panthers
Dodd dies of heart attack at 64 in Connecticut
Former Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut died of a heart attack at 12:30 a.m. EDT. A onetime censure for campaign fund questions, he later ran as an independent and lost to Lowell P. Weicker after leaving the Democratic Party. Dodd served in the Senate from 1958 to 1970 and held earlier roles with the FBI and Justice Department.
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Old Lyme, Conn
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
J . Dodd
Senate
Lowell P. Weicker
Norwich
Providence
R.J.) College
Yale Law School
FBI
St. Louis
Justice Department
Nuremburg
Europe
Chester Bowles
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Democratic State Committee
House
Ribicoff
Prescott $. Bush
Eisenhower
William A. Purtell
Josep and
Swent
Jos Deelity
Wee
Weicker
British Consul Kidnapped in Rosario by Guerrilla Group
Argentina's security forces urged citizens to help locate Stanley Sylvester the 58 year old honorary British consul abducted at gunpoint in Rosario. The leftist People's Revolutionary Army claimed the kidnapping promising to place him at the disposal of popular justice and left identification cards as proof.
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Rosario
Argentina
Stanley Sylvester
People’s Revolutionary Army
Sylvester
Popular Justice
Weather Showers Possible In Beckley Area Through Tuesday
Cloudy skies with a chance of showers through Tuesday. Highs reach the upper 70s this afternoon and Tuesday, with tonight’s low in the upper 0s. Probability of precipitation 20 percent this afternoon and tonight, rising to 50 percent Tuesday. Details on Page 6.
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Beckley
New York City Air Declared Clean for First Time in Years
NYC air quality reached a rare good level as a Sunday cool Canadian air mass reduced pollution. Robert Rickles of the Department of Air Resources called it fantastic and the best day of the century, noting fewer polluters operating on Sunday.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Robert Rickles
Department of Air Resources
Turkish Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 1000 in Eastern Turkey
Government reports confirm 1000 dead after Saturday quake in Bingol region. isolated villages may raise totals. Survivors call the event the Wrath of Allah as Turkey faces a second major quake in 10 days following the May 12 disaster that killed 57 in the southwest.
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Bingol
Turkey
UPI
Allah
Hearing Postponed for Fired Trooper Preston Gooden
Charleston WPI) Former state Trooper Preston Gooden, fired after accusing the Moore administration of hampering police work, saw his hearing postponed by the state Police Board of Commissioners. The attorney said three alternate dates were offered for the rescheduled hearing, with June 7, 14 or 21 as options.
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Charleston
UPI
Tpr
Preston
Gooden
Moore
State Police Board of Commissioners
Anointing Rite Fatal for Beckley Woman Autopsy Finds
An autopsy on Linda Barringer 21 of 235 Seventh St Beckley shows sudden cardiac arrest caused by reflex inhibition due to high emotion during an oil rub anointing rite at the Church of the Living God 545 Broadway St Two women of the congregation performed the rite witnessed by about 15. No charges will be filed.
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Beckley
Beckley City
Linda Barringer
Seventh St
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Church of the Living God
Broadway St
New Loewy Snaith Stamp Honors Inauguration of Postal Service
A special cent stamp by Raymond Loewy Snaith will launch July 1 as the Postal Service takes over from the Post Office Department. The blue eagle emblem appears on a white field with red and blue bars and the words U S Mail, part of a broader corporate identity rollout across badges vehicles buildings and mailboxes.
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New York
Raymond Loewy - William Snaith, Inc
Postal Service
Post “Office Department
Goverment Corporation
U.S. Mail
Mine Safety Hot Line Placed In Service
Rep. Ken Hechler says the U S Bureau of Mines has installed a hot line for coal miners to report health and safety violations directly. Hechler calls it a long overdue reform and notes the number 202 343 4864 for calls.
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Washington
UPI
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Hechler
Elrom Shot in Head in Istanbul Kidnap Case
Turkish authorities arrested two girls and a man in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Israeli Consul General Ephraim Elrom. The suspect named as Omer Erine with two girls identified as Kadrive Nisorgen and Julide Zaim. Elrom, 34, was killed after a 15 hour curfew as police swept the city seeking those responsible. Elrom’s body was found near the Israeli consulate. The Israeli government demanded punishment for the perpetrators and vowed to avoid negotiations with the group claiming responsibility.
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Istanbul
UPI
Ephraim Elrom
Omer Erine
Kadrive Nisorgen
Julide Zaim
Elrom
Foreign Service
Tel Aviv
Turkish Peoples’ Liberation Army
Ish
VISTA Volunteers Turned Toward Peaceful Reform Study Finds
A Penn State sociologist reports that more than a quarter of 3,000 former VISTA volunteers view themselves as radicals yet favor nonviolent change. About 60 percent say the experience politicized them, while most remain committed to peaceful reform and pursue further studies in social work teaching or law.
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University Park
UPI
VISTA
Peace Corps
Penn State University
David Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Office of Economic Opportunity
America
Gottieb
Penn State
White House
Hawley Coal Must Reclaim Or Face Shutdown across Raleigh County
State Senator Alan Susman states Hawley Coal Mining Corp must begin reclamation within 10 days on strip mining sites in Raleigh County or all Hawley stripping operations in the state will be shut down. Susman, who spoke after residents’ complaints, plans a Hawley tour with DNR Superintendent Joe Parker to review alleged strip mining violations. He met with Division of Reclamation Chief Benjamin C. Greene to discuss the case.
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Hawley Coal Mining Corp
Raleigh County
Alan Susman
Beckley
Richmond
Hawley
Department of Natural Resources
Joe Parker
Hawley Company
Division of Reclamation
Benjamin C. Greene
Susman
Ink removal, soil pH, and 1935 Glen Rogers basketball notes
Questions cover removing ink from imitation leather, acid soil for flowers and vegetables with guidance from County 4H Agent Gilbert Barnette. Also details Glen Rogers 1935 36 basketball season with James McNeish and state tournament results and All State honors, plus illegal sale of sample prescription drugs per Health Director N H Dyer and Board of Pharmacy secretary Herbert Traubert.
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Gilbert Barnette
Barnette
Glen Rogers High School
Glen Rogers
James McNeish
Park Junior High School
Washington-Irving
Buckhannon
McNeish
N. H. Dyer
Herbert Traubert
West Virginia
Susman criticizes bid on inspection aircraft
Susman says the governor seeks bids for one executive type jet ranger instead of two bell top helicopters for DNA inspection use. He notes cost estimates of 65 000 dollars per helicopter and 125 000 for the jet ranger, and that the ranger lacks helicopter visibility. He warns bids will be rebid due to too tight specifications.
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Susman
Hawley Faces Two DR-15 Notices Over Stripping Work Delays
The department filed two DR-15 notices against Hawley for removing equipment from stripping jobs without starting reseeding backfilling or other reclamation. Hawley has 10 days to begin the required work. Complaints also reference Hawley trucks on West Virginia Secon.
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Hawley
Susman
Hawley Company
West
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