U S Begins Evacuating Hue Amid Viet Nam Turmoil
Amid Hue evacuation orders, Kiys government faces Buddhist protests as thousands in Saigon rally against U S policy. Riots, tear gas, stones, and arrests punctuate a tense day with monks, youths, and police clashing near embassies and pagodas.
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UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Hue City
U.S
Hue
US Information Service
Viet Hoa Dao
John F. Kennedy Square
U.S. Post Exchange
Nguyen Cody
Q and A: Ring Register reader questions and answers
A compilation of short Q and A responses on topics from biology and geography to law and local services. It covers fords washed out in Glade Creek, moon distance, Lee's class ranking, Dial A Prayer voice, fishing rod limits in West Virginia, crypt plot costs, wedding gifts, Cassius Clay KO counts, state labor breaks, Nile length, and WV’s position relative to the Mason-Dixon line.
Duncan Wins Oregon Senate Nomination Test of Vietnam Issue
Duncan, a Johnson policy supporter, edged an administration critic to win the Oregon Democratic primary nomination for the U.S. Senate, seen as a gauge of public sentiment on Vietnam.
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Duncan
U.S. Senate
Oregon
Viet Nam
Dunca
Johnson
Union To Submit Final Proposal At Beckley Plant
Tom Willey of the IBEW says Local 2011 will file a firm and final proposal to Beckley Manufacturing through Federal Mediator Paul Yeagar. Negotiations could end with a union vote if the company accepts, as turnout at a Sunday meeting was only 306 of 820. A contract cancellation from North Electric Co. of Ohio removes a potential long term cable project, affecting about 25 to 40 jobs.
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Tom Willey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Beckley Manufacturing Corp
Paul Yeagar
Willey
Eva M. Sinozich
Brady
Ohio Concern
Beckley
Mrs Kennedy Visits Coney Island For Hot Dogs
Mrs John F Kennedy toured Nathan's famous hot dog stand on the Coney Island boardwalk Thursday night wearing a kerchief and trench coat. Accompanied by director Mike Nichols, Alan Arkin and Barbara Dana, she ate hot dogs and fries and took some home for her children. Meanwhile, over 100 Milwaukee Railroad switchmen and conductors walked off the job in Chicago Milwaukee and Savannah amid paycheck foul ups.
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Duchess of Windsor
Coney Island
Nathan
Boardwalk
Mike Nichols
Alan Arkin
Barbara Dana
Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Milwaukee
Savannah
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Judge Takes Nuckols Suit Under Advisement
In circuit court today a kitchen sink motion was heard in the Nuckols case against Jack A. Nuckols and Raleigh Insurance Agency. Bloss & Dillard Inc. Huntington and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. filed suits claiming unpaid premiums for customers. Nuckols alleged conspiracy by Raleigh officers Sutphin and Riffe to deprive him of funds.
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Jack A. Nuckols
Insurance Agency
Nuckols
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Charleston
J. Henry Francis
Bloss & Dillard Inc
Huntington
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Beckley
Robert B. Sayre
Nucko
W. E. Sutphin
L. Gene Riffe
Sutphin
Riffe
W. A. Thornhill III
Weather Outlook for Beckley and Vicinity
Cloudy with showers and thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Highs near 76 this afternoon, mid 70s Saturday. lows around 58. Airport readings show 77 high, 56 low in past 24 hours. River Greenbrier normal clear. Lake normal clear with 2.8 gates open. Hinton gauge 2.4 ft. Five day forecast calls for near normal temps with weekend showers and 2-3 inches total next week.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Gemini Craft Ready To Go
The Gemini 9 spacecraft has cleared its second final tests and is slated for a Tuesday launch. Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan will attempt a three day rendezvous and spacewalk aboard the 109 foot vehicle. The craft had waited on the pad since May 17 after the target satellite was missed.
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UPI
Tueday
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
New Food for Peace Pact Aids India with Grain Supply
Agriculture Secretary Freeman announced a Food for Peace agreement giving India 313 million dollars in U. S. farm commodities mainly grain. The total value of farm products provided to India since 1964 reaches 1.113 billion dollars. Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, archbishop of Baltimore, will lead ceremonies at the dedication of St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in Vienna West Virginia on May 30.
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Orville L. Freeman
India
U. S
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary
Vienna
W. Va
Senate panel backs interim safety standards for federal cars
Chairman Warren G Magnuson said revised safety standards for government bought cars could become national interim standards this year. The rules apply to cars purchased by the General Services Administration. In London a board of inquiry opened on a 12 day seamen's strike seeking an end before Parliament’s emergency powers are invoked.
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Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
General Services Administration
Board of
London
Novak granted interim divorce in Salinas Calif
Actress Kim Novak, 33, who had said marriage would be forever, was granted an inter locutory divorce decree in Salinas California, ending her 14 month marriage to British actor Richard Johnson. Officials of the Governor's Industrial Development Conference announced Thursday that speakers at the annual conference June 2 in Morgantown will include Harry A Boswell Jr. of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
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Kim Novak
Salinas
Calif
Richard Johnson
Governor's Industrial Development Conference
Morgantown
Harry A. Boswell Jr
Appalachian Regional Commission
Aim to Ease European Tension Major East West Conference Eyed
The West plans a major East West conference in Europe to ease tension and improve relations with NATO and the Warsaw Pact taking part. The proposal, likely to be discussed at the NATO council meeting in Brussels in June, would include the United States and the Soviet Union.
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London
UPI
West
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
NATO Council
Brussels
Russia
Britain
NATO
Warsaw Pact
House Bill Moves to Senate on 1.60 Minimum Wage Plan
The House approved a wage bill 303 to 93 to raise the federal minimum from 1.25 to 1.40 next February and to 1.60 by February 1, 1969 for 29.6 million workers plus 665,000 newly covered blue-collar workers. It would extend coverage to 6.8 to 7.5 million service and retail workers starting at 1.00 rising to 1.60 by 1971, and include 400,000 farm workers with staged increases. The bill’s final form reaches 1.60 later than hoped, but broadens coverage beyond expectations.
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House
John H. Dent
Smith predicts West Virginia population may turn up
Governor Hulett C. Smith told Glenville College graduates he would not be surprised to see West Virginia reverse years of population loss. He cited 1960s gains in employment and industry, noting unemployment fell from 16.6 percent in 1961 to 6.4 percent in April and 114 plants expanded or opened in 11 months. He argued Census estimates are only estimates and suggested a leveling-off trend.
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Glenville
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Glenville College
West Virginia
Census Bureau
Smith
West Virginia Delegation Backs Minimum Wage Bill
West Virginia lawmakers voiced no opposition to the minimum wage bill in the House vote. The delegation’s support helped push the measure through as part of a 303 to 93 House victory, with five voting for and none against.
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UPI
West Virginia
House
Wyoming Action Funds Approved For Community Programs
A federal grant of 61640 was approved for 12 months operation of Wyoming County Community Action Programs Inc in Mullens. Funds will support an admin program and staff, a Pineville clothing center serving about 1000 people, and renovations in Maben, Marianna, and Oceana for community centers. About 45 low income people will participate. The program is backed by Economic Opportunity Act updates. Williams, director, said projects start immediately and the Pineville clothing center will be housed in the Courthouse Annex.
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Wyoming County Community Action Programs, Inc
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
James Kee
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pineville
Maben
Marianna
Oceana
Woman shoots at husband on Heber Street
Ruth Hebb, 36, was arrested by City Policeman Lonnie Price on Heber Street near the Raleigh County Courthouse for discharging a firearm with intent to kill and brandishing a deadly weapon. Price, an eyewitness, said Hebb’s husband fled as he grabbed her. She claimed threats from her husband and denied intent to kill.
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Ruth Hebb
Lonnie Price
Raleigh County
Prosecutor Raps Thomas Claim Over Traffic Reports
Raleigh County prosecutor C Berkley Lilly defends county clerks and rejects James Thomas critique of county prosecutors failing to report traffic convictions. Thomas warns noncompliance risks removal. Lilly demands county specifics and cites routine reports from Raleigh County Circuit Clerk.
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Raleigh County
Atty. C. Berkley Lilly
James Thomas
Thomas
West Virginia
Lilly
Raleigh
Hilton bars veterans, sparks protest by VFW and public
Wounded Viet Nam veterans were barred from the Conrad Hilton Boulevard Room for a Stop and Go-Go ice revue, deemed potentially depressing to other patrons. Local officials and the Illinois VFW denounced the action, urging the hotel to reconsider and threatening to shift business. The episode followed a church dinner and a Loop film, ending with a North Side snack.
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Chicago
VPI
Conrad Hilton
Swank Boulevard
Ralph Shields
Mundelein
Ill
Richard M. Foss
Great
Illinois Vfw
National Vfw
Big 8 Opens Stephen's Lake for Business Meeting
About 60 people from six of the eight Big 8 counties gathered at Stephen's Lake for an unofficial start to activities. The group, formed in 1959 to aid regional economic development, met at the new tourist facility as Gov. Okey Patteson presided. Monroe and Wyoming counties were absent.
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Big 8
Stephen’s Lake
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer
Summers
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Monroe
Mental patient kills wife and four children in Ohio home
Police report a man and five family members found shot dead in Warren township near here. Mrs Michael Collins, 31, and her four children aged three to seven were killed in their beds. Collins was found on a couch with a rifle across his chest.
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Warren Ohio
UPI
Warren Township
Here
Michael Collins
Collins
Wanted Experienced Bookkeeper Accountant Male 25 to 50
Classified notice seeks an experienced male bookkeeper or accountant aged 25 to 50 for permanent position with a local firm in Teaneans. Contact phone 252-471 for applications and details.
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Teanaieans
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