Viet Cong Attack Da Nang Base In Second Strike
Viet Cong infiltrators attacked Da Nang air base for the second time in a week as U S planes hit three missile sites near Hanoi and destroyed a bridge on the main supply route. SAM missiles fired at American aircraft missed all but one plane. one Navy A4 Skyhawk was shot down while pilots parachuted to safety. In ground fighting near Plei Me, U S forces of the 1st Cavalry Division killed about 50 guerrillas and captured 21 plus 23 more in another sector, with ongoing operations along the Central Highlands front.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
da Nang
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
S. Marine and
Seabee
da Nang City
Key Highway Bridge
Viet Nam
Air Force
Robert L. Harris
Longview
Tex
USS
Michael P. Cooper
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Plei Me
Cental Highlands
South Viet Nam
1St Cavalry Division
1St Cavalry
Resignation sought in massive insurance fraud case
Minnesota Insurance Commissioner Cyrus Magnusson states he will not resign despite Gov. Rolvaag’s demand amid federal charges. Rolvaag cites public confidence in insurance matters. Magnusson insists on innocence. Leaderless, the state faces scrutiny over a large fraud scheme.
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Minnesota
Cyrus Magnusson
Karl Rolvaag
Rolvaag
Magnusson
W. A. Byus
Charleston
Billy Graham
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
GOP Seeks Comeback in Tuesday Elections in East
The GOP pursues a comeback path in Tuesday off year elections, with high stakes in New York City mayor and Virginia and New Jersey governor races. Underdogs in New Jersey and Virginia, Republicans aim to gain seats as reapportionment reshapes legislatures. Kentucky votes on full House and half Senate. Local issues dominate while debates over Negro rights and Vietnam policy appear in campaigns. Lindsay, 43, Liberal, leads New York race.
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New York City
Virginia
New Jersey
John V. Lindsay
New York
GOP
Kentucky
Lindsay
Johnson
Sunny and cool regional forecast for Beckley area
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high near 53. Clear and cold tonight down around 26. Warmer Tuesday with highs near 60. Last 24 hours record shows 67 at 4 p.m., low 36 at 7:30 a.m. River conditions steady, Greenbrier and Lake levels normal and clear, gauge at Hinton 1.75 ft. Five day outlook: West Virginia mostly sunny, cooler Tuesday, warmer Wednesday, cooler Friday, gradual rise through Saturday, little or no rainfall.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Palm Springs
Alif
Lone Rock
Wis
West Virginia
Labor Federation denounces church plans seamen program
Huntington and Washington reports describe the West Virginia Labor Federation denouncing The Methodist Church over union issues in Clarksburg and backing a new plan to train Appalachian youths as merchant seamen. The program will recruit 25 residents monthly for 60 days training before placement on U.S. merchant ships with pay between 475 and 500 dollars monthly.
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UPI
West Virginia Labor Federation
Methodist Church
Appalachia
Big Labor G
Antiunion
Board of the Directors of
Union Protestant Hospital
Clarksburg
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Charles Hess
Federation
Miles Stanley
U. S
Stanley
International Seafarers Union
Bus Plunge Kills 46 in Cairo River Disaster
A crowded trolley bus plunged into the Nile near downtown Cairo. Forty six bodies were recovered with death toll possibly rising to sixty. Seventeen persons survived.
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Cairo
U.A.R
UPI
Nile River
Grid Hero's Trial for Bloody Bank Robbery Begins
Duane Earl Pope, 22, former McPherson College football star, goes on trial in Lincoln for a $1,500 bank robbery that left three dead and one wounded. The government seeks the death penalty, claiming a confession, while the defense argues mental condition absolves him. Pope surrendered after a nationwide manhunt sparked by the Big Springs Farmers State Bank attack and the surviving witness, Frank Kjeldgaard.
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Neb
UPI
Duane Earl Pope
Haseen
Pope
Roxbury
Kan
McPherson
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
iNeb
Farm Loan
Andy Kjeldgaard
Frank Kjeldgaard
Otto Mauser
Mauser
United Press Interpeieve
Kansas City
Logan Grand Jury Probes Flood Fraud
A Logan grand jury convened to hear a six month flood relief funds probe led by Prosecutor Oval Damron and special investigator James B. McIntyre of Charleston. The inquiry centers on a Democratic Party power struggle and previously targeted Sheriff Jack Ferrell over flood cleanup funds.
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UPI
Oval Damron
James B. McIntyre
Charleston
McIntyre
Facions
Democratic Party
Damron
Jack Ferrell
Jewish Ku Klux Klan Leader Burros Shoots Self
Daniel Burros 28 once a leading figure in the Klan and American Nazi movement shot himself in his Pennsylvania home hours after revelations he was the son of a cantor and Jewish by birth. Police expect suicide. autopsy results awaited.
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UPI
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American Nazi Party
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Hebrew Po
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King Kleagle
New York Klan
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Burros
Joseph Canfora
New York Times
the Times
Roy E. Frankhouser
Turnpike May Be Bypassed I-77 Route Study Authorized
Charleston road commissioner Burl A Sawyers said the U S Bureau of Public Roads authorized the State Road Commission to study an Interstate 77 location between Charleston and Princeton. The plan includes 17 routes totaling 377.6 miles with Federal Aid covering 78 percent of about 128 300 dollars and a 12 to 14 month timeline.
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Burl A. Sawyers
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Road Commission
Princeton
Sawyers
E. S. Preston and Associon of
Columbus
Ohio
West
Virginia Turnpike
SRC
Port Amherst
Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Johnson Showdown With Aluminum Industry Over Price Hike
Washington UPI reports a looming confrontation between the Johnson administration and the aluminum industry over a possible price increase. White House officials plan talks on disposing of 1.4 million short tons of stockpile to influence markets as ALCOA and Reynolds weigh further price moves. Two McDowell County men die in a collision on U S 52 near Justice, with a woman injured. 1965 toll rises to 374.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
Johnson
United States
Greta Frisk
Denmark
Greta
Miami
Esca
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Washington
UPI
White House
Joseph Califano
Texas
ALCOA
Raise Aluminum Co. of America
Olin Mathieson
Reynolds Metal
Noah Meadows
Edward Davis
Laeger
Gertrude Bailey
Roderfield
Welch Hospital
Inches Of Support En Route To LBJ
A tape bearing 1500 signatures backing U S policy in Vietnam travels to President Johnson. Seven Marshall University veterans carried the add ing machine roll from St Albans to Huntington over the weekend, meeting Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Williams at the Cabell County Courthouse. Representative Ken Hechler joined the final stretch. Williams outlined five ways Americans can aid the war effort through letters, assisting families of the fallen, funding relief groups, youth engagement, and displaying a flag on Veterans Day.
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Huntington
UPI
U. S
Viet Nam
Johnson
Marshall University
St. Albans
Cabell County
Hershel Williams
Ken Hechler
DW. Va
Williams
Barboursville
Iman
South Viet Nam
New Silverless Coins Reach Banks Today
Washington expects the first of the new copper nickel sandwich coins to circulate today with 25 cent buying power still for ice cream and cake. Banks will begin receiving them this week as silverless dimes follow next year and larger denominations roll out later in 1966. The change, approved by the Coinage Act of 1965, ends silver in most coins to conserve dwindling silver reserves.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Treasury
U.S
Plane Lands Safely On Oak Hill By Pass
A Huntington pilot made a successful emergency landing of a single engine plane on the Oak Hill by pass of U S 21 Sunday evening after adverse winds and loss of radio left him with few options.
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Oak Hill
UPI
Huntington
U. S
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Buddy) McLean
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