Charleston Area To Host Army Recruiting Station Move
The U S Army Recruiting Headquarters authorizes relocating the main recruiting station administrative personnel to Charleston West Virginia effective Jan 1 Major Thomas Bransford says three officers and nine enlisted personnel will be replaced by 18 staff from three military branches The move expands the AFEES station and keeps sworn in recruits local after exams with no net impact on the local economy
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Charleston
U. S. Army Recruiting Headquarters Command
Fort Monroe
Thomas Bransford
the Register
Thomas McConnell
Department of Army
U. S. Army
Fort Meade
Bransford
Armed Forces
Army
WAC
Capital City
West Virginia
Beckley
Maryland
Ohio
Kentucky
Armed Forces Examining
AFEES
Navy
Marines
BPW Considers Seven Requests for State Pavilion
Charleston based BPW weighs seven appeals from groups seeking the West Virginia Works Fair Pavilion now being moved from New York. Parkersburg wants it as an educational exhibit with library and info center. Marion and Harrison counties seek use by courts, while Bridgeport JC of Commerce eyes airport site with free transport and labor aid. Benedum Airport Authority discusses matching federal funds to erect terminal. State Fair proposes exhibit center near Lewisburg, others offer in-kind support and site options.
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Charleston
UPI
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Jackson
Benedum Airport Authority
Marion
Harrison County
Bridgeport Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jackson’s Mill
Weston
Lewisburg
The
St. Albans
Church Council backs birth control clinics and housing
The West Virginia Council of Churches endorsed birth control clinics open housing for Negroes and constitutional revision at its annual meeting at Cedar Lakes. About 75 delegates from 14 denominations attended. Two Catholic priests attended as observers.
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Ripley
UPI
West Virginia
Weather Sunny And Warmer In Beckley Area
Beckley and vicinity expect mostly sunny and warmer conditions this afternoon with a high around 70. Tonight will be mild with increasing clouds and a low near 47. Thursday will bring considerable cloudiness and windy conditions with little temperature change.
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Beckley
Temperaure
Greenbrier
Hinton
Gila Bend
Ariz
Greenville
Maine
West Virginia
Forerunner Of Manned Space Station Proton 2 Boosts Soviet Space Plans
Russia orbited a huge unmanned Proton 2 satellite weighing about 27 tons, tying the heavyweight record and fueling speculation it tests boosters for a future manned space station. Tass said the carrier was powerful and similar to Proton 1’s booster, with tests at the Pacific range.
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Moscow
UPS
Earth
Tass
Pacific
Washington
U.S
Witness recalls Morrison death as protest blaze
A United Press International witness described Norman R. Morrison’s self immolation in protest of U.S. Vietnam policy as a mass of flames with the fire leaping two feet above him. The report also notes Goldwater’s jab at McNamara in a TV interview and Melvin H. King’s Boston school committee defeat calling it a racist vote.
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United Press International
Washington
Norman R. Morrison
U.S
Viet Nam
Boston
Melvin H. King
Eshkol Wins Israel Mandate To Form Coalition
Premier Levi Eshkol's Mapai gains a mandate to form a coalition based on early computer tabulations. Opponents lag as results show Mapai leading with 43 to 44 seats in the 120-member Knesset, with religious parties and Mapam prominent and Arabs, Rafi, Liberals, and others holding smaller shares.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Levi Eshkol
Mapai
Sour Encome Benurion
Indicas
Mapam
Hanoch Smith
Jerusalem Radio
Knesset Mapai
Communist Party Trial Jury Being Impaneled
Jury selection begins today in the U S District Court trial of the American Communist party for failing to register as an agent of the Kremlin. Impaneling a jury is expected to be slow after a 1953 order by the subversive activities control board to register.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Communist Party
Kremlin
Subversive Activities Control Board
French Army Plane Crash Kills 30 in East Africa
Thirty French soldiers died when a DC3 aircraft crashed on landing at Obock Airport in French Somaliland. The plane carried an army sports team traveling from Djibouti to Obock and the ministry reported the fatalities.
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Paris
UPI
East Africa
Toay
Obock
Dti
Flood Probe Ejects Logan Deputy From Courtroom
Logan County grand jury probes alleged mis handling of federal flood relief funds in 1963. Circuit Judge C. C. Chambers ordered Deputy Fred Sowers to leave for talking with witnesses about to testify. Fourteen witnesses testified Tuesday including Tax Commissioner G. Thomas Battle. A September session was dismissed after jurors said Ferrell's deputies and friends contacted them.
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G. Thomas Battle
Ferrell
Lindsay Elected New York Mayor
Rep John V Lindsay won New York City mayoralty defeating Abraham D Beame with 1 166 915 votes to 1 030 771 and 339 127 for Buckley In New Jersey Gov Richard J Hughes won by a landslide edging Wayne Dumont Jr by over 400 000 votes The Virginia race gave Mills E Godwin Jr a comfortable plurality as Dems gained in NYC Philadelphia Louisville and Akron margins were noted by party leaders
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UPI
John V. Lindsay
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
City Hall
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Richard J. Hughes
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Lindsay
National Party
New York City
John M. Bailey
Johnson
Democratic Party
Ray C. Bliss
Philadelphia
Louisville
Akron
Ohio
Machine Lindsay
Abraham D. Beame
William F. Buckley Jr
Goldwater
Beame
Buckley
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
William O’dwyer
Hughes
Wayne Dumont Jr
Dumont
Rutgers State University
Viet Nam
Princess Margaret to start U S visit Thursday
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon will depart Thursday for a three week trip to the United States. They will meet President Johnson in Washington, tour Los Angeles, and stay at an Arizona ranch, with stops in New York and San Francisco en route.
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UPI
Margaret
United States
Lord Snowdon
President Johnson
Los Angeles
Arizona
America
George VI
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Snowdons
San Francisco
David Viscount Linley
Sarah Armstrong -Jones
New York
Huntington Hotel
Beverly Hills
Johnson in Texas finds peace on ranch trip
President Johnson toured his three Texas ranches spending about five hours inspecting fences and admiring grass growth. Despite recent gall bladder surgery, he spoke of childhood memories in Johnson City and demonstrated cattle calls, while press access was limited to a small pool.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Johnson City, Tex
Johnson
Texas
Texas Hills
Lewis Ranch
Lady Bird
Johnson City
Wreck Death Toll Rises in State Traffic Casualties
Enoch A. Horton 68 of Charleston died here Tuesday from injuries from a October two car crash on U S 60 near Malden. His death lifted 1965 road toll to 377, down from 380 a year earlier. Horton lived in Charleston since 1919 and was office manager of J Q Dickinson Co.
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Charleston
UPI
Enoch
A. Horton
U. S. 60
Malden
J.Q. Dickinson Co
Pacifist self immolates before Pentagon in Vietnam protest
Norman Morrison, 31, of Baltimore, set himself on fire outside the Pentagon as a protest against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He died at Fort Myer Army dispensary. His wife posted a family statement saying he acted to express concern over war suffering. Morrison had previously sought to burn himself last year but was talked out of it.
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UPI
Viet Nam
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
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Air Force
Morrison
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Ft. Myer
Wornn
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Defense Secretary
John Paisley
United Press International
Saigon
B52s Pound Iron Triangle An Nanh Hit
U S Air Force B52 bombers conducted high altitude waves of three to pound a suspected Viet Cong stronghold near An Nanh in the Iron Triangle north of Saigon. The 58th raid of the war destroyed at least 10 structures. one body was observed. Outpost near An Nanh fallen to guerrilla attack with moderate casualties and stock of weapons left behind. Marines near Da Nang reported four killed and a fifth wounded on a Black Snake mission uncovering a 45 foot tunnel and 11 bunkers.
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Saigon
API
An Nhan
An Nanh
U.S
da Nang
Leathernecks
Indonesia suspends 57 PKI lawmakers in coup aftermath
Antara reports 57 Communist and leftist members of Indonesia's parliament are suspended over the October 1 coup attempt. Named among the suspended are M. H. Lukman and Njoto, while PKI leader D. N. Aidit remains unmentioned. The army and Radio Jakarta reference heightened fears of power grabs and planned assassinations.
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UPI
Antara
Indonesian Communist Party
PKI
M. H. Lukman
Njoto
Nijono
Sudisman
Sudirman
Karel Supit
D. N
Vietnamese and U.S. casualties tick up amid weekly totals
UPI reports 23 American soldiers killed in the week ending Sunday, with 114 wounded and two missing or captured. Vietnamese government troops suffer 363 killed, 173 wounded, and 63 missing or captured, while Viet Cong losses reach 1,264 killed and 133 captured as October records high Viet Cong prisoner numbers. Government losses trend down, VC deaths rise over four months.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Ikeya Seki Comet Reveals High Temperatures At Lick
At Lick Observatory near Mount Hamilton California scientists report Ikeya Seki contains metals like the sun and stars. Iron gas readings suggest a temperature around 4500 degrees Celsius raising questions about how a supposedly frozen comet stayed hot after its solar approach.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
George Preston
University of California
Preston
Health conference urges task shifting to meet care demand
At a White House health conference, Surgeon General William H. Stewart urged shifting lower-skilled tasks from doctors and dentists to other health professionals. He noted federal aid helps but gaps remain in top allied disciplines. the conference, with 850 specialists, aims to find new ways to meet rising health needs.
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Stewart
Johnson
Dead man wins police chief post in Dublin
Police Chief Eli M. Myers was re elected by 571 to 463 over Democrat J. Earle Yerkes after being killed by a car while directing traffic last Sunday night. In New Jersey, Mrs Martha L Crammer defeated her father, incumbent Franklin Southgate, for Stafford Township tax collector. In Philadelphia Henry A Bryson defeated his wife Henrietta by 19 votes in the 45th Ward election judge division.
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UPI
Eli M. Myers
J. Earle Yerkes
Myers
Toms River
N.J
Martha L. Crammer
Stafford Township
Franklin Southgate
Crammer
Philadelphia
Henry A. Bryson
Henrietta
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