Recruiting Station Relocation Status Remains Unclear
In Washington and West Virginia confusion grows over the Army main recruiting station move. Sen Robert Byrd and aides dispute whether authorization exists while Col Taylor and Maj Bransford cite no final decision. CONARC and Fort Monroe surveys weigh feasibility as Oct authorization is disputed.
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Sen
Robert Byrd
Washington
Army
Charles Senator Byrd
Senate
Prince Street
Maj. Bransford
Army Recruiting Headquarters Command
Fort Monroe
Maj
Bransford
Col. Taylor
World News in Brief Highlights Thant Kennedy Ben Gurion
A wired roundup notes UN Secretary General Thant marking four years in office as premature on seeking another term. Esposito elected vice chairman of the Southern Medical Association council. Space Agency sets new launch for Geos 1 satellite after two earlier failed attempts. Elizabeth Bond Robertson, longtime Capitol Hill aide, dies in Washington. Indonesian Marines move to central Java to curb guerrillas. Robert Kennedy to unveil Kennedy statue at Weirton. West Virginia State College student leaders invited to petition Humphrey. Michael Stewart to visit Russia Nov 29 to Dec 3. Wheeling Steel says prices hold for six months. Ben Gurion expected to retire after election loss. UMW designates Nov 11 as coal memorial day amid safety push. Denzel P. Hines named welfare commodities director in Webster Springs.
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Thant
United Nations
Albert C. Esposito
Huntington
Southern Medical Association
Federal Space Agency
Earth
Elizabeth Bond Robertson
Capitol Hill
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Washington
Bluefield
W. Va
Central Java
Indonesian Armed Forces Information Center
Robert F. Kennedy
D NY
President Kennedy
Weirton Community Center
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia State College
Hubert H. Humphrey
U. S. Vietnamese
Michael Stewart
Russia
Wheeling Steel Corp
David Ben Gurion
UMW
W. A. Boyle
Denzel P. Hines
Webster Springs
Department of Welfare
Clarence E. Johnson
Morgantown
Plane With 69 Aboard Missing
About 20 U.S. and Nicaraguan planes joined search for an Argentine military DC4 missing with 69 aboard. Weather forbidding with ceilings around 500 feet. The plane was last seen over the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Limón Costa Rica after departing with air cadets en route to El Salvador.
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Panama City
API
Central America
U.S. Air Force
Coast Guard
Bermuda
Miami
US. Air Force
Puerto Limon
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Pacific
Weather Fair And Cooler Beckley Area
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high near 69. Cooler tonight with fair conditions and a low around 36. Winds NW at 12 mph. Sunrise 6 54 am. Sunset 5 23 pm. River conditions Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear, 1.3 gates open. Today’s extremes include a high of 91 in Gila Bend Arizona and a low of 14 in Aberdeen South Dakota.
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Beckley
High Beckley
Wan Ap ES
Greenbrier
Hinton
Gila Bend
Ariz
Aberdeen
S. D
Governor Smith pushes highway safety plan with teeth
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith urged the Traffic Coordinating Committee to start a comprehensive safety program. A traffic consultant warned that federal action may come if states fail to act, potentially introducing federal vehicle inspections and licenses.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Edward Nugent
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Washington
Russia Said Planning Planetary Excursions
Joseph L. Myler reports Dr. Charles S. Sheldon II of the National Aeronautics and Space Council says the Soviets are planning manned flights to planets after moon missions. He notes the United States has not yet made a national decision to send crews to Mars Venus or Jupiter, and that both nations expect lunar travel this decade.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
UPI
U.S. Space Authority
Charles S. Sheldon II
National Aeronautics and Space Council
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sheldon
Space Council
Technical Council
Guaranapuee Yous
U.S
United States
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Russia
Cosmos 95 Launched Highlights Soviet Space Push
Moscow reports Cosmos 95, the latest in the Cosmos series, launched to advance space study. Tass notes the satellite continues Soviet leadership in unmanned probes of Venus and Mars, while US Saturn V readiness remains years away in experts’ assessments.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Osth
Sky Spy to Watch Soviet Cosmodrome Activity
US defense officials say a space reconnaissance program will keep a close watch on Baikonur and the new Soviet cosmodrome near the Aral Sea after Proton 2's orbit. The Samos optics may track any new launch pads or manned missions as weeks pass.
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Sky
Karsakpay
Tyuratam
U.S
Baikonur
America
Samos
U.S. Defense Department
NATO Rebuffs France Plans Nuclear Pact in NATO Move
London report says NATO allies will study forming a nuclear planning committee including West Germany despite French refusal to participate. U.S. plans feature McNamara briefing London before a Paris defense ministers meeting November 26-27, with full council in December. Britain backs the plan as alternative to mixed-manned fleet and Atlantic force.
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London
UPI
NATO
West Germany
Paris
France
Portugal
Iceland
Luxembourg
McNamara
United States
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Britain
John F. Kennedy
Bonn
Moscow
MLF
ANF
Fired cop Thomas O'Neal loses LAPD badge
Veteran Los Angeles police Lt. Thomas E. O'Neal 41 was fired after a three member board found conduct unbecoming an officer for shooting Carl Norma 20 last July 2. O'Neal had been acquitted of wounding a youth he thought involved in his daughter's alleged gang rape.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas E.o’neal
Richard Simon
O’neal
Board of Rights
Carl Norma
Simon
William H. Parker
Battle Rages Seven Hours Near Plei Me Camp
American infantrymen fought Communist forces for seven hours at night near the Special Forces camp at Plei Me in South Viet Nam's Central Highlands. Casualties occurred on both sides. One airlifted group of Americans reached Pleiku at dawn while others were moved to Nha Trang. Viet Cong finally broke contact around 4 am as U S planes and B57 bombs supported Korean troops about 20 miles southwest.
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Saigon
APS
Nts
Plei Me
South
Viet Nam
Highlands
U.S
Pleiku
Nha Trang
Land Mine Kills Girl Reporter in Vietnam Action
UPI says Dickie Chapelle, 47, a Wisconsin born war correspondent, was killed six miles southwest of Chu Lai when she stepped on a Communist land mine while with U.S. Marines. She wore a paratrooper badge on fatigues to mark dozens of parachute drops. Chapelle, covering her eighth war for National Observer, also worked for RCA General Broadcasting in New York.
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Saigon
UPI
Dickie Chapelle
U.S
Chu Lai
Miss Chapelle
National Observer
RKO General Broadcasting
New York
William Giles
Copter Crashes Near An Khe In Vietnam Battle
Two UH-1B Huey helicopters of the U S Army 1st Cavalry Division collided in flight today and crashed near the An Khe base. Each helicopter normally carries a crew of four including a pilot co pilot and two gunners.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Seal 1St Cavalry Division
Are
An Khe
U.S. Forces Fight Viet Cong After Ambush Near Cambodia
American reinforcements pursued fleeing Communists after a night battle that began with a fourty-man 1st Cavalry Division platoon ambushing a Viet Cong column nearly triple its size. The clash continued until dawn with reinforcements by helicopter and light sniper fire as Viet Cong retreated into the jungle.
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U.S
1St Cavalry Division
Cambodia
Pleie
1St Cavalry
Philippi Chief Resigns After 20 Years
Philippi police chief James Caugh resigns after more than twenty years in office. Mayor Sherman Lindsey offers no reason for the departure and Caugh’s future plans remain unannounced.
Body Shop Fire Tagged As Arson Charged Blakely
Arson charges filed against William T Blakely in connection with a Sunday night blaze at the A 1 Body Shop located in the Blakely Building at 903 W Neville St. Blakely posted a $500 bond after appearing before Magistrate Burke and is set for a preliminary hearing on Nov 10. The fire damaged four cars and produced a strong gasoline odor from liquids found in containers.
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William T. Blakely
A-1
C. L. Walker
Blakely
W. A
Gene) Burke
Burke
Walker
W. Neville St. Blakely
Beckley
George Tindilia
Described as tormented in bank robbery trial
Lincoln reports describe Duane Pope, 22, charged with a deadly Big Springs bank slaying, as a troubled Kansas farm boy sliding toward homicide. His attorney cites a desperate mental illness and insanity defense, noting past impulses toward violence including aiming a gun at his brother.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Robert Crosby
Duane Pope
Kansas
Big Springs
Nebbank
Pope
Crosby
U.S. District Court
McPherson
Negro Navy Finds First Black Skipper For Taussig
Cmdr Samuel L Gravely Jr 43 of Arlington Va named to command the destroyer Taussig the largest warship ever led by a Black officer Gravely senior Negro line officer in the Navy with prior command of the destroyer escort Falgout He was the first Black to command a Navy ship since the Civil War and will take command in February
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Washington
UPI
Samuel L. [Gravely Jr
Arlington
Richmond
Navy
Defense Communications Agency
Gravely
Taussig
De Gaulle to Decide on Second Term Today
In Paris the Elysee hosts a televised fireside style address by President Charles de Gaulle amid high suspense. aides say he will signal oui or non on seeking a second seven year term in the December 5 presidential vote.
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Paris
UPI
Elysee Palace
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
St. Charles
Cabinet
Oldest Arctic animal fossils push back life dates
Dartmouth College researchers unveiled fossils in Hanover that are about 720 million years old, pushing back animal life by roughly 120 million years. Geologists say the find could be as significant to paleontology as Neanderthal discoveries were to anthropology in Europe.
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Hanover
N.H
UPI
Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Europe
Romance Trips 'Super-Spy' Minneapolitan Tale Ends in Deception
In Minneapolis a former Air Force servant, Charles Botean, 33, wooed Dolly Ann Fairchild claiming CIA ties and world-saving missions from Loch Ness to Brazil. He borrowed $1,100 and $700 to invest, while spinning tales of chasing the boss and fellow agents. After court, Fairchild, misled for years, learns the ruse and seeks repayment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
Charles Botean
Air Force
Loch Ness
Scotland
Brazil
Botean
U.S
The
Central Intelligence
CIA
Fairchild
John McCone
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