Forest fires threaten Charleston as rains ease blazes
West Virginia forests charred up to 70000 acres faced relief as light showers dampened 209 fires, but drier air and clearing skies warned against over optimism. More rain needed before resuming hunting season. Firefighters numbered over 1500 with 55 new blazes. arson reward extended statewide amid evidence of flaming tubing in Boone County.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Asst
Asher Kelly
South Ruffner
Kanawha River
Capitol
U. S. Weather Bureau
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Huntington and
Elkins
Kelly
Lester McClung
Natural Resources
M. Lane
Lane
Boone County
Flood Deaths Mount in South Viet Nam Relief Efforts
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and Prime Minister Tran Van Huong visited flood stricken South Viet Nam to oversee relief as the death toll nears 5 000. Officials report 4 870 dead in three provinces with 2 500 believed dead in Quang Nam and 1 370 in Quang Tin and 1 000 in Ngai. More than one million Vietnamese are homeless.
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South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Tran van Huong
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Huong
Saigon
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Quang Tin
Ngai Province
Binh Dinh
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Strick
Three Die Three Hurt In Farm House Blaze
A remote Danville area farm house fire killed three people and injured three others. The dead were Omer Adkins 65 David F Thompson 64 and Normateen Thompson 17 all from the Danville Boone County area. Injured were Bernice M Thompson 43 Donald Thompson 23 and T Mitchell about 25. Authorities suspect kerosene light explosion sparked the blaze.
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Hamlin
UPI
Omer Adkins
David F., Thompson
Normateen Thompson
Danville
Boone County
Bernice M. Thompson
Normateen
Donald Thompson
T. Mitchell
Miss World 1964 Crown To Ann Sidney Of London
Ann Sidney, a 20 year old daughter of a British meat salesman, won Miss World 1964 in London after beating 41 contestants. The panel awarded her a $7,000 prize, a year of world travel, a screen test, and likely multiple job offers.
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London
UPI
Ann Sidney
Weather Outlook Beckley And Vicinity From Today
Beckley area forecast calls for mostly sunny and cool conditions this afternoon with a high near 63 and a clear cold night around 33. Saturday will be mostly sunny and cool with highs in the low 60s and a river level near normal. Greenbrier River is normal and clear. Lake level is 5 ft below normal with 3 gates open. Rainfall expected around half an inch or less Tuesday showers.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Police Chief Suffers Attack
Beckley Police Chief H. D. Gibbs suffered a heart attack at home this morning and was being treated at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. His secretary said he had been ill for two days. no condition details were released at presstime.
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Beckley City
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Gibbs
Johnson and Diaz Begin Second Round Talks at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson and Mexico’s Gustavo Diaz Ordaz open a second round of informal talks at the LBJ Ranch aimed at eradicating dirty and disease in the hemisphere. Cuba topic not stated in initial exchanges. Rusk suggested it might be discussed before Diaz Ordaz departs. Mexico maintains Cuba ties, arguing governance is Mexico’s choice.
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Tex
UPI
Johnson
Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Cuba
Diaz Ordaz
Lbj Ranch
Russia signals flexible policy toward United States
Pravda states Moscow is ready to be flexible to strengthen ties with the United States and discusses talking over differences with other nations. Chinese Premier Chou En-lai completes secret talks with Kremlin leaders as Beijing maintains a militant anti-Western stance. Observers see a middle course after Khrushchev era shifts.
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UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
United States
Chou En-lai
Kremlin
Red China
Nikita S. Khrushchev
China
Khrushchev
Nine Counties Meet to Kick Off West Virginia Recreation Plan
Representatives from nine southern counties gathered at the Memorial Building at 10 a m to launch a statewide recreation plan for West Virginia. Leaders included Oscar C Hutchison and Prof John Erlacher with Darrell Watt and Lou Greathouse guiding inventory forms and surveys of existing and potential outdoor recreation areas. The Appalachian Center and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation will assist in the initial inventory as Congress funds matching programs under land water conservation acts.
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West Virginia
Oscar C. Hutchison
Arca Achian Center
John Erlacher
Department of Recreation
West Virginia University
Governors Advisory Council On Recreation
Darrell Watt
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Lou Greathouse
State Department of Commerce
Greathouse
Appalachian Center Area
Department of Commerce
Congress
Prince Charles Turns Sixteen Eyes Naval Career At 16
Britain the heir to the throne Prince Charles turns sixteen on Saturday and appears set on a naval career like his father Prince Philip. He will be at Gordonstoun School in Scotland with a typical birthday routine and plans for a future admiralty interview after further study.
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Prince Charles
Gordonstoun
Scotland
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Prince Philip
Philip
Gordonsteun
Admiralty
One Write-In Vote for Bozo in Kanawha County
A West Virginia voter cast a single write-in vote for governor in Precinct 289 Kanawha County. The candidate was Bozo, the dog of Governor W. W. Barron, reflecting a lighthearted protest during the election.
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Charleston
UPI
West
Hulett Plans In Beckley Office For New Administration
Governor-Elect Hulett Smith will set up his administration from Beckley rather than Charleston. The West Virginia State Democratic Headquarters will continue in Charleston at 1608 Kanawha Boulevard East under James Sprouse. Smith begins drafting his legislative program for the 1965 Legislature and says John A. Canfield will handle Beckley press relations before the January inauguration.
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Hulett Smith
Beckley
Charleston
Smith
West Virginia
Democratic
James Sprouse
Kanawha Boulevard
John A
Jack) Canfield
Ditched Fliers Rescued After Atlantic Drift
Lowell Thompson of Spokane was rescued at daybreak by the supply ship Robin Sherwood after ditching his Cessna 182 on a flight from Recife to the Ascension Islands. He spent the night on a 20 man life raft in the South Atlantic as an Air Force aircraft directed the search from above.
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Charleston
S.C
South Atlantic
Lowell Thompson
Spokane
Wash
Recife
Brazil
Ascension Islands
Robin Sherwood
Air Force
Africa
Thompson
Infant dies as parents charged with neglect
In Braddock, Pennsylvania, three year old Paul Shreve died after severe malnutrition weighing about 10 pounds. His mother Mary Shreve and father Herschel Shreve were jailed on neglect charges with the mother later charged with aggravated assault and battery. An autopsy was pending and the other five children were placed with grandparents.
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Bulletin Pittsburgh
UPI
Mary N. Shreve
Paul
Herschel
Pittsburgh
Braddock General Hospital
Herodel Shreve
Mary
John Karavian
Chalfant
Karavian
Shreve
Justice of the Peace
Edwin Shane
Allegheny County
Joseph Dobbs
Republicans back plan to form temporary party agency
Rep. Robert Griffin endorsed Melvin Laird’s proposal for a temporary agency to reshape the Republican Party with former Vice President Richard Nixon as head. Judge Mitchell set a new trial date of June 28 in Celina Tenn. for the hit and run case of Grover Jones. The U.S. Embassy in Ville denies Communist claims that Americans fought with Tshombe’s white mercenaries in the Congo.
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Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Republican Party
Suy
Richard M. Nixon
John A. Mitchell
Celina
Tenn
Grover Jones
Newt Lee
U. S
Inville
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Vatican to donate crown to aid world poverty fight
The Vatican said Pope Paul VI will donate the jeweled crown given at Milan coronation to help combat global poverty. Conservative estimates place the beehive-shaped diamond headpiece at 12000 dollars.
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Vatican
Paul VI
Milan
Shirley O’brien
North Strabane Two
Washington, Pa
Paul Muni
Santa Barbara
Calif
Berlin Wall Closes for Christmas Season
About 600,000 people crossed the barrier in the last two weeks for one day visits to relatives in the East. Dr. Albert Sabin arrived in Rome from New York to receive the Feltrinelli prize for applied medicine. Israel Nunez Feliciano, a 23 year old Virgin Islands musician, is ordered to stand trial for claiming he would shoot Vice President elect Hubert Humphrey, a remark he says was a joke.
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Berlin
Albert Sabin
Rome
New York
Antonio Feltrinelli
Israel Nunez Feliciano
Virgin Islands
Hubert Humphrey
Islands
Nunez
Kekkonen to Visit Russia for February Talks
President Urho Kekkonen of Finland will travel to Russia in February to meet the new Kremlin leaders and discuss bilateral relations and regional issues.
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Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Russia
Kremlin
F105 Phaseout Drives Job Loss at Republic Aviation
EAST FARMINGDALE N Y UPI Employment at Republic Aviation Co has fallen to an all time low as the F105 fighter bomber is phased out The company admits it cannot track layoffs because some of the record keepers were among those laid off The spokesman said the total number of workers laid off is not known
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East Farmingdale
N.Y
UPI
Republic Aviation Co
Republic
Nuclear rockets may reach space by 1975 says NASA briefing
Atomic scientists report four successful ground tests in Nevada prove compact nuclear space reactors work for rocket flights. They forecast a $1 billion push to get a nuclear rocket off the ground within ten years, enabling routine manned lunar flights before 1975 and unmanned interplanetary missions by mid-decade. Dr. Harold Finger calls the tests a major step forward.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Nevada
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U.S
Earth
AEC
Harold B. Finger
NASA Atomic Energy Commission Project
Ball Heads to Bonn for NATO Nuclear Fleet Talks
Washington Under secretary of State George W Ball flies to Germany for strategy talks on the controversial NATO nuclear fleet. He will meet German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard while Bonn scales back pressure for a Multilateral Nuclear Force by year end.
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Washington
UPI
George W. Ball
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Ball
Dean Rusk
MLF
Bonn
Berlin
NASA adapts Mariner-4 for December Mars shot
NASA officials say modifications to the Mariner-4 spacecraft are being pursued after Mariner-3 failed when its 300 pound protective shroud did not separate. Scientists cite possible cracking or flaking of the fiberglass fairing and solar panels not deploying, delaying the next Mars mission to late 1966.
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NASA
Earth
Mariner-3
Mars
13th Unlucky Friday for Two Families in Town
Mr and Mrs Earl Riner celebrate Friday the 13th as lucky, owning homes at 1313 Harper Road 1313 1-2 Harper Road and a Crescent Road lot 13 and set to be married 31 years on April 13 They won a cutting board and bookcase by trading tickets for the number 13 Judge Norman Knapp, driving on Paint Street near Means Lumber, found a wheel sunk in a two foot hole and called a wrecker to tow the car Two quotes reflect contrasting fortunes on the date.
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Earl Riner
Harper Road
National Labor Picture Darkens as Walkouts Loom
United Press International reports strikes idle 33,500 Ford workers and 33 West Coast papermills, with 160,000 railway workers on track for action. Ford IDs 59,500 idled, Arjay Miller warns carmaking may halt next week. AWPPW strike halts 33 mills. talks set Monday in Washington. Rail unions weigh date for a nationwide walkout potentially closing most RRs. Emergency board proposed 27 cent raise, unions reject.
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Ford Motor Co
National Mediation Board
Southern
Florida East Coast Railways
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