Three Battalions Hit Near Cambodia In Fierce War Clash
American troops aided by B52 bombers mauled three North Vietnamese battalions on the slopes near the Cambodian border. Reports say up to 1,000 Communists may have been killed as heavy bombing and two days of close fighting centered on Chu Pong Mountain northwest of Saigon. The 1st Cavalry Division advanced after the B52 strike, with hundreds of enemy dead counted and more feared unseen. A pilot was killed when a U.S. plane was shot down.
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Chu Pong Mountain
1St Cavalry Division
UPI
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U.S
Plei Me
1St Cavalry
Phu Bai
Guam
Anti Communist Registration Law Reversed by Supreme Court
Washington court ruling voids the Communist party registration requirement under the Smith Act and Communist Control Act. Justice Brennan says the measure risks self incrimination, affecting individuals while the case on Albertson of Brooklyn and Proctor of Oakland continues. The parties challenged compelled registration and a prior conviction was overturned for lack of a nonincriminating registrant.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Roscoe Ae? Proctor
Oakland
Thectivities Board
Proctor
Albertson
Supreme Court to review Sheppard murder conviction
The Supreme Court agreed to review the 1955 conviction of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, Cleveland osteopath found guilty in the bludgeoning death of his wife. The case drew heavy pretrial publicity and a judge later overruled a key ruling, with the petitioner arguing pretrial coverage made a fair jury impossible.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland Osteopath
Aevene
Federal District
Cost
Weinman
Miburh
Rocky River
Arianne Tebbenjohanns
Sheppard
Storm Drenches Hawaii Coast in Massive Pacific Front
A powerful storm off the central Pacific coast drenched Hawaii for a fourth day as floods forced evacuations on Oahu and Waikiki streets submerged. Los Angeles saw light winds and rain forcing cancellations while Florida’s southeast coast reported heavy rain in West Palm Beach. Nationwide, a cold front moved through the north with rain and snow in the Great Plains and Appalachians.
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Anacapa Island
California
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Oahu
Waikiki
Florida
West Palm Beach
Tennessee Valley
Great Plains
Appalachian
Weather outlook for Beckley and vicinity
Cloudy and mild with intermittent rain late tonight and Tuesday. High 64 today, 45 Tuesday. Temperatures last 24 hours showed 59 at 11:30 AM and 3 percent at 11:30 PM. West Virginia five day forecast calls for near normal highs around 54 and lows in the 30s, slight warm up midweek, and little or no precipitation except possible showers by Saturday.
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Beckley
Uscs
West Virginia
World in Brief The Yarmouth Castle toll and other items
Two passengers listed as missing on the Yarmouth Castle have been located alive, reducing the calculated death toll among the 550 aboard the burned sinking liner. Secretary of State Dean Rusk planned talks in Buenos Aires ahead of a Hemispheric Foreign Ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Judy Garland and Mark Herron honeymooned in Las Vegas after a Sunday wedding. Queen Elisabeth II’s grandmother Queen Elisabeth of Belgium faced health concerns after a heart attack. The Steelworkers Union reached new contracts with Blaw-Knox and Screw & Bolt, ending a 35 day strike. A 443 foot Russian trawler S Ivan Kulibin faced storm damage and sought repairs at Dutch Harbor. U S District Judge John A Field Jr fined Aero Supply and Perrow Motor Freight Lines for Driver hours violations. Robert L Rice, charged with gunning down West Virginia Trooper Robert Noecel, faced a preliminary hearing in Keyser.
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U. S
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Aero Supply Co
Charleston
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West Virginia
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Keyser
Rice
Seven hurt in Wyoming wreck near Mullens
Seven occupants of a car were injured Sunday at 6 30 p m when the vehicle struck a tree at Sabine. Patients at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens are listed in good condition including driver David Gibson Pineville and passengers Lenece Tilley Gevondlong George Lester Hurley Sammy Lester Ronnie Akerson Robert George treated and released.
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Wyoming General Hospital
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Pineville
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Gevondlong George
Lester
Hurley
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Ronnie Akerson
Glen Fork
Robert George
Adlai Blamed McNamara For Refusing Viet Talks
New York UPI report cites Adlai Stevenson accusing Defense Secretary McNamara of rejecting North Vietnamese peace talks and a cease fire offer. McNamara denied the charges, saying his stance favors peaceful settlement and unconditional discussions with relevant governments. Sevareid recounts Stevenson describing U Thant as furious over U.N. mediation efforts.
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UPI
Adlai Stevenson
Defense
Robert McNamara
Look Magazine
Eric Sevareid
Stevenson
U.S
McNamara
Gener
Viet Nam
First Pole To Pole Global Flight Begins
HONOLULU UPI reports the inaugural pole to pole global flight underway with jets operating at altitudes between 30 000 and 41 000 feet over the polar regions.
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Honolulu
UPI
Vatican Council Pushes Condemnation of Communism
Vatican City UPI reports the Ecumenical Council debated a revised Modern World Decree amid voting on the charter's tone. Bishops urged an outright condemnation of Communism as an atheistic ideology while other sections address nuclear warfare, population growth, and lay participation. final wording to be drafted after further votes next month.
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Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council
Paul VI
U S Prelate Attacks Warfare Denunciation
Archbishop Jp M. Hannan of New Orleans denounces the Ecumenical Council’s peace statement as a slur on U.S. policy in Viet Nam. Sources say he drafted an amendment calling war an apt and necessary tool to safeguard balance of power, while the council condemns mass modern and deters nuclear stockpiling as peace.
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Assembly
Mass Modern
Casualty Figures Rise From Large Air Incident
Latest casualty figures indicate 81 of the 550 persons aboard perished. The report notes the toll from the disaster, with authorities piecing together survivors and the cause as investigators widen their scope.
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Mas
WVU Campus Site Selected For Pavilion
The West Virginia Board of Public Works voted to reassemble the World’s Fair pavilion on the WVU Evansdale campus near the medical center. Gov. Smith said placing the pavilion with the medical school will aid health and education growth in the state, with costs covered by federal funds and the university.
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Board of Public Works
West Virginia
New York
IWVU
Flushing Meadows
Smith
Appalachian
West Virginia University
West
Johnson returns to desk as budget talks loom
President Johnson resumed work at the White House desk after more than a month in hospital for gall bladder and kidney stone issues. He faces budget-making tasks and a January State of the Union, while entertaining Britain’s Princess Margaret and her husband this week.
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UPI
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Cephe
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White House Hosts Megs Glittering Social Season Dinner
White House buzzes as Princess Margaret and Earl of Snowdon visit for a three day stay. The highlight is a dinner dance hosted by President and Mrs Johnson to celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary. Guests limited by the First Lady, with plans for a select dancing reception in the East Ballroom. The royal couple arrive from Tucson and begin with a mammoth reception by the press clubs before touring Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, the Capitol, and Washington National Cathedral.
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UPI
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Johnson
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Texas
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Ariz
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Patrick Dean
National Press Club
Arlington National Cemetery
Lie Detector Test Slated For Woman
A lie detector test was scheduled for Mrs Edna Belle Estep of Laurel Creek Mingo County after she reported that her four year old son accidentally shot Boyd Bowe a 38 year old man in the chest at her home Saturday night Bowe died at Williamson hospital Mrs Estep said she heard the shot and saw her son with the pistol in his hand on the living room floor
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Vy United Press International
Mingo County
Edna Belle Estep
Laurel Creek
Boyd Bowe
Bowe
Williamson
Three State Shootings Leave Two Men Dead
Three shootings in West Virginia over the weekend left two men dead and one injured. Ronald Crawford, 32, was charged with murder in the shotgun slaying of his brother, Donald Crawford, 48, of Green Bottom near Huntington. Roy Chester Saunders, 22, of Lundale, Logan County, died at the home of his father-in-law Willard Lawson, 45, after a quarrel in Lora Do. A high-powered rifle bullet struck Doris Halstead, 19, of Walton in the leg during another incident. two men were jailed on drunkenness charges after an argument near an isolated area.
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Ronald Crawford
Donald Crawford
Green Bottom
Huntington
Lorado
Logan County
Roy Chester Saunders
Lundale
Saunders
Willard Lawson
Doris Halstead
Walton
Halsteads
Nuckols Posts $1,000 Bond
Former State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols posted a $1,000 bond after a 15 minute appearance in Kanawha County court. Nuckols and attorney Jack Fisher answered an indictment returned by the county grand jury. Nuckols, 53, left state service last summer for private work in Beckley, appointed by former Gov. Barron. Prosecutor Charles Walker declined to elaborate on the charges.
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Putace Care Raty
Jack Fisher
Kanawha County
Nuckols
Sonsince Fouignet Fou
Beckley
W. W. Barron
Charles Walker
Amigo Collision Killsman Dies In Coal Area Crash
A 22-year-old coal miner from Itmann, Honaker, died in a head on collision with a coal truck on a curve near Amigo at 9 11 a m. Edsel C Wood, the truck driver from Daniels, was uninjured. Damages to the truck were about 2500 dollars. Honaker was en route to Beckley from the Stephenson mine. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Honaker of Itmann.
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ANS
Amigo
Lo Honaker
Edsel C. Wood
Daniels
Wood
R. J. House
Honaker
Stephenson
Beckley
Dewey Honaker
Breedlove Regains Land Speed Record at 600 mph
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS Utah UPI Craig Breedlove recaptured the world land speed record driving his jet powered racer. He crossed the measured mile at 608.201 mph after earlier reaching 598.178 mph, reclaiming the 600 mph barrier.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
UPI
Craig Breedlove
America
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