Budget Clash Over Sheriff Staffing Sparks Closures
Raleigh County budget fight over a court resolution to cut law enforcement staff prompts Sheriff Thompson and deputies to contest. The plan would cap sheriff’s staff at seven, jailers at three, and tighten county expenses while auditors finalize figures.
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Raleigh County Court
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Raleigh
Security Council Opens Mideast Session on Border Clash
United Nations UPI report says Adlai Stevenson scheduled an emergency U.N. Security Council session for 3 p.m. EST to address firefight between Israel and Syria after Syria charged Israel with an unprovoked attack near the Sea of Galilee. Seven Syrians and three Israelis killed. border quiet Sunday.
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UPI
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Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N. Security Council
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Syria
Sea of Galilee
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Af Security Council
Council
Rafik Asha
Should Be Thinking Taft Says GOP Talks Too Much
Rep. Robert Taft Jr of Ohio, defeated in a Senate race, urges Republicans to think more and talk less to heal the party after the Democratic landslide. He cautions quick changes and predicts some rethinking will occur, even as his future remains promising within the GOP.
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Robert Traft Jr
Ohio
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Cincinnati
UPI
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LBJ Returns To Capitol After Texas Vacation
President Johnson returned to the White House to review task force reports on his Great Society program after a 13 day working vacation at the LBJ Ranch in Texas. His schedule included a swearing in ceremony for Gardner Ackley.
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UPI
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Gardner Ackley
Rainy and cooler weather in Beckley area today
A cloudy day with showers and possible thunderstorm this afternoon and early tonight, high around 67, cooler tonight. Tuesday mainly cloudy and cooler with a high in the upper 40s. Greenbrier River low and clear, Lake at 5 ft below normal with two gates open, Hinton gauge at 1.84 ft. Five day forecast calls for near normal temps and rain showers Wednesday and Thursday, totaling about half an inch.
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Beckley
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West Virginia
Johnsons mark 30th wedding anniversary at private dinner
The Johnsons will observe their 30th wedding anniversary on Tuesday with a private dinner. White House aides said daughters Lynda Bird and Luci will be present, while the President remains silent about public plans.
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Washington
UPI
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Lynda Bird
Luci
Johnson appoints Okum to Council of Economic Advisers
President Johnson names Arthur M. Okum as a new member of the Council of Economic Advisers while he plans a day of report reviews and consultations with aides on foreign affairs budget and the legislative program for January. He gears up for NATO alliance talks and a visit by the British Prime Minister next month.
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Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Congree
NATO Alliance
Minis
2 Dead and Captured in Truce Line Battle
Seoul reports a North Korean agent killed and another captured by South Korean troops after a weekend gun fight near the truce line. Capt. Choi Kil Bong identified among the detainees. a South Korean soldier died from wounds. Seized assets include 14,000 in U S currency, a radio set, and two Russian pistols.
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Seoul
UPI
Republic of Korea
Choi Kil Bong
U. S
Hunting Season To Stay Closed West Virginia Fires Continue
West Virginia will keep its hunting season closed as fires spread across the tinder dry countryside. Assistant State Forester Asher Kelly reports 175 fires on Sunday, 139 on Saturday, with several arson arrests and a Maryland line outbreak. Boone County tops fire counts, followed by Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne, and Preston counties. A reward remains in effect for information leading to arson convictions.
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Two New Blazes Reported In Raleigh County
Two new fires were reported in Raleigh County and were under control, District Forester Carl Lucas said. The Fireco blaze burned about 20 acres and the Terry fire about an acre. Overall, District 4 reported 13 new fires across eight counties, with three still out of control.
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Cambodia Signals Idea of Cutting Ties With U S
The official NCNA dispatch from Phnom Penh quoted a Cambodian press report saying Saturday’s meeting in the capital denounced the American embassy as harmful and dangerous and discussed severing diplomatic relations with the United States. Prince Norodom Sihanouk led the meeting.
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UPI
Cambodia
United States
Communist New China Agency
NCNA
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
Plane Wreckage Found On Outskirts Of Las Vegas
A Bonanza airliner crash near McCarran Field left 28 dead. Wreckage found on a mesa five miles southwest of the city with no survivors likely. Search hindered by a heavy snowstorm and power outages as crews scoured the area near Interstate 15.
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Los Angees
Phoenix
Ariz
Red China Claims U S Drone Plane Downed
Tokyo based UPI report says Radio Peking in Japanese broadcast claimed Communist China shot down a U S high altitude reconnaissance plane over south central China on Sunday. The Chinese broadcast described the craft as unmanned and offered no further details.
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UPI
China
U.S
Peking
Death Toll On State Highways Soars To 403
United Press International reports the state weekend traffic toll reached five and year total 403, with Parkersburg man Russell E. Green, 24, dying in hospital after his car lost control and struck parked cars. Harlie Ward, 65, died after a car struck him on a Parkersburg street. driver Donald Mahaney, 21, identified. Garnett Stassin, 20, Bluefield Va., was fatally injured when the car overturned on a rural road near Bluefield. two others injured.
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United Press International
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Russell E. Green
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Oeies
Green Auto
Harlie Ward
Donald Mahaney
Garnett Stassin
Bluefield
Long-Airdox Signs Three-Year Contract
A three-year contract between local union 772 of the United Auto Workers and Long-Airdox Division of Marmon-Herrington Company in Oak Hill was signed per Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service official Howard Steele. The agreement reportedly includes wage increases over each year and fringe benefits. about 127 workers are employed at the Oak Hill plant. The UAW replaced District 50 of the United Mine Workers after an October election. Negotiations lasted about a month with UAW representatives H Jeffers and John R. Parrish and Walkup, and company negotiators Paul C. Manley, C L. Blake, and B. R. Renick.
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South Charleston
John R. Parrish
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C. L. Blake
B. R. Renick
Indian Stabbed To Death At Racial Clash In North Carolina
James Carl Dunn 27 of Angier was stabbed to death in Lillington two miles from town during a racial clash as he and his party attempted to integrate a tavern pool room run by Leola Johnson, a Negro operator of a tourist court. Dunn and his wife were with another Indian couple when they refused to leave. The fight involved Negro customers after the Indians tested the policy of no race mixing. Mrs Dunn and Mr and Mrs Barnes were roughed up. the stabbing was labeled purely racial by the coroner. Mrs Johnson was jailed as the weaponist remained unidentified.
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N. C
UPI
James Carl Dunn
Angier
N.C
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Bill Warren
Harnett County
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Leola Johnson
Wade Stewart
Rail Situation Near Showdown in National Rail Talks
Six railroad shop unions meet with federal mediators in Chicago after a Washington stopover to avert a possible nationwide strike. Michael Fox signals a news conference as a walkout may be announced between Friday and Monday. Labor Secretary Wirtz doubts a nationwide action and said President Johnson is not expected to intervene.
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UPI
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National Mediation Board
Washington
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Fox
W Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Johnson
Truman accuses MacArthur of fueling feud for power
Former President Harry S. Truman says Gen. Douglas MacArthur stirred their famous feud over Korean War strategy to boost his presidential hopes. The remarks occur in Truman's new autobiographical TV series, “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman,” airing this week at various times nationwide.
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UPI
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White House
Harry S. Truman
Truman
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Home Fire Fatal to Mrs Hallanan in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia a Sunday home fire killed Imogene Hallanan 76 widow of former Republican national committee man Walter S Hallanan Officials believe she was smoking in bed and smoke inhalation caused death Her daughter Elizabeth Hallanan a former juvenile court judge and university president executive secretary of the West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents reported the blaze and could not reach her mother Police retried to enter the home as flames and heat prevented access.
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Imogene) Hallanan
Elizabeth Hallanan
Hallanan
West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents
Republican National Committee
Beating on CTA Bus Ends With Three Arrests
On a rainy Sunday in Chicago three young men assaulted Tommy Remberz a 44 year old bus vendor with a wired jaw while 20 passengers watched. The attackers Negro employees of a car wash were identified as Neal Walker 28 Henry Knox 26 and David Hunt 26. The driver alerted police and the suspects were taken into custody.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Transit Authority
Tommy Rembarz
Nee Walker
Henry Knox
David Hunt
Sacer
Abboud resigns as Sudanese president and military chief
President Ibrahim Abboud quit as chief of state and commander of the armed forces after ceding most powers to a civilian government last month. Reports said Abboud, who seized power in 1958, may have left the country.
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Khartoum
Sudan
UPI
Ibrahim Abboud
Abboud
Monty Hospitalized for Investigations in London
Viscount Montgomery former Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery was admitted to Kind Edward VIII hospital for officers for investigations. The El Alamein hero is due to turn 77 on Tuesday.
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UPI
Viscount Montgomery
Bernard Montgomery
Edward VIII
Montgomery
Battle of
el Alamein
Europe All A Glance
United Press International reports that the European Common Market nations met a U S deadline for lists of industrial goods to exempt from the Kennedy tariff round. Farm ministers in Brussels sought a common grain price amid France and West Germany disputes. In Bonn Ball pressed West German officials to back the NATO Multilateral Nuclear Force. Paris hosts NATO conference highlighting French American rifts over alliance future.
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European Common Market
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George W. Ball
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U.S. Aims Five-Day Weather Satellite System
A top U S space official announced that the United States is developing a system of earth satellites to forecast weather accurately five days in advance.
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