Soviet Secret Shakeup Likely After Khrushchev Ouster
Soviet Central Committee held a secret session amid reports of a broader Kremlin restructuring. Khrushchev allies were ousted from Presidium, with new appointments boosting security services and signaling a purge to remove Khrushchev from the Central Committee and Supreme Soviet. Brezhnev likely to push changes within weeks.
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Moscow
UPS
Communist Party Central Committee
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Central Committee
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Frol Kozlov
Alexei Adzhubei
Vasily I. Polyakov
Presidium
Secret Police
Ukraine
Shelepin
Lavrenti P. Beria
V. E. Semichastny
State Security Committee
Light Industries
Pyotr N. Demichev
All 11 Quints Born In Africa and Baltimore Quads
A Baltimore hospital welcomed quads shortly before midnight, three girls and a boy, born to Betty Reyes and An gel at 45 days premature. They and their four older siblings are said to be doing well. In Mozambique, Clara Mutangua gave birth to four boys and a girl at Zavala Hospital, each under two kilograms, with all five babies thriving.
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Baltimore
UPI
Betty Reyes
Angel
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Reyes
Mozambique
Inhambane
Clara Mutangua
Zavala
Julio Fernandes
Pilotless Plane Mystery Deepens Chinese Claim Met By Silence
Washington officials offered no comment as China claimed to have shot down a pilotless U S reconnaissance plane over central south China on November 15. Spokesmen denied knowledge or information supporting the claim, with White House, State, and Defense agencies silent or noncommittal.
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Washington
UPS
Red China
U. S
Wteemgittel
Peking
China
Tokyo
U.S
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
White House
George E. Reedy
State Department
Forest Fire Emergency Eases in West Virginia
State Forester says rains eased critical fire danger with very light to heavy rainfall. Fires total 99 active 16. 83 controlled. Since Nov 7 emergency, 14 arrests for arson and 64 for misdemeanors. Two hunters failed to appear in Tucker County for hunting violations and arson. One house and barn burned on Lincoln Boone line. mopping up to begin Tuesday, emergency to end soon.
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Charleston
UPI
Asst
Asher Kelly
West Virginia
Kelly
Parson
Dale Sholwalter
Mackeyville
Tucker County
Paul Keber
Naticote
Lincoln
Boone County
Mud River
Weather Windy And Colder BECKLEY AND VICINITY
Beckley area forecast calls for mostly sunny skies this afternoon as wind increases. High near 58, then a clear and colder night with a low around 32. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies with windy and cooler conditions and a high in the low 40s.
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Beckley
Ig 5
Hareen
Greenbrier
Cauge
Hinton
Underground Test Suspected in Siberia
AEC seismic monitors detected earthquake like waves in central Siberia suggesting an underground nuclear test. Officials described the event as an underground occurrence with no atmospheric sound waves, recorded Monday by AEC devices.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Russia
Siberia
Indictment Names Ivy in Krebiozen Case
A federal grand jury charged Dr. Andrew G. Ivy renowned physiologist and Krebiozen backers with 49 counts including mail fraud mislabeling and making false statements to the government about cancer patients treated with kre biozen. Also named are Dr Stevan Durovic Markus Durovic Promak Laboratories Krebiozen Research Foundation and Dr William Phillips.
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Chicago
UPI
Andrew G. Ivy
Ivy
Krebiozen
Stevan Durovic
Marko Durovic
Promak Laboratories
Krebiozen Research Foundation
William Phillips
Strikes Cripple Ford and UAW near Allis-Chalmers deal
Ford Motor Co faces 10 percent production with five UAW strike plants, threatening full shutdown by week’s end. UAW and Allis-Chalmers reach accord on central issues for five plants in four Midwestern states as West Coast pulp and paper strikes gain backing from Hoffa. Federal mediators seek to avert a nationwide railroad walkout set for next Monday.
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United Press International
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
UAW
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Ford
Ford Assembly
Allis-Chalmers
Mother and Son Die In Fire At Cox's Landing
In Huntington West Virginia a mother Gretchen LaVerne Shephard 44 and her son Robert 26 died when a house fire gutted their home at Cox's Landing about five miles east of the city. The fire was reported by Gene McFann of Huntington Publishing Co. Justice of the Peace Riggs McFann a cousin rescued the mother and son with help from Barboursville and Huntington firefighters. The cause was under investigation.
Old Man Winter Slow In Coming In Beckley Area
Weather patterns show a delayed onset of winter with October snow not yet reported and historical October average at 8 inches? 8 of an inch. The Raleigh County Memorial Airport notes November averages at 2.8 inches while last winter brought heavy snowfall, and Beckley recorded 77.6 inches versus a 45.8 inch average, amid a driest summer since 1959 with a notable drought from May through September.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Memorial
Raleigh County
Weather Bureau
Carl Lucas
District Forester
Thompson Cuts Out 3 Deputies to seven on court order
Sheriff C A Slim Thompson announced he would dismiss three deputies effective Dec 1, reducing his field force to seven as ordered by the County Court in a county economy drive. The cuts target deputies not serving under sheriff elect Okey Mills, while jail staffing remains four to maintain round‑the‑clock coverage. Thompson denied applying for Beckley police chief but left the door open after January, noting his 34 years in law enforcement.
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C. A
Slim
Thompson
Flynn Canaday
Surveyor
Joe Asbury
Colcord
Elijah Craig
Lester
Okey Mills
Mills
Sheriff’s Office
Beckley
City of
Affairs Of State Put Aside LBJ 30th Wedding Anniversary
Washington United Press International reports President Lyndon B Johnson sets aside state duties to celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary with Lady Bird Johnson and daughters Lynda Bird and Laci. A private dinner is planned with possibly a few friends, after a light schedule including the White House Thanksgiving turkey presentation and a briefing with USIA chief Carl T Rowan. Lady Bird recalls meeting Johnson in 1934 and describes their early impressions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Laci Baines
White House
Carl T. Rowan
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
National Turkey Federation
The
Poultry and Egg National Board
Ray Thompson
Ellsworth
Iowa
Claudia Alta Taylor
Lady Bird
Lyndon Johnson
Governors Barron and Smith Meet Johnson on Virginia Problems
Washington, UPI report Gov. W. W. Barron and Gov.-elect Hulett Smith planned to confer with President Lyndon Johnson. Smith, arriving from Beckley, joined Barron in Washington to discuss West Virginia issues with the President.
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Washington
War Declared On S C Bootleggers Over Poison Moonshine
Federal and state officers swept South Carolina from mountains to coast in a bid to halt poisonous moonshine linked to eight deaths. More than 60 raids targeted bootleg operations using lead contaminated whisky. several victims, including two coastal Georgetown County women, were confirmed dead with others believed exposed. Officials warned lead in illegal whisky was widespread and warned dynamite and TNT were used to remove the poison from the market.
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Columbia
S. C
UPI
South Carolina
Georgetown
Louis Fisher
Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
South
William D. Behen
ATU
Inch Of Rain Falls In Parts Of State
Parts of dry West Virginia saw more than an inch of rain on Monday marking the first such rainfall since October. Rowlesburg led with 1.72 inches in 24 hours ending 7 am, followed by Thomas with 1.26 inches and Elkins at 1.52 inches. Other towns reported lighter totals including Clarksburg 1.39, Parkersburg .29, and Huntington .01. Charleston and Beckley logged under .10 inches.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Thomas
Tucker County
Bowlesburg
Elkins
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Flat Top
Wheeling
Bluefield
Beckley
Huntington
Spellman asks council to endorse school aid
Vatican City UPS report says Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York urged Ecumenical Council to issue a clear statement endorsing public aid to Catholic schools. He argued parents must be free to choose schools without financial penalties and proposed language linking aid to civil freedom and equity while rejecting religious bias in public support.
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Spellman
Council
Vatican City
UPS
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Ecumenical Council Today
United States
Mae West Retains Diamond Lil Nickname Rights
Superior Judge Alfred Gitelson ruled Mae West has a permanent right to the Diamond Lil moniker. He found the nickname gained secondary meaning in identifying the 72 year old entertainer since the 1928 Diamond Lil play, confirming West has been and remains Diamond Lil.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Mae West
Diamond Lil
Alfred Gitelson
Miss West
Linda - Pound Sail
Lind
Sophie Tucker
Gitelson
WV 1964 highway toll rises to six deaths
West Virginia end of weekend toll reaches six after a Martinsburg fatal crash on W V 45. George Lyle VanMeter Jr 19 of near Martinsburg died when his car struck a bridge Sunday night. Two others died in Mercer Taylor and Raleigh Counties in single vehicle crashes.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Berkeley County
Accident Prevention Bureau
George Lyle VanMeter, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
VanMeter
Mercer
Taylor
Raleigh
PSC weighs Logan bid to buy Pure Water Co
Charleston UP I reports the Public Service Commission reviews Logan citys plan to acquire Pure Water Co at 1.3 million with 1.6 million in revenue bonds to fund the purchase and 230000 in improvements. Logan says savings of 68000 yearly from economy and tax exemptions, with current workers kept and pensions intact for 2904 customers served.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Logan
Pure Water Co
H. H. Cudden
Cuban freighter sinks off Cuban coast after ship fires
Presstime Bulletin Miami reports a Cuban freighter sinking and crew abandoning ship off the Cuban coast shortly after a burning British cargo vessel bound for Cuba was escorted into a Bahamas port by a U S destroyer. No link between the two incidents is shown in early reports.
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Miami
UPI
Bahamas
Goose Cause Fatal Crash Of Astronaut Freeman
Houston UPI report says a goose struck Theodore C. Freeman’s jet canopy on Halloween, debris jammed the air intake, leading to a fatal crash. Investigators noted Freeman veered away from buildings at Ellington Air Force Base and crashed in a field southeast of Houston.
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Houston
UPI
A Space Center
Theodore C. Freeman
Freeman
Manned Spacecraft Center
Paul Haney
Ellington Air Force Base
Cambodia backs U S plan for New Delhi conference
Cambodian officials said Phnom Penh accepted a U S proposal for a conference in New Delhi to improve relations with the United States. No date was given. A British freighter bound for Cuba, Cedar Hill, was escorted into a Bahama port by a U S Navy destroyer after a Monday fire, with 53 aboard and no reported injuries. Rescue teams recovered seven bodies from the Sigma coal mine disaster in Sasolburg, South Africa, with 16 others trapped underground.
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Cambodia
U.S
New Delhi
Phnon Penh
Atlantic
Bahamas
Cedar Hill
Sigma
Sasolburg
South Africa
Eisenhower Returns From Rest To Gettysburg Home
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie resume residence in Gettysburg after a two week rest at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Federal investigators began flight recorder recovery from a Bonanza airliner that crashed near Las Vegas in a heavy snowstorm, killing 29 aboard. Rex W. Albright Jr., 43, of Elkins West Virginia, is indicted in Uniontown on 21 burglary and 5 larceny counts, dubbed the torch burglar for using a propane torch to break into houses.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Gettysburg
Augusta National Golf Course
Augusta
Las Vegas
Rex. W. Albright Jr
Elkins
W. Va
Uniontown
Albright
British MPs Could See Pay Jump Amid Budget Debate
Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged nearly doubling MP salaries from 4900 to 9100 dollars yearly amid a clash with wage restraint policy. Sen George S McGovern received an hunger relief honor for leadership in global programs. President Johnson accepted the resignation of Thomas D Morris as assistant defense secretary for installations and logistics and named Paul R Ignatius to succeed.
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Harold Wilson
Labor Party
George S. McGovern
Freedom From Hunger Foundation
McGovern
Senate
Johnson
Thomas D. Morris
Army
Paul R. Ignatius
Deer Bucks Loftus Car Crash Win in Ray Town
George A. Loftus Jr. of Raytown, Missouri, hunted deer for three days without success. On Monday night, while driving home in his new car, he struck an eight-point buck, killing it. Car damage was estimated at $300.
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Knob Noster
UPI
George A. Loftus Jr
Raytown
Loftus
Witness Ties Hunter To Car Bombing Trial
In Cabell Common Pleas Court the conspiracy trial of suspended Huntington officer James Hunter entered its second day. Bethel Augustine, key witness from Logan County, was to testify as Donovan Fraley detailed Hunter offering him 500 dollars to bomb a city official car. Fraley described meetings with Hunter, Jolley, and Dawson discussing car and house bombings and traps for insurance men and vice squad members. Jolley and Dawson face separate trials.
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Huntington
UPI
James Hunter
Cabell
Hunter
James White
Bethel Augustine
Logan County
Donovan Fraley
Holden
Fraley
William Jolley
Hubert D. Dawson
Insurance Company
Huntington City Charter Board
Dawson
Jolley
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Wright Road
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