Powell argues for seating in special election dispute
A flamboyant minister politician faced a 30 day defamation sentence and contested that the House must seat him after an absent claim. He argued against House committees and cited constitutional qualifications while a three man appeals panel ruled the court lacked most grounds for judicial review and allowed the seat dispute to proceed.
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Talks Accord Nearer U S Puts Firm Tone On Saigon
Paris dispatch reports Washington warned Saigon it cannot bow out or allow Viet Cong equal status at talks with Hanoi. Saigon balks at meeting if Viet Cong attend and proposed Mỹ-led Western delegation. Thieu may reshuffle cabinet before accepting invitation amid boycotts and looming conference. Xuan Thuy signals Hanoi expects Saigon to join “in due time.”
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Beckley Annexes 472 Acres in Boundary Adjustment
Raleigh County Circuit Court approved a minor boundary change adding 472.16 acres to Beckley including Appalachian Regional Hospital Woodrow Wilson High School Vecellio property Southern West Virginia Clinic land and New River Co land. No objections were raised at the hearing before Judge Norman Knapp this morning by residents or hospital staff.
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Appalachian Regional Hospital
Woodrow Wilson High School
Norman
Beckley approves boundary adjustment and annexation
Beckley Council approved the boundary adjustment on October 29 and posted legal notices of the annexation in visible places and in newspapers as required. City Attorney FE. M. Paynell states the annexation takes effect immediately.
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FE. M. Paynell
Czech Protest Grows Amid Press Reform Tensions
Prague reports reveal journalists union and student protests expanding under Soviet pressure on Dubcek reforms. About 1,600 journalists in Lucerna Hall vow to aid colleagues facing possible press purges. Students occupy university classrooms in Prague Brno Olomouc Suchdol as campus strikes spread.
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Czechoslovak Union of Journalists
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Kaminsky
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Suchdol
Central Committee
West Virginia Ranks Second in Appalachian Highway Work
West Virginia stood second among 13 states in total Appalachian Development Highway work as of Sept 30, with 405 miles in progress. Pennsylvania led with about 429 miles, and Kentucky followed with 376 miles. Engineering and right of way work put West Virginia second at around 174 miles, while Kentucky led that category with 251 miles. New York had 160 miles in engineering and right of way for third. A state official cited the $350 million Roads Development Amendment as speeding WV’s mileage, with about 422 miles allocated to the state among a group that includes Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas.
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West's Reds press for more say in Moscow policy
Western non ruling Communist parties at a 58 nation prep conference demand greater influence over Soviet policy after the Aug 21 invasion of Czechoslovakia. They say Moscow ignored their interests and failed to warn of military intervention to reverse reforms, while Russians argue action was needed to prevent counterrevolution and preserve the Socialist camp.
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UPI
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Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
De Gaulle Action Awaited In France Faces Currency Crisis
Paris markets show the franc wobbling as bankers await President De Gaulle's move with allied aid to avert devaluation. Banks in Brussels and Lisbon halt or limit franc trades while Basel hosts a crisis conference. Rumors swirl of a possible $1.1 billion German loan, rejected if political concessions arise.
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Rome
Weather Cooler Flurries Reach Beckley Area
BECKLEY AND VICINITY rain tapers to showers then flurries tonight and Tuesday with falling temperatures. Tonight's low around 30, Tuesday high in the upper 30s. precipitation chance 60% tonight and Tuesday. Airport temps show 56 at 6 a.m. to 48 by 7:30 p.m. Wind NW 12 mph. river Greenbrier slightly above normal, Lake normal and clear with 3 gates open. Five-day forecast calls for much below normal temps across West Virginia, highs near 40s, lows near 20s, and snow flurries Tuesday and again Thursday.
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Hinton
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Havre
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UPI
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Thursay
Zond 6 Returns Safely After Moon Journey
The Soviet Union announced Zond 6 had safely returned to Earth after an eight day 500000 mile lunar circumlunar flight. Tass described a new aerodynamic lifting reentry offering precise landings with lower overload and compared it to the older ballistic descent. A West German scientist noted recovery difficulties due to darkness and said Zond 6 splashed into the Indian Ocean.
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Heinz Kaminski
Satellite and Space Research Institute
Moon
United States
Kaminski
Humphreys Arrive Quietly in Virgin Islands for Vacation
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and wife, returning from a nine day break, touched down in the Virgin Islands aboard an Air Force jet. Senator Edmund Muskie and his wife accompanied them before the Muskies continued to Maine after refueling. The Humphreys checked into Seaview Motel for the night.
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Miami
Nixon flies to Grand Cay for fishing and reading
President-elect Richard Nixon travels by Coast Guard helicopter to Grand Cay Bahamas for a day of fishing and reading. A Glasgow upholstery plant fire traps workers with at least 20 dead and three survivors reported. Walter C. Lowen, 50, Pittsburg, dies when his truck overturns on West Virginia 73, twelve miles south of Morgantown.
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Bahamas
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Scotland
Walter C. Lowen
Pittsburgh
Gubernatorial recount planned in Berkeley County
Defeated candidate James Sprouse announces a statewide recount in Berkeley County to be conducted in Martinsburg today. A storm system dumps more snow on Duluth and heads east, while Korean forces report two more North Korean commandos killed and two captured after a sea landing earlier this month.
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Berkeley County
Martinsburg
Duluth
Minn
New England
Franco and Rusk Meet at El Pardo in Spain
Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain and U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk met at El Pardo today the Spanish chief of state residence. The 1968 elections created about a billion pieces of mail during Sept 21 to Oct 18 according to Post Office estimates a 22 percent jump in mail handling. Only four policemen were on duty in Findlay Ohio after 33 patrolmen called in sick protesting the city council's pay increase rejection.
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Spain
U. S&s
Dean Rusk
el Pardo
Post Office Department
Findlay
Ohio
Bride-To-Be Slain Over Church Dispute in San Jose
Ruth Dado a 21 year old bride to be was killed by her father Fernando Dado during a dispute over which church she would wed in. The couple had argued about a Baptist versus Catholic ceremony before fleeing and being chased. Dado fired, striking Ruth in the back of the head.
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Calif
UPI
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Fernando Dado
Ruth
Rudy Rodrigues
Dado
Rodrigues
Two Lying In Road Killed Near Madison
State Police reported two men killed near Madison when a car struck them as they lay in the road. The victims were James Brown 52 of Whitesville and Lawson K. Brown 43 of Pine Knob. Police could not identify the driver among several occupants. no charges were filed.
South Vietnamese General says North pushes across DMZ
Lt Gen Hoang Xuan Lam reports Hanoi forces moving south from the DMZ amid Paris talks, while Allied troops 100 miles south of the frontier report heavy fighting around Da Nang. UPI notes substantial clashes, including a 15 round mortar attack on a Marine camp and Korean troops engaging near Dien Ban with multiple fatalities and wounds.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Dmz
Lam
da Nang
Dien Ban
Turmoil at Bluefield State deepens with student suspensions
Bluefield State College faces turmoil as 10 to 12 students are suspended by the Student Affairs Committee for dumping food in the cafeteria. President Wendell G. Hardway reportedly asked for indefinite suspension. The campus also endured two bomb scares and extensive window damage at the student union, prompting stepped up police patrols and dorm evacuations. Police chief Andrew Dodson said leads are being pursued in the vandalism case.
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Bluefield
UPT
Bluefield State College
Wendell G. Hardway
State Human Rights Commission
Andrew Dodson
Teachers Vote To End Strike End of NYC teachers strike
New York City teachers voted by a large margin to accept an agreement ending the 10 week strike that kept over a million students out of class. 55,000 teachers would return to classrooms this afternoon amid a district dispute that could still scuttle the settlement.
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UPI
New York City
Ocean Hill- Brownsville
Brooklyn
Nixon Renews Administration Talent Search
President elect Richard M Nixon renewed his search for White House staff and aides in talks with his future team. Communications Director Herbert Klein said he had an offer but had not decided, while H R Haldeman joined Nixon in transition discussions. Klein stressed a personalized leadership to win nationwide trust and noted no cabinet quotas, with Negroes to have a big role based on qualifications.
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UPS
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Herbert Klein
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San Diego Union
Key Biscayne
New York
H.R. Haldeman
Vols Accept Cotton Bowl Bid After 31-0 Win
Knoxville Tennessee. The Tennessee Vols accepted a Cotton Bowl invitation after a dominant 31-0 victory over Mississippi. With only Kentucky and Vanderbilt remaining, Tennessee stands 6-1-1 for the season and secures a fourth straight post season berth.
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