Britain to send RAF units to Zambia amid Rhodesia crisis
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Wilson chaired a cabinet meeting on dispatching Royal Air Force units to Zambia to bolster Kenneth Kaunda's forces and guard the Kariba Dam. Informants say the move follows an urgent Zambian request and aims to pressure Ian Smith's Rhodesia regime, with sanctions to intensify.
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UPI
Britain
Royal Air Force
Zambia
Rhode
Harold Wilson
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambesi
Wilson
Commons
Rhodesia
Eco Ggg
Ian Smith
Beckley Princeton Vie For Regional Health Center Site
The Appalachian Program site bid faces delays as a land commitment at Pinecrest remains unsettled. Beckley and Princeton compete with multiple land offers while brochure finalization drags. Local groups coordinate with Gates Engineering and state officials to assemble data for a 30 day completion goal.
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Pinecrest
E. M
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Payne Sa
N. H. Dyer
Leslie Gates
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Chamber
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Dyer
Boone, Lincoln
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wayne
Wyoming
Virginia
Appalachian Commission
Washington
U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
West Virginia Department of Health
Stewart Urges British Soviet Peace Moves on Vietnam
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart arrived in Moscow for talks with Premier Kosygin and Andrei Gromyko, proposing joint Soviet British peace moves in Vietnam and a possible nuclear ban accord. Diplomats see the mission as largely futile amid strained Moscow London ties over Vietnam and West German nuclear arms. Pravda charged Britain with opposing peace efforts, while Stewart prepared to test Kremlin openness to binding steps.
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UPI
Michael Stewart
London
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gro- Stewart
Viet Nam
Britain
Russia
Ree
West Germany
Stewart
Andrei Gromy
Communist Party Newsaper Pravda
Nam
Pravda
Labor
Kremlin
Lero Weather Grips Plains and Great Lakes
United Press International reports plummeting temperatures on the Northern Plains with deep snowbelts along the Great Lakes shorelines. Snow flurries hit the Midwest as Coneaut Ohio logged near a foot on the ground, eight inches fell in Erie Pennsylvania and Buffalo New York, seven inches in Grand Rapids and Traverse City Michigan, while New England endured weekend storms with up to twenty inches. Most of the nation was expected to be sunny and dry, though Great Lakes snow was anticipated through the day.
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United Press International
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Midwest
U.S
Ae Smee
Coneaut
Ohio
Cleveland
Eria
Buffalo
N.Y
Grand Rapids
Traverse City
Mich
New England
Weather Bureau
Windy And Cold Beckley Area Forecast
Beckley and vicinity expect variable cloudiness windy and cold through Tuesday with temperatures near normal only in the 40s and 30s. Winds west-northwest around 18 mph with no precipitation. sunset lake level normal and clear. Hinton river at 1.7 ft. Five day trend shows highs near 48 and lows near 31 in the south and 45 to 24 in the north with a gradual warmup by Friday or Saturday.
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Hinton
Homestead
Fla
Devils Lake
N.D
March on Washington protests split along lines
The march on Washington for Peace in Viet Nam drew mixed views as Norman Thomas and Dr. Benjamin Spock argued against U.S. involvement, while Sen. Joseph Tydings and Gov. Carl Sanders defended the American role amid charges the rally aided the Communist cause.
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UPI
Norman Thomas
U.S. Socialist Party
Benjamin Spock
America
U.S
Thomas
Spock
Joseph ‘Lydings
Georgia
Carl Sanders
Issues and Answers
ABC
Viet Nam
Saunders
United States
Rty
Johnson
Sanders
Tydings
Southeast Asia
North Viet Nam
China
South Viet Nam
Kooks
Ings
Three Klansmen Face Federal Murder Trial in Alabama
In Anniston and Montgomery reports from UPI three white men Jane Iraefires Hubert Damon Strange and Lewis Blevins go on trial for first degree murder in the slaying of Willie Brewster a 38 year old laborer shot while returning home from work near John Hardy Hill Alabama. Defendants pleaded not guilty at arraignment.
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Anniston
Ala
UPI
Jane Iraefires
Hubert Damon Strange
Lewis Blevins
Willie Brewster
Brewster
Alabama
John Hardy Hill
Defries
Strange
Blevins
Montgomery
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Birmingham
FBI
Art Hanes
Hanes
Wilkins
Dahomey Army Seizes Power Coup tops Dahomey politics
In Cotonou the Dahomey army under Gen Christophe Soglo ousted the government forcing resignations and prompting Tahirou Congacou to take over as the National Assembly president. Dahomey lies between Nigeria and Togoland with 1.9 million people.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
UPS
Christophe Soglo
West Africa
Nigeria
Togoland
Gulf of Guinea
Sourou Migan Apithy
Soglo
National Assembly
Tahirou Congacou
Marland to Be Buried Today in Barrington
Funeral services are set in Barrington, Barrington Township for William Casey Marland. Once West Virginia attorney general and governor, he died Friday at 47 after a pancreatic cancer spread to his lungs. He had battled alcoholism publicly, later working as a taxi driver in Chicago and recently with West Virginia industrialist James P. Edwards before his Mayo Clinic surgery.
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Chicago
UPI
Barrington
William Casey Marland
West Virginia
Marland
University of Alabama
State House
James P. Edwards
Mayo Clinic
Canada U S Launch Two Satellites In Polar Orbit
Canada and the United States launched two satellites, Uette 2 and Explorer 31, from Vandenberg AFB to study the ionosphere. The Thor Agena B rocket placed them in an 80 degree polar orbit, circling every 124 minutes at distances up to 1,980 miles.
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Calif
UPI
Canada
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Alouette
Electrical Bug Won't Delay Gemini 7 Launch
Engineers found a minor electrical bug in Gemini 7 guidance was less serious than feared and should not affect Saturday's launch of astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell. A brief surge could have nudged the Titan 2 booster, but the system would self correct, and the mission remains on schedule.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
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James Lovell
Gemini
Space Agency
Millionaire Bill Black Donates $1 Million to Mount Sinai
New York based financier William Black, longtime donor to medical causes, announced a $1 million gift to Mount Sinai Hospital to aid construction of its new post graduate school of medicine that will bear his name. He has previously given $1 million to Lenox Hill Hospital and the Parkinson's Foundation and $5 million to Columbia University for a medical research building.
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New York
UPI
William Black
Mount Sinai Hospital
Black
Columbia University
A m Medical Research
602 Killed In Traffic During Long Weekend
A United Press International tally reports at least 602 people died in traffic accidents from Wednesday evening to Sunday midnight during the Thanksgiving holiday period. New York 38, Texas 35, Ohio 31, Pennsylvania 30. Alaska and Nevada reported none.
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United Press International
New York State
Texas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Nevada
National Safety Council
UPI
Safety Council
We’ll Shoot Smith Warns About Fire on Union Jack
A Rhodesian leader warns that anyone entering the country would see for themselves and asserts a readiness to fire if ordered, as he responds to questions about using force against the British flag. The quote emphasizes a tense stance and possible use of force.
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Saul
Smith
Rhodesia
Strike Call Vs. Rebel Regime Fails Again
In Salisbury Rhodesia an underground bid to mobilize a general workers strike failed with normal absenteeism. A broadcast urged staying home but participation remained low as authorities kept patrols and public unrest rose amid explosions and police actions. The Roman Catholic Church condemned the government in a pastoral letter signed by Rhodesian leaders.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPT
Ian Smith
Zambia
Kariba
London
Paper Company
Smith
Britain
Nine traffic fatalities in West Virginia holiday toll
Eighteen people died in West Virginia accidents during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Nine traffic deaths push the state's toll to 431 for the year. Notable crashes include Bethelene R. Lunsford and son Stephen W. Lunsford of Red House, who were killed when their car lost control while passing another vehicle. Charles E. Hughes of Martinsburg was struck by a car on U.S. 11. Darrell Roberts, 18, of Macfarlan, died when his convertible crashed into a tree on West Virginia 47 near Macfarlan. Charles C. DeMoss, 22, of St. Marys, died when his car left West Virginia 16 and hit a tree. a companion was critically injured.
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West Virginia
Putnam County
Bethelene R. Lunsford
Red House
Stephen W. Lunsford
Charles E. Hughes
Martinsburg
U. S. 11
Darrell Roberts
Macfarlan
W. Va. 47
Ace Cpt
Charles C. de Moss
St. Marys
Schlesinger slams State Department over foreign policy
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. accuses State Department bureaucrats of obstructing presidential wishes by clinging to past policies and misreading the balance of power, saying they would have blocked Kennedy era initiatives like Alliance for Progress and the nuclear test ban. He spoke during Meet The Press in promotion of his book A Thousand Days.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
State Department
Schlesinger
Department
United States
White House
Meet the Press
NBC
Poverty Programs Spark Controversy
A year after headlines on Head Start Vista Job Corps and related action programs these federal funds reach 2000 communities at about 30 million dollars weekly Critics call them wasteful and politically charged while supporters cite progress under Sargent Shriver who defends the effort An objective judge from UPI Washington Bureau is promised with dispatches on Page 3
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Sargent Shriver
UPI
Washington
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