US forces trap fleeing Viet Cong in Soui La Tinh Valley
In Saigon the 1st Cavalry Division and Vietnamese marines cornered about 2,000 Communist troops retreating from the Soui La Tinh Valley 280 miles northeast of Saigon. After four days of sweeps, U.S. forces reported 34 Viet Cong dead, 93 captured, and at least 44 more killed in fierce fighting. American losses rose to 49 killed, 113 wounded, and 4 missing or captured. Vietnamese and Communist tolls were also tallied. Maj. Gen. Harry Kinnard led the air cavalry as clashes continued with Viet Cong resistance south in the valley amid U.S. air strikes and artillery.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Soui la Tinh
1St Cavalry Division
UPS
Harry Kinnard
Dallas
Tex
Rhodesia Set to Declare Independence as Warned
Rhodesia's white minority government ignored warnings of bloodshed and moved to a unilateral declaration of independence. Prime Minister Ian Smith chaired a cabinet meeting amid hopeful talk of independence by Christmas, while British Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged reconsideration to avoid a regional race war.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Rhodesia
Britain
Ian Smith
Harold Wilson
Smith
Wilson
Africa
Ees
Salisbury
Beckley Area Weather Summary With Warmer Temps
Beckley and vicinity sees mostly sunny skies this afternoon with a high near 64 degrees. Clear tonight, low around 41. Thursday mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 60s. River readings show Greenbrier normal and cloudy, Lake normal and clear, new gauge at Hinton 2.1 ft. Precipitation none, SE wind 10 mph. Five day outlook calls for 5 to 8 degrees above normal and weekend totals around 0.4 inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Imperial
Calif
Roseau
Minn
West Virginia
Congo Premier Tshombe Fired
President Kasavubu dismissed Premier Moise Tshombe and his cabinet and named Evariste Kimba caretaker premier to form a national unity government. Kimba leads the Blakabakat Party of North Katanga and sits with Interior Minister Nendaka's opposition alliance.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Joseph Kasavubu
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Kasavubu
Evariste Kimba
National Union
Kimba
Blakabakat Party
Katanga
Victor Nendaka
Congolese Democratic Front
Congo
Morrissey Faces More Questions About Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee summoned Francis X Morrissey for further questioning on his bid to become a federal judge in Boston. The panel met in closed session to discuss the controversial nomination and plan additional questioning, with Dirksen pushing for deeper interrogation about a 1933 Georgia diploma and residency claim.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Francis X. Morrissey
Boston
Johnson
Morrissey
Kennedy
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ili
Dirksen
U S And Russia Agree To Trade Spaceflight Data
Washington reports a new US Soviet pact to jointly publish findings on spaceflight effects on humans and animals. The agreement envisages Russia exchanging weather satellite information with the United States within months and matching US launches, with automatic effect absent objections in two months.
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Washington
UPS
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
New York
Ike At 75 Warns Of Easy Money And Big Government
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a UPI interview on the eve of his 75th birthday warns that easy money and a tendency to let Washington handle all problems threaten American society. He criticizes long hair among youths as a sign of deteriorating self-respect and calls for fresh Republican leadership to counter complacency and the growth of federal power. He discusses his new book Waging Peace and current world affairs.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
UPI
White House
Merriman Smith
Gettysburg
Washington
United Press International
Cuba
Hungary
Viet Nam
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Pennsylvania
Jin
New Delhi
New York
Republican Party
Common Sense Party
Americas
In Brief World News From Wire Dispatches
Gov Hulett C Smith and 16 task force members head to Madison Wisconsin to study the state data processing system. The Ecumenical Council debates its final measure on the role of parish priests. Walter R Mott, 20, sought for kidnap rape of an 11 year old girl scout after a five hour Long Island escape. British Prime Minister Wilson travels to Scotland for Rhodesian talks amid speculated Parliament fate. cosmonauts Leonov and Belyayev leave West Berlin under MP escort after anti communists smear their car. Indian Defense Ministry says at least 80 Pakistani soldiers killed in biggest clash since UN cease fire. Humphrey urges druggists to accept Medicare with muted applause. Goldwater criticizes John Welch of the John Birch Society and urges Republicans to resign. United States plans three satellite launches within two hours from East and West coast centers.
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Hulett C. Smith
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Ecumenical Council
United States
Walter Robert Mott
North Massapequa
N. Y
New Jersey
Long Island
Harold Wilson
Scotland
Alexei Leonov
Pavel Belyayev
West Berlin
Indian Defense Ministry
U. N
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
John Welch
John Birch Society
Welch
GOP
Society
House Appropriations Endorses 4.2 Billion For Great Society
House Appropriations Committee approves a 4.2 billion package to fund Great Society programs from anti poverty housing voting rights and Medicare initiatives. The session cap lifts total appropriations to over 118 billion making it the most costly postwar measure.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
Senate
Congress
Appalachia projects approved for roads schools and land
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved 10 projects across Georgia West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio totaling 4.1 million in federal funds. The plan includes a six year vocational education program in Kentucky and a 600000 land stabilization plan in West Virginia. West Virginia projects include a 300000 local access road in Nicholas County with 126000 federal funds and a 1 million science hall at Alderson Broaddus College in Philippi including 234000 from the Appalachia program.
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Washington
API
Appalachian Regional Commission
Georgia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Nicholas County
Alderson - Broaddus College
Philippi
Appalachia
Wisconsin Club resignation tied to Jew bias
UW president Fred H Harrington quit the Madison Club after two Jewish applicants were declined. Justice Myron Gordon said the rejection shows discriminatory policy while attorney Gordon Singkin was also blocked. The Madison Club serves upper echelon businessmen with about 200 members in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Fred H. Harrington
State Supreme Court
Myron Gordon
Gordon Singkin
Madison Club
Lake Monona
Harrington
Two Held For Trying To Wreck Train At Hinton
FBI reports the arrest of Charles L. Dillon and Gene M. Stone in Hinton on charges of attempting to wreck a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train. They admitted placing large rocks on east and westbound tracks Saturday night. the engineer saw the rocks but the westbound train could not stop. Dillon posted bond. Stone remains jailed awaiting grand jury action in Charleston.
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Hinton
UPI
FBI
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charles L. Dillon
Gene M. Stone
C&o
Dillon
Stone
Summers County
Charleston
Johnson Recovery On Schedule Amid Gallbladder Surgery
President Johnson remains on schedule in his recovery from gallbladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors say he is more mobile in his third floor suite, alternating between bed and chair while handling routine papers. Fatigue persists, but Moyers notes strength should rise as his diet improves.
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Washington
UPS
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
John W. Reynolds
Wylie Libel Suit Ends In Hung Jury
In Pineville Judge Robert Worrell ordered a new trial for the November term after an 11 man jury deadlocked on a $150,000 libel suit filed by Dr. Ward Wylie against the Charleston Gazette. The jurors deliberated since Monday and reported the hung jury at 12 45 PM.
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Pineville
RNS
Robert Worrell
Circuit Court
Ward Wylie
Charleston Gazette
Moslems attack Jakarta Youth Front HQ in unrest
A mob of about 2,000 Moslems wrecked the Communist run Indonesian Youth Front headquarters near President Sukarno's Jakarta palace. Army and police made no move to stop them, and troops later dispersed the crowd with bayonets. The building housed several Communist youth groups and served as an assembly point for anti American demonstrations.
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Jakarta
UPI
Indonesian Youth Front
Sukarno
Youth Front
Assembly
Communist Party
Communist Party Front
Hang Aidit
D.M. Aidit
PKI
RFK Proposal Invites Red China To Geneva Talks
Senator Robert F Kennedy urged inviting Red China to join Geneva disarmament talks as part of a grand scale effort to halt nuclear spread. He called for broad participation, noting China is a nuclear power and suggesting France join as well. White House approval was not confirmed.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Red China
Geneva
Kennedy
Senate
United States
China
Mike Mansfield
France
Mansfield
Bill D. Moyers
White House
Moyers
Paul VI
United Nations
The MRA Movement on Mackinac Island
UPI correspondent David Smothers probes Moral Re-Armament at its Mackinac Island headquarters. Supporters promise change through four absolutes while critics call the beliefs naive. Smothers’ findings, with supporters and critics alike, will be continued in two Dispatches in The Register, starting on Page 3 today.
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Mackinac Island
Michigan
MRA
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
UPI
David Smothers
Register
McCollam Attacks Beckley Tax Hike as High Handed
Beckley businessman M W McCollam protests the City Council Sept 14 vote to raise the business and occupation tax by 25 percent to fund police and fire raises. In a letter to Mayor Smith and council, he questions legality timing and need, calls the move discriminatory and high handed.
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Beckley
M. W. McCollam
Smith
McCollum
Pagoda
Harper Road
Sirs
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John Smith
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