Vietnamese Defections and Air Losses Hit Vietnam War Update
UPI reports Communist Cong defectors join South Vietnam in small armed units. An American spokesman confirms a sixth FAC Phantom jet lost over the North since last week. Two parachutes were spotted after the plane’s recovery near Vinh. SAC B52s strike northwest of Hanoi hitting a target area described as heavily bombed. The Vietnamese Defense Department’s weekly casualty tally shows 943 Viet Cong casualties, 684 killed, 196 government troops killed, 50 missing last week. NCNA quotes China saying seven American planes shot down over North Vietnam, including one in a Sunday raid that disabled a portable SAM site.
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Vietnamese Defense Department
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New China News Agency
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Viet Nam
Rhodesia delays independence decision amid cabinet talks
Prime Minister Ian Smith of Rhodesia postponed a declaration on independence, calling the session a cabinet committee meeting. A full cabinet gathering is planned for Wednesday as Smith weighs unilateral secession from Britain. He offered no details, citing complexity and importance of the move.
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UPI
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Black Africa
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Britain
Ian McLean
Scotland
Harold Wilson
Britain Prepares Swift Action If Rhodesia Declares Independence
London reports outline Britain’s plans to strike swiftly if Rhodesia unilaterally proclaims independence. Measures would include a UN crisis report and curbs on Rhodesian trade while Parliament could be recalled to authorize emergency moves. no details were released. Diplomatic sources noted Rhodesia’s cabinet meeting did not decide on independence and that a delay could extend diplomacy.
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UPI
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Organization For African Unity
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United Nations
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Beckley Area Forecast And Temperature Extremes
Forecast shows increasing cloud cover and windy conditions this afternoon with a high near 70. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and milder with a low around 47. Wednesday brings a 60 percent chance of rain, with highs in the upper 70s and continued cloudiness.
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Supreme Court Rules Against George Willis
The State Supreme Court refused to reverse a lower court ruling ordering Raleigh County utility owner Willis Gas & Water Works to pay $27,000 in injury and wrongful death claims from a 1963 gas explosion that killed Mrs Wiley and injured Elizabeth Henry and Joseph Henry. The appeal by George Willis contended he was not responsible.
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Violence Strife Rages in Santo Domingo Killing One
In Santo Domingo troops with tanks fired on civilians, killing a man and wounding a woman amid dock union clashes. The outbreak followed a 1:30 p.m. incident that killed Jose L. Ramirez, STAPI secretary general, with rivals of POASI accused. Machinegun fire resumed about 5 p.m.
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Poasi Dock Union
Agena to Launch Monday in Gemini 6 Rendezvous Attempt
NASA readies two week Gemini 7 mission while Agena booster set for Cape Kennedy Pad 14 launch at 11 a.m. EDT October 25 to attempt a 46 hour Gemini 6 orbit. If on schedule, Agena will reach 185 mile high orbit and chase Gemini 6 101 minutes after liftoff. Previous rendezvous with Bykovsky and Tereshkova ended due to a booster issue.
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Bykovsky
President Johnson walks over a mile at Bethesda Hospital
President Johnson walked more than a mile around Bethesda Naval Hospital grounds today. He said he felt pretty good despite abdominal surgery 12 days prior and continued to rest as doctors urged light exercise to ease post surgery gas pains.
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UPI
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Retary
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Communist Buildup Reported as Sukarno Faces Resistance
UPI reports in East Java that Aidit leads armed resistance with PRI support while Sukarno, status unclear after an Oct 1 revolt, presides over a cabinet meeting to chart foreign relations. Radio Jakarta notes Suharto’s ministers seeking friendly ties. no direct China link cited amid coup era tensions.
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UPI
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Radio Jakarta
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Chaerul Salleh
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China
Indonesia
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Battle over LBJ nomination heads to Senate showdown
Washington UPI report says Sen Javits will seek to return the Francis X. Morrissey federal judge nomination to the Judiciary Committee for further review. Morrissey, longtime Kennedy aide and Boston Municipal Court judge, faces questions on qualifications and education amid criticism from lawyers groups and others.
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Smiths Right To Fill County Vacancy Tested
Charleston officials argue over Governor Hulett C Smith authority to appoint a McDowell County Court vacancy after R L Martin resignation. Dispute centers on quorum rules and Bernard acting as estate administrator which raised disqualification questions.
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Ruby's Sanity Trial Postponed Indefinitely
Dallas District Judge Louis T. Holland told Ruby's lawyers to proceed with diligence and postponed indefinitely a sanity trial for the slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald. The judge cited concerns that Texas appeals court action could violate Ruby's rights if Brown had a pecuniary interest in the case and potential release.
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UPI
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Phil Burleson
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Joe B. Brown
FBI Chief Warns Communists Target U.S. Protests
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that the Communist Party U S A is coordinating with protest groups to exploit student demonstrations over Vietnam and the Dominican Republic The report says the party is optimistic and moving into open activities during the 1965 fiscal year Hoover noted recruitment efforts and efforts to attack U S foreign policy Civil rights movements and youth groups drew Communist attention while legitimate civil rights groups largely kept them out The FBI also tracked hate groups including 14 Ku Klux Klan organizations with Klan membership pegged at about 10000 and noted 4300 civil rights violations and a surge in bank robberies burglaries and larcenies during the year
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Hungarian diplomat Szabo granted political asylum in U S
London report states Hungarian diplomat Szabo, second secretary at the Hungarian Embassy, disappeared last weekend after embassy alert and Scotland Yard search. The British Foreign Office confirms he sought asylum with the United States and is now in the United States. Officials say he left the country freely with British authorities satisfied by his actions.
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Traffic Toll Reaches 359 in West Virginia
The West Virginia traffic death toll stands at 359 with the Monday death of Marion County resident Willis Parrish, 55, in a car truck collision in Fairmont. This year’s toll matches last year’s at this point.
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UPI
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Marion County
Willis Parrish
Rachel
Turncoat Returns from China Amid Narrow Split
A Korean War era defector and his Chinese wife Li Kai-yen and infant Pei-fang crossed back toward the United States, escaping a Communist China border barrier near a railway bridge separating the crown colony from the mainland. The man had worked in a publishing venture before departure and was accompanied by his family on the arduous journey.
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United States
Li Kai-yen
Pei-fang
Rape Suspect Held In Md in Bi State Case
Maryland State Police hold the prime suspect in a bizarre kidnapping and attempted rape case spanning three states. The man, slung from his wrist upon capture, resisted as authorities pursued him after an Aug. 29 incident in Jefferson County West Virginia. The FBI joined the fugitive warrant hunt, prompted by screams from the victim attracting a nearby family.
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UPI
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Shotgun Sniper Strikes Twice In Rivesville Area
Authorities search for a shotgun toting assailant after two aurora incidents in two weeks. The latest attack occurred Sunday night when the window of Demary's Store was blasted. Police believe the suspect is male and use of a firearm suspected, no injuries reported.
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Rivesville
UPI
Demary
Eulerene Gibbe
Klan Exposé Begins Arising in Samatrans Seat
A report notes an investigative expose on the Ku Klux Klan with names including Robert Shelton of Tuscaloosa Alabama identified as imperial wizard. Details suggest the program spans at least 18 weeks with aims to deter, expose, and document former Klan members and enforcement victims.
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Robert Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Picket Signs Ordered Removed In Fairmont
Striking Town House Motel and Restaurant workers in Fairmont were ordered to remove picket signs after a sign painter stated the sign painter must apply for a sign. The striking workers belong to United Mine Workers District 50.
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UPI
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Lewis Mallamo
Board of Directors
United Mine Workers District 50
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