WV educators seek 143 million budget for 1966 67
West Virginia educators from the State Board of Public Works request a total of 143 million dollars for fiscal 1966 67 covering kindergarten through universities. The request shows a nearly 44 million increase and urges agencies to pursue every penny under the new federal program. West Virginia University is noted in the budget context.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Board of Public Works
West Virginia University
Refugee Hijack Plot Fails Over Cuba Family Rescue
Luis Medina Perez a 21 year old from Union City New Jersey attempted to hijack a Miami to Key West National Airlines Electra flight to force a change of course to Havana to rescue relatives in Cuba. He was overpowered by crew and jailed on air piracy charges carrying the death penalty with a $25000 bond set and transfer to Miami for grand jury presentation.
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Key West
Fla
UPI
Luis Medina Perez
Cuba
FBI
Perez
Ralph Jensen
U.S
William Albury
Albury
Miami
Ken S. Carlile
National Airlines
Electra
Carlile
Union City
N.J
Gail Vanderhayden
Cubans Forced To Leave Port In High Water
Refugees arriving today say Communist militiamen forced small boats to leave the island despite rough seas in the Florida Straits. The 95-foot cutter Cape Trinity escorted refugees aboard two to three boats, pulled 18 survivors, and sank one craft leaving others adrift. By today nearly 1,700 Cubans have reached freedom since the exodus began October 7.
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Key West
Fla
UPI
Florida Straits
Cape Trinity
Hn A.m
Camario
Rafael Arcia
Kennedy Ends Saigon Visit During Viet Nam Trip
Sen Kennedy ends Saigon visit amid refugee aid talks with Saigon student leaders. He says the trip will be a long, enduring struggle while urging immediate help to feed and clothe refugees. He rejects claims of helicopter attack near Mekong Delta as false but confirms some distant fire.
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Sen
M. Kennedy
Viet Nam
Saigon
Kennedy
An Asia
Massachusetts
Joseph D. Tydings
John Culver
Iowa
John Tunney
Cailif
Saigon University
Mekong Delta
Parkersburg Man Killed When Struck By Auto
Parkersburg 72 year old Henry S. Bryan died after being struck by a car Tuesday evening in Parkersburg. Officials said he sustained numerous injuries including a possible fractured skull and died about two hours after admission to a local hospital.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Henry S. Bryan
Bryan
Beckley Weather Summary With Mild Day Ahead
Beckley and vicinity expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 59 this afternoon with clouds overnight into Thursday. Tonight’s low around 34, with a Thursday high in the upper 50s. River gauges show normal conditions on Greenbrier and Lake, with a new 2.0 ft gauge at Hinton. Today’s extremes include a high of 100 in Palm Springs and a low of 22 in Craig, Colorado.
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Beckley
Eretey
Greenbrier
Hinton
Palm Springs
Calif
Craig
Colo
Johnson Becomes West's Top Pen
Johnson earns the nickname fastest pen in the west after aides mixed up rivers and harbors bills. President Johnson planned to sign the harbors measure once it arrived by jet courier, while the full bill remained unsigned at the Capitol. Press secretary Moyers admitted an error as officials sought to confirm which bill was signed and sent to the Texas ranch.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Raffaella Achilli
Johnson
Raffaella
Washington
Bill D. Moyers
Cne
Senate
Emory S. Arnon
Capitol
Hubert H. Humpater
Umphrey
White House
Carl Hayden
LBJ
Air Force
Moyers
Texas White House
Austin
Thieves Anonymous Club Found At Yorba Junior School
Police uncovered a junior high group calling itself Thieves Anonymous at Yorba Junior School in Orange California. Twenty two members reportedly required thefts of a hundred dollars to join and four boys aged 12 to 14 were detained for allegedly trying to steal a two hundred dollar guitar from a music company in a related incident. Officers described officers titles such as Head of Thieves and Endorsers and Sw Court Judge within the group.
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Orange
Calif
UPI
Yorba Junior School
Morning Sickness Pills May Deform Babies
FDA ordered warnings on over the counter and prescription preparations containing Meclizine Cyclizine and Chlorcyclizine after animal studies linked the drugs to birth defects. Clinical trials showed no rise in congenital abnormalities for Meclizine, but officials warned the injury risk could not be ignored. Pfizer disputed the labeling changes and the scientific rationale.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Joseph F. Sadusk
Chicago
Chas. Pfizer & Co
Horsemen Lift Siege at Plei Me Camp in Vietnam
UPI reports United States Marines at Da Nang faced a Viet Cong assault as the Plei Me siege neared its end. The 1st Cavalry Division launched helicopter drops to clear surrounding jungle while the Flying Horsemen retook Chu Ho Hill, with military officials tallying about 464 Communist deaths to date.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
South Viet Nam
Saigon
1St Cavalry Division
Plei Me
Fort Benning
Iga
Chu Ho
Fof
Sion
Highands
Kimball Receives Five Year Term In Saigon Slayings
In Saigon a court sentenced U.S. aid official Robert Kimball to five years for the murder of a Vietnamese woman, acquitting him on the man’s death. He testified he acted “out of my mind” with jealousy on July 23, and said he shot himself attempting suicide but had used all his bullets.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. Aid Mission
Robert Kimball
Nguyen van Quy
Kimball
Salt Lake City
Utah
Palace of Justice
U.S
Jack Ryan
FBI
U.S. Operations Mission
USOM
Africans Cheer Nkomo's Return
In Salisbury Rhodesia police used dogs to disperse about 800 chanting Africans who cheered nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo's return from detention for talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson on independence. Nkomo was flown in by helicopter and met outside government house where he was escorted inside amid jeers and arrests of dissenters.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
Harold Wilson
Wilson
London Plane Crash Kills 36
An BEA four engine Vanguard crashed at London Airport in fog during its third landing attempt killing all 36 aboard including eight from Scotland. The disaster is noted as the first fatal London Airport crash in 15 years and the fourth worst in British history.
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London
UPI
Scotland
Buopeans Airways
BEA
Vanguard
Edinburgh
Brazil President Halts Political Parties With Decree
President Humberto Castelo Branco, backed by the armed forces, issued the Second Institutional Act suspending all political parties and expanding presidential powers. The decree, framed after a tense congress session, creates a congress elected president and extends rule to March 15, 1967 while expanding the Supreme Court and allowing cancelation of political rights for a decade.
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Brasilia
Brazil
UPI
Humberto Castello Branco
Congress
Con
Castello Branco
Joao Goulart
Supreme Court
Castello Breese
Tense Standoff in Santo Domingo As U S Troops Face Demonstrations
U S paratroopers policing the rebel zone face anti American protests by leftists in Santo Domingo while Inter American Peace Force troops endure sporadic sniper fire. Leftist groups shout Yankee go home and march on troops but no injuries occur. About a dozen demonstrators are arrested and later released. Peace force closes La Nacional and Patria newspapers amid ongoing violence that has left at least six dead in a week. Provisional President Hector Garcia Godoy calls in the force to restore order.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
U.S
Inter-American Peace Force
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Peace Force
la Nacional
Patria
United States
Hector Garcia Godoy
Hunters charged in malicious killing of Hereford cow
Spencer Kanawha County authorities bound over Guy Turpin of Quick and George W Shafer Jr of Pinch to the county grand jury on charges of malicious killing a four year old Hereford cow. They said they mistook it for a squirrel and must explain why the animal was skinned.
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Spencer
UPS
Guy Turpin
Quick
George W. Shafer Jr
Pinch
Kanawha
Oane County
Grand Jury
Sukarno Pleads For Calm While Solving Crisis
President Sukarno met seven Indonesian party leaders at the palace and urged calm while seeking a political solution after the Oct 1 coup. The Communist Party was absent. Deputy premiers and Army Commander Suharto attended as Achmadi described a 90 minute briefing amid calls for order. Reports from Jakarta note demonstrations and unrest with feared Communist youth activity in Central Java.
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Jaakarta
UPI
Sukarno
Indonesia
Communist Party
Dr. Subandrio
Suharto
Achmadi
Gro
Jakarta
Java
West Virginia Governor weighs tax hike for 1966 67
Gov Hulett Smith said at a Charleston news conference he is not ruling out tax increases to meet the 1966 67 budget. He favored funding education but warned the state faces a financial pinch between education and highways. He cited proposed education costs of 140 million next year vs 112 million this year and outlined pavilion dismantling and transport costs for the New York Worlds Fair project. He plans a group meeting to firm up pavilion commitments and discussed branch college debates with WVU President Miller and Board of Education president Perce Ross.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett
Smith
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
Board of Public Works
Miller
Perce Ross
Board of Education
King Turns Light To Hayneville Alabama
ATLANTA UPI Dr Martin Luther King Jr will make Hayneville Alabama the focal point of a new civil rights lever aimed at reorganizing juries and pursuing federal civil rights cases. The drive begins in November aligning with federal suits to secure laws King seeks through demonstrations. King's campaigns in 1964 and 1965 pushed civil rights and voting rights laws amid large street protests and racial strife.
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Atlanta
King
Birmingham
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