Major Pakistan Indian Showdown Brews on Borders
Pakistan says Azad Kashmir troops backed by the army crossed the cease fire line driving six miles into Indian held Kashmir as India admits violations to counter infiltrations. Ayub Khan warned war looms and vowed to challenge India’s actions.
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Karachi
Pakistan
UPI
Azad
Free
India
United Nations
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Kashmir
Ayub
Azad Kashmir
Indian Kashmir
Congress approves housing and urban development department
Congress finalizes legislation to create the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 11th federal department. The Housing and Home Finance Agency will become the new urban department, signaling a shift to urban era governance with initial staffing around 14,000. President Johnson’s signature remains.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
President Johnson
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HEW
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Supreme Court Fails To Explain July 27 Ruling
Charleston report notes the State Supreme Court opened its fall term without an immediate opinion explaining its July 27 ruling that invalidated a Con ne Convention law. Gov. Hulett C. Smith plans to await the opinion before deciding on a possible special legislative session.
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Supreme Court
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Hulett C. Smith
High Court
House of Delegates
Fred H. Caplan
Smith
Plane With 9 Aboard Presumed Down At Sea
US Air Force C123 carrying mine personnel from South Viet Nam to Formosa is missing and presumed down at sea. It departed Nha Trang at 6 45 a m with 11 hours fuel, reported by radio to the Philippine Islands and then not heard. A search is directed from the Philippines.
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Hong Kong
UPS
South Viet Nam
Formosa
U.S
Nha Trang
Philippine Islands
Add
Philippines
Weather Thundershowers Beckley and Vicinity
Beckley area sees showers and thunderstorms this afternoon with partial clearing and cooler air tonight High 78 Low 50 Partly cloudy Thursday highs in the upper 60s Weather data shows 79 at 3 pm and 61 at 2:30 am Temperature and wind details included River conditions Greenbrier low and clear Lake normal and clear New gauge at Hinton 1.7 inches Five day forecast indicates near normal highs and lows for WV with rainfall about half an inch mainly Friday and Saturday.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
AMA Threatens Doctors Revolt Over Medicare Change
SAN FRANCISCO UP I reports the American Medical Association president warns doctors may revolt if Congress passes a Douglas amendment to reclassify radiologists pathologists anesthesiologists and physiatrists from medical services to hospital services. He says payment would shift to hospitals rather than patients and predicts added opposition if enacted.
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San Francisco
UPI
American Medical Association
Medicare
James Z. Appel
Paul Douglas
D - IL
Appel
AMA
Bluefield State College presidency to be reviewed by Board
The State Board of Education will open a two day session Thursday to consider the Bluefield State College presidency. Acting president E J Scrafford will report after being appointed following L B Allen’s resignation. The board will also review renovation plans for Hazel Atlas building at Wheeling donated to West Liberty and preliminary costs for an addition to West Liberty’s student union. Rex M Smith will present recommendations on the state education program.
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West Liberty
Rex M Smith
Judy Garland says she will wed on Sept 19
In San Carlos California Judy Garland 43 told a theater audience that she and traveling companion Mark Herron 29 will marry September 19 They had been linked to a June 1964 marriage on an Asian tour which she later called a joke and not factual.
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San Carlos
Calif
UPI
Judy Garland
Mark Herron
Herron
Miss Garland
No Break In Steel Impasse Talks Still Deadlocked
Washington union and management resumed bargaining near the White House with no sign of progress. President Johnson urged a quick settlement to avert an economy damaging strike as talks opened at 9 50 am EDT in the Executive Offices Building. Secretary Wirtz and Secretary Connor were present as observers. A temporary eight day pause extends to 12 01 am EDT Sept 9, while leaders seek a fair, non inflationary deal amid the Vietnam era.
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Washington
UPL Steel Union
Thustrv
White House
Johnson
Executive Offices
W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Congressional
Viet Nam
Plans To Seed Betsy Canceled
Miami reports Hurricane Betsy intensified toward the Bahamas prompting cancellation of Operation Stormfury. More than a dozen planes bound from Puerto Rico were grounded to stop spraying cooling silver iodide as winds threaten the southeastern Bahamas. The Miami Weather Bureau warned Betsy could affect Turks Island and nearby shores Thursday morning.
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Miami
UPS
Bahama Islands
Puerto Rico
Miami Weather Bureau
Betsy
Bahamas
Viet Nam Toll Rises With 68 U.S. Deaths In Two Weeks
UPI reports 68 Americans killed in Vietnam in the two weeks ending last Saturday, the war’s heaviest U.S. losses. The tally includes 59 Marines at Chu Lai in the victory. Viet Cong losses run 580 killed and 120 captured for the week ending Aug. 28, with a prior two-week total of 1,590. Four Americans and a Vietnamese die in a helicopter crash. a C123 carrying nine South Vietnamese to Formosa is missing at sea. Wounded total 326, with 11 missing in action.
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Saigon
Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
Formosa
Leathernecks
Ben Catm
Air Force
William Bollinger
Maquoketa
Iowa
JFK’s Father Hospitalized for Congestion and Allergic Reaction
Joseph P. Kennedy, 76, father of John F. Kennedy, remained at New England Baptist Hospital after a night described as comfortable. Doctors cited throat and chest congestion plus an allergic skin reaction, noting the patriarch’s stroke in 1961 and that his condition requires hospital tests and several days of care.
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Boston
UPI
Joseph P. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
New England Baptist Hospital
Great Britain
Kennedy
Russell S. Boles Jr
Boles
Hyannis Port
Architects Urge New Wing For State Building
State Finance Commissioner Truman E. Gore says architects have recommended adding a wing to the proposed 8 million state office building. The plan follows a space study and a progress report by Charleston firm Zando Martin and Milstead for the State Office Building Commission. The panel also weighs another wing for the motor vehicles building, two 500 car parking decks, a new State Police Academy building, underground Capitol tunnels, and a bond ceiling increase from 10 to 15 million.
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Charleston
UPI
Truman E. Gore
Gore
Zando, Martin and Milstead
State Office Building Commission
State Police Academy
Institute
Capitol
Gore Gore
Mammoth rail merger proposed to cure railroad woes
Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio announce plans to merge forming a 26,460 mile network spanning Maine to Nebraska and Canada to the South. The plan envisions five additional lines joining, including Erie-Lackawanna and Reading, with government aid for troubled commuter lines.
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New York
UPI
Maine
Nebraska
Canada
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
N&w
C&o
Cleveland
Waldorf Towers
N&w-C&o
Pennsylvania- New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commision
ICC
Erie-Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
Reading
New Jersey Central
Baltimore & Ohio
The
1000 Mark Reached as Beckley College Enrolls
Beckley College reports enrollment surpassing 1000 for the first time, with 923 the prior year. Dean John B Van Dyke Jr notes rapid day-class demand, closed out-of-state registration, and upcoming term starts. A new addition brings two classrooms and a cafeteria. six more classrooms added in 28 months. Classes begin Wednesday after Tuesday registration.
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Beckley College
John B van Dyke, Jr
van Dyke
Virginia
Connecticut
Social Security checks to be mailed Sept 15
Washington announces retroactive 7 percent increases totaling 285 million will be mailed September 15 to over 20 million recipients. The lump sums cover increases through August, added to regular September benefits mailed September 3.
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Washington
UPS
White House
Congress
Soviet Satellite Claims Pictures of U S 1962 Test
Moscow reports Cosmos 5 captured a detailed picture of the July 9 1962 American atomic explosion using space satellite instruments. The Bulletin of the Soviet Academy of Sciences notes Cosmos 17 also provided radiation data at high altitude.
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Moscow
UPS
Bulletin of
The
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Cosmos
Dr Albert Schweitzer in serious illness at 90
Dr Albert Schweitzer, 90, is seriously ill and confined to bed at a hospital in Lamberene Gabon a spokesman said He celebrated his 90th birthday on January 14 and has been in declining health for months The famed humanitarian who founded a hospital in French Equatorial Africa was born in Kayserberg Alsace in 1875 and later named man of the century by artists writers and musicians in 1950.
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Lambarene
Gabon
UPI
Albert Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Kayserberg
Alsace
Germany
French Equatorial Africa
Helene
Twins Prove Man Is Ready For Moon Trip
CAPE KENNEDY UPI reports the Gemini eight day orbit flight shows man is physically ready for a two week space voyage and a moon trip this decade. Dr Charles E. Berry head of the Manned Spacecraft Center praised Cooper and Conrad as in top shape and said he would go tomorrow for a longer space run. The twins move into day three of postflight debriefings and expect to see their families soon, with plans to report to Houston by Sept 9. Berry reaffirmed the readiness for Gemini 7 with Borman and Lovell in January 1969 and affirmed that long space stays are feasible for moon missions.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
Charles E. Berry
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Berry
Conrad
Cooper
Johnson
Navy
Air Force
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Cabell Cops Lose Back Pay Ruling in Court
Huntington police officers Capt Herman A. Frazier and LA. Nelson Paden lost their bid for back pay in Cabell County Circuit Court. Judge John W. Hereford ruled the city owes no more than 19 000 for May 1963 to January 1965 while they were suspended during an federal indictment for attempted jury tampering in Nashville Tennessee. The judge said allowing them to work would have been a dereliction of duty.
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Huntington
LLP
Herman A. Frazier
Nelson Paden
Cabell County
John W. Hereford
Nashville
Tenn
Pike Island Locks Dedication Slated Near Wheeling
Preparations for the dedication of the Pike Island Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near Wheeling promise a large turnout by civic leaders from both sides of the river. Congressmen and senators from Ohio and West Virginia mayors and council members from surrounding towns will attend, along with possibly the governors of both states and President Johnson.
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Wheeling
UPS
Pike Island
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Johnson
Angered Husband Smothers Wife Over Blankets
New York police arrested 71 year old retired garment executive Leo Braun for homicide in the death of his 69 year old wife Fannie. He allegedly smothered her with a pillow during a dispute over blankets and money at their West Side Manhattan apartment. Officers found feathers and bank records showing about $70,000 in deposits.
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UPI
Leo Braun
Tuesday Braun
Fannie
Braun
West Side
Uptown
Manhattan
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