Marines Tricked by Boy Leads Marines into Minefield
A 14 year old Viet Cong bomb expert lured U S Marines into a minefield southwest of Da Nang after promising to guide them to a torture cave. Casualties were described as light. The boy, a known VC bomb specialist, admitted leading the patrol and revealed a cave nearby. A VC security police official and a political commissar were captured by South Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Nguyen Deu
da Nang
Hoi An
South China Sea
van D. Bell
Miami
Fla. A
Three States Voting Today In U P I Wire
United Press International reports primary elections in Nevada North Dakota and Iowa shaping the political winds for President Johnsons farm policy and Republican conservatism. GOP hopefuls Murray Beck and Miller face challenges while Hoover campaigns on Vietnam peace and Smith challenges Cameron for the Democratic nomination.
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Nevada
North Dakota
Iowa
Johnson
William G. Murray
Robert K. Beck
Centerville
Harold E. Hughes
Jack Miller
Oskaloosa
Herbert F. Hoover
Hoover
Viet Nam
Verwoerd Stabbed By Messenger At Parliament Desk
CAPE TOWN South Africa Prime Minister Henrick Verwoerd was assassinated in Parliament by a white messenger who stabbed him three times in the neck. He died at a hospital after being wounded during the afternoon session. Deputy PM Ben Schoeman to act. Vorster expected to succeed.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Henrick Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Dimitri Stafendis
David Pratt
Pratt
Ben Schoeman
Federal Council of
National Party
Vorster
B.J. Vorster
Mountain lion repelled by singing in multiple languages
In California a downed Civil Air Patrol pilot, Leopold Cann, 47, calmed a pursuing mountain lion with Hebrew songs including Hava Nagila until rescuers arrived. Cann and Roy Hooper had crashed while searching for a missing plane. Hooper found help as the lion retreated after the impromptu concert.
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Calif
UPI
Shalom
Leopold Cann
Cann
Wales
Lili Marlene
Hava Nagila
Civil Air Patrol
Roy Hooper
Hooper
Royal Air Force
Johnson Reaffirms Viet Nam Pullout After Communists Timetable
President Johnson told Detroit and Lancaster audiences that U S forces will leave Viet Nam only after a Communist timetable for stopping aggression is shown. He underscored that troops stay "because aggression is there" and will depart once North Vietnamese infiltration ends. The remarks respond to Charles de Gaulle who urged a withdrawal timetable as a step toward peace talks. The shift emphasizes US policy while criticizing one sided proposals.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
Lancaster
South Viet Nam
de Gaulle
United States
Noted Beckley Woman Dies
Mrs. Paul B. Earwood of 123 Quesenberry Street died at 10 a m in Charleston Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home. She was active at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and served as diocesan president of the Episcopal Churchwomen in 1961. Previously she led the New River Convo cation and the ECW at St Stephen's and worked eight years as home service secretary for the American Red Cross. She led the Raleigh County Girl Scout Council and was married to a Beaver Coal Co. executive. Born in Richmond and raised in Madison, Va.
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Paul B
Frances) Earwood
Quesenberry St
Charleston
Keyser- Bryant
Earwood
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Episcopal Churchwomen
Wilburn C. Campbell
West Virginia
New River
ECW
St. Stephen’s
Home Service
American Red Cross
Raleigh County
Girl Scout Council
Beaver Coal Co
Richmond
Madison
Invasion Threat Ties DMZ Bombing to Hanoi Accusation
U S B52s bomb the DMZ as Saigon accuses Hanoi of plans for direct invasion. Near record bombing missions hit North Vietnam while fighting intensifies near Da Nang. An American died and two wounded in attacks as elections approach. Foreign Minister Tran Van Do briefs ICC with photos alleging bases in the DMZ.
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Demilitarized Zone
Tran van Do
North Viet Nam
Dmz
17Th Parallel
International Control Commission
ICC
AF Transport Crash Kills 8
A U S Air Force C130 en route from Saigon to Formosa crashed in Central Formosa before dawn Tuesday. All eight aboard were killed. rescue teams recovered charred wreckage and bodies near Chiayi. The 314th Troop Carrier Wing plane had five crew and three passengers. identities were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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UPS
Saigon
Formosa
Chiayi
US Taipei
314Th
Kung Kuan
Taiwan
Next of Kin
Teachers Picket Mich. College in Dearborn and Detroit Area
Teachers at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn join picket lines as 150 faculty members protest under the state union AFL-CIO. Picketing also disrupts a suburban Detroit district and Traverse City while negotiated talks avert strikes in Warren Ferndale and Trenton under new Michigan law.
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Mich
UPI
Michigan
Detroit
Traverse City
Warren
Ferndale
Trenton
Henry Ford Community College
Dearborn Board of Education
Michigan Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Henry Ford
Weather Cloudy And Cool Beckley And Vicinity
Variable cloudiness and cool today tonight and Wednesday 20 per cent chance of showers or possible thundershowers High 70 Low 47 Continued cool Wednesday AIRPORT CONDITIONS High past 24 hours 63 at 11 a.m Low 55 at midnight Precipitation Trace 7 am temp 58 10 a.m temp 60 12 15 Wind from South at 9 mph Sunset 7 of Sunrise at 6 River conditions Greenbrier Low and clear Lake Normal and clear New Gauge at Hinton 1.5 ft.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Record Labor Day traffic toll hits new high
A United Press International tally shows 623 traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend, a new all time high for the holiday, with California leading at 54 and Alaska and New Hampshire reporting no fatalities. The total across all causes reached 790, exceeding prior holiday records.
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United Press International
California
Ohio
Texas
Michigan
New York
Alaska
New Hampshire
National Safety Council
Nine Die On State Roads In Labor Day Weekend
Nine persons lost their lives on West Virginia highways over Labor Day Weekend, with a drowning raising the toll to 10. Victims include Delthia M. Duncan age 4 in Braxton County on U S 19, and Delthia’s death followed other fatalities across multiple counties from Logan to Preston and Kanawha, with several crashes on U S routes and I 77. One drowning victim, Clarence McCallister 16, died in the Coal River incident at St Albans.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Mountain State
Delthia M. Duncan
U. S. 19
Braxton
John L. Thompson Jr
Lorado
Logan County
Yvonne Goodman
Crown
W. Va
Logan
Caldwell
Ohio
Autrie Cottrell
Clay County
Ivydale
Thomas H. Sisson
Sissonvile
Kanawha County
Sunday
William D. Cutlip
Morgantown
U. S
David
Billy Atwell
Raysal
McDowell County
Clarence McCallister
St. Albans
McCallister
Logan Youth Charged In 2 Death Accident
Ronald Fuller, 19, of Lorado, faces a preliminary hearing on four traffic charges after an holiday wreck in Logan County that killed John L. Thompson Jr., 20, and Yvonne Goodman, 19, of Crown. State Police arrested Fuller Sunday in connection with the crash.
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Logan
UPI
Logan County
Ronald Fuller
Lorado
John L. Thompson Jr
Yvonne Goodman
Crown
Albert suffers minor heart attack in House
Washington UPI reports House Democratic Leader Carl Albert experienced a minor heart attack and was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for treatment.
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Washington
UPI
Carl Albert
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Questions and answers from the Ring Register column
A reader asks about Mayor Smith's horses and is told the information is not disclosed. Other Q and As cover lake ownership by Raleigh County, license duplicates for 1 dollar, legal fence distance, barefoot driving, Willie Mays versus Mickie Mantle, subscription costs, Pipestem State Park location, and a sidewalk obstruction incident with potential liability.
IMF Urges US and UK to Slash Deficits to Bolster Confidence
The IMF 21st annual report warns that large balance of payments deficits in the United States and Britain undermine confidence in the dollar and pound. It calls for cooling the US economy through tax, spending or rate actions, without harming full employment, noting about 1.5 billion in gold hoarded in 1965 as confidence wanes.
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Washington
UPI
International Monetary Fund
United States
Britain
IMF
America
U.S
Smith Seeks Advice from 500 State Leaders
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith urges more than 500 leading citizens to write letters with legislation ideas for the 58th Legislature. He notes a 1964 precedent when he asked 516 Mountaineers for input, receiving hundreds of suggestions that aided his programs.
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Charleston
Apt
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
West
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