Johnson not running but covering political ground
President Johnson, not seeking election, campaigns across Michigan and Ohio in a Labor Day swing. He delivers 20 speeches in 13 hours, meets thousands, endorses the Great Society, and argues for a Congress aligned with his program. He vows to visit all 50 states by November if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Michigan
Ohio
Midwest
Japan Cutting In On Ceramic Tile Sales
In Washington United States tile makers claim Japan undercuts U S imports with cheaper production and labor. They seek a full economic study and possible antitrust probe, while arguing foreign firms must play fair. United States manufacturers allege dumping and deceptive anglicized branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Japan
U.S. Tariff Commission
Commssion
Justice Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Norris E. Phillips
Ceramic Tile Manufacturers of the
Inmates Stage Frisco Protest at San Bruno Jail
About 200 prisoners in a San Francisco county jail block staged a one hour riot burning mattresses breaking windows and shouting while television crews filmed. Sheriff Carberry called it a planned show blaming professional agitators. No injuries. order restored after assurances reforms were underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bruno
Calif
UPI
San Francisco
Matthew Carberry
Carberry
Primary Races in North Dakota and Nevada Nominations
North Dakota Republicans in the western district see a contest between Martin Waaler of the John Birch Society and Tho mas S. Kleppe, who has the state convention endorsement. Kleppe’s camp disavows the Birch Society. Hofner and Andrews seek unopposed Democratic nominations in their races. Nevada voters back Gov Grant Sawyer with five challengers as Lt Gov Paul Laxalt runs against him. Sawyer targets FBI wiretapping in casinos. In Nevada’s lone House race Walter Baring and Ralph Denton face off.
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North Dakota
Martin Waaler
John Birch Society
Thomas S. Kleppe
Bismarck
Kleppe
The
Birch Society
Waaler
Rolland Redlin
S. F
Buckshot
Mark Andrews
R-N.d
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul Laxalt
Sawyer
Walter Baring
Las Vegas
Ralph Denton
Verwoerd's Assassination Attempt and Background
The report recounts an assassination attempt on South African premier Hendrik Verwoerd, noting a six inch blade stab to neck and chest and Verwoerd's 65th birthday, plus details on the attacker Dimitri Tsafendas. It traces Verwoerd's rise, role in apartheid, and his early advocacy for racial separation.
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Stafendis
Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
South Africa
Verwoerd
Pratt
Dimitri Tstafendas
Ouderkerk
Rotterdam
Holland
Die Transvaler
Johannesburg
Johannes G. Strijdom
Miloed Cicero marcher's quiet drive for open housing
Robert Lucas, 41, head of Chicago CORE, led a 200-person march for open occupancy in Cicero. A postal worker by day, Lucas is seen as a mild, soft spoken leader who pushed action when King stayed away, saying open housing is the pivotal issue for Ciceros nationwide.
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Robert Benjamin
Chicago
UPI
Robert Lucas
Martin Luther King
Cicero
Lucas
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Black Power
King
James Farmer
Stokley Carmichael
Syria Crushes Baath Revolt in Damascus Coup Fallout
In a Damascus Radio broadcast the leftist Syrian government says ousted moderates attempted a coup to regain control. Plotters, followers of former premier Salah Bitar and Baath founders Aflak and Brazzaz, have confessed and will face a national tribunal.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Baath Party
Damascus Radio
Baath
International Command
Salah Jedid
Jedid
Damascus
Salah Bitar
Michel Aflak
Mounif Brazzaz
Bitar
Syria
Amin Hafez
Aflak
Kid Confesses Torture Cave Tale After Minefield Hoax
A 14 year old battalion “trick” soldier fooled Marine commanders with a staged torture cave story. Bell, a famed 1937 all Navy boxing champion and decorated veteran, praised the boy’s minefield work. Capt Etcho said the field was well laid and camouflaged. South Vietnamese Marines pressured the youth who then admitted the tale was false and guided captors to other planted explosives and exposed Communist caves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Korea
L.L. Etcho
Mahoney
City
Miss America Pageant called pure American corn
Atlantic City reports Albert A. Marks Jr and Lenora Slaughter describe the Miss America Pageant as pure American corn as it has evolved from a boardwalk salt water taffy display into a multimillion dollar year round business. Promoters expect about 100 million viewers for the finals televised on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Albert A. Marks, Jr
Marks
Lenora Slaughter
Stock prices open higher across industries in early trading
Stocks opened higher led by mixed gains in chemicals and rails while airlines and motors held firm. The UPI Market Indicator rose 0.30 percent with 351 gainers and 183 losers among 693 issues. notable moves included General Motors down to 73, Chrysler up to 36, and Boeing up 2 to 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
United Press International
General Motors
Chrysler
Trans World Airlines
KLM
United
Fairchild Camera
Sperry Rand
Collins Radio
Labor Day Picnic Tragedy Hits King Family
In Waterford Ohio on Labor Day the Delbert King family joined a neighbor's silo project when Forest age 6 was struck on the head with a hoe. He needed seven stitches at St Joseph Hospital. Robin 7 arrived later with a cut leg needing seven stitches. Brenda King 25 faced a scare with a soda bottle mishap.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Delbert King
Waterford
Ohio
Forest
St. Joseph Hospital
Robin
Brenda King
Senate Rights Bill Fights Set For Debates
The Senate returns from holiday to begin debate on the 1966 civil rights bill. A Southern Democratic Republican coalition plans to use the filibuster to block votes. Leader Mansfield aims to dispose of a foreign aid conference report then bring up the House approved rights bill while Dirksen opposes the housing provisions as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Toto
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Texas Farmers March Unfruitful at Capitol
A 10 000 strong march from Rio Grande City to the Texas Capitol failed to win a meeting with Gov. John Connally. The group urged passage of a state minimum farm wage of 1.25 dollars per hour, noting some workers earn as little as 40 cents. Leader Eugene Nelson pressed for a special session, but Connally stood firm on education as the remedy. Severo Benavides, 82, recalled a lifelong farming career and spoke of not wanting his children to endure the same hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
UPI
State Capitol
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande City
Eugene Nelson
California
Capitol
Nelson
John Connally
Texas
Connally
New Braunfels
Tex
Austin
Severo Benavides
Benavides
Copperhead Threat Removed on Capitol Street
Two women fainted on Capitol Street when a copperhead slithered along the sidewalk near the Kanawha Valley Banking and Trust Building. Pedestrians stepped aside as a bystander killed the snake with a golf club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Capitol Street
Kanawha Valley Banking and Trust
Woman Reaches Hospital After Slashing Injury
A woman arrived at the hospital at 7 p.m. with a slash on her cheek and seven stitches required for the wound.
Deaths And Funerals Beckley 1937 and Pineville burial
Mrs Earwood who taught school and worked in newspapers earlier in her career was a past Azalea Garden Club and Black Knight Country Club officer. Survivors include two sons William Nelson Page Mt. Gilead Ohio and James Hay Page Mt. Hope. Randolph Page died at 13. Final rites for Sandra Sue Brown 19 Pineville will be 11 am Thursday at Nazarene Church Pineville with burial Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny. She died Sunday after a long illness born Feb 8 1947 to French and Imogene West Brown. Survivors include two brothers Gary and Ritchie two sisters Lay Donna and Janet and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert West of Lynch. Evans Funeral Home Oceana awaiting calling hours.
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Beckley
Earwood
Azalea Garden Club
Black Knight Country Club
Suvivors
William Nelson Page
Maretta
Ohio
James Hay Page
Mt. Hope
Ralph G. Page
Ansted
Sandra Sue Brown
Pineville
Nazarene Church
Robert Miller
Franklin Goff
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Miss Brown
French
Imogene West Brown
Gary
Ritchie
Lay Donna
Janet
Herbert West
Lynch
Two Local Women Die in Beckley Area
Mrs. Della Holstein 74 of 325 N Kanawha St died Monday night after a cardiovascular attack. Born October 4 1892 in Fayette County she was a daughter of Jessie and Sarah Morse James. Survived by two daughters and a stepdaughter plus five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 11 a m Keyser Bryant Chapel. Burial Montgomery Memorial Park London. Also notice of Mrs Blache Fortner 74 of 105 McClure St died Sunday night after a long illness. She leaves seven sons and four daughters. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p m Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial Sunset Memorial Park.
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Della Kinney Holstein
N. Kanawha St
Fayette Co
Jessie
Sarah C. Morse James
Holstein
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Mountain Top Garden Club
Clemente L
Mary Ann) Schulte
Beckley
Felix
Virginia) Schwartz
New York
Doris Holstein Bowling
Montgomery
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Walter H. Griswold
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Oppie L. Hedrick
Ned H. Ragland
Charles W. Merritt
Roy Brash
Frank Hale
A. David Abrams
Ray Walls
Blache Fortner
McClure St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
Fortner
Sam Musser
Smith County
Senator S
Ceres
John W
Albert
Saint Albans
Winston
Largo
Fila
Howard
Luther
Douglas
Beaver
John
Lucille) Ball
Jack
Georgia) Harder
Alfred
Emma) Feige
New Jersey
Gene
Ellen) Scott
Fort Myers
Fla
Final rites set for Mrs Lena Austin of Fayetteville
Mrs Lena Austin 63 of Fayetteville will be buried in Pierce Cemetery after services at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville conducted by Rev F C Fletcher. Born Feb 2 1903 in Fincastle Va she was daughter of the late Dale Braxton and Mrs. Williams. Survived by son Clyde Baltimore Md daughter Mae Belle Williams Jamaica N Y eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Lena Austin
Fayetteville
Second Baptist Church
F. C. Fletcher
Pierce
Austin
Montgomery
Fincastle
Dale Braxton
Clyde
Baltimore
Mae Belle Williams
Jamaica
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley
Greentown
Harvey A McClanahan Dies After Short Illness
Harvey A. McClanahan, 55, of Shady Spring, died at 11 25 p m Monday in a local hospital after a brief illness. The Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home is handling arrangements pending completion of services.
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Harvey A. McClanahan
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Dorothy Perkins Funeral Services in Oceana
Mrs Dorothy Victoria Perkins 51 of Oceana dies after long illness in Welch hospital. Funeral at 11 a m Wednesday First Church of God Oceana with Rev Virgil Shannon and Rev William Lusk officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery Narrows VA. Survived by husband Leonard a son Douglas and daughter Sharon at home a brother James Belcher Mount Clare. Evans Funeral Home Oceana handling arrangements.
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Dorothy Victoria Perkins
Oceana
Church of God of
Virgil Shannon
William Lusk
Fairview
Narrows
Perkins
Welch
Bluefield
Ellis
Bertha Fletcher Belcher
Leonard Perkins
Douglas
Sharon
James Belcher
Mount Clare
Evans Funeral Home
Mrs. Sarah Harris Dies at 66 at East Gulf Residence
Mrs. Sarah Lesslie Harris, 66, of Riffe's Branch at East Gulf, died at her home at 5 a.m. today.
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Sarah Lesslie Harris
Riffe
East Gulf
Rose and Quesenberry
Johnson Eyes Limit on Sales of Government Securities
President Johnson considers limiting open market sales of government securities to curb rising interest rates. He may postpone using the Participation Sales Act as inflation pressures prompt review. The plan could affect big private groups ready to buy billions in government loans, with further cuts in nonessential spending debated.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
Funeral Fracas Coming Up
Webster Springs case of Cowen officer Carl Nichols charged with felonious shooting to be presented to a Webster County grand jury. He allegedly shot James Thomas, 39, son-in-law of a deceased at a funeral after an argument with a funeral director over parking and rain. Police kept order as mourners milled outside. Funeral director released on $500 bond.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Congress
Johnson
Battle Creeek
Mich
Dayton
Columbus
Webster Springs
UPS
Webster County
Carl Nichols
William W. Talbott
Nichols
James Thomas
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Guam
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da Nang
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
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Hecklers
Cicero, Ill
Franklin Park
Lockheed
United Aircraft
Boeing
King Family
Copperhead
Mrs
Frances Earwood
Randolph Page
Harlow Warren
Beckley USA
Miss Sandra
Brown
Mrs. Della Holstein
Blanche Fortner
Harvey McClanahan
Dorothy Perkins
Sarah Harris
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