Federal Judge Upholds Raleigh County School Board Ruling
Federal Judge John A. Field Jr. ruled that the Raleigh County Board of Education is not guilty of continuing racial segregation. The decision exonerates the board of NAACP charges of gerrymandering attendance areas to maintain white and Negro schools.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
John A. Field Jr
National Association of Colored People
Field
Fletcher A. Mann
Board of Education
Supreme Court
NAACP
Beckley
John W. Saunders
Ben Moore
Cancer patient Mrs Davis recovering after surgery
Mrs. Davis of Raleigh County near Blackberry underwent cancer surgery at Bethesda National Health Institute and is reported recovering, with four to six weeks in hospital. The article notes financial support from readers and Cancer Society coverage, while also detailing a separate spate of local robberies, including a $1200 to $1400 safe theft at the Pagoda market and FBI involvement.
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Oakley Davis
Blackberry
National Health Institute
Bethesda
Raleigh County
June Davis
Register
Roy Lee Harmon
Davis
The
Cancer Society
Beckley
James Ed. Flannagan
Quarry Street
Flannagan
Itmann
Wyoming County
Flananagan
Clyde Meador
Quarry St
Mead
McCollam
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dora Veers North As Dora Touches North Florida Coast
Hurricane Dora shifts to a northwest path battering St. Augustine with outer winds near 115 mph. Tides reach six feet, gusts hit 81 mph at Marineland as warnings shift along Florida coast and Georgia reports near 40 mph gusts. Center of Dora located about 100 miles east-southeast of St. Augustine moving northwest at 8 mph. Civil defense director reports 55 to 60 mph sustained winds in the area while 25,000 residents seek shelter.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
UPI
Dora
Marineland
Fila
Miami Weather Bureau
Florida Gulf
Sarasota
Apalachicola
Lake Okeechobee
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Fred Willis
St. Johns County
Pacific Pattern Causes Delays in Space Flight
A grand-scale weather pattern forming in the east central Pacific near Kodiak has knocked down rockets at Cape Kennedy Florida and delayed the next U.S. manned space flight. The same pattern is blamed for Florida hurricane damage from Cleo and Dora. Weather men say the atmospheric circulation allowed Cleo and Dora to approach the East Coast by displacing normal air flows far north.
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Washington
UPI
East Central Pacific
Kodiak
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Florida
Cleo
Dora
Weather Sunny And Warm Beckley Area Forecast
Beckley and vicinity expect sunny and warm conditions this afternoon with a high near 86 and a fair night around 58. Thursday brings increasing cloudiness with temperatures in the low 80s. River Greenbrier is low and clear. Lake status normal and clear with 1.2 gates open. new gauge at Hinton reads 1.7 ft. Five day outlook shows above normal temperatures by 3 to 6 degrees and showers Friday into the weekend, totaling about a quarter to half an inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
U S to hold Pacific drills for test ban breach
The Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission announce fall exercises in the Pacific around mid October to ensure atmospheric testing can resume quickly if the nuclear test ban treaty is violated. Uruguay cuts ties with Red Cuba leaving Mexico as sole Latin contact with Castro regime. Soviet scientists test drugs for spacemen to endure long space flights. Republican Senator Benedict criticizes current policies, linking Social Security to a strong economy. Labor Day traffic deaths reach 535, second highest on record. British Gurkhas deployed to Malaysia to assist in countering Indonesian guerrilla activity near Labis.
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Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Pacific
Uruguay
Red
Planets
Earth
Cooper Benedict
Benedict
Charleston
Malaysia
Labis
Crane boom strike kills Millard Collier on I-64 site
Millard Collier, 31, of New Haven Mason County was killed when a crane boom struck him near Huntington during Interstate 64 construction Tuesday. The AFL-CIO seeks immediate White House pressure for Senate-approved health care for the aged bill. Kenneth M. Christian sen, 33, a California prison escapee on FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, was captured in Silver Spring Md after trying to force a restaurant owner’s wife to open a safe containing 6000 dollars. she screamed drawing police.
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Millard Collier
New Haven
Mason County
Huntington
Afl-Cio
Johnson
House
Kenneth M. Christiansen
California
FBI
Silver Spring
Hastings Banda Fires Malawi Ministers Over China Link
Premier Hastings Banda sacks three Malawi cabinet ministers accusing them of Chinese Communist influence and plotting to overthrow the government of the young African republic. In Addis Ababa Moise Tshombe rejects a ceasefire plan with Red Congolese rebels, arguing it would legitimize the rebels. Diana Dors’ London agent says thieves stole her platinum mink coat worth 5600 dollars from her home over the weekend.
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Hastings Banda
Malawi
Addis Ababa
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Diana Dors
London
Theresa Hatfield becomes third Hatfield child in Salem
Mrs. Mark Hatfield gave birth to a 9 pound girl named Theresa at Salem General Hospital Tuesday. The Hatfields now have two older children Elizabeth, 5, and Mark Jr., 4. A note on other items mentions Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda seeking medical tests in Tokyo for throat issues and a 159-year-old Azerbaijan man Shirali Muslimov featured in Soviet Culture. President Johnson's $1 billion Appalachian revival plan faced Senate scrutiny as Dirksen pressed his own delay strategy on Supreme Court matters.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Salem General Hospital
Theresa
Hatfields
Elizabeth
Mark Jr
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
National Cancer Institute
Tokyo
Soviet Culture
Shirali Muslimov
Azerbaijan
Johnson
Appalachian
Senate
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Supreme Court
UAW Chrysler reach richest auto contract ever
United Auto Workers and Chrysler sign a three year agreement with early retirement and up to 400 a month for 60 year olds with 30 years service. They gain a pension rise to 4.25 per year of service and 36 minutes daily relief on the line. About 74,000 workers set to strike shortly after news breaks.
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Detroit
CUPL
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
John D. Leary
Reuther
Newark
Del
Ins
Leary
Goldwater Man Wins Arizona Nomination
A former campaign aide of Barry Goldwater won the Republican nomination for governor of Arizona, defeating Evan Mecham. Sam Goddard, the 1962 Democratic nominee, also won the Democratic gubernatorial nod, while Roy Elson claimed the Democratic Senate nomination for Goldwater's seat. Governor Paul Fannin ran unopposed for the Senate. Other primaries took place in Minnesota New Hampshire Wisconsin Vermont and Colorado. Eugene McCarthy easily secured renomination in Minnesota where he led the Democratic field by wide margins. John Pillsbury won New Hampshire GOP nomination for governor, setting up a rematch with John King. Pillsbury had previously defeated Powell in 1962. Powell’s 1962 defection from the GOP continued to shape GOP strategy.
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United Press International
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
Arizona
Richard Kleindienst
Goldwater
Evan Mecham
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Sam Goddard
Hayden
Roy Elson
Senate
Paul Fannin
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Vermont
Colorado
McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Wheelock Whitney
Wayzata
Minneapolis
Manchester
John Pillsbury
Wesley Powell
Pillsbury
John King
King
Powell
Vic
Navy plane crashes off central Viet Nam kills three
A U S Navy P2 Neptune on anti sub patrol 75 miles off central Viet Nam goes down at 2 30 am causing three deaths and eight survivors are rescued by USS Maddox crews. Two crewmen remain missing from 13 aboard as an investigation begins.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
U. S. Navy
South China Sea
Viet Nam
Navy
Maddox
Luzon
Philippine
Sangley
Langley
Gulf of Tonkin
Lucy And Viv Split Up Ends 14 Years On TV
Hollywood reports Lucy and Viv, the long time comedy duo of Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, are separating after 14 years. Vance says she is quitting to stay home with husband John Dodds in Stamford Connecticut, citing tired of commuting. Vance just finished a cameo in The Great Race co starring Lemmon Curtis and Wood, joking a cameo is a small part and liking the skirts and costumes.
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Hollywood
UPI
Lucille Ball
Vivian Vance
Miss Vance
Lucy
CBS
The Candidates Today Diplomatic Schedule Proceedings
Johnson meets Gen Maxwell D Taylor and Rusk at 11 a.m. EDT then Celebreeze at noon and Hodges at 12 30 p.m. EDT in the White House lineup. Goldwater speaks in Sacramento Klamath Falls and Seattle. Humphrey in Washington handling Senate duties. Miller speaks in Bangor Portland Rutland Manchester.
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United Press International
Johnson
White House
Maxwell D. Taylor
Rusk and
McNamara
Celebreeze
Hodges
Goldwater
Sacramento
Calif
Klamath Falls
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Humphrey
Washington
Senate
Miller
Bangor
Portland
Maine
Rutland
Manchester
N.H
W.Va. 12 wreck kills Md. man
A Maryland man, Arthur Clifford Clemons, 38, of Elkton, was killed when his car veered off West Virginia Route 12 ten miles south of Princeton. His wife Jane Clemons was seriously injured as the vehicle plunged over an embankment. Clemons was en route to Freeburn to attend his brother Henry B. Clemons’ funeral, who had died the previous day in Williamson.
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Princeton
UPI
West Virginia
Maryland
Here
W. Va
Arthur Clifford Clemons
Elkton
Jane
Clemons
Freeburn
Williamson
Henry B. Clemons
Columbus
Goldwater Questions Johnson Run In Joke At Lunch
In San Diego a UPI report says Senator Barry Goldwater asked aloud if Lyndon Johnson is the right man to run the country after noting Lady Bird Johnson reportedly converted 17 000 into 9 million. He spoke at a luncheon criticizing the administration.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
President Johnson
Goldwater
Lady Bird
Johnson
PSC rejects Beckley Charleston bus transfer plan
The Public Service Commission denied a proposal to replace Greyhound with West Virginia Transit Co. on Beckley Charleston routes. It found the change would harm public convenience, questioned the new firm’s capitalization, and noted Greyhound remains profitable despite reported losses. Greyhound runs 26 daily trips through Fayette and Boone counties. communities and unions opposed the transfer.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
West Virginia Transit Co
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Greyhound
PSC
Fayette County
Boone County
Beckley
Key Document Ready For Vatican Council
Vatican City sources say a key document on the church role in the modern world will be ready for debate as the Ecumenical Council resumes work Monday. The document is believed to address birth control, a topic Pope Paul VI indicated was being reconsidered by the church last spring.
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Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council
Vatican
Paul VI
$35 000 suit against Kroger opens in federal court
Mrs Bertha Walton of Mabscott sues Kroger Co outlet in Beckley for 35000 in personal injuries. The June 1 1962 incident allegedly involved a cart hauling device that toppled cans onto her back and legs, causing hospital care transportation and home services costs. The case originated in Raleigh County Circuit Court on November 19 1963 and was moved to federal court December 4 1963 due to diversity and amount.
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Beckley
Kroger Co
Bertha Walton
Mabscott
U.S. District Court
Raleigh County
Ohio
Walton
Steel Plant Strike Idle 900 at Connor Steel Division
A wildcat strike over incentive pay idled 900 workers at H. K. Porter Co. Connor Steel Division in Huntington. United Steelworkers officials called the walkout unauthorized and planned a union meeting at City Hall Auditorium to seek a return to work.
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Huntington
UPS
H. K. Porter Co
Connor Steel
United Steelworkers Union
City Hall Auditorium
Acheson Compares Geneva Talks To Powder Magazine
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson described his mediation at the Geneva talks on the Cyprus crisis as like solving a problem in a powder magazine with powder barrels open and everyone throwing cigarettes around. Kenneth Sheehan of Highland Park plans to stay with his bride at their Daytona Beach motel to honeymoon despite Hurricane Dora.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Geneva
Daytona Beach
Fila
Kenneth Sheehan
Highland Park
N.J
Governor Johnson Endorses Goldwater for President
Jackson Mississippi Gov. Paul Johnson a Democrat endorses Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. The surprise cross party move signals broad appeal for Goldwater amid the 1964 campaign in a pivotal southern state.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Paul Johnson
Barry Goldwater
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MD. Man
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Grey
Hound
Montgomery
Fayetteville
Malden and
Belle
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