3,000 Yanks Land In Qui Nhon Amid Vietnam Air Mobile Buildup
U S Army's First Cavalry Division sent 5,000 troops ashore at Qui Nhon as 20,000 air mobile troops moved to a secret base inland. Ambassador Lodge and General Westmoreland greeted arrivals. Vietnamese forces reported 435 dissidents surrendered in Darlac Province, with 400+ weapons seized. Other raids and air sorties destroyed hundreds of buildings and ammo dumps. The First Cavalry, the war's largest unit, nears action as total U S combat strength climbs toward 125,000.
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Qui Nhon
Air Mobile
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Darlac
Vinh Binh
North
Yen Khoai
Hanoi
Chap le
Johnson
Decorated Marine Lt Col Muir Killed Near Da Nang Viet Nam
Lt Col Joseph E. Muir 37 longtime Marine officer and Bronze Star recipient died of multiple wounds from an explosion near Da Nang Viet Nam He commanded the 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Division and helped plan Da Nang operations He and his wife Mildred Church Muir lived in Oceanside California at the time of his death Survivors include five children and siblings Funeral services planned in Arlington Virginia
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da Nang
Viet Nam
Joseph E. Muir
J. C. Muir
Mount Hope
1St Marine Division
van Tuong
Col
Muir
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
9Th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Mildred Church
Meadow Bridge
Oceanside
Calif
Ossie Jean Smith Muir
Robert B. Muir
Air Force
Bedford
Mass
William B. Muir
Betsy Fringe Rain Reaches Appalachia and Mid-Atlantic
Rain and drizzle spread across Appalachia and the mid-Atlantic as a storm vestige from hurricane Betsy pushed through. Scattered showers stretched from the Great Lakes to South Dakota while cool air lowered temperatures to the low 40s in the plains and New England. rapid city and Washington reported measurable rain, with Charlottesville receiving overnight precipitation and a warm, clear southern tier including Georgia to California.
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mid-Atlantic States
Great Lakes
South Dakota
Plains States
New England
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S. C
Washington, D.C
Charlottesville
Gerogia
California
Weather Summary for Beckley and Vicinity
Cloudy with light drizzle this afternoon and tonight, highs around 76, lows near 66. Tuesday mostly cloudy with a high in the upper Beckley range. Greenbrier River low and clear, Lake normal and clear with 8 gates open, new gauge at Hinton 1.5 ft. Today’s extremes include Blythe California 105 and Butte Montana 31. West Virginia five day temps near 79-57 in south and 76-50 in north with half inch rainfall late in the week.
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Blythe
Calif
Butte
Dillon
Mont
West Virginia
Underground Blast Wrecks Upstate Church
The Church of the Nazarene in Masontown, near several coal mines, has had repeated underground blasts over two weeks that weakened the four year old building. Pastor Forest F. Harvey fears services cannot be held as floors ceilings and walls may collapse.
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UPI
Church of the Nazarene
Forest F. Harvey
Randolph Narrates Cass Railway Tour
About 100 passengers on the Cass Scenic Railroad in Pocahontas County heard Sen. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia narrate a tourism pitch. He discussed the road program under way and predicted that better roads would bring thousands of out of staters to the state.
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Marlinton
UPI
Cass Scenic
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Pocahontas
Randolph
Ministers Petition For Gambling Laws Review
The Moundsville Minister ial Association circulated petitions urging Gov Hulett C Smith to add revision of West Virginia gambling statutes to the next legislative session call. Fourteen churches signed on Sunday and more signs are expected before forwarding to Charleston. The 1965 session discussed but failed to pass gambling revisions. officials like Ohio County Prosecutor Arch Riley favored modern gambling devices.
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UPI
Moundsville Ministerial Association
Hulett C. Smith
Charleston
Ohio
Arch Riley
Weekend Traffic Kills 3 In State
West Virginia’s 1965 traffic toll reached 307 after weekend wrecks killed three people. In Jackson County a two car crash on U S 33 killed Robert T. Mac Murray, 49, of Marietta Ohio, and a woman believed to be his wife. Benny E. Worley, 32, of Glade View, Webster County, died after being struck by a car while walking near his home.
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Jackson County
Webster County
Robert T. MacMurray
Marietta
Ohio
MacMurray
U.S. 33
Parkersburg
Benny E. Worley
Glade View
Sisters 4 and 2 Die in Upshur County Fire
In Romines Mill two young sisters Nina Bice four and Brenda Bice two perished in a house fire that also destroyed their home. Their parents and two other children escaped. The cause is under investigation.
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UPI
Romines Mill
Nina Bice
Brenda Bice
Earl Bice
Miss America Credits God Mother And Ants
Deborah Bryant, 19, of Overland Park Kansas, crowned Miss America 1966, credits God and her mother plus an ants incident at a picnic for shaping her rise from a Kansas suburb. She plans pediatric medicine and Southeast Asia volunteer work, reflecting on her Europe trip and youthful weight and freckles.
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UPI
Deborah Bryant
Kansas
Kansas City
Overland Park, Kansas
Southeast Asia
Italy
Debbie
Hurley Bryant
Lack of Jurors Delays Marine's Murder Trial
A Williamson Marine faces a delayed murder trial as only 36 of 60 summoned jurors appear. The court orders six more names, with selection expected to take days. Prosecutors plan a first degree verdict against Carl D. Whittaker, 21, while the defense leans toward insanity.
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Whittaker
Geraldine Chambers
Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
Mingo Circuit
C. W. Ferguson
Wagner
Zane Grey Staker
Presid
West Virginia State Ar
Vatican Council Predicted to Finish Before Christmas
Vatican City UP I top official of the Ecumenical Council predicted the fourth and final session can be finished before Christmas. The conclave resumes Tuesday in St. Peter's Basilica with an address by Pope Paul VI to 2 500 prelates. Cardinal Doepfner said no date for closure is set. The council has five decrees completed and aims to finish remaining topics on lay life missions schools orders seminaries priests bishops and non Christian believers. Pope Paul VI warned against challenges to dogmas and urged faith in tradition.
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UPI
Ecumenical Council
John XXIII
UPI Unveils Computerized News Delivery System
United Press International begins operation of a new computerized news delivery system. Operators punch dispatches on a Teletypesetter without justification, then an RCA 301 computer auto justifies for column width and handles typesetting. Signals transmit to a monitor in the newspaper office for reproduction.
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New York
UPI
United Press International
Soviet urges international action as India Pakistan clash widens
The Tass news agency reported Moscow called for global efforts to end the India Pakistan conflict and suggested China was fanning the war with incendiary statements. The Kremlin warned against fueling the flames and urged both nations to use reason while offering good offices.
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India
Pakistan
China
Tass
Indian Subcontinent
Kremlin
Russia
Peking
Indian forces push toward Lahore and Sialkot fronts
Indian defense ministry said two double pronged drives bypassed Pakistani strongpoints and were nearing Lahore and Sialkot, with war turning into heavy tank battles. Both nations shelled claims of tank losses and accused each other of atrocities as Kashmir fighting lingers near Tithwal and Darhal Malkam.
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Indian Defense Ministry
Lahore
Sialkot
New Delhi
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
India
Kashmir
Himalayas
Punjab
Karachi
Lahore-Sialkot
Tithwal
Kkishanganga
Radio
West Pakistan
Victory Seen on Farm Bill with Bass Amendment
Washington reports the Senate moved toward final approval of the farm bill with the Bass amendment controlling when foreign workers can be imported for farming. The measure would strip Holland's plan to shift jurisdiction over braceros and related workers to the Agriculture Department, while Proxmire may push a milk pricing plan. The package also extends price supports, retires croplands, boosts wool supports, freezes rice supports, and offers diversion payments.
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UPS
Senate
Johnson
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
Labor Department
Bass
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Agriculture Department
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Three Escape Minco Jail
The old Mingo County jail near replacement again saw a breakout when three prisoners escaped early today. Harold Briggs, 25, of Freeborn Kentucky, remained at large 10 hours later while Freddie Curry and Jonah Hinkle of Delbarton had hidden on top the cells and then forced their way through bars and the ceiling to a retreat.
Betsys Toll Mounts 250 Victims In Plaquemines Parish
New Orleans coroner reports 250 deaths in Plaquemines Parish from Hurricane Betsy amid unreliable amateur radio verifications. Louisiana tally listed 45 confirmed dead with fears of more as floodwaters recede. Officials also sought 1.2 million pounds of chlorine aboard a sunken barge near Baton Rouge. the missing barge prompted a federal emergency search.
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Plaquemines Parish
Nicholas Chetta
Plaquemines
Betsy
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Chetta
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Johnson
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
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