Thant Delays Return to New York for Kashmir Cease-Fire Talks
Thant postponed his New York return to seek Indian approval for an immediate Kashmir cease-fire and to resume talks in Pakistan with Ayub Khan. U.N. sources remained cautious as Shastri's cabinet met, and Chavan prepared a parliamentary statement. Pakistan reportedly showed virtual support, aiming for a cease-fire effective at sunset.
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Thant
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayab Khan
India
U.N. Security Council
Shastri
Chavan
Rawalpindi
Pope Opens Final Ecumenical Council Session
Pope Paul VI opened the fourth and final session of the Ecumenical Council with a plea for world peace. He announced creation of a new Senate of Bishops, to be called an Episcopal Synod, to help govern the church during major decisions. He plans a longer stay in New York to press peace at the United Nations and Yankee Stadium mass.
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Vatican City
UPI
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Ecumenical Council
Senate of Bishops
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New York
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Church Senate
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Yankee Stadium
Holy Father
Congress Humphrey Vote Saves Farm Bill
Administration forces, saved from defeat on a key amendment by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, were confident of final Senate approval today of the farm bill. The Senate must dispose of several amendments, with potential fights over minimum wheat sale prices and caps on subsidies. Humphrey’s tie breaking vote supported Bass’s amendment preserving Labor Department control over foreign laborers.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Hum
Phrey
Senate
Karl E. Mundt
Rs.d
Mundt
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Daniel B. Brewster
D-Md
Willis Robertson
D-Va
Humphrey
Ross Bass
Dtenn
Bass
Labor Department
Titler Predicts Hiked Pensions for Miners
George Titler of United Mine Workers District 29 says Medicare enrollment by miners could boost pensions. He notes 9,000 miners in District 29 will get $100 monthly from Oct 1, up from $85, and predicts Medicare usage will add $150 monthly to pensions by keeping funds in welfare and retirement accounts.
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United Mine Workers
District 29
Titler
Weather Continued Cloudy Beckley and Vicinity
Variable cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with a high of 78 and a low of 56. Wednesday early morning fog then considerable cloudiness and a 50 percent chance of thundershowers by late afternoon. High in the low 80s. Beckley highs 74 in the last 24 hours with a low of 61. River Greenbrier low and clear. Lake normal and clear. New gauge at Hinton 18 feet. Today’s extremes: high 107 in Blythe and Palm Springs California. low 32 in Ironwood Michigan and Hibbing Minnesota.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
Blythe
Palm Springs
Calif
Ironwood
Mich
Hibbing
Mina
N Y Threatened By News Strike
New York faces the threat of a newspaper strike over a contract dispute between the American Newspaper Guild and the New York Times. The guild set a Thursday 8 a.m. deadline to reach agreement covering 2,200 employees, with six other papers ready to suspend publication if needed.
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UPI
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ANG
New York Times
Times
Thomas J. Murphy
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Post
Soldier Set. Lawrence E. Jackson funeral at Greenwood Park
Military funeral services were held at Greenwood Memorial Park on the 1921 By-Pass Monday for Set. Lawrence Edward Jackson, 24, formerly of Stotesbury, who was killed in the...
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Greenwood Memorial Park
Lawrence Edward Jackson
Stotesbury
Dixie Council Urged By Gov. Smith At Southern Conference
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith urged the Southern Governors Conference in Sea Island Ga to keep a Southern exposure before travelers and to form a Southern advertising council funded by state utilities and industries to boost regional tourism. He led a discussion on intergovernmental cooperation in tourism and warned against traffic favoring the West Coast. The report also noted Leland Haworth calling for higher professor salaries and highlighting a shortage of technically skilled administrators.
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Sea Island, Ga
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Southern Governors Conference
Conference On Tourism
Smith
Leland J. Haworth
National Science Foundation
Haworth
Smith On Committee Nominations Chair Named for Southern Governors
Virginia Governor Albertis S. Harrison was named chairman of the nominations committee for the current session of the Southern Governors Conference. He was appointed by Texas Governor John Connally to serve alongside Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellman and Smith.
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Sea Island, Ga
UPI
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison
Monday
Southern Governors’ Conference
Texas
John Connally
Harrison
Oklahoma
Henry Bellman
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Not A Single Bill Passed In Marathon House Session
Washington UPI reports the House held a marathon session with 22 roll calls, no bills passing, and a modern record for votes. Four resolutions to consider four bills were approved for future dates, potentially affecting FEPC enforcement, the DuPont estate, arts funding, and federal worker pay.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
First Cavalry to Base in Viet Nam Central Highlands
The First Cavalry Division, a 20,000 man air mobile unit, moves inland to a base 50 miles from Qui Nhon to engage Communist guerrillas in the central highlands. The interior base near An Khe sits along Highway 19 amid jungle and mountains, a strategic shift from coastal posts. The advance party arrived Aug 20 with airlifted troops and cargo, marking a major expansion of U.S. strength to about 125000.
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UPI
U.S
South Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
An Khe
South China Sea
II Corps
Pleiku
Cambodia
Johnson
Cav
South
Viet Nam
Song Ba
Interstate 79 contract awarded in Harrison County
The State Road Commission officially awarded the first Interstate 79 contract in Harrison County on Monday. The three mile super highway from McWhorter to Lost Creek includes three bridges with work by W. N. Green and Co. Inc. and Central Asphalt Paving Co. of Charleston on a joint bid of 3.9 million dollars submitted August 31.
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UPI
Harrison County
State Road Commission
Marion County
McWhorter
Lost Creek
W. N. Green and Co. Inc
Central Asphalt Paving Co
Explosion Sinks Ship In Harbor Montreal
A 7900 ton freighter Fort William exploded and burned at its Montreal harbor pier. Five crewmen are feared dead. 16 survived, including the captain. The ship turned onto its side as firefighters fought the blaze and awaited water cooling for hours.
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Montreal
UPS
Fort William
William
Sarnia
Ont
Fire Department
A Durette
Great Lakes
India Claims Key Victory in Battle for Sialkot
India says its forces and tanks reached within 3000 yards of Sialkot in West Pakistan in a major armored battle. Pakistan counters with claims of repelling the Indian advance and cites heavy Indian casualties. Cease fire discussions begin as Thant urges talks and global powers push for an end to fighting.
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Sialkot
Pakistan
Jawana Sialkot
Radio India
Radio
Lahore
Sind Rajasthan
Manabao
Sind
Rajasthan
New Delhi
United Nations
Thant
Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
New York
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Russia
U.N
United States
Britain
Simon Kap
USAF Ordered Evacuation of Americans to Lahore Pakistan
Tehrān CAPL reports U S Air Force transports were ordered to depart at 1 a m for Pakistan to evacuate American residents from the war zone. The first group of 500 women and children would be flown to Lahore via Afghan air corridors after clearance from Pakistan authorities.
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Capl
Pakistan
Lahore
Afghanistan
Karachi
De Gaulle Eyes Move Against NATO By 1966
Paris reports say President Charles de Gaulle may demand end to NATO’s integrated command structure early next year to open talks with allies. If proposals are rejected, he would pursue France’s withdrawal from NATO by 1969 at the latest, with action unlikely before the December presidential election.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
France
de Gaulle
State Firm Awarded Defense Contract
Wells Industry Corp of Charles Town West Virginia was awarded a 97 920 contract for construction of 12 Polaris Missile storage erection trailers The award was announced by Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert C Byrd both Democrats from West Virginia The trailers will be of a low bed semi trailer type.
Norway's Labor Regime Ousted in National Vote
Oslo reports a four-party non Socialist coalition won Norway's election, ending 30 years of Labour rule. Final tallies show 865,348 votes for the coalition to 810,892 for Labour, about 45.2 percent versus 43.7. Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen conceded defeat and will resign to King Olav V, with a caretaker government to lead until the Storting reconvenes. Per Borten, Agrarian party leader, is seen as likely successor. Public dissatisfaction over inflation and state industry waste helped swing voters.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Einar Gerhardsen
Mit
Olav V
Storting
National Assembly
Gerhardsen
Per Borten
Agrarian Party
President pins medals on Gemini 5 space heroes
President Johnson awarded exceptional service medals to L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. for their record eight day Gemini 5 flight. NASA admin James Webb read the citations while Charles Berry was honored as chief space medicine officer. The ceremony capped a White House salute before their goodwill tour to six Mediterranean and African nations.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
White House
Space Agency
Charles Berry
House
Senate
Cooper and
Conrad
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cooper
Berry
National Academy of Sciences
Truck Driver Dies In Wreck In West Virginia
CHARLESTON UPI A truck driver Samuel Gillespie 58 of Charleston died when his vehicle left old U S 60 near a school zone and struck a tree. Officials could not determine if a heart attack caused the crash or if injuries from the crash were fatal pending post mortem results.
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UPI
Dupont City
Samuel Gillespie
U. S. 60
Gillespie
West Virginia
Morgan County
Frank Brooks
Kayford Miner Killed in Mine Accident at Kayford No 1
Otis Caldwell a 50 year old pumper for Oglebay Norton Co was fatally hurt at Kayford No 1 mine. Officials said Caldwell was exiting the mine when the accident occurred his body was found bound under a mine motor car.
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UPI
Otis Caldwell
Kayford No
Oglebay Norton Co
Caldwell
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