Peking Suspends Purge and Warns Red Guard Again
Tokyo based dispatch reports China halted the nationwide purge and ordered Red Guard youths home to focus on the fall harvest. Hong Kong outlets note Canton's rationing of rice oil firewood amid fears of a major famine with possible crop failures and government mobilization to aid harvest efforts.
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Peking
Red Guard
Tokyo
UPI
China Today
China
Hong Kong
South China
Canton
Radio
U.S. China
Astronauts' Wives Face Trials On Ground And Space
Seabrook Texas Wednesday saw Charles Conrad in space aboard Gemini 11 while his wife endured a domestic test with their son Chris who refused to go to kindergarten. Barbara Gordon also visited mission control as Richard Gordon reported favorable sights from 850 miles up.
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Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Charles Conrad
Richard Gordon
Conrad
Chris
Mrs. Conrad
Barbara Gordon
Mission Control
Gemini 11 completes record tether and docking mission
Gemini 11 rockets reach 850 miles in space for a new altitude mark and perform a record-quick dock with Agena. Conrad and Gordon achieve a successful 94 minute rendezvous and a dramatic tether test with strong ground control praise as they prepare to descend toward a safe Atlantic recovery.
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Conrad
Dick Gordon
Earth
Gordon
Cooper
Agena
Marine Buddy Awaits Reunion With Gordon
A Marine aviator aboard the USS Guam awaited Gemini 11 splashdown hoping for a reunion with flight training school buddy Richard Gordon. Maj. Thomas F. Miller of Seattle, Guam assistant air operations officer, and Gordon both trained at Pensacola in 1951 and later completed carrier qualification and all weather flight school at Corpus Christi. They last saw each other 13 years ago.
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Guam
UPS
Richard Gordon
Gordon
Maj
Thomas F. Miller
Seattle
Wash
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Union vote looms as workers accuse plant of firing
The Register reports Local 175 Teamsters will vote at the store on Sept 28 to decide union representation amid claims of switching to part time, firings, and wage changes. Employees say full time workers are replaced by two part time hourly hires at $1.40, totaling 40 hours weekly. Saulnier denies knowledge of a union despite tensions and possible job loss. Several workers express mixed hopes for job security either way.
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Saulnier
The
Register
Teamsters Union
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Cincinnati
NLRB
Grenada ties up riot police for school protection hearing
On Wednesday night in Grenada a heavily guarded town appeared with 200 white spectators watching as the Justice Department sought to extend a restraining order requiring authorities to protect Negro school children. Earlier, 33 people including reporters were beaten at the schools' opening.
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Grenada
Justice Department
Clayton
Lizzie Horn
John Rundle
Paul Johnson
FBI
Funeral arrangements for Clifford Earl White 63 Ameagle
Clifford Earl White 63 of Ameagle died at 8 30 p m Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He served as a Clear Fork District magistrate for 16 years. Survivors include three sons James West Palm Beach Fla Billy Dayton Ohio and Lee at home a daughter Mrs David Akers Ameagle four brothers two sisters and eight grandchildren. Graves at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville. Graveside rites held today for infant Robert Ramsey son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ramsey at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Clifford Earl White
Ameagle
Beckley
White
Clear Fork
Ethel
James
West Palm
Beach
Fla
Billy
Dayton
Ohio
Lee
David
Jacqueline) Akers
Clarence
Joliet
Ill
Charles
Charleston, Coy
Eagle’s Nest
Calif
Corbett
Mammoth
Wakeman
Cora) Morris
St. Albans
Howard
Robert Ramsey
Arthur Ramsey
Greenwood Memorial Park
Timothy
Sharon
Four inmates flee Huttonsville prison to Upshur County
Four inmates escaped Huttonsville Medium Security Prison and moved to Upshur County where a car theft was reported. The fugitives Ralph Fast, Kenneth Graves, Robert Mills and John Nichols were described as extremely dangerous. A stolen car was found abandoned in Frenchton and another car went missing, with Graves’ mother living there. No sightings reported.
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Huttonsville
UPI
Upshur County
Frenchton
Kenneth Graves
Here
Graves
Ralph Fast
Webster County
Robert Mills
Wood County
John Nichols
Ritchie County
Viet Nam War Update U S Casualties and Aerial Actions
U.S. Marines report period ending Sept 10 with 71 killed in action 450 wounded and eight missing in Viet Nam total U S combat deaths reach 5064. South Vietnamese weekly losses 68 Communist casualties 1166 killed and 218 captured. Air actions include MIG17 sightings near Hanoi Cap Cau Bridge 18 miles northeast of Hanoi 145 missions flown. Two U S planes downed with one rescue. Massive helicopter search Thayer failed to trap Yellow Star division 280 miles north of Saigon 21 known killed. DMZ strikes napalm and gun positions as A1H Skyraider missing pilot reported F105 rescued 60 miles east-northeast of Haiphong.
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U.S
Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Cap Cau
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Yellow Star
Saigon
Thayer
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Coral Sea
Haiphong
Phillips Proposes Lowering West Virginia Voting Age
Willard Phillips Jr president of the West Virginia Young Republican Club spoke at a joint Harrison County meeting and said he has favorable replies from Gov. Hulett Smith and House Minority Leader George Seibert. Smith plans to discuss the proposal with lawmakers during planning sessions.
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Clarksburg
Willard
Bill) Phillips, Jr
West Virginia
Young Republican Club
Phillips
Harrison County
Hulett C. Smith
House
George Seibert
Wheeling
Smith
Funeral services for Robert Clarke in Brooklyn
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in Brooklyn for Robert Clarke of Brooklyn nephew of Mrs. Pauline Reed Boyden of 517 Bostick Ave. Mrs. Boyden left Wednesday to attend the funeral. An uncle Burley Reed of Harvey also survives.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Clarke
Pauline Reed Boyden
Bostick Ave
Boyden
Burley Reed
Harvey
Williams rites scheduled at Welcome Baptist Church
Richard Williams 61 of 109 Saunders Ave East Park will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after a 1 p.m. Friday service at Welcome Baptist Church led by Rev Archie Johnson. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. body to church an hour before service. Graveside rites for infant James Davis of Stacy Davis of Marianna set for 1 p.m. Friday at Justice Cemetery near Hurley Virginia.
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Richard Williams
Saunders Ave
East Park
Welcome Baptist Church
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
Ritchie and Johnson
Mrs Boyd Napier Funeral service in Huntington
Mrs Boyd Napier of Wayne and former Piney View resident dies after six months illness in Huntington hospital. Funeral at Bootes and Morris Chapel at 11 a m today with burial in Watts Cemetery Wayne. Survived by daughter Mrs Thomas Bobblett of Portsmouth Virginia and sons Bay of Cleveland Ohio and Golden of Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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Boyd Napier
Wayne
Piney View
Bootes and Morris Funeral Home
Huntington
Watts
Thomas Bobblett
Portsmouth
Bay
Cleveland
Ohio
Golden
Baton Rouge
Cave-In at Keefers Mountain Mine Claims Two Men
Rescue teams from the Independent Miners Association labored to free miners trapped by a subsequent cave-in at a reopened shaft drilled into Keefers Mountain. Victims were Russell Dibert of Wiconisco and John Haneishon and Stanley Gravish of Cambola, with Terry Shreffler remaining underground most of the time.
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Charmbury
Independent Miners Association
Terry Shreffler
Shreffler
Keefers Mountain
Russell Dibert
Wiconisco
John Haneishon
Stanley Gravish
Dollars For Democrats Treasurer Named In West Virginia
Ivor F. Boiarsky, a Kanawha County member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, was named treasurer for the Dollars for Democrats Drive. The appointment was announced by campaign co-chairs Mrs. John Scott and Sam Harshbarger. Boiarsky has served in the House for 10 years.
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Charleston
UPI
Ivor F. Boiarsky
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Kanawha County
John Scott
Sam Harshbarger
Boiarsky
House
Arnall Faces Battle In Ga. Governor Race
Former Georgia governor Ellis Arnall led in Wednesday's Democratic primary with about 30 percent, while state Sen. Jimmy Carter and former restaurateur Lester Maddox fought a tight race for the runoff spot. With 1,343 of 1,893 precincts reporting Arnall had 183,191 votes, Carter 137,470, Maddox 135,273, Gray 108,239, Byrd 29,413, and O Kelle y 10,648. The runoff winner will face Republican Howard Callaway in the fall as Georgia braces for its strongest GOP challenge. Senator Richard Russell won renomination easily.
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Atlanta
UPI
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnali
Jimmy Carter
Lester Maddox
Carter
James Gray
Albany
Maddox
Arnall
Gray
Garland Byrd
Hoke O'Kelley
U.S
Howard
Bo) Callaway
Richard B. Russell
Senate
Harry L. Hyde
Marietta
Miners trapped as fire rages in hillside mine
Twelve men fled the burning mine while Adams reentered to search for Spicer and Territti and was trapped with them more than 1000 feet from the entrance. Officials blamed a cable short circuit for the fire and said two rescue teams faced heavy smoke and heat with no success. Carbon monoxide rich air hindered efforts to reach the fire area.
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Adams
Spicer
Territti
Zimmerman
Marcos Says U S Presence Supports Asia Stability
Philippine President Ferdinand E Marcos told Congress that U S air power in Southeast Asia and the 7th Fleet deterred a Communist takeover in Indonesia. He urged continued U S leadership and insistence on peaceful coexistence with China, praising America as Asia's vital ally.
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Washington
UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
South Viet Nam
Indonesia
Congress
Marcos
Southeast Asia
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Peking-Jakarta
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
Asia
China
America
German submarine Hai sinks in North Sea storm
West German submarine Hai, a scuttled WWII U boat rebuilt in 1957, sank in a North Sea storm between England and Denmark with 21 aboard. Only one survivor, chief petty officer Hans Silbernagel, was initially found, as crews searched for others.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPI
England
Denmark
West German
Defense Ministry
Shetland Islands
Tynemouth
Navy
Boston
Hans Silbernagel
St. Martin
Silbernagel
Baltic
Aberdeen
Scotland
West Virginia drought hits farmers with big losses
Drought relief comes as the fall forest fire season nears. West Virginia farmers face a severe drought after a late spring freeze, with apple harvest down about 48 percent, peaches down 67 percent, corn down 30 percent, hay 16 percent lower, and milk production in August down three million pounds from last year.
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West Virginia
Blood Donors Save Old Lady in Dime Collection City
A Salvation Army volunteer in Washington fell gravely ill needing RH negative type B blood. After local radio DJs urged blood donors, more than 100 called in within an hour, enough donations to save her life and she resumed her rounds downtown.
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Washington
UPI
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Viet Nam
Morris Still Overseer At Little Beaver Lake
County Court member Charles Burdiss said today Morris Still continues duties as caretaker of Little Beaver Lake while Lorene Lawson of Lanark was named caretaker at a recent meeting. Lawson’s husband, who was disabled, died several days after her appointment and she has not yet taken over duties.
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Bobby Lee Morris
Prosperity
Little Beaver Lake
Charles Burdiss
Lorene Lawson
Lanark
Burdiss
Public Works Money Bill Approved Despite Inflation Concerns
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $4.11 billion public works funding bill, directing over half to the Atomic Energy Commission. The panel justified pork barrel projects as vital for water resource development, despite inflation worries raised by Rep. Glenn R. Davis.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Glenn R. Davis
Davis
Viet Nam
Congress
Army Corps of Engineers
Subcommittee
House Divided Over Johnson Anti-Inflation Tax Plan
Washington Republicans and Democrats clash as House Ways & Means weighs President Johnson’s plan to suspend 7 percent investment tax credits and accelerated depreciation for 16 months. Industry groups back partial suspensions but seek housing exceptions. Chair Mills defers final decision pending further testimony on economic impact.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
National Association of Home Builders
Wilbur D. Mills
Congress
Embezzlement charge set for former Wheeling Clinic official
William R. Lee 35 of Morristown Ohio faces a preliminary hearing September 27 in Wheeling on embezzlement charges totaling 67158 dollars and 43 cents tied to a three year period. He is free on a 10000 dollar bond as prosecutors described a secret investigation.
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Wheeling
UPI
Wheeling Clinic
Asst
William R. Lee
Lee
Morristown
Ohio
Ronald Kasserman
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Mission Control Center
Gulf of California
Gemini
Agena Space
Gemini Control
Buddy
Otto
Cp Ee
Clifford £. White
Cora) Pendell
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
James Davis
Cornelius
Myrtle Stacy Davis
Marianna
Justice
Hurley
Mullens Hospital
Teddy
Eddie
Tommy
Geraldine
Norma Jean
Mary Stacy
Grundy
Bill Davis
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Virginia
Mrs. Boyd Napier
Phillipine
Morris
LBJ
House Ways & Means Committee
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