Beckley Q&A on local laws and safety concerns
A packed exchange covers traffic rules bicycle licensing and weapon limits in Beckley and Raleigh County. Topics include police enforcement 24 hours a day legal riding limits on motorcycles private property targets private ranges permits building outside city limits and prostitution laws alongside a note on Lake Stephens weekend hours and public beach access.
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Beckley
D. V. Lilly
State Police Department
Krogers
Kroger
Valley Drive
Beckley Police Department
Abstract of Economic Policy Affects Lending and Housing
A broad summary notes that deposits and authorization by banking authorities shape home building by constraining bank boards from setting favorable dividends. It cites impacts on mortgage rates for savings and loan institutions and on home sales while signaling risks of weaker firms and financial institutions.
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Bank Board
Valerie Percy Murder Probe Sees No New Leads
Valerie Percy is mourned by family and friends as police report no new leads or clues in the stabbing death. Chicago and Cook County detectives continue intensive interviews with the Percys' social and political circle aided by the FBI which checks names from a diary Valerie kept as an address book.
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Percy
Chicago
UPI
Valerie Percy
Robert M. Daley
Charles H. Percy
Percys
Daley
Cook County
FBI
Percy Horee
Sen
Paul H. Douglas
Valerie
Senate weighs silent prayer versus Dirksen plan in school debate
In Washington the Senate votes on two paths amid the nationwide school prayer dispute. A substitute would favor voluntary silent prayer or meditation if local authorities allow it, while Dirksen pushes a constitutional amendment requiring a two thirds Senate and House majority and state ratification.
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State Police Department
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Supreme Court
New York
Penn
Dirksen
Congress
Dirk
Sen
United Nations Children’s Fund
Powell Faces Loss Of Chairmanship Struggle In Congress
Washington Republican era reports Rep. Adam Clayton Powell losing power as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee after 13 of 21 Democrats back a new rule set to limit authority. Powell, contesting the moves, faces contempt of court trial in New York over $162,000 libel judgment related to Esther James. Potential penalties include jail and fines on counts for refusing subpoenas.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
New York
Esther James
Harlem
James
Surveyor spacecraft crippled in midcourse failure
In Pasadena California scientists report Surveyor lunar lander engines failed during a critical midcourse maneuver causing a tumble toward a hard landing. If No 3 engine cannot ignite retrorockets, the craft will impact the moon at high velocity during the two week lunar day reaching 250 degrees Fahrenheit in peak sun.
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Surveyor
Moon
Ball Resigns and Katzenbach In Line for Post
President Johnson announced George W. Ball’s resignation as Undersecretary of State and said Nicholas Katzenbach will succeed him. Eugene Rostow was named undersecretary of state, Fay Kohler recalled as deputy undersecretary, and Ramsey Clark named deputy attorney general.
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Yale Law School
Rostow
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Fay Kohler
Soviet Union
Moscow
A. Alexis Johnson
Clark
Tom Cleark
U.S. Supreme Court
Mostly Cloudy Beckley Weather Outlook Today Tonight
Mostly cloudy today and tonight with a 50 percent chance of showers. High near 68 and low around 56. Some clearing tomorrow with a high near 70. Airport observations show 65 high and 56 low in the last 24 hours. River Greenbrier normal and muddy. Lake normal and cloudy with eight gates open. Five day West Virginia forecast calls for cooler weekend, warmer Monday, and light rainfall mainly Friday.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Nort
Phony Druggist Sought By Cops
A Detroit hospital chief pharmacist used a bogus pharmacist certificate for 25 years. Henry Knazak 52 held an $8 640 a year post at Grace Hospital from 1940 to last March. He faced charges of practicing without a license fraud and dispensing drugs without license with up to 90 days in jail and a 500 dollar fine per count.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
Michigan Pharmacy Board
Henry Knazak
Grace Hospital
Detroit
Knazak
Michigan
Pleasant Ridge
Frank Kelley
Scout Dog Tiger dies hero of ambush at An Khe
UPI reports in South Vietnam that Scout Dog Tiger, a German shepherd, alerted U S Army units to a communist ambush. Tiger was killed by a burst of enemy fire while guiding troops near An Khe in the Central Highlands during Operation Paul Revere. His handler SP4 Jerry L. Brown was wounded but survived. Brown is recommended for the Bronze Star.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
26Th Marines
An Dinh
AN Khe
South Viet Nam
UPI
1St Air Cavalry
1St Cav
2Nd Battalion
12Th Cavalry
Tiger
Jerry L. Brown
McComb
Thomas J. McCarren
Bruce E. Wilson
Teddy D. Hampton
Brown
Camp Zama
Japan
West Virginia Marine Seeks 400 Letters From Home
West Virginia Lance Cpl. Bobbie L. Ruble asks for 400 letters to prove which state is best. Gov. Hulett C. Smith and Sen. Jennings Randolph support the appeal after Ruble requested a state flag and an American flag to display in his mess hall.
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Marine
Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Sen
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Lance
Bobbie L. Ruble
Parkersburg
Smith
West-by-God
Ruble
Ior
Amer
Ican
Johnsons New Savings Bond Aims At Broad Lending
Government to sell a new savings certificate to the public with President Johnson stating the aim of broad lending to the government. UPI correspondent John Pierson notes an additional purpose of the certificates.
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Johnson
UPI
John Pierson
Johnsons voluntary tax increase saves inflation fight
By John Pierson Johnson touts a voluntary tax increase in a new savings bond aimed at curbing inflation. The plan promises repayment with interest, described by Treasury Secretary Fowler as a more attractive product line. Old series E and H bonds are said to be reducing inflationary purchasing power less than before.
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John Pierson Washington
UPI
Johnson
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
World News in Brief Dispatches Report
The House approved three billion dollars in new foreign aid amid complaints most recipients did not assist the United States in Vietnam. Moyers died in McLean Virginia from an overdose of prescribed drugs. Byrd announced a new experimental filtration plant near Coalston Randolph County to curb acid mine drainage. Democrats and Republicans clashed over a GOP white paper blaming Johnson for entering the Vietnam War. Iron Age said steel market uncertainty persists as production nears last year’s pace. President Senghor of Senegal arrives in the United States for an eight day visit.
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House
United States
Viet Nam
James H. Moyers
Moyers
McLean
Robert C. Byrd
Coalston
Randolph County
Johnson
U. S
Iron Age Magazine
National Metalworking Weekly
Leopold Sedar Senghor
West African Republic of
Senegal
Subcommittee Urges International Conference On Global Chaos
A congressional subcommittee urged an international conference for June 5 to halt a dangerous skid toward chaos caused by economic instability and famine. The panel noted the 20th anniversary of George C Marshall’s European Economic Reconstruction plan and named figures tied to U S defense and intelligence. A Senate hearing also tackled modern medical practices and care quality amid calls to improve illness detection.
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International .Exchange .and .Payments
George C. Marshall
Rufus L. Taylor
Defense Intelligence Agency
Johnson
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
George James
Mt. Sinai Medical School
New York
Communists Seek U.S. Pullout From Korea at UN
Ten Communist countries demanded the withdrawal of all U.S. and foreign forces from South Korea and called for dissolution of the United Nations machinery in that country. The push was presented as an urgent item for General Assembly consideration.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
South Korea
West Virginia Marine Killed in Viet Nam Action
Clarksburg resident Pfc. Ervin J. Emerson, a U S Marine, has been killed in Vietnam action according to Defense Department confirmation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin E. Emerson.
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Washington
UPK
Clarksburg, W. Va
Ervin J. Emerson
Defense Department
Ervin E. Emerson
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