Miners Return to Work in Truce Amid Standoff
About 11,000 striking miners in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia resumed work under a two week truce starting at midnight as UMW negotiations continue If no settlement is reached by October 9 UMW Local 1110 at Moundsville West Virginia may resume picketing Six local officials were fired September 7 for alleged wildcat activity and must be rehired to sustain the truce Local district officials and rank and file members approved the agreement by local meetings.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
UMW
Moundsville
W. Va
Washington
Miner discontent fuels UMW walkout in soft coal regions
A wave of wildcat strikes idled about 11,000 miners across West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania over ongoing UMW disputes. Local leaders blame lack of district autonomy and contract terms from 1964 while fringe benefits and vacation time prompts calls for greater seniority and pay. Strong names include W A Boyle and Hanna Coal Company amid a broader worker discontent in Tri-State coal regions.
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Tri-State
Hanna
Union
Washington
UMW
W.A
Tony) Boyle
Elevator Kills Beckley Youth In Freight Elevator Mishap
A Beckley youth died when his head was crushed between an ascending freight elevator and a floor at Raleigh Hardware Co. Mabscott. George Moss Jr 14 son of the company president was a Woodrow Wilson High School sophomore. Five other week end deaths occurred in Huntington Parkersburg Ripley and Sistersville in separate crashes.
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Beckley
George Moss
George Moss, Jr
Burkett Ave
Raleigh Hardware Co
Raleigh Hardware
Mabscott
Woodrow Wilson High Scool
Billy Hatfield
Huntington
Fred D. Smith
Parkersburg
Washington
Wood County
Mike Matheny
Ripley
Rt. 33
Jackson County
Thomas Haynes
Shirley
Sistersville
W Va
Britain Lifts Aden Curfew After Student Protests
British authorities lifted the dusk to dawn curfew on two oil townships near Aden following demonstrations by schoolchildren against British rule. The curfew from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. remains in Aden city amid past grenade and shooting incidents. British ships HIMS Eagle and Lowestoft with fleet auxiliaries head to Aden to assist Lt. Gen. Sir Charles Harrington.
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Aden
API
London
Hims Eagle
Lowestoft
Charles Harrington
Middle East
Cratertown
Turnbull
Abdul Kawi Mackwawee
Weather Summary Beckley With Sunny Cool Afternoon
Beckley and vicinity expect mostly sunny and cool conditions this afternoon with a high near 65. Tonight and Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cool with lows around 38 and highs in the lower 60s. Last 24 hours highs 65, lows 37–38. winds 9 mph, sunset 6:14 p.m., sunrise 6:17 a.m. River Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 1 gate open. Hinter gauge noted.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Greenbrier
Kashmir Cease-Fire Deteriorates Amid New Fighting
United Nations truce teams patrol the India Pakistan frontier as both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire. Despite reports of reduced skirmishing, heavy fighting erupts again with disputed territory and no withdrawal signals. Kashmir Radio claims fighters may solve the dispute. U.N. observers note the fragile truce.
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Kashmir
Iself
Voice of Kashmir Radio
Ku Klux Klan Steps Up Drive In Five States
United Press International reports the Ku Klux Klan will intensify membership drives in Virginia Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania and Kentucky with rallies this fall and possible activity in Michigan. A Covington Kentucky rally drew about 300 people while another gathering drew only a few. Separately Alabama prosecutors seek a postponement in a Klansman civil rights murder case and retrial of Collie Leroy Wilkins for Viola Liuzzo’s killing proceeds Wednesday. Tom Coleman’s manslaughter trial in Jonathan Daniels’ 1965 slaying is set for Tuesday with consideration of changing the indictment to murder.
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United Press International
Ku Klux Klan
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio Kleagle Parkie Scott
Covington
Michigan
Scott
Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Tom Coleman
Jonathan Daniels
Keene
Alabama
Attr
Richmond Flowers
Coleman
Security Council Plans New Appeal
United Nations New York. Security Council members alarmed by flare ups along the Kashmir truce line agreed to issue a new cease fire appeal to India and Pakistan. U S Ambassador Arthur J Goldberg presiding held informal consultations with the 11 other members as the General Assembly met. Council leaders favored issuing the appeal in the name of Goldberg or Secretary General Thant.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Security Council
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Council
General Assembly
New Delhi
Rawalpindi
Goldberg
Thant
Hart Bill Targets Doctors Profits From Prescribed Products
Senator Philip A. Hart plans to introduce a measure to bar doctors from profiting on products they prescribe. The bill would allow sale without profit, covering ophthalmologists selling glasses and physicians with interests in pharmacies or drug firms. Hart notes AMA ethics once limited professional income to services rendered.
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Washington
UPI
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
American Medical Association
AMA
Viet Cong Execute Two American Prisoners in Saigon
Viet Cong announced the execution of two American prisoners of war in Saigon, denounced by the U S Embassy as murder and a flagrant violation of civilized principles. The names identified include Capt. Humbert R. Versace and Sgt. Kenneth Koraback, with conflicting spellings in radio reports and dispatches.
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Saigon
API
A. U S
North Viet Nam
Albert Rusk Joseph
Kenneth Moarabeth
Humbert R. Versace
Kenneth M. Koraback
Baltimore
Two Die in Supersonic Air Force Plane Crash
A US Air Force F4C Phantom II crashed near Lakeland Florida during a routine training flight from MacDill, exploding in an orange grove. Both crew members were killed and identities withheld pending next of kin notification. The crash left a crater over 15 feet deep and wreckage scattered across an acre and a half.
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Lakeland
Fla
UPI
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
MacDill
John Walls
Kathleen
Walls
Fire Kills Five in Philadelphia Row Home Tragedy
A mother Lucille Miller 53 and her four children Anthony 5 Raymond 6 Rupert 12 and Byron 14 died in an early morning fire on a Philadelphia row home. The father Byron identified the victims after they were pulled from the gutted two story brick house. The woman reportedly broke windows and this allowed three other children to be dropped to neighbors for help.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Lucille Miller
Anthony
Raymond
Rupert
Byron
Indian casualties in disputed state and diplomacy moves
Fatally hurt 200 Indian soldiers Sunday and blown up bridges in the disputed state. Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh will go to the United Nations General Assembly in New York via Moscow to discuss Kosygin's good offices in the Indian Pakistani dispute. Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri accepted Kosygin's invitation for a summit on Soviet soil with President Ayub Khan, who accepted in principle pending UN efforts.
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Swaran Singh
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Moscow
Singh
Alexei Kosygin
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Ksoygin
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Ayub
U.N
Whitewash of seized whisky sparks Wheeling council
Wheeling city councilman Fred Meredith denounces a whitewash over liquor seized in police raids. A special session tonight will consider the matter and possible action against Police Chief Louis Kulpa, who admitted swapping two confiscated bottles for a bottle of whisky at a liquor store. Mayor Ihlenfeld has not discussed the issue with City Manager Wasemann, who will decide today on disciplinary steps. Kulpa said a clerk implied such exchanges were legal and a Municipal Court judge directed him to distribute confiscated liquor to police.
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Wheeling
UPI
Fred Meredith
Louis Kulpa
Charles L. Ihlenfeld
Charles W. Wasemann Wasemann
Kulpa
Robert Ewing
Kremlin Chiefs Eying Industry
The 330 member Communist Party Central Committee met secretly in Moscow to shape a Soviet parallel to the Great Society. Western reporters noted the gathering by the line of limousines at the committee headquarters as policy makers aim to modify rigid state planning of industry.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party Central Committee
Great Society
Petersburg High Is Vo Ag Champ Again
Petersburg High School won the state overall title for the 9th consecutive year at the State Vocational Agriculture Judging Contest in Morgantown. Over 325 boys from 36 high schools attended the event sponsored by the state and West Virginia University. Winners included Agronomy at Pt. Pleasant, livestock at Petersburg, dairy at Frankfort Rennick, horticulture at Keyser, milk evaluation at Morgantown, plant pathology at Petersburg, and poultry at Spencer.
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Morgantown
UPI
Petersburg High School
State
West Virginia University
Pt. Pleasant
Petersburg
Frankfort-Rennick
Keyser
Spencer
$4 Million Computer To Keep IRS Records
A four million dollar computer system will be installed in Martinsburg West Virginia in early October to process and store tax records for all American citizens. The Internal Revenue Service hopes to have a masters file at the facility by 1967.
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Washington
UPI
Martinsburg
W.va
Internal Revenue System
Congress House Takes Up Self Rule For District
The House debates home rule for Washington D C with a Senate passed plan for an elected mayor city council and a non voting delegate to Congress The president could veto actions and Congress could override via a regular bill The Farm-House-Senate conferees draft a compromise on Johnsons farm bill as talks stall On Capitol Hill John W Wydler proposes a congressional visitors center named for Joseph W Martin Jr and Senator Hart plans to ban doctors from profiting on prescribed products while not prohibiting sales by doctors
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Center
John W. Wydler
R-N.y
Congressional Visitors’ Center
Capitol Hill
Wydler
Joseph W. Martin
R-Mass
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Vast Improvement Program Kicks Off At Hawk's Nest Park
West Virginia Gov. Hulett C. Smith turned the first dirt at Hawk's Nest State Park signaling a $24 million park improvement program. Plans include a 20 room lodge, outdoor pool, new parking, an aerial tram from Lovers Leap to the gorge, a marina, restaurant, and new trails. Other sites in the program are Twin Falls Wyoming County Pipestein Summers and Mercer and Canaan in Tucker. Smith praised the project as a step in making West Virginia a total vacation land.
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Hulett C. Smith
Hawk's Nest State Park
Hawk's Nest
Twin Falls
Wyoming County
Pipestein
Summers
Mercer
Canaan
Tucker
Smith
New River Canyon
West Virginia
Lens Jennings Randolph
Robert Byrd
James Kee
Lover's Leap
New River
Clara Bow Dies at 60 in Hollywood TV Viewing
Clara Bow the It Girl of the silent era died at 60 in Hollywood while watching a late television movie. She had battled illness for years and recently sought treatment for insomnia at a rest home. Death was attributed to natural causes. she was surrounded by friends and her nurse noted she slept with a radio for comfort.
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Hollywood
UPI
Clara Bow
Jean Harlow
Ann Sheridan
Marie
McDonald
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Bow
Estrella Smith
Nevada
Rex Bell
Las Vegas
Searchlight
New
Brooklyn
Miss Hush
Lewisburg Woman Named Sweetheart in WV Beta Sigma Phi
ELKINS UPI A Lewisburg dancing instructor is selected as West Virginia Beta Sigma Phi Sweetheart from 20 contestants. Nancy Jo Scott Oak Hill was first runner up and Bonnie Smith Long Romney was second runner up. Over 350 girls from 30 communities attended the weekend convention.
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Elkins
UPI
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Beta Sigma Phi
Carol Linn Hanson
Nancy Jo Scott
Oak Hill
Bonnie Smith Long
Romney
Delays Rejected in Two Civil Rights Killings Trials
In Hayneville Alabama Circuit Judge T Worth Thagard refused a request to delay the two trials tied to civil rights era killings. Prosecutors including Atty Gen Richard Flowers argued their lives were in danger and that key witnesses fear testifying in Lowndes County while a related federal case in Montgomery seeks delays for all state court proceedings.
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Hayneville
Ala
UPI
T. Worth Thagard
Richard Flowers
Tom Coleman
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Montgomery
American Civil Liberties Union
Lowndes County
Flowers
Joe Breck Gantt
Trib Resumes Publishing Amid Wholesale Shortfalls
NEW YORK UPI The New York Herald Tribune began publishing again after a 11 day newspaper strike left seven of eight major papers idle. Wholesalers refused extra copies, halting the Tribune’s planned surplus to a starved market. The Publishers Association halted further print due to economic and other considerations. Negotiations with the New York Times and the guild continued without progress.
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New York
UPI
New York Herald Tribune
Tribune
Herald Tribune
Publishers Association of
New York City
Robert T. MacDonald
MacDonald
Publishers Association
New York Times
American Newspaper Guild
ANG
Times
Guild
Woman Found Dead Along Road in Parkersburg Area
Parkersburg woman Susie G. Wilkinson, 52, was found Saturday along a Marrtown road. Preliminary autopsy showed no foul play. stomach contents will be tested. Relatives cited illness and hypertension. Troopers will retrace her movements before discovery. One shoe missing, the other found nearby.
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Parkersburg
UPT
Susie G. Wilkinson
Marrtown
Richard W. Corbitt
Wood County
Hanks Receives Law Diploma from LaSalle Extension University
Harold Hanks of 121 Pike View Drive earns a law diploma after completing a course at LaSalle Extension University in Chicago. Hanks serves as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County and has led the West Virginia Association of County and Circuit Clerks in the past. LaSalle Extension University, a major correspondence school, notes enrollment of over one million since 1908.
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T Harold Hanks
Pikeview Drive
LaSalle Extension University of Chicago
Hanks
Raleigh County
W. Va
LaSalle Extension University
LaSalle
Ship Aground Near Stockholm Inlet with 94 Aboard
The Soviet liner Nadeshka Krupskaya ran aground Sunday while leaving Stockholm inlet with 94 persons aboard. The Soviet captain refused help from two Swedish tugs. A Soviet tug was reported en route to assist in freeing the vessel.
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Stockholm
Nadeshka Krupskaya
Stockholm Inlet
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