Eruption of Mount Taal Leaves Thousands Dead or Missing
Mount Taal near Manila exploded sending a fireball nearly two miles high. Estimates of deaths range from 1,000 to 2,000 with 8,200 evacuated from lake towns. Rescue work faced heavy smoke, rain, and boats capsizing while officials warned of possible further eruptions and tidal waves.
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Don C. Becker
Manila
UPI
Taal
Feliciano Leviste
Batangas
Volcano Isle
Philippine Constabulary
Diosdado Macapal
Red Cross
Philippine Air Lines
Mount Taal
Legislation Advised to Clarify SSAC Status
The State Attorney General advised the State Board of Education to seek legislation clarifying the status and authority of the Secondary Schools Activities Commission. The board may not designate the SSAC to administer extra-class activities without new law, and the AG suggests creating a board governed body with county boards of education supervising activities. Hurricane Debbie causes watches along the Gulf Coast with winds to 50 mph, heavy rains, and evacuations as crews are rescued and preparations to protect facilities proceed.
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Charleston
CUPS
State Board of Education
Secondary Schools Activities Commission
West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission
Rex Smith
SSAC
Smith
Activites Commission
The
Activities Commission
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Betsy
Debbie
Pensacola
Fla
Weather Bureau
Florida
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Cedar Keys
Lake Charles
Tampa
New Hope
Coast Guard
Florida Panhandle
Alabama
Georgia
Gulf
Board of Education
County Boards of Education
County Board
Congress Revives Minimum Wage Bill for House Vote
Congress discusses reviving a minimum wage bill to raise pay to 1.75 dollars per hour and extend coverage to about 7.9 million workers. Democratic House labor subcommittee members planned private talks as leadership weighs fringe labor gains amid Senate inaction on repeal.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House Labor
Senate
Weather Cloudy And Cool Beckley and Vicinity
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high near 68. Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a 30 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Low tonight around 48. High Wednesday in the upper 60s. Greenbrier River normal and clear Lake normal and clear. New gauge at Hinton 1.7 ft. Today’s extremes show highs 101 at Gila Bend and Phoenix, and lows around 22 at Montpelier and Concord.
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Beckley
Beckley High
M. Danas Ciadadas
Greenbrier
Hinton
Gila Bend
Phoenix
Ariz
Montpelier
Concord
Hunter Killed in West Virginia Hunting Accident
The State Natural Resources Department released a belated report of a fatal hunting accident in Ritchie County. George H. Taylor, 50, of Auburn, was fatally shot September 24 when a gun he carried discharged while he was climbing a fence near his home.
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Charleston
UPI
Ritchie County
State Natural Resources Department
George H. Taylor
Auburn
Annual Report Shows Honey in the Rock Fifth Season Attendance
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association reports 22 642 saw Honey in the Rock in its fifth season about 3 000 fewer than last year Paid attendance rose six percent from 1964 to 21 629 as free tickets to sixth graders were cut The report notes most attendees were out of state tourists from cities like Boston Atlanta Sarasota and St Louis and visitors came from 30 foreign countries including Germany France England Canada Tanzania Egypt and more Weather caused 18 rainy days in the first 20 performances but overall attendance stayed 12 to 15 percent above last season
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Raleigh County Bank
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Egypt
India
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Kenya
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Cuba
Philippines
Sybia
Turkey
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Norway
Spain
Rights Slaying Trial Begins In Alabama Courtroom Change
In Hayneville Alabama UPI the state attorney general Richmond Flowers and top aide were removed from the prosecution of a civil rights slaying. Tom Coleman 52 faces first degree manslaughter and assault in the shotgun killing of Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels. Witness priest Richard Morrisroe was wounded. Gamble appointed to take over the case after Flowers and Gantt were removed.
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Hayneville
Ala
UPI
Richmond Flowers
T. Worth Thagard
Tom Coleman
Thagard
Flowers
Joe Gantt
Arthur Gamble
Lowndes County
Chicago
Coleman
Jonathan Daniels
Keene, N.H
Richard Morrisree
Actor Zachary Scott In Critical Condition In Texas
Actor Zachary Scott aged 51 remained in critical condition at his Austin home after brain surgery. He had been flown from New York to Texas in July and was reported to be gradually losing ground in his fight to recover.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Zachary Scott
Sweetbrush
Texas
New York
Jerrie Mock Aims For 200 MPH Speed Record
Columbus housewife Jerrie Mock will attempt a world speed record over a 311 mile triangle from Port Columbus Airport to Huntington West Virginia and Bellaire Ohio. Flying an Area Commander 200 by Rockwell Standard at over 200 mph she seeks the standard single engine aircraft record.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Columbus
Jerrie Mock
Mock
Port Columbus
Huntington
West Virginia
Bellaire
Ohio
Man Admits Setting Fire That Killed 5 in Philadelphia
A 44-year-old construction worker, William Hargrove, will be arraigned on homicide arson and assault charges after admitting to starting a North Philadelphia fire that killed a mother Lucille Miller and four of her children. The blaze also claimed three other sons, plus two daughters who escaped. The case centers on a disputed gift intended to buy clothing for Miller's son Anthony.
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Philadelphia
UPS
William Hargrove
Joseph Golden
Hargrove
Lucille Miller
Anthony
Golden
Byron
Ruppert
Raymond
Elizabeth
Robin
Theresa
NAACP Gives Davis Vote of Confidence
The Rev. C. Anderson Davis of Bluefield received a confidence vote as State President of the NAACP at a Williamson convention. About 93 delegates attended and chose Welch for the next conference where new officers will be elected. Davis faced a boycott by Huntington members amid demands from younger members for a more aggressive stance.
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NAACP
Davis
Welch
Huntington
Fighting Flare As India Pakistan Clash Continues
U N demands cease fire adherence as fighting erupts along the Indo Pakistan border. India says it destroyed a Pakistani column in the Sind Desert and recaptured a village. Pakistan reports Indian air attacks near the Rajasthan Sind frontier while China activity grows in Ladakh and near Sikkim. A push in Parliament for India to build atomic weapons gains support, and UN aides work to enforce the fragile truce amid Kashmiri skirmishes along the old cease fire line.
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India
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Indian Defense Ministry
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Sikkim
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Lahore
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Mehr Chand Khanna
Khanna
Congress Party
Bruce F. MacDonald
Canada
Karachi
Rajasthan
Garda
Sachu
Bikaner
Voice of Kashmir Radio
U.N. Security Council
New York
India Pakistan clash under new UN ceasefire tension
Nightly reports of renewed turmoil on the Kashmir front demand both nations honor the truce and withdraw troops. The UN expresses grave concern that the five day old cease fire is not holding as India accuses Pakistan and China of stirring unrest. Prime Minister Shastri reiterates charges while saying India supports detente efforts.
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U.N
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Pakistan
China
India
Viet Cong raids and air battles raise tolls near Saigon
In An Khe region the 101st Airborne killed an estimated 57 Viet Cong at close range while U S and South Vietnamese forces faced five simultaneous Viet Cong attacks. Guerrillas also executed five civilians at a government outpost 90 miles south of Saigon and downed a civilian plane, with several American and Air America personnel identified among the casualties.
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Saigon
EPI
U. S. 101St Airborne Brigade
An Khe
101 Airborne
Air Force
Qui Nhon
Air Force Oif
Jack Wells
College Park
Air America Corp
Mekong Delta
Profit Based Reforms Planned By Kremlin
Moscow reports a two year program of profit driven reforms to boost productivity and address planning bottlenecks while state ownership of industry remains. Kosygin rejects Western capitalism labels as observers note shifts toward Western management methods.
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Kremlin
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
Latin American bishops urge psychoanalysis backing at council
Vatican City UPI reports a group led by Bishop Sergio Mendez of Cuernavaca urged the Ecumenical Council to state the Roman Catholic Church favors psychoanalysis. The proposal came as over 2,000 prelates discussed the document On the Church in the Modern World, with attention shifting to nuclear weapons birth control and other tech issues.
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Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council Today
Sergio Mendez
Cuernavaca
Mexico
St. Peter's Basilica
Pius XII
Marshall Field Left $25 Million Estate In Probate
The will of Marshall Field, editor of the Chicago Daily News and publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and World Book Encyclopedia, seeks probate before Judge James M. Corcoran. The $25.5 million estate largely funds trusts for six children, with one third allocated to his widow Julia Lynne Templeton and additional trusts planned for survivors. Field donated $8.4 million to the Field Foundation of Illinois shortly before his death on September 18.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
James M. Corcoran
Circuit Court
Field
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Sun-Times
World Book Encyclopedia
Edward [. Tarley
George B. Young
Julia Lynne Templeton
Field Foundation of
Ilinois, Inc
Actress Dorothy Malone in critical condition in hospital
Hollywood reports Dorothy Malone's condition described as touch and go after her temperature rose above 105 degrees overnight. Doctors used massive doses of antibiotics and a cooling blanket to bring her temperature to normal by morning.
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Hollywood
UPI
Dorothy Malone
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