Viet Cong chief outlines new peace conditions in Viet Nam
Nguyen Huu Tho, president of the National Liberation Front, announced in a broadcast interview that the United States must end the war and withdraw troops, while South Viet Nam's internal affairs must be decided without foreign interference. He claimed Viet Cong gains, saying it controls much of the countryside and will press on until U.S. aggression ends.
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Tokyo
UPI
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Huu Tho
National Liberation Front
Wilfred Burchett
Radio
Hanoi
United States
NFL
Tho
Burchett
South Viet Nam
South
Saigon
Javits
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
Philippines
Thailand
House Republicans Move To Recast War On Poverty
In Washington the House advanced an amended plan to reshape President Johnson's antipoverty drive. Republicans seek a $1.46 billion private‑industry incentive program, end most CEO functions, transfer Job Corps and Head Start, and reallocate OEO duties to HEW and other agencies, aiming for a total program of $2.4 billion.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
GOP
Albert H. Quie
Minn
Charles E. Goodell
N.Y
Alphonzo Bell
Calif
Vista
Welfare Department
Agriculture Department
The
Small Business Administration
Prohibited By State Law Deskins Run Questioned
Eight Logan County citizens asked the West Virginia Supreme Court to remove Wallace Deskins Jr. from the Republican ballot for county court and replace him with Dr. W E Brewer, arguing state law bars two magistrate district residents from serving together. The Ballot Commission contends no vacancy exists as Deskins’ nomination stands legal.
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Charleston
UPH
Logan County
State Supreme Court
Wallace Jennings Deskins Jr
High Court
Logan County Ballot Commission
Deskins
W. E. Brewer
Citizens
W Bernard Smith
Supreme Court
Guyan
Logan
Okey Hager
Guyan District
Republican Executive Committee
Ballot Commission
I Brewer
South Vietnam fighting widens with multiple clashes
Military officials report U S and South Vietnamese forces sweep the heart of South Vietnam in a four campaign against communist bases. At least 65 enemy combatants killed so far as Marines clash near Go Cong and near the demilitarized zone. Navy air and surface forces sink torpedo boats and damage barges off Thanh Hoa.
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South Viet Nam
Go Cong
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
South China Sea
Thanh Hoa
Inez Threatens Leeward Islands With Devastating Storm
A detailed report describes Inez near Guadeloupe and Pointe a Pitre, with widespread damage as winds exceed 100 mph. The Guadeloupe governor was abroad, communications cut after the radio tower collapsed, and several hospitals, homes, and plantations suffered.
Court urged to move embezzlement trial venue for Riley case
The West Virginia Supreme Court heard that Wirt County Circuit Court erred by not granting a change of venue for former Wirt County School Superintendent Raymond F. Riley's embezzlement trial. Riley, jailed 1 to 10 years for purloining 1392 dollars from the county board of education, argued local publicity made a fair trial unlikely. The state asserted venue decisions lie to the trial judge and challenged Riley’s claims of crime location and guilt.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Wirt County
Raymond F. Riley
Riley
Wirth
Political consultant Reese pursues campaign offers
Reese a Huntington political expert who helped direct Kennedy’s 1960 West Virginia primary said he has received offers to assist in planning and managing campaigns. He noted the offers are financially rewarding and meaningful and he has decided to pursue them. Reese has headed Matt Reese & Associates and recently worked for Democrats in Kansas City.
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Reese
Matt Reese
McDonough
Kansas City
Charleston
Small Business Administration
National Democratic Committee
Republican Ways & Means Panel Attacks Johnson Anti-Inflation Plan
Five GOP members on the House Ways and Means Committee denounce the administration's anti inflation measure calling for restraint on government spending. They urge suspending for 16 months two tax credits for businessmen and endorse stronger remedies. The plan awaits House action.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Johnson
Thomas B. Curtis
James B. Utt
Calif
Ohio
Herman T. Schneebeli
Harold R. Collier
Death claims noted author Lillian Smith
ATLANTA UPI Lillian Smith author of Strange Fruit who stirred controversy twenty years ago died today at Emory Hospital in Atlanta She also wrote Killers of the Dream The Journey Now is the Time Her works set in south Georgia and her civil rights advocacy marked her career She lived in Clayton Georgia where she will be buried on a hill overlooking her home.
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Atlanta
UPI
Lillian Smith
Emory Hospital
Miss Smith
South Georgia
Clayton
Johnson Critics Warn Over Manila Viet Nam Conference
UPI report from Washington notes President Johnson plans a seven nation war and peace Viet Nam conference in Manila, drawing Republican and Democratic critique. Fulbright calls it a cozy group, Javits urges clear attainable objectives and a bombing halt as a peace gesture.
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Washington
Unstate Mine Strike Ends as Local 12799 Votes Back to Work
About 250 United Mine Workers members at Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Co in Spelter voted to end the strike and return to work. Plant calls to recalled workers were expected to resume operations by Saturday. The union cited reduced incentive pay as the dispute cause. The company has filed a $1 million suit in U S District Court in Fairmont seeking damages from UMW District 50.
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Clarksburg
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
Matthiessen and ‘Hegeler Zinc Co
Spelter
UMW District 50
U.S. ‘District
Boy Dies After Being Pinned Under Truck
Roger Ancil, 16, of Meadowbrook died in a Clarksburg hospital Tuesday night two hours after a truck overturned on U S 19 at Gore pinning him. Truck driver Benjamin Riley of Wilsonburg was not seriously injured. Harrison County sheriff's deputies said the truck toppled as it failed to negotiate a turn while moving north.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Roger Ancil
Meadowbrook
U. S. 19
Gore
Benjamin Riley Fof
Wilsonburg
Harrison County
Tammy Grimes Show cancelled as Dating Game to replace
Early TV ratings estimates show ABC canceling The Tammy Grimes Show after three airings. The Dating Game will replace it next week while The Bridge on the River Kwai draws huge viewership, shaping questions about the value of expensive ratings buys.
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Rick DU Brow
Hollywood
UPI
Anlthough
ABC TV
Tammy Grimes
Tammy Srimes
Fred MacMurray
Abc-Tv
Andy Williams
Cbs-Tv
Nbc-Tv
Deaths and Funerals Notices From Fayetteville Area
Funeral services are set for Mrs. George Titler of Alexandria Virginia at 10 a.m. Thursday in Alexander Funeral Home St. Louis with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was the United Mine Workers VP's wife and had been in a nursing home after a stroke. Also planned are services for Malon Harold Tygrett of Fayetteville at 2 p.m. Thursday in Dodd Payne Funeral Home with burial at Huse Memorial Park. Tygrett, a retired miner born February 5 1900, died in Denver. Additional obituaries note the passing of Wilmons Christensen 53 of MacArthur with services at 2 p.m. Thursday, and other bereavements with survivors listed, all to be handled by local funeral homes.
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George (Sadia) Titler
Beckley
Alexandria
Alexander Funeral
Delmar Ave
St. Louis
Oak Grove
Titler
United Mine Workers
Malon Harold Tygrett
Denver
Colo
Fayetteville
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Richard E. Miller
Huse Memorial Park
Tygrett
Ansted
Mason Hall
Laura Margaret Wallace Tygrett
The
Baptist Church
Ruby
Vernon
Cincinnati
Ohio
Roy
Bill
Jim
Chicago
Fred
Paul
Bell Meade
N. J
Gene
Marines
Paris
Walter H. Griswold
Wilmons
Bill) Christensen
Third Ave
Williams
MacArthur
Sunset Memorial Park
Christensen
Royal Jewelry Co
Pittsburgh
Beckley Moose and Elks Lodges
Betty Christensen
Charles Craddock
Media
Hazelton
California
Chris
Orgeon
Harold
Omaha
Virginia Finnerty
Millard Tyree
Joe Salango
George, Coker
Chester Lynch
Clayton Howery
Frank Warren
Okey Dunn
BPW loosens policy for state agency budgets
The State Board of Public Works adopted more liberal rules to grant state agencies greater fiscal responsibilities. A subcommittee recommended the change, effective Oct. 1, to require detailed budget requests and justify travel expenses. The board postponed several requests exceeding $5,000 and tied a $1.617 million Cabell County mental health center project to ARC and HEW funds.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
BPW
Cabell County Comprehensive Mental Health Center
Appalachian Regional Commission
Health
Services set for George Filmore Dickerson in Princeton
George Filmore Dickerson 73 of Princeton dies at 8 55 p m in a Princeton hospital. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Burns Wormal Chapel Princeton with Revs Glynn Quesenberry and Fred Cook officiating. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. He was a Floyd County Va native, a farmer, and Pisgah Methodist Church member. father of Mrs Ted Farley Crab Orchard.
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George Filmore Dickerson
Princeton
Glynn Quesenberry
Fred Cook
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Dickerson
Ted Farley
Crab Orchard
Floyd County
Pisgah Methodist Church
RNS
Obituary for Samuel Aickerson at Rose and Quesenberry
Samuel Aickerson, 75, of Odd, died at his home at 5 45 this morning after a brief illness. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Samuel Aickerson
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Rioting erupts in Hunters Point after police shooting
Police report 20 arrests in Hunters Point as rock throwing window smashing and fire setting erupt. Fire officials log 32 alarms. three chiefs’ cars damaged. Five injured including fireman Russell Sheehan and grocer Anthony Laduidice. Mayor Shelley and Police Chief Cahill faced jeers while urging protesters off the streets.
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Hunters Point
Fire Department
Russell Sheehan
Anthony Laduidice
Alvin Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Johnson
John F. Shelley
Thomas Cahill
Shelley
Cahill
Hall of Justice
TWU votes to reject American Airlines contract proposal
TWU members voting 6 139 to 186 reject American Airlines latest contract offer, seeking cost of living increases and shorter terms. The union demands higher wages pensions hospitalization improved health care and stronger grievance machinery. Officials say a strike will occur if needs are not met before the cooling off period ends.
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TWU
International Association of Machinists
American Airlines
International
Mat Guinan
James F. Horst
Douglas L. McMahon
American
TWA
West German leader signs arms cut compromise with U.S.
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard returns from Cape Kennedy with a deal cutting German arms purchases to 1.35 billion dollars. The plan splits 450 million by June 30 and 650 million offset by prepaying 214 million in debts and 436 million in U.S. government bonds, with 250 million pending talks. A possible extension of the deadline was noted as negotiations continue.
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Washington
UPI
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Cape Kennedy
Johnson
U.S
NATO
United States
Germany
Britain
West Germany
Cape
Dredging Proposal Denied on Guyan River to Protect Fishing
The Public Land Corporation rejected a request to dredge seven miles of the Guyan River from Sheridan to Rock in Lincoln County, citing potential harm to fishing value. G Thomas Kerwood of West Hamlin sought to amend a 1985 dredging contract, but resources officials argued against actions conflicting with water quality improvements under federal law. The panel approved a separate dredging plan for a small river island near Logan and several underbed pipeline crossings on the West Fork and Guyandotte rivers by multiple companies.
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Sheridan
Robert McDonough
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
C. B. Realty Co
J. T. Fish of
Logan
Guyandotte River
Game and Fish Division
West Fork River
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Lost Creek
Mt. Clare
Tiver
Brook County
Steubenville
Ohio
Allegheny Pipeline Co
Houston
Tex
Jury To Seat For Whittaker Second Degree Murder Trial
Williamson jurors were set to hear the second degree murder case of Carl David Whittaker 23. Whittaker is accused in the stabbing of Geraldine Chambers wife of a Williamson schoolteacher whose body was found April 20. The prior verdict was nullified for improper caution to Whittaker about police statements. Attempts to move venue failed amid pretrial publicity claims by defense attorney Zane Grey Staker.
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Zane Grey Staker
Whittaker
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TV In Review
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Danny Thomas
Kwai Great
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Lland
David
Laura Gassett
Mabel Harvey
Oak Hill
Wilma Whitt
Gaye
Mary
Mabel Small
Millie Ware
St. Albans
Malon H. Tyarett
Wilmons Christensen
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