Four Killed In State Traffic Crash On Rt 60
An empty tanker crashed into a bridge on Rt 60 near Montgomery early today killing 44 year old Nathan Adkins of West Hamlin and badly burning 33 year old Fred D. Carney of Nitro. The truck rode the railing like a monorail before catching fire. the bridge was damaged and traffic diverted through Chelyan and Montgomery.
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R. E. O'Dell
Chelyan
State Road Commission
Montgomery
Hughes Creek
London
Coastal Tank Lines
Nitro
Massachusetts
Two Clay County Brothers Die In Creek Bed Crash
UPI report states that two Mollohan brothers, Vance 60 of Hallburg and Carl 55 of Ivydale, were killed when a car left a secondary road, missed a bridge, and flipped into a creek bed near Hallburg. Five people were in the vehicle at the time.
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Clay
UPI
Clayounty
Vance Mollohan
Hallburg
Carl
Ivydale
Barboursville student dies after being struck near school
UPI reports 17 year old David Lee Allenby of Barboursville was killed Tuesday while walking to Barboursville High School in dense fog. The driver, 16 year old Marcia Lynn Broce, also a Barboursville High student, was behind the wheel when the pedestrian was hit. Police described the incident as a fatal traffic collision on a Barboursville street.
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Huntington
UPI
Barboursville
Barboursville High
David Lee Allenby
Marcia Lynn Broce
Debbies Storm Fades Off Gulf After Cold Mass Strikes
Tropical storm Debbie weakened more than 100 miles off the gulf coast as a large cold air mass battered its punch. Winds dropped from 50 to 35 mph, with warnings lowered along the gulf coast. The Weather Bureau expected Debbie to weaken further and drift northeast into northwest Florida and south Georgia, stations noting it near Mobile Alabama at 10 a.m. CST. The system was nearly stationary and heavy showers were forecast along the northeastern gulf coast. The gulf coast resort area, still reeling from Hurricane Betsy, saw minimal impact this time despite the long storm track.
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Pensacola
Fla
Debbie
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Louisana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Beckley Area Weather Forecast and River Report
Sunny and mild this afternoon in Beckley with a high near 75. Tonight will cloud up with a low around 50. Thursday looks mostly cloudy with a small chance of rain and highs in the mid 70s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and cloudy with 1.2 gate open, gauge at Hinton 1.9 feet.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Lex
Winneamucca
Nev
West Virginia
Johnson signs bill to aid the arts nationwide
President Johnson signed a bill creating a national foundation on the arts and humanities, enabling up to 21 million dollars yearly for federal support of creative and performing arts and humanities. The move shifts Great Society focus from bread and butter issues to scholarship and artistic creation with two endowments to administer awards.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
White House
Great Society
National Foundation On the Arts and Humanities
Work Progress Administration
Taal Volcano Eruption Claims 300 in Philippines
The Mt Taal eruption sent black smoke and lava, burying villages and surrounding lake shores. Rescue teams, hampered by 50 feet of mud, recovered 300 confirmed dead with fears the toll could reach 2,000 as authorities warn of possible further eruptions. Survivors describe watching loved ones perish in the chaos near the crater and around the volcano’s base 35 miles south of Manila.
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Philippine National Police
Volcano Island
Mt. Taal
World News In Brief: Dredging, Volcano Aid and Major Appointments
Gov Hulett Smith calls Oct 11 meeting on Elk River dredging contract approved by Public Land Corp. A U S volcano expert heads to the Philippines to assess aid after the Taal eruption. Archbishop Philip M Hannan, who gave JFK's funeral eulogy, is named archbishop of New Orleans replacing John Cody. Dorothy Malone, with antibiotics for a 105 degree fever, is reported holding her own at Cedars of Lebanon in Hollywood. Raymond O Lewis, brother of John L Lewis, to retire Nov 1 as VP of United Mine Workers. British Labour Conference backs US Viet Nam policy but calls for halt to bombings and for Hanoi to stop military actions. James Farmer warns continued demonstrations for years to come toward equality. Marian Anderson draws a 600-seat, 100 dollar fare for farewell concert in Paris. The Beatles learn they may omit top hats for Oct 26 Buckingham Palace investiture. they may wear business suits.
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Hulett C. Smith
Elk River
Public Land Corp
Johnson
U. S
Philippines
United States
Philip M. Hannan
Washington
John F. Kennedy
New Orleans
Dorothy Malone
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Hollywood
Raymond O. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
British Labor Party
Viet Nam
Hanoi
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Wheeling
Marian Anderson
Paris
Buckingham Palace
Order of the British Empire
John Lennon
Cost Of Living Drops 2 Points In August
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index fell two tenths of one percent in August, reaching 110 percent of 1957-59 averages. It marks the first drop in a year and the largest monthly decline since December 1962, driven mainly by lower food prices.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
India Pakistan inch refusing cease-fire in Sind Desert clashes
India reports 27 Pakistani Rangers killed and 26 captured in Rajasthan while 3,000 infiltrators still in Kashmir demoralized. UN observer MacDonald heads a 100-strong multinational team to police the truce as Pakistan vows retaliation if cease-fire lines are breached. Both sides refuse to concede ground in the ongoing conflict.
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New Delhi
UPI
Indian Defense Ministry
Sind
Kashmir
Pakistan
Khem-Karan
Lahore
India
Rajasthan
United Nations
Bruce F. MacDonald
U. N
Thant
Amritsar
U.N
MacDonald
Earl Moore
Rawalpindi
Museum of Negro History Planned
Henry F E Dobbs a television executive announced plans to establish a museum of Negro history in New York. He will meet with educators historians and civic leaders to plan the museum which he said would fill a great cultural vacuum of the American way of life.
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New York
UPI
Henry FE
Dobbs
India to Reply Today on Pakistan Peace Force Proposal
In N Y India promised a full reply in the General Assembly to Pakistan's plan for a U N peace force with African Asian and Latin American contingents in Kashmir. India was to state its case after reading its policy speeches from this morning's schedule.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
India
General Assembly
Pakistan
U.N
Kashmir
Hinermann Elected Huntington Mayor and Assistant Mayor
Huntington voters see Robert E. Hinermann unanimously chosen as mayor and R. O. Robertson Jr. named assistant mayor by the new City Council. Hinermann, a former councilman and Inter national Nickel Co. executive, and Robertson, owner of A B Dick Products Co., will serve until July 1. The charter bars a mayor from immediate reelection. Nearby, Madalyn Murray’s bail in Laredo follows deportation from Mexico with a scheduled Oct. 8 hearing on assault charges in Baltimore.
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Huntington
UPI
New
Robert E. Hinermann
R. O. Robertson Jr
Hinermann
International Nickel Co
Alloy Products
Robertson
A. B. Dick Products Co
Congress House Vote Set Today On D C Self Rule
Congress scheduled a House vote on self government for the District of Columbia with a Senate passed home rule bill already on file. The pending substitute by Rep. B. F. Sisk would create a charter board to draft a self-government plan, subject to congressional veto. Supporters fear a defeat of the administration bill but expect a tense fight as Johnson pushes for local elects.
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Washington
Johnson
White crowd attacks Negro teen during attempted school integration
In Warren County Georgia a mob of 15 to 20 white men dragged 17 year old Frank Bates from his car and pummeled him as he attempted to integrate Warren County High School. Troopers intervened and confiscated a pistol from one assailant. No arrests were reported.
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Warrenton
UPI
Frank Bates
Warren County
Bates
Crawfordville
Bates Auto
Bridge Bids Opened For Five Greenbrier County Projects
HARLESTON UP I report bids on five bridge construction projects in Greenbrier County will be opened Oct. 19 by the State Road Commission. Four bridges will connect Interstate 4 in the Wades Creek area and the fifth will cross Wades Creek linking U S 60 and I 4.
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Harleston
UPI
Greenbrier County
State Road Commission
Wades Creek
Rumors of Wilson resignation circulate at Statehouse
Rumors that State Purchasing Director Curtis S Wilson would resign on November 1 could not be confirmed at the Statehouse today. State Finance Commissioner Truman E Gore said he had not received either a formal or informal resignation from Mr Wilson. Rep James Roosevelt resigned from Congress effective Thursday and may pursue elective office later. President Johnson nominated three top diplomats for promotion to career ambassador: Foy D Kohler, Douglas MacArthur II, and Thomas Ann.
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Curtis S. Wilson
Statehouse
Truman E. Gore
Wilson
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
U.S
United Nations
Congress
Johnson
America
Foreign Service
Foy D. Kohler
Soviet Union
Douglas MacArthur II
Thomas € “Ann
Latin America
Hanoi Warns of War Criminal Trials for Captured U.S. Pilots
Hanoi told the International Red Cross that American pilots captured in North Vietnam would be tried as war criminals and possibly executed. It claimed U S bombing of hospitals schools and villages violated Geneva Conventions. The Red Cross forwarded Hanoi text dated August 30 and noted about 58 U S flyers held in North Vietnam.
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Geneva
Viet Nam
International
Red Cross
Hanoi
United States
Viet Cong
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Viet Units Fight Way Out Of Two Cong Ambushes
Viet government troops fought their way out of two simultaneous ambushes at Phu Cu Pass 270 miles north of Saigon despite being outnumbered two to one. American air power aided the break, with pilots reporting many Viet Cong bodies on the battlefield. A U.S. Navy Skyraider pilot was killed during a raid on a railroad bridge in North Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPI
Phu Cu Pass
U.S
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Marine Corps
Byrd Seeks Engineers Back To Camp Prince W Va
Senator Robert Byrd urged that Army engineer units be sent again to Camp Prince in West Virginia next year after a six week field training period. Commanders who took part in the bridge building exercise at Camp Prince praise the experience as a valuable part of their training. The 91st Engineer Battalion and the 100th Float Bridge Company from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, conducted training from August to late September at Camp Prince.
Breakthrough Reported Vs Virus Infections
CHAMPAIGN Illinois UP I reports a major breakthrough in virus control as Sol Spiegelman and four assistants synthesized self reproducing RNA based genes in a test tube. The scientist stresses no life was created and notes the method isolates the reproductive process for easier study, enabling researchers to examine replication without cells.
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Champaign, II
UPI
Sol Spiegelman
University of Ilinois Center For Advanced Study
Spiegelman
Witness Tells Of Seeing Rights Worker Shot in Alabama
Defense witness Leon Crocker testified he saw a young white civil rights worker shot dead in front of a country store after an argument with Thomas Coleman the man charged with the shotgun slaying. Crocker said Coleman was inside the store and returned outside. he did not see who fired the shot. The victim Jonathan Daniels 26 of Keene New Hampshire and a priest Rev Richard Morrisree were wounded in the incident one block from the jail from which they had just been released.
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Hayneville
Ala
UPI
Leon Crocker
Thomas Coleman
Coleman
Joanathan Daniels
Keene
N.H
Richard Morrisree
Chicago
Crocker
Spruce Knob Rec Area Bill Signed By LB
President Johnson signed a bill making the 100,000 acre Spruce Knob Seneca West Virginia area a National Recreation Area. Senators Byrd and Randolph attended the White House ceremony. The site in Hardy and Pendleton Counties will receive a $19 million development program over ten years.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Spruce Knob - Seneca
W. Va
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
White House
Hardy
Pendleton Counties
Project Approved For Marlinton Furniture Co Program
Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz announced approval of a manpower and development program at Marlinton West Virginia Furniture Co Va. The plan provides 26 weeks of training for 23 unemployed or under employed persons at a total cost of 8266 dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Willard Wirtz
Marlinton
W. Va
Furniture Co
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
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