WVU Board Approves Forestry Tower and New Law Center Site
West Virginia University Board of Governors authorized a Forestry Building tower addition and an option purchase on Campanile Hall for faculty use. A site for a new Law Center on Evansdale campus near the Engineering Building and Creative Arts Center was selected, with a $2.5 million construction estimate. Plans include a television transmitter building near Coopers Rock and road changes on Monongahela Boulevard.
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West Virginia University Board of Governors
Law
Evansdale
Mellon-Stuart, Inc
Pittsburgh-Fairmont
Campanile Hall
Nail
James G. Harlow
Beechurst
College of Law
Theew Arena
Monongahela Boulevard
Sand Springs
Coopers Rock State Forest
Harlow
Cathedral funds rerouted to aid the poor in New York
The Episcopal Church will halt further completion of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to prioritize relief for the city’s poor. Bishop Horace B. Donegan announced plans to finish the dome rather than the full gothic tower, citing an estimated 12 to 25 million dollar cost and a focus on urban crisis relief.
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New York
Episcopal Church
St. John the Divine
New York City
Horace W
B. Donegan
Harlem
Dus
Diocese of
Chrysler Talks Start As UAW Moves On Chrysler
The United Auto Workers pick Chrysler Corp as next strike target and sit to bargain after Ford gains. Reuther absent, Douglas Fraser leads. UAW seeks wage parity with Ford style package including guaranteed annual wage and Canada pay gap issue noted for Canadian workers.
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Detroit
UPS
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
UAW
International
Ryster
General Motors Corp
Walter P. Reuther
Douglas Fraser
Chrysler
Ford
Reuther
Canada
U.S
Ford of
E. Chrysler of
Canag
First PhD Grad Receives Special Plaque at Reunion
Dr. Charles J. Potter of Indiana Pa was honored as the University’s first chemical engineering PhD graduate, receiving a special plaque 35 years after his 1932 degree. Dr. Chester A. Arents presented the award during a reunion with a reception at Dr. Howard P. Simons’s home and dinner at the Hotel Morgan Mountaineer Room.
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Charles J. Potter
Indiana
University
Chemical Engineering
Chester A. Arents
College of Engineering
Potter
Howard P. Simons
Department of Chemical Engineering
Mountaineer
Hotel Morgan
Sense of humor helps cope with others' misfortune
A reflection on how humor cushions reactions when misfortune befalls others and would provoke anger if it happened to oneself. The idea contrasts amused detachment with personal empathy.
Daylight Saving Ends Early This Year
Daylight Saving Time ends this year catching some viewers by surprise as clocks revert an hour. If you forgot to set back, you may arrive early for church services and other morning activities.
Johnson Diaz Ordaz greet ecstatic Mexicans at Chamizal transfer
President Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz are greeted by 200 000 to 300 000 cheering Mexicans in Juarez after transferring 437 acres of Chamizal land from the United States to Mexico. The leaders urged Americas to unite against subversion and pledged US honor. The visit included a El Paso briefing on Mexican American issues and a joint declaration at the Chamizal monument marking the ceremony.
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Juarez
Mexico
UPI
Johnson
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
U.S
Americas
Washington
el Paso
Tex
Chamizal
United States
Rio Grande
Diaz Ordaz
Students Pelt Wilson’s Car During Vietnam Protest in Cambridge
In Cambridge on Saturday Prime Minister Harold Wilson was ambushed by students shouting Vietnam murderer. They kicked his car and threw eggs as police wrestled to shield him. An officer was concussed during the clash and the rally hall faced a rioting crowd.
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Cambridge
England
UPI
Vietnam
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Labor Party
Tadio
HumPREL Humphrey Arrival Faces Buddhist Threats in Saigon
In Saigon, riot police and armor ring the Vien Hoa Dao Pagoda as militant monks led by Thich Tri Quang threaten a march to embarrass Thieu before Vice President Humphrey's arrival. Monks warn of self immolation and protests amid tense security at the Buddhist Institute headquarters.
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Daniel Southerland
Saigon
UPI
Hubert, H. Humphrey
Nguyen van Thien
Humphrey
America
Vien Hoa Dao
Nguyen Ngoc Oan
Thich Tri Quang
Thieu
Tri Quang
Thi Quang
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tam Chau
Tam Chau
Hanoi says five U.S. planes shot down in raids
UPI reports Hanoi claiming five American planes were shot down in raids over North Vietnam as heavy air attacks continued. In South Vietnam battles around Tam Ky killed an estimated 100 enemy fighters, while Con Thien saw intensified artillery fire and heavy Marine casualties. MIGs suffered multiple losses with six confirmed kills this week.
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Mike Feinsilber
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
We End
North Vietnam
U.S. Igh Command
South Vietnam
Oops
Tam Ky
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Haiphong
U.S. Deaths in Vietnam Rise Sharply in 1967
Pentagon tallies show 7,456 Americans killed in Vietnam in the first half of 1967, a 70 percent increase over 1966 total and approaching Korea era losses. Officials note many deaths result from combat and noncombat causes, with major share from aircraft crashes.
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U.S
Vietnam
Washington
UPI
Ian Raed
Leyte
Okinawa
Pentagon
Wea
Defense
Korea
Partic
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Bowe
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Cecil
Poe
Aveo News
Ruth Necturdog
Merriman Smith
White House
Thich Phap Siew
Pacific
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