Governors Take Off For Japan Today
Charleston AP report states nine governors will depart to Tokyo via Chicago and Seattle under a National Governors Association exchange program with U.S. State Department support. They will meet Prime Minister Ikeda and Kosaka, attend joint conferences with Japanese governors, and return by April 19. Kennedy urged democratic outreach as part of the trip. Barron plans talks with Japanese industrialists, including coal users.
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Colorado
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington
D.C
New York
Hyato Ikeda
Zentaro Kosaka
Hakone
Kanagawa Prefecture
Barron
State Must Pay On Local Bluefield Street Paving
The attorney general's office says the state must cover its share of paving Hill Ave bordering Bluefield State College. Bluefield authorized Corte Construction Co to pave the street, issuing coupons as certificates of indebtedness for the state via the college. Coupons amount to 405.39 plus 6 percent interest, with due dates in 1961 and this year.
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Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Attorney General's Office
H. K. Baer
State Board of Education
Corte Construction Co. Kimball
Baer
Attorney General's
Board of Education
Asst
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher Agree to Part
An attorney for Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher said they have mutually agreed to part and pursue divorce. Louis Nizer announced the breakup after weeks of rumors of trouble while Taylor’s romance with co star Richard Burton grew. Fisher approved the statement in New York.
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New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Louis Nizer
Richard Burton
Nizer
Miss Taylor
Rome
Elizabeth
Fisher
Louisianan Objects To Paternal Admonition
A New Orleans woman Mrs B J Gaillot Jr who leads Save Our Nation says she wants a court hearing over an Archbishop Joseph Rummel letter she calls an excommunication threat for her segregationist activities The church office calls it a paternal admonition and says it was sent only to a few Catholics not to all on a shared platform plan
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Joseph Francis Rummel
B. J. Gaillot Jr
Save Our Nation, Inc
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Rodney Burns
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Burns
Gaillot
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Cody
John Patrick Cody
Kansas City
Fearful student slays parents in Philadelphia and letter dispute
A 14-year-old high school freshman William Joanni shot and killed his parents in their North Philadelphia home after taking his father’s pistol amid family pressure over grades. Police reported the sobbing confession to his parish priest before detailing the killings and burglarized scene.
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William Joanni
Frank Brennan
Brennan
North Philadelphia
Stephen Joanni
Elizabeth
Stephen Jr
Europe
William
Northeast Catholic High
St. Edward's
Small Nations Express Regret Over Geneva Test Ban Impasse
Four middle group nations Burma, Ethiopia, India, and Sweden urged progress at the Geneva disarmament conference after three hours of debate. Delegations criticized the stalemate on a nuclear test ban as major powers, led by the United States and Soviet Union, remained at odds.
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Burma
Ethiopia
India
Sweden
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Arthura. Dean
Valerian A. Zorin
Dean
James Barrington
Pacific
International and Domestic News Briefs from the Era
Eddie Fisher and Liz Taylor end their relationship amid rumors. The Syrian ruling junta extends an olive branch to Egypt's Nasser seeking Arab federation over a unified UAR. The Supreme Court orders reargument of 12 cases due to Justice Whittaker's illness. Indonesian guerrillas reportedly land at three West New Guinea points, talks with the Dutch to resume. The stock market resumes light trading after a slow Monday. The U N faces Senate criticism while a World Bank loan is expected to pass. Virginia, under Gov Harrison, faces windfall taxes as 1963 first quarter shows employer labor tensions with Hawaii housewives.
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West New Guinea
102nd highway fatality reported in state
A truck wreck on a rural Lincoln County road killed James Henry Gibson 46 of Midkiff. He became the state's 102nd highway fatality of the year. Earlier, Thurl Garrett Fullman 40 of Pullman was found dead in his wrecked auto after a likely sleep crash on the Harrisville Pullman road near Harrisville.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
James Henry Gibson
Midkiff
Ritchie County
Thurl Garrett
Son Fullman
Pullman
Harrisville
Five Day Forecast Shows Cooler Than Normal Toward Weekend
The forecast projects temperatures five to six degrees below normal through Saturday with lows near 32 in the north and 29 in the south and highs near 59 north and 64 south. Expect cold Tuesday and Wednesday, gradual warming Thursday and Friday, with rain and cloudiness Friday or Saturday and total precipitation around one-tenth inch.
Review Granted In Picket Case
Three men Paul Baker George Hartery and Donald Puckett won State Supreme Court review of their contempt of court convictions for improper picketing during a Bluefield strike. The court granted the petition 3-1 with Harlan M. Calhoun dissenting and Frank C. Haymond absent.
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Bluefield
State Supreme Court
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George Hartery
Donald Puckett
Harlan M. Calhoun
Frank C. Haymond
Baker
Hartery
Mercer County
Puckett
National Electric Coil Division
McGraw- Edison Co
District 6
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Afl-Cio
Syria Offers Olive Branch to Nasser Amid Syrian Crisis
Beirut AP reports Syria's ruling junta proposed unity with Egypt under certain conditions as rebel officers in Aleppo and northern Syria threaten a return to the UAR. The army vows punishment for troublemakers while closing land and sea fronts as demonstrations flare in support of anti-Nasser authorities.
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Lebanon
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Aleppo
Nasser
Damascus
Cairo Radio
Two Fined for Letting Fires Invade Timberland
Two individuals faced fines for permitting fires to escape and burn timberland. Lars Graham of Kegley paid 20 dollars plus costs and extinguishing fee. Mrs. William PD. Lambert of Lorton Lick Road paid 20 dollars plus costs. The Lorton Lick blaze threatened ten homes before extinguishment. Lilly noted funds go to the West Virginia School Fund and nine other fires are under investigation.
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J. K. Lilly
Lars Graham
Kegley
John P. McKinney
William PD. Lambert
Lorton Lick Road
Justice of Peace
Lewis Perdue
Lorton Lick
Lilly
West Virginia School Fund
Rope Daring, Rare Escape From San Quentin
Five convicts escaped over San Quentin prison walls using a stolen ladder and a cotton rope. The escape marked the first wall scaling in 1% years and involved inmates from the textile mill during the midnight shift. A 100-strong posse hunted the wooded foothills while roadblocks guarded bridge approaches.
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Fred Dickson
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Dickson
Kenneth FE. Adams
Modesto
John L. Rucker
James DuBois
J. F. Spatola
G. C. Roark
California
Folsom
San Francisco
U.N. Financing Plan Draws Senate Scrutiny and Kennedy Backing
The Senate debated a bipartisan compromise to aid the United Nations with a loan program up to 100 million dollars. Senator Mansfield criticized the UN’s evolution and voting practices while Senator Humphrey urged new revenue sources such as space and ocean tax rights. The measure, supported by President Kennedy, would require other nations to match loans above 25 million for a 25 year term at about 2 percent interest.
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Senate
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World Organization
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
United Nations Organization
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Congo
Middle East
U.N
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
United States
150th Armored Cavalry Regiment Joined STRAC Force
Army assigns West Virginia's 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment to STRAC the Army's quick reaction reserve unit. The National Guard unit now at Fort Meade was called to active duty last fall and officials say the one year stay does not imply a longer service.
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Army
West Virginia
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Strategic Army Corps
150Th
Ft. Meadead
Stategic Army Corps
STRAC
Logan Man Killed In 100 Foot Coal Tipple Fall
Burl Stott age 53 of Man died at Charleston hospital two hours after falling from a coal tipple at Amherst Coal Co. near Charleston. He was a Logan County construction worker working at the site when the accident occurred.
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Charleston
Logan County
Burl Stott
Amherst Coal Co
Here
Supreme Court to rehear 12 cases in rare session
The high court orders reargument on 12 cases amid Justice Whittaker’s illness and retirement. A nine-judge panel will sit after Whittaker’s successor is confirmed. Kennedy nominates deputy attorney general John M. Kennedy to the post. The court also lets stand a ruling striking down a Washington State public housing antidiscrimination law and weighs if Congress may strip citizenship from Native Americans who evade wartime service.
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Supreme Court
Charles E. Whittaker
Whittaker
Senate
Kennedy
Byron R. White
Washington State
Congress
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John O'Meara
Seattle
Federal Housing Administration
Robert L. Jones
O’meara
State Board Against Discrimination
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