Goldwater accuses Kennedy of police state tactics on bases
Sen Barry Goldwater accuses Attorney General Kennedy of using police state powers to push integration near military bases. He demands a Senate inquiry into reports that income tax data are used to pressure merchants while Southern Democrats back Pentagon guidance restricting discriminatory communities.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Robert F. Kennnedy
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Senate
Pentagon
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General’s Office
Internal Revenue
Atty. Gen. Kennedy
McNamara
FTC Orders Auto Glass Ads Halt On Misleading TV Claims
The Federal Trade Commission ruled Libby-Owens-Ford Glass and General Motors must stop comparing empty space and Sheet glass in TV ads. The hearing upheld that the spot suggested viewers looked through Libby Owens safety glass when the camera actually showed an open window. Objections may be filed within 20 days.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
General Motors Co
Harry R. Hinkes
Libby- Owens
Virginia Boy Killed In Fast Draw Game
Colan Sage a 12 year old from Pennington Gap Virginia was killed in Laredo Texas while playing fast draw with his brother Russell Sage 23 an Airman at Laredo Air Force Base Police said the brothers had just returned from a hunting trip and are sons of Mr and Mrs Miller Sage of Pennington Gap Virginia.
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Laredo
Tex
Virginia
Laredo Air Force Base
Miller Sage
Pennington Gap
Ruffner Hotel Closes After 77 Years in Charleston
The Ruffner Hotel and Charleston landmark shut its doors on Wednesday. Owner attorney R. Glenn Lilly said efforts will be made to sell the hostelry. In its early days it hosted Charleston's elite and in 1892 Adlai E. Stevenson, grandfather of the U N ambassador, accepted the nomination for vice president at the Ruffner.
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Charleston
R. Glenn Lilly
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Deeds Recorded in Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Deeds filed Wednesday show Lilly Land Co selling lot 2 in Jan- Gay Park on Augusta Street Blue field to Albert W and Agnes Barnett for 1600. James Fred and Dinah E Williams sell lot 5 of John and Elizabeth Webber property on Route 1921 East River District to Frank and Mabel Chapasco for 10439.22. June Litton Harry sells half interest in 7.25 acres and 8.3 acres on Cumberland Road Beaver Pond to Don A Harry for 1.
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Mercer County Clerk's Office
Lilly Land Co
Albert W
Agnes Barnett
Jan- Gay Park
Augusta Street
Bluefield
James Fred
Dinah E. Williams
Frank
Mabel Chapasco
John and
Elizabeth Webber
East River District
Litton Harry
Don A. Harry
Cumberland Road
Beaver Pond
Daily Telegraph Publishing Notice at Bluefield
Establishment date 1893 and daily publication details from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia describe news dispatch rights AP affiliation and subscription rates by carrier and zones with contact telephone and agency representations.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Virginia
Audit Bureau
Law Agency, Inc
Old Guard Has Double Program
The Bluefield Old Guard met at Trinity Methodist Church in Bluefield with 78 members and two guests attending a two-part program. Walter M. Sanders showed 180 color slides from a home tour in Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana while Jane Meadows discussed free chest X-rays August 6 7 8 9 at a Mercer County mobile X ray unit appearance. Birthdays for C F Davis T K Shawver Joseph C Forlines noted.
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Bluefield
Henry C. Taylor
J. T. Harris
Veterans Hospital
Salem
C. W. Harry
Beckiey
R. T. Lindsey
Bluefield Sanitarium
A. F. Stafford
St. Luke's Hospital
C. S. Pippin
University Hospital
Charlottesville
T. E. Lynch
Hill Top Nursing
Twelve Bar Groups Back Elkins Man As Judge
Twelve county bar associations endorse U.S. Attorney Robert E. Maxwell of Elkins for a vacant federal district judgeship. Support also comes from Sen. Jennings Randolph of Elkins. The post was left by the death of Judge Harry E. Watkins of Fairmont. President Kennedy will name a successor.
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Elkins
U.S. Atty
Robert E. Maxwell
Elkins Inter-Mountain
U.S
Jennings Randolph
Maxwell
Harry E. Watkins
Fairmont
Inter-Mountain
Barbour
Grant
Hampshire
Hardy
Monongalia
Jefferson Pendleton Randolph Taylor Tucker Upshur
Webster Bar Associations
Kennedy
Watkins
Ward's Suicide Attempt Ties to Trial Verdict Amid Overdose
British press and St Stephen's doctors tracked the case as Ward, awaiting sentencing after a vice conviction, overdosed. A court decision would determine if death by own action occurred, with Ward found unconscious nine hours after hospital admission and a series of letters left for friends.
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St. Stephen's Hospital
Ward
Noel Howard Jones
Jones
400 Acres Offered Free For Heath Site
Senator Byrd relays an offer of 400 acres near Martinsburg West Virginia for a proposed National Environmental Health Center to federal officials. He urges a West Virginia site over the Washington area citing regional benefits and a potential 4500 jobs and multi million payroll.
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Washington
Martinsburg
W.va
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Washington Area
West Virginia
Robert J. Anderson
Bureau of State Services
U.S. Public Health Service
Berkeley County
U S Steel trims payroll and salaries in cost drive
U S Steel Corp reduced its payroll by more than 6 400 jobs over the past year as part of a cost cutting plan. Board chairman Roger M Blough and other executives took 5 percent pay cuts while most cuts hit white collar staff.
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NEW York
U.S. Steel Corp
Roger M. Blough
Big Steel
Blough
U.S
Corporation
State employment rises in June with manufacturing peak
Charleston AP reports West Virginia employment increased by 14 800 in June from May while the total workforce fell to 604 100. Unemployment dropped to 50 100, down 400 from May and 13 400 from a year earlier. Manufacturing employment reached its highest level since 1960.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Employment Security Department
Tax Deduction Cuts Approved by Ways and Means
The Ways and Means Committee approved trimming federal itemized deductions by eliminating state gasoline cigarette and liquor taxes while keeping state income real estate personal property and general sales taxes deductible. The plan would raise about 500 million annually, offsetting some tax cut savings. It also tightens sick pay deductibility and offers a 20 000 cap exemption on gains for seniors selling primary homes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
The
Treasury
Pollution Hearing Set For Rowlesburg Over Cheat River
Charleston AP Rowlesburg in Preston County must show at an August 8 Kingwood hearing why it should not be placed under State Water Resources Board orders to halt pollution of the Cheat River. The town faces action for discharging untreated sewage into the stream slowing recreational plans. Plans for sewage facilities approved and federal funds accepted, but contracts awarding timetable not met.
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Charleston
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Kingwood
State Water Resources Board
Cheat River
Secy
Bern Wright
James H. Heath
Farm Prices Jump At Mid-July Report
Agriculture Department reports farm product prices rose 12 to 13 percent from mid-June to mid-July led by cattle hogs and milk with oranges and wheat lower. Mid-July prices were 2 percent above a year earlier, while prices paid by farmers for inputs rose 1 to 3 percent reaching a new high.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lifer Ashworth Seeks Supreme Court Review
Lincoln County man Lee Taylor Ashworth, sentenced to life as an habitual criminal in 1940 for theft, asks the State Supreme Court to review his plea on September 4. His petition argues prior felonies were not alleged in the indictment and that a special judge presided under improper circumstances.
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Charleston
Lee Taylor Ashworth
State Supreme Court
Ashworth
Lincoln County
Supreme Court
State Capitol News Briefs In Charleston
Natural Resources Department transfers of conservation officers span multiple counties with officers reassigned between Pendleton Kanawha Pleasants Hampshire and others. State Health finds Centennial Youth Science Camp participants in Pocahontas County are physically fit with camp medical unit handling few cases. Crop reports show early apple and peach harvests near completion east of WV with rainfall but low soil moisture and lamb crop at 214000 head, down from last year and the five-year average.
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Charleston
State Capitol
Natural Resources Department
W. E. Hottinger
Pendleton County
Pleasants
Albert Payne
Fayette
Pendleton
John Casto Pleasants
Marvan W. Lewis
Calhoun
Hampshire
Ray D. Shamblin
Clay
Nicholas
Willard W. Willey
Kanawha
Paul Clemens
Donald Green
Putnam
Roane
Paige N. Willis
Lewis
Willis G. Gainer
Clay L. Miller
Argel D. Leiis
Marshall
Wilson Reed
State Health Department
Pocahontas County
West Virginia
Defending Champions Advance In Closed Tennis Tournament
In Charleston, Shirley Jones and John Santrock moved into the State Closed Tennis Tournament quarterfinals. Santrock beat Jack Dorsey 6-2 6-0 after byes and a default. Jones defeated Susan Havorka 6-3 6-0. In the men's draw, Bob Bias and Hugh Thompson were upset as Fred Kellmeyer won 9-7 6-1 and Paul Bennett won 6-4 6-4 respectively.
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Charleston
Shirley Jones
John Santrock
Nitro
Santrock
Jack Dorsey
Keyser
Miss Jones
Susan Havorka
Bob Bias
Huntington
Hugh Thompson
Bias
Fred Kellmeyer
Thompson
Paul Bennett
Lipscomb's Buddy Cleared Of Charge
Timothy N. Black, in whose apartment pro football star Gene Lipscomb was found dying of a heroin overdose last May 10, was acquitted of possessing narcotics equipment. The judge ruled a legislative gap in Maryland drug laws left no penalty for paraphernalia, amid amendments to increase penalties for narcotics offenses.
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Baltimore
Timothy N. Black
Gene Big Daddy Lipscomb
Criminal Court
James K. Cullen
Black
Maryland
Orderly Held in Death of Two Youths
Charleston AP reports hospital orderly William Lester Holman Jr. was ordered held for grand jury action after a preliminary hearing on two murder charges. He is charged with fatally shooting Orville Legg 19 and Del Larch 18 both of rural Charleston after an exchange of insults. Holman claims self defense.
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Charleston
William Lester Holman Jr
Holman
Orville Legg
Dem] Larch
Byrd's Wife Recovers After Mild Heart Attack
Mrs. H. F. Byrd Sr. suffered a mild heart attack Tuesday and remained resting comfortably in Berryville Virginia Wednesday. Sen. Harry F. Byrd D-Va canceled his Jamestown speaking engagement and returned from Washington to be with his wife.
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Berryville, Va
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Jamestown
Washington
Berryville
ABC to Telecast AFL Games and Championship Playoff
ABC TV network will televise forty American Football League games and the championship playoff contest starting Sunday September 8, ABC announced Wednesday.
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New York
ABC TV
Deaths and Funerals in Mercer and Tazewell Counties
Obituaries notice listing L G Smith of Willowton age 72 dies of heart attack with family survivors across Mercer and nearby towns. Funeral at Willowton Christian Church with burial in Willowton Cemetery. Also notices Minnie Belle Pruett of Tazewell and William Beverly Davis of Raven with funeral plans and burials. Includes Gregory Walker infant death and Norman S Diltz of Essex with arrangements pending.
Obituary of Albert Page Calfee of Princeton
Albert Page Calfee 80 of Ath ens Road Princeton died Wednesday in Bluefield Sanitarium. Retired C&O Railway carman and Kee Street Methodist Church charter member. Survived by wife Daisy Mae Bailey Calfee a son Edwin A. Calfee three daughters Pierce Smith Wilma Kirby Mary Byrd ten grandchildren twenty great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Thursday Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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Albert Page Calfee
Athens Road
Princeton
Bluefield
C&o Railway
Kee Street
Mercer County
Andrew J
Mary Thompson Calfee
Daisy Mae Bailey Calfee
Edwin A. Calfee
Pierce Smith
Wilma Kirby
Beckley
Mary Byrd
Portsmouth
Ohio
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Roanoke Livestock Sale Reported at Roanoke VA
Roanoke Virginia livestock sale results list hogs vealers and cattle prices by grade and weight. Hogs top barrows and gilts 217 pounds 19.10 heavy butcher 24 to 55 13.50 14.25 sow 331 to 505 13.75 15.50. Vealers choice prime 224 26.50 heavy 240 25.00 light 210 24.20 good 238 23.80 standard 191 22.75 utility 167 20.00. Slaughter cattle steers good 23.25 24.00 standard 21.50 22.30 utility 17.50 19.75. Stockers and feeders yearling steers good 24.50 25.10 medium 22.00 23.25 inferior common 19.00 21.50 steer calves good 27.50 30.00 medium 23.00 26.75 inferior common 21.50 22.75 heifer calves good 24.50 25.00 medium 23.25 24.00 inferior common 18.75 22.50. Sale incomplete at time of report 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight times.
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Roanoke
James W. Dunn of Cashmere Dies at 61
James W. Dunn 61 of Cashmere Monroe County died Wednesday at the home of Mrs Oma Francis where he had lived 25 years. A Ballard native and son of the late James P. and Lizzie B. Dunn he was a farmer and Cashmere Baptist Church member. Funeral held Friday at 2 p.m. at Broyles Funeral Home Peters town with Rev Buck Tyree and Rev Howard Spencer officiating and burial in Dunn Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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James W
Bill) Dunn
Cashmere
Monroe County
Oma Francis
Ballard
James P
Lizzie B. Dunn
Obituary notices for Albert Warren Newberry and Howard Alan Wilson
Funerals for Albert Warren Newberry of Bland Virginia will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Bland Methodist Church with burial in the family cemetery. Pallbearers and Bland area employes and bank directors will carry flowers. American Legion Post will conduct military rites. Howard Alan Wilson of Saint Petersburg Florida will be buried after a Thursday 2 p.m. service at Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial in Maple Park Cemetery.
Mrs Prunty Hosts Homemakers Club Meeting
Mrs Elizabeth Prunty of 328 Logan Street Bluefield will host the Althea Allen Homemakers Club meeting at 7 30 p m today. Participants include Mrs Nettie Cawthorne president and Mrs Truelove Thompson secretary.
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Elizabeth Prunty
Logan St
Bluefield
Althea Allen Homemakers Club
Nettie Cawthorne
Truelove Thompson
PSC To Decide On Gas Refunds
Charleston AP PSC hearings set for next month to decide how much of refunds from Tennessee Gas Transmission should be passed to West Virginia customers. Hope Natural Gas faces Sept 23 and United Fuel on Sept 25 with about 2.9 to 4 million dollars total refunds. Hope proposes keeping most refunds except 797,163. UFG seeks to retain all but 467,927.
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Charleston
Maor
Public Service Commission
Hope Natural Gas Co
United Fuel Gas Co
West Virginia
Hope
UFG
PSC
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Clarksburg
Tennessee Gas
McNamara in German talks with West German leaders
Defense Secretary McNamara assured West German leaders there will be no reduction in U S military effort in Europe after the limited test ban accord. He met with Chancellor Adenauer and successor Ludwig Erhard to discuss the renewal of a $700 million yearly German military support item and plans to increase spending in the United States.
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Bonn
Germany
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Europe
Britain
Soviet Union
McNamara
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Washington
North Korean patrol ambush triggers nightly gunfire
Sentries exchange fire with North Korean patrols nightly this week. Three groups of tracks left the ambush scene Monday heading north. South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Sung-eun calls the ambush a futile bid to push U.S. troops off the front. He also cites a sinister scheme to polarize the Korean front and notes Communist loudspeakers warned of another war near the armistice anniversary.
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Jones
Kim Sung-eun
Kim
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