G-Men Are Champions Of Virginia
A Virginia High School League committee ruled that Andrew Lewis of Salem used an ineligible player in the Group I A championship and ordered Salem to forfeit all games he played. The Wolverines season ended undefeated, with Graham of Bluefield winning the title after Salem’s forfeitures.
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Charlottesville
Andrew Lewis
Salem
Wolverines
Graham
Bluefield
West Virginia
Beaver
Cecil Blankenship
Andrew Lewis High School
Virginia High School League
Blankenship
Franklin County High
Radford
Franklin County
Virginia Baptist Home
Deep shaft mine hits 55 inch coal seam in Virginia
In Grundy Virginia crews reached a 55 inch thick Pocahontas No 3 seam at 1335 feet depth in the deepest North American coal mine shaft. The project spans three shafts with production planned next year and is financed by Island Creek Coal Co and Republic Steel Corp.
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Grundy
North America
Beatrice Pocahontas Co
Keen Mountain
Virginia
Island Creek Coal Co
Republic Steel Corp
Dravo Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Virginia Faces Special Session Over Reapportionment
Virginia lawmakers confront a possible special session to implement a federal court order to reapportion the state legislature by January 31. Gov. Harrison weighs appeals, venue options, and meeting sites as partisan shifts loom with Capitol reconstruction under way.
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General Assembly
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Democrat‘ic
Assembly
Harrison
Richmond
Robert Y. Bitton
Virginia
Byrd Organization
Six Children Die in Alexandria Flash Fire Tragedy
In Alexandria Virginia six children died when a second floor apartment fire trapped them. At least 100 others injured none seriously. Fire officials suspect matches may have started the blaze. Names given include Kimmie Henderson age 3 Edgar 15 months Cecelia Ann 4 months Lottie Sellers 9 Felicia Malloy 13 months Mary Ellis 1.
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Alexandria
Kimmie L. Henderson
Edgar
Cecelia Ann
Lottie R. Sellers
Felicia Malloy
Mary L. Ellis
Nina II replica Caravel Found Afloat East Of Puerto Rico
Nina II replica of Columbus third caravel with a nine man crew was sighted 750 miles ENE of Puerto Rico. The vessel, 40 feet long with historic instruments, had been at sea over two months attempting Columbus 1492 voyage from Spain to San Salvador. All aboard reported well as Navy patrol plane located the Nina II in heavy seas. The ship’s red cross mainsail and cross and arms on the bow identified it immediately. Two weeks overdue, a broad search had been underway since Sunday.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
Spain
Bahamas
Nina
U.S. Navy
U Thant Is Re-elected United Nations Secretary General
The U N General Assembly unanimously reelected U Thant for four more years with pay and allowances set at 70 500 dollars annually. The Burmese diplomat’s term extends to November 3 1966 and the word acting dropped from his title. Thant pledged to address UN finances and the Congo crisis while reception from delegates emphasized support for his leadership.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
U Thant
Assembly
Security Council
Thant
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Pakistan
United Nation
Congo
Valerian A. Zorin
Cuba
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjuld
Trygve Lie
Norway
Forest Fires Burn In West Virginia Fears Persist
About 1,500 men fought fires in West Virginia Friday and Friday night. A. W. Kelly said 131 forests reported since Thanksgiving and no rain in forecast. The worst trouble was Mingo County with four new fires and two earlier. all to be controlled by Saturday morning.
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Charleston
West Virginia
A. W. Kelly
Kelly
Mingo County
Earier
Keily
Weather outlook shows mild extended forecast
Extended forecast through Wednesday calls for temperatures 6 to 12 degrees above normal with lows around 24 to 31 and highs near 45 to 49. Precipitation through Wednesday about one fourth inch.
Blind Man Witnesses Robbery Ties Shotgun to Suspects
Richard Holmgren, 35, of Del Mar, identified a suspect shotgun by rust and ridges after the two robbers forced him to feel the weapon. He helped link the gun to Verdeen Carter, 24, and Thomas Lewis, 21, who were arrested in connection with six other holdups in the county. The crime netted $116. The sheriff praised Holmgren as a strong witness.
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San Diego
Calif
Richard Holmgren
del Mar
Verdeen I. Carter
Carlsbad
Thomas R. Lewis
Camp Pendleton
Robert Majors
Death of K M Buford Prominent Bluefield Contractor
Kenneth McDowell Buford 74 died of a heart attack at Andrew S&S Rowan Memorial Home Old Sweet Springs at 8 30 pm Friday. He long worked as a plumbing and heating contractor in Bluefield and was active in civic life and the Bluefield American Legion. Survived by stepson Thomas Truxton Stiles II of St Petersburg Fla. Widow Margaret Clark Buford preceded in death. Friends may call Hawkins Funeral Home. funeral arrangements largely complete.
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Kenneth McDowell Buford
Andrew
Thomas Truxton Stiles
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hawkins
Four-Engine Eastern Air Lines Plane Crashes at Idlewild
An Eastern Air Lines DC7 from Charlotte with 50 aboard crashed at Idlewild Airport in fog. As many as 25 may have survived as fire engulfed the wreckage. many ambulances and medical staff rushed to the scene. The crash followed a foggy, warm evening over eastern New York.
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NEW York
Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
Charlotte
N.C
Fire Department
Edward
Thompson
Eastern
Manhattan
Atlantic Ocean
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
mid-Manhattan
Long Island
Queens
Hike Proposed in State Budget to Raise 8.4 Million
Finance Commissioner Truman Gore proposed an 8.4 million increase in the next fiscal year general revenue budget. About half the rise funds education with a 327 page document released at a news conference. The plan seeks 152.8 million in operating appropriations and counts on 148.4 million in tax receipts for 1963-64, up 1.9 million from 1962-63, plus a carryover near 4.2 million. The proposal goes to the Board of Public Works, hearings set for December 10, and to a 160 day Legislature starting January 9. A 60.4 million general revenue cut for county school aid is proposed, including 2 million for Gov. Barron’s school program.
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Truman Gore
Gore
General Revenue Fund
Board of Public Works
Barron
California Demo Criticizes Kennedy News Control
Rep. John E. Moss of California says President Kennedy tightly controls government news, calling for broad public discussion. He cites limits on Nevada underground tests and Soviet space activity, urging the press to lead in informing the people.
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San Francisco
Kennedy
John E. Moss
California
House
Moss
California Press Association
Nevada
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Joss
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Graham G-Men
N. T. Camacia
Island Creek
Holden
W. Va
Metallurgical
Pocahontas No. 3
VHSL
Ralph E. Buckley
Annandale
G. H. Reid
Herbert J. Saunders
Gar-Field
Bruce Kent
A. D Hurt
Kent
Lowell Lee Andrews
Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Nellie Vescl
Sheriff's Deputies
Auburn
Sacramento
Leroy Andreozzi
Robert Vesci
B. J. Padgett
Padgett
Oeick
U.N
Burma
Mingo
Russ
Mikoyan
Anastas Mikoyan
U.S
Dean Rusk
State Department
Washington
Anastas J. Mikoyan
Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Berlin
Good Spirit
Lincoln White
White
K.M. Buford
EAL Flight
Abby . Seuneue
Princeton
National Security Council
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