West Virginia Supreme Court upholds tax on out of state commissions
The court ruled it is not an undue burden on interstate commerce for West Virginia to tax commissions earned by food brokers in sales by out of state firms to buyers in the state. It also voided Gov. Smith’s Oct. 11 appointment of Walter Basham to McDowell County Court for lack of a quorum, leaving two members to select a replacement.
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Charleston
State
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
McDowell County
Haymond
Harlan M. Calhoun
Frank C. Haymond
Sented
Kanawha County
B. D. Bailey and Sons, Inc
Clarksburg
Bailey
Tax Department
Chauncey Browning
McDowell Court
E. L. St. Clair
Henry C. Bernard
Gov. Smith
Basham
Browning
St. Clair
Bernard
Robinson wins Byrd seat in landslide for 21st District
Republican J Kenneth Robinson defeats Democrat Joseph A Massie Jr by about two to one in the 21st District State Senate race. Returns from 73 of 88 precincts show Robinson carrying Winchester Frederick Shenandoah and Loudoun counties, with 7 377 to 3 570 in Winchester.
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Winchester
J. Kenneth Robinson
Joseph A. Massie Jr
Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
U. S. Senate
Robinson
Massie
Frederick County
Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah
Loudoun
General Assembly
United States
Harry F. Byrd Sr
Washington
E. Blackburn Moore
Virgina House of Delegates
John O. Marsh
Congress
Frederick
Shenandoah
Sen
Byrd Sr
Flak Heavy Over North Viet Nam Rains Fire On Jets
Lt. Bill Wilson and Capt. Dave Wilson describe intense antiaircraft fire over North Viet Nam during their F4C Phantom missions. They report dense 37MM and 57MM flak, with newer 85MM and 100MM guns increasing peril. One mission saw a wing damage and hydraulic failure but the crew retained control and returned.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Bill Wilson
Trafford
Viet Nam
U.S
Wilson
Dave Wilson
Greenwich
Conn
30 Chinese Killed In Clash In Northern Sikkim
Indian government radio claimed about 30 Communist Chinese troops were killed in a clash with Indian soldiers in the northern Sikkim region. The report said about 230 Chinese troops crossed into Sikkim, which India administers as a protectorate.
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New Delhi
India
Sikkim
Panther Boy Critically Injured In Road Accident
A five year old McDowell County boy Randy Glen Justice was critically hurt in a truck pedestrian crash on the Panther Guesses Fork Road near Bull Creek Tuesday at about 5 p.m. He ran from between parked cars into a 1964 pickup driven by Ralph Dotson of Jaeger. Deputy investigation by Everett Birchfield and Charlie Lawson. He was hospitalized at Grace Hospital in Welch.
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McDowell County
Bull Creek
Sheriff’s Department
Randy Glen Justice
Lonnie Justice
Panther
Ralph Dotson
Jaeger
Grace Hospital
Welch
Everett Birchfield
Charlie Lawson
YouthWork Okayed For 3 Counties
The Labor Department approves Neighborhood Youth Corps projects in three Virginia counties. Lee County School Board will sponsor 250 youths at a total cost of 416,064 with 357,555 federal share. Buchanan County School Board funds 343 youths for 237,270 with 201,300 federal share. Wise County School Board oversees 500 youths costing 714,880 with 580,000 federal support.
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Washington
Labor Department
Lee County
Buchanan County
Wise County
Search Expands Across Four States For Lovelace Trio
More than eight planes swept 30 000 square miles of Colorado and New Mexico mountains in the search for Dr W Randolph Lovelace II 57 his wife Mary 53 and pilot Milton Brown 27 missing after a Sunday flight from Aspen. No flight plan was filed and ground teams from Gunnison joined volunteers including former New Mexico Gov Tom Bolack. Lovelace directed NASA space medicine and helped advance parachute timing after an early World War II test.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Colorado Mountains
America
Space Medicine Program
W. Randolph Lovelace II
Mary
Milton Brown
Aspen
Colo
Colorado
Texas
Arizona
Civil Air Patrol
Gunnison
Tom Bolack
Farminton
Lovelace
Bolack
Ron Robinson
Lovelaces
Office of Manned Flight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wright Field
Ohio
School Site To Be Checked For Vocational Building
Fred Eberle of the State Department of Education will inspect a 15 acre Princeton site for a vocational education building on Wednesday. County Schools Superintendent W R Cooke said Eberle will decide after viewing the site rear of the old Princeton Airport. Federal funds depend on location relative to a main highway.
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Fred Eberle
State Department of Education
Charleston
Princeton
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Eberle
Board of Education
Cooke
Princeton Airport
Labor Admits No Compulsion in Union Membership Policy
AFL-CIO for the first time concedes no worker can be forced to join a union if 14b repeal succeeds. The federation says only paying reasonable dues is required, while a GOP filibuster blocked the repeal in Congress. The stance clarifies that repeal does not compel union membership or compulsory unionism.
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San Francisco
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Federation
Board Finds Big Bonus for 1966 67 Budget Need
Charleston AP reports the Board of Public Works uncovered extra revenue to cover a $19 million request for schools and roads for the 1966 67 fiscal year. Revenue is running nearly six percent above current estimates, per the Charleston Daily Mail.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Charleston Daily Mail
United States proposals UN peace service plan at UN
Ambassador Goldberg urged a United Nations peace service with international troubleshooters as a substitute for war. He backed a British resolution for a high level committee to study dispute settlement and stressed the U S commitment to peaceful solutions including Viet Nam. He urged making qualified individuals available to the UN and other agencies for conflict resolution.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
U.S
Goldberg
U. N
Viet Nam
Rape attempt foiled as Wythe County man recaptured
John William Rowley Jr., 23, an escaped road camp inmate from Cripple Creek, was recaptured in Wythe County about two hours after an attempted rape near a barn. Sheriff Buford Shockley said Rowley, awaiting two months to finish a burglary sentence, was taken into custody with Deputy Kent Vaughn.
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Aman Wythe County
Buford Shockley
Shockley
John William Rowley Jr
Cripple Creek
Rowley
Wom
Kent Vaughn
Community Christmas Tree fund nears goal in Bluefield drive
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund rose to 54 percent with 361.50 more contributions, totaling 3,263.65 of a 6,000 goal. A 1,500 child Tree party is set for December 24, with continued giving urged via Bluefield Daily Telegraph or newspaper offices.
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Bluefield Community
Vacindad
Iveviuscu
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Box 203
Bluefield
Bland St
David, Susan
Joyce Fuqua
Margaret Peterman
Carolyn, Linda
David Griffith
Betsy Ross Bakeries, Inc
Carolyn Miller
Ralph Stowers
Beth Lester
Keith
Steward Vaughan
Tony, Bill
Chris Morris
A. Parks
Ralph Stafford
Curtis, Theo
Joe Cowell
Interact Club
Blfd. High School
Arthur F. Kingdon
the Lamptons
Richard Tuggle
F. R. Dow
C. C. Bond
Anonymous
William Baxter Harmon
Partianship Flares On Rate Boost
Washington AP report on congressional hearings as Chair Wright Patman calls for rescinding the Fed action raising the discount rate to 4 percent and time deposits to 5 percent The exchange with Rep Thomas Curtis highlights partisan divides and administration criticism while Patman contemplates inviting witnesses later in the week.
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Washington
Wright Patman
Federal Reserve Board
Texas Democrat
Federal Reserve
William McChesney Martin Jr
Martin
Thomas Curtis
R-Mo
Patman
Senate House Economics Committee
Curtis
Administration
Innocent Pleads Guilty in Disturbing the Peace Case
Halifax Nova Scotia Alexander Innocent of Spryfield faced court on a disturbing the peace charge. He pleaded guilty, with proceedings held Tuesday.
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Halifax
N.S
Alexander Innocent
Spryfield
Federal procedures eyed for reform in criminal cases
U S Judicial Conference plans would end hearings before U S commissioners to determine probable cause and create pretrial court hearings on legality of arrest, promptness of arraignment, and admissibility of confessions. Warren Olney III told a Senate subcommittee the reforms aim to streamline the system and reduce mistrials and reversals on procedural grounds.
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Washington
U.S. Judicial Conference
U. S
Warren Olney III
Administrative Office
Federal Courts
Judicial Conference
Senate Judiciary
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
U.S
Federal District
Olney
Judicial Conference Criminal Law Committee
United States
Hunter Rig Poised For Enic Hookup
SPACE CENTER Houston AP reports Gemini 6 set for an 8 37 a m EST Wednesday launch from Cape Kennedy in a planned rendezvous with Gemini 7. Weather could delay as dense fog threatened Cape Kennedy conditions.
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Hunter
Enic
Cape
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Earth
Berman
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Mission Control
Borman
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Schirra
Stafford
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Pete
Jeff
Scotty Cannon
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Goren Graham
Gemini 7
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Berman and Lovell
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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