West Virginia Senate okays yearly audit of State Road fund
The Senate approved a 27 to 5 measure requiring a yearly independent audit of all State Road Commission receipts and spending, a move tied to bond issues. The bill, already passed by the House, returns for concurrence with Senate amendments as lawmakers seek a path to a $350 million road bond in November.
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Charleston
Senate
West Virginia
House
House Finance Committee
Hulett C. Smith
GOP
Certified Public
State Road Commission
Judiciary Committee
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Judiciary
W.T. Brotherton Jr
O-Kanawha
20 000 Miners Idle As Virginia Coalfields Strike Widens
About 20 000 miners remained idle for a second day as a sympathy walkout spread across the southern coalfields of the two Virginias. UMW officials call it an unauthorised work stoppage with 130 mines affected and 6 500 miners off in Virginia.
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Virginias
United Mine Workers
Bluefield
Virginia
Carson Hibbits
UMW
Norton
Pennsylvania
Hibbits
Buchanan
Dickenson
Wise
Biggest Red Offensive Of War Beaten In Vietnam
Widespread fighting continued into the fifth day in South Vietnam as U.S. and allied forces press counterattacks credited with halting the communist offensive. The command tallies 12,704 enemy killed since Monday, plus 3,576 detained, amid ongoing battles from Saigon to Hue and the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Mekong
da Nang
Central Highlands
Second Appeal For Pueblo Fails and Johnson’s Gloom
President Johnson announced a second Panmunjom appeal failed to win the Pueblo and its eight crewmen free from North Korea. He warned no quick success and noted cautious diplomacy while stressing concern for South Korea and overall allied security.
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Pueblo
Johnson
Washington
North Korea
United States
Pyongyang
Panmunjom
U.N. Armistice Commission
John V. Smith
Pak Chung Kook
Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Pentagon Minimizing Sea Collision Involving U S Destroyer
The Soviet merchant Kapitan Vislobokovy and the U S destroyer USS Rowan collided 95 miles east of Pohang Korea in the Sea of Japan. The Rowan sustained a three foot hole but no casualties were reported. Officials said the incident was a standard crossing situation and not connected to the Pueblo seizure.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Pentagon
North Korea
Navy
Pueblo
Defense Department
Kapitan Vislobokovy
Rowan
Sea of Japan
Pohang
South Korea
Wonsan
State Department
Moscow
Vladivostok
Purchaser Withheld Pay In Disputed Firm Case
Former State Purchasing Director Clarence Johnson testified he held up payments to Buckhannon Brokerage Co. for a year, noting it may be the same entity as Goots Produce Co. in Elkins. Republican Del. Russell Davisson described Buckhannon as a non existent dummy corporation that had received over 800000 since 1962 under a state produce contract. Page 10 details ongoing pressure claims involving Gov. Hulett Smith aides.
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Charleston
Clarence Johnson
House of Delegates
Johnson
Buckhannon Brockerage Co
Goots Produce Co
Elkins
Del
Russell Davisson
Kanawha County
Buckhannon
Buckhannon Brokerage
Goots
Davisson
Paul Crabtree
Hulett Smith
State Finance
Truman E. Gore
State Mental Health Department
Bonn Brown
W. W. Barron
Crabtree
Gore
Brown
Barron
Car stalls at Bluefield rail crossing foils wreck
Mrs. Ruby Irene Cole 62 of 300 Parkdale Street Bluefield Virginia escaped serious injury Friday when her car stalled and drifted into a Norfolk and Western train at Montrose Street crossing. She received head lacerations, was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium, and released. The vehicle was dragged 30 to 40 feet. damage about 350 dollars as Patrolman Claude Barrett and Police Chief A K Harvey investigated.
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Ruby Irene Cole
Parkdale St
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Montrose Street
Cole
Oscar B. Cole
Bluefield Sanitarium
Claude Barrett
Virginia Avenue
Barrett
A. K
Chip) Harvey
Violations Rise as Forces Grow on Korean Front
AP dispatch reports more than one million troops in Korea and seas near the DMZ, including about 55,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Korean forces. Armistice violations have surged tenfold in the past year, with infiltrators, raids, and the attack on the Blue House prompting increased U.S. govt warnings and the Pueblo incident.
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Spencer Davis Washington
Korea
38Th Parallel
Arthur Goldberg
United Nations Command
U.N. Security Council
Dmz
South Korea
Goldberg
U. S
Presidential Blue House
Chung Hee Park
Pueblo
U.N
West Virginia Weekly Forecast Warms Above Normal
Extended forecast for West Virginia shows daytime highs in the 40s and 50s with overnight lows in the 30s through next Wednesday. Precipitation over the weekend is expected to average about half an inch.
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West Virginia
Virginia cigarette tax phaseout return to committee
In Richmond AP report the 24 million dollar annual cigarette tax was sent back to committee after a tense Finance Committee vote and shifting amendments. The measure backed by tobacco interests faced administration opposition amid capital outlay and bond borrowing concerns. The 14th commemorative session will convene in Williamsburg.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
House Finance Committee
C. W. Cleaton
Mecklenburg
Clenton
Cleaton
del. W. C. Daniel
Danville
Godwin
Williamsburg
Senate
Stone Senate
Omer L. Hirst
Fairfax
Virginia Supreme Court
Beaton Egg
Ruth
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Johnson Administration
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Vishobokov
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Dmercer
Blue House
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Korean Peoples Army
Soviet Union
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