Weary Area Faces Fourth Snowstorm Of Year
A heavy snowstorm hit Bluefield and surrounding counties, starting as rain then switching to snow by 4 pm. By 10 pm six to seven inches were reported at Mercer County Airport, with roads iced and autos stranded. Areas in Virginia and West Virginia saw up to 12 inches, with major highways closed and travel nearly impossible as snow continued past midnight.
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Tottenham Star Refuses This Is Your Life Appearance
Tottenham Hotspur captain Danny Blanchflower dodged BBC plans for This Is Your Life saying his private life is his own. The studio prepared surprise guests from Ireland Sweden and the United States as cameras rolled before he walked out citing a matter of principle.
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Tottenham Hotspur
BBC
Slanchflower
Pat Brew- 28
Maureen Doyle
United States
Sweden
Beast Jonasson
Northern Ireland
Blanchflower
Tottenham
Betty
Eamonn Andrews
Emer- Berney
State Will Urge Death For Kanode
The Kanode murder trial enters day two in Mercer County Court Princeton as the state seeks the death penalty. Prosecutor W C Bivens Jr. argues first degree murder for fatally beating 85 year old G W Chatting and stealing $1.50. Kanode pleads innocent. Jury, witnesses, and scene notes follow with extensive panel names and testimony.
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Samuel Peter Kanode
Mercer County Criminal Court
Princeton
Kanode
Stumpy Hollow
G. W. Chattling
W. C. Bivens Jr
Kanede
Peggy Lusk
Kanade
Quadros Orders Early Work Start for Staff
In Brasilia President Janio Quadros arrived at the executive palace at 6 20 am on a Tuesday setting a new routine. He directed messengers and elevator operators to report for work at 6 am daily.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Janio Quadros
Enraged Man Admits Killing Dickie Myers at Chicago Service Station
A 25 year old Grundy Virginia man Dickie Myers was shot dead by an enraged customer at his Chicago Illinois service station last Friday. Chicago police report the arrest of Washie I White 22 of Tinley Park near the scene shortly after the killing. White confessed the motive was Myers failing to repair his auto battery. The victim's mother Mrs. Harve Endicott of Grundy Virginia will hold funeral services Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Grundy Church of Christ with burial in Stilmer Cemetery.
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Grundy
Myers
Chicago
Ill
Bluefield
Washie i White
Tinley Park
White
Harve Endicott
Grundy Church of Christ
Stilmer Cemetery
Boat Goes Down But Crewmen Are Saved
NEWHAVEN England AP The Norwegian motorship Braga sank in the gale swept English Channel Tuesday but two ships rescued her crew of 27 and two passengers.
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Newhaven
England
Braga
English Channel
Three Step Increase in Minimum Wage Proposed
President Kennedy proposes a three step rise from 1 to 1.25 per hour and extend coverage to 4.3 million workers. A bill led by Rep James Roosevelt introduces the plan with hearings set for Feb 17, aiming to renew a fight over wage reform in Congress. Powell chairs House Labor as Barden retires, signaling possible House Senate compromise.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Labor Committee
Graham Barden
D-N.c
Powell
Barden
Bid Rigging Fines Total 1 924 500
Philadelphia AP Sentencing in a major antitrust case ended with fines totaling 1 924 500 for 29 electrical equipment firms and 44 executives. General Electric and Westinghouse led penalties with 497 500 and 382 000 respectively, while jail terms and five year probation shaped the two day session.
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Philadelphia
Baddiai
Rashid
J. Cullen Ganey
General Electric
Westinghouse
U.S
Tuesay
Weaver nomination hits Nixon era loyalty snag in Senate
President Kennedy faces a hitch as Sen. A Willis Robertson delays hearings on Robert C Weaver nominee for Housing and Home Finance Agency. Robertson demands Kennedy evaluation of an FBI loyalty report, delaying confirmation amid charges of expected civil rights support and alleged communist links. Weaver defends his record and pledges integrity while facing intense scrutiny from Blakley and others.
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Housing and Home Finance Agency
Robertson
New York City
Kennedy
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William JA. Blakley
D-Tex
Final Votes Seen Likely By Monday
Charleston AP report outlines expected passage votes in both chambers on a 15 million personal income tax bill. Identical Senate and House versions would tax 60 percent of federal income taxes for individuals, with amendments ensuring federal changes don’t auto-change WV tax. Committees also clarified credits for gross sales tax payments.
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Barron
Leach
House Finance
Senate Finance
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Bell
Len Dayton
JR. Stemple
R-Barbour
Spy ring in London bungalow shocks Britain
In Bow Street Magistrate Court the case details a London suburb bungalow as the hub of a espionage ring stealing British naval secrets for the Soviet Union. Evidence cited includes a hidden shortwave transmitter, microdots, a portable microscope, and over 8000 in currency. Accused include Gordon Lonsdale, Peter Kroger and wife Helen, Harry Houghton, and Ethel Gee, all linked to Royal Navy circles and using Canadian passports. The hearing will decide if they stand trial at Old Bailey with possible prison terms from three to seven years.
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Court
Soviet Union
Moscow
U. S
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Old Bailey
Gordon A. Lonsdale
Peter John Kroger
Helen
Ruislip
Harry Frederick Houghton
Ethel Elizabeth Gee
Krogers
Lonsdale
Navy
Portland
Dorset
Houghton
Miss Gee
Soviet Union. In A Statement Read In Court, i Houghton
Himelf
Shim
Cmdr
Alexander Johnson
U.S. Navy
Union Man 89 Killed In Wreck Near Union
Andrew Y Dowdy 89 a retired Monroe County farmer died Tuesday in a car truck collision on U S 219 at Salt Sulphur Springs four miles south of Union He was alone in his car striking a feed company truck One unidentified man in the truck had slight bruises Dowdy survived by his wife Mrs Laura Mitchell Dowdy and a foster son Estie Taylor of Lindside Funeral services set at St Johns Church Salt Sulphur Springs with Rev D C Craft Rev Billen Mick and Rev Wi H Crawford officiating Burial in church cemetery Nephews to pallbear and neighbors to bring flowers Body at Broyles Funeral Home Union before services
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Andrew Y. Dowdy
Monroe County
U.S. 219
Salt Sulphur Springs
Union
Roger L. Oakes
Dowdy
Laura Mitchell Dowdy
Estie Taylor
Lindside
Pony
St. John's Church
D. C. Craft
Billen Mick
Wi. H. Crawford
Broyles Funeral Home
Prospects for tax cut grow dim under Kennedy era
Washington AP reports House Speaker Sam Rayburn says prospects for an early tax reduction are dismal. He said budget surpluses forecast by Eisenhower may turn to deficits this year and next, unless a tax cut clearly incentivizes business growth. Kennedy had earlier downplayed a tax cut. Rayburn noted administration views may differ, with a budget message to Congress expected to clarify outlook. Eisenhower projected $79 million surplus this year and $14 billion next year.
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House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Eisenhower
Neely Recovers After Heart Attack At Home
Charleston AP reports Harold S. Neely Republican gubernatorial candidate recuperating at his Hinton home after a heart attack. Friends say he left Charleston General Hospital where he had been treated since January 15 and returned home Monday.
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Harold S. Neely
Hinton
Neely
Charleston General Hospital
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