West Virginia lawmakers push school aid grants and budgets
West Virginia legislators moved a $400,000 supplemental school aid plan through the House with Senate Finance chairmen urging cautious timing and linking funding to enrollment. The session saw three-way budget tensions among the Senate and House conferees and the Board of Public Works amid debates on coal pipeline legislation, road condemnations for coal plants, and proposed constitutional reapportionment changes.
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Charleston
Virginia
Senate
Hans McCourt
D-Weba
House
Ivor F. Bolarsky
D-Kan
Boiarsky
Department of Education
Sion
Board of School Finance
Bolarsky
Tare
Dels
T. E. Myles
Earl M. Vickers
Nell W. Walker
D-Fayette
Midge
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
McCourt
Public Service Commission
Gov
Barron
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Grant County
William A. Moreland
D-Monongalia
U.S
Major News Summary From Fragmented 1960s Issue
The report flags a mine disaster in Germany with numerous dead and missing miners and mentions broad economic and political items. It cites $400,000 in school aid across 30 counties, tax debates on cigarettes and alcohol, and the Virginia budget, plus Nixon era defense and Cuba topics. It notes Kennedy defending McNamara, Stevenson urging U.N. bonds, and a proposed commercial state via a $200 million satellite system.
Dynamite Plant Is Investigated In Wyoming County
State police in Wyoming County investigate the finding of dynamite near a station wagon owned by Philip Lusk of Herndon. Trooper S. E. Epling leads the probe. Three sticks of dynamite, ready for attachments, were found beside the vehicle Sunday morning. Authorities say the plan was to attach the explosive to the starter, but the perpetrators fled before completion.
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Wyoming County
Wyoming
5. E. Epling
Pineville
Philip Lusk
Herndon
Lusk
Boissevain Worker Hurt In Rock Fall
Armand Earnest, 39, of Boissevain Virginia, employed by Pocahontas Fuel Co. at Bishop, was injured in a mining accident around 6 30 p m Wednesday. He was in the mine when a car failed, injuring his left chest ribs and resulting in the amputation of the tips of his left index and middle fingers. He was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium at 5 p m Wednesday and remains in fair condition.
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Armand
Earnest
Boissevain
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bishop
Bluefield Sanitarium
Trace Fork Shooting Under Investigation
State police in McDowell County investigate a Trace Fork shooting near Panther Tuesday night. The wounded 20 year old Hardie Justice from Trace Fork was treated for a knee injury he says came from a pistol bullet as he fled a blocked road. Justice identified a shooting suspect and said a truck blocked the road before he ran. Deputies and Trooper H A McGinnig are assisting the probe. no arrests reported.
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McDowell County
Trace Fork
Panther
Hardie Justice
Welch Emergency Hospital
Justice
Weston
Lewis County
W. D. Chapman
Dale Dack
H. A. McGinnig
Elkland
Kidnapped Man Forced To Drink Near Weaton Hotel
A man was abducted in front of the Weaton hotel around 6 p.m. Tuesday. In the backseat, Jackson ordered him to drive, then forced him to drink liquor to persuade him to pose. They went to buy more alcohol while Jackson watched. Police arrested Bog gess soon after the incident.
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Weaton
Jackaon
Jackson
Boggess
Germany's Worst Mine Disaster Kills 116 in Saar Basin
A massive explosion at the Lubenthal Mine in Vonthlingen, Germany, traps 68 more amid 116 dead. Rescue teams, including U S Army ambulances, battle methane fires and collapsing tunnels as 480 workers faced the blast in the Saar basin.
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Germany
Oaleden
Carl Huse
Dieth
Saarbruecken
Bon Huge
Lubenthal
Vonthlingen
Tan
U.S. Army
Death Medical Corps
Saar
West Germany
Steel Workers List Demands in Pittsburgh Talks
The United Steelworkers Union outlined contract goals including expanded unemployment benefits and stronger seniority protections. It seeks shorter work periods, training programs, overtime limits, longer vacations, and higher wages as negotiations with 11 major steel companies begin next Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonals
Matoaka Man Hurt In Wreck
A Matoaka man, Walter J. Taylor, 52, was injured in a Beckley Road crash at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. A Bluefield Cab Co. taxi driven by William H. Watson was struck by a 1958 auto that fled the scene, causing about 900 dollars in damage. William C. Price of Princeton was charged with hit and run and bonds await a preliminary hearing before Squire Jim Belcher. Troopers Joe Tropo and R. L. Mozingo investigated.
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Matoaka
Bluefield
Princeton
Beckley Road
Walter J. Taylor
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Bluefield Cab Co
William H. Watson
William C. Price
Jim Belcher
Joe Tropo
R. L. Mozingo
Kennedy Backs McNamara Over Pentagon Censorship
President Kennedy vigorously supported Defense Secretary McNamara in resisting disclosure of which Pentagon censors altered specific speeches by military personnel. He warned of executive privilege if needed to shield those involved while praising the censors and noting McNamara offered explanations for each speech change.
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Kennedy
Defense
McNamara
Pentagon
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
Armed Services Subcommittee
Mazling
Marine Corps
David M. Shroup
Subcommittee
Kennedy Studies Resumption Of Tests
President Kennedy said he should know within a month whether he will order a resumption of U S nuclear tests in the atmosphere. He told reporters he will report in detail to the American people on his reasons before any action is taken.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
Valérian A. Zorin
Assembly
Francis T. P.plimpton
Fidel Castro
Adlai Stumps For U N Bonds As U S Backing
Adlai E Stevenson urged buying half of a 200 million dollar United Nations bond issue to bolster U S security and sustain the UN. He testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that even in imperfect form the UN remains essential, noting its Congo operations and the need to fund annual U N assessments.
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Adlai Stevenson
U. S
U. N. Bona Ae
Harnecing
Page
Washington
Adlai E ‘Stevenson
United Nations
United States
Asia
Africa
U.S
Stevenson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Congo
Princeton Man Held for Grand Jury Action
John Saunders of Princeton is held for grand jury action on breaking and entering and grand larceny charges. Police say he was arrested at a hotel and linked to thefts at Rose Jewelry and a truck stop break-in on Oakvale Road.
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John Saunders
Princeton
Saunders
Allng Junior Fink
Fale Hotel
Rose
Kennedy Asia tour notes and cultural stops
Kennedy's six day Tokyo itinerary includes a visit to Waseda University where the Kennedy party sang the Waseda Song. He drew laughter with a youthful image, endured disruption by leftist agitators, and then visited a Japanese drinking house with aides Ed Reischauer and Mire.
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Kennedy
Japan
Waseda
Kennedy Party
Waseda University
Tokyo
Yuriko
Five Day Forecast Temperatures and Precipitation Summary
The forecast shows near normal lows around 10 to 27 and highs about 49 in the north and 48 in the south. Warmer Thursday into the weekend followed by a colder Monday. Precipitation totals about half an inch with light snow Thursday and rain or snow over the weekend.
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Poris
Luisesthal
House Ap
Sasha
Virginia House
Cooke
Russia
Maree Maaide
J. M. Roberts
Southeast
Vere
Seeawpes
Rock Fall
Demas
Sherrif
Chapman
Wreckag
Eig
Tlask
Kamen
Ruhr
Sear State Mining Office
Kitty
Philadelphia
Circle Shows
Kilty
UPI
Adlai
U.N. Bonds
U.N
Eld
Nicaragua
Panama
Honduras
Guatemala
Zorin
Mario Garcialachaustegui
Adlai E. Stevenson
Garcia-Inchaustegui
Guillermo Florey Avendano
Flores
Costa
Kyoto
Robert F. Kennedy
Slde
Tife
Mr. Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Hig
Ethel
Bobby Lips Lake
Geisha Gals
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