Budget Birth Control Bill Approved In Closing Action
The West Virginia legislature approved the state budget and a birth control clinics bill in a late session, with the budget passing 9 25 p m and the clinics measure 60 to 38. The birth control bill aims to supply free services to the poor, routed to Gov. Hulett Smith for signature. A constitutional amendment proposal to raise legislators pay and limit sessions cleared for voter submission, advancing after Senate House vote switches.
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Charleston
House
del. Brereton C. Jones
R-Mason
Hulett Smith
Senate
Sena
C&O Denied Discontinuing Parkersburg Huntington Trains
Public Service Commission rejected the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad request to discontinue trains 103 and 104 between Parkersburg and Huntington. The panel cited low ridership due to caboose passenger service, drastic timetable changes, and ticket sales refusals. The commission ordered restoration of a passenger car and rejected caboose-only service.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Huntington
Parkers
Commission
B&o
Parkersburg
Parkerspate
Brush-Fire Wars Across Regions Threaten Global Peace
An overview of volatile hotspots from Viet Nam to Kashmir and Rhodesia, detailing competing powers, internal strife, and regional tensions. North Viet Nam pressuring South Viet Nam for communism and rice, Laos neutral yet allied with the U.S., Cambodia wary, and Cambodia and Indonesia facing shifts in power and influence. Kashmir remains disputed between India and Pakistan amid border clashes, Nigeria experiences a coup with killings, and Kurdish independence efforts challenge regional stability. The piece links these conflicts to broader world peace risks.
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Laos
Ami Kurdistan
Viet Nam
Kashmir
Sikki
South China Sea
China
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Sukarno
Indonesia
United Nations
Free World
Pakistan
India
Silkkim
West Virginia Legislation Douses Constitutional Convention Effort
West Virginia legislators blocked Gov Hulett Smith's push for a constitutional convention along with measures on implied consent for motorists and a corporate income tax. Smith pledged support for the convention in his state of the state message but it failed to leave committee as opposition and shifting priorities cooled the effort. The implied consent bill passed the Senate in altered form, changing urine tests to optional blood or breath tests for drunken driving and moving to the House Judiciary.
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Hulett Smith
Smith
House
Senate
Moe
Cold War GI Bill Moves Toward Johnson for Veterans
The House approved a costly Cold War G I bill 381 to 0 to fund education benefits for veterans with six months of service since January 1935. The plan, totaling about 335 million dollars in year one and 500 million annually for five years, removes tuition coverage and pays monthly amounts to veterans directly.
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Washington
Korea
House
Senate
White House
Johnson
Veterans Administration
Welch Woman Burned in Grease Fire at Welch Residence
Mrs Helen Carper sustained second and third degree burns to her right arm and leg in a grease fire at a Welch home Thursday afternoon. She was hospitalized at Grace Hospital Thursday night in non critical condition. Fire Chief Richard D Searberry said she tried to throw a pan of grease outside after it caught fire on the kitchen stove.
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Welch
Helen Carper
Grace Hospital
Richard D. Searberry
Carper
E. 0
Gates
Riverside Drive
Viet Victory Declaration Seen Obstacle To Peace
Senator Kennan warned that this week’s U S South Vietnamese declaration may hinder peace talks. He testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing after urging the United States to avoid escalation while maintaining a firm military stance. Chairman Fulbright pressed Kennan on administration Viet Nam policy.
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Washington
Sen
Kennan
Xing
Senate
Tions
United States
Polley
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Saigon
U.N
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Johnson
Goldberg
U.S
Virginia House approves sales tax bill with key provisions intact
Gov. Godwin’s sale tax plan cleared the House Finance Committee 15 to 2 after four days of hearings. The bill envisions a two percent state tax rising to three percent later, with localities able to add a one percent tax if applicable, sharing proceeds by school age population.
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Richmond
Godwin
House Finance Committee
John Warren Cooke
Cooke
T. Coleman Andrews
J. Sargeant Reynolds
Bids Planned on I 77 Construction Segments in Mercer County
State Road Commission announced bids to construct the first I 77 segment near Princeton with a 2.8 mile stretch, to open April 12, while three more Mercer County I 77 projects may follow this year including sections near Ingleside and East River, totaling just under nine miles of highway.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
SRC
U. S
Road Commission
Mercer County
East River Mountain
Princeton - Ingleside
Norfolk and Western Railway
Ingleside
Mountain
East River
Donkeys Wander On Cheat River Ice In West Virginia
Preston County residents search for a way to coax two young donkeys from the middle of the Cheat River. The animals have been on the ice for more than a week as the ice breaks up and drifts downstream. No owner has claimed the pair.
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Bowlesburg
W.va
Preston County
Cheat River
Inside Abby Adds Years Classified Comics And More
Fragmentary OCR notes list sections including Dennis Goren Graham Society tee sports movies Princeton stock and a reference to a 3) shabilen item. No clear story or event details appear in the readable text.
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Abby
Dennis
Goren
Graham
Society Tee
Princeton
Stock
Shabilen
Nuckols Denies False Expense Claims in WV Case
Former State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols testified he did not falsify his expense account. He claimed trips listed as personal were for Motor Vehicles Department business and that some dates were mislisted causing apparent double charges.
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Charleston
Jack Nuckols
Nuckols
Kanawha County
Washington
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