Teen Driver License Gets Okay in West Virginia House
The West Virginia House approved a junior driver license bill for ages 16 to 18 by a 97 3 vote, with parental consent and conditions set by the motor vehicles commissioner. The measure also removed a plan for a universal two year probationary license. A separate banking bill allowing limited off premises branches failed 52 47, with a reconsideration motion possible.
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Charleston
House
Senate
West Virginia
Free
Hulett Smith
Motor Vehicles Commissioner
House Judiciary Committee
del. T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
Seibert
del. Forrest M. Buck
Tyler
Del
Charles E. Lohr
Dmercer
Myles
del. J. Paul England
Wyoming
Carmine J. Cann
D-Harrison
England
Pegasus to Launch From Cape for Moon Era Research
Pegasus will launch from Cape Kennedy on Tuesday to study meteoroid hazards in space. Ranger 8 follows Wednesday for a moon photography mission. Both launches will be televised live as NASA gathers data on rocket and mission risks for future manned lunar flights.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pegasus
Moon
William B. Blake Jr. dies at 81 in Ronceverte
William B. Blake Jr retired editor and publisher of the West Virginia News died at his home in Ronceverte after a long illness. He was 81 and had served as editor emeritus after a stroke and as board chairman of First National Bank of Ronceverte. He held leadership roles in state press groups and once served as mayor. Survivors include a daughter three sons a sister three brothers and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Blake home. Burial at River View Cemetery. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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William B. Blake, Jr
West Virginia News
Ronceverte
Blake
First National Bank of
West Virginia Press Associaton
West Virginia Newspaper Council
J. W. Lee
William E. Blake
Charleston
West Virginia
J. Wade Bill
Lewisburg
Charles S. Blake
Gadsden
Ala
Russell R. Blake
Winston Salem
N. C
Edward L. Blake
Summit Point
Ernest Sinfield
River View Cemetery
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Germans Flock to America's Wild West
A Dresden Communist paper laments rising interest among East Germans in American Wild West themes, signaling cultural curiosity beyond the East bloc. The notice frames this fascination as excessive and attributed to Western influence.
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Berlin
Dresden
America
Wild West
Vatican hint of action to block Deputy staging
Vatican hints at using diplomatic channels to stop the staging in Rome of The Deputy as Italian actors sit in at a church theater. Police blocked the opening, citing lack of safety certification, while Premier Moro faces questions in Parliament amid pressure from leftist lawmakers.
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Vatican
Rome
Aldo Moro
L’osservatore Romano
Italy
Papacy
Nunico
Gian Maria Volonte
Volonte
Valante
Moro
L'Osservatore
Carla Gravina
Chi
Troops Quell Viet Rioting in Saigon Area
In Saigon and northern towns, troops dispersed anti government demonstrations amid reports of casualties. About 2,000 protesters stormed the Thang Binh district chief’s office near Da Nang, while Tam Ky crowd also dispersed. North Vietnamese infiltration claims cited with training camps and schools named. At Qui Nhon an American body was recovered, death toll rising to nine with twelve Americans missing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
Thang Binh
da Nang
Tam Ky
North Viet Nam
Xuan Mai
Ha Dong
Noa Binh
Hanoi
Thai Nguyen
Vinh Linh
U.S
Vo Nguyen Giap
Qui Nhon
No Arrest in Charlottesville Sex Slaying
Charlottesville police said no arrests and no charges in the investigation of Laraine Pysell a 19 year old slain woman found near the Rivanna River. An escaped prison farm inmate is being sought as investigators review the case.
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Charlottesville
Charlotteville
Laraine Pysell
Trial in McDowell Continued to April
McDowell County Criminal Court Judge L R Morgan continued Monday the murder trial of Wesley Collins of Red Barn Hollow until April 20. Collins is accused of fatally shooting his brother Aldo Collins at the Collins family home in Red Barn Hollow in June last year. The trial was postponed after key witnesses could not appear.
Weather forecast shows near normal temps this week
Extended forecast temperatures through Saturday average near normal lows of 22 north and 28 south, with normal highs of 44 north and 47 south. Tuesday and Wednesday rise slightly, Thursday and Friday dip, then a warming trend Saturday. Rain is expected Wednesday and rain or snow Friday, totaling about one half inch.
10 Years Decreed In Buchanan Rape
Circuit Judge Frank W. Smith sentenced Anderson Matney to 10 years in prison for raping a girl under 16 in the Knox Creek area of Buchanan County. Matney pleaded guilty after a Commonwealth recommendation. defense motion for probation was taken under advisement.
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Grundy
Frank W. Smith
Anderson Matney
Matney
Blackey
Buchanan County
Commonwealth
Nick E. Persin
Knox Creek
Prescription only sale ordered for nasal inhalers
The FDA ordered nasal methamphetamine inhalers restricted to prescription use due to rising abuse as a stimulant. The action aligns with crackdowns on amphetamine inhalers and pep pills, taking effect with a Federal Register policy statement published February 10.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Register
Nat King Cole Dies at 45 After Cancer Battle
Nat King Cole, the famed singer known for Unforgettable and Too Young, died at 5:30 a.m. in Santa Monica California. He had lung cancer after a prior lung operation and cobalt treatments, and his wife Maria was with him. Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17 1919 in Montgomery Alabama.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Nat “King” Cole
Cole
St. John’s Hospital
Maria
Las Vegas
St. John’s
Nathaniel Adams Coles
Billings
Montgomery
Ala
Kosygin Holds Secret Talks After Viet Nam Trip
Premier Kosygin and Communist Party chief Brezhnev held a private 25 minute session after Kosygin returned from a 11 day journey through North Viet Nam Red China and North Korea. He promised Soviet military aid to Hanoi and noted joint resolve with Beijing to curb the aggressors.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Wartorn
Viet Nam
Peking
Kosygin
North Viet Nam
Red China
North Korea
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Rodion Y. Malinovsyk
China
Hanoi
Asia
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
South
North
Soviet Union
Weary Workers Plan Drill To Reach Cave Explorer Body
Rescue teams will drill a 40 foot shaft into a waterscape cave in Dolgeville New York to reach James Mitchell a 23 year old chemist from Winthrop Massachusetts trapped and died after his clothing soaked and a route blocked. Companion Hedy Miller and Charles Bennett returned to Massachusetts as recovery continues.
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Dolgeville
N.Y
James Mitchell
Winthrop
Mass
Mitchell
Washington, D.C
Hedy Miller
Boston
Charles Bennett
Harvard
Massachusets
Miss Miller
Bennett
Nuclear Cutback Planned
The United States announced a new 20 percent cut in production of enriched uranium-235 to reduce overall atomic material for bombs and missiles. The plan, aiming for a 60 percent reduction, follows a 0 percent cut by Johnson and targets completion by 1969 amid Viet Nam era tensions.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Red China
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Johnson
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