Minimum Wage Passes West Virginia House 87-9
The West Virginia House approved by 87-9 a 75-cent minimum wage bill, targeting workers in retail and service sectors. The measure includes exemptions for farms, domestic workers, and small firms, and now moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Charleston
House
West, Virginia
Human Rights Commission
Senate
Dell
Gene M. Ashley
R-Roane
A. Foster Lineweaver
R-Morgan
Rene V. Zabeau
D-Harrison
West Virginia
Zabeau
House Labor and Industry Committee
Del
J. E
Ned) Watson
D Marion
Dels
Thomas C. Edgar
D-Pocahontas
Richard E. Ford
D-Greenbrier
Chester Lilyer
R-Preston
Lineweaver
T. G. Matney
Monroe
William McCoy Jr
D-Pendleton
James M. Miley
D-Hardy
William B. Slonaker
Hampshire
Dan Wells
Mercer
Wells
Marshall U Opponents Rally as House Debates Reconsideration
In Charleston the House erupted in anger over a bill to designate Marshall College as Marshall University. A pending House amendment would bar professional degrees in agriculture forestry engineering law pharmacy dentistry or medicine, aiming to mirror WVU curricula. Debate stalled as timing and procedural moves dominated the session.
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House
Atty
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Senate
Marshall
West Virginia University
WVU
Dell
Carmine J. Cann
D-Harrison
David L. Solomon
D-Monongalia
Del
Thomas C. Edgar
D-Pocahontas
Wells
Dan Wells
D- Mercer
J. Paul England
Wyoming
England
Julius W. Singleton Jr
Widows Annuities Granted In Bill In Senate
In Charleston Senator William Tompos notes a bill to raise retirement benefits for judges would also grant annuities to widows. Finance Chairman Hans McCourt explains a widow qualifies by living with the judge on the bench. The bill passes unanimously.
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Charleston
Rpy
William Tompos
D-Hancock
Senate
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Tompos
Priority Bills Emphasize Unemployment Aid In Congress
President Kennedy listed 16 priority bills heavy on unemployment relief. Leaders Mansfield and Rayburn promised swift action. Key measures include extended unemployment compensation, aid to children of unemployed, broader Social Security benefits, and programs for distressed areas. House and Senate committees moved to hearings on these bills as momentum grows.
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Washington
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
White House
Don
Pierre Salinger
Ways and Means
Congress
Rayburn
Mansfield
Deliberations In Rees Case Start Today
An all male jury will begin deliberations in the federal kidnap trial of Melvin Davis Rees Jr in Baltimore as U S District Judge Ros zel C Thomson expected to charge and instruct the jurors this afternoon The 32 year old Hyattsville Maryland Jazz musician is accused of abducting a Virginia mother and her daughter for the purpose of killing them The bodies were found in Maryland nearly two months after their disappearance Mrs Mildred Jackson and her daughter Susan were killed near Fredericksburg Virginia Rees faces murder charges in both Virginia and Maryland Government rebuttal witnesses completed testimony Tuesday Defense moved for mistrial over a question about Rees school attendance Judge Thomson denied the motion Concluding arguments are set for Wednesday with each side allotted 90 minutes to present.
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Baltimore
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
U.S
Roszel C. Thomson
Hyattsville
Virginia
Witnhesses
William J. O'Donnell
Col
William D. Mallard
Edwards Military Institute
Salemburg
N. C
Mallard
Rees
Thomson
O'Donnell
British TV Plans Hookup With Moscow
A British television company announced plans for the first live London Moscow hookup. Shows from the Soviet capital will be broadcast across Britain from May 19 to June 4 during the British Trade Fair in Moscow. Viewers will see a Bolshoi Ballet performance and a Moscow travelogue.
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London
Moscow
Britain
Bolshoi Ballet
Space Rig Survives 12 850 MPH Rocket Ride Test
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P reports America's man in space capsule endured its most severe test a tortuous 12850 mile an hour rocket ride NASA named three astronauts John J Glenn Jr Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard Jr for early spaceflight training The capsule faced 3000 degree heat 900 pounds per square inch pressure and heavy g forces before recovery ship pickup The test moves NASA closer to manned orbital flight later this year
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
John J. Glenn Jr
New Concord
Ohio
Virgil E. Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Alan B. Shepard Jr
East Derry
N.H
Glenn
Shepard
Mercu
Earth
Robert Gilruth
Project Mercury
Mercury
Space
Navy
Alan B. Shepard, Jr
Tshombe Orders Katangans Mobilized Against UN Move
Katanga president Moise Tshombe ordered all able bodied Katangans mobilized in response to the UN Congo Command's authority to use force to curb civil war risk. He denounced UN experts as ineffective, threatened to close the border, and rejected part of the Security Council resolution calling for withdrawal of Belgian aides.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
U. N. Congo
Tshombe
U. N
Security Council
U.N. Congo Command
Sean MacKeown
Yshombe
Congo
Kennedy Appeals For End To Worst Airline Strike
President Kennedy urged an end to the nation s worst airline strike through Labor Secretary Goldberg after he formed a three member panel of professors to study the dispute. Six major lines faced prolonged shutdowns and about 230000 people affected as 3500 flight engineers walked out.
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Kennedy
New York
White House
Authur J. Goldberg
Ledlight
Goldberg
Burma Rioters Clash With Troops In Rangoon Protest
In Rangoon crowds estimated at 10 000 demonstrated against U S -marked arms to Chinese forces. Gun-licemen and steel-helmeted troops fired into the air and used tear gas as police tried to hold barricades near the U S Embassy. Five rioters and three police were hurt, with about 2 000 rampaging through city streets afterward.
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Rangoon
Burma
Burma-Thailand
U.S
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Formosa
Mainland
China
Dag Hammarskjold asks for more UN troops in Congo
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged adding forces to implement a Security Council peace plan to avert civil war in the Congo. He noted dwindling UN strength from about 9,000 to 17,500 and called on Asian and African nations to bolster the mission.
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Dag
United Nations, N
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Security Council
Wences Hammarskjold
Katanga
Ib Nation Council
United Nations
Hammarskjold
United Arab Republic
Ceylon
Liberia
U. N
U. N. Congo
Valerian A. Zofin
Congo
Capsule Won't Be Recovered From Discov erer XX Flight
The Air Force announced on Tuesday it will attempt to recover the 2450 pound Discoverer XX capsule after an equipment malfunction prevented a planned recovery four days into orbit. The malfunction was not disclosed, and the capsule, the heaviest in the long-lived series, carries instruments for Samos, Midas, and Transit. It may remain in orbit for up to six months.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Samos
Midas
Transit
Two Men Die In Separate Buchanan County Mines
Two men died in separate Virginia coal mines on Tuesday in Buchanan County. Howard Chambers, 22, of Hurley, was killed in a Hurley Coal Corp. mine. Luther Cantrell, 48, of Raven, White Coal Co., was killed by a fall at Whitewood mine after four years with the firm. Cantrell leaves a wife Tennessee Horn Cantrell and eight children. Chambers leaves his mother Betty Smith Chambers and four sisters. Funeral plans set for Cantrell at Horn Cemetery. burial at Horn Mountain.
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Buchanan County
Hurley Coal Corp
Hurley
Howard Chambers
Luther Washington Cantrell
Whitewood
White Coal Co
Cantrell
Dave
Betsy Horne Cantrell
Tennessee Horn Cantrell
Wal
Lsie Vandyke
Juanita Hale
Pauline Underwood
Geraldine Mounts
Sll
Raven
Waller
Dad
Thurman Cantrell
Myrtle
Maxie Cantrell
Garnie Horn
Lola Keen
Dolly Horn
Alice Horn
Whitewinx
Hurst ‘Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Contrary
Albert Ball
Buri
Horn Cemetery
Horn Mountain
Chambers
Betty Smith Chambers
EyKton
Katheriine
Ghalys
Macquline
Union Dispute Halts Summersville Dam Project
Summersville West Virginia union dispute halts work on the multi million dollar dam project in Nicholas County affecting more than 150 workers. The United Mine Workers District 3v and the International Union of Operating Engineers contend over representation of J A Jones Construction Co employees. Appalachian Construction Co employs about 100 workers represented by the LUGE.
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Summersville
W.va
Nicholas County
United Mine Workers
International Union of Operating Engineers
ABS Clo
Jack Kubrick
J. A. Jones Construction Co
Charlotte
1UQE
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Bermuda
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Atlas
Scott
John H. Glen, Jr
Virgil L. Grissom
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