Two SRC Officials Fired Over $800,000 Federal Aid Loss
Charleston AP Two SRC legal and right of way division officials James A. Taylor III and Edwin J. Upton were ousted amid the withdrawal and repayment of $800,000 in federal highway funds. Commissioner Burl Sawyers said the firings came in face of alleged irregularities while noting others were dismissed or resigned, with investigations ongoing in state and federal offices.
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Upton
Charleston
State Road Commission
West Virginia
Burl Sawyers
James A. Taylor III
Edwin J. Upton
Sawyers
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
SRC
Patrick S. Grant
Tl Am
U. S
Kinser
Howard A. Kinser
Quenton J. Sparkes
Sparkes
Beckley
Parkersburg
Atty
Donald Robertson
House
Robertson
Washington
Graney
Cecil H. Underwood
Il Am
Underwood
Estes Probers Fire GOP Counsel Over Leaked Report
A House subcommittee dismissed Republican counsel Robert Manuel for leaking a confidential Agriculture Department report to a newspaper. Hearings resume Friday as the inquiry continues into Billie Sol Estes and related cotton allotment dealings, and the Texas death of investigator Henry Marshall.
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Billie Sol Estes
Robert Manuel
Agriculture Department
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Manuel
Earl Maze
New York Herald Tribune
Texas Farmer-Financier
Estes
Henry Marshall
Texas
House
Len's Creek Man Shot by Troopers During Arrest
Charleston AP report says Ben Smith of Len's Creek, about 50, was killed at his home when State troopers with a warrant for attempted rape of his daughter shot him as he reached for a gun. Captain N. C. Reger named the troopers EL Grethouse G D Spence and G G Lanham. He did not identify the shooter.
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Charleston
Len’s Creek
N. C. Reger
Reger
Co. B
South Charleston
Ben Smith
Smith
EL. Grethouse
G. D. Spence
G. G. Lanham
Senate backs down on aid for commies
The Senate approved a 4.7 billion dollar foreign aid bill after reversing a ban on aid to Communist satellite nations. Poland and Yugoslavia would receive surplus farm shipments, with allocations and conditions outlined for continuation of food aid under Kennedy administration arguments. The final vote was 61 to 23, with flexibility maintained for future shipments and a separate authorization to fund the Alliance for Progress in Latin America.
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Senate
Poland
Yugoslavia
Kennedy
Congress
House
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet
U.S
United States
Tito
Moscow
Princeton rider jailed for drunkenness after horseback stop
A Princeton resident was arrested on a drunkenness charge after police found him riding a horse down Mercer Street at 4 p m. The horse was tethered to a parking meter during booking. Officers Jack Crotty and David Williams oversaw the arrest and he remained jailed last night.
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Princeton
Mercer Street
Dobbin
Jack Crotty
David Williams
Kennedy to seek across the board tax cuts
President Kennedy says he will ask Congress for universal tax reductions on income and corporate rates to spur the economy. He asserts tax revision could accelerate growth despite not offsetting provisions.
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Kennedy
Congress
Inside tee eee Abby
Abby navigates a busy page layout as readers scan sections from classifieds to sports and weather. The item hints at reader-friendliness and the mix of society notes, TV, movies, obituaries, and stock briefs.
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Princeton Classified
Goren
Kennedy to Seek Across-Board Tax Cuts to Boost Economy
President Kennedy pledged to recommend an across-the-board personal and corporate income tax cut to take effect next January. He urged quick congressional action on economic measures, citing a still slow but improving economy and the need to avoid another recession. He defended the plan as part of a broader stimulus package including plant investment incentives and temporary tax relief tools.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Tazewell Woman and Buchanan Boy Victims Of Auto Crashes
A 7 year old Tazewell County woman Mrs. Hester Levenia Yates of Abbs Valley Va was killed in a two car collision Thursday afternoon. Three others were injured including Mrs Mildred Atkinson 61 daughter of the victim and occupants Glover S Lovill 48 and Maudie Lovill 38. Lovill’s wife was hospitalized with multiple fractures.
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Abbs Valley
Buchanan County
Hester L. Yates
Danny Lee Robinson
Tazewell
Hester Levenia Yates
Mildred Atkinson
Glover S. Lovill
Baissevain
Maudie Lovill
Buchanan County, Va
Grundy
Six year old Danny Robinson killed in Route 83 accident near Grundy
Danny Lee Robinson, six, of near Grundy Virginia, died after darting across Route 83 into the path of a station wagon driven by Kermit Hensley of Stacy. He died at Grundy Hospital at 2 p.m. Survived by parents Arbra and Marie, two brothers Ralph and Junior, three sisters Wanda Kay Betty and Kathy, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Garlie Runyon. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Smith Branch Cemetery vicinity.
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Danny Lee Robinson
Arbra
Marie Robinson
Grundy
Kermit Hensley
Stacy, Va
Grundy Hospital
Ralph
Junior Robinson
Wanda Kay
Betty
Kathy Robinson
Garlie Runyon
Virginia Funeral Home
Kennedy Says Nuclear Aid Not Linked To Common Market
President Kennedy says U.S. and France views on nuclear aid are not tied to Europe’s Common Market. Secretary Rusk will visit Europe June 18 for 10 days, stopping in five capitals and West Berlin to discuss nuclear policy and market terms amid ongoing tensions with France.
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Kennedy
United States
France
Europe
State Department
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
U.S
Rusk
Paris
James M. Gavin
Britain
Gavin
Dartmouth College
New England
Charles de Gaulle
Berlin
America
Republicans Call Kennedy Policies Weak and Inconsistent
Republicans in both chambers blasted the Kennedy administration for weakness in foreign policy and urged a broad party platform for 1962. The 2,500 word Declaration of Republican Principles and Policy calls for UN reorganization and a large tax overhaul, and urges Soviet barriers in Eastern Europe to be opened for free choice by its people.
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Senate
House
Kennedy
United Nations
Russia
Europe
House Gop
Individue
Big Bomber Sets World Records on 11 420 Mile Flight
A muscular BS2H eight jet bomber completed an 11 420 mile closed circuit flight from Seymour Johnson AFB North Carolina setting a world record for distance in a closed course and a Class C 1 distance record for heavy jets. The aircraft flew 22 hours 38 minutes ending at 2 38 p m EST after a departure at 4 p m Wednesday with legs over Bermuda Greenland Alaska Los Angeles and Key West. Captain William F Stevenson of Miami commanded the flight with 3 820 total flight hours.
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N.C
William F. Stevenson
Miami
Fla
Strategic Air Command
Bermuda
Son‘trestrom
Greenland
Anchorage
Alaska
Los Angeles
Calif
Key West
Seymour Johnson
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