Not A Handout Hodges Asserts At West Virginia Meet
Washington outlined the federal area redevelopment program for troubled regions during a day long conference in Beckley. Secretary Luther Hodges and West Virginia officials described aims to redeploy resources and diversify economies to avoid dependence on a single crop. Delegates from Bluefield Hinton Welch Williamson and the Eastern Panhandle met officials to discuss local redevelopment needs.
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Beckley
Washington
West Virginia
Luther Hodges
Robert C. Byrd
D. W. Va
West
Southwest Virginia
W. Pat Jennings
9Th
Hodges
Bluefield
Hinton
Welch, Williamson
Eastern Panhandle
William Batt Jr
Area Redevelopment Administration
Dsen
Randolph
W.va
Congress
Ken Hechler
Harley Staggers
Operation Removes Bean From Windpipe
A three year old girl Christine Walters of Otway Ohio was recovering Friday after an operation to remove a pint o bean from her windpipe.
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Huntington
Christine Walters
Otway
Ohio
Randolph Raps Cheap Imports
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia denounces the decline of U S ceramics as a Japanese price cartel drives firms out of business. He cites a 50 percent emigration in a ceramic run and urges greater presidential flexibility on foreign wage baselines for quotas.
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Charleston
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Randolph
The
Senate
Coal Firm To Open Mine Where 18 Died
Island Creek Coal Co. said it will reopen its No. 22 mine on Pine Creek after more than a year idle since the March 8, 1960 disaster. The pit will resume production July 10 and provide about 70 jobs.Oj
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Island Creek Coal Co
Pine Creek
Pittsburgh (Ap
Cannec
Noble J
Dick Bus Co
Weather forecast for Virginia and West Virginia
Saturday mostly sunny and warmer with some cloudiness in extreme southwest portion highest 70s in the mountains and along the coast 78 to 83 elsewhere Sunday fair and warmer West Virginia partly cloudy in extreme south portion otherwise fair and warmer Saturday high 72 to 80 Sunday fair and warmer
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Virginia
West Virginia
Penguins Have Super Kidneys in Their Noses
A National Academy report shows emperor penguins possess nasal salt glands that act as super kidneys, filtering salt from seawater far more efficiently than real kidneys. The study details fasting periods during breeding, with emperors fasting up to 90 days, kings up to around two weeks, and other species showing varied durations and breeding cycles.
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Washington
Nana
Antarctic
National See of Sciences
U S Czech Diplomatic Dispute Over Espionage Probe
A Geneva or New York note recounts a Swedish restaurant incident where two men claiming U S intelligence offered to recruit Miroslav Nacvalac from the Czechoslovak embassy. The Czechoslovak mission protested, and Nacvalac was asked to leave the United States. The note mentions Lt Col Frantisek Tisler, asylum in 1959, and U N headquarters possibly moving from New York.
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Gripsholm
New York
E. 57Th Street
United States Intelligence Service
Washington
Miroslav Nacvalac
United States
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
United Nations
M. Nacvalac
Tisler
Czechoslovakia
Frantisek Tisler
House Committee On
U. S
U. N
Minor Changes In Official Tab In City Elections
The article lists candidates with gains in the official tabulation across districts 1 to 5 and notes several one vote gains and unchanged totals. It records that all changes were gains, counts for party committee membership were unchanged, five challenged ballots allowed, seven ballots rejected for multiple selections, and the official canvass was completed by the board of directors in a special meeting yesterday.
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Earl Yeager
Paul Hudgins
Angelo Monaco
Henry Goforth
Henry Warden
Allen Coppinger
Leland Carter
John Allen
Oss Perdue
Bill Duff
Woody Wilson
Zack Sisson
Thos. Witcher
Bus Peery
Courtney Tanner French Tolbert
Lige Tucker
Les Carper
Ernie Martin
C. W. Ferguson
F. D Mattox
C. J. Lester
Holm
Europe Faces Auto Surplus Amid Growing European Output
European producers face a looming surplus as output climbs toward 9.5 million vehicles in three to four years, surpassing Detroit's records. Sales growth lags, with the French Ministry projecting only 8 million buyers in 1965, risking 1.5 million unsold cars and rising thereafter.
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Paris
Europe
United States
Detroit
Britain
Ministry of Production
West Virginia House Extends Retail Tax Rates Vote
The West Virginia House approved a bill to extend present retail sales tax rates by a 56 to 34 vote. Fifty four Democrats and two Republicans supported the measure, with twenty Democrats and fourteen Republicans opposed. Several members did not vote or were paired on the record.
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Charleston
House
West Virginia
Amick
Bias
Casey
Castleberry
Creek
D’aurora
Edgar
Ford
Haythe
Kelley
Lloyd
Lohi Myles
Noll
Palmer Rife
Schupbach
Slonaker
Tsapis
Zabeau
Hunt Elected Legion Commander in Welch
Welch businessman J C Buddy Hunt was installed commander of McDowell Post 8 American Legion in Welch succeeding outgoing Commander Jimmy Johns. Officers elected include James E Dotson first vice commander J A Villani second vice commander Rocco Jones Johns sergeant at arms James A French Sr chaplain Jack Sampson historian Emanuel L Katzen and Johns to the board of governors.
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Welch
McDowell
American Legion
Jimmy Johns
Legionnaires
James E. Dotson
J. A. Villani
Rocco Jones Johns
James A. French Sr
Jack Sampson
Emanuel L. Katzen and
Johns
Board of Governors
Deaths and Funerals in Southwestern Region
Multiple obituaries detail Geneva McDowell Mandeville of Roanoke and Bluefield, David Mullins of Wise, Charles Wayne Martin of Athens, Cecil Belcher of David City, James Hurt of North Tazewell, Bill Hall of Hurley, and William Scott of Roanoke. Survived by spouses, children, and extended kin. Services set at Oakey’s Roanoke, Roselawn Bluefield, Adria Advent Christian Church, and Melrose Church Roanoke.
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Bluefield and Welch
Roanoke
Lewis Gale Hospital
John R. Mandeville
Virgil McDowell
Washington, D. C
Jerry Ballard
North Largo
Fla
Joyce
Debby McDowell
Norman McDowell
District Heights
Oakey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Raymond J. Adkins
Welch
Charles Wayne Martin
Athens
Levi and
Lula Kirk Martin
Athens Methodist Church
David City
Neb
John Belcher
Route 1
Bluefield
Elizabeth Bennett
Davy
Bernard
Johnny
Jack
Harold Belcher
Donna Jean
Carolee Belcher
Doris Lynn Belcher
John Belcher Jr
Keystone
George Hardy
Abbs Valley
William Hutton
Bristol
James Aaron Hurt
Cavetts Creek
North Tazewell
McDowell County
William and
Christine Hurt
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bishop, Va
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Ida Harrison
Roy Morrison
Daniel Altizer
Saint Augustine
John
Gordie Hunt
N. Tazewell
Walter Hunt
Harman
Dewey Hunt
Los Angeles
Calif
Sarah Belcher
Williamson
Sam Hunt
Richmond
Adria
Bill Willis Hall
Hurley
Grundy
Nancy Stacy Hall
Michael Hall
Ruby Scarbury Hall
Lassie Romans
Jackson
Ohio
Ellen Edwards
Clara Phillips
Lexington
N. C
Lewis Hall
Claude Conn
Hall Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
William Scott
Howard St. Clair
Hale Avenue
Princeton
Melrose Methodist Church
Scott
Okey Funeral Home
Governor lauds Legislature for expanded public works
Charleston West Virginia Gov Barron praised the 55th Legislature saying it made another great contribution toward keeping the state on the advance He announced plans to speed up an expanded program that could triple public works employment to about 15000 jobs and pump new money into the economy while not loosening welfare efforts He urged attracting new industries to improve revenue and fund better services.
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Charleston
Barron
West Virginia
Peo
State agency to trim relief rolls and raise foster aid
The department plans to cut relief payouts indicating widespread chiselers. old age payments average $32 monthly. Foster care would rise to $70 per child with federal matching funds, while DPA staff and salaries get funding and new hires are set to begin interviews next week with county tests under the state merit system.
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Puerto Rico
Smith
DPA
State Merit System Council
Mercer Board Hires Teachers
The Mercer County Board of Education announced the transfer of three teachers and the employment of seven new ones after a Thursday meeting in Princeton. It also granted Wilson Gautier an extra year of leave to work on his doctorate at West Virginia University.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Wilson Gautier
West Virginia University
James P. Leachard
Princeton High School
Board of Education
Mike Diachenko
Ralph Ball
Nebraska
Seachord
Wyoming
Beckley
Elsie Diachenko
Princeton High
Pinnacle School
Elizabeth 0. Feuchtenberger
Bluefield High School
Princeton Junior High
Catherine Paxton
Margaret Pharr
West Virginia House Defers Expansion Amid Tax Debate
The House passed a measure to push back expansion plans while lawmakers clash over ADC program funding and a Seibert tax relief amendment. Representative Seibert’s plan would shave about 1 million dollars a year, not covering Barron program costs, and faced a 65 to 28 defeat with border county delegates opposing.
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Brotherton
West Virginia
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
House
Seibert
Del
Jack L. Miller
R-Wood
West
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