Group Charges Plan Impeded by ICA Mismanagement
The Government Operations Committee accused the International Cooperation Administration of inadequate and incompetent handling of foreign aid projects. The blistering report cites six deficiencies including poor planning, weak contract standards, conflicts of interest, and reliance on political factors, noting nearly a billion dollars in contracts lacked clear standards.
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Washington
House
International Cooperation Administration
Government Operations Committee
ICA
U.S
United States
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Huttonsville escapee captured at Pocahontas roadblock
Edgar Lee Moten 24 of Jumping Branch was captured in a stolen car at the junction of West Virginia Route 28 and U S 20 in Pocahontas County. Moten escaped seven days ago from Medium Security Prison Huttonsville and was found at Traveler's Repose in Bartow. The vehicle was reported stolen in Bartow about 30 minutes earlier. Moten faced a one to 10 year sentence for breaking and entering in Summers County.
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Bartow
W. Va
Huttonsville
U. S. 20
Pocahontas County
Jesse D. Higby
Orlin Shears
Edgar Lee Moten
Moten
James S. Martin
Summers County
Wartime Birth on USS Crevalle Featured on TV Episode
Tonight on WHIS-TV Channel 6 at 7, a true life wartime tale recounts a baby born aboard the USS Crevalle to a Filipino mother, linking a dramatic submarine service to a name chosen in battle. Elmo Walker Crevalle Talaban, a Philippine linked figure, embodies wartime heroism aboard a U.S. submarine.
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Pacific
Crevalle
Inc
Channel 6
Philippines
Elmo Walker Crevalle Talaban
U. S
Pennsylvania Clay Companies Merge in Logan Ohio
Logan Clay Products Co and Graff Kit tanning Clay Products Co of Worthington Pa announce a merger to form a larger northeast clay producer. Graff Kittanning's Worthington plants will operate as Logan Clay subsidiaries with no personnel changes.
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Logan, Ohio
Logan Clay Products Co
Graff-Kittanning Clay Products Co
Worthington
Logan Clay
Barton Holl
Holl
Graff - Kittanning
Pennsylvania
United States
Scout Review Board In Session Tonight
The Boy Scout Board of Review for the Greater Bluefield District meets at 7 30 p m in the Appalachian Power Company lobby with H M Harris presiding. All Boy Scouts and ex members are invited to attend and hear advancement updates.
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Boy Scout Board of Review
Greater Bluefield
Appalachian Power Company
H. M. Harris
Advancement
Boy Scouts
Roberta Linn Falters in Illness at Hollywood Hospital
Hollywood AP reports singer Roberta Linn, hospitalized with a respiratory infection, worsened to a critical condition on Wednesday as attendants noted her decline. The update emphasizes the seriousness of her health status and ongoing care.
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Hollywood
Roberta Linn
Doctors Plot Disaster Aid
In a prepared address for the American Medical Association Maj. Gen. Silas B. Hays says doctors in mass disasters must prioritize patients by need. He notes surgeons will not be at the operating tables. AMA trustees vote to hold the 1960 convention in Miami Beach with Chicago awaiting Exposition Center progress.
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San Francisco
Silas B. Hays
Army
Hays
American Medical Assn
AMA
Miami Beach
Fla
Chicago
Exposition Center
East River Pool Opens For Private Parties
East River Swimming Pool owner Al Howard announced private rental evenings from 6:30 to 9 p.m. for a flat $20 plus lifeguard wages. The pool drew about 480 swimmers amid heat and sunshine as Red Cross lessons run for six more weeks and health officials certified the facility.
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East River
al Howard
Howard
Red Cross
Vacation School Ends at John Stewart Church
The John Stewart Church Vacation School closed after a 10 day program ending with a sharing service and exhibit for parents and friends. One hundred twenty two children enrolled and attendance stayed steady, with activities including Bible study songs crafts recreation and memory work led by director Mrs Ethel C Free and a group of teachers and helpers across four departments.
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Helen C. Allen
Kay Marns
Edna Smith
Annie Free
Elizabeth Marrs
Irene Harris
Kathleen Neal
Maxine Holtz
Janice Anderson
Helen Davis
Yvonne Marrs
Mary Frankes Brown
C. Anderson Davis
Charles Wade
Arthur Whitely
West Virginia Logs Ten Polio Cases This Year
Charleston AP reports one polio case in Wood County last week, lifting the state total to ten for the year. The county case increases annual tallies but provides few additional details.
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Wood County
Charleston
West Virginia
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will see showers early Thursday with partial clearing and highs 67 to 74. Friday turns fair with little temperature change. In Virginia showers Thursday likely end in the west by morning, highs 75 to 80 in the mountains and 89 to 95 in the southeast, followed by cooler, fair conditions in the west and north and partly cloudy southeast on Friday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Kammer Plant Turbine First Unit In Operation Near Moundsville
The Kammer Power Plant near Captina begins operation with one turbine generator of 93 million dollars. Two additional 225000 kilowatt units will start later this year. The plant serves the Ormet aluminum plant 10 miles downstream at Clarington Ohio and links coal generation to aluminum production, consuming about two million tons of coal annually.
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Captina
Ormet
Ohio River
Clarington
Ohio
St Frans
Kammer
Dragnet Probes Suicide in Murder Suspect Case
Lt. Joe Friday investigates the death by suicide of murder suspect James Butler after a missing wife case. A confession note suggests guilt but questions remain as the program airs tonight at 8 30 on WHIS TV Channel 6.
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Joe Friday
Channel 6
Whis-Tv
Lt. Friday
Sgt
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James Butler
Buller
Troops Invade Cambodia Amid Border Clash
Cambodian royal proclamation accuses Viet Nam regulars of occupying three border villages Pak Nhai Kompandon Ovadao Strungtreng seven kilometers inside Cambodian territory. The move follows long border disputes with South Viet Nam and calls for US intervention. Prime Minister Sim Var Calls for calm as Foreign Ministry convenes missions.
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Cambodia
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French Indochina
Sim Var
Truong Cang
Republic of
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Kompadon
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Strungtreng
Elusive Sniper Sought By Mathews
Highway Patrol Chief Dan Mathews leads a man hunt on Channel 6 at 9 p.m. as a sniper targets cars on the highway, killing a driver. Mathews believes the shootings aim to frame an innocent man while he investigates a baffling, criminal mystery.
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Dan Mathews
Highway Patrol
Channel 6
Mathews
Tennessee Ernie Winds Up Season Preview
Tennessee Ernie Ford will introduce young Tommy Nolan on The Ford Show tonight at 9 30 over Channel 6 WHIS TV. Tommy stars as Jody in the western Buckskin, set during The Ford Show period through Sept 25. The Ford Show returns Oct 2 with Ern offering guidance to rising young performers.
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Tommy Nolan
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Tommy
Jody
Ern
AT&T Ordered To Cut Rates On Private Line Service
The FCC ordered AT&T to reduce private telephone line rates by about 15 percent for government and large corporate customers. The change, effective in 60 days, leaves public telephone, telegram and broadcast circuit rates unchanged. The Defense Department, a key user, operates many lines linked to the SAGE defense warning system. AT&T President Frederick R. Kappel opposed the cut after a three year inquiry into discounts for bulk private line service.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
Defense Department
Frederick R. Kappel
New York
FCC
Vicuna Coats From Last American Camel Hair Spotlighted
New York reports on vicuna coats woven from the short hair of the last American camel. Prices run from 500 to 1000 dollars, with $100 per yard fabric and three yards needed per coat. Only a few garments are sold annually by discreet Fifth Avenue tailors and stores.
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New York
Nana
Sherman Adams
Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Peru
Bolivia
Andes
South America
England
Fifth Avenue
Discreeet
Buckhannon Man Dies In Car Wreck
James Letcher Rexroad 75 of Buckhannon died in a two car crash at the Ireland intersection near Weston West Virginia. Five others were injured including Lycurgus Hyre 70 of Buckhannon Ariel Hardman 64 of Lost Creek drove the other car. The collision occurred as Hardman pulled onto U S 19 and into Hyre’s path.
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W. Va
James Letcher Rexroad
Buckhannon
W. Va. 4
U. S. 19
Ireland
D. A. Lucas
Rexroad
Lycurgus Hyre
Ariel Hardman
Route 1
Lost Creek
Hardman
Hyre
Marshall Moves Up Fall Opening Date
Huntington AP reports that Marshall College moved up the fall semester by one week to align with a State Board of Education rule. Classes start September 15 instead of the 22. Freshman orientation begins September 8.
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Huntington
Shall College
State Board of Education
Stewart H. Smith
Officers Die In Va Jet Crash Near Langley AFB
A B57 jet bomber crashed during final approach to Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, exploding in woods near a residential area. Majors Lawrence F. Van Camp and Joseph T. Simons, both 38, were killed. Van Camp lived at Langley with his family. Simons resided in Warwick with his spouse and three children.
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Newport News
Langley
Lawrence F. van Camp
Joseph T. Simons
van Camp
Simons
Warwick
Immeiate
James Armistead
Workmen Readying Derrick Boat Lift at Point Marion
Engineers and workmen prepared to raise a 66 by 54 by 8 foot derrick boat submerged by an undertow at Lock No 8 Dam near Point Marion Pennsylvania The Dravo Corp said five feet of water covers the vessel which carries a 50 ton crane No injuries were reported and two methods for raising the craft were being prepared as water recedes
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Point Marion
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
Lock No. 8
Dravo Corp
Pittsburgh
Dravo
Atomic Plant Victims Confined After Radiation Overdose
Eight workers at an Oak Ridge atomic plant remained in hospital rooms after a sudden nuclear reaction exposed them to radiation. An AEC spokesman said all victims feel well with no outward ill effects, though five show some bone marrow damage.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
AEC
ILO Invited To See Red Unions Work
David A. Morse director general of the International Labor Organization reports Moscow has invited an ILO mission to study union organization in the Soviet Union. The United States has invited a similar study of American unions.
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Geneva
David A. Morse
International Labor Organization
Moscow
ILO
Soviet Union
United States
Funerals for Sally S. Ward Bascom Breeding Henderson
Obituary notices announce funeral services for Sally S. Ward 77 of Wolfe at Laurel Creek Baptist Church with interment Bryant Memorial Cemetery Pocahontas, Bascom S. Breeding 48 of Welch at First Baptist Welch with interment Woodlawn Cemetery, and Eugene Henderson 21 of Indianapolis a Princeton native with service at Zion Methodist Church Indianapolis.
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Sally S
Wolfe
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Pocahontas
Bascom S
Welch
First Baptist Church
Woodlawn
Henderson
Eugene
Indianapolis
Ind
Princeton
Zion Methodist Church
Army Chemical Corps Chief Is Retiring
Maj. Gen. William M. Creasy, chief of the Army Chemical Corps for over four years, has submitted his retirement application effective August 31. The outspoken advocate of nonconventional warfare cites personal reasons after more than 32 years of service. Creasy, 53, has held every senior position in his specialty.
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Washington
William M. Creasy
Army Chemical Corps
Army
Creasy
Crasg
4-Hers Honored At Assembly At Blacksburg
Virginia 4-H short course honors club members for activity and awards. Delegates named to National 4-H Conference in Washington and trips to Chicago and Kansas City awarded for dairy crops home improvement poultry and leadership. Scholarships and alumni plaques presented as 1959 officer nominations begin. George Wythe band to perform and All Stars initiate new members at drill field ceremony.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
General Assembly
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Bedford
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Washington
Hudson Reese
Halifax
Lewis Leigh Jr
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Roy McDonald
Donald Green
Marshall Shiley
John Venskoske
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Billy Hall
Wayne Carpenter
Bill Jenkins
Westmoreland
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Jack Lowe
Southampton
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Bradley Grove
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Tommy Fiddler
Clarke
Lucy Selden
Hanover County
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Prince William
Janet Estep
Rockingham
Tae Smith
Augusta
Glynn R. Greer
Roanoke
Camp Minivanca
Mich
Gleaver Layman
Frank F. Carr
Appomattox
James L. Walker
Shenandoah
Earl J. Shifler
George Wythe
Virginia Chapter of
All Stars
VPI
High Fever Forces Alfred Lunt To Bed
New York AP report says Broadway star Alfred Lunt was ordered to hospital by his physician after several days of high fever.
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Alfred Lunt
New York
Velerar
Lunt
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