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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1963
Page
6
Major Robert Burchett, city commander, asks for $25,000 to aid nearly 2,000 families in the Greater Charleston area this Christmas. Donations fund clothing, toys, and meals. contributors may have their names published unless they request anonymity.
The Salvation Army seeks meals to fund Christmas aid for about 2,000 area families. Donations of at least 25 dollars are requested, mailed to 301 Tennessee Ave Charleston West Virginia. Donors' names will be published in The Gazette if the coupon is completed and mailed with the donation.
Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, claims federal and local security officials missed critical precautions before President Kennedy's visit and questions why a known underworld figure was allowed near Oswald. She seeks answers on surveillance, posthumous trials, and FBI involvement, saying she will accept guilt only if proven.
O-Kan Open Air milk producers say prices fair and no price war needed as three Charleston markets carry their product. Crank notes 25 years of Charleston consumption, high Health Department ratings, and low bacteria counts. distribution spans Hurricane to Point Pleasant and across the Ohio River.
A multi‑site weekend crash toll includes Linda Sauer 14 of Point Pleasant who died after a Friday night accident near Point Pleasant. Oak Hill brothers Danny Martin 24 and Lewis Martin 26 killed near Gallipolis. Other victims include William Miller Jr 24 of Madison and James Lambert 16 of Huntington. Rescue teams dragged a Clay County wreck and recovered a vehicle from the river as weather hindered operations.
Five East German travelers jumped a Voelkner Freundschaft cruise vessel in the Bosporus on Sunday seeking political asylum. Police reported the group left the East German ship during a trip to Varna on Bulgaria’s Black Sea.
A 1783 weather summary reports light snow and flurries from Charleston to Ohio with highs ranging from the 30s to near 50, plus higher mountains dipping into the 20s. An Ohio visit by relatives and a clod-related wreck near Keedy, Roane County, are noted amid broader storm details.
The Times notes Brezhnev, 36, as the most likely successor to Khrushchev amid debates on Soviet leadership. Kosygin follows, with Podgorny and Polyakov among others. health issues and factional ties shape the cautious transition. Brezhnev gains support for being both popular and connected to technocrats guiding policy.
A W. Eugene Smith photograph from The Family of Man is highlighted in an ILGWU advertisement. It extols human service, brotherhood, and the union label as a guarantee of skilled, union-made apparel by 450000 workers, 80 percent women, across faiths and creeds.
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