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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1963
Page
2
City officials hear proposals for pigeon elimination including sharpshooter patrols and tranquilizer stations, while long and short term traffic changes are reviewed. Members discuss lighting, parking bans, and street safety as part of a broad council agenda.
Reverend Trev. Cecil ML dividen Jr. at Ripley First Presbyterian urged parishioners to donate all or part of the local benevolence fund to Marina Oswald, widow of the Kennedy assassination suspect. He said the idea drew favorable comment and expects a decision this week. Earlier sermons honored Kennedy and lamented his death.
A major fire heavily damaged the Ritcher Lasfield Lumber Co in Weston’s business district Monday. Fire control teams led by Assistant Fire Chief Watson Statinktz battled a blaze that started in the lumber firm’s chamber, damaging adjacent buildings and destroying a large stock of joint and finished lumber. Estimated total damage is high.
President Kennedy directed tighter cost controls for procurement and maintenance with all officers and civilians involved to be evaluated for efficiency and promotion. Secretary McNamara updated the approach during a meeting, while Johnson pressed Congress leaders Dawson Vinson McClellan Stennis for help in uncovering overstaffing.
In Ohio a double wedding links two sets of identical twins as May Loy Van Voorhies and Kay Sue Van Voorhies wed Larry Jay Wayble and Gary Bay, while in Osaka Itachi Shipbuilding launches a $100 million oil tanker destined for a Liberian firm set for delivery in April as budget talks continue in Washington with Kennedy era cuts and Johnson urging restraint.
Supreme Court justices spar over ICC coal case findings. Justice Black questions the commission's reasoning, accusing it of bias against barge lines and advantages for railroads. He cites delayed barge rulings and long-running rail rate policies, urging clearer explanations.
Senator Stephen M Young charged that Secret Service agents guarding President Kennedy drank in a Fort Worth nightclub until 2 30 a m the morning Kennedy was killed. He urged firing or removal if proven guilty and cited prior Dallas incidents as reasons for heightened alert. Secret Service and White House declined comment.
Rep. Richard Bolling of Missouri says he will force a Saturday session to push the civil rights bill through the House. He aims to petition next week to bypass Rules, seeking signatures to secure majority support, with a target to present the measure by December 28 or shortly after, before the holiday recess.
The Farmers Home Administration announced that 25 West Virginia counties are eligible for emergency loans due to drought over the past two years. Eligible counties include Berkeley, Brooke, Cabell, Greenbrier, Hancock, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Taylor, Upshur and Wetzel.
The Municipal Planning Commission's parks and public buildings committee will hold a public hearing at 4 p.m. today on a proposed amendment to the city's comprehensive plan. It would permit locating the Kanawha County Public Library in a government square near city hall or in the vacated Capitol Street Federal Building, with federal aid considerations under APWA rules. Also attending Kenya independence celebrations are U.S. guests including Thurgood Marshall, Walter Reuther, James Baldwin, and Sidney Poitier.
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