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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1963

Page

2

Johnson Jolted By House Action

The House rejected a major foreign aid plan, with Rep Passman pushing to freeze funds at $3.6 billion while Johnson urged restoring levels and vowing tighter controls. The split underscored debates over aid efficiency and containment of communism as Kennedy administration officials planned to seek restoration in the Senate.

OK. Passman D-La Johnson House Congress Fle David Bell Passman Jachnson United States Silvio Conte Massachusetts Ams Senate Senate House Conte United Nations John F. Kennedy Alliance For Progress

Subnormal Temperatures To Continue Across Eastern Half

The Weather Bureau predicts below normal temperatures across the eastern half of the nation from mid-December to mid-January with the largest departures in Ohio Tennessee and the Middle Atlantic states. Above normal temps expected on the Plateau with near normal in the West. precipitation likely along Gulf Coast Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains.

Washington Breau Ohio Tennessee Galleys Middle Atlantic Bureau Gulf Coast Pacific Northwest Northern Plains New England Great Lakes Central Plains Atlantic Pacific

Train Truck Collision Near Clovis Derails 10 Cars

A Kansas bound Santa Fe eastbound train and a truck collided near Gallaher New Mexico about 5 to 6 miles west of Clovis. Ten cars and diesel units derailed including four baggage cars two mail cars and four chair cars with only the truck driver reported injured.

Topeka Kan Santa Fe San Francisco Clovis N. M Gallaher

Auto Hits Rock. Logan Man Dies Near Bridge

Ed Page 57 of Amherstdale Logan County was killed when his car ran out of control and struck a rock near a bridge on the Man Amherstdale road. Police said he was alone in the vehicle at the time of the accident.

LaGayn Ed Page Amherstdale Logan County Man-Amherstdale Page

Two Youths Hurt in Kanawha County Car Wreck

Two youths from Kanawha County were injured in a Monday night auto crash. Billy Flowers, 18, of Alum Creek, and Michael DeWees, 19, were taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital. Flowers was admitted with injuries. DeWees received treatment for cuts.

Kanawha County Billy Flowers Alum Crock Michael DeWees DNY Brownland Thomas Memorial Hospital FBI Flowers DeWees Lee Harvey Oswald Russia Oswald Dallas United States

Warren Requests Data From FBI

Chief Justice Earl Warren said the Warren Commission seeks FBI investigative materials underlying its still secret report on Kennedy's assassination. The bipartisan panel also requests similar materials from other federal agencies involved, after a long 22 hour meeting with its new general counsel Jy Tee Rankin.

Washington Earl Warren John F. Kennedy FBI Warren Bipartisan Commission Jy Tee Rankin The United States

Police Chief Military to Rule over Wheeling case

The Big Wheel store owner Fred Games filed a 100 dollar suit against Wheeling Police Chief Louis M. Kulpa and Patrolman James Richie in Ohio County Circuit Court alleging illegal seizure and copying of private papers during a raid on December 1. The case cites violation of the right against unreasonable searches. Police raided The Big Wheel for three Sundays on Sunday closing law charges. A separate federal decision sent James Richard Whitt back to military authorities for disposition after being charged with interstate auto theft. Whitt, 18, of Sophia, went AWOL last September and stole a car to return home. judges left the final decision to military authorities.

Wheeling Big Wheel Louis M. Kulpa James Richie Fred Games Ohio County Juris James Richard Whitt Sophia Whitt Judge Field

Record Arctic chill grips Midwest as colder air hits south

An Arctic air invasion drove record lows across the Midwest on Monday with Minneapolis St Paul sinking to 15, Bemidji -36 and Grand Forks -19. Snow piled up along the Eastern seaboard while Florida and the lower Rio Grande remained comparatively warm. Separately in Raleigh County Sprague, a part time transfer firm worker Bobby Carrall Robertson, 24, died after a scuffle with family. autopsy cites strangulation by phlegm this incident is under investigation with no charges filed.

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Air Force Plans Recruit Advice Visit to Local Office

An officer selection team will visit the Air Force recruiting office in the Federal Building from December 18 to January 7 to interview and test college graduates and seniors for the officers training program. Young men and women can obtain a commission after three months of training in the Air Force. The team will be headed by Capt. Robert A. Beausoleil from Charleston, with further information from Sgt. William F. Raney at the recruiting office.

Air Force Robert A. Beausoleil Charleston Set William FP. Raney

Psychiatric Test Sought for Ruby in JFK Case

Dallas lawyers for Rightclub operator Jack Ruby petitioned for his release to undergo a psychiatric examination. Tom Howard filed for a writ of habeas corpus with Dist. Judge Joe Brown, who scheduled a hearing for February 4.

Dallas Jack Ruby Ruby Joe Harvey Oswald John F. Kennedy Tom Howard Joe Brown Brown Dee

Lost Bomber Regains Contact Over Aleutians

ANCHORAGE Alaska A B32 bomber bound for Japan from Castle Air Force Base California with 10 men aboard briefly lost contact over the stormy North Pacific. The crew contacted Yokota Air Force Base Japan and said it was proceeding to its destination. The Alaska Command said the plane was due at Yokota at 3 55 p m PST Weather was blamed for the outage. Search planes a Coast Guard cutter and a Navy tug were dispatched to the area about 260 miles south of Adak in the Aleutians.

Anchorage Alaska Japan Castle Air Force Base Galif North Pacific Yokota Air Force Base Alaskan Air Command Yokota Alaska Command Air Force Navy Coast Guard Adak Aleutian Island

Tennessee Infant Died in Rat Attack in Memphis

Gerald Wayne Ross a one year old boy was found dead in his bed apparently fatally gnawed by a rat police reported The child son of Mrs George Ross whose husband is with the Army in Spain was asleep with six other children when the infant cried during the night and she did not get up The mother discovered the dead infant when she went to give him his early morning battle

Memphis Gerald Wayne Ross George Ross Army Spain E. C. Swann Homicide

Old Santa Arrest Highlights Times Square Dust Case

In Times Square police summoned a Santa Claus working for a wrecking company. Two workers dressed as Santa helped remove debris from the New York Times building site while a plainclothes officer questioned their identities amid dust complaints. The 1963 summons cites a VaC administrative offense with fines typical for first offenders.

AAMT New York Times New York Santa Claus Merry Times Square Santa Nick Plainclothesman G. C. O'Brien

Berlin Wall Opening Seen At Christmas

East and West negotiators expressed optimism that an accord would be reached to permit West Berliners to cross the Wall for Christmas reunions. talks continued in East Berlin past midnight over signing. West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt pressed to avoid recognitions or actions altering West Berlin status.

West Berlin

Former Delegate Mantzing Dies in Clarksburg Hospital

Melvin C. Muntaing aged 62, a former House of Delegates member and once a Republican gubernatorial candidate, died Monday in a Clarksburg hospital after five weeks illness. A Morgan County Ohio high school teacher and former auto agency operator, he also served as Grant County sheriff. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Maysville near Petersburg.

Clarksburg Melvin C. Muntaing House of Delegates Republican Gubern Salarial Monjay Maantzing Ilewah & Teacher Morgan County Ohio Grant County Maysville Petersburg

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