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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy discusses a supersonic airliner plan during the 1960 campaign and envisions a craft reaching 2,000 mph, three times the speed of sound. Britain and France pool funds for a 1,500 mph regional model, while Pan American orders six of the British French planes.
Sit ins and racial tensions surge as students enroll at universities in Chattanooga Gainesville and Danville while desegregation actions unfold. Demonstrations halt dining at Birmingham stores and a 16 year old girl clashes with police. Ministers headline the suit.
Kanawha County planners and consultants study arterial highway routes for the future interstate system. They prepare multiple route plans to test traffic flow and project 1985 conditions. Final interstate location decisions rest with the state planning commission amid county and city input.
James Armstrong 29 of Rt. 4 Tharleston was arrested by city detectives on an embezzlement charge. He allegedly took 590 dollars from Tile Mart Inc. where he was formerly employed and admitted taking funds from bank deposits during the last three months. He was booked at city jail and to be arraigned in Municipal Court today.
The Little Kanawha River rose to 28.4 feet, 5.4 feet above flood stage, flooding Main Street basements and one business establishment in Glenville. Water reached two feet deep on parts of the street but traffic continued. rainfall across the region caused rising waters in nearby rivers, with Clarksburg and Weston also reporting crests above flood stage.
Partly cloudy and warm in Charleston with humid conditions. West Virginia expected sunny and warm with high temperatures around 78 to 84 degrees. Sunrise and sunset times are approximate while moon phase noted.
Twelve-year-old Jerry Lee Paul of Box 826 Dunbar suffered minor injuries when struck by a truck on West Virginia 25 near Willow Drive west of Dunbar. He received treatment at Thomas Memorial Hospital and was released. The driver was Robert E Hastings 37 of Cabin Creek and no charges were filed.
In Copenhagen a Danish World War II hero Henrick Kauffmann age 74 and his American wife Charla MacDougall killed themselves. Police say Mrs Kauffmann slit his throat to end his agony from incurable cancer and then took her own life with the same knife. They left letters explaining the mercy motivation.
A nurse discovered the bodies of a couple in their luxury suite at the Skodsborg Sanitarium. The diplomat Kauffmann, known for representing Denmark during World War II, had entered the clinic secretly last month.
City detectives reported Silwood Motors at 119 Virginia St E was robbed for the third time in recent weeks. Entry was gained by breaking a window and tools valued at $25, two gallon cans of grease and five quarts of oil were taken.
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