SRC Shakeup Removes Two Right Of Way Officials
The State Road Commission fired James A. Taylor III and Edwin J. Upton from the legal and right of way division amid concerns over $800 000 in federal aid withdrawn for land purchases dating from 1958 to 1960. Both deny responsibility as other officials resign or are terminated and investigations expand with state police and a House subcommittee examining right of way practices.
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State Road Commission
West Virginia
Burl Sawyers
James A. Taylor HI
Edwin 3. Upton
Sawyers
U.S. Bureau of Public Reads
SRC
Wome
Patrick S. Graney
Taylor
Upton
Commission
U. S
Howard A. Kinser
Charleston
Quenton J. Sparkes
Sparkes
Beckley
Parkersburg
Wanted Man Is Killed By Police
A Kanawha County man accused of attempted rape was shot and killed by state police when they tried to arrest him. Ben Smith of Lens Creek Mountain, 50, was hit by a single .28 caliber service revolver round after drawing a gun from his pocket and refusing to surrender. Police say the shooting happened as Troopers L Great House G D Spence and G G Lanham served a felony warrant at Smiths rural home. Smith died en route to Memorial Hospital.
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Kanawha County
N.C. Reger
Ben Smith
Lens Creek Mountain
Reger
Smith
Memorial Hospital
Tax Cut Now Rejected One for Future Vowed
President Kennedy rejected an immediate tax slash and pledged an across the board cut effective January 1. He urged Congress to act on economic measures, said the economy shows vitality but growth is not ideal, and signaled possible earlier tax relief only if new circumstances arise. He cited a proposed $1.3 billion investment credit and depreciation rules as key steps, while Senate opposition warned against the withholding clause.
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Washington
Kennedy
Gece Iu
Sto Congress
Congress
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
House
Billie Sol Estes
Estes Probe Group Fires GOP Counsel In Heated Hearing
A day-long interparty clash behind closed doors erupted over minority counsel actions as the subcommittee on intergovernmental relations planned to resume hearings at 9 a.m. Manuel, in office two weeks, admitted leaking an Agriculture Department report to Earl Mazo. The 140-page document concerns Estes cotton allotment dealings and the death of Texas Agriculture Department employee Henry Marshall, shot during related investigations. An autopsy supported homicide. a Texas grand jury has reopened the inquiry.
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Robert Manuel
Agriculture ‘Department
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Manuel
Earl Mazo
New York Herald Tribune
Agriculture Department
Texas Farmer - Financier
Estes
Henry Marshall
Texas
Marshall
Senate approves foreign aid bill amid policy shifts
The Senate passed a $4.7 billion foreign aid measure for three years with conditions. It allows limited food shipments to Poland and Yugoslavia, reverses an outright ban on aid to communist satellites, and preserves flexibility for Kennedy while retaining key limits.
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Washington
Senate
Alliance For Progress Program
Latin America
Cision
Poland
Yugoslavia
Randolph Byrd Join Majority in Food Aid Amendment Vote
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph of West Virginia joined the majority in a 56 to 34 Senate vote to adopt the Mansfield Dirksen amendment. The measure restores authority for President Kennedy to ship surplus foods to Yugoslavia and Poland as part of the foreign aid bill.
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Yugoslavia
Soviet
Poland
Senate
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Tinos
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Mansfield
Dirksen
Missing U2 Plane Triggers NBC News From Incirlik
Barbara Powers learns her husband Gary is missing after a U2 meteorological reconnaissance aircraft based at Incirlik Air Base disappears. Local reporter Yusuf Ayhan confirms the base status and notes the last transmission cited oxygen equipment failure. The event unfolds as Turkish officials monitor the developing story in Istanbul.
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Barbara Powers
Incirlik
Barbara
Gary
Istanbul
Herter
Livingston Merchant
CIA
Adana
Yusuf Ayhan
Anco
Ayhan
Public Information Office
Avhan
Yeni Istanbul
New Istanbul
UZ Meteorological Reconnaissace
Ryhan
Mayor Shanklin Views Smooth 5 P.M. Traffic
Mayor Shanklin observes improving traffic flow at Hale and Virginia streets as new lighting system operates. Quarrier Street children enjoy first day of summer vacation near the school.
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Shanklin
Hale and
Virgina Streets
Quarrier Street
Chldren
Stockpile Probe Targets Whitney Contract
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee plans public hearings on a government contract with Freeport Sulphur Co tied to Whitney era leadership. GAO criticism cites liberal concessions and price guarantees for nickel and cobalt purchases, though actual deliveries were limited.
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Washington
Senate
John Hay
Jock’ Whitney
Armed Services Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Vans
Freeport Sulphur Co
Whitney
General Accounting Office
Freeport
State to End 1.4 Million Fund Freeze
The State Board of Public Works will meet in special session today to release 1.4 million in appropriated funds frozen to balance the 1961 62 budget. High income tax revenue is cited as the reason, with estimates rising from 18 million to as much as 20 million for the year. The board will release about 580 thousand for public schools and other agencies, ending the last reserve shadow on this year’s receipts.
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State Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Hospital Director Ousted at Lakin State Hospital
State Mental Health Director Charles A. Zeller fired Dr Kathryn A Rainbow as superintendent of Lakin State Hospital for insubordination neglect of duty inefficiency and lack of administrative ability Rainbow had led the facility since August 1960 and will be replaced by acting superintendent Dr Leslie Barbely Zeller said he anticipated appointing a qualified successor and noted a Mason County grand jury had found drinking among staff inmates and visitors at the hospital and grounds with calls for tighter supervision separate wards for children dairy herd oversight and farm efficiency efforts.
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Charles A. Zeller
Kathryn A. Rainbow
Lakin State Hospital
Rainbow
Lakin
Zeller
Mason County Grand Jury
Ple
Ber
Leslie Barbely
Mason County
Charles A. Burdett
Leon
Two Vot es Cast in Carbide Plant Representation Race
Unofficial NLBR tallies show Union Carbide plant workers split between three unions after a two day election. Pn ESTE votes opposed representation while KGL and P1002 factions backed unions. No majority winner triggers a runoff set for a later date.
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Union Carbide
Institute
Sced
Uled
National Labor Relations Board
Pn Este
KGL
Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union
United Mine Worker of America
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Estes Probe Group Fires ‘Gop Counsel
OAS
Algiers
Algeria
Oran
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Secret Army
Univer
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Arrient
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