Kennedy to Help West Virginia Celebrate 100th Birthday
President Kennedy will visit Charleston to mark West Virginia’s centennial admission to the Union with a dawn to dusk program. He will arrive at Kanawha Airport at 11 13 and deliver a 20 minute address followed by a 3 gun salute. state flag will be hoisted over the governor’s mansion. The event features the Weirton High School band, Oak Hill Centennial choir, and leaders from WVU, with nationwide radio and TV coverage and a Voice of America relay.
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Ciated
West Virginia
Kennedy
Charleston
Barron
Union
Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Kanawha Airport
Statehouse
Voice of America
Europe
Weirton High School
Oak Hill
West Virginia University
Paul Miller
Virginia Ally
Robert ¥. Button
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
U.S
Cleveland M. Bailey
Bailey
Arch A. Moore Jr
Congress
Sen
Hubert
Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Cambridge
Justice Department
Regional plan for Appalachian revival unveiled by Barron
Gov Barron unveiled a preliminary draft of an eight point Appalachian economic plan aimed at fighting regional recession. The program includes flood controls and an interregional highway system from Pennsylvania to Alabama and calls for 15 million to start the Highland Scenic Highway. Roosevelt Jr with 18 federal experts joined Barron in Charleston for the briefing.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Gov. Barron
West Virginia
Appalachian
Appalachians
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Charleston
U. S. Bureau of Roads, Small Business Administration
Area Redevelopment Administration
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Barron
House of Delegates
Barron and Roosevelt Attack Moore Over ARA Funding
Gov. Barron and Undersecretary Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr issued a sharp rebuke to Rep. Arch A. Moore for opposing new ARA funds. They labeled Moore a glamour boy and accused him of lagging on unemployment relief while urging revival of ARA legislation with help from Sen. Jennings Randolph and Sen. Robert Byrd. The clash centers on Appalachian development grants and potential impacts on WVU Center of Appalachian Studies and Marshall University Industrial Research Center.
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Barron
Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Arch A. Moore
Area Redevelopment Administration
Moore
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
ARA
West Virginia
West Virginia University Center of Appalachian Studies and Development
Marshall University Industrial Research Center
Old Guard
West, Virginia
WVU
Marshall
U. S
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Legal action seeks state ruling on 1963 reapportionment act
Atty Gen C Donald Robertson and six prosecuting attorneys announce a declaratory judgment to test the 1963 reapportionment act in state courts and urge delaying federal court actions during litigation. They cite the need for equal representation and constitutional fidelity, outlining questions on county representation and replicated Senate districts.
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Donald Robertson
Robertson
Earl M. Hall
Boone County
J. Park McMaullen Jr
Brooke
J. Zane Summerfield
Fayette
Dr. Damron
Logan
Paul E. Parke Jr
Marion
James T. Dailey
Preston
House of Delegates
State Senate
Statehood Day Activities Highlight Charleston Schedule
The program lists June 20 events in Charleston starting with a Pioneer Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and continuing with a Horse and Wagon Parade at 9 a.m. at Capitol Street, state ceremonies at 11 a.m. at the State Capitol, cake at 1 p.m. on Old Post Office steps, hospitality balloons at 1:15 p.m., a Honey in the Rock program at 1:30 p.m. at Old, a Legislative Baseball Game at Walt Powell Park, an Army Field Band concert at 1:45 p.m. on Old Post Office steps, a water show at 8 p.m. on the Kanawha River, a parade at 4 p.m. along Kanawha Boulevard, an Ox Roast at 5 p.m. Civic Center, and a Statehood Pageant at 8:30 p.m. titled The 35th Star at Laidley Field.
Negroes Boycott Boston Schools Prompt Martial Law
About 3,000 Negro pupils in Boston’s 32 high schools faced police guard protection as four hundred more National Guard troops were ordered in to back city officials amid protests over school segregation. Negro leaders hailed a Tuesday night demonstration as a success, while officials called it a failure.
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Associated Press
Boston
New York
James E. Allen Jc
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New York City
Steel Labor Agreement Elusive Amid Talks With Management
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers President David J McDonald said hundreds of informal talks with management failed to reach a steel labor pact after five months of secret joint Human Relations Committee talks. He urged no strike while keeping hope alive and began contacting industry officials to arrange another session.
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Pittsburgh
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Joint Labor-Management Human Relations Committee
United Steelworkers
Kremlin Barring Chinese Letter From Publication Clash Over Peace Policy
Moscow refuses to publish a Chinese Communist letter arguing over peaceful coexistence and world revolution. Khrushchev and the central committee reject Beijing’s demand, citing potential aggravation in Moscow Peking relations and continuing to press for unity on peace.
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George Syvertson
Moscow
Kremlin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Peking
Central Committee
Leonid Slyicherta
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CPSU
Communist Party of China
Central Committee For
Chinese Communist Party
Russians Continue In Orbit By Preston Grover
In Moscow the Soviet space duo led by Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova pushed record times in tandem flights. Bykovsky crossed 71 orbits by day five, Tereshkova 40, threatening to surpass U S records though orbit signs suggested a possible landing today. French observatories later doubted Valentina remained in orbit, noting no Vostok 6 sighting before midnight Moscow time.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Soviet Union
Cosmic
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina
Kennedy to Tour Western Europe in 10 Day Visit
President Kennedy will address the nation in a major speech and hold a news conference during a 10 day Western Europe tour. He plans stops in West Germany Ireland Britain and Italy with Bonn Frankfurt Dublin and Dublin events including meetings with Adenauer Erhard Brandt and de Valera. He will visit the Berlin Wall and Berlin sites and conclude a brief stop in the United Kingdom before Italy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Berlin Wall
Europe
West Germany
Ireland
Britain
Italy
White House
Haly
Aldo Moro
Rome
England
Ialian Republic
Andrews Air Force Base
Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Harold Maccmillan
Vatican
Bonn
Paulskirche
Frankfurt
West Berlin
Adenauer
Luebke
Willy Brandt
Erhard
Berlin
Dublin
County Sussex
United Kingdom
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Germania
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Justice
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White Sulhur Springs
Conference of
ATLA
Appalachian Mountains
Pioneer
Rose City
Lee Street
Capitol Street
State Capitol
Walt Powell
Army Field Band
Kanawha River
South Side Bridge
Kanawha Boulevard
Reynolds Street
Civic Center
Laidley Field
Danville
China
He Cpsu
Nickajack Cave
Jasper
Tenn
Wanda Wallschlager
Switzerland
Richard John Gugelmann
Slidell
Elaine Nelson
Cartersville
Bruce Gibson
Stamford
Brandenburg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
Cross Wall
the Wall
East Berlin
Bonn Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Palais Schaumburg
Gazette
Goren
Pesreere
Freeehes
Beeen Sete
Garother
Springfield
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