Coalition push urges swift U S action to aid coal industry
A West Virginia governor led a conference of federal and state officials labor and management leaders and coal researchers to press President Kennedy to act to revive the coal industry. John L Lewis urged expanded markets and initiative as two potential large new plants, Project Gasoline at Cresap near Wheeling and Project Bootstrap in the Beckley region, hinge on ongoing experiments and favorable outcomes.
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Washington
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
U. S
Kennedy
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
U. S. Department of Interior
Cresap
Wheeling
Beckley
Sugar Grove tourist spot gets AAA okay
A $1.4 million project to develop a sugar grove tourist site received approval from the American Automobile Association. The item appears among local notices and business briefs.
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Sugar Grove
Senators Eye Remedy For Strikes
Senate leaders weigh a new federal remedy as Eastern Air Lines faces grounding and Pan American World Airways faces possible shutdown. Secretary Goldberg reports stalled talks while Sen Monroney and Sen Morse push for a federal board to decide air line jurisdictional disputes, with court enforcement.
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Washington
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pan American
New York
A.S
Mike Monroney
Dekla
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Themelves
Monroney
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Goldberg
Prayer Ruled Unlawful Act For Schools
The Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that any requirement for a public school teacher to lead pupils in prayer violates the Constitution. Justice Hugo L. Black said government should not compose prayers for a group. He noted coercive pressure on religious minorities even if the prayer is neutral and voluntary. The decision rejects government-backed prayer in schools.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Treasure Hunt for Hidden Treasures Adverts
A newspaper advertisement urges readers to search cluttered homes basements and garages for old items like musical instruments clothing lawnmowers and toys. List found items and place a For Sale ad with Gazette and Daily Mail Want Ads.
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Gazette
Daily Mail
DIAL
Gazette & Daily Mail
Admit Negro at Mississippi University Desegregation Ruling
The U.S. Fifth Circuit ordered a federal injunction to force the all white University of Mississippi to admit James H. Meredith, a 23 year old Black Air Force veteran. The court held his transfer denial due to race violated non-discriminatory principles. Judge Wisdom wrote the majority opinion, with Judge Brown concurring and Judge Devane dissenting.
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New Orleans
U5 Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
John Minor Wisdom
John BR. Brown
Hous ‘Tan
Tex
U.S. Dist
Dorier Devane
Justice Dept Seeks Steel Firms Chief Data Amid Inquiry
Subpoenas sought expense accounts and telephone numbers for steel executives as part of a two month old probe into whether April price increases involved collusion. U S Steel said executives’ data were subpoenaed. grand jury investigation had followed the initial price rise and rescission.
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Washington
Justice Department
Reffort
New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Adv
Robert F. Kennedy
Federal
U. S. Steel
Saise
Department
Barron Receives 13 Point School Improvement Plan
West Virginia Gov elect Barron is handed a 13 point plan by School Supt Rex M Smith proposing non consolidated schools and merit pay to teachers as major reforms. The plan, derived from state education leaders, aims to shape a 1963 legislative program and bolster the state’s economy and society through revamped schooling.
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Blackwater Falls
Rex M. Smith
Barrro
Barron
West Virginia
Smith
State Department
Department
West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents
Educational Broadcasting
Steelworkers Vote To Rejoin AFL CIO In West Virginia
The United Steelworkers of America voted to reinstate membership in AFL-CIO in West Virginia after a dispute over dues and federation representation. About 1,000 steelworkers in the state, across 042 locals, had been disconnected since last October, with many locals continuing dues while others stalled. Delegates walked out during a federation convention amid conflicts with building trades unions over jurisdiction and craft lines.
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Don Marsh
United Steel Advance
Workers of America
West Virginia
Federal Geals
Lion
Afl-Cio
Federation
Ocober
Unians
U.S. calls for talks to end Berlin clashes
The United States and Britain and France urged the Soviet Union to join four power talks in Berlin to halt the violence and restore free movement. The notes blamed East German authorities with Soviet consent for erecting the Berlin Wall in August 1961. East Berlin fortifications and checkpoints were reinforced as officials waited for Moscow’s response.
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Washington
United States
Berlin Wall
U.S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Moscow
West Berlin
State Department
Berlin
East Berlin
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union
Willybrandt
Weer Berlin
West Virginia Big Ear Center Gets $1.477 Million Grant
ARA approves a 1.477 million dollar public facility grant for the Big Ear radio astronomy tower at Sugar Grove Pendleton County to create a tourist center. The project will include 35 thousand dollars state funds, total cost near 2 million, with Navy exhibits and space sound pipes. Completion targeted for late 1963 with operation by 1964.
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Washington
West Virginia
Area Redevelopment Administration
John M. Mack Jr
D-W. Va
ARA
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
Navy Department
Slack
Shepard and Grissom
Cape Canaveral
State Department of Natural Re
Outer Space
Mount Palomar
Congress
Three Nation Viet Nam Control Commission Report
A three nation Viet Nam control commission report blames North Viet Nam for seeking to overthrow the U S backed South Viet Nam government and accuses the United States and South Viet Nam of violating the Geneva armistice by forming a military alliance. The Polish member denounces the charges as artificial while India and Canada sign the report. South Viet Nam defends a U S buildup as self defense.
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London
Viet Nam Control Commission
U.S
United States
South Viet Nam
Poland
U. S
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Republic of Viet Nam
Hanoi
India
Goa
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