West Virginia Road Program a Key Political Issue
An unofficial polling suggests jobs and roads dominate next year’s campaign in West Virginia. Democrats claim progress on road construction while Republicans challenge the Barrow era’s record and the interstate program. Education taxes and spending also figure in likely debates as voters assess the road commission’s two-year performance.
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John G. Morgan Luff
West Virginia
Robert P. McDonough
Sas Ieee Corcoran
Senate
Howard V. Carson
Pete
Us Ingleton Jr
Alia
Haase
Road Commission
Eee He
Commission
Constructioo
Barrow
Page & Col
West Virginia Democrats Invest in Riddle Airlines Board
Curtis Trent administrative assistant to Governor Barron and Walter Hart Morgantown Dominion News editor were elected to Riddle Airlines board while the airline faces debt losses and links to Bobby Baker investigations. Hart said no conflict of interest and bought stock last spring as press coverage noted changes in Riddle's directors.
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Curtis B. Treat Jr
Walter L
Bill) Hart
Dominion News
Riddle Airlines
Miami
Jast
US Senate
Baker
Charleston
GOP
Bobbed Baker
West Virginia
Newsweek
Las Vegas
Miami Herald
Curtis ‘Trent
Barron
Walter
Morganplinging the
Ag Jerson
Pearson
Anderson
Riddle
Bobby Baker
Senate
Omle
Trent
Morgantown
Hart
Curt
Senate plans immediate probe into Dallas assassination
Senate leaders push for a full inquiry into Kennedy's slaying and Oswald's death. Dirksen cites possible motives and accomplices as Javits urges caution while the FBI prepares a detailed report for Johnson. Carr advocates a Texas court of inquiry as calls mount for action.
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Washington
Senate
Ntiay
Everett Dikeen
Dirksen
Harvey Lee Oswald
Kennedy
Henze
Semate
Ses
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Ken
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Javits
Johnson
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas
Atty
Waggoner Carr i. Leone
West Virginians Urged to Fund Lincoln Kennedy Memorial
An editorial urges West Virginians to build a national memorial honoring presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy. It calls for a bipartisan committee, public fundraising, and corporate support, with design competition and potential honorary involvement by Mrs Kennedy. It argues the memorial would link past and present and symbolize democratic ideals.
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West Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Lincoln
Kennedy
West
State
Diesel locomotive firemen job deemed largely unnecessary
An arbitration board appointed by Congress ruled that about 90 percent of diesel locomotive firemen jobs in freight and yard service are unnecessary and could be eliminated. Unions said they would challenge the award and renegotiate terms, noting attrition will shift staffing before complete abolition. The board also remanded a separate issue on the total train crew size.
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John D. Pomfret
New York Time Co
Washington
Congress
U. “S. District Court
Stock Mart Surges Up In Comeback
The stock market rebounded from Kennedy's assassination shock with the Dow Jones industrials rallying to a possible record gain and the 60 stock average its second highest ever. Heavy volume of 9.23 million shares traded, the strongest since May 31, 1962, as the market recovered losses from Friday's selloff.
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New York
Kennedy
Associated Press
Keith Fanston
York Peck Exchange
Kennedy Death Spurs Market Rally and Funeral Observations
The stock market rallied after Kennedy's assassination with the Dow up 32.62 to 743.52 and the transport index gains, while details on funeral proceedings and national response fill pages. VA planners await President Johnson's address for clues on Appalachia and parks funding.
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Johnson
Appalachia
Johnson Begins Push For Smooth Takeover
President Johnson opens a nationwide push for continuity after Kennedy's assassination. He vows to carry on Kennedy's key bills including civil rights and the tax cut while pressing the Alliance for Progress with Latin America. Ruby indicted for murder. Oswald's fate to be tried. Jacqueline Kennedy plans Thanksgiving with Cape Cod relatives before returning to Washington.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Republican High Command
Congress
Kennedy
America
Alliance For Progress
South
Central America
Johnson
Ruby
White House
Jacqueline
Cape Cod
Executive Mansion
Pierre Salinger
Wash
Arlington
Oval Office
Johnsons
Spring Valley
Washingttn
Beene Baume
Collison Named State Commerce Commissioner in West Virginia
Gov Barron selected Reder M Collison to head the West Virginia State Commerce Commission succeeding Hulett C Smith who resigned to run for governor. Collison formerly led Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development and has 20 years in economic development roles with experience at the Pennsylvania Railroad and with regional development groups.
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Barron
Reder M. Collison
Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development
Michael DiSalle
Collison
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Barta
Smith
Sioner
System Industrial Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Springs Development Council
Davies Area
Lewis
Jeunes
Fas
Nda
Virginia
Ohio River
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&o
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
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U.S. Senate
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Smooth Takeover
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Oswald
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