West Virginia Economy Expected to Grow in 1963
West Virginia economic outlook from Earle L. Elmore foresees a 2 percent rise in activity over the next three months and a 9 percent gain in personal income. Coal and electric power production keep rising while full-time jobs dip about 2 percent in Q4, with total wages up 1 percent and unemployment benefits likely under $1 million. Retail sales for the year are projected to exceed 1962.
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West
Virginia
West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Earle L. Elmore
Elmore
K.w.h
Detroit Mafia Profits Seen At 150 Million A Year
Senate hearings feature Detroit police commissioner George C Edwards alleging a Mafia top tier based in Grosse Pointe controlling a 150 million dollar annual take. Edwards describes five Sicilian-born dons linked by ancestry, notes 69 Detroit gangland murders since 1927, and asserts the Mafia operates with money murder and corruption while Valachi testifies from New York.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
Detroit
Motor City
Grosse Pointe
George C. Edwards
Sicily
Edwards
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Joseph Valachi
Valachi
Senate
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Two State Cities Win U.S. Grants for Infrastructure
Washington reports federal grants from the Community Facilities Administration to West Virginia towns Beckley and Paden City. Beckley receives 695,750 toward a sewer system costing about 1,257,000. Paden City gets 20,000 to fund an 80,000 storm sewer addition and a 23,000 water facility addition totaling 47,000.
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Washington
Community Facilities Administration
West Virginia
Beckley
Paden City
Desegregation Riots Injury Suit Filed by Brunt in Mississippi
Mississippi officer Welby Brunt sues the federal government for 150 008 damages over injuries from the September desegregation riot at the University of Mississippi. State Sen Ben Hilbun Jr and attorney John C McLaurin file in federal court alleging a deputy marshal used a tear gas gun, striking Brunt in the head as federal marshals escorted James Meredith to campus.
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Oxford
Miss
Welby Brunt
Ackerman
University of Mississippi i
Ben F. Hilbuo Jr
Starkville
John C. McLaurin
Federal District Court
Auther
Seglig
Cramett
Cannister
Sepi
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Associated Press
Ane
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TEM Mink Breeders Association
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Famous Brand Men's
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