Halt to Hunting Season Limited by Dry Weather
Natural Resources Director Warden M. Lane announced a state wide halt to all hunting effective at 6 p m due to extreme dryness and fire hazard. He noted similar suspensions in New Jersey and potential action in Maryland and West Virginia if conditions worsen. Lane warned more drastic steps could follow and that timber operations would suffer if woods are closed except for essential purposes.
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Natural Resources
M. Lane
Ohio Valley
Panhandle
West Virginia
New Jersey
Lane
Maryland
Middle Eastern
Holdsithie
Soviet Union
Natural Resources Department
Nations propose outer space weapon ban at U.N.
United States and Soviet Union with 15 other nations submitted a General Assembly resolution urging a ban on placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit. The move follows Kennedy and Gromyko statements and aims to formalize a principle of restraint, despite France's boycott. The measure requests all states to refrain from deploying nuclear or mass destruction weapons in space or on celestial bodies.
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Milton Besser
United
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United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Rusk
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Nehru
France
China
United Nations
Stevenson
India
Senate backs foreign aid move on South Viet Nam
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved an amendment to the foreign aid bill, allowing the President to extend or withhold aid to South Viet Nam to support victory in the war against communism and the return of Americans home. The move adjusts policy amid debate over Diem's government and Buddhist rights. The panel also reviewed aid levels and noted limited progress on the fiscal plan. The article also covers West Virginia forest fire outbreaks and hunting season suspensions amid drought conditions.
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Washington
Senrate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Congress
United States
South Viet Nam
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate
Ngo Dinh Diem
Sunday closing law pushed by West Virginia retailers
Gov. Barron signaled legislative leaders will likely add the Sunday closing bill to the 1964 call after meeting with Charleston retailers. The move follows the 1963 session embroiled by parliamentary maneuvering, the bill’s post adjournment passage, and a subsequent Supreme Court ruling. Retailers from eight cities urged Barron to propose the same measure, while Barron will discuss it with leaders in Charleston next week. The legislature will be limited to the budget, items in the call, and other matters by two thirds vote.
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Gov. Barron
Supreme Court
Barron
Charleston
Boy Admits Setting Fire To School
BECKLEY A 10 year old boy admitted starting the blaze at Sophia Elementary School last Sunday while playing hooky from Sunday school. Investigators say the 5th grader feared a whipping for poor grades and set fire in four classrooms and the principal's office. Damage to the all male school building serving 300 plus students is estimated at 50 000 to 100 000 dollars. The boy has been released to his parents pending juvenile authorities hearing. The state fire marshal's office and state police investigated.
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Beckley
Sophia
C. L. Walker
Walker
Shanklin Favors Changes In Police Department
Mayor John Shanklin said he plans a closer hand in police operations after meeting Chief Dallas Bias this week. He seeks more frequent staff meetings with officers and sergeants and will attend to see what is happening, amid internal department tensions and past supervisory gaps.
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John Shanklin
Police Department
Shanklin
Tors
Ben Bella mobilizes Algerian ex-soldiers to counter Moroccan forces
President Ahmed Ben Bella declares the mobilization of all former soldiers in Algiers after a clash with Morocco. He says Algerian troops control two disputed desert outposts as 4,000 Moroccan troops with air and armored support attack, prompting a rally of about 50,000 in Forum Square.
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Michael Goldsmith
Algiers
France
Ahmed Ben Bella
Mo J
Ben Bella
Algeria
Thej
Morocco
Hassan II
Hassi-Beida
Tinjoub
Thief Convicted Must Walk Home Black Faced
Wakefield England seventh young coal miner Colin Pine, aged 17, was fined 25 pounds for stealing from workers lockers at Walton Colliery baths. The punishment requires him to walk home from work with his face blackened, while the baths are banned for him to deter theft. Manager George Senior says the object is to teach him a lesson and that everyone will recognize the thief on his homeward walk.
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Wakefield
England
Colin Pine
Pine
George Senior
Walton
Yun Leads Korean Vote In Tight Presidential Contest
In Seoul civil rule advocate Yum Po sun surges as ballots count shows Yun Nagar 3,230,011 to Park Chung Hee 3,221,099 with 66 percent counted. Yun, 67, has long led protests against the military regime and reportedly hides near Seoul amid volatile final tally.
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Seoul
Korea
Yum Po-sun
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Park
Yun
Civil Rule Party
Central Election Committee
Kennedy urges trimming civil rights bill to win GOP support
Atty Gen Robert Kennedy urged the House Judiciary Committee to revert to the administration seven part civil rights bill and drop liberal additions. He pressed for a bipartisan path, warning that expanding voting rights and AG powers could undo the bill’s aim while some liberals protested.
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Washington
Robert ¥. Kennedy
House Judiciary Committee
United Fund Drives In Two Days Totals 231491.29
First two days of the United Fund campaign to raise 837244 show 231491.29 collected, about 27 percent, with small student gifts and wide division totals across sectors. Campaign officials praise progress and note daily reporting at the Diamond window after school.
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United Fund
John Adams Junior High
Roosevelt Junior High
Walker Baker
Charleston
Betty Hammer
Betty Baird
Ann Trumbo
Golda Johnson
Singleton Signals Inclination for Democratic Gubernatorial Bid
House of Delegates speaker reports a favorable read on the overall picture and says he is inclined to run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination next May. The note appears in a Page 3 feature.
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Singleton
House of Delegates
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