Beckley VA Hospital names Edward A. McGinn assistant manager
Edward A. McGinn, 61, is named assistant manager of Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. A Brookyln NY native and World War I and II Army veteran, he comes from Cincinnati where he led a VA hospital for six years. He has held multiple VA and Veterans Bureau posts across Illinois Pennsylvania and Ohio. He and his wife live on hospital grounds. The piece also notes international disarmament debates with Soviet and Western positions.
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
McGinn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Brooklyn
N. Y
Army
Veterans Bureau
Chicago
Ill
VA Hospital
Hines, Ill
Altoona
Beckley
American Legion
New African Riots Flare In Nyanga Township
In Nyanga east of Cape Town fighting erupts as police and troops clash with Africans. Two white officers injured and a Black policeman killed as armored units enter the settlement to force workers back. Helicopters drop leaflets ordering labor to eight am. A military cordon tightens around Nyanga, with reports of windows broken and arrests as clashes continue.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Cane Town
Nyanga
Fireworks Factory Blast Kills Owner in Clinton Mo
Clinton Missouri AP report records a fatal blast at a fireworks factory owned by W Brown. The 78 year old man was working alone when explosions collapsed a three story brick building. The incident follows two prior disasters linked to the site in 13 years, one in 1947 that killed 10 and injured five, and another in 1927 that killed one and wounded two.
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Clinton
W. Brown
Brown
Mississippi Floods Rise Again With Levee Breaches
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers surged through Missouri and Illinois flooding hundreds of acres of farmland and prompting evacuations as levees broke near Augusta and Canton. National Guardsmen patrolled near Ashburn while 28,000 people fled, with estimates rising toward 40,000.
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St. Louis
Charles Dunn
Augusta
Quincy
Gregory Landing
Missouri
Iowa
Carrier
Mississippi
Canton
Ashburn
Midwest
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Kansas
South Dakota
Michigan
Red Cross
Bluestone Dam Gates Reopened As Flood Fears Subside
U S engineers reopened Bluestone Dam gates near Hinton after lowering flood risk on the Kanawha and New rivers. Preliminary data show Kanawha at Charleston held to 32 feet under crest forecasts, while Bluestone reservoir water pushed crest to 13.5 feet at Kanawha Falls and 19 at Charleston. Flood levels are 25 and 30 feet respectively. The Elk River rose yet stayed below flood levels as the Ohio and Greenbrier trends fell.
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Bluestone Dam
Hinton
New
Kanawha
U. S
Charleston
Bueau
Kanawha Falls
Kanawha River
Elk River
Clay and
Sutton
Ohio
Greenbrier
West Virginia Weather Report Forecast
Mostly cloudy and colder with light snow flurries in western mountains tonight. Wednesday remains chilly with more cloudiness and possible snow flurries in northern ranges. Beckley highs near 39 yesterday, low around 39 last night, today near 40. Hill area topped 55 yesterday, low 22 last night. Water levels rising slowly, muddy, New River gauge reading noted.
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Beckley High
AK Hill
French Gaulle begins London visit during state trip
French premier Gaulle arrived by jet to London for a three day state visit with Queen Elizabeth II. He pledged Western Europe would back any security amendment, including a ban on nuclear tests, if elected.
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London
Queen Elizabeth II
Harold Macmillan
Eucape
Len Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Fickle Spring Brings Snow to Flat Top and Beckley Area
Snow showers streak across Flat Top at 8 15 a m with specks in Sophia a half hour later and intermittent squalls through Beckley Morning. Ground cover appears by 11 a m then melts but resumes snow around noon with a melting trend noted.
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Beckley
Flat Top
Sophia
Humphrey Campaign Sign Sparks Voting Question in Beckley
The Humphrey for President HQ in Beckley caused confusion with a sign showing a check mark outside a voting block. League guidance urged voters to mark an X in the square, and the sign was altered to show an X. Humphrey aims for West Virginia as Wisconsin results come in.
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Humphrey
Beckley
League of Women Voters
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Primary Sparks Heavy Early Voter Turnout
Wisconsin voters opened the primary amid unusually heavy early turnout, signaling a possible record ballot. Kennedy leads Democratic expectations while Nixon's cross-over risk concerns GOP strategists. Eisenhower praises Nixon's integrity and stature, amid Republican campaign dynamics.
Personality Changed By Operation Paroled In California
VACAVILLE Calif AP a man whose personality may have been overhauled by a surgeon s knife was paroled Monday Victor Hungerford 39 a former Army major who served in World War II and Korea suffered head aches blackouts and amnesic episodes after a shell explosion He was discharged from the Army in 1955 spent eight months in a disciplinary barracks committed to two California mental hospitals later sentenced for passing bad checks He was sent to Vacaville s Medical Facility where doctors removed a cyst from the left frontal lobe and Hungerford s conduct calmed Dr David Owens chief of the California Medical Facility said Hungerford won t be back and Hungerford has a top selling real estate in Red Bluff California.
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Vacaville
Calif
David Owens
California
Victor Gerford
Hungerford
Korea
Tiungerford
Owens
Red Bluff
Germ Warfare Details To Be Made Public
The American Chemical Society promised fullest public details on chemical and germ warfare threats at its 137th national meeting in Cleveland. The program will disclose new information on exotic weapons and defenses next Friday, aiming to provide a comprehensive picture alongside nuclear fallout context from radiological threats.
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Cleveland, Ohio
American Chemical Society
U. S. Army Chemical Corps
Seventh Grade Elopers Ditch Car Near Spencer Florida Wedding
SPENCER Ind AP A 13 year old boy and 12 year old girl eloped toward Florida to marry. They rode in a car owned by the girl's older brother, but skidded into a ditch west of Spencer 55 miles southwest of Indianapolis. A motorist helped pull the car out and deputies held the youths until relatives arrived from Indianapolis to take them home.
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Florida
Spencer
Indianapolis
Charles F. Douglas
Elopers
Pauley Withdraws From Governor Race in Charleston
House Speaker Harry R. Pauley announces withdrawal from the Democratic nomination fight for governor. He says he cannot win and will back one of the remaining three candidates, Atty. Gen. W. W. Barron, State Treasurer Orel Skeen, or State Democratic Chairman Hulett Smith. Pauley met the Welch campaign committee and urged supporters to consider the other candidates, aiming to give them time before the May 10 primary.
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Charleston
House
Harry R. Pauley
McDowell
Senate
Ralph Bean
D-Hardy
Pauley
W. W. Barron
Orel Skeen
Hulett Smith
Bean
Andidacy Horsement
Welch
McDowell County
Democratic
B. M. Stone
Gobbledygook campaign note from a tough town race
A humorous voter report describes Harry Pauley on the campaign trail with a cat and a paper tail and mentions two Democrat candidates remaining. The piece notes a rough Saturday night in a hard town where even canaries are singing in a bass key.
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Harry Pauley
Pollitiks
19 Year Old Father Of Five Sentenced In Akron Robbery
In Akron Ohio AP a 19 year old father of five was sentenced to 125 years in a field reformatory for leading a station robbery last October. He admitted to the robbery and said he married at 15 and his wife bore a child each year of their marriage, while the judge noted the crime's severity and the total stolen as 157 dollars.
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Akron
Ohio
Emmitt Love
Love
Frank H Harvey
Senate Defeats Amendments To Rights Bill In Senate
In a 10 hour session the Senate blocked four amendments to the civil rights bill. Leaders Dirksen and Johnson indicated strong control over votes to finish action and return the measure to the House. The defeated amendments would have extended federal enrollment officers to register Black voters where patterns of discrimination existed.
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Senate
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
House
Lymdon
Johnson
Dirksen
Smith Campaign Offices Change Highlights Race Tempo
Smith campaign offices changed as the Democratic governor race quickens. Permanent staff include John Howard McCulloch as treasurer for Citizens for Smith For Governor, Harmon Elder in publicity, and Mrs Keith Lipscomb Mrs Leo Birch Miss Janice Campbell Miss Dolly Smithson Miss Gloria Sweeney. Many volunteers assist. Smith campaigned in Fayette County Monday and planned meetings with supporters in Hamlin Milton and Hurricane. A St Albans meeting was scheduled for tonight with plans to rally through Saturday across Northern West Virginia venues.
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John Howard McCulloch
Citiens
Smith
Harmon Elder
Keith Lipscomb
Leo Birch
Janice Campbell
Dolly Smithson
Gloria Sweeney
Fayette County
Hamlin
Milton
Hurricane
St. Albans
West Virginia
State Centennial May Get Federal Exhibits
Washington AP A House bill seeks federal help for West Virginia 1963 centennial celebrations. Rep John M Slack Jr says Senate approval looks good and exhibits from Brussels World Fair and other expositions could come with minimal packing costs. The measure authorizes 15000 dollars for a federal study and uses a Civil War centennial frame to justify federal participation.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
John M. Slack Jr
Dwva
Slack
Geneva
Seattle
House
Secretary of Commerce
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Smarter Life Seekers Target Galaxy Signals From Green Bank
Scientists at Green Bank, West Virginia, using the 850 foot radio telescope, prepare to listen for signals from distant planets as part of Project Ozma. Dr. Frank D. Drake notes the quest hinges on detecting intelligent life beyond Earth amid vast star numbers and long exposure to cosmic signals.
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Earth
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Temperature records mark heat across Southern California
Thousand Palms read 99 degrees while Hell logged 98, with India at 96, Blythe 95, and Riverside 92. The AP reports the heat eased slightly expected by the weatherman as the day continued.
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Hell
Calif
Thousand Palms
India
Blythe
Riverside
Earl's Pearls on dating Broadway wolves and humor
Taffy Tuttle offers dating advice for girls warning against long rides in short cars. Humorist Sam Levenson quips that the ability to say Neo is a great gift. For more laughs, see Bagh Wilson's column on page.
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Taffy Tuttle
Sam Levenson
Bagh Wilson
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