FLOPEP and Pentagon initialisms stir laughter and concern
Washington columnist Dick West mocks FLOPEP, Daniel Floods law of excess Pentagon population, arguing abbreviations loom large in HDAS hearings. He notes witnesses spoke in initialese with terms like SAC MARS ICBM and laments the cost and deciphering burden for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Flopep
Daniel J. Flood
Pentagon
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
HDAS
Sac
Mars
NORAD
Alice
Quirky UPI Briefs Roundup From Across the Nation
Short UPI items report a suburban Upper Darby dog catcher resigning after two days amid dog size chaos, a 12 year old in Palm Springs getting Eisenhower to sign a baseball with a quip about Duke Snider, a Newport Beach man offering two steaks as a reward to return a life sized steer statue, and a Madison zoo plan to use psychology to coax a papa emu to sit on eggs despite the mother’s neglectful duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles J. Murr
Upper Darby
Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Greg Antone
Eisenhower
Greg
Duke Snider
Newport Beach
Bruce Card
Madison, Wis
Villas Park Zoo
Daniel Watson
Watson
West Virginia Weather Report with Rain Forecast
Increasing cloudiness this afternoon and warmer with rain starting tonight. Low in the 40s. Friday cloudy and mild with light rain, high around 56. Beckley highs and lows shown, Oak Hill at 61/28, Greenbrier River conditions normal and clear, gauges indicating river levels and opening gates.
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Greenbrier
Hinten
Kennedy Plans Latin America Trip In 1962
President Kennedy outlined new personal diplomacy plans including a Brazil visit after Joao Goulart’s Washington trip and a Mexico visit about three months later in early July. Jacqueline Kennedy would accompany him, with dates to be finalized by both governments. Previously, the President and Mrs. Kennedy toured Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, India, Pakistan and Britain.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Latin America
Joao Goulart
Brazil
White House
Jacqueline
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Colombia
Rusk Criticized Over Alleged Soft Line on Communism
Former Army general Walker testified before a Senate subcommittee that Secretary of State Rusk shows a hidden soft line on communism and questioned Rostow's control of CIA operations since 1954. He linked the apparatus to Cuba Congo Korea and warned of threats to constitutional sovereignty and independence. Walker noted Rusk's 1940s China service and ties to the Institute of Pacific Relations.
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Washington
UPI
Sean Rusk
Walker
Walt W. Rostow
State Department
Rostow
Central Intelligence Agency
Sen. L
Bob) Teelett
Alaska
Senate
Tee
Bartlett
Cuba
Congo
Korea
Aed
Rusk
Joseph
Vinegar Joe) Stillwell
China
Institute of Pacific Relations
New Committee To Start Work Soon On Beckley To Weston Road Survey
A new joint legislative committee will study a proposed interstate type highway linking Weston and Beckley. Authorized by the 1962 legislature, the 10 member panel co chaired by Del. Morford and Sen. Gainer will work with the State Commerce Department and Road Commission. The plan aims to boost Braxton Nicholas Fayette Raleigh Webster Summers Greenbrier Clay and nearby counties with potential aid from the Area Redevelopment Administration. The SRC is also pursuing its own economic needs and routing studies, with technical assistance sought from ARA.
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Beckley
Weston
Charleston
UPS
State Commerce Department and
Road Commission
Braxton
Nicholas
Fayette
Raleigh
Webster
Summers
Greenbrier
Clay
Commerce Department
SRC
Area Redevelopment Administration
George E. White Jr
ARA
White
Legislative Committee
George C. Porter
D-Raleigh
W. N. Jasper Jr
D-Greenbrier
W. R. Sharpe Jr
D-Lewis
John E. Carrigan
Marshall
D. R. Frazer
D-Nicholas
T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Larkin Ours
R-Grant
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
Commerce Meet Set In Hinton
West Virginia Commerce Department urges Raleigh and other area county officials to attend an upcoming Operation Understanding meeting in Hinton. Sessions, moderated by Commerce Commissioner Hulett C. Smith, will cover department activities and services with sponsors for Wheeling Fairmont and additional counties to follow.
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Raleigh
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Hinton
West
Fairmont
Upper
Monongahela Valley Association
Commerce
Hulett C. Smith
Wheeling
Hancock
Brooke
Ohio
Marshall
Wetzel
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Harrison
Taylor
Parkersburg
Tyler
Doddridge
Ritchie
Pleasants
Wood
Jackson
Wirt and Gilmer
Charleston
Kanawha
Navy awards $1.09 million contract for Polaris plant equipment
The Navy's special projects office awarded a 1,092,435 dollar contract to Hercules Powder Co of Wilmington Delaware for plant equipment at the Navy owned Rocket Center facility in Mineral County West Virginia. The equipment supports the Polaris propulsion development program. Rocket Center is described as a labor surplus area.
BBB To Rejoin County Chamber
The Beckley Business Bureau votes to rejoin the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce with one dissenting vote. A three member BBB committee and a chamber committee chaired by Alex George will meet to resolve dues and other details. About 20 businessmen attended the 9:30 a.m. session. Payne to draft a petition urging space in the federal building for a postal substation, to be circulated for signatures and sent to the postmaster general and several lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Business Bureau
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Philip Payne
BBB
J. W. Kern
Alex George
Payne
G. C. Murphy
Beckley
Solvent Living Tied to Cheaper Costs, Board Plans Vote Rule
The BBB board will craft a plan allowing an individual merchant to vote for neighboring businessmen by mutual agreement. Such an arrangement aims to boost votes at meetings when a merchant is unable to attend, with merchants authorizing a neighbor to vote.
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U.S. District Court of
West Virginia
The
BBB
Payne
War Buddy Believes White Will Be Liberal
Ohio County Circuit Judge James G. McClure, a World War II comrade of Byron White, says the new Supreme Court appointee will likely align with the liberal bloc. McClure, a Republican, notes White would be a strong asset and believes he will be an excellent justice based on wartime friendship and recent reports crediting Kennedy with saving PT boat crewmembers.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio
James G. McClure
U. S. Supreme Court
Byron “Whizzer
White
McClure
Heinz Unit Walkout After Contract Talks Fail
About 1,800 Heinz workers walked off the job in Pittsburgh after midnight as negotiators failed to reach a new contract. The strike halted production and sent workers to picket lines outside the H. J. Heinz Co. plant.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
H. J. Heinz Co
Solons Protest NG Cut
National Guard faces a major cut under an Army plan to trim eight divisions and 58,000 reserve personnel. About 35,000 Guard and 23,000 other reserves would be removed, shrinking forces from 400,000 to 365,000 Guard and 300,000 to 277,000 reserves. House hearings set for April 16 will review the plan, with lawmakers predicting congressional resistance.
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Darrell Garwood Washington
UPI
National Guard
Congress
James van Zandt
R-Pa
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
35Th Infanmont
51St Infantry
Florida
South Carolina
79Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Th Infantry
Massachusetts
96Th Infantry
Arizona
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Washington
Nevada
103Rd Infantry
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Army
House Armed Services
Japanese Premier Receives Seven U S Governors
In Tokyo Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda hosted seven visiting U S governors and received a Kennedy message urging broader person to person exchanges. Governor Grant Sawyer of Nevada delivered the note as the group toured Tokyo City Hall and fielded questions on American politics. Governor Lawrence of Pennsylvania chaired the delegation and deflected a question about Nelson Rockefeller amid divorce speculation. Colorado Governor McNichols is referenced.
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Tokyo
UPI
Hayato Ikeda
U.S
Kennedy
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Ikeda
Anchorage
Alaska
Pennsylvania
David Lawrence
Kansas
John Anderson
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Lawrence
Colorado
Steve McNichols
Two Teens Indicted in Death of Scarbro Doctor
Fayetteville report says grand jury indicted Arthur Lee Vance, 15, Oak Hill, and Roger Belcher, 16, Scarbro, for murder in the deaths of Dr. Archer Wingrove and Mrs. Georgia Broyles. The teens, arrested last week, allegedly confessed after questioning, amid related breaking and entering and car theft cases.
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Fayetteville
RNI
Fayette County
Scarbro
Arthur Lee Vance
Oak Hill
Roger Belcher
Archer Wingrove
Georgia Broyles
Kennedy proposes sweeping national transportation plan
President Kennedy asks Congress for a comprehensive reform of air rail and bus travel aiming to cut fares reduce federal regulation curb subsidies and modernize metropolitan mass transit. The plan calls for 500 million in three year grants two thirds federal funding, user charges on airways and waterways, repeal of a 10 percent fare tax, and new guidelines to curb agency autonomy in airline and rail mergers.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Myer Feldman
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
CAB
ICC
Administration
CBA
Barron Backs Kennedy Tariff Plan in WV Hearing
Gov Barron endorses the Kennedy administration tariff and export authority proposal saying it offers relief for industries harmed by imports. The Ways and Means panel heard the letter presenting the governor’s praise and support for the trade adjustment provisions.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means
West Virginia
Kennedy
W. W. Barron
Barron
WW Teacher Stricken At School Dies in Shock
Mrs. Garnet Reynolds died while teaching a 33 year career after becoming ill during a Woodrow Wilson High School Minstrel. She collapsed in the audience at Raleigh General Hospital after first aid and oxygen. Her husband Wayne Reynolds, a Slab Fork Coal Co. bookkeeper, was at her side. Her death echoes family history of heart attacks among her brothers.
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Garnet Reynolds
Woodrow Wilson High School
John Hedrick
Gilbert
Gib
Virgil
Dutch
William A
Fireco
G. W. Thompson
Beckley
Third Avenue
Warning to ships around Christmas Island over nuclear tests
The British Ministry of Defense issued a precautionary warning to all ships and aircraft to avoid a 600 by 800 mile area around Christmas Island in the Pacific after April 15, tied to U S plans to resume atmospheric nuclear testing in late April if a loan deal with the Russians isn’t reached. The note notes the broader risk of escalation and cautions navigators to stay clear of the zone.
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Ministry of Defense
Christmas Island
Pacific
U. S
Suga
Hirohito
Tokyo
Algiers
Secret Army Organization
Equal Time Proposal Aimed At Russia In UPI Report
The United States proposed an equal time arrangement with Russia to directly reach each other’s populations to argue policies. Chief American delegate Arthur H. Dean said the U.S. cannot rule its citizens' speech and urged broader information exchanges rather than restricting press freedom.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Russia
Arthur H. Dean
U.S
The
Soviet Union
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