Kennedy to Speak Here in Democratic Presidential Scene
Boston born U S Senator John F Kennedy will attend a 7 45 p m reception in the Raleigh County Criminal Courtroom as part of his campaign in West Virginia ahead of the May 10 presidential primary His opponent Hubert H Humphrey was in Beckley Friday night continuing his Southern West Virginia push.
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U. S
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Raleigh
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dongs Beckley
Minnesota
West Virginia
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Dmass
D-Minn
Sen
Byrd
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Humphrey
Symington
College Boy Leaps To Death Burglary Ends In Tragedy
Two Southwestern Louisiana Institute engineering students flee a LaFayette department store after a burglary. Robert Earl Davis 19 dies after hitting a high voltage line while leaping from a roof. Robert Earl Reiser 21 survives and faces burglary charges after a separate escape via utility pole and wires. They had planned to flee with $7,000 in loot but abandoned it.
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Robert Earl Davis
U. S. Customs Service
New Orleans
Louis Napoleon Reiser
Metairie
Davis
Donald Breaux
Reiser
Sears Roebuck
LaFayette
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Huntington Firemen Hurt In Big Blaze
Flames swept through a half block of downtown Huntington causing extensive smoke damage to Wonder's Women's Apparel Bailey's Cafeteria Hallmark Card Shop and Davidson's store. Three firefighters Harold Lemley Glen Warren and W. V. Johnson were injured by heat and smoke while two others were knocked down a stairway. Fire began shortly after 4 am and burned for nearly two hours with cause still undetermined and no damage estimate available.
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Huntington
Wonder’s Women's Apparel
Bailey's
Hallmark Card Shop
Davidson's
Harold Lemley
Glen Warren
W. V. Johnson
John Gallagher
Household Finance Co
Rogers Jewelers
National Coal Assn Opens New Washington Office
The National Coal Association, representing soft coal producers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and other states, officially opened its new office in the Coal Building at 1120 17th St. N. W. The move from rented quarters was completed over the weekend.
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Washington
National Coal Assn
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
17Th St. N. W
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today with highs in the 50s east and 60s west, showers and thunderstorms tonight, then clearing and warmer tomorrow. Extended forecast calls for 2 to 4 degrees above normal through Saturday, with alternating warm and cool days and total rainfall of about a half to three quarters inch. Beckley and Oak Hill readings included with river and lake conditions noting above normal water, falling mud, and several gates open.
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W. Va
Beckley High
OAK Hill High
Mag's Wedding Boycott Sparks Royal Reactions
London reports claim European royalty boycott Princess Margaret wedding on May 6 with few accepts. Denmark’s Queen Ingrid may be unavailable due to a conflicting engagement, while King Frederik IX’s schedule is cited. Contending editorials claim a boycott is exaggerated amid tensions over Antony Armstrong-Jones as a commoner.
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London
Margaret
Daily Herald
Ingrid
Denmark
Frederik IX
Europe
Herald
Henry Fielding
Scandinavia
Antony Armstrong-Jones
London Daily Express
Olav
Ragnhild
Political rivals plan Beckley rally and travel clash
Democratic contenders Humphrey and Kennedy are both set for Beckley tonight. Humphrey’s tour ends in Beckley with no public appearance planned while Kennedy holds a Beckley rally and aims to catch a plane to Washington from Raleigh County Memorial Airport. If Humphrey flies tonight, he would share air travel with Kennedy, who will use a private plane.
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Beckley
Humphrey
Kennedy
Washington
Raleigh County Memorial
Kennedy campaign schedule and Byrd comments in West Virginia
President hopefuls Kennedy and Humphrey stage appearances across West Virginia with arrivals and a Raleigh County visit, while Byrd calls the May 10 primary crucial. Kennedy plans an 8 a.m. breakfast rally in Parkersburg, flights to Charleston and Huntington, a 7:10 p.m. Raleigh County Memorial Airport arrival, a 7:30 p.m. press conference, mine visit, and return flight. Byrd says WV primary outcome will be significant and notes Johnson’s possible role.
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Parkersburg
Charleston
Slab Fork Coal Co
Humphrey
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Permanent Steel Peace Stew Seen In New Pact
Pittsburgh AP report says United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald outlined a new process under the 1959 Kaiser contract to foster a sober effort to locate truths for an enduring relationship between the company and the union. A nine man committee met in New York last month and will meet in Oakland, California next month.
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David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Union
Kaiser
New York
Oakland
Calif
McDonald
Verwoerd Hurt More Than Doctors Admit
An AP report cites Rand Daily Mail claiming two bullets in Prime Minister Verwoerd’s head may have caused damage affecting speech balance hearing and possibly mental state. Medical bulletins said he rested well in satisfactory condition with no new developments.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Rand Dailey ‘Mail
Verwoerd
National Party
Paul Oliver Sauer
Truck Goes Into River in Wyoming County Fatal Crash
Graydon Daniels aged 33 of Baileysville died when his truck veered off a road in Baileysville and plunged into the Guyandotte River. The crash occurred after a ditch entry and a 50 foot embankment descent. Coal miners attempted artificial respiration but Daniels died in the river. He worked for Island Creek Coal Co. at Wyoming.
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RNS
Wyoming
Graydon Daniels
Guyandotte River
Daniels
Paul Hatfield
Hatfield
Wyoming County
Cecil Kennedy
Dewey Short
Pine Chevrolet Company
Island Creek Coal Co
Hedrick Listed In Poor Condition At Raleigh General
Grover C. Hedrick of 303 Park Ave is listed in poor condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted Sunday morning. The family reports he was stricken Saturday night but released no details about his illness.
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Grover C. Hedrick
Park Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Hedrick
Eight Year Old Composer Seeks Symphony Debut
Kenneth Brown, 8, who wrote a praised rhapsody, plans to try a symphony or concerto or perhaps a ballet. His mother Vea Brown says he is confident in pursuing a composing career as he envisions collaborations with cousins dancing in future works.
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Philadelphia
Kenneth Brown
Vea Brown
Boy composer Kenny Brown dazzles Philadelphia Orchestra
Kenny Brown, under private instruction, studied composition and theory as preparations for a career in music. The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by William Smith performed Kenny's Israeli work at the Academy of Music before a full house, earning praise for originality and the capture of Near East flavor. Kenny balances music with baseball and a desire for an organ costing 2500 dollars, though his family cannot afford it now, and he avoids talking about potential embarrassments.
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Kenny
Brown
Cost of living soars with phone rate hike demand
Sherwood Glutz voices alarm as telephone company seeks a sizable rate increase. He warns the rise will burden households, making it hard to afford essentials and even to call at all if approved.
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Tellyphoan Company
Phoan
Poor Piloting Caused Crash at Kanawha Airport
Washington AP reports government investigators blamed poor pilot technique for the DC3 transport crash at Charleston West Virginia on August 26. The CAB said loss of directional control after a hard touchdown caused the aircraft to veer off the runway and plunge down a slope. all 18 aboard survived with no injuries. Co-pilot David C. Walchi lost control after a bounce. Captain Merle W. Black failed to prevent the aircraft from going over a nearby embankment.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
David C. Walchi
Merle W. Black
Visitors Bureau To Be Organized In Charleston
The Mountain State Visitors Bureau was scheduled to be officially organized in Charleston to promote West Virginia tourism. Forrest B. Crane, ex WVU athletic publicist and publicity director for Fort Lauderdale, spoke as Gov. Underwood attended a luncheon. The bureau will operate as a non profit entity open to individuals and groups connected to travel business. Other speakers included Alfred Stern and Don Crislip.
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Charleston
Mountain State Visitors Bureau
West Virginia
Forrest B. Crane
West Virginia University
Bureau Brass
Crane
Fort Lauderdale
Cecil H. Underwood
Bureau
Othr
Alfred Stern
West Virginia Centennial Commisee
Don Crislip
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
Demo Leaders Push Bill On Medical Aid
Democratic leaders plan congressional action this session on elder health aid. Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Leader Lyndon B. Johnson advocate a compromise for federal hospitalization and nursing home coverage for those over 65, avoiding a socialized medicine label. Eisenhower ordered studies. Nixon seeks action, while eight GOP senators propose subsidies for private insurance with no admin support yet.
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House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Rayburn
Congress
Operation Alert May 3 Big Show Promised Nationwide Drill
Washington AP Civil Defense Operation Alert 960 promises elaborate preparations with the Conelrad drill on May 3. The test suspends regular radio and TV programming for 30 minutes starting at 1 p.m. EST, with stations switching to 640 or 1240 kilocycles to mislead enemy direction finders. President Eisenhower may deliver a message from an alternate White House.
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Civil Defense
Eisenhower
White House
Man Steals 67-Foot Yacht While Drunk In Long Beach
Four Sheets In The Wind. Arnold Moore, described as roaring drunk, allegedly stole the 67-foot schooner Tamaru near Long Beach. Harbor police boarded from a pursuing launch as the yacht headed for a breakwater. Moore was booked on suspicion of grand theft and is on probation for stealing a boat days earlier.
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Long Beach
Calif
E. J. Hill
Arnold Moore
Moore
Real red light bandit sought by Chessman attorney
Caryl Chessman’s lawyer George T. Davis says new evidence could save the convict from the gas chamber by naming the “real red light bandit.” Davis told reporters in San Francisco that they know who he is but not where he is. The report also notes political fundraising in New York favoring Rockefeller and other space, aviation, and international items.
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Caryl Chessman
George T. Davis
Newsmen
San Francisco
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Mercury
T. Keith Glennan
National, Aeronautics and Space Administration
Meet the Press
Discrimination Charged In State Armory Contract
Harrisonburg contractor Mike Sarco of Nielsen Construction Co charges State Armory Board discriminated against him after he was not awarded a Keyser armory contract. He claims he was the apparent low bidder at 16000 dollars on a project costing about 150000 dollars to be built at Potomac State College. Underwood and two armory board members faced criticism for allegedly deviating from precedent by not awarding to the low bidder.
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Charleston
Harrisonburg
State Armory Board
Keyser
Mike Sarco
Nielsen Construction Co
Cecil H. Underwood
Underwood
Othr Armory Board
Joe F. Burdett
Edgar B. Sims
Charleston Daily Mail
Earl's Pearls tease politics and fashion humor
A witty column observes a fashionable dress provoking reactions from a woman the man likes least and the man she admires. The touring political candidate’s press releases outline where he will speak and what he will say, a mix of longitudes and platitudes. ENP notes Earl Wilson column on Page 4.
Man Who Knocks Roosevelt Dead At 94
William McKinley Mooney, 94, once famous for knocking Theodore Roosevelt flat in a White House boxing bout, died Sunday in Steubenville Ohio. A postal clerk and amateur boxer, Mooney rose through government service and survived by his widow and two sisters.
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Theodore Roosevelt
White House
William McKinley Mooney
Mooney
E. von Lindgren
Legation
Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Wentagon
Steubenville
Ohio
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