Raleigh County Spelling Bee Champions Named
Amabile Milano Sophia Elementary School won the Raleigh County 5 6 division at the Tri County Spelling Bee held in Beckley. Jane Rayhil Monteval Stickney Elementary School finished runner up after a 75 minute spell off among 10 contestants from six districts. The 7 8 division title will be decided tonight at Raleigh Vocational Technical Center with the winner earning a trip to the National Spelling Bee in Washington the week of June 9.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Will Amabile Milano
Sophia
Jane Rayhil
Monteval-Stickney
AAT Reese Dwe
Sages Ebtaner Chlill
Washington
Amabile
Slab Fork
Mary Ann Milano
Tri-County
Johnny Milano
Jane
Dewey Bone Jr
Mindszenty’s Release Effort Sees Snags in Hungary
In Budapest and Vienna reports say Cardinal Koenig’s push to secure the release of Cardinal Mindszenty is facing unexpected delays. Koenig met Mindszenty behind closed doors then returned to Vienna, canceling a news conference as Vatican consultation appears required. If arranged, Mindszenty would likely fly to Rome for talks.
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Budapest
UPI
Vienna
Franziskus Cardinal
Koenig
Josef
Mindszenty
Hungary
Endre Hamvas
Csanad
Vatican
Rome
West Virginia Weather Forecast Highlights Warm Unsettled Period
Cloudy conditions turn warm with mid 80s temps in lower regions while mountains stay around 70s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected late afternoon, then turning cooler tonight with 40s. Saturday mostly cloudy and cooler. five day outlook shows slight above normal highs in 71 44 south and 65 38 north with showers Monday into Tuesday, rainfall about to three quarters of an inch.
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Beckley
Exiles Rush to Rebuild After Leadership Shakeup
Antonio de Varona, vice-president of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, seeks to regroup after Jose Miro Cardona’s resignation as CRC leader. Miro accused Kennedy of breaking a pledge to invade Cuba again. The State Department disputed his charge and warned against drawing the U.S. into war with the Soviet Union. Nine CRC members meet to decide the group’s future and funding. Miro released a 10,000-word white paper recounting talks after the 1961 invasion. Varona criticized publication of confidences and pledged to rebuild the council. Miro is in political asylum in Costa Rica, with possible stay in the Miami area.
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Miami
UPI
Antonio de Varona
Russia
CRC
Miro
Council
United States
U.S
Cuba
Varona
Miami Beach
Costa Rica
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Push to curb lobbyist fees in Philippine war damage act
Strong congressional support grows to rewrite the Philippine war damage act to block large lobbyist fees. Senate hearings revealed John A. O’Donnell’s payments and campaign contributions to more than 20 lawmakers as calls rise to shift $73 million in payments directly to the Philippine government before the claim filing period ends.
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Warren Duffee Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
John A. O’donnell
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
O’donnell
Fulbright
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
O'Donnell
Philippine Sugar Association
Philippines
Sub Inquiry Closes Doors Over Thresher Sinking
A Naval court of inquiry into the Thresher disaster was abruptly closed to the public for undisclosed reasons. Hearings will be private with open sessions likely resuming Saturday morning. Two crewmen testified the submarine had mechanical problems and sloppy work during overhaul. In the Atlantic, a report claimed the sub had been found, but the Navy denied it.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPID
Naval Court of
Thresher
Navy
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Liz To Get Top TV Fee for London Tour
Elizabeth Taylor will receive the highest fee ever paid to a performer for a single television show a filmed tour of her favorite spots in London. Producer Norman Baer said the TV debut would air in October on an American network but declined to disclose the payment amount.
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New York
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
London
Norman Baer
Television Productions of America, Inc
Tragedy Strikes Wallenda Family as Aerialist Falls
Henrietta Grotefent, 42, known as Miss Rietta, a veteran circus performer once with the Wallenda troupe, fell from a 50 foot swaying pole during Shrine Circus in Omaha. The incident occurred after she expressed increasing nervousness despite insisting she was fine. The crowd watched in shock as she died on the green sawdust below amid reflections on recent Wallenda tragedies. Her husband helped rig the act, and both parents ran European circuses, linking the Grotofents to the famed family lineage.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Henrietta Grotefent
Wallenda
Rietta
Barbara Woodcock
Shrine Circus
Grotofent
Kennedy to Comment on Steel Price Increases
President Kennedy prepared to answer questions about steel price hikes after his ASNE luncheon address. He has studied a council report on the impact of the increases and may discuss the issue despite not including it in his prepared speech. Industry says consumer impact will be minimal with only small price bumps.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Florida
Council of Economic Advisers
Evelyn Wood
Dean Rusk
United States
Cuba
Another Fayette Man Is Missing
A search party combs the Belva area for Clyde C. Taylor a 52 year old man missing since midnight Wednesday. He is 5 ft 10 in tall 105 pounds with light brown hair a scar on his head and burn scar on his right leg. Taylor lived with his mother Emma Taylor and is described as epileptic with a wandering history. He wore dark blue trousers and a red and white plaid shirt. Taylor is the third Fayette County man missing in nine months with Edward E. Gwinn and Samuel Smith still unaccounted for.
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Belva
ANS
Fayette County
Taylor
Emma Taylor
Edward E. Gwinn
Oak Hill
Samuel Smith
Scarbro
To Try Again Monday State Fails To Uncover Funds
The State Board of Public Works, after secret session, failed to locate 450000 needed to sustain welfare grants at normal levels through June 30. They shelved transferring 11 million from general revenue back to the Welfare Department. Governor Barron had earlier halted a 65 percent relief cut and urged economies to cover the aid programs.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Gener
al Revenue
W. W. Barron
Joe Burdett
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
John Kelly
Denzil Gainer
Truman Gore
Bernard Smith
L. L. Vincent
Charles McDermott
Burl Sawyers
SRC
Hugh Mills
Barron
C. Howard Hardesty
Community visitor asks who is best people to help
Sherwood Glutz comments on class distinction in America and jokes about how a visitor would find the good people to help. He notes prior absence of bean beetles, viruses, or victim taxes as part of his humorous reflection on society.
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America
Laos Reds Drive Neutralists From Strategic Town
Comm unist troops reportedly drove neutralist supporters of Gen. Kong Le from the strategic town of Phone Savan in Laos. Kong prepares counter-attacks on Lat Houang and Xieng Khouangville near Phone Savan as refugees flow into Vientiane with about 2,000 people evacuated by air.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Kong le
Phone Savan
Kong
Lat Houang
Xieng Khouangville
Plain of Jars
Esso Manager Promoted to Baltimore Area Oversight
Roy E. McDaniel, current Esso manager for West Virginia and Virginia, is promoted to oversee the enlarged Baltimore area including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. A Kentucky native, he began in Charleston in 1926 and has held WV manager roles since 1949 and 1954 for WV and VA.
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New York
UPI
Roy E. McDaniel
Esso
West Virginia
Virginia
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
McDaniel
Charleston
York Still Critical In Hospital Conditions Improve
Nashville Tennessee Sgt Alvin York, a World War I hero aged 75, remained in critical condition but showed continued improvement as of today according to UPI dispatch.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Alvin York
Wheeling Hosts 1863 Lincoln Anniversary Pageant
Wheeling rolls out red carpet for state officials and many dignitaries to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's proclamation creating West Virginia. Attendees in period costume tour Market Street while a horse drawn wagon substitutes for trucks. A dinner and reception at the McLure Hotel precedes a torchlight parade and a special non official session at Old Custom House.
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Carlo J. Salzano
Wheeling
UPI
Lincoln
West Virginia
Arthur I. Boreman
W. W. Barron
Market Street
11Th
16Th
Helms Express Inc
McLure Hotel
McLure House
Barron
Herbert Boreman
Custom House
Market Streets
Charleston
Free Transportation For SOP Polio Clinics In Raleigh County
Quesenberry Bus Lines will provide free bus transportation for the Stamp Out Polio SOP Clinics in Raleigh County on Sunday April 28 from 11 am to 5 pm. The service will run with regular schedules and a full route list will be published beforehand. The effort supports a mass immunization plan by the Raleigh County Medical Society across 20 clinic locations with Type 1 Sabin vaccine administered to all attendees.
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Raleigh County
Quesenberry
Raleigh County Medical Society
Kennedy vows $5 billion cut would cost one million jobs
President Kennedy defended his budget plan to newspaper editors saying a $5 billion slash would eliminate about 1 million jobs by mid-1964. In Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma ordered his pro Communist half brother to stop Red attacks on neutralist forces to avert a new civil war on the Plain of Jars.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Nation
Editors Today
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Plain of Jars
Sir Winston Surpasses Gladstone In Longevity
London reports Sir Winston Churchill becomes the oldest former British prime minister, surpassing Gladstone's record of 88 years, four months, and 21 days. Churchill, born November 30, 1874, achieved the milestone in Monte Carlo and plans to return to Britain on April 25.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
William Ewart Gladstone
Sir Winston
Monte Carlo
Britain
Kennedy denies Kennedy memo used as Diefenbaker slur
The Washington Post reports President Kennedy did not write SOB on a memo about Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. The note, possibly read as an OAS reference, surfaced amid 1962 campaign tensions and Post inquiries trace the memo to a 1961 Ottawa meeting.
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Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker
George Vanier
Esmond Butler
Bert Richardson
Washington
UPI
Washington Post
Kennedy
John G. Diefenbaker
Post
OAS
Organization of American States
Ottawa
U.S
Livingston Merchant
The
Merchant
Lester B. Pearson
White House
Pearson
Montreal Star
SOB
Coal Miner's Death At Maidsville Mine
Morgantown man Carl Murray aged 38 was killed instantly at Chriss Coal Mine in Maidsville. Authorities say Murray was crushed between the moving top of a locomotive and roof supports in the accident.
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Morgantown
UPI
Carl Murray
Maidsville
Murray
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