Beckley Voters Cast Ballots in City Primary Contests
Beckley voters crowd early polls for the City Primary selecting Democrats and Republicans for May 28. Incumbents and notable contenders include John W. Smith vs O D Hall for Democrat mayoral, Col Robert Thomson Jr. vs Curley Allen for Republican, plus Council seats with Cecil L. Miller seeking at large on GOP ticket and Sid Larrick and George B. Chambers in play. Precinct 20 at Pagoda Shopping Center reported the heaviest turnout by 11 am. Next highest was the Vocational
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Beckley
Ofice
John W. Smith
O. D. Hall
Col
Robert Thomson Jr
U.S. Army
Curley Allen
City of
Fices
Cecil L. Miller
Sid) Larrick
Pagoda
Four Miners Win Social Security Appeal Over Interference
Federal Judge overruled social security examiners denying disability benefits to four West Virginia miners who argued their training and injuries limited them to strenuous work. The men from Beckley Colcord Belva and Leivasy will share approx 36000 in benefits after appeals.
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John A. Field Jr
Beckley
Colcord
Belva
Leivasy
Clay S. Crouse
James E. Bandy
Playboy Bribe Liquor License Scandal Swells
New York authorities probe an alleged $50,000 bribe to win a New York Playboy Club liquor license. SLA Chairman Donald Hostetter fired investigator Sidney Appel after he refused to waive immunity before a grand jury. Playboy officials say total payments reached $79,000. former SLA and GOP figures are linked to the case.
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New York
UPI
State Liquor Authority
SLA
Donald Hostetter
New York City
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC
Sidney M. Appel
Asst
Alfred E. Scotti
Hostetter
Appel
L. Judson Morhouse
Republican
Chicago
Playboy International, Inc
Playboy
Lownes
Ralph Berger
Two New Mines Open In Logan
Island Creek Coal Co began operation of two new coal mines in Logan County near Whitman Creek and Elk Creek. Vice president N. T. Camicia said about 150 men are employed at No 33 Whitman and No 10 Elk mines, with 4,500 tons mined daily by conventional equipment. The coal targets utility and industrial markets, now absorbing about 60 percent of the nation’s soft coal output.
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Whitman
Elk
Island Creek
Camicia
Teen girl acquitted in deadly January 1961 shooting
In Huntington UPI report a 16 year old girl, then 14, was accused of killing her father in January 1961. Charges evolved from murder to voluntary manslaughter after a grand jury indictment. A series of judicial rulings, injunctions, and appeals moved the case between Juvenile Court and Common Pleas Court before remand.
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Spreme Court
High Court
Common Pleas Court
Juvenile Court
Windy and Cooler Showers In West Virginia Weather
Weather bulletin notes windy turning cooler with a few scattered showers this afternoon. Cloudy and colder tonight with lows in the 30s, mainly 30s in higher mountains. Wednesday mostly cloudy and cool with highs 46 to 54. Beckley highs yesterday 76. Oak Hill 80. Greenbrier River normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with two gates open, Hinton gauge 2.3 ft.
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Beckley
Vanessa
Oak Hill
Hinton
Protests at Phoenixville over Catcher in the Rye ban
At Phoenixville Area High School students protest a ban on J D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye by hanging two school officials in effigy. Principal Paul Merkel and Superintendent Edgar H Haldeman were targeted with posters opposing the ban as teachers resign amid board disputes over the book.
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Phoenixville, Pa
UPI
J.D. Salinger
Phoenixville Area
Paul Merkel
Phoenixville Area High School
Edgar H. Haldeman
Phoenixville School
Phoenixville High School
President Itzhak Ben-Zvi Dies in Jerusalem at 78
Itzhak Ben-Zvi, president of Israel and a Zionist pioneer, died in Jerusalem at age 78 after battling lung cancer. A labor leader and statesman, he guided Israeli national life since his 1952 election, succeeding Chaim Weizmann as the second chief of state.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
State of Israel
Ben-Zvi
Chaim Weizmann
Knowland Elected to AP Board in New Directors Setup
Former Senate Majority Leader William F. Knowland, head of the Oakland Tribune, won a seat on the Associated Press board of directors. Gene Robb, publisher of Albany papers the Knickerbocker News and Times Union, was also elected to the 18 member board.
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New York
UPI
Senate
William F. Knowland
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Associated Press Today
Gene Robb
Albany
N_Y
Knickerbocker News and Times Union
Nine Bogus Ten Dollar Bills Found In Huntington
Federal authorities report nine counterfeit ten dollar bills circulated in Huntington department stores last Saturday. Police and Secret Service say the bills were high quality with minor reverse printing flaws and shared the serial number C68185774A, suggesting a photographic reproduction. Similar bills had earlier been passed in Charleston.
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Huntington
UPI
Charleston
Castro Still Holding One U.S. Prisoner
Cuban leader Fidel Castro agreed to release four Cubans held in U S jails in exchange for all but one of the American prisoners. New York attorney James B Donovan arranged the swap and arrived at Homestead Air Force Base to witness the deal as 800 to 1 000 Cubans were to depart Cuba later this week.
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Homestead Afb
Fla
UPD
Fidel Castro
U.S
New York
James B. Donovan
Freed Cuba Prisoner Jailed In Cleveland
John Robert Gentile, 31, released from a Cuban prison after more than two years, is jailed in Cleveland on arrival at Hopskins Airport. He faces charges in Ohio and Indiana for passing worthless checks and probation violations. He pledged to repay his creditors and said he would work hard to find work. He described harsh treatment in Cuban custody as a counter revolutionary.
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Cleveland
Ohio
UPI
John Robert Gentile
Hopskings
Sandusky
Akron
Booneville
Ind
Gentile
Devil’s Island
Release Deal Ties Americans to Cuba Prisoner Exchange
The article describes 21 pale and skinny Americans to be released with three opting to Latin America, three returning to Cuba with families, and three Cubans freed by the Justice Department after conspiracy charges. New York Governor Rockefeller aided by releasing Francisco Molina Del Rio, a Castro sympathizer known as The Hook, who was convicted for killing a girl with a wild bullet amid pro and anti Castro clashes in NYC. Other released include Robert Santiesteban Casanova, 27.
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Cuba
Justice Department
Washington
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Francisco
Molina del Rio
New York City
Robert Santiesteban Casanova
Senator Names Two To Academy For West Point
Senator Jennings Randolph announced two youths nominated to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point have been accepted. Richard C. Adkins of Hinton High School in Hinton is student body president. Wilbur S. Jones of Wheeling becomes a third generation West Point man, son of S. Wilbur Jones and grandson of General Sumner Jones.
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U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
Richard C. Adkins
Temple Street
Hinton
Hinton High School
Wilbur S. Jones
Wheeling
Sumner Jones
John J. Pershing
S. Wilbur Jones
Stone & Thomas Department Stores
The Other Kennedy Women 2 Joan Kennedy Rival Of First Lady
Joan Kennedy wife of Sen Edward M Kennedy emerges as Washingtons beauty rival to Jacqueline Kennedy In a UPI profile she charms Capitol Hill social circles and defends her remark about wigs insisting Jackie Kennedy has none The piece notes her youth glamour and growing celebrity status and references a phone call to the First Lady as part of the interview narrative.
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Joan
Mrs
Ted
Kennedy
Joan Kennedy
Sen
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Dmass
Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
Washington
Massachusetts
Capital
Capitol Hill
Jackie
United Press International
Full Scale Welfare Probe Demanded Barron Calls Special legislative Session
The Legislature on May 6 faces funding for ADC and public works grants while GOP leaders push for a full welfare department investigation. Barron called a special session to secure $457,000, citing an emergency welfare need and avoiding cuts to essential services.
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Charleston
UPS
State Welfare Department
W. W. Barron
GOP
Senate
John Carrigan
Welfare Department
Barron
C. Donald Robertson
Rightist offers troops to aid Laos neutrals amid tensions
In Vientiane Gen Phoumi Nosavan accused Pathet Lao of undermining the Laotian coalition and offered to send troops to back neutralists against the pro-Communists. Pathet Lao charged Phoumi with preparing an offensive, risking a new civil war as fighting around the Plain of Jars continues. Diplomatic steps intensify with Souvanna Phouma meeting Phoumi and possible Kong Le involvement, while Souphanouvong resists ICC cease-fire policing plans. Admiral Felt arrives as part of US-led diplomatic maneuvers.
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Vientiane, Laos
UPI
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao Today
Phoumi
Laos
Plain of Jars
Pathet Lao
Kons le
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
International Control Commission
ICC
Hatfield estate appraisal tops 3.69 million dollars
Former West Virginia governor and U S senator Henry D Hatfield died Oct 23 1962 and left an estate appraised at more than 3.69 million It includes 5 000 shares of Guyan Eagle Coal Co stock valued at 38 million The will named Hazel Hatfield Fairless of Huntington as beneficiary and Cabell County clerk Keith L Arthur filed the report The Wayne County holdings were appraised at under 100 000
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Huntington
UPI
Henry D. Hatfield
West Virginia
U. S
Hatfield
Cabell County
Keith L. Arthur
Wayne County
Guyan Eagle Coal Co
Hazel Hatfield Fairless
Shirley Temple at 35 celebrates Hollywood icon reaches milestone
Shirley Temple Black, once Hollywood's child star, marks her 35th birthday amid rehearsal for a Red Skelton show. She insists age brings no change, noting she remains Mrs. Black in public and stays busy with family and activities. Her children include Susan, 15, Charles Jr., 11, and Lori, 9.
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Hollywood
UPI
Shirley Temple
Gamin
Miss Marker
Red Skelton
Shirley
Charles Black
Woodside
Calif
Susan
Charles Jr
Lori
Shirley Temple Black
Moppet
Mrs. Black
Tornadoes Cut Midwest Swath
A fierce tornadic onslaught carved a 150 mile path from north of Decatur Illinois to a new subdivision on the northeast edge of Indianapolis Indiana injuring at least 44 people with critical cases and property damage across Illinois Indiana and Ohio. In Indianapolis four homes were destroyed and about 50 damaged while other states reported roofs blown off scattered power outages and heavy rains.
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Ilinois
Hoosier
Indianapolis
Illiopolis
Ill
Decatur
Frisco
Dallas
Dayton
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
West
Celina
Indiana
Illinois
College
Kankakee
Robert Riley
Governors Give Rocky 6-4 Edge Over Barry
Western governors at Scottsdale backed Nelson Rockefeller in the 1964 GOP race by 6 to 4 in a state by state tally. Only Idaho’s Robert Smylie abstained. In a tied county breakdown Rockefeller carried Alaska New Mexico Oregon likely Utah Washington and Wyoming while Goldwater won Arizona Colorado Montana and Nevada.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
New York State
Rockefeller
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Alaska
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Goldwater
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Mabscott To Receive 6 000 In APW Funds
Congress man John M Slack Jr announces Mabscott will get 6000 Accelerated Public Works funds for a new Town Hall. A 2000 match, 75 25, was approved by an 85 percent vote in a Dec 18 special election. Grant from the Housing and Home Finance Agency funds town hall, with work to start within 40 days and provide five man months of labor.
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Mabscott
John M. Slack Jr
Slack
Town Hall
Housing and Home Finance Agency
No Letup Seen For Dry Spell
Washington reports a continuing mid-summer dry spell across the East Coast with forest fires from Staten Island to West Virginia. The U S Weather Bureau predicted the dry period would last another month, and officials warn that random weather patterns keep the danger alive. Forecasters cite northward storm tracks and an abnormal pattern as key causes, urging vigilance against longer dry spells.
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Washington
Staten Island
West Virginia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Jerome Namias
Namias
Frank Forester
U.S. Geological Survey
Forester
California
Texas
Gulf
Radio and TV hosts share odd bond in local papers
Sherwood Glutz notes radio and television figures attended different schools but now appear united. He wryly observes that some people judge friends by shared dislikes, while others see friendship through common enemies.
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Logan
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Academy
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Ted Kennedy
House
George Seibert
Department of Welfare
Howard Corcoran
Carson
Howard
Board of Public Works
W. Bernard Smith
Rightist
United States
Harry D. Felt
Little Liz
Midwest
United Press Internatioal
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Barry
Scottsdale
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta Fisher Murphy
APW
Sherwood Glutz
Raddio
Tellyvision
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