Resigning Official Hints Wheeling Ruled By Gangster
Wheeling city manager James C. Boyd, who resigned after 31 months, told City Council that a reputed underworld figure may influence city government. He suggested the figure asked him to compromise for progress, remarked on a Columbus arrest, and criticized the police bureau as trapped by a system that residents refuse to obey.
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Wheeling
UPI
James C. Boyd
City Council
Boyd
Columbus
Ohio
Council
Bureau of Police
Underworld
Police Department
Five West Virginia Airports Funded for Capital Upgrades
Washington UPI Sen Jennings Randolph announces FAA allocations totaling 305863 for five West Virginia airports. Bene dum Airport Harrison County receives 118500 Walker Long Huntington 54615 Martinsburg Municipal 24498 Morgantown Municipal 51250 Parkersburg 57000.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Federal Aviation Agency
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Benedum
Harrison County
Walker Long
Huntington
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Five day West Virginia forecast shows warm days cooling evenings
The outlook calls for mostly sunny to fair weather with highs near 85 inland and lower at 77 to 85, cooling nights with lows 52 to 62, a few clouds Thursday, and near normal to cooler weekend conditions. Rain chances are light, about one tenth to six tenths of an inch, with showers Friday and early next week. Becktley Beckley and Oak Hill observations listed with highs around 80s and lows near 60. River conditions for Greenbrier show normal to muddy water with 3.2 ft gauge at Hinton.
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Wogiy Ce Redvens Sons
Sascsa Verscias
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Plane search narrows to 10 thousand acre area near Greasy Creek
The private plane missing since Sunday with three aboard near Knoxville and Huntington is believed to be in a 10 000 acre area near Greasy Creek Kentucky. Six witnesses reported seeing the plane and hearing an explosion shortly after.
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Knoxville
Phoenix
Ariz
Kennedy
ABC
MBC
CBS
King Sized Headache For West Virginia Roads
AAA reports eight states delay federal highway funds creating a king sized headache for the U S Bureau of Public Roads West Virginia ranks near the bottom using only 13 percent of available money Delaware is the only state lower in the 1962 fiscal year Rex Whitton the federal highway administrator says progress is being pushed. The other lagging states are Montana Maryland Hawaii New Mexico Florida and Massachusetts.
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Delaware
AAA
Rex M. Whitton
Whitton
Montana
Maryland
Hawaii
New Mexico
Florida
Massachusetts
Refused IRS Order To Produce Records Of Manns' Accounts
Okey L. Patteson cited for contempt after refusing to furnish IRS records on transactions involving Jack Mann and Fletcher Mann. Beasley Beckley firm linked. hearing set for August 10 in Beckley Federal Court before Judge John A. Field Jr. IRS agents filed the complaint June 8 seeking production of bank deeds of trust and related records.
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IRS
Manns
Internal Revenue Service
Jack A. Mann
Fletcher Mann
Beckley Attorneys
Raleigh County Bank
Okey L. Patteson
Jack Mann
Abbie G. Mann
Fletcher W. Mann
Hope Mann
Beckley
United States District 1
John A. Field Jr
Patteson
Stock Averages and Tax Records Contempt Motion
Dow Jones noon averages show declines with the 30 industrials at 593.58 off 4.35 and 20 rails at 121.60 off 0.52. utilities up 0.18 to 117.50 and overall 65 stocks at 206.50 off 0.95. Volume noon 1,270,000 shares. United States Assistant and agents record show for District Attorney Percy Brown. Patteson’s summons seeks testimony on six years of tax liability and collection. records include ledgers, deposits, signature cards, transmittal letters, cashier registers, liability accounts, teller blotters, safe records, and Mann family statements plus signatures and ledger checks for the Mann accounts. no sheets previously furnished. Contempt motion pending.
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Dow Jones
Patteson
Jack
Abbie Mann
Unemployment rate hits two year low in July
The U S jobless rate fell to 5 3 percent in July the lowest since May 1960 with 445 000 fewer unemployed. Employment rose to a July record of 69 564 000 while advocates weigh a possible Kennedy tax cut and a delayed decision for next year.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur J.goldberg
Kennedy
Two Largest Aluminum Cos Struck by Midnight Walkout
The Aluminum Workers of America AFL CIO called a strike at midnight Tuesday against Alcoa and Reynolds Metals Co, involving 16 000 members including 9 000 at Alcoa and 7 000 at Reynolds. A Reynolds walkout idled 2 900 workers, affecting 290 000 tons of primary aluminum capacity. Federal mediators surveyed impact on defense production as talks continued for possible settlement.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Aluminum Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
United Steelworkers Union
Federal Meditation and Conciliation Service
Defense Department
Chillicothe
Ohio
Cressona
Nuclear Sub Strike Settled at Electric Boat
Labor peace returned at General Dynamics Electric Boat after a strike halted work on 11 nuclear submarines valued at $1 billion. New London County Metal Trades Council AFL-CIO voted 4,775 to 1,485 to approve a three year contract, ending a stoppage that began July 19 and affected Polaris missile submarines.
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Groton, Conn
UPI
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
New London County Metal Trades Council
MTC
Afl-Cio
U S Envoy to France Gavin Resigns
Washington reports President Kennedy accepted the resignation of James M. Gavin as ambassador to France for personal reasons. Gavin, a retired Army general, sought relief to return to private industry in Boston. Kennedy praised Gavin’s work strengthening U S France relations.
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Washington
UPI
James M. Gavin
U.S
France
White House
Kennedy
Paris
Gavin
Arthur D. Little Inc
Boston
Jim
United States
Lifeguards Resuscitate Man Trapped by Pool Drain
In Asbury Park New Jersey Garrett Giberson 19 survived after being trapped nine feet below the surface by a pool drain. Lifeguards William Knight 21 and Ray Scharf 24 exchanged dives for eight minutes breathing air into his lungs. Knight shut off the drain valve and first responders later revived him with chest presses and mouth to mouth resuscitation.
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Asbury Park
N.J
UPI
Garrett Giberson
Giberson
William Knight
Ray Scharf
Scharf
Knight
Olivet ‘Mich
Gary
Gibberson
Fitkin Hospital
Two Young Women Perch atop Smokestack at Terminal Island
Two female inmates under 21 climbed a 40-foot incinerator smokestack at Terminal Island Federal Prison and spent over a day perched high with no food or water. Prison officials, including Warden May, attempted to reason with them but yielded to no plan to force them down. The facility houses 900 prisoners, 180 women.
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Calif
Upi
al Capone
Crow’'S Nest
Los Angeles Harbor
Federal Correctional Institute
Raymond W. May
May
Three New School Positions Filled In West Virginia
State School Supt Rex M. Smith announced appointments to three newly created positions in the State Department of Education. Blain Dowler becomes assistant supervisor of health physical education and safety, Virginia Dober is assistant supervisor of library services, and Seaton Elliot Smith Jr. will be assistant state supervisor of mathematics starting September 1. Smith noted the two appointees already assume duties.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Rex M. Smith
State Department of Education
Health Dept Worried By Rabies Rise in WV Animals
West Virginia health officials warn of increasing rabies in wild and domestic animals. From June 1961 to June 1962, 101 of 453 animals tested were rabid, including 14 foxes and four of 79 dogs. The Health Director urged stronger vaccination programs and complete case reporting to prevent human outbreaks.
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Charleston
UPI
State Health Department
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Space Satellite Bill Opponents Halt Filibuster
In Washington UPI reports Senate opponents of the space satellite bill agreed to halt the filibuster and send the measure to the Foreign Relations Committee for a 10 day study. The pact requires the bill to return by August 10 and remain as pending business until resolved.
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UPI
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
John G. Power
Texas
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Tower
Hruska
High Altitude Balloon Aloft Over Labrador to Probe Cosmic Rays
The second in a series of high altitude balloons launched from Goose Bay Labrador carried two monkeys and two hamsters for radiation tests as part of U S spaceflight prep. The 384 foot tall craft aims to cross Canada at 128000 feet, with recovery in south central Alberta about 54 hours later.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
API
Goose Bay
Labrador
Ames Research Center
U.S
Outer Space
Brad Evans
Ames Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Canada
Alberta
Smith Outlines Plans To Upgrade Schools
Charleston report outlines Rex Smith state plan to attract more competent teachers, set minimum standards, and consolidate counties to create fewer, stronger schools. He seeks legislative changes in 193 Legislature to enable county cooperation, a unified school, and revitalized education. Other goals include better department cooperation, a 13 point program, equal pupil opportunities, and a curriculum boosting critical thinking.
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Charleston
UPS
State Department of Education
Rex Smith
Smith
Raleigh County Integration Case Set For Aug 9
A federal court hearing on Raleigh County schools integration is scheduled for 10 a.m. August 9 in Beckley before US District Judge John A. Field Jr. Willard Brown of Charleston, attorney for the NAACP, appeared in the opening session. The case stems from Brown's appeal last November and involved charges of delay in implementing the court order and gerrymandered districts. Brown sought censure of Fletcher W. Mann over newspaper statements, while the judge cautioned restraint and noted the case remains sensitive.
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Raleigh
Beckley
United States
John A. Field Jr
Willard Brown
Charleston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brown
Raleigh County
Mann
Scions To Quiz Dr Who Halted Thalidomide Use
Senators summoned Dr Frances Kelsey of the FDA to testify on delaying thalidomide's U S market. Chairman Hubert Humphrey credited her with preventing a U S tragedy affecting thousands of European mothers and deformed infants.
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Dr. Who
Washington
UPI
Senate
Frances Kelsey
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kelsey
United States
Europe
Humphrey
U.S
George P. Larrick
Kennedy Signs 4.6 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
President Kennedy signed into law today a 4.6 billion foreign aid authorization bill praised by both Republicans and Democrats. He called the measure essential to national security and defense, noting bipartisan support and the program’s long-standing defense linkage.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
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