Public works bill linked to World’s Fair yachts
Washington columnist Dick West notes the House debate on a public works bill. He highlights Chairman Clarence Cannon’s claim that the measure benefits “everybody” and recalls Rep. H. R. Gross’s push to drop a 1.5 million harbor project in Flushing Bay, said to prepare the harbor for yachts tied to the 1964 World’s Fair.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
House of Representatives
Clarence Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Flushing Bay
N.Y
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Gross
Humphrey Attacked by Symington Over Testimony Snub
Senate stockpile inquiry drew sharp exchanges as Stuart Symington blasted George M. Humphrey for attacking investigators and abruptly adjourned after presenting a 10 page statement. Senators Prescott Bush and J Glenn Bell pressed for time and access to respond.
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Washington
UPI
Stuart Symington
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Senate
Symington
Humphrey
Missouri Democrat
Christian Science Monitor
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
J. Glenn Bell
Maryland
Bush
Dizzy Dean To Host Ex-Area Blind Girl
Sally Ann Gentry, 10, granddaughter of Mrs. Pearl Gentry, will attend a Cincinnati Los Angeles game as Dizzy Dean’s guest after sending a Braille letter. A premature birth and a swing accident left her blind by age five. she studies at the Nashville School for the Blind and enjoys piano and baseball with family.
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Dizzy Dean
Pearl Gentry
Cincinnati
Sally Ann Gentry
Dean
Sally Ann
Linnell Gentry
Nashville, Tenn
Crab Orchard
School For the
Nashville
Sally
West Virginia weather forecast for five days and area notes
A cloudy to warm pattern dominates the period with a high around the mid 80s and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Tonight will be fair and cooler, with 50s lows, followed by a mostly sunny, slightly cooler Saturday. The five day outlook calls for generally two to three degrees below normal highs and lows, with a shift to warmer conditions Sunday and Monday and cooler by Tuesday, with chances of thundershowers Sunday night and Monday. Beckley and Oak Hill temperature details are listed, along with river and lake conditions at Greenbrier River, and new gauge status near Hinton.
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Beckley
Versisans
Greenbrier
Normal
Clear Lake
Hinton
Kennedy backs McGovern on non political trip stop
President Kennedy praises Democratic Senate hopeful George McGovern during a Western tour stop at the Oahe dam site. He frames resource development as national strength and hints at broader aid to the Fryingpan Arkansas project. The appearance ties into campaign dynamics ahead of November elections.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Pierre
S.D
Kennedy
U.S
McGovern
Food For Peace
America
George McGovern
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
West
Oahe
Ond
Missouri River
U.S. Reclamation Bureau
Pueblo
Fryingpan- Arkansas
Washington
Cas
Five U S Prisoners Freed by Pathet Lao Flight
Five Americans held by the Pathet Lao for over a year were flown to freedom in a Soviet Illyushin transport. Captives included Maj Lawrence R. Bailey and four others. Bailey endured 14 hours daily in stocks for six months and long interrogations. Wolfkill, a NBC cameraman, described stocks.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Pathet Lao
Amarifzone Wara
U.S. Army
Lawrence R. Bailey
Laurel
Orville R. Ballenger
Spring Lake
N.C
John Shore Jr
Galloway
Tenn
John B. McMorrow
Brooklyn
N.Y
Grant Wolfkill
Shelton
Wash
Bailey
Wolfkill
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Clark Field
Philippines
Air Force
Twin Spacemen Report On Trip
Russia's twin cosmonauts Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich gave a health checked report to a government commission on their marathon space flights before a Moscow welcome. The two heroes, lauded by Pravda, spoke from a Volga area town near Baikonour, listing 64 and 48 orbits and 95 and 71 hours, highlighting a combined distance equal to five lunar trips.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Communist Party
Pravda
Volga
Baikonour Cosmodrome
Karaganda
Kazakhstan
Gherman Titov
Nikolayev
Popovich
Vostok III
Earth
Vostok IV
Moon
Tear Gas Fire Arches Berlin Border Killing
East and West Berlin police clashed in a tear gas duel over a refugee shot while attempting to scale the wall near Zimmer Strasse close to Checkpoint Charlie. The victim died from stomach and back wounds after hours of pleas for aid as Communists fired on him and West Berliners.
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Zommer Strasse
Charlie
Zimmer Strasse
U.S. Army
Ohio Tot Crushed Under Garbage Truck
STEUBENVILLE Ohio two year old Terry L McCullen son of Arman and Barbara Mc Cullen Brilliant was crushed to death when he walked under the wheels of a garbage truck backing from a driveway authorities said the boy was in the yard adjacent to the driveway when he apparently wandered behind the truck.
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Steubenville, Ohio
UPI
Terry L. McCullen
Arman
Barbara McCullen
Brilliant
Ohio
Stock Averages at Noon Show Gains Across Sectors
The Dow Jones industrials rise 1.72 to 608.43 at noon, led by 30 stocks. Rails up 0.07 to 121.32 and utilities gain 0.27 to 119.16. The broader 165-stock index advances 0.47 to 209.98, with volume around 1,200,000.
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Dow Jones
False Alarms Slow Rhodell Firemen Responds
Rhodell volunteers face delays after three false alarms in three days prompted out of town calls. The latest woke residents at Reed Daniel home in East Gulf at 12 20 a m with no smoke or fire. Fire Chief Alex Hugbert said police investigate with possible suspects and warned jokers face penalties. Callers will be required to leave name and number for immediate verification.
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Rhodell
RNS
Reed Daniel
East Gulf
Daniels
Killarney
Amigo
Alex Hugbert
Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Bulls at Dry Hill Prosperity Fair
Paul McGraw of Bolt shows Grand Champion Zato Baca Duke IV and Reserve Champion Zato Baca Domino IV. T N Thurman, cattle show chairman, and Linda Kay McGraw flank the winners as the Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Program sponsors Lil ly Breeders award. The fair runs today with a horse show at 8 p m and stake classes, plus a pony show at 1 30 p m Saturday.
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Dry Hill Prosperity
Paul McGraw
Bolt
Franklin L. Lilly
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life
Baca Domino IV
McGraw
Linda Kay
Zato Baca Duke IV
Fallout From U S A Tests Triggers Iodine Spike in West
Government scientists report July radioactive iodine levels rose in Salt Lake City milk to 580 micromicro curies per liter and 370 at Laramie Wyoming due to Nevada shots July 7 14 and 17. National average up to 40 from 30 in June as few states plan action.
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Washington
UPI
Far West
U.S
Nevada
Public Health Service
PHS
Salt Lake City
Utah
Laramie
Wyo
Atomic Energy Commission
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Federal Radiation Council
Labor To Strive For Short Week
AFL CIO executive council members outlined a drive for a 35 hour work week as an anti unemployment measure and backed an immediate federal tax cut to stave off a looming recession. The meeting left several issues unresolved including a vacancy on the council and tensions between Meany and Walter Reuther over the vacancy amid Teamsters raids.
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Chicago
UPS
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
AFL Cio
George Meany
Aflcio
James Hoffa
Teamster
Meany
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Eisenhower teed off at Turnberry in Scotland vacation
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower borrowed a set of golf clubs and began his Scottish vacation with a round at Turnberry golf club. He arrived with a police escort from Culzean Castle where he and his wife and two grandchildren are staying. An American flag waved at the club.
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Ayr
Scotland
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Turnberry Golf Club
Culzean Castle
Midnight spark fuels restless world in iron night
A terse reflection hints at late hour energy driving bold actions. The phrase suggests a restless mood as individuals push boundaries to ignite change or excitement in uncertain times.
Tax Refunds Await 12 Area Taxpayers
Twelve area taxpayers are being sought by the State Income Tax Division to claim their refunds. Several refund checks have been returned to Charleston as undeliverable due to unknown addresses. Claimants must contact the State Income Tax Division in Charleston with their name address and Social Security number.
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State Income Tax Division
Charleston
E. R
F. Blevins
P. J
N. L. Cooper
D. Cunningham
Omer A. Gibson
H. E
J. D. Lambert
Willie D. Lawson
L. Lowe
Effie McVey
B. J
W. M. Peters
Ethel M. Walls
Beckley
G. W
G. Lane
Crab Orchard
Lawrence B. Martin
Whitby
Report On Marilyn's Death Expected Today
Los Angeles. The results of a special death by own action team’s investigation into Marilyn Monroe’s death were due for release today amid speculation the findings would call it a probable death by her own action. Coroner Theodore Curphey planned a news conference when the team’s psychiatric autopsy was ready to provide details.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Marilyn Monroe
Theodore Curphey
Ex-Con Claims Knowledge Of U S Mail Truck Robbery
A Rhode Island suspect says he knows who staged the U S mail truck hijacking that yielded 1.55 million dollars. He claims to name Bobby Wilcoxson and Albert Nussbaum and will reveal details if charges are dropped. Investigators expect questioning in Scituate and possible transport to Massachusetts for further inquiry.
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Scituate, R.I
Ohe
Bobby Wilcoxson
Albert Nussbaum
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Scituate
Providence
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
U. S
Cape Cod
Plymouth
Mass
Buffalo
N. Y
Duke
Okla
U. S. Mail
U S pushes on site checks to police nuclear tests
U S disarmament chief Arthur H. Dean warned at the 17 nation conference that advances in fusion bombs and other new weapons demand on site inspections. He cited Project Vela underground tests in Nevada showing small tests can be crucial and that large tests beyond seismic reach could be concealed. Dean argued no power should be barred from testing without assurances others do not.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
U. S
Nevada
Dean
Rufus Churchill’s Poodle Buried Beside No. 10 Downing Street
Rufus the French poodle, described as Sir Winston Churchill’s closest confidant, died after Churchill’s hospitalization. The 150 year old pet was buried in the Chartwell garden beside Rufus I, with a keeper noting Rufus hated being away from his master and often sat in Churchill’s limousine.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
Rufus
No. 10 Downing Street
Sir Winston
Chartwell
Churchill
Winston
Bella Lobban
No. 10
Downing Street
Rufus I
West Virginia Native Nominated as Ambassador to Tanganyika
WASHINGTON UPI The nomination of Parkersburg native William Leonhart to be ambassador to Tanganyika was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday. Leonhart, a WVU alumnus, graduated in 1939.
Passers By Douse Flames Bus Crash in Streetsboro Ohio
A Pittsburgh to Cleveland Greyhound bus rear-ended a Westbound truck on the Ohio Turnpike near Streetsboro early today. One woman, Yukiko Murakami, died and 29 people were injured. Two motorists used a fire extinguisher to quell a gasoline blaze at the bus front. N C Fick and a trucker helped evacuate passengers via the rear exit as dawn broke.
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Streetsboro
Ohio
UPI
Greyhound
Yukiko Murakami
Seiko Kaneko
Kalamazoo
Fick
Ravenna
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Abortion Granted by Sweden for Finkbine Case
Sweden's state medical board granted Mrs. Sherri Finkbine permission for a legal abortion she could not obtain in the United States. The Phoenix mother of four had feared her fifth child would be deformed after her thalidomide use. Her husband bought the drug during a European trip.
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Stockholm
UPI
Sherri Finkbine
Sweden
United States
State Medical Board
City Firm Law Bidder On State Printing Job
State Purchasing Director Curtis Wilson announced successful bidders for state printing contracts. Mathews Printing Co. Charleston wins flat work at 118,316 annually. Jarrett Prints Co. Charleston wins legislative printing at 72,205 annually. Johnston-Withrow Beckley wins printing at 121,922 annually. All three firms currently hold contracts and are expected to sign soon.
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Charleston
UPI
Curtis
Wilson
Mathews Printing Co
Jarrett Prints Co
Legislative
Johnston-Withrow
Beckley
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