Eisenhower Veto Hint Lingers on Medical Plan in Social Security
In Washington Republicans suggest Eisenhower might veto any medical care plan tied to Social Security if Congress enacts it. The Senate moves toward a decision on Kennedy backed measure as Javits plan gains traction. Dirksen notes Eisenhower’s possible stance on each proposal while Johnson and Nixon weigh in. The Anderson amendment would tax workers and employers to fund elderly medical benefits, with hospital care, home services, and X ray tests.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Neice
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Jacob K. Javits
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Javits
Clinton P. Anderson
Kennedy
Anderson
Ruling Likely In Floyd County Desegregation Suit
U S District Judge John Paul indicated he will rule in favor of eight Negro pupils seeking admission to Floyd County white high schools. He said from the bench that an order admitting the applicants could be drafted immediately as hearings continued on Southwest Virginia desegregation cases.
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Roanoke
U. S
John Paul
Floyd County
Paul
Fayette educational exhibit grand champions at county show
Jerry showcased both the grand champion ham and grand champion bacon at Fayette County’s first ham and bacon show and sale held earlier this year.
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Fayette
Jerry
Fayette County
Barbara Powers Wears Yellow In Farewell With Powers
MOSCOW AP Barbara Powers wore a bright yellow dress for a farewell meeting with imprisoned husband Francis Gary Powers at the Soviet Supreme Court building. Powers and his parents, Oliver W. and Ida Ford Powers, faced a 10 year detention for espionage as Barbara’s mother and the Powers family restrained tears. Powers asked his father to bring money for cigarettes and a watch, noting his own watch and other valuables were taken.
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Moscow
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Supreme Court
Oliver W
Ida Ford Powers
Barbara
Manteen Brown
Milledgeville, Ga
Powers
Eleanor Roosevelt Says Kennedy Nixon Charm May Draw Women
Eleanor Roosevelt said she hopes the youth charm and good looks of Sen John F Kennedy and Vice President Richard M Nixon will attract more women to the U S polls. She noted Kennedy has more charm while Nixon has shown skill in appearing friendly on television. She spoke in London before traveling to a United Nations meeting in Poland.
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London
Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Kennedy
Nixon
Preview Of Winter Brings Montana Freezing Front
The Associated Press reports a cold front sweeping Montana with snow and rain in many areas. Helena sees subfreezing temps while Butte and Billings face chilly conditions as thunderstorms, high winds, and record heat in adjacent states shape a volatile regional pattern.
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Montana
Helena
Butte
Billings
Miles City
West Virginia Weather Outlook For Tonight And Wednesday
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms south tonight. low in the 60s. Wednesday brings partly sunny skies and a modest cooldown. Beckley highs yesterday 70, low 64. Oak Hill highs 75, low 61. River and lake conditions: Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with a 2.15 gates open. gauge reads 2.3 ft.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Normal
Clear Lake
Secret Papers Report Stalin Truman Peace Feelers Rejected
Reports based on Potsdam era papers claim Stalin with Truman approval stalled a Japanese peace feeler days before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The articles allege Japan was asked to surrender and rejected the ultimatum prior to the blast. They also mention Stalin praising Eisenhower for turning over 135,000 German troops.
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Washington
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Truman
Hiroshima
Moscow
Stalin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minneapolis Tribune
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Fletcher Knebel
Charles W. Bailey
Cowles
Truman
Potsdam
State Department
Lincoln White
Department
Christian A. Herter
Knebel and Bailey
Charles E. Bohlen
Herter
Bohlen
Boston Bus Strike Strands 700,000
A sudden transit strike shut the Metropolitan Transit Authority system in Boston, leaving about 700,000 commuters without service as the 5 p.m. rush approached. Private autos crowded highways, trains added cars, downtown parking was banned, and taxis surged while many were stranded for hours.
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Boston
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Democratic Fund Chairman Named for West Virginia Drive
Charleston attorney and former CIA officer James M. Sprouse will direct West Virginia’s 1960 Dollars for Democrats Drive from September 9 to 19. The drive, started in 1956, invites every Democrat to contribute one dollar as chairmen in each county organize door to door efforts.
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Charleston
Central Intelligence Agency
West Virginia
James M. Sprouse
Columbia University
Law School
Sprouse
Telephone Rate Case Resumed in West Virginia
Charleston WV public utility witness James M. Honaker urged a fair return of 6 to 6.2 percent for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. on its WV investment. C&P seeks higher monthly rates totaling $5.539 million yearly and a $963,000 intrastate toll increase. case continues with PSC staff and protestants testimony pending. C&P serves most WV telephone users, numbering over 330,000.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
James M. Honaker
Frankfort
Public Service Commission
PSC
C&p
Comical Tragedy in Chicago Jury Reduces Larceny Charge
Ex convict Donald Spearman, 24, had a grand larceny charge pared to petty larceny and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Judge Jacob M Braude scolded the jury and behavioral contempt earned another 60 days. Spearman allegedly stole dresses from a suburban Evanston store.
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Chicago
Jacob M Braude
Donald Spearman
Spearman
Evanston
Glutz Claims First Day Camp Mess In Glutz Gulch
Sherwood Glutz asserts that a chaotic first day occurred in Glutz Gulch, defending his honesty against a critic who said a fisherman is always a liar. He vows to confront the accuser.
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Greenbrier
Decision On 1964 Olympics Put Off
The International Olympic Committee postponed its decision on Japan hosting the 1964 Games until next year. Japanese officials proposed moving the event to late May and early June to avoid heat and typhoon season in July or autumn. IOC members will revisit the proposal at a 1965 Athens meeting.
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Rome
International Olympic Committee
Japan
IOC
Athens
No Greater Love Postpones Cincinnati Wedding
In Cincinnati Ohio AP Police Court Judge Clarence Denning delays Mildred Story a 43 year old arrest record holder from marrying after she pleads for a final chance. The judge sentences her to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine citing over two dozen prior drunkenness and morals arrests.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Clarence Denning
Mildred Story
Inmates Admit Strangling Three at Gallipolis Hospital
Gallia County autopsy confirms part of teenage inmates statements in the strangling deaths of three fellow patients at Gallipolis State Hospital. Officials say Robert Flora 39 of Toledo William Murphy 41 of Lucasville and Paul Cross 42 of Cincinnati died by strangulation after the teens Robert Brown 18 Chillicothe and John Turner 14 Hamilton County allegedly killed for kicks. Brown with the mental age of an 8 year old and Turner a 6 year old mind conducted further questioning as authorities investigate the case. A 39 year old patient was found Sunday night with a towel and sheet around his neck but survived.
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Gallipolis, Ohio
Gallipolis State Hospital
Gallia County
Donald R. Warehime
Robert Flora
Toledo
Flora
William Murphy
Lucasville
Paul Cross
Cincinnati
George R. Roberts
Roberts
Robert Brown
Chillicothe
John Turner
Hamilton County
Brown
Turner
Earl's Pearls on Law and Order Style
A humorous quip from Earl Wilson on women and men in work life. Women believe in law and order as long as they can lay down the law. The line touches men staying late at the office to finish or start something, with a note to see page 4 for more laughs.
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Earl Wilson
First And Busiest State Archeologist Races With Builders
Dr. Edward V. McMichael, 25, becomes West Virginia’s first state archeologist amid highway, dam, and reservoir projects threatening prehistoric sites. Appointed after a 1960 appropriation, he surveys areas like Summersville Reservoir to salvage artifacts before flooding. He aims to catalog remains and guide preservation while projects proceed.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Edward V. McMichael
Pennsylvania
Indiana University
McMichael
Summersville
Sutton
Ohio River
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
MacMichael
Boost In State School Lunch Funds Sought
West Virginia Representative John Slack urges a 25 percent boost in federal school lunch funds to prevent malnutrition among school age children. He warns the alternative could leave many in his district unemployable in coming years while noting some areas may not need or use federal aid. Slack backs legislation to ease needy schools access to money and surplus food.
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Washington
West
Slack
Congress
State Policemen Given Transfers Within Co A Command
State Policemen in Co A under Capt. D. E. Carson were announced as transferred by State Police Supt Hazen Fair. Transfers include Meek from Sistersville to Morgantown, Snodgrass from Triadelphia to Shinnston, Fleck to Moundsville, Griben to Clarksburg, Reed to Triadelphia, Robinson to motor vehicle duties at Clarksburg, plus four sergeants moved to new posts McMorrow to South Charleston, Price to Philippi, Otto to Logan, and Fullmer to Sistersville.
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Philippi
Logan
H. C. Fullmer
Sistersville
Body Of Logan Man Found In Fire Ruins
Logan AP report says Jim Adams, 50, was found dead today in the charred remains of his Crawley Creek farm home in Logan County after a fire yesterday. His wife and three of eight children were in the barn at the time, unaware of his fate until discovery.
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Logan (Ap
Jim Adams
Crawley Creek
Logan County
Here
Adams
Oscar Hammerstein II Dies Famed Composer Passes at 65
Oscar Hammerstein II, legendary lyricist of Rodgers and Hammerstein, died of stomach cancer at Highland Farms in Doylestown, Pa. He was 65. His career spanned four decades and produced enduring classics from Oklahoma to The Sound of Music. The death ends a landmark era in American musical theatre.
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Doylestown
Oscar Hammerstein II
Highland Farms
Paris
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Richard Rodgers
Cole Portier
Broadway
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers
Hammerstein
Rudolph Friml
Sigmund Romberg
Jerome Kern
Vincent Youmans
George Gershwin
Missing radioactive copper tube prompts state alerts
State Police units in Beck ley area joined agencies in Manchester Massachusetts after a five foot copper tube containing Strontium 90 went missing. The tube measures five inches in diameter and holds four laceite rods. AEC Boston warns it is radioactive and should not be handled or opened. If found contact State Police Fire Marshal or Massachusetts Public Health for immediate dispatch of an employee to claim it.
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Beckley
Manchester, Mass
West Virginia
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Boston
State Police
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
State Road Low Bidders Listed
West Virginia bids for nine road projects totaling 33 miles were opened by the State Road Commission. Apparent low bidders include Andersons, Inc. of Charleston on three resurfacing contracts and Keeley Construction Co. of Clarksburg on a Sycamore Street underpass project, with other bids from Nichols and Ronk, Inc., Huntington Asphalt Corp., and S. S. Burford, Inc., for a mix of resurfacing, bridges, and underpasses across Cabell Harrison Jackson Marion and other counties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Cabell
Andersons’, Inc
U. S. 60
Milton
Putnam County Line
Nichols and Ronk, Inc
Huntington Asphalt Corp
Huntington
Charleston Concrete Floor Co
Harrison — Sycamore Street
B&o Railroad
U. S. 50
Keeley Construction Co
Clarksburg
Jackson
Mason County
Ravenswood Road
W. Va
Marion—Benton Ferry
Tygart River
B&o
S. S. (Joe) Burford, Inc
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