West Virginia in Color brochure reaches Beckley area
A 36 page color pictorial of West Virginia is ready for distribution in Beckley. One thousand copies arrived with Mrs. Fred K. Hays and Mrs. Harry T. Gibson at the Hays home. The booklet features Bald Knob Ski Slopes Blue Stone Dam Blackwater Falls and the West Virginia Turnpike. It was a WV Federation of Women’s Clubs project begun in 1959 and coordinated by Miss Mary Katharine depicting Cranberry Glades. Copies cost $1.10 and can be ordered through Mrs. Hays.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Fred K. Hays
Woman's Club of
Harry T. Gibson
Hays
Locust Drive
West Virginia Turnpike
Blackwater Falls
Cranberry Glades
Barnes
Pocahontas County
E.K. Stevens
Charleston
WVFWC
John F. McCuskey
Italy Wins First Medal at Rome Olympics Event
Host Italy captured the first gold with a 1000 kilometer road time trial win, Germany took silver, Russia bronze. In swimming, Chris Von Saltza led US swimmers as she set a new Olympic 100 meter freestyle record at 1 01.9, with Dawn Fraser advancing. The US basketball team faced Russia in the opening round while Poland and Pakistan also won in their sports. Feathweight Lee Allen opened Greco Roman wrestling, and George Lambert placed second in the pentathlon standings with Mexico leading the team race.
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Ted Smits
Associated Press
Rome
America
Chris von Saltza
Miss von Saltza
Australia
Dawn Fraser
Melbourne
Miss Fraser
Caroline Wood
Portland
Ore
Saratoga
Calif
Miss Wood
U.S
Patty Kempner
Anne Warner
Lance Larson
University of California
Bruce Hunter
Harvard
Lisa Konrads
Italy
Germany
Russia
United States
Mexico
Poland
Pakistan
France
Romania
Lee Allen
George Lambert
Sioux City
Iowa
Neely vows plan to raise 48 million in new revenue
Charleston AP Harold E. Neely Republican nominee for governor promises to spell out before the November election how he would raise 48 million in new state revenue. He challenges Democrat W. W. Barron to disclose financing plans. Neely favors jobs and roads with funds, urges tax study commission findings before January.
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Charleston
Harold E. Neely
Today
West
Neely
State Tax Study Commission
Legislative Tax Study Group
Barron
Social Security bill advances with medical aid changes
A compromise Social Security measure with increased federal grants for elderly medical costs faces final action. House expected to pass. Senate may argue over changes, including retirement age and earnings tests. The plan funds 200 million dollars in annual grants to states for low income seniors.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kohler Blamed By Labor Board
Washington AP The National Labor Relations Board ruled Kohler Co of Sheboygan Wisconsin refused to bargain in good faith in a six year dispute with the United Auto Workers Local 833. The board ordered reinstatement of strikers not permanently replaced by June 1 1954 and a preferential hiring list if needed. It criticized use of detectives to monitor strikers and NLRB attorneys and required incentive data disclosure.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board Today
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers Union
Sheboygan
Wis
NLRB
UAW
Kohler
Joseph A. Jenkins
Jenkins
George A. Downing
Truck Hits Girl Getting Off Bus in Whitesville
A 12 year old Baltimore girl remains unconscious in critical condition at Charleston Memorial Hospital after stepping from a Whitesville bus and darting in front of a Pepsi Cola truck driven by James D. McDowell Beckley. She suffered a broken jaw and nose possible brain injury, plus scratches and bruises from the 8 45 a m incident. State police say the driver was not charged as the girl appeared to step directly in front of the vehicle.
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Baltimore, Md
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Sundial
Beverly Ann Skidmore
Whitesville
James D. McDowell
Beckley
McDowell
Presbyterian Elder Joins Kennedy Staff
James W. Wine, an elder in the Presbyterian Church, resigns as associate general secretary for interpretation at the National Council of Churches to become special assistant in community relations to Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy. Wine, 42, will aid Kennedy on campaign questions about church and state, after joining NCC in 1959 from Park College, Parkville, Missouri.
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New York
National Council of Churches
James W. Wine
Wine
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Presbyterian Church
Park College
Parkville
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Beckley area
West Virginia stays fair tonight with lows around 56 to 62. Saturday brings variable cloudiness and warmer conditions with highs near 78 to 86. Beckley report shows a high of 78 and a low of 62 yesterday. Oak Hill tallies 88 for the high and 67 for the low. River Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier remain normal and clear with gates open at 2.8. A new gauge records 2.3 feet.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Kennedy Warns Of Slipping Security And Leadership
In Detroit Kennedy addressed the VFW convention urging a beefed up defense program regardless of cost. He warned that security and leadership are slipping as the Soviet block grows stronger and US shores face new vulnerabilities. He contrasted Nixon’s praise with a call for accelerated missile programs and modernized armed forces. Kennedy urged future presidents to seek specific defense increases in Congress.
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Detroit
Mich
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kennedy
VFW
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United States
Draft boards create new classification for potential emergency service
Washington AP report notes Selective Service director Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey announced a rule change allowing draft boards to quit classifying men as 4F who may qualify for service in an emergency. A new classification will be set up for such registrants to improve the manpower inventory.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Don t Call Just Pay Phone Bill
Charleston AP reports the Public Service Commission weighs action in the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co rate case. The PSC plans to decide in about two months after hearings end, while C P plans to implement new rates under bond September 5.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Know
PSC
Myron Renick
County Court Approves Civil Defense Training Plan
County Court approved a civil defense training program in Raleigh County spearheaded by Paul Fourney and a city official committee. The group will form a 15 member volunteer civil defense auxiliary expanding to about 40, with McDaniel as leader and Tyree Mills Connor and other officials backing the plan. The court also approved a real estate survey by Associated Survey Inc and a land offer by E W James near Little Beaver Lake. Harold Hanks pushed for an index system for new civil order books, with a $254 cost approved for the system.
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Paul Fourney
Raleigh County
James T. McDaniel
Orchard Ave
M. E. Tyree
Okey Mills
Cecil P. Connor
Dwight McGraw
Bill Barker
Harold Adkins
Jim Green
Eddie Withrow
Bob Miller
J. M. Laing
Andrew J. Jurisich
Ralph Cole
Tyree
Associated Survey Inc
Howe Ave
Passaic
N. J
E. W. James
Piney View
Little Beaver Lake
A. J. Lilly
James
Harold Hanks
Hank
Glutz Change of Heart Supposedly Ends Veteran Farmer’s Campaign
In a local note, Sherwood Glutz, once seen as a staunch Republican supporter from Glutz Gulch, reportedly left his campaign stance after hearing talk at the camp. The 72 year old farmer died peacefully in his home, with the hearthstone cited as the final scene.
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Glutz Gulch
Greenbrier
Alarming Decrease in Students Choosing Medicine
Dr. Kenneth E. Penrod of West Virginia University warned at the 92nd West Virginia State Medical Association meeting that an alarming drop in student interest in medicine could threaten future supply. He cited WVU Medical Center plans, urged physician cooperation to channel patients to the Morgantown teaching hospital, and noted annual operating costs may exceed $5 million.
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Kenneth E. Penrod
West Virginia University
Penrod
West Virginia State Medical Association
WVU Medical Center
West Virginia
WVU
Morgantown
Hel
It’s What Out Back That Counts In Court
In San Antonio Texas Leandro A Flores showed his back with Alice written in lipstick. His attorney refused to proceed with the divorce suit. Alice Flores testified she wrote her name on his back while he slept on advice to prove cohabitation. Flores denied living together after petition.
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San Antonio
Tex
Leandro A. Flores
Flores
Alice
Texas
Accountant Meredith Named To West Virginia Accountancy Board
AP reports Gov. Underwood appointed William R. Meredith of Clarksburg a certified public accountant to the West Virginia Board of Accountancy for a term ending June 30, 1963. He succeeds M. F. Kirsch of Morgantown who did not seek reappointment.
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Charleston
Underwood
William R. Meredith
Clarksburg
West Virginia
High School Seniors Take College Courses at Marshall
A group of outstanding high school seniors in Huntington last year took Marshall College courses alongside their regular classes. They performed as well as or better than college age peers, prompting the experiment to become a regular part of the Marshall program. Larry Beaumont of The Associated Press reports for the Sunday paper.
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Marshall College
Huntington
Marshall
Larry Beaumont
Associated Press
Cuban military tightens siege around Las Villas hills
Cuban forces blockaded Las Villas province hills restricting arms and supplies to dissidents estimated at 400. Army patrols stop and search vehicles along all roads. Reports say no new clashes. Navy personnel at Cayo Loco base reassigned and infantry took over the base after raids on major naval facilities.
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Cuba
Strike Trouble Makers Checked at Kingsford Plant
State Police say they suspect identities behind the Kingsford Charcoal Co. labor dispute violence at the St George kiln site. Two escalations include shooting at workers on two nights and a rock thrown at two driving home. The IHC Local 10 union says about 60 workers are on strike as the plant hires 52 replacements while the dispute sits with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Parsons
Kingsford Charcoal Co
A. J. Wade
St.George
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
Kingsford
William C. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
White Is Candidate For State Demo Post
Raleigh County's Young Democratic Club president is among two announced candidates for state Democratic president during Huntington convention. Cotton White Beckley and Charles McElwee Charleston attorney will seek office when balloting begins tomorrow. Governor Meyner New Jersey and Attorney General Barron will speak at the banquet final session. State party leaders urge youths to recruit new members and train future leaders to restore West Virginia's prominence.
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Raleigh County
Young Democratic Club
Huntington
Cotton White
Beckley
Charles McElwee
Charleston
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
W. W. Barron
Hulett C.smith
Smith
West Virginia
AFL CIO Endorses Democrats in Presstime Bulletin
The AFL CIO Executive Council endorsed the Democratic ticket and urged the federation to back it. The General Board meeting was expected to ratify the endorsement. In New Orleans, Louisiana Atty. Gen. Jack Gremillion walked out of a federal desegregation hearing calling it a den of iniquity. The United States cut relations with the Dominican Republic.
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Washington
Aflcio
New Orleans
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
Byrd Amendment Pushed to Cut Social Security Retirement Age Fails
Senate and House conferees rejected an amendment by Senator Byrd that would lower the voluntary retirement age under the Social Security law to 62 for men. The proposal was the center of debate in Washington and was not adopted.
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Charleston
Senate House
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Washington
Byrd
Powers wife fails to win Khrushchev interview in Paris
Barbara Powers wife of Francis Gary Powers arrived in Paris from Moscow en route to the United States. She sought clemency for her husband after his 10 year sentence but failed to gain an interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. She was accompanied by her mother, the family doctor and two lawyers from the spy trial.
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Paris
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Brussels
County bill for replacement of parkway tree angers trash company
In Los Angeles a trash-haul firm objects to a 108.64 bill from the county for replacing a damaged 18 foot eucalyptus with a 7 pepper tree. The owner argues the charges are excessive while the county defends the costs as gross costs including retirement and maintenance. The case moves toward small claims court. The owner says the man will just have to pay.
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Los Angeles
Tony Augustyn
Tony
118Th St
T and R
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