U S May Urges Subordination to United Nations
SAN FRANCISCO AP The National Council of Churches the nations largest Christian body says the United States may soon have to subordinate its will to the United Nations Delegates from 33 Protestant and Orthodox denominations urged U S support for strengthening the world body as a peace instrument The assembly hailed the UNs growth from 51 to about 100 members saying democracy will extend world processes but may outvote the United States Citizens should prepare for such possibility and view democracy on a world scale with both benefits and risks.
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Arthur Lichtenberger
Cuban church bombing blamed on Reds in Havana
In Havana Church officials blame Communists for a bomb at Our Lady of Charity after vesper services. No injuries among 50 inside, but pews and flooring damaged. A red hammer and sickle flag with anti clergy slogan was left. Pastor is Msgr Eduardo Boza Masvidal. Several other bombs exploded in Havana that night amid rising church state tensions.
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Cubans Diplomat Threatened By Havana Shakeup Firing
Washington AP report says Cuban Ambassador Quintin Pino Machado threatened career diplomat Felix Enrique Hurtado with death after Hurtado refused to return to Havana. Police probe notes Castro loyalist reshuffle in the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Hurtado, an alternate council delegate, said he feared imprisonment if he traveled to Cuba.
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West Virginia real estate post filled by Underwood appointee
Fred S. Peterson of Parkersburg, president of a local real estate firm, is named to the West Virginia Real Estate Commission by Gov. Underwood for a term ending April 30, 1964. He replaces Ben Grant Jr., also of Parkersburg, who failed confirmation by the State Senate at the recent special session.
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West Virginia Weather Forecast Turns Colder With Snow
Cloudy and colder with light snow or flurries for the north tonight and Thursday. Extended forecast shows temperatures about eight degrees below normal lows and highs across the state with a quarter inch of precipitation mainly over the weekend. Beckley and Oak Hill report mixed temperatures. Greenbrier River is normal and clear with lake levels normal and gates open.
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Humphrey Named Beckley City Recorder
Walter Lee Humphrey, 220 Lo cust Drive, is the new Beckley City Recorder after unanimous City Council vote. He succeeds the late J. Smith who died last month, with a $6,000 yearly salary and start date to be announced. Humphrey works for Home Insurance Co. and has 35 years as a coal industry accountant. he is a registered Democrat active in church affairs.
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Castro's South America propaganda drive escalates clashes
Propaganda leaflets in sugar and heavy spending mark Fidel Castro's campaign to undermine U.S. prestige in South America. Cuban ambassadors push material to workers and students, with demonstrations in Caracas, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Santiago.
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Economic Group Enlarged Sets Friday Meeting
President elect John Kennedy’s special commission to address economic woes in declining areas will hold its first all day private session Friday in Charleston West Virginia. Chairman Sen Paul Douglas and press secretary Pierre Salinger announced the commission’s membership expansion from 11 to 17 with new appointees Earl Bestor John Robin William Davlin John Whitman Dr George Pinnell and John Kocinsky Amsterdam New York banker.
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Harrisburg
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Lexington
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School of Business
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Amsterdam
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West Virginia Retail Association Outlines Reorg Plan
Plans for reorganization of the West Virginia Retail Association were outlined to Beckley merchants at a January 5 meeting. John E. Hopkins Jr. of the American Retail Federation described a Charleston base as a state clearinghouse with full time staff to lobby state and federal governments on retail issues and to educate the public about retailing. The federation represents 40 state and 30 national groups, and Beckley had 223 retailers with $36 million in 1958 sales, paying $400 in dues in 1959.
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Udall Named Secretary of Interior in Kennedy Cabinet
President elect John F Kennedy designates Stewart Udall, a Tucson lawyer and three term Arizona congressman, as the new secretary of the interior. Udall, 40, will oversee reclamation, forests and Indian affairs, bringing vigor and imagination to the post.
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State Income Tax Revival Suggested
CHARLESTON AP Revival of the state income tax, dead 17 years, has been suggested by the Tax Study Commission to the West Virginia Legislature as one means of raising revenue for the state. The income levy was repealed back in 1943 by a Democrat-con-
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West Virginia Tax Proposals from State Commission
The State Tax Study Commission recommends major changes to West Virginia gross sales tax and related measures. Proposals include cutting natural gas production rate to 5 per 100 with removal of a 5,000 exemption, raising manufacturing rate to 50 cents, lowering contracting rate to 1.50 per 100, reducing large industrial energy sales tax to 50 cents, and moving telephone and telegraph firms to the gross sales tax at 4 percent. The commission also flags income tax options such as a payroll withholding plan or a personal income tax with graduated rates.
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Food Lift drives hunger drive in Beckley area
Salvation Army, Beckley Jaycees, and Circle K Club launch the third annual Food Lift to collect staple foods in 16 local markets. Barrels placed in A and P Kroger Acme Atkinson Center L B Supermarket Cole s Fair Deal Giant Dollar Smith s Piggly Wiggly Patton s Pagoda Carolina Michael s S S Beaver Henry s aim to stock Christmas baskets for area families in need.
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Infant Kennedy son christened at Georgetown Hospital chapel
The infant son of President-elect John F Kennedy will be baptized Thursday in Georgetown University Hospital chapel. Father Casey will administer the sacrament and the child will wear the same christening dress as his father.
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Train Gas Truck Collision Kills Five in Nashua
A crowded passenger train collided with a loaded bottled gas truck at a grade crossing in Nashua, New Hampshire. The crash sparked a massive explosion and fire, killing five people and injuring more than a dozen others.
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Charles Brown Named To State School Board
Gov Underwood appointed Charles H. Brown a 35 year old Kingwood attorney to the State Board of Education for a term to Nov 4 1969. Brown a Democrat native of Kingwood with a WVU law degree served three years as a Navy pilot and was captured by Japan. He has practiced law in Kingwood since 1950, is married with three children, and was named to the nine member board as the 2nd Congressional District member. Another vacancy will occur Jan 1 when C Lee Spillers of Wheeling becomes judge of the Ohio County Intermediate Court.
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Where's This Man Seeks Hunter in Beckley
Raleigh County Red Cross appeals for Winston Hunter last known at 1307 South Kanawha Street Beckley Ohio chapter Cincinnati asks for help locating him. Family member is ill and requests contact to local Red Cross or by phone CL 1.
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Nation's Top Negro Official Jack Guilty Faces Ouster
Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack, the nation’s ninth ranking Black municipal official, is convicted on conflict of interest charges over a $4,400 deal. An automatic forfeiture under the city charter follows conviction. Jack, 55, says he will appeal and not resign. sentencing is set for Jan. 16.
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Grim Pearl Harbor reminder as 1102 Arizona crew entombed
A Pearl Harbor anniversary report recalls the 1941 attack that killed over 2400 people, with 1102 crewmen still entombed in the sunken USS Arizona. The piece notes Battleship Row on Ford Island, the carriers and battleships, and the initial radar sighting that failed to trigger action.
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