GOP Leaders Boycott Barron Pow-Wow In Charleston
West Virginia Senate and House GOP leaders refused Gov Barrons pre legislative conference invitations citing partisan grounds. Barron plans a 30 day budget session starting Jan 10 and will study citizen recommendations before issuing call. The meeting, with 350 citizens, discusses tax policy and six items including extending the 3 per cent sales tax.
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Charleston
Barron
John Kelly
New York
West Virginia
Kelly
Deaths Mark Author Janet Mabie Clapp and Mrs John A McCone
Janet Mabie Clapp 68 a Boston newspaperwoman and author died Thursday. Requiem Mass for Mrs John A McCone 53 wife of the CIA director will be held Saturday in Pasadena after her death en route from Washington to a hospital.
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New York
UPI
Janet Mabie Clapp
Boston
Janet Mabie
Pasadena
Calif
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C
Rediscovery of John Adams Paper Found in North Carolina
A six page manuscript titled Thoughts on Government by John Adams, dated early spring 1776, was found among the papers of former North Carolina Governor David L. Swain. Massachusetts historian Ly man H. Butterfield calls the find a significant gap filler in Adams’ political writings.
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Raleigh
N. C
UPI
John Adams
United States
North Carolina
Adams
Thomas Burke
Burke
Mary W. Burke
Gov. Swain
Massachusetts
Lyman H. Butterfield
Administration Elated By Drop In Joblessness
Washington officials hailed a drop in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 6.1 percent in November as 500000 workers who normally lose jobs in November remained employed. Total unemployed rose to about four million while the number of employed rose slightly, with 673 million Americans holding jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Hue
Raymond D. Larson
Ireland as a Hub of Learning in Dark Ages
Ireland served as a vibrant center of intellectual activity from the sixth to the ninth century, fostering scholarship, monastic learning, and cultural exchange across its settlements and with continental Europe.
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Ireland
Elderly Man Seeks Niece In Charleston
Lu cen H Edwards, 79, asks Charleston police to locate his niece Angel Edwards, 49, last heard from in 1942 near Philadelphia. He fears age and illness may force him into a nursing home and hopes to leave her his money if found. Edwards moved from Virginia to West Virginia in 1910 and spent years as a farmer, coal miner, and laborer.
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Charleston
UPI
Lucen H. Edwards
Bill Blackhhurst
Angel
Edwards
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Old Virginia
Cambodia's Aid Progress Amid Cold War Tensions
Cambodian Premier Sihanouk praises American aid shaping schools irrigation roads and industry while contrasting with Red Chinese and Soviet assistance. He defends a capitalistic development model, warns against communism, and discusses regional fears involving South Vietnam Thailand Laos and Chinese influence.
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Robert L. Balzer
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Laos
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Norodom Sihanouk
Penn Nouth
Phnom Penh
UPI
Sihanouk
Siemreap
Battam
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