Stephenson Co Store and Homes Destroyed by Fires
Faulty flues and frozen water lines blamed for fires that wiped out the Page Coal and Coke Co. store at Stephenson and damaged four nearby houses in Coal City and Rhodell. Four-alarm response from Mullens, Sophia, Rhodell and Pineville followed an early morning blaze at 2:30 a.m. that destroyed the three story store, with temperatures rising after an explosion. Damages estimated at 75000 dollars. Families helped by neighbors as authorities warn residents about overheating heating systems and urge essential plumbing checks.
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Stephenson
Coal City
Beckley
Cecil Conner
Page Coal and Coke Co
Harry Ensminger
Jim Nallen
Nallen
Mullens
Sophia
Rhodell
Pineville
Ensminger
Robert Holmes
Sophia Road
Mary Ann Dixon
26 School Buses Fail To Make Runs
Temperatures plummeted to 10 below zero in parts of Raleigh County causing 26 school buses to fail to make runs and reducing attendance at Shady Spring High and Elementary, Woodrow Wilson High, Beckley Junior High, and Town District schools. Several buses did not start, drivers froze, and some students walked miles to class. Widespread icy roads prompted tire chains and cinder crews. flights and essential services continued with caution.
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Shady Spring High School
Shady Spring
Guy Rumberg
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Junior High School
Trap Hill
Stoco
Beckley Street Commission
Beckley Area
Raleigh County Department of the
State Road Commission
Robert Sweeney
Raleigh County Memorial
Beckley Water Co
Beckley
Mop Up Under Way In Brunei
British troops press to quell five day revolt in Northern Borneo recapturing Limbang, closing on Sibuti pockets. Nine Europeans reportedly held hostage in Seria jail after rebels seized the Brunei oil town. Shell says all 40 Europeans in Seria rescued. rest sheltered at oil field homes.
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Singapore
UPI
Borneo
Brunei
Seria
Sarawak
North Borneo
Limbang
Sibuti
Kuching
Shell Oil Co
Hot Telephone Hookup Urged For JFK Nik
The United States proposed five ways to reduce accidental war risk at the 17 nation disarmament conference. A hot telephone would connect the White House and the Kremlin for instant crisis consultations. The plan, endorsed by the Soviets, could include Thant and would help during crises like the Cuban one.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
White House-to-Kremlin
U.S
U.N
Thant
Arthur H. Dean
Khrushchev Says Coexistence Averted Cuban War
Premier Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet peaceful coexistence averted a nuclear world war over Cuba and warned China that the United States could still wield atomic power. He said Soviet missiles in Cuba were ready but not used and denounced Beijing for urging conflict. Talks on the Cuban crisis were set to resume at the Soviet Embassy in New York as he spoke.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
Khrushchev
United Nations
U.S
New York
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Peking
Britain
Congress
Kennedy to Send Nearly $100 Billion Budget in 1964
Edward Cowan reports that President Kennedy plans a 1964 budget near 100 billion dollars. Outlays for the new fiscal year may exceed 99 billion, possibly topping 100 billion by end of 1964. Deficit projections rise, with 1963 at 7.8 billion and 1964 potentially above 12.4 billion peacetime record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy orders $1 million study of megapolis transport corridor
President Kennedy orders a broad $1 million study of transportation needs in the megapolis corridor from Boston to Washington. The Feldman task force will examine Pell's interstate passenger rail concept among other options for future travel in the expanding East Coast region.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Boston
East Coast
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Pell
Myer Feldman
Feldman
Pope John hints he may not live to see council end
Pope John XXIII, 81, pale but smiling in public audience, says he may not be alive for the Ecumenical Council’s end next year. He cites stomach trouble and anemia, notes hopes for council completion by Christmas 1963, and jokes about another pope if he is not there.
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Vatican City
John
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter's Basilica
Skybolt Crisis Strains Anglo American Ties
Washington reports chill in Anglo American relations as US threats to cancel the Skybolt missile put Britain's nuclear deterrent future at risk. Prime Minister Macmillan plans talks in Nassau with President Kennedy, while McNamara defends budget choices.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Naussau
Kennedy
London
Robert S. McNamara
Skybolt
Peter Thorneycroft
McNamara
Camp David
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Macmillan
House of Commons
America
Harold Watkinson
United States
Anglo-American Alliance
British Isles
35 Reported Killed In Gold Mine Cave In Johannesburg
A cavern at the world's richest gold mine 80 miles northwest of Johannesburg collapsed. At least 35 people were reported killed as the ground wrecked part of a processing plant. The mine is the largest contributor to South Africa's $700 million annual gold production. It was unclear if the dead included both whites and Africans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Penkovsky Arrest Ties to Embassy and Wynne Spy Case
Moscow reports a major espionage case with the arrest of O. V. Penkovsky accused of delivering military and scientific secrets to U.S. and British intelligence. Tass links him to U.S. Embassy employee Richard Jacob and British businessman Greville Wynne, while noting an espionage charge arc following Jacob’s expulsion and a disputed Karlsson alias at the embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Francis Powers
U.S
Tass
O. V. Pen‘kovsky
Greville Wynne
Budapest
Penkovsky
Wynne
Richard Carl Jacob
Karlsson
Jacob
Egg Harbor
N.J
Rodney W. Carlson
Pushkinskaya Street
United States
Holy Water Saves Eyes Of Acid Tossing Victim
In New York a 29 year old bus driver escaped severe eye damage after a quick thinking fireman dragged him to a church and washed his face and eyes with holy water. The assailant Natalie Weprin 42 was arrested on felonious assault charges after throwing acid on the driver during a struggle on a bus.
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New York
UPI
Natalie Weprin
Bernard Frize
Perry R. Peterson
Fire Department
World News in Brief Quotes On Nuclear Tests Labor Strike Skybolt Crisis
Dallas scientist W B HeRoy Jr argues the Soviet black box for detecting nuclear tests is impractical due to frequent Russian earthquakes. New York Labor Secretary Wirtz warns the newspaper strike risks days to weeks before any settlement, urging collective bargaining. London Daily Mail calls the Skybolt crisis a grim dogfight and a major Anglo American policy clash since the war.
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Dallas
W. B. Heroy Jr
Soviet Union
Russia
New York
W. Willard Wirtz
London
London Daily Mail
U.S
DePemberton Criticizes HUAC Over Peace Group Probes
East Orange New Jersey based John J. DePemberton Jr. of the American Civil Liberties Union blasts the House Un American Activities Committee for probing the Women Strike for Peace and other peace groups. He argues Congress cannot investigate in the abstract and that exposure for exposure's sake is unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N.J
John J. DePemberton Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
House Un-American Activities Committee
Women Strike For Peace
Congress
Peace Corps Project Sends Lawyers to Africa
The Peace Corps plans a pilot program to place 40 or 50 U.S. lawyers in six African countries including Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nyasaland, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Pay is $75 a month plus living expenses, with no private practice and safeguards to avoid political roles.
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Washington
UPI
Peace Corps
U.S
Nigeria
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Nyasaland
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Tanganyika
Roads To Hell Blocked by Winter Weather Near Hell Michigan
Roads to Hell in HELL Michigan were blocked by heavy snow. Three-foot drifts were reported in Angels Pass and Satan's Hills near the village northwest of Ann Arbor, slowing traffic and stranding motorists.
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Hell
Angels Pass
Satan's Hills
Ann Arbor
Trial Delayed By Weather In Raleigh County Court
The Raleigh County Circuit Court trial in the damage case Lottie Mann of Beaver versus Cleo Andrews opened about an hour and a half late due to weather. Mann alleges injury from an auto pedestrian crash on April 6 near Beaver near Rakes Grocery and names lawyers Fletcher Mann and Joseph Luchini with William H. File for the defendant. jurors named include Lacy Adkins and others, with alternates excused until Monday at 9 a.m.
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Raleigh County
Lottie Mann
Beaver
Cleo Andrews
North Carolina to declare third illegitimate birth as unfit parenting
UPI reports the Commission to Study Public Welfare Programs urged that after a third child born out of wedlock the mother be deemed unfit and wards removed to foster care. The 66 page report to Governor Terry Sanford also favors court authorized sterilization and voluntary oral contraceptives to curb illegitimacy and dependence.
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Raleigh, N. C
UPI
Terry Sanford
Nation Shivers From Ohio To Fla 100 Dead
A winter storm roared across the nation from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast, causing more than 100 deaths and widespread outages. Below zero readings dominated from the Midwest to the East with 23 below at Mt Pishah North Carolina and 19 below at Mt Mitchell. Columbus lost water as lines froze and 4,500 inmates lacked heat at the Ohio Penitentiary while downtown stores closed and the mayor issued a state of emergency. Anchorage logged 42 below zero, underscoring the brutal cold.
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Canadia
Gulf Coast
Columbus
Ohio
Florida
Midwest Prairies
Atlantic Seaboard
Mt. Pishah
N.C
Mt Mitchell
Ilinois
Ralston Westlake
Ohio Penitentiary
Anchorage
Windy bitter cold with snow flurries across mountains
Windy and cold with a few snow flurries today highest around 10 in the mountains and in the teens elsewhere. Cold and fair tonight with lows around 10 below in the mountains and zero to five below elsewhere. Thursday fair then warmer in the afternoon. Five day forecast shows temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below normal in south 47 to 29 and north 43 to 22. Cold Thursday not as cold Friday turning cold er Saturday and Sunday then less cold Monday. Precipitation less than a quarter inch from snow flurries mainly in mountains. River conditions Greenbrier normal clear Lake normal clear four gates open gauge at Hinton 2.7 ft. New York report lists Bemidji 21 below zero and Yuma 82 for the day.
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Beckley High
G.I. Wogbry
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Hinton
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