Minow fights blab blare to curb loud TV ads
Federal Communications Chairman Newton Minow rejects excessive volume in television commercials calling it blab blare and urging FCC rules to match ad sound to adjacent programs. He critiques loud ads and jokes about replacing a loud cavitiy-demo kid with a calm announcer.
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Washington
UPI
Newton N. Minow
Federal Communications Commission
Minow
Lester Decibel
Sen
Clifford P. Case
Rn.j
Kennedy orders NSC silence after Stevenson fallout
President Kennedy urged quiet on NSC proceedings amid questions about Adlai E Stevenson. An article in the Saturday Evening Post alleged Stevenson favored a soft line before the Cuba blockade decision on Oct 22. Kennedy praised Stevenson at the UN, said the magazine did not source from an NSC member, and declined to discuss internal NSC matters.
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National Security Council
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
NSC
Kennedy
Cuba
Boeing Post
Stevenson
Knnedy
United Nations
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Charles Bartlett
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways & Means Committee
Florida Citrus Crop Menaced By Record Lows
The United Press International report describes an extreme cold wave across the Southeast causing widespread damage to Florida crops including vegetables and likely citrus. Tallahassee and Tampa recorded historic lows, while Jacksonville and Miami posted notable December records. The cold prompted warnings to protect pipes and equipment, with many Floridians buying space heaters and warm garments as dozens of deaths were attributed to the cold front.
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United Press International
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Upper
Midwest
Lakeland
Fla
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Miami
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Georgia
Missouri
Kansas
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Texas
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Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
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Paw Paw
West Virginia Education Board Eyes College Bond Plan
West Virginia Board of Education discussed funding options for state colleges and universities, endorsing a revenue bond proposal that could unlock up to 10 million for WVU and 12 million for Marshall and other schools. A higher education coordinating commission and formal presidential meetings are planned ahead of the 1963 legislature.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Marshall University
H. K. Baer
Marshall
James B. Deck
Deck
Mercer County
C. W. Johnson
Fairmont College
West Virginia Tech
Bluefield State
West Virginia State
Salem
WVU
Deck Gets New School Position
James B. Deck of Sophia, a former assistant school superintendent and elementary principal in Raleigh County, is named field supervisor for the state area vocational education training program. He will earn 8400 dollars annually, effective January 1, 1963, after Wednesday’s appointment by the State Board of Education. Deck has led the Mercer County dropout pilot program since July 1 under the State Department of Education, a program authorized by the 1962 Legislature.
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James B. Deck
Sophia
Raleigh County
State Area
State Board of Education
Deck
State Department of Education
Mercer County
Appalachian Conference Ended With Park Way Support
Appalchian Governor Conference representatives wrapped a two day meeting in Charleston West Virginia adopting a program backing the proposed Allegheny Parkway and expansion of the federal public works program.
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Chareston
W. Va
UPD
Appalachian Governor Conference
Perez Fights Extradition To Venezuela
Luxury-loving ex-dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez waits in a Dade County Jail cell as the Fifth Circuit hears his bond appeal to try to halt extradition to Caracas. If denied, he faces transfer to a federal prison after a recent removal from his Miami Beach home following a marshal’s action. Perez claims U.S. authorities would condemn him to death if extradited.
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Miami
UPI
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Venezuela
U.S
Caracas
Perez
David Walters
Jacksonville
Fla
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Dade County
Warren L. Jones
Miami Beach
Jones
Christmas Trip For Jacqueline Kennedy Family
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children will fly to Palm Beach Florida for a Christmas holiday with President Kennedy joining them on December twenty. The Atomic Energy Commission set off two low yield underground nuclear explosions at its Nevada testing grounds Wednesday both under 20000 tons TNT equivalent. Communist efforts to buoy East German police morale as refugees flee. Nehru resists neutralist pressures over border disputes with Red China. Teamsters trial lawyers told to focus on essentials as eighth week ends. Dean criticizes Soviet concessions on nuclear test ban as a device to sway on-site inspections. Tito addresses Moscow parliament in a rebuke to China as Khrushchev’s Cuban crisis handling praised. Congress discussed partisan matters.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Jawaharlal Nehru
Red China
Teamsters
Hames Hoff
William Miller
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
Josip Broz Tito
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Moscow
China
Peking
Tito
Andrei Gromyko
Khrushchev
U.S
Sullivan School Leveled By Fire
Fire destroyed Sullivan Elementary School leaving 955 students without classrooms. Firemen from Beckley and Sophia fought the hungry flames consuming the three room frame building. Damages undetermined. Transfers planned to Coal City Elementary for grades 1-6 and Stoco Junior High for grades 7-8. Custodian Catherine Thomas reported discovering the blaze at 7 30 am in Principal Lillys room. Mrs Martha Lilly mourned the loss of her pupils as concerns grew about travel over slick winter roads.
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Sullivan
Beckley
Sophia
Maraat
John Saunders
Coal City
Stoco Junior High
Catherine Thomas
A. A. Lilly
Martha Lilly
Khrushchev warns China as USSR defends Cuban policy
Premier Khrushchev used a long Supreme Soviet address to signal a hard line toward both the West and China. He defended Cuba from attack, warned the US on its Caribbean commitments, and argued that peaceful coexistence hinges on China’s stance and disarmament.
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UPI
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Russia
Red China
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Cuba
Caribbean
Berlin
Albania
Trial of Reds Ends in Surprise Federal Case
Washington UPI reports the government and the defense rested in the U S Communist party trial for failing to register as a Soviet agent. Justice Department lawyer Kirk Maddrix said the government completed its case. Earlier he planned to call a former Hungarian freedom fighter but did not. The defense led by John Abt then rested without witnesses.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Justice Department
Kirk Maddrix
Maddrix
Communist Party
John Abt
Tulane to Admit Qualified Negro Students in February
New Orleans officials say Tulane University will begin admitting qualified Black students in February. The board of trustees announced the decision on Wednesday, signaling a shift in admissions policy at the junior or senior level and reflecting broader civil rights progress in higher education.
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New Orleans
UPI
Tulane University
Board of Administrators
Teens Temperatures Persist In Beckley Area Weather
A brief Beckley weather note reports subzero temperatures easing slightly with teens overnight and a cooling trend ahead for Friday and Saturday. Road crews work amid icy spots on primary routes while secondary roads remain blocked in Egeria and Richmond districts. Eight county school buses still out of service and frozen meters create local issues as contractors address gas and water line problems.
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Beckley
Flat Top
Robert Sweeney
Raleigh
State Road Commission
Sweeney
Egeria
Richmond
Beckley Water Co
Fayette Street
New Raleigh Road
Woodlawn Avenue
MacArthur
Fairlawn
Shady Spring
Beaver
Prosperity
West Virginia Turnpike
Beckley Area
Two Coal Operators Seek Injunction Over Mass Picketing
Williamson UPI report states two small coal operators asked Mingo County Circuit Judge C W Ferguson for an injunction to halt mass picketing they say has forced nearly all small mines in the county to close.
Weather turns milder with cloudy skies and flurries
West Virginia towns report rising temperatures and increasing cloudiness with snow flurries developing late tonight into Friday. Highest in the 20s, tonight's low in the teens, turning colder Friday. River conditions in Greenbrier are normal and clear, Lake is normal and clear with two gates open, and a new gauge at Hinton reads 2.4 ft. Nationally, Crossville Tennessee records 18 below zero in the cold snap while Thermal, California hits 83 degrees.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
New York
UPI
Hawaii
Alaska
U.S
Weather Bureau
Crossville
Tenn
Thermal
Calif
Khrushchev Moves to Oust Ulbricht in East Germany
Leon Dennen reports Khrushchev may be maneuvering to remove Walter Ulbricht as Moscow seeks to recalibrate East European leadership. Tito’s Yugoslavia and Brezhnev’s stance complicate Ulbricht’s hold, with Berlin and German questions central to the power play.
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Leon Dennen
Washington
NEA
Nikita Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Yugoslavia
Tito
Ulbricht
Moscow
East Europe
Khrushchev
Russia
Red China
Mao Tsetung
Revisionst
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Leonid Brezhnev
Drago Kunc
Konrad Adenauer
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
West Germany
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West Berlin
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