Topping out ceremony marks Capitol Hill office building
S-I-D-E WASHINGTON UPI reports a topping out ceremony for the House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Rep James Auchincloss attached the flag to the beam, noting old customs. the project is priced around 66 to 100 million dollars with 169 tenants planned, and features include a garage post office gymnasium and underground link to the Senate.
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UPI
House
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
James C. Auchincloss
New Jersey
Office Building Commission
Auchincloss
Bald Knob awaits weather man nod for ski season
Bald Knob Ski Slopes near Ghent hover on a weather call as Harry Ellis, manager, notes no opening date set and snow machines decision pending. The state reports no openings this weekend across Mountain State sites due to lack of snow. Light snow covers Weiss Knob and Cabin Mountain near Davis. other sites include Oglebay Park in Wheeling and Chestnut Ridge near Morgantown.
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Ghent
Harry Ellis
State Department of Natural Resources
Weiss Knob
Cabin Mountain
Davis
Oglebay Park
Wheeling
Chestnut Ridge
Morgantown
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Conditions
Mostly cloudy and windy with snow flurries, highs near 28 to 36, colder nights with lows 10 to 15. Warmer Sunday then colder midweek. Precipitation 0.1 to 0.5 inch as rain or snow early next week. Beckley and Oak Hill reported highs near 40 and 42, rivers in Greenbrier and Lake Bluestone muddy and falling.
Greeley Mourns After Bus Train Disaster in Colorado
A three man UPI team reports on the Greeley Colorado bus train wreck that killed 20 children and injured 13, all Auburn school district families deeply affected. Details describe the collision, speeds, crossing signals, and aftermath as officials investigate and communities grieve.
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Colo
UPI
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Delta
Big Sandy River
Prestonburg
Auburn
Union Pacific
Denver
White
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Heimbuck
Paxton
Craven
Kennedy to visit Puerto Rico Venezuela and Colombia on Latin tour
President Kennedy departs with Mrs Kennedy for a weekend Latin tour beginning in San Juan Puerto Rico visiting Caracas Bogota and returning to Washington ahead of Bermuda meetings with Prime Minister Macmillan. Officials note adequate security and no immediate risk despite demonstrations.
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UPI
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Venezuela
South America
Air Force
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
la Fortaleza
San Juan's
Pierre Salinger
U. S
Richard M Nixon
New York
Oscar Niemtschik
Caracas
President Seeks Katanga Talks On Ceasefire
President Kennedy seeks talks between rival Congo leaders to arrange a ceasefire. He designates U S Ambassador Edmund Gullion as personal representative to arrange a meeting with secessionists and other factions in Katanga.
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Washington
UPI
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Congo
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Edmaund
Guilion
Seces
UN forces press toward Elisabethville amid bitter fighting
United Nations troops aided by jet planes and armor pushed toward the city center of Elisabethville in heavy combat. The advance stalled by mid afternoon, with observers predicting a resumed push. Katangese forces claimed to have repelled the UN general offensive.
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United Nations
Elisabethville
U. N
Katanga Crisis Tests Kennedy Mediation Efforts
President Kennedy weighs cease fire calls as Katanga leader Tshombe signals willingness to meet while Adoula seeks White House intervention. Officials say not ready to join Britain in demanding an immediate halt to UN and Katanga fighting as UN aims for minimum military objectives.
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Central Congo
Cyrille Adoula
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Adoula
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White House
State Department
Britain
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UN Makes China Decision Today
In United Nations action expected today the General Assembly prepares to vote on seating China. Diplomatic sources say the United States has enough votes to block Russia’s bid to eject Chiang Kai shek’s Nationalists in favor of the Communists. The debate concluded two weeks ago and the 3 p.m. EST vote was scheduled.
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UPI
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Russia
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West Virginia assessors eye uniform procedures meeting
Early arrivals at an eight county Beckley conference with Dick Shelton, executive secretary of the West Virginia Association of County Officials, outline the first statewide effort to standardize assessment methods. Counties represented include Raleigh, Mercer, Logan, Mingo, McDowell, Boone, Fayette and Wyoming. Dewey W. Miller is among those shown seated.
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Dick Shelton
West Virginia Association of County Officials
West Virginia
Shelton
Boone County
Arnold Starr
Mingo
Walter Hendricks
Boone
Cotton White
Raleigh
E. Woodrow Bailey
Mercer County
H. S. McKinney
Donald Booth
Mingo County
Mercer
Logan
McDowell
Fayette
Wyoming
Dewey W. Miller
Mixed reaction to Beckley coal pipeline plea
Local groups debate a proposed 50 mile West Virginia leg of a 400 mile coal pipeline to be built by Consolidation Coal Co and Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. Beckley civics, city council, and Raleigh County Court call for further study before eminent domain action. Union leader Titler backs pipelines as a competitive necessity, while AFL-CIO opposes the plan and urges vigorous resistance nationally.
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Beckley Civitans
Lawrence Forbes
Norfolk and Western Railway
Richmond
Forbes
Consolidation Coal Co
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Beckley - Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County Court
Barron
Robert Hamilton
Hamilton
Raleigh
United Mine Workers
George J. Titer
Titler
Morgantown East Coast
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Escaped Life Finally Nabbed in Kanawha Jail Break
CHARLESTON UP I Reed a 28 year old life term prisoner who participated in a mass escape from Kanawha County jail 16 months ago was captured by nine state police with a helicopter aid in Sissonville area about 15 miles north of Charleston. He hid in a chicken coop and offered little resistance. Reed had boasted he would never be taken alive and had eluded authorities through 12 prior visits to the area. He held a life sentence for a third felony and escaped in August 1960.
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Charleston
UPI
Aubrey Reed
Kanawha County
Sissonville
Here
Reed
Railroads Pay Most Of PSC Operation Bill
Railroads operating in West Virginia will cover the largest share of a 150000 public utilities bill for the commission's costs this fiscal year. They are assessed 58164 with 20877 to Norfolk & Western 19828 to Chesapeake & Ohio and 13102 to Baltimore & Ohio. Other groups include water and electric firms 41249 oil and gas 40388 and telephone and telegraph 9435.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Water and Electric Companies
Oil and Gas Companies
Telephone and Telegraph
Nine Hurt In Wisconsin As Car Hits Bus Broadside
Nine persons were injured when a car struck a Broadside school bus near Bloomer Wisconsin on a Thursday afternoon. Bus driver Jerome Steinmetz 30 and four pupils were among those hurt including Judith Scorer 11 who sustained a broken collarbone. Also injured were Wayne Lange 28 and his family in the auto: his wife 27 their daughter 1 and Pat Sikora 3. The collision occurred when the auto turned off a county road into a driveway.
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Bloomer, Wis
UPI
Jerome Steinmetz
Paulette Kressin
Joyce Schorer
Jane Schorer
Judith Scorer
Wayne Lange
Bloomer
Viki
Delegation Seeks U S 19 Relocation Study in West Virginia
A Charleston official said studies are under way to determine the best location for U S 19 from the Weston area to Beckley. The panel, led by former Gov Okey Patteson and including Pat Graney and Charles Mahan, asked to move U S 19 to its original south path through Fayetteville Oak Hill Mt Hope and Beckley. The southern segment now arcs east of the proposed route, with ongoing studies on the route and on the southern section of new Inter- state projects.
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Charleston
Weston
Beckley
Sawyers
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U. S. 19
Summersville
Okey Patteson
Pat Graney
Charles Mahan
Mt. Hope
Senate
Howard Carson
Del
Earl M. Vickers
Montgomery
Oak Hill
Landisburg
Quinnimont
Prince, Lanark and
Sprague
Bank Heist in Brooklyn Ends in Guard Slaying
Two bandits robbed a Brooklyn bank on payday and fled after a machinegun duel that killed one guard. A rookie officer surviving a bullet thanks to his metal badge. The robbers escaped with an undetermined amount, with one possibly wounded. Police inspector called the robbery “a bad one.”
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New York
UPS
Brooklyn
Gagarin Space Flight Tops UPI Year’s Big Stories
The 1961 list from United Press International ranks Major Yuri Gagarin as the top news story for orbiting and returning from space. East Germany’s border seal, Alan Shepard’s USA flight, Hammarskjold’s death, anti Castro exile actions, and other events fill the top ten. Runners-up include Eichmann trial, Hurricane Carla, Congo force authorization, and Kennedy’s inauguration.
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UPI
Yuri Gagarin
United Press International
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U.S
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Canada
Major Gagarin
Russia
Earth
East Germany
East
West Berlin
Cmdr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Ten biggest news stories of 1961 in Latin Asia list
UPI editors and readers in South America and Asia name the top 10 events of 1961. Highlights include Yuri Gagarin’s flight, 50 megaton Russian tests, Berlin crisis, Hammarskjold death, Trujillo’s death, Kennedy inauguration, Cuban invasion, Santa Maria hijacking, and Shepard flight, with variations across regions.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
South America
Hammarskjold
Berlin Wall
Trujillo
Gagarin
Janio Quadros
Santa Maria
Eichmann
U.S.S.A
Tokyo
Asia
Russia
Berlin
Congo
Hammar
Shjold
Kennedy
Vienna
Israel To Hang Adolf Eichmann in Israel Trial Verdict
In Jerusalem three Israeli judges condemned Adolf Eichmann to death for masterminding the Nazi genocide of six million Jews. The decision came after a 12 minute verdict and may be delayed by appeals for about four months before execution by hanging. Eichmann stood in a bullet proof box as Judge Moshe Landau urged the sentence. Defense attorney Servatius announced an appeal within 10 days to the Supreme Court.
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Israel
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
New Gas War Brewing Here in Beckley District
A price war erupts as Gulf Oil introduces Gulftane a low priced gas in Beckley stations selling 30 cents a gallon then 28.9 with rivals likely cutting regular gasoline to match. Pure Oil Co. predicts broader price cuts if Gulftane persists.
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Gulf Oil
Gulftane
Beckley Area
Gulf
Gulftone
Pure Oil Co
Thieves Leave Prints At Oak Hill Cracker Co Theft
Oak Hill state police secured fingerprints from the Lance Cracker Co. on Salem Road after burglars stole numerous boxes of cookies and crackers. Prints will be checked in an effort to identify those who entered the building between midnight Thursday and 7 a.m. today.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Lance Cracker Co
Salem Road
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