Scientists urge science of human survival to avert catastrophe
Denver AAAS members discussed Tuesday a committee recommendation for a new collaborative science of human survival. Led by Barry Commoner and signed by Margaret Mead and others, the report urges applying all sciences to end the obsolescence of war. It frames war as destructive and notes humanity could destroy itself by non nuclear means at any time.
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Denver
UPS
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Barry Commoner
Washington University
Aaas Committee On
AAAS
Commoner
Margaret Mead
T.C. Byerly
U.S. Agriculture de
Empire State to Install Self-Service Elevators
Wien's group will pay 3.22 million dollars in rent each year for 30 years plus specified stepped rents: 1.84 million from 1992 to 2013 and 1.61 million from 2014 to 2076. The building now earns about 12.6 million dollars annually from tenants visitors and TV signals transmitted from the observation roof and tower.
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Wien
Empire State
Young gymnast falls 1600 feet to death on Mount Baldy
A 16 year old high school gymnast named Mike Pressler of Los Angeles died after losing footing and tumbling more than 1600 feet on Mount Baldy, California. His companions Richard Schuster and Brian Milman, both 17, said they would have ridden the ski lift but lacked funds for the lift.
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Mount Baldy, Calif
UPI
Mount Baldy
Mike Pressler
Los Angeles
Richard Schuster
Monterey Park
Calif
Brian Milman
Pressler
West Virginia Turnpike crash lands $300 damage
Police reported at 1:07 p.m. Tuesday a tractor trailer and a 1962 car sideswiped near Milepost 47 causing $300 in damages with no injuries. The car was driven by Walter Edwards of Fort Lauderdale Florida and the truck by James Nations of Augusta Georgia. No charges were filed.
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West Virginia Turnpike
Walter Edwards
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
James Nations
Augusta
Hotel Fire Continues Across Floors After Alarm
Mrs Cohen reported her purse containing 75 dollars stolen during the hotel fire chaos as guests were awakened and notified by telephone while the blaze continued through the building.
Ten Stotesbury Residents Start Craft Training
Ten Stotesbury residents begin a two week course in native crafts construction on January 15 at Cedar Lakes near Ripley. The State Commerce Department funds training and subsistence, with Vocational Education Division instruction. The program aims to boost Stotesbury as a crafts center and tourist site amid coal industry decline.
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Stotesbury
Clara Meadows
Kenneth Moran
Lewis Niday
Walter Bagrich
Lacy Fox
Sam Leslie
Claude Tackett
Evan Maynard
Thomas B. Wyatt
State Commerce Department
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Robert Bowers
Bowers
State
Beckley
F. Ray Power
Raleigh
Beckley Youths Waive Hearing
Two Beckley youths aged 16 waived to the action of the grand jury today before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on auto theft and breaking and entering charges. Aubry Eugen Boggess posted a $500 bond and was released. James E. Miller remained jailed in lieu of bond. They allegedly stole a 1960 car from Edward Corey of 111 Reservoir Road Sunday night, drove to Charleston, and allegedly broke into Kyle's Pancake House on North Kanawha Street and stole from vending machines. Also noted: two AWOL Marines held in county jail after turning themselves in. others faced local or federal charges with varying dispositions.
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Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Aubry Eugen Boggess
James E. Miller
Edward Corey
Reservoir Road
Charleston
Kyle
North Kanawha St
Larry Wayne Hall
Stephenson
Douglas George Winters
Rhodell
Henry B. Kiser
Mount Hope
Danny Joe Lusk
Klaus St
Gray Wood
Cool Ridge
Joe Henry Jamison
Epperly
U. S
W. A. Riffe
Federal Grand Jury
Glass Cover Road After Truck Collision in Dijon
A road near Dijon, France was closed for eight hours after a truck skidded into a tree, scattering its load of window glass across the pavement. The vehicle carried 16 tons of glass.
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Dijon
France
UPI
Green Puppy Born in Scotland Delights Vet and Owner
David Moran announced his 3-year-old Labrador Judy gave birth Christmas Eve to six gold puppies and one green pup in Bathgate Scotland. A veterinarian said the green puppy will turn gold within weeks, sparking local curiosity about the unusual birth.
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Bathgate
Scotland
UPID
David Moran
Judy
China Albania joint shipping company formed
Communist China and Albania signed a pact establishing a joint shipping firm focused on the China Albania route. The agency noted ships will concentrate on that run but may serve additional routes as needed.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Albania
New
China News Agency
Notable Deaths Across the Nations
Walter Drew an 88 year old labor relations attorney died on Christmas Day funeral services set in Essex Connecticut. Frederick S Deibler 85 former Northwestern University economics chair and AAUP ex president died Tuesday in Chicago. Paul Zaichenko 88 former dean of Chicago Conservatory of Music and father of Civic Opera House manager died Tuesday in a Chicago suburban nursing home. Charles Hamilton 86 author of Billy Bunter died Christmas Day at his home near Broadstairs England.
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Essex, Conn
UPI
Walter Drew
Chicago
Frederick S. Deibler
Northwestern University
American Association of University Professors
Paul Zaichenko
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Civic Opera House
Broadstairs
England
Charles Hamilton
Billy Bunter
Britain
Here
Funeral services for Mrs Ethel Henderson Riffe
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Henderson Riffe 54 Crab Orchard will be at 2 p m Friday at Crab Orchard Baptist Church with Rev C S Donnelly officiating Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park She died at 1 30 am today after a long illness born August 6 1907 in Glen Daniel She was daughter of Walter S Henderson and the late Para Trump Henderson Surviving are two sons Gene and Willard P both of Crab Orchard two daughters Shirley Brumfield of Opa Locka Florida and Sharon Riffe at home a brother Okie Henderson of Lester a sister Bettie Goard of Stuart Virginia and five grandchildren Pallbearers are Clyde Fitzpatrick E C Stover Haven Clay Basil Wilcox Ennis Deck Elliott Deck Okey Mills and Thomas L Gray The body will be taken from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to the church an hour before the service The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Ethel Henderson Riffe
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
C. S. Donnelly
Sunset Memorial Park
Riffe
Glen Daniel
Walter S. Henderson
Para Trump Henderson
Fellowship
Willard P. Riffe
L. Gene
Willard P
Shirley Brumfield
Opa Locka
Fla
Sharon Riffe
Okie Henderson
Lester
Bettie Goard
Stuart
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Clyde Fitzpatrick
E. C. Stover
Haven Clay
Basil Wilcox
Ennis Deck
Elliott Deck
Okey Mills
Thomas L. Gray
Final rites for Mrs. McCultie Claytor at St. Matthews AME
Mrs. McCultie Claytor 71 of 1214 S Fayette St died en route to a local hospital after a long illness. Born Talcott May 6 1890 she graduated from West Virginia State College and served Raleigh County Schools over 30 years. Survived by daughter Madeline Watson Detroit and sister Madelyn Robinson Charleston. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park with a funeral home visit preceding services.
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S. Fayette St
St. Matthews Ame
R. A. Lewis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Claytor
Talcott
Jacob and
Mannie Johnson
West Virginia State College
Raleigh County
St. Matthews Ame Church
East Beckley
Madeline Watson
Detroit
Mich
Madelyn Robinson
Charleston
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
James Wesley Farley Funeral Services Held in Sophia
Funeral services for James Wesley Farley 43 of Manassas Va formerly of Sophia were set for 2 p m Thursday at Sophia First Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Wilson and Rev. Walter Tolliver officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park. Farley died Tuesday at 4 30 a m after a heart attack. Born November 17 1918 in Winding Gulf he was a son of J F and Nina Wood Farley. Surviving: wife Doris Taylor Farley three daughters Beverly Penny and Patty two sisters Clinton Shumate Sophia and Mrs Walter Taylor Barberton Ohio. Bodies and pallbearers listed.
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James Wesley Farley
Manassas
Sophia
Sophia First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Walter Tolliver
Sunset Memorial Park
Farley
Winding Gulf
J. F
Nina Wood Farley
First Baptist Church of
Doris Taylor Farley
Beverly
Penny
Patty
Clinton Shumate
Walter Taylor
Barberton
Ohio
Keyser-Bryant
John Basham
Jesse Cannady
Sam Farley
Mike Flint
Warren Wallace
Hubert Kidd
Heaford McKinney
Herbert Meadows
Don Webb
Final rites for James E Wimmer in Kegley
James Edward Wimmer 73 of Kegley died Monday in a Huntington hospital. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Kegley Methodist Church with Rev Ernest Boyd officiating. Burial in Wimmer Cemetery at Black Lick. Born Feb 9 1888 in Kegley he was a farmer and son of Granger and Harriet Belcher Wimmer. He was twice married and survived by brothers Morris Bluewell and Mack Spanishburg. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton directing.
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James Edward Wimmer
Kegley
Kegley Methodist Church
Ernest Boyd
Wimmer
Black Lick
Huntington
Granger
Harriet Belcher Wimmer
Lina Worrell Wimmer
Blanch Hubbard Wimmer
Morris
Bluewell
Mack
Spanishburg
Princeton
Final rites incomplete for Scott Adams in Raleigh
Scott Adams died in a local hospital after a short illness. The body lies at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home awaiting final rites.
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Scott Adams
Raleigh
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Milton Heath, 75, Dies at Beckley VA Hospital
Milton M. Heath of 728 F Street died at 2 25 a m today at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after treatment since November 27. Survived by his wife Edna Heath. Body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Milton M. Heath
F St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Edna Heath
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Georgia Johnson in Beaver
Mrs. Georgia Johnson 60 of Beaver dies after a three month illness in a local hospital. Services will be at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev George Rose officiating. Burial in Kidwell Cemetery Table Rock. Born January 6, 1901 in Beaver she was daughter of late J B Worley. Surviving are four brothers and three sisters.
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Georgia Johnson
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
George Rose
Kidwell
Table Rock
Johnson
J. B. Worley
Lacy Worley
Glen Morgan
Kenneth Worley
Mrs Sylvia Kirk Dies in Norfolk Hospital After Illness
Mrs Sylvia Kirk of Norfolk Virginia died Monday night in a Norfolk hospital. A former resident of Allen Junction, she was the wife of Gaylord Kirk of Norfolk. The body will be brought Thursday to the Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens for funeral arrangements.
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Sylvia Kirk
Norfolk
Allen Junction
Gaylord Kirk
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Death of Joe R Maddox in Key stone area reported
Joe Robert Maddox aged 68 of Key stone died at 6 a.m. Tuesday at the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The body is at the Lego Funeral Home in Bluefield awaiting completion of arrangements.
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Joe Robert Maddox
Keystone
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Lego Funeral Home
Bluefield
West Virginia personal income rises 3 percent in 1961
West Virginians earned 3 percent more in 1961, totaling 3.202 billion dollars, up from 3.109 billion in 1960, while 1962 projections show 3.1 percent growth to 3.301 billion. Business Week notes the national gain at 412 billion, with WV tracking the pace but behind the national 6.5 percent forecast for 1962.
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New York
UPI
West
West Virginia
Business Week
WVU Invites 30 000 To 15th Inauguration
Morgantown WVU invites more than 30 000 people to the April inauguration of Dr Paul A Miller as WVU 15th president. Program chairman Richard E Duncan says the list includes students alumni faculty officials civic and professional leaders and university representatives. The 1 30 p m event features an academic procession and Miller will deliver the principal address.
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Morgantown
UPI
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
Richard E. Duncan
School of Music
Miller
WVU
Michigan State University
Assailant Identified in Wheeling Case
Thom Weekley, 32, of Ashville North Carolina, identified by a Wheeling woman as the man who attacked her last Friday. Police say Weekley admitted breaking into the office of Federal Judge Charles F. Paul, shaving and brushing teeth in the lavatory, and taking two law books. The woman said he dragged her into a doorway and threatened rape before she escaped.
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Wheeling
API
Thomas Weekley
Ashville
N. C
Weekley
Charles F. Paul
Shortening The News speakers at West Virginia University Life Week
Social historians will speak Feb 19 during Life Week at West Virginia University. Amory, author of The Proper Bostonians and Who Killed Society, headlines the event. In Mercer County jail, Carl Danko of Uniontown Pa holds $10,000 bond on breaking and entering charges tied to a weekend theft at W W Waters Jewelry Store in Princeton. Two Parkersburg workers are recovering after inhaling fumes while painting a tank at the Shell Chemical plant near Belpre Ohio.
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West Virginia University
Amory
Carl Danko
Uniontown
Mercer County
W. W. Waters
Princeton
Parkersburg
New Shell Chemical
Belpre
Ohio
Menshikov Brings English Fluency to U.S. Post in 1958
Menshikov succeeded Georgi N. Zaroubin in 1958, ending two decades of Stalinist ambassadors who spoke little English and avoided public appearances. He routinely called on U.S. officials unannounced, speaks excellent English, and has appeared on television delivering speeches.
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Menshikov
Georgi N. Zaroubin
State Department
U.S
FINE FOLLOWS FIRE MILWAUKEE
Clarence Moore Jr was fined 100 for refusing to admit firemen to his burning Milwaukee home on Christmas Day he said he wanted to see that no damage was done.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Clarence Moore Jr
State Making Great Strides In Polio Fight
West Virginia reports 33 polio cases this year, down from 62 in 1960, with Health Director N H Dyer crediting the Salk vaccine for reductions and urging continued use over Sabin. He warns of rising infectious syphilis, notes 17 cases July through September, led by Kanawha County, and cites a four-person staff backlog of 350 positive serologies while stressing education and prevention.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Kanawha
Berkeley
Calhoun
Monroe
Ohio
Raleigh
Webster
Cabell
West's Last Badman Dies in Tarzana California
Al Jennings, last survivor of the Jennings outlaw band, dies at 98 in Tarzana. He was sentenced to life for train robbery in 1895 and pardoned by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. After prison he married Maude, practiced law, ran for Oklahoma governor, then became actor writer and evangelist. He spent his final years on a small government pension recalling the Wild West.
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Tarzana
Calif
UPI
al Jennings
Jennings
San Fernando Valley
T. V. Eggleston
Maude
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Minister killed clergyman with arson and robbery motive
Police say Rev Decker, a Meadville Methodist minister retired 18 months earlier, was beaten and killed after an arson fire in his Lenawee County farmhouse. An autopsy cited heart attack possibly from beating. fire confined to bedroom area. Killer fled in Decker's car. motive suspected robbery. Public notes include family relocation, house up for sale, and footprints leading away.
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Joseph Ahrenheim
Decker
Fred Snyder
Meadville
Jackson County
Teicumseh
Mich
Here
Lenawee County
Tecumseh
Jack
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
The article notes that significant film techniques such as the close-up cut-back fade-out and dissolve were first used in 1907 by American director David Wark Griffith.
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United Press International
America
David Wark Griffith
Conservatives rally: Halleck notes youth shift in politics
In Washington Charles A. Halleck argues young voters, once drawn to leftist ideas in 1935, now back conservative spending limits. Across the globe, Australian soldier Hyland fights a shark by shouting and bubbles. Palm Springs driver Bevin urges stop to constant Silent Night singing. In New London Ribicoff says he has not discussed a Senate run with the President.
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U.S
United Press International
Washington—House
Charles A. Halleck
Palm Springs
Calif
Dale ‘Bevin
el Monte
Rail Spokesman Arrays Against Coal Slurry Pipeline
Charleston UPI George Parrish secretary of the West Virginia Railroad Association says pipeline coal slurry cannot compete with residual oil in East Coast markets. He accuses backers of failing to prove any power plant willing to switch and objects to eminent domain for Morgantown East Coast pipeline. Parrish condemns editorial calling opponents absentee owners of railroads and pipeline interests.
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W. W. Barron
Morgantown
West Virginia
Britain Replaces Kuwait Guard Force With Arab League Ob
Britain shifted from leading a rapid guard mission for Kuwait to an Arab League force guarding Kuwait's independence after Iraq threatened invasion. The move follows sustained Arab League tension over Kuwait and over Kassem's claims, though Kuwait remains a member. Britain cited increased Middle East tension and canceled some leaves at Strategic Reserve units without detailing specifics.
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Britain
Sheikdom
International Arab League
Kuwait
Arab League
Kassem
League
Defense Ministry
Middle East
Strategic Reserve
World
Smith Seeks Katanga Accord Clarifying Role of Province
U N civilian chief Smith said he contacted Tshombe by letter twice and spoke by phone with the Katanga secessionist president in a long polite exchange. The Kitona agreement recognizes central government supremacy and Katanga as a province, not an independent state.
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Smith
U.N
Katanga
Tshombe
Kitona
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