10 Per Cent Assessment Hike Announced in Raleigh County
Cotton White, Raleigh County assessor, announced a 10 percent real estate assessment increase under the 1961 reappraisal law. The raise targets classes two, three and four, adding about 2.5 million to class two and 1.5 million to classes three and four, with minor revenue impact. Taxpayers may challenge values at the Raleigh County Court as a Board of Equalization in February.
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Raleigh
Cotton White
White
Raleigh County Court
Board of Equalization
Blizzard Heaps Woe On Flood Stricken West
Arctic blizzard lashes flood ravaged Pacific Coast isolating hundreds in California Oregon areas. Snow could exceed three feet. about 500 stranded in Sawyer's Bar Salmon Cecilville and Somes Bar. Flood toll rises across West with 40 dead and $200 million losses.
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San Francisco
UPS
Pacific Coast
California- Oregon Line
Klamath
Salmon River
California
Siskiyou County
Weather Bureau
Sawyer’s Bar
Salmon
Cecilville
Somes Bar
Civil Defense
Bill Sowle
Yreka
Calif
Far West
Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
Nevada
Robert Osborne
Reno
Shoshone
Yale Carpenters Finish Roof On Miss Church
A crew of Oberlin College students and three professors completed the roof of Antioch Baptist Church in Ripley Mississippi. The rebuilding team called Carpenters for Christmas arrived December 20 and worked with local volunteers to restore the rural church that burned after a civil rights meeting in October. Flooring and interior walls remain to be finished by Thursday.
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Ripley, Miss
UPI
Ohio
Oberlin College
Antioch Baptist Church
Weather Cloudy And Cool Beckley And Vicinity
Considerable cloudiness and cool through Tuesday with periods of drizzle this after noon. High today 38, Low tonight in mid 20s. Beckley high last 24 hours 34 at 5 pm, low 29 at 4 30 am. Precipitation 02 in. Wind W at 5 mph. River Greenbrier normal muddy. Lake 5 ft below normal muddy, 13 gates open. Five day forecast: WV temps about 10 above normal, highs 44 down to 28 in south, 43 to 22 in north, warming midweek. precipitation by midweek may average three fourths inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
South
China Accused of Fifth Column by Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur reports Malaysia charges a Red Chinese fifth column in Borneo aiding Indonesian efforts to establish a Communist dictatorship. Captured Communist documents place all members of the National Liberation League under a Red underground group. The group is instructed to recruit Malaysians of Chinese origin and admit non Chinese members only with caution. The government plans to outlaw the organization as a tool of the Communists allied with Indonesia to enslave the people and establish a Communist dictatorship in Borneo.
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Kuala Lumpur
UPI
Malaysia
Borneo
National Liberation League
Birth on Christmas Day Spawns Seventh Generation Query
Alnwick England birth story notes Mrs Carol Sergeant born Christmas Day 1941, her father born Christmas Day 1912, and she bears a seven pound son on Christmas Day 1964. A gynecologist says odds of three generations sharing the same birth date are about five to six million to one.
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Alnwick
England
UPI
Carol Sergeant
Johnson Sees Hope For 1965 Domestic Foreign Progress
President Johnson foresees improved harmony and progress at home and abroad in 1965. He plans a major budget push for the Great Society, a broad educational program, a hike in the anti poverty effort, and a shakeup of many subcabinet posts. He also targets 15 to 20 new ambassadors and regular White House foreign visits, while seeking calmer partisan politics.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas White House
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Lbj Ranch
White House
Congress
Western Alliance
Viet Nam
Congo
U.S
America
Sub-Cabinet Appointments Said Planned
President Johnson plans a series of appointments for under secretaries and assistant secretaries in federal departments while keeping the cabinet intact. Many resignations are expected, with Ball and Vance likely to stay. Vacancies include Treasury undersecretaries and potential CIA director changes loom.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
George W. Ball
Cyrus R. Vance
Treasury
Nicholas Katzenbach
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
McCone
Time Names Johnson Man Of The Year
Time magazine named Lyndon Baines Johnson man of the year for what it called the biggest election triumph in history and a first year of extraordinary accomplishments including the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The award marked the 38th time the Pulitzer era weekly honored a president.
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New York
UPI
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Time Magazine
News
Time
Johnson
Insults Fly as Parma Opera Goes Off Script at Opening
At Parma Italy opening night of Verdi’s Masked Ball the audience hurled insults and inkpots as American baritone Cornell MacNeill stormed off stage in act three. Backstage a scuffle followed with opera house director Giuseppe Negri. both sides offered conflicting accounts. MacNeill claimed Negri struck him. Negri said MacNeill’s son attacked him first and inkpot flew from orchestra pit.
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Parma
Italy
UPI
Cornell MacNeill
Basta
Cretini
MacNeill
Opera House
Colosseum
Giuseppe Negri
Walter
Negri
Arturo Toscanini
Mario, Zanesi
Holiday Traffic Toll Near 600 Not Quite Record
United Press International reports 587 traffic fatalities over the Christmas weekend from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, with California leading at 60 deaths and six states reporting no traffic fatalities.
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United Press International
California
New York State
Texas
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Montana
Washington
National Safety Council
Seven Die In West Virginia Holiday Traffic
West Virginia road deaths during the long Christmas holiday rise to seven, boosting the yearly toll to 457. Victims include brothers Jerry Fitzwater, 24, and Lar Fitzwater, 21, of Jodie Fayette County, killed in a two car crash on W Va 39 in Nicholas County. Phyllis Farson, 21, of Saint Marys, died Saturday in a crash on W Va 2 near Parkersburg. police described the incident as part of the holiday fatalities.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Jodie
Fayette County
Jerry Fitzwater
Lar Fitzwater
W. Va
Nicholas County
Phyllis Farson
Saint Marys
Parkersburg
Inquest Ordered Into Jail Inmate Death
In New Cumberland an inquest was ordered into the death of Clifford Vincent a 27 year old Weirton inmate in Hancock County jail on Christmas Eve He faced a breaking and entering charge and an autopsy was conducted to see if drugs played a role. results not released.
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NEW Cumberland
UPI
Clifford Vincent
Weirton
Hancock County
Vincent
Khanh Snubs Taylor Again in Vietnam Round Table
SAIGON Vietnam commander in chief Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh again failed to attend a scheduled round table with U S officials. American Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, Gen Westmoreland and other officials attended as civilian leaders Suu and Huong urged restoring civilian government after the Dec 20 disruption. In Saigon a Viet Cong general headquarters was captured with a large cache of heavy weapons after a day-long battle by government rangers against over 1,000 insurgents. The haul included recoilless cannons mortars and machine guns. 67 communists were counted dead while 11 government troops died and 35 were wounded. A U S adviser praised the attack as courageous.
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Saigon
UPS
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Khanh
Maxwell D. Taylor
William C. Westmoreland
Phan Khac Suu
Tran van Huong
Huong
Sun
Ere
South
Viet Nam
Cong van Cong
Vet
James M. Lee
Wilmington
N.C
Mekong Delta
U. S
Monroney Sees Viet Nam Victory With Patience
Sen. A. S. Monroney after a Far East tour says South Vietnam can win the war with American help if the United States shows patience. He calls neutralization of Southeast Asia an act of idiocy and opposes rushing the job or expanding the war.
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Washington
UPI
Sen. A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
South Viet Nam
Monroney
United States
Southeast Asia
CBS
Philippines Seek Renegotiation of Base Agreement
Manila Senate President Ferdinand Marcos calls for immediate renegotiation of the Philippine US bases pact amid protests over a Filipino trespass incident by U S sentries. Three congressmen urge closing all American installations and recall of Ambassador Blair after a large Angeles City demonstration near Clark Field with anti American slogans.
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Manila
API
Senate
Ferdinand Marcos
Ane
U.S
William McCormick Blair Jr
Angeles City
U.S. Air Force
Clark Field
Italian Election Deadlock Breaks as Reds Back Saragat
Italy’s Communist party announced it will cast its parliamentary votes for Social Democratic Giuseppe Saragat, breaking a 13 day deadlock in the 21st ballot and paving his path to the presidency. Saragat headed toward victory amid a fractured Christian Democratic majority and Nenni’s leftist backing.
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Rome
UPI
Social Democratic
Giuseppe Saragat
Italy
Communist Party
Antonio Segni
Pietro Nenni
Saragat
Christian Democrats
Manure Powered Car Baffles British Engineer
Harold Bates of Brixham England disclosed he converted an old army desert car to run on manure and even leaves. The car reportedly reaches 70 miles per hour and uses heated methane gas produced from manure compressed into the engine. The Agriculture Ministry showed interest and requested a demonstration. Dr Graham Barrett of Exeter University called the idea practical but impractical for the average person due to the required time and effort.
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Brixham
England
UPI
Harold Bates
Bates
Ministry of Agriculture
Graham Barrett
Exeter University
Bate
New Suspect Held In Murder
Martinsburg police report another suspect connected to the death of 22 year old George D. Haight of Charles Town after a tavern brawl at Club 701. John B. Roberts 24 of Winchester was released. Charles Russell Roberts 19, also of Winchester, held on a murder warrant. Haight died Saturday from head wounds and abdominal injuries. Haight’s brother David 19 and Andrew L. Stubbs 24 were treated for severe cuts. Police and Virginia state officers seek witnesses and plan to question more people.
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Martinsburg
UPI
George D. Haight
Charles Town
John B. Roberts
Winchester
Charles Russell Roberts
Roberts
Haight
Club 701
David
Vienna
Virginia
Andrew L. Stubbs
Kearneysville
W. Va
Virginia State Police
Free For All
State Gets 85984 For Anti TB Program
Washington reports the West Virginia State Health Department will receive an 85984 grant from the U S Public Health Service to develop a tuberculosis eradication program in the Mountain State. The program, directed by State Health Director N H Dyer, will establish and maintain prevention, treatment and control efforts, include examination of persons and diagnosis for suspects.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Pa Chief Justice Fights Bar Gag on Crime News
Pennsylvania Chief Justice John C. Bell Jr and Justice Michael A. Musmanno condemn the Philadelphia Bar Association plan to gag crime coverage and limit disclosure in arrests and interrogations. They warn such restrictions would hinder public protection, aid criminals, and muzzle a free press, urging members to vote against the proposal.
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Philadelphia
UPI
State Supreme Court
John C. Bell Jr
Philadelphia Bar Association
Bell
Michael A. Musmanno
Musmanno
Perior
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