Rumor of Underground Water Tank at Stephen's Lake Debunked
Beckley editors debunk a circulating claim that an underground water storage tank at Stephen's Lake dam would supply the area toward Bolt. Engineer Robert L. Davis explains original 60,000 gallon storage plan was scrapped in favor of seven wells, due to feasibility and pumping needs. A true eight inch pipe at the dam base exists for future development, and grouting by Mott Core Drilling is routine work subcontracted through Hatfield Construction. Rumors persist but are not supported by facts, especially with federal funding involved.
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Leon Shimer
Beckley
Stephen's Lake
Bolt
Robert L. Davis
Davis
Stephen’s Lake
Mott Core Drilling Company
Huntington
Mott Core Drilling
Hatfield Construction Co
Copter Rescues 2 in Queens Fire on Roof
New York UPI reports a patrolman with a helicopter rescued two laborers trapped on a burning roof at a Queens rendering plant after smoke-filled skies. The roof collapsed seconds later. both men were treated for smoke inhalation and released.
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New York
UPI
Paul Humphries
National Guard
Governor's Island
Amityville
N.Y
Weather Hampers Rescue Missions Over Far West Floods
Flood battered five states with 41 deaths and nearly 700 million dollars in damage. Helicopters aided 2,500 marooned residents near the California Oregon border despite crosswinds and heavy snow. California Governor Brown declared 21 counties disaster areas and sought federal grain aid for Humboldt live stock.
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San Francisco
UPS
Far West
California
Oregon
Heliopters
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Edmund G. Brown
Humboldt County
December Temperatures Seen Near Normal Despite Warm Hype
Local residents believed December would be unusually mild but meteorologists say the month has run comparatively normal. Jim Whittemore of the meteorology department notes December weather patterns align with typical winter norms for the region.
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Jim Whittemore
Beckley Area Weather Report and Forecast Summary
Occasional rain through tonight tapering to scattered showers by Thursday. High 54 this afternoon, cooler tonight and Thursday with lows near 38. Highs in the mid 40s Thursday. Beckley temp last 24 hours high 59, low 46. River Greenbrier normal and muddy. Lake 6 ft below normal and muddy with 8 gates open. New gauge at Hinton 3.1 ft. Five day forecast notes WV temperatures averaging above normal in the north and south, with rain likely Sunday or Monday. Mean maximum temperature this month slightly below normal. December snowfall about six inches below normal. Snow, precipitable water near normal. records show Christmas Eve high 67, all-time high 75, and a low of one degree on Dec 19.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Westher Bureau
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Whittmore
Goldwater backs Reserve-NG merger plan in letter
Senator Barry Goldwater, who often attacked Defense Secretary McNamara, endorses McNamara’s plan to merge Army Reserve units with the National Guard. In a December 14 letter released by the Pentagon, he calls civilian military training in the guard superior and says he now agrees with the move to unify the reserve and guard.
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Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
National Guard
Pentagon
Goldwater
New Chief of Protocol Named for Washington Post
Lloyd Nelson Hand 35 year old Los Angeles lawyer was chosen by President Johnson to replace Angier Biddle Duke as chief of protocol. Duke, 49, will be named to an important ambassadorial post as part of the White House plan to streamline state visits and foreign leaders.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Lloyd Nelson Hand
Los Angeles
Washington
Johnson
Hand
Angier Biddle Duke
United States
Duke
Texas White House
UN Hopes To Wind Up 64 Without Showdown
United Nations aims to close the 1964 session without a full U S Soviet financial clash. Thant seeks voluntary contributions to cover a mounting deficit to avoid voting sanctions for Russia France and six satellites on arrears. The U N charter bars members in arrears from voting, and Washington presses for first use of this sanction. The assembly has avoided formal votes since December 1 to keep the peace.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
Moscow
Washington
Thant
U.N
Russia
France
United States
Kremlin
Assembly
Living Cost Index Jumps Two Tenths
The Labor Department reports November CPI rose two tenths of a percent led by housing clothing and autos. CPI stood at 108.7 of the 1957-59 average and living costs were 1.2 percent higher than a year earlier. Deputy director Robert J. Myers called the gain modest, saying substantial inflation had not yet appeared.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Southern Railway Strikers Ordered Back To Work
ATLANTA UPI Southern Railway resumed passenger and freight service after a one day strike left holiday travelers stranded in 13 states. Striking firemen began reporting for work around 3 a.m. EST under a federal court order halting the strike as the railroad restored a full complement and regular service.
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Atlanta
UPI
Southern Railway
Southern
H. L
Smith to be West Virginia's 27th governor inaugurated
Public invited as Hu lett C. Smith of Beckley will be sworn in at noon January 18 on the State House steps. Secretary of State Joe Burdett coordinates the outdoor ceremony with oaths for new state officials, a reception, and an inaugural ball at Charleston Civic Center with 2500 tickets at five dollars per couple.
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Thomas P. Fazio
Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
West Virginia
Joe Burdett
Statehouse
Washington Street
Burdett
Capitol
Kanawha River
Capital Steps
Smith
State Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
Thornton Berry
State Board of Public Works
Gus Douglass
Denzil Gainer
John Kelly
C. Donald Robertson
Charleston Civic Center
Bullet Proof Inaugural Stand Erected at White House
WASHINGTON UPI Armor plating and bullet deflecting glass are being installed in the inaugural stand President Johnson will use on January 20. Aberthaw Construction Co. manager Joseph Donovan said this is the first time such protection is provided for the president. He noted talks about similar glass at the Capitol stand but no decision yet.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Joseph Donovan
Aberthaw Construction Co
White House
Donovan
Six More US Casualties Reported in Vietnam Clashes
APS reports six additional American casualties in Vietnam as clashes with Communist guerrillas occur. Two Ranger advisers are listed as missing, eyewitnesses say they were captured. Two Special Forces men were killed at Lai Khe when the camp fell. Two helicopter crewmen were wounded near Binh Gia after a three day battle in the area.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
U.S. Army
Lai Khe
Binh Gia
Here
Wife of WVU President Dies
Catherine Spiker Miller, wife of West Virginia University President Paul A. Miller, died at WVU Hospital after acute kidney failure and a stroke. Born December 8, 1919, she lived in Oxford, attended Mountain State Business College, and married Dr. Miller on December 9, 1939. The body was to be taken to Davidson Funeral Home.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
WVU
Catherine Spiker Miller
Mrs. Miller
Oxford
Harrisville
Ritchie County
Jacob Spiker
Gay Zinn Spiker
Pennsboro
West Virginia
Mountain State Business College
Parkersburg
Dr. Miller
Office of Price Administration
Davidson Funeral Home
Six More Miles Of I 77 Opened To Traffic
PARKERSBURG UPIS Gov. W W Barron and Governor-elect Hulett Smith were among top state officials at a ribbon cutting marking the opening of a six mile section of Interstate 77 from Mineralwells to U S 50 on the eastern outskirts of Parkersburg. The new segment brings the total miles open on the superhighway to 26.
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Parkersburg
UPI
W. W. Barron
Hulett Smith
Mineralwells
U. S. 50
Hoover opposes civilian police review boards in US
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover denounces civilian review boards as a step toward political domination of law enforcement. In the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin he says panels would be inexperienced and usurp local police authority, urging that politics have no place in effective policing.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Scarbro Robbery Attempt Foiled
Would be thieves were routed by the burglar alarm at the New River Company Store in Scarbro early this morning. Alarm sounded at 1:30 a.m. as robbers entered from the mine office, tampered with the vault, then broke a plate glass door to reach the store section. Police investigate. a getaway car is being sought.
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Scarbro
New River Company
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Eccles Miners Strike Over Walking Distance
More than 250 men idle as a walkout at Eastern Associated Coal Corp No 5 and 6 mines in Eccles ends shifts. United Mine Workers Local President J A Jake Wyatt says the grievance over mine walking distance will not be discussed until a regular meeting Saturday. He notes miners must walk about 3000 feet inside the mine after alighting from a car and a further 500 feet to the bathhouse after leaving the mine.
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Eccles
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
J. A
Jake) Wyatt
United Mine Workers
Wyatt
Beckley
WVU budget hike approved by West Virginia BPW
The Board of Public Works approved a 1965-66 WVU operating budget of 13.4 million dollars, about 1.2 million above the current allocation and matching Finance Commissioner Gore’s figure but below WVU’s request. The brief session, led by Gov. Barron, reviewed a 34 page WVU document and included some concerns over un explained items. Additionally the BPW restored 22 thousand dollars to the Department of Agriculture and raised general funding from 115 thousand to 150 thousand dollars.
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Charleston
UPI
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Truman E. Gore
WVU
W. W. Barron
Hulett Smith
BPW
Gore
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