Thoughtful Road Scandal Probe Targets Highway Funding
A House Public Works subcommittee probes the federal state highway program amid Massachusetts pollution allegations. The 1963–1971 funding, tax boosts, and political figures including Ted Kennedy and Edward J. McCormack loom large, with critics fearing narrow scope and hidden rot in engineering and construction.
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Florida
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Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
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Edward J. McCormack
George Cabot Lodge
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Earl Mazo
New York Herald Tribune
Highway Trust Fund
Kennedy era quips and Washington humor in briefing spots
A Washington Window roundup features President Kennedy jokes about Carl Albert cutting a ribbon in Oklahoma, Rickover copying speeches, DiSalle's dinner, Kerr’s praise of Oklahoma, Stahr’s censored line, Narasimhan quip about UN, Bowen’s ants on a log, Goodell teeth grinding, a Peace Corps vending joke, a cabbie quip on Humphrey, and the EURAM term for European American.
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Washington
Kennedy
Michael DiSalle
Ohio
Moderation Amid Discord at African States Summit
In Lagos last week representatives from 20 African states convened a planned summit, excluding Liberia and Ethiopia and mostly comprising former French territories plus Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and others. The Casablanca group was conspicuously absent, accused of neutrality policies that aided Soviet interests over African welfare.
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Sierra Leone
Somalia
Casablanca
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Sekou Toure
Guinea
Lagos Conference Sees Split Over Africa Unity and Negritude
Foreign News Commentary notes a Casablanca group boycott of the Lagos meeting over Algerian and Portuguese Angola representation. Balewa defends independence, rejects Nkrumah’s Africa union and Negritude, while Lagos eyes an African common market and integrated development aimed at faster independence gains.
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Casablanca
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Mali
Morocco
Lagos
Algeria
Angola
Sir Abubaker Tafawa Balewa
Nkrumah
Britain
France
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Old Men Forget and Retirement Life Guidance
A reader asks how to handle a retiree's nostalgia and sentimentality. The column advises patience and suggests constructive activities. cites Lord Norwich's autobiography and shares tips for choosing retirement communities with engaging pursuits such as gardening, reading, and socializing. A separate Q&A on Social Security explains benefits for at 62 and the need to consult a Social Security agent.
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Dad
Wiley
Lord Norwich
Late Kovacs Estate Sees Widow Sought Support Amid Debt
Hollywood notes how Ernie Kovacs left a $2 million estate with a $160000 annual income and a tax lien. Edie Adams petitions the court for a $2500 monthly family allowance for herself and three children. Friends discuss a spontaneous fund plan in his memory.
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Ernie Kovacs
Edie Adams
Kovacs
Three minutes with the GREAT BOOKS and Kovacs debts
A TV anthology deal turns into a quagmire of debts for Ernie Kovacs. His widow cites a $2 million estate and unpaid taxes spanning 1956 to 1961 as the tax liabilities loom. Hollywood stories of lavish living and late-career decline frame Kovacs death and financial fallout.
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Ernie
Raleigh and Register Subscription Rates and Policies
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Raleigh and Register from Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. The notice lists mail subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery, with prices for one year six months and daily only options, plus carrier delivery details and tax notes. It also states that carriers and distributors are independent contractors and the company is not responsible for advance payments.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Ice hazard hits cities as late-season slip risk grows
HAL COCHRAN notes many people will slip on ice in cities as the season ends late. A doctor cites American school children as the healthiest in the world, while their bad spells in school are dismissed as not counting.
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Hal Cochran
West Virginia lawmakers clash over claims and budget
On the West Virginia statehouse floor a legislator defended a $600 constituent claim but rejected a $200 cut. Ivor Boiarsky’s House Finance committee held three daily sessions to finish the budget as the Senate loses two elder members, J. Horner Davis and Dayton Stemple, amid retirements and family plans. Gov Barron stays near home as the 30 day session closes.
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UPI
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Ivor Boiarsky
Raleigh register honors family and budget shifts in 1937 notes
25 Years Ago From the 1937 Files Of The Raleigh Register honors W D Holliday Sr on his 75th birthday and W D Holliday Jr on his 12th, with a luncheon at North Kanawha Street. The budget commission asks WV Legislature to spend 62 349 109 from general revenue over two years, up 8 583 000. Forty? two bridge tables hosted by St Stephens Church aid flood victims as budget week continues. Don Hardman notes Barron’s next public appearance limited to New Cumberland area club meeting. he maintains a light schedule since Jan 10. Kathy Jo Light becomes 6 and a Little Colonel as family hosts tax officials tour. Dave Kent, WVU alum, leaves vocational rehab chief post to join Gravely Tractor ad dept in Dunbar.
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Raleigh Register
W. D. Holliday
Carrie Holliday Smith
North Kanawha Street
Budget Commission
West Virginia
Ladies of
Don Hardman
Barron
Woman's Club
New Cumberland
Hancock County
Battle for Fabrics Market Heats Up Among Firms
In the metals and textiles sectors competition grows as new groups seek market share. The Tricot Manufacturers show signs of bidding for a larger fabrics market, with tricot knitted fabric commonly using nylons or acetates or silk as its base fiber.
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Jesse Bogue
UPI Financial
New York
UPI
Tricot
Tricot Industry Sees Growth and United Front
Gilbert G. Tynan of Burlington Industries outlines a push by the Tricot Institute of America to diversify markets and strengthen the fabric’s position. The group seeks a “voice and face” for the industry, promoting new channels, product development, and information sharing among mills, manufacturers, stores, and buyers amid optimistic inventories and active shipments.
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Tricot Institute of America, Inc
Gilbert G. Tynan
Burlington Industries, Inc
Institute
Tricot
Tynan
National monuments and historic relocations in brief
Taxco in Mexico has been proclaimed a national monument with strict protections against razing venerable buildings or erecting modern structures. An 800 year old Spanish monastery was transported to North Miami and reassembled. The Menomonie Indians of Wisconsin are the first tribe released from reservation status.
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Taxco
Florida
Miami
Wisconsin
Beckley Junior High PTA Visit Planned For Meeting
D W Bryson principal invites Central School PTA members to tour Beckley Junior High during a future gathering. Mullens Construction expects to finish the final abutment for the bridge grade crossing over the Virginian railroad in four to five days.
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Raleigh Register
D. W. Bryson
Beckley Junior High
P.T.A. of
Central School
Mullens
Virginian
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