4 Per Cent Sales Tax Proposed In West Virginia Senate
West Virginia Senate opponents to Gov. Barron’s income tax plan push a $19 million package adding a 4 per cent consumer sales tax on most purchases excluding food and prescriptions. The plan estimates revenue of $11.7 million and runs amid other tax and road bill debates in both chambers.
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Carlo J. Salzano
Charleston
UPI
Senate
W. W. Barron
House
Barron
West Virginia Senate hears minimum wage bill and tax measures
Charleston report states the Senate introduced a bill to set a $1 hourly minimum wage with exemptions for agriculture domestic government charitable and religious workers. The package also includes three tax bills adding a 1 percent gross income levy for high earners a 4 percent sales tax with food exemption and prescription medicine a higher motor vehicle tax and a trespass on railroad property misdemeanor.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
William Moreland
D-Monongalia
Clarence Martin
D-Berkeley
J. Horner ‘Davis
D-Kanawha
14 Jailed Fined For Overdue Library Books in East Orange
In East Orange New Jersey fourteen residents faced the desk sergeant after failing to return overdue books. Eleven were fined 25 dollars each under a new ordinance. others were acquitted or to face hearings. Arrest warrants were issued by Harold Roth director of the East Orange Library after notices and certified letters.
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East Orange
N.J
UPI
William Ansley
Ansley
First National Bank
James Washington
Civil Service
Picatinny Arsenal
Dover
Washington
Harold Roth
East Orange Library
Roth
Weaver Faces More Questions On Pink Ties
The Senate Banking Committee cleared Robert C. Weaver's nomination as federal housing chief by 11 to 4. He faced further questions over past associations with organizations seen as subversive by the Justice Department as lawmakers prepared for possible delays before Lincoln Day recess.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Banking Committee
Robert C. Weaver
Kennedy
Justice Department
Weaver
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Senate
Robertson
Mike
Lawyers Bloc Rules West Virginia Legislature
The West Virginia Legislature is dominated by lawyers with 28 in the House and 12 in the Senate, outnumbering teachers. A Monday House session saw a crowd-pleasing bill expanding wrongful death liability, pushed by lawyers who argue it won’t raise rates. The Raleigh County Bar Association lobbied for a Beckley judge’s salary. the state teachers group favors a modest plan: a $20 monthly raise for teachers and a two week term extension, with broader goals scaled back.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Raleigh County Bar Association
Beckley
Times
West Virginia Education Association
Phares Reeder
Association
Snow blankets Pendleton and Raleigh Counties
A snowstorm blanketed West Virginia with accumulations up to 16 inches in Pendleton County. Raleigh County towns Beckley and nearby areas saw 1-3 inches, while Glade Creek and White Oak reported 8-9 inches. Flat Top Weather Station recorded 11 inches on the ground, totaling 16 inches. State Road Commission work.
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West Virginia
Pendleton County
Raleigh County
Beckley
Glade Creek
White Oak
Flat Top
State Road Commission
West Virginia Weather Preview and Snow Report
A weather briefing notes snow flurries tonight and Thursday with temperatures in the 20s across Beckley and Oak Hill. Greenbrier and river gauges show normal conditions, Bald Knob ski slopes listed as excellent, and oneonta cold records. The Eastern Panhandle, Martinsburg, and county roads face heavy snow and hazardous travel as crews use cinders and chains to keep primary roads open.
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OAK Hill High
Greenbrier
Ee River
Bald Knob
Ers
Minor Scott
SRC
Scott
Couney
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Martinsburg
Pork And Gravy Shipment Added To Surplus List
West Virginia expects 10 rail carloads of canned pork and gravy arriving Feb 27 as part of surplus foods for distribution to the needy. The rest of the cars arrive early in March but pork will be stored until April handouts begin. Butter, dried eggs, and possibly dried beans join the list, with peanut butter planned as a handout item under Kennedy orders.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Department of Public Assistance
Dana Smith
Smith
U. S. Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Why does it take a high school girl an hour to comb her hair
A humorous riff questions the patience of a high school girl trying to tame tangled hair for a neat look. It pokes fun at vanity and the time spent on appearance in adolescence.
Kennedy vows moral suasion on civil rights and desegregation
President Kennedy said he will use the moral authority of the presidency when useful to advance civil rights and school desegregation. He declined to specify steps for New Orleans, where segregationists oppose integrating two public schools. He noted all students should attend public schools regardless of race and that a missile gap study should be ready by Feb 20.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
New Orleans
State Department
White House
United States
Russia
Pentagon
New York Herald Tribune
Robert McNamara
Mobutu Leads Congo Offensive Against Lumumba Supporters
Major General Joseph Mobutu reported to be leading troops up the Congo River to strike Lumumba supporters in Oriental Province. Raul Castro accuses Catholic Church of bomb plots in Havana. Chinese shore batteries shell Quemoy for forty minutes. Paroled killer Nathan Leopold marries Trudi Feldman in San Juan. Air Force test pilot rides new X-15 near record speed. Kennedy allies accuse spoils system over Post Office shakeup. Mental Health budget sought for Barboursville hospital. Kidnapping case and custody transfer in West Virginia. Maxwell named U.S. district attorney for northern West Virginia. Hallanan re elected National Petroleum Council chairman. GSA to auction Naval Ordnance Plant at South Charleston.
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Joseph Mobutu
Congo River
Patrice Lumbumba
Oriental
Fidel Castro
Raul
Havana
Quemoy
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
San Juan
Trudi Feldman
Puerto Rico
Air Force
Robert White
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Congress
Kennedy
Post Office Department
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Charles A. Zeller
Barboursville Mental Hospital
W. W. Barron
Jerry Lee Bridwell
State
Mental Health Department
Cuba Lee Duff
Charleston
Morgantown
Boris Karloff Double Admits Double Murder
SANTIAGO Chile UP I reports a confessed burglar and murderer Haebig Torrealba claims to have acted as a Boris Karloff double. Police excavate a garden where he says he buried two men, a third body also found, while authorities weigh possible links to powerful figures. Haebig, 64, tall and polished, says he ran a jewelry theft ring and stole from Helen Lee Lassen, an American heiress.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Boris Karloff
Maria O’neall
Haebig
Torrealba
Helen Lee Lassen
Rejected Suitor Takes Own Life in Sissonville Home
Charles C. Holden Jr., 22, arrived at Mary Reed’s home in Charleston area with a .22 caliber revolver and a note demanding she leave with him. Reed refused, her father called police, and officers heard a gunshot as Holden apparently killed himself. body found in the dining room with the revolver in his hand.
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Charleston
UPI
Sissonville
Charles C. Holden Jr
Mary Reed
Holden
Mary
Charles R. Reed Sr
South Charleston
White House to skip cocktails at reception
The White House will avoid serving cocktails at today’s diplomatic reception but champagne will be available for guests. First Lady press secretary Pamela Turnure said the party was planned as is, noting past receptions by the Kennedys stirred controversy over liquor. The guest list includes ambassadors and their wives from 93 foreign missions, the Cabinet, top State Department officials, Vice President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, and Secretary of State Rusk.
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House
Senate Finance Committee
Singleton
Washington
White House
John F. Kennedy
Pamela Turnure
Kennedys
Albert P. Shirkey
Eisenhower
State Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
Cars speed up. woman will walk instead says Eunice Cochran
United Press International reports from Santa Monica that Eunice Cochran explained to motor vehicle officials why she surrendered her license. She said the cars seem to come at you faster all the time and she would rather walk now. The cite includes other brief items from Hana u and East Orange about a stone-throwing man with asthma and a library fine roundup, plus a Marilyn Monroe statue note in Los Angeles.
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U.S. Pat
United Press International
Santa Monica
Calif
Eunice Cochran
Los Angeles
Ernest E. Debs
Marilyn Monroe
Kennedy
Price Fix Fines Near $2 Million
PHILADELPHIA UPI The Justice Department's largest anti trust case ended with 44 individuals and 29 companies fined nearly 2 million for price fixing schemes affecting 8 billion dollars in heavy electrical equipment. Judge J Cullen Ganey sentenced 21 firms and 13 individuals in a two hour session. Seven top executives received 30 day jail terms, 21 others got 30 day suspended sentences and five year probation. Fines totaled 1,787,000 for firms and 137,500 for individuals, led by GE Westinghouse Allis-Chalmers McGraw-Edison and I T E Circuit Breaker.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Justice Department
Comepanies
J. Cullen Ganey
U. S. District Court
Ganey
General Electric
Westinghouse
Allis-Chalmers
McGraw-Edison
Foley Slayer Free On Bond
Ellis McKinney of Basin is free on a $10,000 bond after being charged with the murder of his son-in-law Jess Foley. McKinney claimed Foley threatened his family and shot Foley in the chest and back. Foley, 35, an unemployed miner from Reedtown, died at Wyoming General Hospital. State Trooper J D Fairchild investigates.
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Itmann
RNS
Ellis McKinney
Basin
Wyoming County Air
Jess Foley
McKinney
Ray Webb
Justices of the Peace
Webb
Foley
Handsome Mattox charged with plotting to kill key witness
Jon Mattox 21, serving life for a 1960 coat hanger murder, was indicted for conspiracy to murder the coed who testified against him. He allegedly offered two jail-mates 1500 dollars to kill Sarah Grayson, 20, a Berkeley junior who testified last May. The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear his motion for a new trial Monday.
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Meridian
Miss
UPI
Jon Mattox
Mattox
Sarah Grayson
University of California At Berkeley
Berkeley
Grayson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi State University
Columbus
Gene Cain Tate
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