ZIP Code Changes Stated By Postmaster General
John A Gronouski announces ZIP Codes will be imprinted on postmarks for over 30 000 post offices to aid mass pre sorting and address records The plan covers two to three year cost and phased implementation affecting second and third class mailers with pre sorting by three digit sectional center numbers starting July 1 1966 The change aims to speed service and reduce origin sorting by bypassing gateway offices and dispatching directly to sectional centers
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John A. Gronouski
Postminster General
Beckley
A. Fray Lilly
Lilly
Gronovski
Two Teens Charged In Armed Robbery And Car Theft
Two hitchhiking teenagers 16 and 17 robbed a Coal City area man of seven dollars and his 1954 car near Mitchells Ridge after boarding a ride from Clarence Bays of Princewick. The car wrecked between Pineville and Welch. youths split up to head toward Baltimore. Police report no evidence of a gun threat.
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Wyoming County
Raleigh County
Princewick
Jonben
Coal City
Clarence Bays
Lego
Bays
Epperly
Mitchell’s Ridge
Pineville
Welch
Baltimore
Dedication Scheduled For Kennedy Statue
Senator Robert F. Kennedy arrives in the Pittsburgh area to help dedicate a life sized statue of his brother John F. Kennedy in Memorial Park near McKeesport city hall at 10 a.m. The event marks the site of President Kennedy's Oct. 13, 1962 speech. Democratic officials from Pittsburgh and Allegheny County areas invited. A party meeting at 4 p.m. in Pittsburgh was planned.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
John F. Kennedy
Memorial Park
McKeesport City Hall
Kennedy
Allegheny County
Kinkajou Spotted Swinging Through Tulsa Lines
A kinkajou from the South American jungles was seen Thursday swinging through telephone lines in north Tulsa. It scratched a policeman before police and dog catchers corralled it and took it to the pound where it was reported getting along with the other dogs.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Warts Treatment Advice and Home Remedies
A 12 year old seeks help after castor oil and cauterization left scars. Warts often vanish in adolescence. many remedies exist. Freezing with liquid nitrogen causes less scarring than cauterization, X-ray is another option, and a daily four to five day water soak at 113 to 118 degrees is suggested. For creeping eruption in a boy, caused by hookworm larvae, thorough deep freezing is effective, sometimes needing a second treatment, and an oral thiabendazole course may kill the parasites.
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Texas
WVU Alumni Chapters Observe 98th Birthday Across Regions
WVU alumni chapters plan dinners and events across Morgantown Williamson Logan Columbus Wheeling Charleston Charlotte and Pittsburgh to mark West Virginia Universitys 98th birthday. Notable speakers include WVU leaders Dean Paul Selby and Coach Gene Corum with contributions to scholarship funds and endowment drives.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
WVU
West Virginia University
Donovan H. Bond
Williamson
Mingo County
Ernest Nesius
Appalachian Center
Logan
Logan County
WVU School of Engineering
Chester A. Arents
Alan Pack
Central Ohio
Columbus
Law School
Paul Selby
Dean Selby
Ohio State University
OSU
Gene Corum
Wheeling
Moose Schedule Dinner Tonight at Beckley Lodge
Phillip J. Graziani assistant Attorney General of West Virginia will be principal speaker at Beckley Lodge 1606 Loyal Order of Moose for a 6 30 p m dinner. The event honors the lodge Golden Anniversary with more than 50 public officials and civic leaders invited. Graziani Harrison County native and WVU Law School graduate has a background in state drafting and House service.
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Phillip J. Graziani
West Virginia
Beckley Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Beckley
Raleigh County
Moose Lodge
A. T. Kessinger
Graziania
Harrison County
Davis and Elkins College
West Virginia University Law School
House of Delegates
Randolph County
House
Murphy Ends Life on Turnpike After Domestic Troubles
Earl H. Murphy 42 Mabscott is believed to shot himself on the West Virginia Turnpike near Mabscottund erpass after a return from Ohio amid family troubles. A .32-20 caliber pistol was used and death notes blaming his wife were found on his clothing. He is survived by his wife Margaret Massie Murphy and a daughter Mona Kay. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home with Rev. Everette Powers. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Earl H. Murphy
Mabscott
West Virginia
Murphy
Ohio
North Carolina
Walter Bragg
Florence Runyon
Galion
Edward Murphy
Margaret Massie Murphy
Mona Kay Murphy
Beatrice Whited
Sybil Brooks
Tazewell
Opal Helt
Milwaukee
Wis
Hazel Warner
Huntington
Reed Murphy
Willoughby
Aaron Runyon
Richmond
Isaac
New Home City
Basil
Washington
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Everette W. Powers
Oak Grove Cemetery
Satisfactory after throat surgery for Senator Russell
Washington reports Senator Richard B. Russell in satisfactory condition after emergency throat surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Surgeons performed a tracheotomy to aid breathing following a bronchial attack complicated by emphysema, with doctors stating the operation provides a more direct air supply to the lungs.
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Washington
UPS
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Russell
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Assa
West Virginia Safety Council
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Virginia
Billy
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Charleston
Charlotte
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U. S
Jennings Randolph
Sylvania Room
Pittsburgh Athletic Association
Moose
Raleigh Register
W. Va
Jaly
Graziani
DuPont
Ylon
Gulastan
Gulistan
Herve Trathic
Henwest Trath
Oo Square
Inoracven
Waffel Castle
Oak Hill
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