Major Moves By Kennedy Administration
The Kennedy administration has taken numerous actions since January 20. Freeman to raise federal food aid. Goldberg helps settle New York harbor strike. U.S. seizes steps on Geneva talks, famine relief for Congo, and aid to depressed areas. Military mobilization and benefits boosts planned, including Social Security, unemployment, and minimum wage rises. Cuban refugees receive a $4 million program, food for peace to Latin America, and health care financing proposals for seniors.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
United States
Geneva
Congo
Pentagon
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Latin America
Congress probes rising costs in missile launch pads
The House military appropriations subcommittee opened a closed inquiry into escalating costs and delays in intercontinental ballistic missile launch pad construction. Civilian builders and Air Force and Army officers testified behind closed doors. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson was to brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a closed session on U S Russia relations. Senator Keating urged NASA and the Weather Bureau to use science to break up heavy snowstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Air Force
Army
Russia
Moscow
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Snow
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Bureau
Wall Street Charter Warns of Slow Heavy Equipment Gains
Standard & Poor's business highlights say heavy electrical equipment shares face weak demand and price weakness with 1961 shipments about 3.5 percent below 1959. Antitrust suits, remaining below capacity, and uncertain outlook weigh on prices while analysts note resistence to offerings and some occasional stock-specific guidance from Chartcraft and Wall Street observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Standard & Poor's
S&p
Justice Department
Four Male Quads Born in Tokyo Area Reports Say
Mrs Utako Watanabe aged 26 in Yamaguchi Prefecture Japan gave birth to four healthy male quadruplets Sunday two months premature. The four boys each weighed 2.64 pounds and mother and babies were reported doing well today in Tokyo area hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Utako Watanabe
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Japan
Jeep hits Catholic procession in Buenos Aires killing one
A jeep plowed into a Catholic procession of about 2,000 worshippers in Buenos Aires injuring several and killing one person. The driver fled the scene and Catholic officials said he appeared intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
UPI
Matter of FA FACT Encyclopedia Britannica
A concise note on the FA FACT encyclopedia entry process and its status within Britannica. The item outlines scope and reliability considerations for factual topics as presented by the encyclopedia.
Superstition Affects Floral Shop Crash Damages
A wreck on an ice covered street involved a car driven by James Roy Burke, injuring no one but damaging Josephine Miser’s City Avenue Floral Company. Estimated store damages range from 1800 to 5000 dollars, with six women directing traffic at the scene. Burke and a passenger Bill Thompson suffered no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Josephine Miser
City Avenue Floral Company
James Roy Burke
Fairview Ave
Sam
Pineville
Bill Thompson
Goldberg Says Kennedy Plan Backed at Town Hall Meets
Goldberg held town hall meetings in cities nationwide to gather input from business labor and political leaders during his term. He reported broad support for Kennedy anti recession proposals to revive the economy and create jobs. Unemployment ranged from 6 to 12 percent in Chicago Gary South Bend Detroit northern Ohio and Pittsburgh, but people trusted the Kennedy administration would restore full employment of idle plants and workers.
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Kennedy
Goldberg
Chicago
Gary
South Bend
Ind
Detroit
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Oak Hill Driver Held On Drunkenness Count
An Oak Hill man, Robbie L. Short, 23, was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 9 40 a m Sunday on drunken driving and driving without a state operator license after police arrest. Robert G. Randall, 33, Raleigh Heights, was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night for reckless driving, arrested at 3 15 a m Sunday.
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Oak Hill
Raleigh County
Robbie L. Short
Robert G. Randall
Raleigh Heights
Beckley
Rags To Riches Quest for Bootblack Millionaire
Irving J. Bottner, once a shoe shine boy, rose to president of Esquire Shoe Care. He plans a dinner for self made men but finds none besides himself. He writes 1,000 corporate presidents asking if they ever shined shoes for a living and promises a shoe shine box as reward.
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New York
UPI
Bootblack
Irving J. Bottner
Esquire Shoe Care Products
National Association of Manufacturers
Young Presidents Organization
Horatio Alger Awards
Bottner
Claude Gallaher Admitted to Raleigh General Hospital
Claude M Gallaher of 1525 Harper Rd is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital where he is being treated for pancreatitis after being admitted on Friday.
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Claude M. Gallaher
Harper Rd
Raleigh General Hospital
Birthday For Glop Diet Hits One Year Of Sales
New York report tracks the instant diet that replaces meals with a liquid formula nearing 100 million dollars in sales after its first birthday. Critics warn of health risks as doctors and editors question daily 900 calories and long term effects. The piece recalls numerous diet fads from history and notes the diet’s broad market reach and cultural penetration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Cannel
Soviet Space craft may carry boosting rockets
The report describes a heavy inter planetary space station weighing about 7.1 tons with no crew aboard. It outlines aims to test injecting a body into a trajectory and long range radio guidance while observing the solar system. Russian officials imply a propulsion system could adjust its course if needed.
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V. Arsentyev
Pravda
Venus
Earth
Arseniyev
Tass
Moon
Sprague PTA to Hear School Official Tuesday
William Reid assistant superintendent of Raleigh County schools will speak at the Sprague Consolidated School PTA meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. The session is announced by PTA president Mrs. Willie Bowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reid
Raleigh County
Parent-Teacher Association of Sprague Consolidated School
Willie Bowles
Speed In Civil Rights Urged by NAACP Leader
Roy Wilkins urged President Kennedy to use executive action to advance civil rights after a slow start by Congress. He criticized the early Senate filibuster rule as signaling limited new civil rights legislation and pressed for orders to protect existing rights amid growing Negro citizen unease.
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New York
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kennedy
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Senate
Wilkins
Castro Warns of Water Supply Plan and Exiles Credit
Castro vowed to supply Guantanamo by water tanker if regular supply stops. Bombs exploded in INRA building washrooms on the 6th and 14th floors injuring none, with overtime arrests as Diet agents investigated. He touted a new radio transmitter and accused the US of counterrevolution. Cuba sought UN notice and urged inter-American action with Latin allies backing.
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Guantanamo
INRA
Land Reform
Castro
Diet
Europe
United States
Cuba
Latin America
America
U.S
United Nations
Brazil
Mexico
Ecuador
Uruguay
Argentina
Incentive needed for Norfolk youth club joins appeal
UPI reports the Young Men's Friendly Society invites young women to join to attract more men as membership sinks to ten. Chicago notes spring brings teen auto drag racing Task Force creation. London reports Lord Chamberlain’s office orders cuts after a million viewers for Things Ain’t What They Used To Be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Norfolk England
UPI
Young Men's Friendly Society
Chicago
London
Lord Chamberlain
Police Probe B&E at City Liquor Store
Beckley police investigate a Saturday night breaking and entering at the West Virginia Liquor Store on South Kanawha Street. Entry was gained through a smashed front door. No items reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
South Kanawha Street
Beckley Man Treated After Fall Injury Sunday
William H. Garten of Route 3 Beckley was treated at Beckley Hospital Sunday afternoon for injuries to his back and right hip from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Garten
Route 3
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Kennedy Visit Divides Town Interest With Snow Struggles
Mrs Kennedy kept to home with a cold as Hunt Country folk weighed the first Kennedy visit against the weekend auction of household furnishings and a bid to clear roads and reopen schools. The area endured 20 inches of snow last Wednesday and four more inches Sunday while Middlebury Mayor Edwin C. Reamer, an oil dealer, welcomed Glen Ora as the President's retreat site.
Five Children Die In Flames In New York Home
In New York a two story frame dwelling caught fire trapping five children on the second floor. Dawn Ryan three months Doreen Ryan two Erin Ryan three Kenneth Ryan four and Gertrude Bittrolff sixteen were identified. The Ryans parents William and Mrs Ryan were taken to Jamaica Hospital with smoke inhalation and burns. Mrs Ryan is Gertrude Bittrolffs sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Dawn Ryan
Doreen Ryan
Erin Ryan
Kenneth Ryan
Gertrude Bittrolff
Ryan
William Ryan
Jamaica Hospital
Bids Opened On Area Armories
CHARLESTON WV The State Armory Board opened bids Friday for new National Guard armories at Hinton Elkins and Spencer Bids are under review by the National Guard Bureau in Washington Original estimates set costs at about 325000 for Elkins 248000 for Hinton and 200000 for Spencer A spokesman said 12 bids were submitted for Elkins 11 for Spencer and 7 for Hinton The federal government pays 75 percent of basic armory costs with added items funded by the state or local groups Officials will travel to Washington soon to submit the bids for approval
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Charleston
API
State Armory Board
National Guard
Hinton
Elkins and
Spencer
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Elkins
NG Bureau
Ireland Sends Gift To Mrs Kennedy From Wexford
The people of County Wexford Ireland gift a 1760 silver christening cup to Mrs John F Kennedy for baby John. It will be presented at 12 30 p m EST Monday in the White House by Mrs Thomas J Kiernan wife of the Irish ambassador. County Wexford has ties to the Kennedy family and will be represented by Margaret Ryan at the ceremony.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
John F
County Wexford
Ireland
White House
Thomas J. Kiernan
United States
Kennedy
America
Margaret Ryan
William Ryan
Irish Civic Guard
Belpre Man Dies After Train Collision
Clarence Rexroad, 52, of Belpre Ohio, died in a local hospital from injuries after his car was struck by a freight train at a Belpre crossing on Tuesday, per UPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPI
Clarence Rexroad
Belpre
Ohio
Five men scheduled for Friday fighting hearings
Five men face Friday hearings before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on charges of fighting in public after a Friday night brawl at the High Point Curb Drive-In Bradley. Bonds were posted and two juveniles were jailed Sunday for felonious assault related to a separate fight at Club 16 Sprague.
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Joe Rodriguez
High Point Curb
Bradley
Raleigh County
Jerry Allison
Dorcas Avenue
Beckley
Jerry Bennett
Crow
Perry David Bennett
Sherman Lilly
Cool Ridge
James Pack
Carl Gaylor
Skelton
Dry Hill
Frank T. Gilkerson
Calloway Heights
W. A. Burke
Sprague
Legislature Faces 500000 Supplemental Funds Request
The Legislature discusses a 500000 supplemental appropriation to fund the new division through the fiscal year and to finance the tax administration for the next year. Space concerns push for use of the entire fourth floor of the west wing, with the State Board of Public Works to decide. Senate receives a bill to outlaw pari mutuel betting, introduced by Sen. William Tompos. House session resumes at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron’s
Carman
State Board of Public Works
Statehouse
Senate
William Tompos
D-Hancock
House
Four price fixers begin 30 day jail terms in largest anti-trust case
PHILADELPHIA UP I four electrical equipment industry executives start 30 day sentences for price fixing and bid rigging over five years. Edwin R. Jung Lewis J Burger George E Burens and William S Ginn of GE join seven others in the sentencing of 44 individuals and 29 manufacturers. Two earlier began terms in Norristown PA last Friday. John M Cook will start February 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Electrical Equipment Industry
Edwin R. Jung
Clark Controller Co
Cleveland
Lewis J. Burger
General Electric General Manager
Fort Wayne
Ind
George E. Burens
William S. Ginn
Schenectady
N.Y
U.S. District Court
Noto
Montgomery County
Norristown
Charles I. Mauutel
Drexel Hill
Westinghouse Corporation
Steam
Lester
John H. Chiles Jr
Sharon
Transformer
Westinghouse
John M.cook
Cutler- Hammer, Inc
Milwaukee
Wis
U.S
District Personnel and Supervisors Confer on Conservation Work
A morning meeting between the Southern District Board of Supervisors and district Soil Conservation Service personnel discussed joint problems involving Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation. Don Williams, state field representative, will represent ASC as several interlocking activities among agencies aim to improve cooperation for farmers and landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern District Board of Supervisors
District Soil Conservation Service
ASC
Don Williams
Elkins mortician named Hopemont business manager
Henry J. Mc Kinley of Elkins has been appointed business manager of Hopemont Sanitarium. The move was announced by Public Institutions Commissioner Joseph Hodgson. Mc Kinley, a former state senator and Weston State Hospital business manager, succeeds H. C. Holsinger at Hopemont.
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Charleston
UPI
Henry J. McKinley
Elkins
Hopemont Sanitarium
Public Institutions
Joseph Hodgson
McKinley
H. C. Holsinger
Hopemont
Weston State Hospital
Two West Virginians Plead Guilty in Ohio
In Columbus two Delbarton West Virginia men pleaded guilty to offenses tied to a burglary at the Columbus Building Trades Council. John D. Montgomery, 30, faced burglary and forgery charges and was bound over to the grand jury under a $20,000 bond. Lilburn Whitt, 29, charged with forgery, was bound over to the grand jury under a $10,000 bond.
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Columbus
UPI
Delbarton
W. Va
Columbus Building Trades Council
John D. Montgomery
Lilburn Whitt
Pluto Road man dies before 72nd birthday in Raleigh County
George Washie Plumley of near Shady Spring died at home Sunday evening from a heart attack. Born February 13, 1889 at Pear, he was a life long Raleigh County resident, retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway worker, a Brotherhood of Railway Employes member, and New Salem Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Lena Toothman Plumley, five sons Amos Hinton Lester Reo Garland Lloyd, five daughters Cather Bennett Morrison Plumley Ray Bennett Russell Adkins and James Redden Jr., a sister Vada Boggess, 45 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Salem Baptist Church. Burial Plumley Cemetery. Body to Ros e and Quesenberry Funeral Home residence at 3 p.m. Pallbearers listed.
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Pluto Road
George Washie Plumley
Shady Spring
Pear
Elizabeth West Plumey
Raleigh County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Brotherhood of Railway Employes
New Salem
Lena Toothman Plumley
Amos
Hinton
Lester
Reo
Garland
Beckley
Lloyd
Cleveland
Ohio
Cather Bennett
Morrison Plumley
Cabell Heights
Ray Bennett
Russell Adkins
James Redden Jr
Vada Boggess
Marfrance
New Salem Baptist Church
Earl Cochran
Oliver Tedder
Plumley Cemetery
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Tommy Plumley
Melvin Plumley
Willard Bennett
Harless Bennett
Ee Bennett
Ronnie Bennett
John Gratney Isom
Ghent
Melton
G. E. Huffman
Russell O'Neil
Fitzpatrick Cemetery
Isom
Beckley Rescue Squad
Carter County
Archie Isom
Sprague
MacArthur
Nellie Epperly Isom
Marie Baker
Final rites for Pax resident Frank L. Moore at Advent Christian Church
Frank L. Moore 73 of Pax will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Advent Christian Church in Pax with Rev. Homer Higer officiating. Burial will follow in the Sand Branch family cemetery. A retired carpenter he is survived by several nieces and nephews. Dodd-Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville will transport to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moore
Pax
Advent Christian Church
Homer Higer
Sand Branch
Dodd - Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Mrs Alder Williams Final Rites in Greentown Baptist Church
Mrs Alder Williams 75 of Greentown dies from injuries after a fall from a third floor bathroom window at the West Virginia Home for the Aged and Infirm. Funeral at Greentown Baptist Church conducted by Rev Sam Williams with burial in Greentown Cemetery. Survivors include four sisters, a son James Freeman, a daughter Clara Sanders, six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Body at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean, taken to church an hour before service.
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Alder Williams
Greentown
Greentown Baptist Church
Sam Williams
Slab Fork
Williams
West Virginia
Almabaugh
Greentown Baptist
Ada Worrell Rites Remain Pending at Princeton
Ada Worrell 78 of 1012 Lilly Street Princeton died Sunday night at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Lester Kentucky she was daughter of the late George Snuffer and Mary Snuffer. Survived by seven sons Arlen Detroit J P and Howard Princeton Aubra Rand Ira Kegley John Narrows and Arley Baltimore. six daughters Latha Brown Fairborn Edina Stewart Princeton Mary Taylor Baltimore Wilma Klesser Glasgow Elsie Kirk Marian and Jane Beachum Nitro. one sister Finial Trail Shady Spring. 31 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton pending arrangements.
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Ada Worrell
Lilly St
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Lester
George and
Mary Snuffer
John W. Worrel
Lester Baptist Church
Arlen
Detroit
Mich
J. P
Howard
Aubra
Rand
Ira
Kegley
John
Narrows
Arley
Baltimore
Latha Brown
Fairborn
Ohio
Edina Stewart
Mary Taylor
Wilma Klesser
Glasgow
Elsie Kirk
Marian
Jane Beachum
Nitro
Finial Trail
Shady Spring
Bradford Tyrone Cooper Graveside Rites Held
Bradford Tyrone Cooper infant son of Mr and Mrs Booker T Cooper Raleigh died at 7:50 am Sunday in a local hospital Graveside services conducted at Wright Cemetery at 2 pm today Survivors include parents two sisters Rulene and Amita maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Taylor paternal grandparents Booker T Cooper of Welch and Mrs Juanita Amison of Raleigh Wright and Anderson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Bradford
Tyrone Cooper
Booker T. Cooper
Raleigh
Wright Cemetery
Rulene
Amita
Henry Taylor
Brooker T. Cooper
Welch
Juanita Amison
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Annie Jones obituary notice in Cunard hospital death
Mrs. Annie Jones age 63 of Cunard died in a local hospital at 3 40 a m today. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Jones
Cunard
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Silas Smith 82 Dies at Home in Abraham
Silas Smith aged 82 died at his home in Abraham at 2 a m today. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Smith
Abraham
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Helen Fuller in Beckley area
Mrs Helen Fuller 43 formerly of Beckley Chicago died Friday at the Louisville Veterans Administration Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services to be held at 2 p m today at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Raymond Radzieta officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Fuller
Chicago, Ill
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Raymond Radzieta
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Clarence Walker Final Rites Held for Huntington Resident
Clarence Walker longtime Princewick and Stamford area native died Thursday after a long illness. A Saturday funeral was held at Clingle Carpenter Funeral Home Huntington. He was son of Floyd E. and the late Mrs. Walker and survived by sisters Inez Merry Huntington and Irma Houck Elmira NY. He was nephew of Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Bailey of Mount Hope. Formerly he served as superintendent of Princewick Coal Co at Princewick and the Stanaford mine at Stanaford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Walker
Princewick
Stamford
Clingle Carpenter
Huntington
Walker
Floyd E. Walker
Inez Walker Merry
Irma Walker Houck
Elmira
N. Y
P. M. Snyder
Myrtle Bailey
Mount Hope
Princewick Coal Co
Stanaford
Resolution Seeks Salary Study for State Officials
In Charleston the State Senate introduced a resolution calling for a study to adjust salaries of top state officials. Sponsors Ted Bowers and Paul Kaufman note duties have grown while pay remains static, or possibly too high for others after responsibilities declined. The Joint Interim Committee on Government & Finance would conduct the study and report next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
State Senate
Sens
Ted Bowers
R-Wetzel
Paul Kaufman
D - Kanawha
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Gilbert
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Abraham Lincoln
Seward
Lincoln
Goldberg Labels
Rags To Riches Quest
Marienbad
New York Public Library
Soviet
Area Armories
Cenfer
George W. Plumley
Nick Thewes
Tyree
Lin Oak Hill
Randolph Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Thewes
Germany
Anna Thewes
John G. Isom
Mrs. Alder Williams
Bradford T. Cooper
Mrs
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