Crash Jet Plunges Into Everglades Killing 43
A Northwest Orient jetliner may have shattered in flight before vanishing into the Florida Everglades. Wreckage spread across two square miles as 43 lives were lost. 15 miles from the crash a morgue opened in a two room Indian school. Investigators from F A B and Washington examined the scene amid reports of a fireball and a thunderstorm.
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Miami
UPI
Northwest Orient Airlines
Florida Everglades
Florida
Cicero
Coast Guard
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Seattle
Portland
Chicago
Police Firemen Pension Funds Top $200000 in Beckley
Beckley Budgets show police pension net worth 112084.40 and firemen fund 91648.48 as of year end 1962. Police total income 14890.32 with deductions and levies yielding 8472.55. firemen income 13775.09 with deductions 10 and investments to 11125. Trustees Burdiss Cottle Williams McCormick oversee police fund and Ubeda Clyburn Bonds Statzer firemen fund.
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Beckley
Police Department
A. Fred Burdiss
C. Ross Cottle
Jess W. Williams
Charles McCormick
Savings and Loan Association
Firemen’s Pension Fund
Frank Ubeda
Chester Clyburn
Allen Bonds
Hrvey Statzer
West Virginia Legislature Debates Liquor by the Case and Tax Bills
Legislation on liquor by the case, smoking controls, and personal income tax was at voting stage in the West Virginia Legislature. Final passage came for the $12 million sales tax, $2.25 insurance premium tax, and tax-extension bills while a prohibition on handling reptiles during services was proposed as a misdemeanor with fines. The Senate backed the consumer tax changes and set cigarette and insurance tax renewals, while the House pushed a study on Public Service Commission rate making procedures and approved a new alcohol abuse treatment division within the Mental Health Department.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Senate
House
del. T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
State Liquor Commission
Kanawha County
Myles
Clarence Elmore
Del
Robert K. Holliday
State Department of Mental Health
Dan Cahill
D-Logan
Delegates Pass Snake Handling Bill in West Virginia
Charleston reports the House of Delegates moved a snake-handling bill toward passage. The measure, sponsored by Dels. Myles and Casto, would make snake handling during a religious service a misdemeanor with fines from 100 to 500 dollars.
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Charleston
UPS
House of Delegates
Dels
T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Carroll W. Casto
R-Mason
House
Nuckols Overlooksops Opal Plate Row Spurs Parking Hubris
Gov Barron’s wife Opal Barron removed her license plate after the dispute over Del Ned Watson’s nickname plate. Workman pressed for a nickname plate but was limited to initials. Commissioner Nuckols says Watson’s nickname came from an oversight and will not appear on his new plate due in July.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Department
Workman
Watson
Motor Vehicles
Jack Nuckols
Attache Reduction Proposed In Report
A three member legislative committee in Charleston proposes overhauling the House of Delegates attache system to save about 47000 during a 60 day session without impairing services. They urge rule changes over statutes for easier future adjustments.
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Charleston
API
House of Delegates
Del
Kenneth Anvil
Dbarbour
House
Anvil
Robertson Rules House Bill Unconstitutional
West Virginia Attorney General C Donald Robertson stated a House passed reapportionment bill would be unconstitutional if it creates senatorial districts that stack two or more counties to elect four or more state senators. He warned Kanawha County could exceed constitutional limits, and urged apportionment by population after each census. Robertson previously ruled House delegate districts must respect district lines.
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Charleston
UPI
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Senate
House
Kanawha
Panhandle
House of Delegates
London smog claims 340 lives in December disaster
London’s medical officer of health announced that the December killer smog, which began December 3 and persisted for four days, caused 340 deaths in the city.
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London
UPI
Seventeen Students Escaped Injury On Slid Bus Crash
A Raleigh County school bus carrying seventeen students slid off a rock cliff near Tams after hitting stalled vehicles on a slick Secondary Route 30 hill. Driver Paul Poff and all passengers escaped injury. the students evacuated via the emergency door and were taken home. Snow and ice left roads slick but passable with chains advised as crews worked to clear and cinder main routes.
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Raleigh County
Mark Twain
Paul Poff
Sophia
Poff
Tams
Helen
McAlpin
State Road Commission
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Turnpike
Charleston
Princeton
Pike
Piedmont Ailines
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Moody Pike Thornton
S. Kanawha St
Henry A. Sonak
Sixth St
Church
South Fayette Streets
Frank Rodriguez
New River Park
James B. Kessinger
Beckley Water Co
Winter Storm Moves South
A broad arctic air mass shifts south covering the East Coast and threatening Texas crops. Snow and rain disrupt roads from Knoxville to Nashville and across Dixie while sub freezing temps spread through Alabama Georgia and Mississippi. In Brownsville Texas citrus fields fight the fifth cold spell with smudge pots and wind machines as hail and frost threaten crops.
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United Press International
Texas
Florida
Northwest Orient
Miami
Dixie
Knoxville
Nashville
Brownsville
Canadian
Mississippi
State's Snow Depths Vary Across Regions
The State Road Commission reports snow depths from 2 to 14 inches with chains advised statewide. Areas near Moundsville show 2 to 4 inches, while Randolph 8 to 12 inches and Pocahontas about 8 inches. Overnight lows range 10 to 20 degrees. forecasters warn 12 to 14 degrees below normal for several days and light snow flurries today and Thursday.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Tucker County
Priory Roads
Moundsville
SRC
Highway Information Bureau
Randolph
Pocahontas
Mercer County
Raleigh
Parkersburg
Po‘chontas
Tucker
Brooke
Tyler
U. S
Outbreaks of Flu and Pneumonia Sweep Nation
An Asian flu outbreak spreads across at least a dozen states with school closures and heavy absenteeism. Baltimore reports mid epidemic, Kentucky and Indiana counties face rising cases as hospitals fill and public events cancel. PHS confirms widespread illness with higher pneumonia influenza death rates.
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United Press International
Baltimore
Public Health Service
Kentucky
Russell Teague
Trigg County
Louisville
General Hospital
Bevier
Indiana
Floyd
Clark
Harrison
Sam Adair
Clark County
Floyd County
Corydon
Ind
U.S. Public Health Service
PHS
Washington
Federal Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Baghdad Houses Searched For Reds
Civilian national guards, mostly young students with green armbands, conducted house to house searches in Baghdad for Communist foes as the rebel regime consolidates power after the overthrow of Premier Abdel Karim Kassem. The city remained quiet aside from scattered gunfire while photographs showed Kassem and aides killed in a soundproofed Ministry of Defense room in a drumhead court martial.
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Baghdad
Iraq
UPI
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
Ministry of Defense
West Virginia five day forecast and river conditions
Occasional flurries and mostly cloudy skies through Thursday with light snow possible. Temperatures will run about 12 to 14 degrees below normal with highs near 24 to 36 and lows near 10 to 20. River gauges show Greenbrier and Lake normal with a new gauge at Hinton at 2.9 feet.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Senator Randolph to appear on ABC with Howard K. Smith
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia will join Howard K. Smith on an ABC television program at 10 30 p m Sunday to discuss unemployment and underemployment affecting West Virginia and the United States.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
DW. Va
West Virginia
ABC
Howard K. Smith
Randolph
Smith
United States
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