Castro Offers Asylum To Ship's Hijackers
Cuban premier Fidel Castro’s regime offered asylum to Venezuelan Red hijackers of the freighter Anzoategui. Havana Radio said the ship, seized Wednesday, had not entered Cuban ports and would be placed at the UN secretary general’s disposal if it sought asylum. Venezuelan and U.S. search planes pursued the vessel, which was en route from La Guaira to Houston with industrial machinery.
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Fidel Castro
Anzoategui
Havana Radio
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United Nations
Cuba
Eet
Mexico
Carlos Andres
Communist National Liberation Forces
FALN
la Guaira
Houston
Tex
International Red Cross
Six Army Officers Arrested In Plot To Kill De Gaulle
Paris police detained six French army officers and a woman after a plan to shoot President Charles de Gaulle from a War School roof was uncovered. De Gaulle visited the War School unhurt as police intensified security around the Elysee. The woman, reportedly an English teacher at the War School, and the officers were linked to a group tied to the OAS fugitive Georges Watin.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
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Elysee Palace
Georges Watin
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Villacoublay Airfield
Watin
War School
Elysee Palance
Russia Rejects Kennedy Plan for Test Ban
Moscow rejects Kennedy proposal to guard against accidental war and demands Soviet on-site inspection terms. Kuznetsov says the Kremlin agenda is the only negotiable basis, calling the U S stance unyielding while warning there is no basis for talks. This report wires the heated Geneva disarmament conference scene.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Kremlin
Vassily V. Kuznetsov
White House-to- Kremlin
Kuznetov
Russia
America
Britain
U.S
Kuznetsov
United States
Bald Knob Ski Slopes Open With Free Lessons
Bald Knob Ski Slopes near Beckley will offer a promising weekend with plentiful snow and open Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. Free lessons will be available for beginners and after 2 pm all activities will be half price. There will be no ice skating tonight at New River City Park.
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Bald Knob
Beckley
Paul Sanna
Winterfun Inc
Sanna
New River City Park
Frank Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Little Beaver Lake
West Virginia Weather Sees Windy Cold Spell and Snow
Variable clouds bring very cold conditions with a few snow flurries. highs 16 to 24. Tonight partly cloudy with subzero to eight above lows. Saturday clouds increase and temps rise. Five day forecast shows below normal highs and lows, one half to one inch precip Sat night or Sun and Tue or Wed. River Greenbrier normal clear. New gauge at Hinton 2.7 ft. UPI notes Internation Falls record low 23 below and Yuma 76 high.
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Bean
Tory
Oak Hill
The Window by Joe Moss On View At Raleigh Library
Joe Moss the controversial artist known for West Virginia Moon presents The Window at the Raleigh County Public Library. The work, made with toilet paper to evoke dreariness, is on loan from Miss Susan Parker of Glen White, Moss student at WVU, and may be viewed during regular hours.
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Joe Moss
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Moss
Susan Parker
Glen White
West Virginia University
Eve Breck
Legislature Enacts DST and School Age Measure in WV
West Virginia enacts Daylight Saving Time statewide from April through September and advances a school age bill for first grade enrollment, amid House and Senate votes. Other actions include a central motor pool plan, a Nursing Home Licensing Board, a highway program hearing, and State Police pay raises. A hunting and fishing license bill for forest lands also passes.
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Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
UPI
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House
Senate
Del
Jack R. Nuzum
Randolph
O. G. Hedrick
Marion
Panhandles
Clarence E. Martin
Berkeley
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Martin
State Department of Health
del. Frank Deem
R-Ritchie
Burl A. Sawyers
Deem
Sawyers
State Department of Public ‘Safety
del. J. E. Watson
D-Marion
Carson Plans New Bill To Revive Redistricting Fight
In Charleston UPI reports Senate President Howard W. Carson plans to introduce a new bill and a constitutional amendment to allow senatorial districts to have at least two senators. He aims to revive rural urban reapportionment battles by adjusting House size to 106 and preserving Senate alignment. The plan faces Senate resistance as unconstitutional per some members, while House leaders hint at reconsideration if given another chance.
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UPI
Senate
Howard W. Carson
D-Fayette
Carson
House
C. Donald Robertson
R. E. Barnett
Mercer
Robertson
Del
Jack R. Nuzum
Randolph
Nuzum
Tennessee
West Virginia
J. E
Ned) Watson
Marion
Watson
Bucket seats cut down togetherness on highways
A compact remark notes that bucket seats reduce shared seating. The line highlights the social effect of automotive design, contrasting traditional bench seating with individual seats on roads and highways.
Holdup Man Killer Police Officer at Penn Station
Calvin Hudson, 30, of Manhattan, allegedly shot Patrolman Vincent Zichetella during a hold up at Penn Station New York. Hudson was wounded in a running gun battle with two other officers and captured. Zichetella died from the gunshot wound as Hudson fled toward a ramp after a restaurant hold up attempt.
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New York
UPI
Pennsylvania
Calvin Hudson
Manhattan
St. Clare's Hospital
Hudson
Vincent Zichetella
34Th Street
Clint on Staten Arrested for Drunken Driving and Cruelty
Philadelphia report says Clint on Staten, 21, was arrested after his horse and wagon zigzagged on a busy street. The horse was turned over to the SPCA and he faces drunken driving and cruelty to animals charges.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Clinton Staten
SPCA
Cooks and Bakers course to be taught by Edward E Lowe
Edward E Lowe a retired United States Army Master Sergeant with 23 years in food handling will instruct the 48 week Cooks and Bakers course opening Feb 25 at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center The program backed by the National and State Restaurant Associations originated with the Southern Region Restaurant Association It will operate under the Manpower Development and Training Act with training allowances of 48280 and 18375 for operations The course aims to develop skills knowledge and understanding for entry into the culinary industry with instruction in nutrition quantity cooking business practices public relations hygiene sanitation and equipment The 360 hour recipe and menu planning component is included and time will be devoted to
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Edward E. Lowe
Oak Hill
United States Army
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
James D. Robinson
Southern Region Restaurant Association
Raleigh County Airport authority bill moves in House
Legislation proposes a five member Raleigh County Airport Authority to lease land and sign contracts for a 1600 acre site, modeled on Harrison County's authority. If approved today or next Friday, the measure would bypass county court limits and enable commercial ventures.
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Raleigh County
House of Delegates
A. David Abrams
W. W. Withrow
John C. Ward
Ward
Anthony J Sparacino
Harrison County Authority
Abrams
Raleigh
Harrison County
Liner Maas Dam Strikes Wreckage in Bremerhaven Maiden Voyage
The luxury liner Maas Dam on its maiden voyage to Bremerhaven struck wreckage near Bremerhaven and abandoned ship. About 450 passengers were forced into lifeboats as rescue efforts began.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Upni
Maasdam
Kennedy Flags Cuba Subversion as Hemisphere Priority
President Kennedy said reducing Communist subversion from Cuba and Latin America is our top winter goal. He cited Cuban ties to Latin America, indoctrinated students, and possible sabotage training, while urging regional cooperation to curb movement of students and others. He warned a broader native Communist threat persists beyond Cuba.
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UPS
Kennedy
Cuba
Latin America
Brazil
Congress
United States
Europe
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Lost Syncom satellite vanishes after launch failure
U S Coast stations and tracking networks worldwide searched the sky for the 150 pound Syncom satellite launched by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. hoped to hover over a fixed point at 22 300 miles up but vanished five hours after liftoff leaving experts divided on whether it reached orbit or tumbled into an unstable path.
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UPS
America
Earth
Derailment blamed on poorly anchored track near Harrisburg
The ICC says a heat induced buckle in an inadequately anchored track caused a Pennsylvania Railroad baseball special to derail near Harrisburg on July 28, killing 19 and injuring 102. Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric confirms three Polaris submarines will move to the Mediterranean in April. A federal judge fines seven school-supply firms and 11 executives $132,000 for price fixing and bid rigging across six states. The ANPA and United Press say they will urge FCC to reconsider an agreed rate hike for leased telegraph and telephoto services. The January average factory work week drops to 40.1 hours for a second straight month. Shirley MacLaine to receive Harvard’s Woman of the Year Award. Previous winners include Eleanor Roosevelt and Grace Kelly.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
ICC Investigative Board
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
United States
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
American Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press Internation
Federal Communications ‘Commission
Shirley MacLaine
Harvard University
Hasty Puilding Institute
Eleanor Roosevelt
Grace Kelly
Piper Laurie
Jane Fonda
Kath
Italians See Glorious Rome Feast Recreated in Modern Rome
An Italian firm hosted a three hour reenactment of a high Roman feast for 600 diners in a contemporary Rome hotel. Cesare Fornara led cooking in a 2000 year old style using ancient recipes with herbs from Rome's eastern provinces. Diners wore modern dress and ate with forks at tables while enjoying elaborately prepared dishes without sugar butter or tomatoes.
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Rome
Caesar
Cesare Fornara
Mario A. Levi
Institute of Ancient History
University of Milan
Truck Driver Charged In Pike Deaths
John Ubeda of Beckley was charged with negligent homicide after a tank truck collided with a car on the Turnpike killing George Freeman 73 and Margaret Freeman 66 and injuring their passenger Mrs. Paul 53. Ubeda was arraigned and waived to the grand jury. The Freemans, traveling from Huntington to Florida, died instantly. Mrs. Paul remained in fair condition with fractures and injuries.
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Beckley
Huntington
Ubeda
Joe Rodriguez
George Andy Freeman
Margaret
Circleville
Ohio
Freemans
Boys Paul
Florida
Paul
Beckley Hospital
Freeman
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cabell County
U. S. Attorney's Office
Mossy
Blennerhassett Island Tourist Study Approved
ARA approves a study of Blennerhassett Island near Parkersburg to assess rebuilding the old mansion and turning the island into a tourist, recreational, and historic attraction. Rene Zabeau of Clarksburg coordinates for Northern West Virginia, with George A. Lavallee leading the Appalachian division.
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UPI
Area Redevelopment Administration
Blennerhassett Island
Parkersburg
Rene Zabeau
Clarksburg
ARA
West Virginia
George A. Lavallee
Appalachian Division
The
Zabeau
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