Tension Mounts as Lao Clash Fears Rise
In Laos the Neutralist and Pathet Lao forces face off in the Plain of Jars amid warnings of renewed fighting. Leaders including King Savang Vatthana and Premier Souvanna Phouma are abroad, while Gen. Kong Le cautions that hostilities could erupt anytime after the recent assassination of Col. Ketsana Vongsouvanh.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPT
Pathet Lao
Savang Vatthana
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Plain of Jars
Ketsana Vong'souvanh
Okey Mills Weighs Sheriff Nomination in Raleigh County
Election items stir Raleigh County as the year ahead prepares for a May primary. Okey Mills, twice former sheriff and head of the Democratic Executive Committee, is reported to be ready to seek the party nomination. The scene centers on the sheriff race and a potential entry from Mills.
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Raleigh
Okey Mills
Race for Sheriff Heats Up in Pinecrest Area
Mills, business manager of Pinecrest Sanitarium, is courted as a likely sheriff candidate. Others named include J A Blackburn Bradley Cotton White, Rob ert H Doane, Joe Rodriguez and Woody Kinzer. Mills confirms interest while awaiting a party meeting to fill a county committeeman vacancy, with the four week timeline cited.
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Mount To Election Mills
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Barron
Mills
J. A. ‘Blackburn
Bradley
Cotton White
Young Democratic Clubs
Robert H. Doane
Joe Rodriguez
Woody Kinzer
Harrison Williams Park and a Clerk Named Gordon Harrison
Washington gossip notes recount Senator Harrison Williams proposing a park name blending with Senate Rules Clerk Gordon Harrison. A later mix up in mail addressed to Leon Janney prompts Williams to apologize, joking about misread names. The piece ends by quizzing readers on the clerk’s name, Gordon Flashback.
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Washington
Gordon Harrison
Williams
Pete
Janney
Jarney
S. E. Jarrey
Leon M. Jarrey
Grodrick Fasbinder
Pete Harrison
Leon Janney
Leon Janney JT
Fasbinder
Harrison Williams
William Harrison
Congress
Wyoming
Henry
Gordon
Prelude To Spring Weather Sketch Across Nation
United Press International reports a spring prelude with mild temperatures and showers across the nation. Moist Gulf air brings rain and thunder to the south central region while the Pacific Northwest sees rain and drizzle. Temperatures run in the 30s with some southern and West Coast spots reaching the 50s.
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United Press International
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Northwest
Weather Outlook West Virginia Warmth Returns Delays Rain Next Week
Sunny and mild with highs near 45 to 50 degrees and nights around 32. North and south regions see 45 to 50 daytime highs with a five degree above normal trend. Rain possible midweek and again Friday or Saturday, totals could reach half an inch. Beckley and Oak Hill report near normal conditions. Greenbrier River clear. new gauge at Hinton reads 2.3 feet. Oldtown Maine and Grand Forks NC report the coldest low at 2 below.
Color Movie May Be Filmed Here This Year
Beckley area eyed for wide screen color film production based on Steve Frazee book The Sky Block. TriCon project manager James H. Conklin meets with New York agency for rights and seeks local extras including Curtain Callers president William G. Snyder. Production aims to begin location work in September.
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Beckley
James H. Conklin
TriCon
The
Register Today
New York
Steve Frazee
Appalachian
Conklin
William G. Snyder
Curtain Callers
Injunction Sought Against Pickets at Mingo Mines
Mingo County Circuit Judge C W Ferguson to hear a motion today by Newtown Auburn coal firms to obtain an injunction restricting picketing. The suit, filed December 13, targets Percy Thomas Arthur Mc Coy Jr and other UMW pickets amid ongoing strike over royalty payments to the UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund. Picketing had paused for talks but resumed last week on a limited basis due to weather.
US engineered 1954 Guatemala overthrow says Morton
UPI report quotes Sen. Thurston Morton claiming the United States planned and endorsed the 1954 coup that toppled Jacobo Arbenz. Morton asserts President Eisenhower backed actions to remove Guatemala's communist leader, though Washington has never officially tied itself to the episode.
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Washington
UPI
Thurston Morton
R-Ky
United States
Guatemala
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jacobo Arbenz
Brandt vows continued close work with West Allies
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, re elected in a landslide, pledged ongoing cooperation with the Western Allies to keep the city free. His Socialists swept the municipal election, with 89.9 percent turnout despite snow, while the Communists collapsed to 1.3 percent and 20,887 votes.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Britain
West
Footsore Nation Debates Health of Long Hikes
The 50 mile hike era drew mixed opinions as walkers faced soreness and at least one fatality. Gov. Grant Sawyer and Lucy Redd Carr joined a Nevada march to Gardnerville after 25 miles. A large Pittsburgh group began a near 50 mile trek toward Washington and was aided by ambulances and doctors.
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United Press International
Theodore Roosevelt
New Frontier
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Utah
Democratic National Committee
Lucy Redd
Casper
Wyo
Willard Mitchell Jr
Glenrock
Mitchell
Sawyer
Gardnerville
Nev
Carson City
New York
al Schacht
Manhattan
Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Washington, Pa
Gateway Center
Next time vote Republican golfing is easier sign
A bystander at a 30 mile trek from Pittsburgh to Washington, Pa. carries a sign urging voters to back Republicans and claiming golf is easier. The scene shows about 2,000 participants observing the protest or rally.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Washington
Marathoners Trek Long Distances Across Weekend Roads
A caravan of about 2000 Pittsburgh hikers joined thousands of others and rode the countryside Sunday. Two Sacramento high school track stars completed 50.4 miles in 8 hours 27 minutes as the fastest reported over the weekend. In Honolulu 150 of 500 starters finished the 50 mile course, including a 75 year old woman and a nine month old baby in a carriage.
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Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Calif
Honolulu
Logjam Grows In Legislature
West Virginia lawmakers return with three weeks left in the 60 day session as about 30 bills have advanced of nearly 500 introduced. Reapportionment debates loom with the House backing a 106 member chamber and replication of Senate districts drawing Senate opposition.
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Thelma Fugitt. Beckley
G. C. Porter
West Virginia
Senate
Charleston
UPL
House
Banking Law Study Sought in Charleston
A House resolution proposes a six member committee to study West Virginia banking laws and report proposed changes by the 1965 regular session. Dell Calendine and Harry Pauley sponsor the measure seeking three House appointees and three Senate appointees.
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Charleston
UPS
House
Dell
Calvin A. Calendine
R-Wood
Harry Pauley
D-Mcdowell
Senate
Howard Carson
Man Dies In Fire In Charleston
Clarence H. Gray, 63, died when a small electric heater ignited his bed in his apartment. The blaze originated at the heater and spread through the bed to the floor. Gray lived in the same building that previously housed the Blue Room restaurant, which had burned months earlier, along with other damages to two nearby businesses.
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Charleston
UPI
Clarence H. Gray
Gray
Blue Room
Iran Cabinet Resigns in Move to Reshuffle Government
Prime Minister Assadolah Alam submits his cabinet's resignation to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and the Shah accepts it. The monarch orders Alam to form a new government in what officials describe as a planned reshuffle.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Assadolah Alam
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahleyi
Alam
Raleigh County Sports Greats to Be Announced Sunday
Raleigh County 69 sports figures will be named in the combined Raleigh Register Beckley Post Herald edition. A committee selected the group covering all major athletic fields. The honorees will be celebrated statewide on April 6 at the Charleston Civic Center.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh Register - Beckley Post Herald
Charleston Civic Center
Hijackers aboard Anzoategui Offer Surrender in Brazil Waters
Brazilian destroyers race from Belem to meet the Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui 300 miles north of Devil's Island to seek safe surrender for pro communist hijackers. Second mate Wismar Medina Rojas claims the seizure and says all aboard are safe as the ship anchors near the Amapa Grande region.
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Anzoategui
Brazil
Belem
Devil's Island
Amazon River
Wismar Medina Rojas
Medina Rojas
Venezuelan Armed Forces of National Liberation
FALN
Amapa Grande
Maraca
Caracas
Betancourt
SALN
Recife
Caribbean
Houston
Tex
Romulo Betancourt
United States
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
Kennedy
Amapa Grande River
Maraca Island
Betancourt Arrives in Puerto Rico Before U S Visit
Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt lands in San Juan his exile home for two years to begin a state visit. He is greeted by Gov. Luis Munoz Marin and will proceed to Andrews Air Force Base to meet President Kennedy.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
UPI
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
United States
International
Luis Munoz Marin
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Kennedy
Young Birchers Win In Calif.
In Fresno a faction of California Young Republicans at the 1963 convention elected a Birch-backed slate led by Robert Gaston of La Canada on the first ballot 189 to 170. Gaston called for unity as Caspar Weinberger warned of fallout from rightward shifts. soon after, the College Federation of Young Republicans left the state group.
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Fresno
Calif
UPI
John Birch Society
California
Young Republican Organization
Robert Gaston
Southern California
GOP
Caspar W. Weinberger
San Francisco
State Central
Weinberger
Gaston
la Canada
Los Angeles County
Kenneth Davis
Pasadenas
Republican Party
College Federation of Young Republicans
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Arrive in Canberra
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived at Fairbairn Air Force Base for a tour of Australia. They flew in from Christchurch New Zealand aboard a commercial airliner.
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Canberra
Australia
UPID
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Fairbairn Air Force Base
Christchurch
New Zealand
Court strikes down section of draft law
The Supreme Court ruled parts of a 1940 Nationality Act provision punishing draft evasion unconstitutional. Justices said stripping citizenship for desertion violates due process while acknowledging wartime penalties for draft offenses. The decision cites Magna Carta and solid constitutional safeguards.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Congress
Arthur J. Goliadbher
Goldberg
You'll Pay Through Nose long After Snow Goes
Taxpayers bear the cost of winter damage as subzero conditions persist after spring. County road supervisor John Robert Sweeney said this winter was the worst for road destruction in the area with freezing and thawing causing roads to collapse in many spots. He did not estimate repair costs, but predicted high expenses.
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John Robert Sweeney
Sweeteecey
SHERWOOD GLUTZ SAYS A QUIRKY VIEW ON KNOWING NOTHING
Glutz argues after listening to leaders on the radio that it is better to know nothing than to know falsehoods. He notes the public perception shifts with silence or speech, calling the world queer and commenting on being believed ignorant.
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Lissenin
Williams hits Powell grants. Williams sparks graft charges
Delaware Sen. John J. Williams in a Washington interview defends his 14 year record as a government sleuth and cites grants and loans to Powell led organizations as evidence of misused funds. Wayne Morse condemns the attack on a fellow senator while Williams adds claims of Powell absenteeism and payroll padding.
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John Herbers Washington
UPI
Sen
John J. Williams
Delaware Republican
Congress
Kennedy
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Internal Revenue Service
Truman
Williams
Nixon
Delaware
Washington
Powell
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Senate
New York
State Teachers Pay Hike Falls Short In West Virginia
West Virginia Education Association reports average teacher pay rose 50 percent from 1951 to 1956, the lowest in the nation. Utah near 52.5 percent ranks 49th. other states show up to 127.3 percent. WV teachers average $4,450 versus $5,716 national. States below WV include Nebraska North Dakota Kentucky Tennessee South Dakota South Carolina Arkansas Mississippi.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia
WVEA
Utah
Mississippi
Maine
Arkansas
Alaska
Wvetow
Polaris Shot Aborted In Navy Test At Cape Canaveral
A Navy test of the Polaris A-3 missile at Cape Canaveral failed when the rocket veered off course and had to be blown up. The abort ends the attempt to score a third straight success for the program.
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Cape Canaveral
Aps
Navy
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