School Snafu Adds To Confusion: Buses Foiled By Slick Roads
A Beckley area snowstorm disrupted power and transport as 17 buses couldn't complete routes. The weather forecast error caused radio alerts for closures, later reversed. Power outages affected Pax and Glen White substations, with 4 000 customers briefly cut off. Road crews and ADCU workers battled slick primary and secondary routes.
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Beckley
Virgil Sarrett
Sarrett
Dewey Bone
John Gates
Appalachian Power Company
Glen White
Stotesbury
Gates
Glen Daniel
State Road Commission
ADCU
Pax
Arnold Wyant
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Resaco
Raleigh County Memorial
Piedmont Lines
Roanoke
Cincinnati
West Virginia Turnpike
Surprise West Virginia snowstorm dumps up to 10 inches
A sudden snowstorm blanketed southern and southeastern West Virginia with up to 10 inches of wet snow. Roads became hazardous. chains were advised in many counties while some areas reported lesser depths and weather officials warned of lingering cold as temperatures hovered in the 30s.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Raleigh County
Mercer
Lewisburg
Logan County
Princeton
Elkins
Boone, Clay, Kanawha
Mingo
Wayne, Braxton
Webster
State Road Commission
Parkersburg
Keyser
Moundsville
Clarksburg
Governor Signs Fast Time Bill Across West Virginia
West Virginia adopts statewide Daylight Saving Time from the fourth Sunday in April to the fourth Sunday in September. The measure, opposed by some Senate members, requires uniform time across all counties and cities and applies to schools and state agencies.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
D.S.T
Northern
Panhandle
Senate
C. Donald Robertson
Reapportion Controversy In Senate Today
Charleston WV UP I reports a senate debate over reapportionment with bills to expand the House from 100 to 106 and the Senate from 16 to 23 districts. Carson proposes a constitutional amendment to allow 30 to 40 senators, with districts redrawn by population.
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Charleston
Calhoun
Gilmer
House
Senate
Carson
Kanawha
West Virginia University
Kremlin Signals Cuba Troop Withdrawal by March Fifteenth
Diplomatic sources report the Soviet Union plans to pull out several thousand military forces from Cuba by March 15. President Kennedy, White House aides, and congressional leaders discussed the issue at a secret meeting, with officials cautious about confirming specifics.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
White House
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Foy D. Kohler
Dean Rusk
Hero
Antoly F. Dobrynin
Public Records and Tax Bills Headed to Legislature
Public records would be open to all, with exceptions, while watercraft would be exempt from the gasoline tax under a new bill. A second measure extends the statewide property reappraisal deadline from January 1, 1964, to July 1, 1966 across 55 counties and allows valuations below 50 percent of assessed value until reappraisal is finished.
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Charleston
UPI
Del
Robert K. Holiday
D-Fayette
D. P. Given
Webster
Julius Singleton
State Tax Commission
Pioneer Scientist Awarded National Medal of Science
President Kennedy awarded the first National Medal of Science to Theodore von Karman at a White House Rose Garden ceremony. Kennedy called him a pioneer who helped make the new and exciting world possible.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy Monday
Theodore von Karman
White House
Rose Garden
Kennedy
Steel output rises to peak since 1962 high
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported a four percent week to week rise in U S steel production reaching 2,054,000 tons for the week, up from 1,975,000 tons a year earlier and the highest since April 21, 1962.
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New York
UPI
American Iron and Steel Institute
Rebel Crew To Surrender At Belem Brazil
A Brazilian naval vessel escorts the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui to Belem for formal surrender. The nine member crew led by Wilmar Medina Rojas seeks asylum. the ship anchored near the Amazon mouth 50 miles from Macapa as the crew plans to dock upstream at Macapa due to missing Belem charts.
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Belem
Brazil
UPI
Amazon River
Foreign Ministry
Rio de Janeiro
Caribbean
Houston
Tex
Macapa
Amapa
Wilmar Medina Rojas
Rio
Senate Considers Tax Break for Home Delivered Newspapers
Charleston UPI The House Finance Committee recommended passage of a bill to exempt from the 3 percent consumer sales tax newspapers delivered to homes The measure, introduced by Del Luther Ghiz would exempt home deliveries not intended for resale from the tax The committee amended the bill to narrow the exemption to home deliveries only.
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Charleston
UPI
House Finance Committee
Del
Luther Ghiz
D-Logan
Educators Blamed At Odds Over School Controversy
Atlantic City report notes educators may share fault in contentious school debates. Raleigh County Superintendent John Saunders and aides Sherman Trail and Mason Andersson attend the national convention as Dr. James B. Conant of Harvard urges open airing of criticism and better recognition of differing opinions. Cyril Woolcock of Hunter College High School cites undemocratic limits on programs that ignore individual pupil differences.
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Atlantic City
N.J
APD
American Association of School Administrators
Raleigh County
John Saunders
Sherman Trail
Mason Andersson
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Cyril W. Woolcock
Hunter College High School
New York
Ashland Man Crushed Under Train Wheels
Ashland Kentucky Jack C Fuller 42 died when he fell under a moving train he was attempting to transfer between cars officials say he lost his grip during the fall authorities theorize he was trying to move between cars at the time of the incident.
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Ashland
UPI
Jack C. Fuller
Fuller
City Hall Minor Collision In Front Of Municipal Building
At 7 10 a m rain not hindering City police investigated a minor crash in front of City Hall. A B Carney 212 E St rear ended a car driven by Jimmy R Rubin Prosperity. No injuries reported and damage estimated at 120 dollars.
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City Hall
A. B. Carney
E. St
Jimmy R. Rubin
Prosperity
Buses Slip From Road in Two Communities
Two buses slipped off a road in Sha dy Spring and Winding Gulf sections this morning, stuck in ditches and towed back. TRAP HILL High School Lester Elementary School closed due to an electric power failure per Raleigh County Board of Education. Greyhound through buses delayed about two hours. Turnpike bus to Charleston departed at 5 a.m.
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Shady Spring
Gulf
Trap Hill High School
Lester Elementary
Raleigh County
Charleston
Health Directors Postpone Board Meeting in Raleigh County
Members of the Board of Directors of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association will heed their own advice and remain indoors tonight. Mrs. C. C. Lewis, executive secretary, announced the regular board meeting has been postponed until Tuesday February 26 at 8 p.m.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
C. C. Lewis
Buses Stranded by Snow Toll On West Virginia Routes
Greyhound says a bus got stuck on East River Mountain near Bluefield and needed a tow. A Hinton run by Quesenberry Bus Lines canceled a Mullens Beckley trip after delays, with a Beckley Hinton leg set to depart at 3 PM if weather clears.
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Hicle
Harper Road Hill
Charleston
Greyhound
East River Mountain
Bluefield
Hinton
Quesenberry Bus Lines
Mullens
Beckley
Teachers Have Troubles Too at Mark Twain High
In snowy conditions at Mark Twain High, Ada Butler narrowly escaped injury when a car driven by Coach Jack E. Patton skidded on a steep hill and she fell from the door as it opened. Augustine Hovanski also stalled in a ditch after stopping to let another pass. Wreckers were summoned but drivers freed the cars with pick and shovel before emergency crews arrived.
Tornadoes Rake Central Florida Across Several Counties
A string of tornadoes struck central Florida with high winds flipping a car off a causeway fatally injuring a tourist. Snow after storms closed schools in three Dixie states as Orlando Lake Wales and Lakeland reported damage and outages. Carl Bowman and wife were swept into Tampa Bay with his body recovered. fate of his wife unknown. Downed lines and trees blocked streets as Weather Bureau warned of more twisters.
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United Press International
Florida
Southland
Dixie States
Orlando
Lake Wales
Lakeland
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay
Carl Bowman
Sheboygan
Wis
Bowman
Plant City
U.S. Weather Bureau
Georgia
Hospitals See Rise in Flu and Pneumonia Cases
Local hospitals report increasing influenza and pneumonia numbers. Beckley Memorial logged 10 pneumonia and 8 flu cases with five undetermined, Raleigh General reports five pneumonia patients and no current flu victims, while Dr Albert Tieche notes two flu patients and several flu treatments. Veterans Administration notes pneumonia four and flu five, with Dr Grover Hedrick Jr. treating many flu and pneumonia cases recently.
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Beckley Memorial
Raleigh General Hospital
Albert Tieche
Beckley Hospital
Veterans Administration
Grover Hedrick Jr
Weather summary notes clearing conditions and cold snap
Wet snow may accumulate several inches today with highs in the 30s and clearing tonight to 25 to 30 degrees. Wednesday looks fair and warmer. Also reports a cold start with 20 below at International Falls and a high of 80 at Thermal, California.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
International Falls
Minn
Thermal
Calif
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