State Income Tax Declared Unconstitutional Couple Asphyxiated
Clarksburg police found elderly couple Walter J. Hyde 63 and Elsie Hyde 63 dead from asphyxiation at their Glen ElkSection home. Harrison County Coroner Mirth Khul said they died about two weeks ago, report says a relative alerted authorities after three weeks of no contact. A Walter Reed suite is noted for the president.
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UPI
Glen Elk
Walter J. Hyde
Elsie
Harrison County
Mirth Khul
Three of 85 Nominations From GOP Rankles ABA
The ABA Judicial Committee chairman Bernard Segal criticized President Kennedy for not naming Republicans to federal judgeships, noting 85 nominations with only three non Democrats. Deputy AG Byron White defended the process as based on ability, not politics, while urging bar groups to press for nonpartisan, best-qualified selections.
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API
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ABA
Kennedy
Bernard G. Segal
Philadelphia
Segal
ABA House of Delegates
Byron White
White
Notable health pioneer Dr Pap Papanicolaou dies at 78
Dr George N Papanicolaou, 78, creator of the Pap smear for cervical cancer detection, died Monday of a heart attack. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church. A pioneer in medical science, known worldwide as Dr Pap, his work in the late 1920s saved countless women's lives.
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Miami
UPI
George Nicholas Papanicolaou
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
Pap
Papanicolaou
Wood County Decision Heads To West Virginia High Court
West Virginia Supreme Court will review a ruling by Wood County Circuit Judge Don ald F. Black that the state income tax law is unconstitutional. The decision would suspend tax collection, affect a $15 million budget balance, and hinge on whether exemptions aligned with federal rules and the 1961 session readings. The case centers on Ned H. Tanner of Parkersburg who filed the test suit.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State
Supreme Court
Wood County
Donald F. Black
Parkersburg
Atty
Donald Robertson
Black
Ned H. Tanner
No Immediate Change in West Virginia Tax Policy
West Virginia Income Tax Director Clifford Lantz said there will be no immediate change after Parkersburg Judge Donald F. Black ruled the state levy unconstitutional. Lantz noted administrative procedures will continue while the state awaits a ruling from the state Supreme Court and an appeal will be filed by the attorney general.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Clifford Lantz
Lantz
Parkersburg
Wood County
Donald F. Black
West
Black
Attorney General
West Virginia Tax Law Faces Constitution Challenge
In 1954 code conflict with state constitution limits income classification to amount, not rate. WV tax based on 6 percent of federal tax. first collections last April used 8 percent to cover earlier months. Wood County suit by Tanner targets Premier Photo Service for withholding tax while challenging constitutionality.
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West Virginia
Wood County Circuit Court
C. Howard Hardesty
Tax
Internal Revenue Service
Tanner
Wood Court
Premier Photo Service of
Parkersburg
Now You Know By United Press International
The Romans ruled Gaul for about five centuries until the Fifth Century when the Merovingian Franks ousted them from power.
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United Press International
Gaul
France
State Treasurer Finds Broader WV Investment Authority
Charleston, UP I State Treasurer John H Kelly says a West Virginia Code search shows the state's investment authority extends to Federal Housing Authority and Veterans Administration mortgages. The 1962 Legislature rejected a bill expanding powers but ordered a study. Kelly notes the change was added in 1935 and will inform the upcoming committee investigation.
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Charleston
UPI
John H. Kelly
Kelly
West Virginia
Donald Robertson
Federal Housing Authority
Veterans Administration
U. S
Drys Deliberate Strategy As Moderates Meet Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia both sides in the liquor by the drink fight held strategy meetings. Protestors and organizers planned a news conference at the Daniel Boone hotel and a March 25 series of anti liquor meetings. Michael Rush organized pre amendment talks while Clem Jones Huntington leads the pro amendment group. A county option vote on liquor by the drink is slated for the November election.
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UPS
West
L. E. Crowson
Logan
St Mark’s Methodist Church
Citizens Committee
Clem Jones Huntington
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Seven Children, Dad Die In Fire
IRONTON Ohio UPI Rich ard Villars 34 and his seven children ages 1 to 10 died when a rural home near the Ohio River burned in the early hours Mae Villars 29 jumped through a window to escape suffering cuts and burns at Lawrence County General Hospital The children were Bonnie 10 Linda 9 Kathy 8 Lizza Ann 5 Walter 4 Edward 2 and David 1
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Ironton, Ohio
UPI
Richard Villars
Ohio River
Mae
Lawrence County General Hospital
Villars
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Linda
Kathy
Lizza Ann
Walter
Edward
David
AFL CIO official warns unions risk death by own action
AFL-CIO Vice President James B. Carey warned that organized labor must drastically expand membership or invite death by its own action. He urged a renewed single minded push to organize the unorganized and described a new organizing program to be considered by the AFL-CIO council this week. Carey noted government data show only 36 000 new workers joined unions in three years and less than one in four workers hold a union card. He stressed labor must advance or retreat.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Aflcio
James B. Carey
Organized Labor
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AFL
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International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
Aflcio Executive Council
Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
George Meany
Reuther
Meany
American Labor ‘Movement
West Defying Soviet Threats in Berlin Air Corridors
Western officials said Berlin flights would continue despite Soviet threats to interfere. Moscow rejected any right of monopoly over the Berlin air lanes and promised ongoing harassment, while Western allies prepared to escort transports if needed and hold the Soviets responsible for incidents.
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Berlin
UPI
East Germany
Moscow
Lindsay calls for repeal of free mail literature law
Rep. John V. Lindsay of New York urges repeal of a law allowing congressmen to send large unaddressed postage free literature to constituents. He told the House on Monday that the abuse has no business being abused.
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Washington
UPI
John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
House
Virginia bill opposes coal slurry pipeline plan
A Virginia Legislature bill would block coal slurry pipelines from West Virginia across Virginia to seaports. It would bar land condemnation for pipelines and deny eminent domain, despite support in West Virginia. Opposing interests include rail and truck sectors.
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Richmond
UPI
Virginia
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
McHale Collins, Covington
West Virginia
Mediphone Fills Demanding Need for Practicing Doctors
Mediphone, a new physician service in operation since Jan 9, provides fast up-to-date drug information for doctors nationwide. Subscriptions cost 20 dollars yearly plus 3 dollars per inquiry, with about 1,000 signups in the first month and growth of roughly 25 per day as Dr. Cortez Enloe aims for 35,000 members.
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Maine
Cortez ‘F. Enloe
New York
Mediphone
Enloe
Mediphobe
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