New York Bus Strike Shuts Private Lines Amid Snow
A TWU Local 100 strike halted Fifth Avenue Coach Lines and Surface Transit, affecting 1.3 million daily riders plus 200,000 in Westchester. NYC Transit Authority buses and subways kept running as snowfall blankets the city during New Year revelry.
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New York
UPI
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Fifth Avenue Coach Lines
Surface Transit, Inc
Westchester County
Westchester Street Transportation Co
New York City Transit Authority
Times Square
Name 3rd House Building For Rayburn
Rep. Carl Vinson said he will sponsor a resolution to name the $80 million third House office building for the late Speaker Sam Rayburn who died Nov. 16. Vinson, Rayburn’s successor as dean, believes the bill will pass unanimously.
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Washington
UPI
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Sam Rayburn
Vinson
Rayburn
James C. Auchincloss
R-N.j
Snow to hit eastern West Virginia with several inches
United Press International reports heavy snow in the eastern portion of West Virginia with hazardous driving in the mountains. The Carolinas and southwest Virginia expected four to six inches while the rest of the state sees flurries, under cloudy, cold skies as a low pressure system moves north from Florida. Temperatures tonight into Tuesday drop to the teens across most of West Virginia.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Charleston Weather Bureau
Florida
Carolinas
Southwest Virginia
West Virginia Weather Update For The Region
Cloudy and cold today with snow flurries west and east pockets totaling several inches. Hazardous driving likely with highs in the 30s, tonight 15 to 20. Five day outlook: near normal 47 27 south and 43 22 north, cold Tuesday, warmer later. mountain precipitation light aside from snow flurries Tuesday and Wednesday. Oak Hill report notes high yesterday and a 24 hour low. Greenbrier River conditions normal and clear. Lake Bluestone normal and clear with 23 gates open and gauge at 2.5 feet.
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Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Shortening The News From Wire Dispatches
Tenley Albright world and Olympic skating champ now a Boston surgical resident married Tudor Gardiner of Boston son of a former Maine governor. Albright won world title at 17 and 1956 Olympic gold in Italy. The nation opens 1962 with 185 235 000 people up 2 978 000. Robert F. Wagner sworn in for a third term as NYC mayor. TIME named Kennedy Man of the Year 1961. Morningside College’s 36 voice choir to represent the U S at a Bayreuth festival next August. An earthquake rattled the South Dakota Capitol with minor damage. Pope John XXIII prayed for God’s spirit to lift a troubled world in 1962. Times Square crowds greet the new year, 600 000 horn blasts. Pakistan reports 300 smallpox deaths in two months. President Goulart of Brazil voices personal disagreement with Soviet philosophy but maintains ties for trade. Barbara Burns improve but unconscious after third self harm attempt in four months. Betty Hutton’s mother dies in West Hollywood blaze.
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Tenley Albright
Beverly Hospital
Boston
Tudor Gardiner
Maine
Albright
Italy
United States
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Time Magazine
Kennedy
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
Bayreuth
Germany
South Dakota
Pierre
John XXIII
Times Square
Daily Dawn
Pakistan
Joao Goulart
Brazil
Barbara Burns
Bob (Bazooka) Burns
Hollywood
Betty Hutton
West Hollywood
First 1962 Raleigh County baby is Andre Javion Portee
Andre Javion Portee, six pounds, born at 3:23 a.m. today at Beckley Memorial Hospital, first 1962 Raleigh County baby. His mother Mrs Portee resides with her parents in Mount Hope while husband is with the U S Navy in the Mediterranean. Father’s status and other family details are noted with local ties to Decota Whitby and the Criders.
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Raleigh
Andre Javion Portee
Harvey L. Portee
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Luther D. Crider
Decota
Albert Drafton
Whitby
Criders
Albert Junior Drafton
First New Year baby born at Portsmouth General Hospital
In Portmouth Virginia the first New Year's baby of 1962 arrived just one second after midnight. The girl was born to Ruby Freeman 19 wife of William Freeman a Portsmouth naval shipyard worker confirming Virginia may have the nation’s first newborn of the year.
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Portsmouth
Wyoming County Welcomes First New Year Baby
Deborah Lynn Cooke was born at 7:10 a.m. in Pineville Maternity Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. David H. Cooke Jesse. She weighed eight pounds six and a half ounces and is the Cookes' first child. Her mother is the former Dixie Lafferty.
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Pineville
Rns
Wyoming County
Deborah Lynn Cooke
David H. Cooke
Jesse
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Deborah
Cookes
Dixie Lafferty
Khrushchev Offers Two Toasts At Kremlin Reception
Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposed two toasts at a Kremlin New Year reception for world peace and for peoples liberated from colonial oppression. Western diplomats saw a calm mood and no bombshells, with 2,000 guests including Gagarin and Titov and former leaders Voroshilov and Brezhnev in attendance.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titovi
Klimenti Voroshilov
Leonid Brezhnev
Brownie To Appear On Television Tonight
NEW YORK UPI The famous brown hound Brownie from Gilbert West Virginia is set for a nationwide TV appearance on I ve Got A Secret at 10 30 p m CBS He was entombed eight weeks in an abandoned coal mine and rescued last month owner Richard Hatfield and Brownie arrived from Charleston by plane The dog has received gifts totaling about 160 and has regained weight since his ordeal.
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New York
UPI
Gilbert
Mingo County
CBS
Richard Hatfield
Brownie
W. Va
Charleston
Fifth Avenue
Canada
Paris
Hatfield
Kennedy Khrushchev greet 1962 with peace hopes
In Palm Beach on New Year’s Day President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev sent messages hoping for closer peaceable relations in 1962. Both leaders acknowledged past troubles and urged steps toward quieting military danger while praising the duties of overseas U.S. armed forces.
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Alvin Spivak
Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Charles B
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Leaders Expect Controversial Budget Session
West Virginia lawmakers prepare for a long hot 30 day budget session starting next week. Senate President Carson, House leaders Singleton Moreland and Brotherton warn it may be the most controversial since 1956 with a record 30 items in the governor's call. They foresee coal pipeline, reapportionment and sales tax debates and warn of vote trading as the session shapes public policy.
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Carlo J. Salzano
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
Carson
House
Julius Singleton
William Moreland
Morgantown
W.T. Brotherton Jr
W. W. Barron
Moreland
Marshall College
Kennedy Khrushchev exchange frames New Year danger and hope
In separate New Year messages, President Kennedy tells U S armed forces they embody America's spirit and ideals, while Soviet Premier Khrushchev challenges whether humanity advances toward peace or war, underscoring Cold War tensions and calls for restraint.
Public Meeting Slated On Slurry In A Hurry
A public meeting at Raleigh County Courthouse at 7 30 p m Thursday aims to discuss the proposed coal pipeline or slurry in a hurry. Beckley business leaders and coal and railroad opposition camps plan to attend, with legislators urged to join amid Governor Barron's support and the January legislative call. Lunch plans for further talks are set for Tuesday at Beckley Winn Hotel.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Beckley-Winn
Famed Filmland Attorney Jerry Giesler Dies at 75
Hollywood mourns Jerry Giesler, famed film lawyer who defended stars like Chaplin, Lana Turner, Mitchum, Monroe, Flynn and Valentino. He died in sleep at his Beverly Hills home at about 4 a.m. PST after a year of heart issues and a December stroke, ending a long active career.
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Hollywood
UPI
Jerry Giesler
Beverly Hills
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Giesler
Charlie Chaplin
Lana Turner
Robert Mitchum
Marilyn Monroe
Errol Flynn
Rudolph Valentino
Johnny
Safe Weekend Hopes Smashed As Toll Jumps
Traffic deaths spiked at New Year with 228 fatalities since the weekend began, led by California 23, Texas 21, Florida 16, and New York State 15. A Windsor New Jersey fire claimed three children, while overall casualties lagged the Christmas weekend high of 525.
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United Press International
California
Texas
Florida
Oklahoma
New York State
Alabama
Illinois
Windsor
N.J
Second Traffic Death Recorded
A Clarksburg man, Jarred T. Shipman, 54, was fatally injured when a car he rode in crashed into a utility pole on U.S. 50 during West Virginia’s New Year weekend, raising the state toll to at least two in the 78 hour period that began Friday at 6 p.m. and ends tonight at midnight.
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United Press International
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Jarred T. Shipman
Roane Ave
U. S. 50
Portugal Declares State of Alert After Barracks Clash
Rebels and government troops clashed at Beja army barracks near Lisbon. Four people were killed, including Lt. Col. Jaime da Fonseca and three rebels. The insurgent leader Varlea Gomes was wounded and captured. The government imposed a national state of alert and deployed troops nationwide. The coup attempt aimed at Antonio Oliveira Salazar's regime.
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Lisbon
Beja
Jaime de Fonseca
Army Ministry
Varlea Gomes
Antonio Oliveira Salazar
Jaime da Fonseca
Gomes
Portugal
Salazar
Burglar duo foiled by police watch in Charleston
Two would be burglars, Samuel Vance aged 20 and a 17 year old, faced charges of breaking and entering and destruction of property after they tried to pry a vending machine at Gardner Buck building. Alfred Hackley, a nearby janitor, alerted 11 officers who arrived in five squad cars and chased them back inside before arrest.
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Charleston
UPI
Samuel Vance
Gardner Buck
Alfred Hackley
Police Department
D. J. Roush
Lebanon quells revolt as 400 arrested in crackdown
Beir ut security forces arrested more than 400 people in a post revolt roundup led by right wing Arab nationalists. The state radio said 120 armed men were nabbed in two villages and that 40 soldiers were deceived into joining the insurrection.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Beirut Radio
Abdullah Saadah
Social Nationalist Party
Greater Syria Party
Saadah
Fuad Chehab
Chehab
PPS
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