Kennedy to wage all out fight for tax cut
President Kennedy faces a battle over a one package tax reform plan and the Rules Committee size as 1963 unfolds. He seeks a tax cut to curb unemployment while steering foreign policy through a wary East West balance and Cuba shift. His aides predict a tough year with Medicare, education aid, and labor tensions shaping the agenda.
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Miners refuse to report to Robena Mine after deadly explosion
Nearly 1,000 workers at Robena No. 3 coal mine stay away as they seek assurances no further blasts will occur. Union officials urge safety steps after the Dec. 6 Frosty Run Shaft explosion killed 37 miners. U.S. Steel, which operates the mine, would not comment ahead of Thursday hearing.
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UPI
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Pittsburgh
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Kelly
Lewis Evans
Charles Ferguson
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Federal Bureau of Mines
New Welfare Administrator Named Here
Royce N. Snodgrass named administrator for District Eight of the West Virginia Welfare Department’s Division of Child Welfare. He arrives from Huntington to Beckley, succeeds Andrew G. Cox, and brings degrees from Glenville State College and Marshall University. Snodgrass is a Charlestown native and WWII Navy veteran.
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Huntington
State Department of Welfare
Child Welfare
Glenville State College
Marshall University
Maine Storm Relaxes Grip
Rescue teams continue 24 hour search for families motorists and ice fishermen trapped by a brutal blizzard in northern Maine. The storm eased its grip on the Northeast and moved seaward leaving at least 27 dead. The Weather Bureau forecast clear and warmer conditions today.
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UPI
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U.S. Weather Bureau
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Five Day Forecast
Mostly sunny with some cloudiness in the northern portion and warmer temperatures today reaching the upper 20s to low 30s. Fair tonight with lows 5 to 15 degrees east and 10 to 20 west. Thursday fair and a bit warmer. Five day forecast calls for 4 to 6 degrees below normal highs and lows, rising temps Friday, colder weekend, two to four tenths inch precipitation mainly Friday or Saturday. River conditions steady to cloudy as Greenbrier and Lake levels hold. New gauge opened at Hinton recording 3.4 ft. The national note cites a 4 below zero low in Utah and 76 high in Texas Brownsville.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Hinton
End of Norstad era as NATO commander in Europe
General Lauris Norstad ended six crisis filled years as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe in a ceremony near Paris handing over command to General Lyman Lemnitzer. Western strength provides confidence and hope for the future.
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Mediterranean Sea
Byrd urges federal program to aid West Virginia defense work
Sen. Robert Byrd urged President Kennedy to launch a special federal program to reverse West Virginia population decline and boost defense contracts. He cited a 4.7 percent population drop from 1960 to mid 1962 and questioned the state’s share of prime defense contracts. Byrd urged a plan to spur new plant facilities or decentralize defense work to West Virginia to curb loss of younger workers and aid economic progress.
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D-W. Va
Kennedy
West Virginia
Byrd
U. S. Census Bureau
Mountai
Community Facilities Administration
California
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Kerr Death Creates Leadership Gap in Senate
Sen. Robert S. Kerr dies at 66, leaving a Democratic leadership vacuum as Congress nears a new session. Known as the uncrowned king of the Senate, Kerr influenced tax cut and legislation efforts for President Kennedy. His death leaves the party lineup intact, with speculation about potential successor moves in Oklahoma.
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Lneup
Howard Edmondson
Edmondson
Henry Bellman
George Nigh
West Virginia Rolls First in Rose Bowl Parade Float
West Virginia won first place among states in the 74th Rose Bowl Parade with the Memorable Moments of the West Virginia Centennial float. Indiana placed second and Wisconsin third. Vinson High School band of Huntington led the float.
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Rotary Clubs
California
Sandra Ross
Kanawha County
Dee Ann Moore
Jackson County
Betty Catherine Tucker
Mercer
Barbara Ann Broadwater
Pleasants County
Nancy Grace Conwell
Harrison County
W. W. Barron
Violet Snedegar
Elkins
Reds Down 5 U. S. Copters Over Saigon Area
An American Army captain was killed and three other Americans were wounded as five U S helicopters were shot down by Viet Cong near the Plain of Reeds about 30 miles southwest of Saigon. The loss included four H21s from the 93rd Helicopter Company and one HUIB.
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Rang
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UPI
Tan Hiep
Tshombe Told It Is Too Late To Negotiate
United Nations troops push toward Tshombe strongholds Jadotville and Kolwezi in Katanga as Tshombe rallies around Kolwezi. The U N rejects his cease fire request and says Thant will not resume negotiations beyond technical talks. Gardiner offers Tshombe safe conduct back to Elisabethville to negotiate Katanga's reintegration.
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Salisbury
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Alport
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London
Dodson
Robert K. Gardiner
Kaufman Attacks West Virginia Gross Sales Tax
Sen. Paul J. Kaufman argues the Business and Occupation Privilege Tax burdens West Virginia with high rates and discrimination. He calls for overhauling the gross sales tax to spur industry and growth, citing its impact on unemployment, welfare, and state prosperity.
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Charleston
West Virginia
UMVA Opposes Tax On Profits In statewide program
FAIRMONT UP I UMVA opposes a state corporate net income tax as part of a six part legislative program presented to 25 state senators and delegates. The memo says such a tax would hinder industrial development and deter expansion plans while endorsing water resources committee recommendations led by Cecil B. Highland.
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UPI
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Adonis S. Hunt
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Congress Plans Heavy Diet Of Probes In 1960s Year
Washington reports Congress intends a busy year of investigations covering the baby adoption racket narcotics peddling pep pills teenagers newspaper mergers stockpile surpluses and the Billie Sol Estes farm scandal. Last session spent over 5 million on probes with extensive testimony and many witnesses under TV glare.
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UPI
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Twelve Alarm Philadelphia Fire Destroys Building
An eight story building burned to the ground in a 12 alarm blaze in North Philadelphia Tuesday night. The fire ruined about 30 homes, damaged a Reading Railroad right of way, and for more than an hour threatened a crowded nine block area. Fire department higher alerts brought out all equipment and hundreds of firefighters.
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UPI
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Explosion at Home Packing Co. plant kills and traps workers
An explosion at the Home Packing Co. meat plant in Terre Haute trapped workers amid rubble and ammonia fumes. Police reported at least two dead and 38 injured with others possibly buried under debris. Two rescued men died on arrival at Union Hospital.
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UPI
Union Hospital
Home Packing Co
First 1963 Road Deaths Among 8 Holiday Victims
West Virginia reporting eight holiday road deaths over the 102 hour New Year period including two highway fatalities on New Year’s Day 1963. Victims include Bernard Herron Parkersburg 77 and Robert Baldwin Welch 27. Other fatalities involve George Sutton Jr Clarksburg area 15 and accompanying injuries to Hades Warner Bristol Harrison County and others.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Riply
Jackson County
Bernard R. Herron
Parkersburg
Robert L. Baldwin
Welch
U. S. 52
Herron
Gary G. Clinton
Huntington
George Sutton Jr
Clarksburg
U. S. 50
Hades Warner
Bristol
Harrison County
Thomas Haskins
Jack Grimm
Raymond White
West Virginia Economy Clocks Slower November
West Virginia's economy paused in November with 11 of 22 indicators rising from October and the same 11 up but down year over year. The Chamber of Commerce notes seasonal gains in retail sales gas output tax receipts auto sales postal earnings and cash farm income. Total employment dropped 1 percent to 527,300 while unemployment rose 9.4 percent to 61,800.
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UPI
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Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Indica
Khrushchev Urges Better Soviet American Relations
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in a New Year message to President Kennedy calls for joint Soviet American effort to improve relations and the international situation. The message, published in Izvestia, is signed by Khrushchev and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev.
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UPI
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Kennedy
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Lzvestla
Leonid Breznev
Safety Record Hopes Dashed 387 Perish
The four day New Year weekend traffic toll rose toward a record low goal but remaining below earlier estimates. United Press International counted 387 road deaths with California leading at 46 fatalities and Alaska to Wyoming reporting no deaths. The worst prior New Year period saw 409 killed in 1956-57.
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National Safety Council
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Georgia
Ohio
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Virginia
Alaska
Hawaii
Delaware
Kentucky
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Wyoming
Foreign pictures spark talk of U S production rise
The remark suggests rapid growth of domestic film production if foreign pictures maintain popularity, signaling potential industry shifts and investment interest.
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