Gorge Plan Delayed By Bureaucracy and Costs
Dr. Lane defends progress on the Bluestone and Hawks Nest projects saying the Gorge development plan faces delays from funding needs. The two programs total nearly 7 million dollars with 3.327 million to be borrowed and 268 thousand to be state funded. Lane praises engineers and staff, notes federal help sought since July, and cites ongoing Washington outreach amid cost hurdles.
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Lane
Bluestone
Hawks Nest
Hawks Nest Comets
New River Gorge
Park Service
Charleston
Pocket directory shows aging lawmakers in pictures
Washington dispatch notes the revised pocket congressional directory featuring member photos, including Frances Bolton. The piece humorously contrasts the pocket and regular editions, observes aging in photos, and jokes about unchanged images creating an illusion of youth. Representative Howard W. appears in a teaser for Page 2.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Matthew Brady
Rep
Howard W
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Rural Conditions
Mostly cloudy today with highs in the 30s and a low in the mid 20s. Saturday brings rain or snow south and likely snow north. five day forecast shows temperatures 4 to 5 degrees below normal with a 0.25 to 0.50 inch water accumulation over the weekend and again midweek. Beckley Oak Hill and regional readings listed with overnight lows in the mid 20s to low 30s. Greenbrier River conditions normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with 6 gates open. National note: lowest national temp 5 degrees at International Falls. highs 72 at Miami Beach and Brownsville.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Hinton
Hi-Lo
New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
International Falls
Minn
Mi_ Beach
Fla
Brownsville
Pex
Notable 82 year old ex-UMW president set for discharge
John L. Lewis will leave Springfield Illinois hospital next week after surgery for a perforated ulcer. Douglas Aircraft plans to lay off six hundred today due to Skybolt project cancellation. Australia grants asylum to a Polish consulate aide. Eisenhower couple depart Harrisburg for winter California. New York newspaper strike negotiations remain in recess. Russian peasants seek US help then return to Siberia. Funeral changes for Jack Carson. John W. King becomes New Hampshire's first Democratic governor in 44 years. Russia to start direct air service to Syria and Iraq. Bourguiba nearing recovery from facial infection. US Chamber of Commerce unveils a 10 point labor program. State briefs note NSF grant for WV high school science institute and 1921 capitol fire anniversary. Fire victims Mrs. Louella Collins remains in serious condition.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Springfield
Lewis
Douglas Aircraft Co
Australia
Gerzy Boniecki
Sydney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harrisburg
California
Palm Desert
New York
Cleveland
U.S
Moscow
Siberia
Jack Carson
Jas
Wee Kirk
Forest Lawn
John W. ‘King
New ‘Hampshire
Russia
Syria
Iraq
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Tunis
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia Wesleyan College
National Science Foundation
West Virginia State Capitol
Charleston
Louella Collins
Valley Bend
Elkins
State Map Mislabels Bald Knob Photograph
The 1962 West Virginia Blue Book arrives with little change. The cover map photo of Bald Knob is miscaptioned as Skiing on Cabin Mountain near Thomas and Davis, off U.S. 219 and WV Route 32, misplacing Bald Knob’s lodge and access road.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Sissonville Interchange
Bald Knob
Cabin Mountain
Thomas and
Davis
U.S. 219
W. Va
Hussein voices anger at U S policy in Middle East
Jordan King Hussein accused the United States of undercutting its Middle East allies by recognizing Yemen's weak regime led by Abdullah Sallal and aligning with Russia and the UAR. He urged Yemeni self determination and a plebiscite to decide their future, condemning foreign interference.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Hussein
United States
Middle East
Yemen
United Press International
Russia
United Arab Republic
U.S
Abdullah Sallal
Egypt
Imam el Badr
el Badr
Cuba
Free World
Cooper May Orbit Earth 22 Times
Houston, UPS: Gordon Cooper may complete 22 orbits if his Mercury flight succeeds this spring. NASA plans add four more orbits if the first 18 go well, shifting recovery landings to the Pacific Ocean and possibly extending mission time from 24 to 34 hours.
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Houston
UPS
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Space Agency
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cooper
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean
NATO air mobility drills set for January in Europe
Gen Lyman Lemnitzer the new supreme Allied commander of Europe announced air mobility exercises will run January 14 to 17 to test NATO defenses in Europe.
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Paris
UPI
Lyman Lemnitzer
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Woman Offers to Adopt Nine Orphaned NC Children
Marie Schlichting and her husband Charles, of Illinois, propose adopting nine siblings aged 10 months to 14 years after their parents died in a highway crash. Officials say previous offers to adopt all nine were rejected. the family would provide bunk beds and three bedrooms to keep the children together.
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Chicago
UPI
North Carolina
Marie Schlichting
Charles
Caldwell County
Schlichting
Norridge
Ill
RCA Philco dispute settled out of court
New York. RCA and Philco announce an out of court settlement ending a five year patent battle involving 324 million dollars. Philco withdraws 150 million and RCA drops 174 million in claims. RCA gains non exclusive licenses to current Philco and Ford patents and related patents, paying Philco 9 million. Rights to later color TV patents priced at prevailing rates.
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New York
UPI
Radio Corp. of America
Philco Corp
U.S
Philadelphia
Philco
Ford Motor Co
RCA
Ford
Probe Pinpoints Mine Ventilation
At a public hearing in Garards Fort Pennsylvania state Mine Secretary Lewis Evans and United Mine Workers acting president W A Boyle pressed witnesses on the ventilation system at U S Steel operated Robena No 3 coal mine. Boyle said the Dec 6 Frosty Run shaft explosion may be traced to ventilation interruption though no definite cause yet.
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Carmichaels
UPI
Robena No. 3
Lewis Evans
W. A. Boyle
United Mine Workers
U.S. Steel
Garards Fort
Robena
Boyle
Evans
United Press International
UN Troops Hold Jadotville as Bunche Heads to Congo
U.N. troops hold positions at Jadotville amid questions over the capture against orders. Dr Ralph Bunche flies from New York to Leopoldville to probe a communications breakdown and the decision to seize Jadotville. The action drew praise for its execution but fueled criticism of UN strategy in Katanga.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Jadotville
Kolwezi
Katanga
Moise Tshome
New York
U.N
Ralph J. Bunche
Congo
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Bunche
Thant
Elisabeth
Kingfish's Son To Spearhead JFK Program
Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana, son of Huey Long, is poised to shoulder much of President Kennedy's tax program in the new Congress. He becomes the No. 2 Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee after the death of Senator Kerr, with Byrd’s chairmanship likely ending in two years. Long backs an across the board tax cut to spur the economy and may lead the drive to pass Kennedy's tax agenda amid spending-cut demands from Byrd.
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Washington
UPI
Russell B. Long
Huey
Kingfish) Long
Kennedy
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Long
Finance
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Senate
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Louisiana
Trains Crash near Calcutta in India
Two trains collided head on about 200 miles north of Calcutta injuring 50 others. The Indian Railway Ministry reported the collision occurred between Kathiwar and Barauni near Calcutta on the Bay of Bengal.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Calcutta
Indian Railway Ministry
Kathiwar
Barauni
Bay of Bengal
Solakov Cleared Of Spy Charges
Bulgarian pilot Miluse Solakov, 23, cleared of spy charges that could have brought 24 years in prison, arrived in Rome from Bari and said he would return to Bulgaria at once. Bulgarian diplomats met him at the train and escorted him to the Legation. He told reporters he was glad the truth triumphed and he could go home.
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Rome
UPI
Miluse Solakov
Bari
Italy
Legation
Bulgaria
Solakov
Purity Maid Baking closes Beckley plant after 40 years
After four decades serving Beckley, Purity Maid Baking Company ends its Beckley plant. All baked goods now come from Charleston bakeries. Assistant manager Paul Payne Jr. cites union difficulties as the reason for layoffs, though exact numbers are undetermined.
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Beckley
Purity Maid Baking Company
Charleston
Paul Payne Jr
Payne
Viet Cong Score Major Victory At Ap Bac Village
In Ap Bac Viet Nam communist guerrillas killed 65 government troops and wounded 100 as a Viet Cong battalion held the village against a much larger government force. Three Americans were killed and four wounded when several helicopters were shot down or damaged. The battle prompted calls to reassess U S and South Vietnamese military tactics.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
Ap Bac
U.S
Train Kills Two West Virginians near Chillicothe
Two Sissonville men, Charles A. Bailey 41 and John A. Bogges 29, were killed when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck their truck at a crossing near Chillicothe Ohio. Bailey reportedly failed to yield. The train dragged the truck 400 feet. rescuers used cutters to free the victims.
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Chillicothe, Ohio
UPI
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Charles A. Bailey
John A. Bogges
Sissonville
Bailey
Parkersburg
Chillicothe
Bogges
Cold Cash Found With Two Frozen Spinsters
Two elderly sisters Miss Jeannette McCutcheon, 82, and Helen McCutcheon, 87, were found dead from exposure in their unheated Boston home during a cold spell. Police said the house contained over $14,500 in cash and negotiable securities, with a likely oil burner failure cited as the cause.
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Boston
Jeannette McCutcheon
Helen
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By Dietrich Mummendey
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