Congress Opens With Civil Rights Aid Education On Agenda
Congress convenes with civil rights and federal aid to education as top early issues in a heated session. The 86th Congress faces partisan battles on hot measures as 33 senators and all 437 House members face re election. Projections include the two year aid program for school construction and civil rights fights in the Rules Committee.
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Washington
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House
Los Angeles
Chicago
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Rules Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Honeymooners Zaharias and Burgess wed in Las Vegas
George Zaharias and actress Betty Burgess married in a civil ceremony in Las Vegas. Zaharias, 50, widower of Babe Didrikson, and Burgess, 42, honeymooning. Didrikson died in 1956.
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Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
Betty Burgess
Las Vegas
Miss Didrikson
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
Sam Mitchell
Royal Oak Township
Detroit
William Ware
Church Leaders Decry Rash Of Anti-Semitism
Religious leaders worldwide condemn a surge of anti Jewish acts as an offense to all faiths. They urge firm commitment to brotherly love and expanded education to erase prejudice especially in Germany. Archbishops Dibelius and Iakovos warn of spiritual uneasiness and urge responsible action to prevent future incidents.
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Associated Press
Germany
Otto Dibelius
Berlin
Evangelical Luthern Church
Britain
United States
South Africa
Italy
Australia
Norway
Austria
Iakovos
North
South America
Judge watches crime scene as jury views murder site
In Los Angeles, Carole Tregoff and Dr R Bernard Finch face murder charges over the July 18 death of Barbara Jean Finch in West Covina. The jury inspected the hillside home and a neighbor’s lawn where Finch was killed, as prosecutors say the couple plotted to marry and claim $750,000 in community property.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
West Covina
Barbara Jean Finch
Mines Lab Branch Office Opens in Burleson Building
A new branch office and laboratory for the State Department of Mines opened in the Burleson Building at 111 Woodlawn Ave under State Director Crawford L. Wilson. The Beckley office, led by inspector-at-large Jay A. Philpott, serves New River and Winding Gulf divisions including Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, and Nicholas counties with 12 mine inspectors, a roof bolt inspector, and a safety inspector. An open house is set 2 to 8 p. m. Friday with Wilson present. The lab features a valumeter for coal dust, an Orsat for air composition, and air analysis to aid fire and rescue. Margaret Jones of Oak Hill will head the lab and serve as secretary. As of Nov. 1, 1959, 525 mines serve 11,899 workers with a potential 124,730 tons daily production.
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Burleson
Woodlawn Ave
Crawford L. Wilson
Beckley
Jay A. Philpott
Department
Wyoming
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Wilson
Orsat
Margaret Jones
Oak Hill
Philpott
Four area people aboard disabled ship after explosion
Four area residents were believed aboard a ship that was disabled by an explosion while sailing from the Bahamas to Miami. Rev Charles E Sanger said the ship had just arrived and the trip, which normally lasts 15 hours, stretched to 40. The captain called it a miracle no one was hurt. Other ships were dispatched to take on the passengers. Also aboard were Rev Ralph E Williams, state overseer of the Churches of God, and Rev Donald Pemberton of Beckley. Mrs Pemberton accompanied her husband to Florida, status of her trip unclear. The group was part of a caravan planned by the Church of God Missions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foreign missions program.
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Bahamas
Miami
Fla
Charles E. Sanger
Sanger
Ralph E. Williams
Churches of God
Donald Pemberton
Beckley
De Gaulle to Open U S Visit April 22
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle will begin his official visit to the United States on April 22 and stay through the end of the month. He will visit Canada April 19 to 22, per an office announcement.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Canada
de Gaulle
Gen. de Gaulle
Explosion Debris Scattered Over Half-Mile Area
A National Airlines four engine plane with 34 aboard crashed in woods near Bolivia North Carolina. Seven bodies recovered with officials noting no survivors. The DC6B was on a New York to Miami nonstop leg with weather and fuel concerns cited as factors.
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N. C
National Airlines
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Wilmington
Doyle Howard
Wilmington News
Howard
Atlantic
New York
Miami
Palm Beach
NAS
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
North Carolina Crash Marks First 1960 Airline Disaster
New York AP reports the National Airlines crash in North Carolina today as the first commercial airline disaster of 1960. The incident ends a day of aviation tragedy raising questions about safety and regulations.
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New York
North Carolina
National Airlines
Good News For Coal Industry State Economy Brighter After Steel Settlement
West Virginia reacts to a steel industry settlement with optimism for 1960 as coal and railroad sectors expect higher activity. Norfolk and Western forecasts 125 to 135 million tons of steel produced this year, while other industries caution about inflation and a possible spring railroad strike. Union Carbide and DuPont note recalls and stockpiling eased during shutdown, and contractors warn prices may rise on fabricated steel items.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Stuart T. Saunders
Norfolk & Western Railway
Roanoke
Saunders
Kanawha Valley
Lawrence R. O’brien
Union Carbide Metals Co
Alley
O’brien
Fred Otto
DuPont
Belle
Associated General Contractors of West Virginia, Inc
Snow Blankets Southern West Virginia Causing Driving Hazards
Heavy snow across Southern West Virginia, including Raleigh County, produced slick roads and multiple accidents. A Stamford school bus collision with a stalled car left no injuries. Chains were advised for travel across nine counties and several districts to keep roads passable amid four SRC crews and plowing efforts. Authorities urged extreme caution as four to seven inches fell in Logan and surrounding counties while some routes remained slick. Schools noted only minor disruption from the Stamford incident.
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Raleigh
Stamford
Fayette
Greenbrier
Monroe
Mercer
McDowell
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
State Road Commission
Minor Scott
Raeigh County
SRC
Shorty
Scott
Harper Road
Flat Top
White Oak Mountains
Beckley
Everett R. Shafer
Raleigh County
South Oakwood Avenue
Harry Roman
Cranberry
Alvin H. Rohrer
Central Avenue
Carl E. Garner
Skelton
Daphna Painter
Kilsyth
Beckley Place
Montgomery W
Logan County
Webster
Pocahontas
Randolph
West Virginia Turnpike
Charleston
Princeton
No. 4
Clarksburg
No. 6
Panhandle
Senators See Gains for West Virginia in New Congress
Washington AP West Virginia senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd foresee gains for the state in the new Congress. They cite pending and proposed bills on area redevelopment coal research youth conservation corps social security changes and education aid with local control. Byrd supports lowering Social Security eligibility to 60 for men and liberalizing disability benefits. Both favor coal research and a highway construction measure for labor surplus areas.
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Washington
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Youth Conservation Corps
Byrd
Randolph
Sen
Chutst Drifts 40 Cold Miles
In Athens Ohio AP reports 1st Lt Tom Barnett of Denver Colorado parachuted from a jet interceptor and drifted about 40 miles over a snowbound Ohio countryside before landing near Marietta He hit terra firma on Barnett Ridge and suffered a bloody nose He was treated at Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus where he is stationed
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Ohio
Tom Barnett
Denver
Colo
JA. Barnett
Here
Marietta
Terra Firma
Barnett Ridge
Barnett
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Dixie Shivers In First Snowstorm
A fast moving snow storm swept the South today bringing heavy white cover from Arkansas to North Carolina. The first big snowfall of the season disrupted travel, closed schools and cut power and phone service, with at least five deaths reported amid up to a foot of snow across eastern New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Missouri Kentucky and adjacent states.
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North Carolina
Dixie
Southland
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Southwest
Texas Panhandle
Weather warning and snow sweep across southern West Virginia
A heavy snow warning blankets southern West Virginia with moderate to heavy snowfall expected in the south and lighter accumulation in the north. Temperatures dip into the low 30s with mountain areas in the teens, tonight through Monday near normal highs in the 30s to mid-30s. Weather shifts, with cloudiness and chill through Friday, then a warmer Saturday. rain or snow possible Sunday or Monday totaling up to 12 inches in spots, with mountain flurries.
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Beckley
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