$3.5 Billion Education Aid Plan Proposed By MERRIMAN SMITH
A Kennedy era report urged a $3.5 billion federal education aid plan covering elementary, high schools, and colleges with $30 per child and federal support beyond local funds. The proposal, led by Purdue's Dr Frederick Hovde, urges legislative action and admin assistance to lift schools to new excellence. A separate Latin America report was deemed confidential by Pierre Salinger.
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Merriman Smith
United Press International New York
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Frederick Hovde
Purdue University
Washington
Force On Education
Five African States Threaten Congo Troop Withdrawal
Five neutralist nations Morocco United Arab Republic Guinea Ghana and Mali warned they will pull their troops from the U.N. Congo force if Patrice Lumumba is not restored to power. The joint policy was set at a Little African summit with Ceylon Libya and Algerian leaders. They backed a U.N. referendum plan for Algeria and left a date open for talks with Dag Hammarskjold.
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U.N
Congo
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
Morocco
United Arab Republic
Guinea
Ghana
Mali
Ceylon
Libya
Ferhat Abbas
Navy water lift ready if needed at Guantanamo Bay
The Navy plans a water lift to Guantanamo Bay Cuba if Fidel Castro cuts the Yateras River supply. The base is mostly self contained except for water with 10 million gallons in storage enough for weeks. Evaporators could extend supply but a lift from nearby islands would be more economical.
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UPI
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America
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Yateras
New River Gorge National Park Urged by Local Leader
J D Schultz president of Fayetteville Savings and Loan urges creation of New River Gorge National Park from Gauley Bridge to Hinton. He asks for federal interstate access on Route 19 and a joint state federal plan to survey and acquire lands, with WV Legislature to authorize a park commission.
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Hinton
J. D. Schultz
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Schultz
U. S
Jennings Randolph
Special Committee
Randolph
Fayetteville
Federal
New River National Park
West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park
Bluestone Reservoir
New River
United States
Appalachian Mountain Chain
National Park Service
Congress
River Gorge Park Commission
SEATO presses U S on Laos crisis in Bangkok meeting
SEATO debated reconvening the 1954 Geneva Conference to address Laos tensions. The council, meeting in Bangkok, adjourned until Tuesday without a decision on SEATO role. U.S. pressure mounted for a political solution while reporting on Soviet airlift of North Vietnamese paratroopers remained unsettled.
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Thailand
UPI
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Laos
Seato Council of Representatives
United States
SEATO
Alliance
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Pact
U.S
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Bald Knob Promises Good Weekend Skiing
Bald Knob plans a sunny weekend at the ski slopes with 14 inches of artificial snow. Manager Tom Minter says conditions are excellent and skiing runs until 10 pm. At 10 am the slope temperature was 38 degrees and warm weather would only hurt the slopes if temperatures rise into the 60s.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Minter
West Virginia Weather Update With Mild Weekend Ahead
A western Virginia weather summary notes a fair night with lows near 32 and a mild Saturday. Temperatures run 3 to 4 degrees above normal, with north values around 47/27 and south around 43/22. weekend warmth gives way to colder conditions by midweek. Precipitation favored Monday or Tuesday at about half an inch. Beckley reports yesterday's high 48 and low 28, Oak Hill 50/27, River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and frozen with 2.5 gates open and gauge 2.3 ft.
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Csescseseee
Oak Hill
Tours
Oaks
Court To Hear Condemned Man Appeal In Huntington
In Cabell County Circuit Court Judge John W Hereford will hear Ernest Stevenson 23 appeal for a new trial after his death sentence for murdering 38 year old Louise Davis an employee at a Huntington seafood market The execution was postponed to allow the appeal If denied the case will go to the West Virginia Supreme Court for further review.
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UPID
Cabell County
John W. Hereford
Ernest Stevenson
Stevenson
Louise Davis
Hereford
West Virginia Supreme Court
Douglas seeks hearings on area aid loan program
Senator Paul H. Douglas asks the Senate Banking Committee for hearings next week on a 392 million dollar loan and grant program to revitalize distressed areas. The proposal, backed by President-elect Kennedy, aims to fulfill a priority request and accelerate aid despite questions from Senator Robertson about timing and committee action.
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API
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
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Douglas
United Press International
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
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Robertson
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Eisenhower
Banking Committee
West Virginia car trip ends in thwarted underage marriage
A 16-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl from Akron, Ohio, were picked up in Marshall County after driving to West Virginia to marry. With a flat tire and no money, they could not proceed. Deputies found them in a truck, parents were summoned, and the couple was returned home.
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Marshall County Sheriff's Deputies
Akron
Ohio
West Virginia
Worry Less, Sleep Better Says Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz encourages action over worry. He recalls chronic anxiety years ago and insomnia from overthinking. He warns that worrying can harm sleep and even cause imagined harm like sheep counting against him.
Frisco Hotel Fire Kills 14 in Mission District
A mattress blaze at the four story Thomas Hotel on Fifth and Mission in San Francisco killed 14 people and injured about 30 as flames swept the building. Fire Chief William Murray said more may have died if an alarm had sounded earlier.
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UPI
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William Murray
Fifth and Mission Sts
Murray
Ed Davis
Kennedy to be named president in official count today
Washington and Havana reports show Kennedy poised to be officially declared president as electoral votes are counted in a joint session with Nixon announcing the result. Hawaii’s corrected certificate places Kennedy at 303 votes amid possible objections from Inouye aides. Castro militia moves against Catholic institutions in Cuba as tensions rise.
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UPI
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Cuba
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Knights of Columbus
Catholic Workers’ Association
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Santiago de Las Vegas
Castro
U.S
Malecon
Fayette Countian Given New Post
Charles E. Evans 44 of Barboursville is named assistant West Virginia commissioner of finance and administration in the incoming Barron administration. Evans has 18 years in state government and most recently served as assistant budget director under Henry L. Ash. The Jan. 16 appointment was announced by Truman Gore of Clarksburg.
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UPI
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Barboursville
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Truman Gore
Clarksburg
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Fayette County
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Beckley
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Liege clashes as Belgium protests flare and auto crisis looms
Rolling strikers clash with gendarmes in Liege amid failed mediation by King Baudouin. Brussels sees new anti-government demos as a broader unrest grows. Detroit papers highlight both record 1960 auto sales and 1961 production cutbacks and 31,000 layoffs. Four men robbed a Grace Lines cash office in NYC with $61,000. Actress June Allyson and producer Dick Powell plan divorce after 15 years of marriage.
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Brussels
Baudouin
Belgium
Detroit
Grace Lines
New York City
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Dick Powell
Miss Allyson
Powell
Pamela
Rickie
Eleanor Lambert Berkson
Palm Springs
Calif
New York
Pacific and Orient
Arcadia
U. S. Coast Guard
Honolulu
Violence Flare During Algerian Referendum Voting
Moslem villagers European settlers and French front-line soldiers began voting on de Gaulle plan to end the Algerian war. Violence reported includes the killing of a Moslem director at Kerrata near Constantine, bomb explosions in Algiers and Oran, and several blasts in Paris with no serious injuries.
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Algeria
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Kerrata
Constantine
Oran
Paris
Right Bank
UN Disregards Cuban Charge At UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council declined to vote on a mild resolution as Fidel Castro alleged a US plan to invade Cuba. No supporting evidence was produced, and the charge was effectively buried in UN files.
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N.Y
UPC
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Security Council
Girl Exonerated In Dad's Death
A Jackson County grand jury declined to indict 16 year old Fredalene Jones of Fairplain for the shooting death of her father Hobart Jones 46 at their home. The girl said she shot him to protect her mother and siblings amid alleged mistreatment as Jones returned intoxicated. State Police noted the shooting followed a family argument.
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UPI
Here
Jackson County
Fredalene Jones
Fairplain
Hobart Jones
Iast
Jones
Beckley Mayor Denies Breach Of Faith In Bid Release
Beckley Mayor Cecil L. Miller rejects charges of breach of faith after Gates and Genovese protested public release of their bid for a city planning project. Miller notes the firm’s $51,000 proposal was higher than the $20,000 allocated, stressing taxpayers deserve full cost details. The letter, printed in the Post-Herald, followed a Regis ter report on the Planning and Zoning Commission’s selection process and bid comparisons.
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Cecil L. Miller
Post-Herald
Leslie Gates
Gates and
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Register
Miller
Gates and Genovese
Planning and Zoning Commission
Morning Post-Herald
Planning and Zoning Board
Leiton E. Miller
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