C&O B&O Merger Date Remains Uncertain
The ICC approved the C&O's control of the B&O but timing for a full merger is unclear. The agreement would boost B&O rehabilitation with an estimated 200 million dollar settlement and potential 45 million dollars in annual savings within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Harlan
NEW York
UPI
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
C&o
B&o
Washington
Chicago
Cincinnati
Scientists urge higher priority for life detection in space program
About 100 leading American scientists urged the government to emphasize life-detection in space exploration. They warned Earthly prestige and timely Mars mission readiness in 1966 require enhanced biology research and in-flight techniques for long voyages. They urged adding a microphonic recording in the first unmanned Mars capsule and elevating study of extraterrestrial life to the top goal of the space program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Earth
Mars
Moon
The
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Space Science Board
National Academy of Sciences
State University of Iowa
National Space Agency
NASA
Safety Belts May Become Mandatory
Charleston West Virginia may require safety belts in new cars next year as part of 10 recommendations from the Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Committee steering group. Other proposals include boosting the State Police by 77 to 357, across the board $65 monthly raises, mandatory chemical tests for suspected drunk drivers, speed limit authority for the State Road Commission, driver point system incorporation, and replacing coroners with medical examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Senator Jolly Retires to Focus on Law Practice
State Sen. W H Bill Jolly of Mississippi says he will retire from the legislature to devote full time to his law practice. He states serving as a senator is a luxury he cannot afford to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Miss
UPI
W. H
Bill
Jolly
Bodies Of Three GIs Sent Home From Ap Bac Battle
Three U S soldiers identified as Capt Kenneth N Good Sgt William L Deal and Sp 4 Donald L Braman were killed during an airlift operation at Ap Bac in the Plain of Reeds near Saigon. Their bodies were returned home Saturday as U S forces prepared to continue helicopter airlift missions despite the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
United States
Pentagon
Washington
Ap Bac
Reeds
Kenneth N. Good
Hawaii
West Point
William L. Deal
Mays Landing
N. J
Donald L. Braman
Radcliff, Ky
Mexico mobilizes mid peasant unrest across three states
Federal troops were deployed in Chihuahua Durango and Guerrero as peasant land occupations surged. Thousands moved onto private lands in Chihuahua while Durango saw hundreds on entitle ranches prompting army aid requests. Guerrero faced armed clashes and a state of siege amid ongoing political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Chihuahua
Durango
Torreon
Coahuila
Livestock Growers Union of
Suspected theft ends with 550-pound safe found in home
Mrs. Nancy Jones told police the safe looked suspicious before officers found a 550 pound safe in her living room. She said her husband Stacy and two men brought it home during the night, and the officer arrested him when he arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPD
Nancy Jones
Stacy
Jones
Man Seeks Eight Foot Staircase In London Classified Ad
UPI reports The Times of London ran a classified display advertisement seeking to buy a spiral staircase eight feet high and 42 inches wide. The notice reflects a private buyer's request published in the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staircase London
UPI
The
Times of London Today
Cull's Cure-All Machines Seized
A religious cult the Founding Church of Scientology denounces a federal raid that seized training equipment and pamphlets used to train auditors. Government officials argue the Hubbard electrometers are lie detectors and false claims linked illnesses to readings. The church condemns the seizure as a threat to religious freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APS
Khrushchev
Church of Scientology
Oscar Brinkman
Russia
Mona Lisa Stay Extended at National Gallery in Washington
The Mona Lisa exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington will stay through Feb 3 after the French government approved the extension. James J. Rorimer announced a later showing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Feb 7 to March 4 before the painting sails back to France on March 7 aboard the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Gallery of Art
John Walker
Louvre
Leonardo DaVinci
James J. Rorimer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
France
United States
Kennedy Receives Congo Briefing From Rusk in Palm Beach
President Kennedy was given a real time Congo update by Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Palm Beach. Rusk said peace depends on Katanga's next moves, as huddle included CIA head McCone and NATO delegate Finletter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Finletter
U.S
NATO Council
Fiduciary notices and creditors in Raleigh County estates
Notices indicate final and annual settlements for multiple Raleigh County estates including Bonar Lilly Burks Jackson Reynolds Jarrell Math erly Lopez and a minor guardianship for Don W Loflin. Creditors invited to present claims by June 29 1963 with beneficiaries advised to attend. classified display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Novicki
John Bonar
Lorrene Wilcox
O. W. Lilly
M. Inez Atkinson
Edward E. Burks
Ada Mary Jackson
John H. Jackson
Teressie B. Reynolds
Beckley National Bank
Don W. Loflin
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
West Virginia
James T. Wooten
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
Almanac Today January 7 1963 highlights
Almanac entry for Monday January 7 1963 notes Mars and Venus visible in morning sky and Jupiter Saturn in evening sky. It marks Millard Fillmore born 1800 and lists historic events including Washington’s 1789 presidential election, Lenin’s 1918 dictatorship move, 1927 transatlantic telephone link, and Macmillan 1960 Africa tour. A thought by James Frank Dobie reflects on PhD theses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
United States
Millard Fillmore
George Washington
Russia
Nikolai Lenin
New York
London
Harold Macmillan
British Africa
Death notices and funeral details from Coal City area
Notices list numerous death announcements with names ages and residence towns including Reva Naomi Justice 58 Coal City Raymond Daniels 70 Lanark Paul Barney 64 Sophia James Edward Agee 37 and Lionel Keith Burleson 23 along with service times January 7 8 and church locations at Webb Neal Melton and Williams funeral homes. Cremation burial sites include Sunset Memorial Park Mt Tabor Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens and Greenwood. Pallbearers and honorary roles named. arrangements by Webb Neal Funeral Home and related parlors.
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Justice Justice
Reva Naomi
Coal City
Webb
Wiliam Ormandy
Eugene Coe
J. E. Shumate
Wesley Thompson
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Daniels Daniels
Raymond
Lanark
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Barney Barney
Paul
Sophia
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
French Williams
Sunset Memorial Park
Freewill Baptist Church
Williams Funeral Home
Agee Agee
James Edward
Garfield Street
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Swank
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Robert W. Martin
Lloyd Humphrey
Kyle Ellison
Harlan C. Mann
Roland Whitt
Elmer Wright
Maxey Dornovich
Melton Mortuary
Burleson Burleson
Lionel Keith
Brentwood
Midway First Church of God
F. C. Calhoun
Caffee
Mt. Tabor
Marley Pitzenberger
Midway
Ladies of the First Church of God
Adams Adams
Reed Alexander
Glen View
Stotesbury
Williams
Glen View Regular Baptist Church
W. F. Tolliver
C. A. Bare
Williams Funeral
Coal City Masonic Lodge No. 156
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St. Louis
Detroit
Newport News
Canada
Dundas
Jack
Albert Verbrugghe
Madeleine
Aline van den Eyke
U.N
Jadotville
Katanga
Cull
Mona Lisa
Rusk
Kennedy
Congo
Beckley Maytag
Neville St
Kanawha Street
Sprague
Byus Mankin Lumber Company
George Hants
Lexington
Virginia
the Almanac
James Frank Dobie
Shrewsbury
Archie P
Beaver
Keyser-Bryant
Monay
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Smisko Smisko
J. G. (Anna
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Sylvester Staud
Dial Floral CO
City Ave
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mgr
Vance Drive
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
W. Va
Dial
Lilly Drive
Maxwell Hill
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
General Motors
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Taeletaea
Saci
Sam G._ Foley
Lowell Foley
Bank of Raleigh Beckley
F.d.lc
Earls
Huddle Earl
Southern Institute Graphic Arts
South
Southern Institute OF Graphic Arts
Nashville 2
Tennessee
W. C. Rogers
Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Wright
Halstead
Sparks Radio and
Prince St
Ashworth
John W. Eye Television
West
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Jan Campbell Music Co
Tax Commission
Isemi
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
Willie Worley
Piney View
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Will Jesse Covey
Mabscott
Jim Green
King Aluminum Company
WELY
Arista Employment Agcy Dept
Jamaica
N. Y
Opportunity
AVON
Bostick Ave
Care
Beckley Newspapers Corp
My Brothers Drive Inn
Shady Spring
Oak Hill
Area
Person
Town and Country Drive
Sarah Coventry
Call
Obugene
B. G. Brooks
Texas Refinery Corp
Fort Worth
Texas
R. L.stinson
Myers Ave
Beckeley
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
Collie
Dale
Fotos & Co
Maxwell Hill Road
Zenith
Foster Hardware Inc
Main Street
Best Furniture Co
S. Fayette Street
Ashworth Firestone
Prince Street
Hopkins
SKY Lanes
Valley Drive South
Glass House
W. Prince Street
Beckley, W. V
L. F. Grayson
Sunoco
Second Street
Third Avenue
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