Ike Budget Faces Skeptical Democrats In Senate Debate
Washington AP report notes Democratic leaders challenge President Eisenhower's budget and defense outlays. Kennedy and Humphrey warn of insufficient missile defense and rising costs, while Russell questions Atlas missile deployments. Republicans praise revenue projections though some doubt the surplus. Senate and House leaders urge prudent cuts to back the balanced budget.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State of the Union
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Service Committee
Russell
John McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Paul Douglas
Dtil
Senate
House Economic Committee
Eisen
Surplus May Change Policy
President Eisenhower forecasts a 4.2 billion budget surplus for the next fiscal year, signaling possible lower interest rates or easier loan access. He urges fighting peacetime spending of 79.8 billion for 1961, expects a 200 million surplus this year despite steel strikes, and calls for debt reduction to enable future tax improvements.
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Hower
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Washington
Wall Street
Main Street
Congress
West Virginia Weather Forecast Outlook
Weather summary for West Virginia shows considerable cloudiness and warmer today with highs near 48 to 54 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with lows in the 20s. Saturday will be mostly cloudy and colder with a chance of light snow flurries in the northern areas. Extended outlook calls for temperatures about 25 degrees above normals in the north and south through Wednesday, with a colder Saturday followed by a warming trend into Monday and a drop again Tuesday. Precipitation totals around half an inch, mainly late Sunday or Monday as snow flurries.
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W. Va
Beckley Sodas Cidssen
Oak Hill
Oneheseonnie
Eisenhower to brief leaders on tour at White House luncheon
President Eisenhower invites 18 congressional leaders from both parties to a White House luncheon Monday to hear a report on his 11 nation tour and the Paris Western summit. He will spend the weekend at his Gettysburg farm returning to Washington Sunday night or Monday morning. A Little Rock Negro citizens committee and Rep Charles H Diggs criticize racial disturbances in two integrated high schools but back Diggs on the central issue. Eight Catholic hospitals in Philadelphia withdraw from Blue Cross over fee disputes. A mile flight is planned from Cape Canaveral. Mack Sennett hospitalizes for a worm infection. Jackie Coogan pleads innocent to drunken driving. Maria Tierney found dead in Hollywood apartment. Fire Sgt James Anderson of Royal Oak Township cleared of charity funds charges.
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Gettysburg
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Little Rock
Ark
Michigan
Charles H. Diggs
Central High
Philadelphia
Blue Cross
Cape Canaveral
Mack Semmett
Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Los Angeles
Maria Tierney
Lawrence Tierney
Scott Brady
James Anderson
Detroit
Royal Oak Township
Legislative Circus Seen in West Virginia 30 Day Session
Charleston AP reports the 30 day West Virginia Legislature session opens amid heightened partisan sparring in an election year. With unemployment in coal regions and economic pain, Democrats hold large majorities in both chambers while candidates seek statewide offices. Governor Cecil Underwood outlines budget and road projects as proposals unfold.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
House of Delegates
Harry R. Pauley
D-Mcdowell
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
House
Jack A. Nuckols
Raleigh
del C. Donald Robertson
Harrison
U.S. Senate
Underwood
Stepdaughter Testifies Against Finch and Tregoff Murder Trial
Patti Daugherty, 12, testifies in Los Angeles at the Finch murder trial recounting her mother Barbara Jean Finch's last moments. She describes screams in the garage and helping Marie Anne lock herself in the house before a shot was heard. Marie Anne Lidholm testifies about the night, facing cross examination over earlier police statements.
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Los Angeles
Patti Daugherty
Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
West Canvina
Patti
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Marie Anne
Miss Lidholm
Grant B. Cooper
Sweden
Soviet tests plan near U S owned Pacific islands
The Soviet Union announced tests for a more powerful rocket to launch heavy earth satellites and space flights to planets, staking out a 280 by 160 mile target zone about 1,100 miles southwest of U S interests in the central Pacific. Officials noted high seas experiments with advance notice, while tuna-fishing areas near the test zone drew expected protests from industry leaders. The nearest lands are Tan Island 400 miles north, and the Marshall Islands lie about 1,000 miles to the west.
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Sovie
North Pacific
Washington
Viet Union
Moscow
Eisenhower
Congress
Tass
U. S
Testtan Island
Marshall Islands
Who Controls WVU and State Schools Debate Grows
Charleston AP reported State Board of Education President James E. Ansel questioned whether the board holds control over West Virginia University and Potomac State College or over none. The 1958 amendment shifted oversight to the board, with implications if a Supreme Court test clarifies the authority. Ansel noted unresolved questions about the superintendent’s term and board appointments.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
James E. Ansel
West Virginia
Universtte
Board of Education
Ansel
University
Potomac
Supreme Court
West Virginia Board of Education
Civitan Club to Invest in Beckley Business Development
The Civitan Club approved an initial investment of 250 dollars for 25 shares in the Beckley Business Development Corporation at a Thursday board meeting. David Abrams proposed the plan to boost local development and the board urged further purchases as funds allow, marking a first for a Beckley civic group in backing the BBDC.
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Beckley Business Development Corporation
Civitan Club
David Abrams
Beckley
BBDC
NAL Pilots Rebel Vs Govt Tests
In Miami AP reports National Airlines pilots refuse further government flight tests after two fatal crashes over the Gulf of Mexico and off the North Carolina coast. Seventy six passengers died as both four engine airliners apparently broke apart in flight. The pilots accuse tests of causing the disintegrations though no cause has yet been determined.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
NAL
Federal Aviation Agency
National
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
Nixon's Office Denies Steel Price Deal Collusion
AP reports Democratic Chair Butler accused President Nixon of persuading steel executives to delay price increases until after the election. Nixon aides call the charge absurd while union and labor leaders credit broad efforts, including Kennedy connections, for ending the 116 day steel strike.
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Meany
Ohare M. Nixon
Nixon
Paul M. Butler
Herbert G. Klein
Butler
National Democratic Club
Klein
David J. McDonald
Joseph P. Kennedy
McDonald
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Wall Street
James P. Mitchell
Sen. Kennedy
Nady
Mitchell
Amigo Man Walks Barefoot 50 Years in Snow
Pauline Davis reports on Rcy Stone 38 of Amigo who walks barefoot in snow for half a century. He claims cold never bothers him though he wears shoes in mines for safety. Stone, one of 28 siblings from Pennsylvania County Va, hauls herbs for medicine and recalls a brother who quit after catching a cold.
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Pauline Davis
Rcy Stone
Stone
Amigo
Pennsylvania County
Navy names new Atlantic Fleet submarine force chief
New London Connecticut AP reports Rear Admiral Lawrence R. Daspit will take over from Rear Admiral Frederick B. Warder as commander of the submarine force U.S. Atlantic Fleet on January 13.
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New London, Conn
Navy
Lawrence R. Daspit
Frederick B. Warder
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Bailey to Offer CC Bill Rider in Congress
Washington AP Rep. Cleveland Bailey proposes expanding youth conservation corps to seal abandoned coal mines. The plan would broaden employment to older workers, applying in coal states like West Virginia, with youths aged 16 to 21 as the core workforce. Bailey expects House approval.
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Washington
Cleveland M. Bailey
D-Wva
Bailey
Senate
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
House
Youth Conservation Corps
EDA Chairman Gets New Post
Lawrence H. Rogers II of Huntington West Virginia was named vice president in charge of operations for Taft Broadcasting Co. He will oversee five TV and four FM outlets including West Virginia's first TV station since 1948 along with Kanawha Valley Broadcasting and ae Radio Charleston. Rogers has been active in Radio TV groups and led West Virginia Economic Development Agency as first chairman appointed by Gov. Underwood.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence H. Rogers II
Huntington
W. Va
Taft Broadcasting Co
Hulbert Taft Jr
Rogers
Kanawha Valley Broadcasting Co
Ae - Radio
Charleston
W.a
Taft Broadcasting
Lee
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
United States
Ten Airmen Declared Missing After Libyan Sea Crash
The U S Army declared ten airmen missing from an Otter aircraft that disappeared during a North African flight. Wreckage found on the Libyan shore suggests the plane, departing Wheelus Air Base Libya for Benghazi, crashed in the Mediterranean about 75 miles south of Bengasi.
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Wizsbaden
Germany
U.S
Wheelus Air Base
Libya
Mediterranean
Bengasi
Kennedy Nixon Rockefeller enter New Hampshire primary test
In Concord New Hampshire Kennedy Nixon and Rockefeller entered the first in the nation presidential primary. Kennedy supporters filed for the March 8 ballot and a slate of delegates pledged to him. Nixon backers filed for GOP delegate seats and Rockefeller supporters entered the race as favorable to the New York governor. Boutin delivered Kennedy petitions to the secretary of state minutes after filings opened.
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D-Mass
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
R-Ny
New Hampshire
Kennedy
Iee
GOP
Nixon
Vention
New York
Rockefeller
Bernard L. Boutin
Laconia
Secretary of State
Sherwood Glutz On Drunks And Bank Balance
Sherwood Glutz complains his patience with drunkenness is low after Christmas bills. He cites crying and fighting drunks and notes one drunk who knows his capacity but cannot afford it.
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