Tshombe Returns to Elisabethville Amid U N Visit
Katanga President Moise Tshombe arrived in Elisabethville from Kipushi by private plane and drove in a Rhodesian army jeep to meet U N officials as UN Under Secretary Ralph Bunche prepared to depart for Leopoldville. Diplomatic talks were uncertain.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Leopoldville
Tshombe
Kipushi
Brazzaville
French Congo
Kolwezi
U. N
U.N
Bunche
Joseph Yav
Kennedy to Argue Georgia Voting Case Before Supreme Court
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy will argue his first case before any court next week in a Georgia county unit voting system challenge. The Justice Department said Kennedy will present the government's position in the renewed dispute as he joins the Supreme Court docket.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Supreme Court
Georgia
Justice Department
Kennedy
Houston
Tex
Clifton Webb
Webb
Mieres
West Virginia Weather Report Highlights Snow Drizzle
Weather summary notes cloudy conditions across the state with light snow or drizzle possible. Highs range from 36 to 45 degrees with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies tonight into Wednesday. Beckley and Oak Hill report yesterday highs near 38 to 40 with lows around 24 to 30. River levels normal and clear. a new gauge at Hinton reads 3 feet. Nationally, Delta Utah records 1 degree low and Miramar CA hits 85.
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Beckley High
Ivatsessvabacs
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Express claims RAF bombers pierced U.S. defenses in mock attack
The Daily Express and other British papers report Royal Air Force V bombs penetrated U.S. defenses in a recent exercise, despite Pentagon denials that no British bombers have participated since 1961. London Air Ministry officials and Washington spokesmen disputed the claims.
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London
UPI
Daily Express Today
U.S
British Air Ministry
Express Air
Keith Thompson
Air Ministry
Pentagon
Washington
the Times
the Mirror
the Mail
Thompson
New Members Named to Raleigh County Park Board
Lewis and Warren are appointed to the Raleigh County Park Board replacing B. H. Hopkins and W. H. Nelson whose four year terms end December 31 1962. Hopkins presided as board president, Ward voted no on the replacements while praising the outgoing members for tackling vandalism and saving money at Fitzpatrick Park. Other members include Mrs. Fred Hurt Beckley and T. E. Harris Arnett.
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Carrington Lewis
H and M
Beckley
Simeon Warren
Straton High School
Raleigh County Park Board
B. H. Hopkins
W. H. Nelson
Hopkins
Lewis
Shady Spring
Warren
Charles Burdiss
H. G. Farmer
Court
John C. Ward
Ward
Fitzpatrick Park
Fred Hurt
T. E. Harris
Arnett
Beckley Loser Again in Shell Building Contest Bid
Appalachian Power announces Beckley’s setback in the Project Decision Shell Building program as Bluefield and Princeton lead the field among 11 applicants for a $250,000 shell building in Mercer County near East Princeton. The Bluefield Princeton Industrial Foundation orchestrates the bid and fundraising plan.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Appalachian Power Co
Mercer County
Blueyfield
Princeton
Appalachian
Dorman M. Miller
Beckley-Raleigh County
Miller
Bluefield
Bluefield-Princeton Industrial Foundation, Inc
Foundation
North American Aviation
East Princeton
Ira Mason Smith
Mercer County Projects Committee
Bluefield-Princeton Industrial Foundation
Project Decision
Abington
Var
Hapco
Hubbard and Co
Abingdon
Virginia
Becke y Hotel break in yields petty cash theft
Police found a broken hotel window around 1 40 a m and later confirmed about 100 dollars stolen from a petty cash box in a desk drawer after a guest reported hearing the break between 10 and 11 p m but not reporting it.
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Fice
Beckley Hotel
Eve Of Legislature 2 Interim Committees End Work
Interim committees wrap ten months of study on education and television just before the 1963 session. The final two days end by noon as the legislature opens with officers chosen in caucus and the governor delivering the state of the state. Committees also recommend creating a division of alcoholism and a state Board of Invest.
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Charleston
W. W. Barron
Committee On Government and Finance
Interstate Cooperation Commission
Board of
Gas Discovered Tests in Mine Probe Face Off Foreman
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania UPI reports witnesses planned to press for safety violations after 37 miners died in a Robena No 3 mine explosion. Three miners testified that methane gas was found in the Frosty Run shaft on December 6, while foreman Albert Dillon denied prior gas reports and said no crew saw gas.
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Carmichaels
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
Albert Dillon
Dillow
Fred Spoliarich
Val Ostrosky
Joseph Baron
Dillon
Pennsylvania
Beckley Nears City Hall Funds Approval
Approval for Beckley Accelerated Public Works funds to finance a new city hall and garage is imminent with the White House and federal agencies in touch. The project seeks 145000 for a city hall at 405 409 S Kanawha St and 80000 for a garage, city share 45000 and 200000 sewer extension, with most funds from levy funds not yet allocated.
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Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
White House
Community Facilities Administration
The
Home and Housing Finance Administration
Bureau of the Budget
City Hall
Kanawha St
Cecil L. Miller
Truman presses move of USS Missouri from Bremerton
Former President Harry S Truman in a letter to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer urged placing the battleship Missouri in a public, viewable site such as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or Norfolk, arguing Bremerton hides its historic value and noting its 1944 launch at Brooklyn with his daughter Margaret christening the ship.
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Bremerton, Wash
UPI
Harry S.truman
Missouri
Navy Yard
San Francisco
New Orleans
St. Louis
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Truman
Puget Sound Navy City
Eisenhower
Bremerton Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Norfolk ‘Navy Yard
Brooklyn Yard
Margaret
U.S
Four Paper Firms Guilty Of Price Fixing In Wisconsin
Four papermaking companies were found guilty of price fixing after pleading no contest in U S District Court Madison Wisconsin Judge Robert Tehan ordered the verdict Monday The indictments traced to a Milwaukee grand jury accusing the firms of conspiring to hold pulpwood prices at five year levels The Justice Department said the firms bought about two million cords of pulpwood annually worth more than one million dollars The cases against St Regis Paper Co and Consolidated Papers Inc were continued as innocent pleas were entered for trial scheduling
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Madison, Wis
U. S
Robert Tehan
U. S. Dist
Nate Heffernan
St. Regis Paper Co
New York
Consolidated Papers, Inc
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Milwaukee
Justice Department
Small Mines Plan To Reopen Wednesday Injunction Sought
A group of small strikebound coal companies in McDowell County seeks a circuit court injunction to curb mass picketing as they plan to reopen on Wednesday. The suit argues roving bands interfere with operations and limits picketing, affecting about 2,500 people in the Jaeger area amid a 100-mine shutdown since November 18 over royalty payments. The plaintiffs face 20 defendants with a 20 day response window.
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WELCH
UPI
McDowell County
Sidley L. Christie
West Vir
Manent
Jaeger
Strikes At A Glance
United Press International reports multiple labor disputes affecting the United States. Mediation discussions with IL A and shipowners continue over a 17 day maritime strike while New York papers face a month old walkout. Bus workers strike in Hudson County. Cleveland mayor negotiates over a 40 day newspaper strike. New York millinery strike ends with a pending union vote.
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United Press International
New York
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
U.S
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert Locher
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Cleveland Press and Plain Dealer
Gunfire Wounds Two Kentucky Mine Pickets
Two men were wounded by gunfire as hundreds of United Mine Workers pickets tried to bar rival union members from Blairfork Coal Co mine. Arnold Couch and Joe Browning were treated at Hazard Memorial Hospital. one man remained missing while three miners were chased into nearby woods and rescued by state police.
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Ballard Walker
Coal Operators Seek Relief Over Royalty Delays in Strike Area
Plaintiffs Winston Coal Dry Fork Pocahontas Coal and Pocahontas Red Ash Coal sue on behalf of themselves and other operators in the Ikes Fork Jaeger area over unpaid royalties. Defendants include UMW local president Harry Holcomb and several miners led by Bert Rambo Carl Mounts Billy Workman and Clarence Robinette with about seven unnamed men. The petition asks for a per-
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Winston Coal Co
Dry Fork Pocahontas Coal Co
Pocahontas Red Ash Coal Co
Harry Holcomb
UMW
Ikes Fork
Jaeger
Bert Rambo
Carl Mounts
Billy Workman
Clarence Robinette
Cold War outlook and campus protest comments spark debate
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says a fair chance to make history toward a more stable peace in 19. Sir Arthur Harvey refuses to discuss Skybolt salvage ideas at a Pentagon briefing. Mississippi students react to James Meredith's possible absence from Ole Miss amid Glynn Griffing publicity reports.
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Miami Beach
Dean Rusk
Santa Monica
Calif
Arthur Harvey
Pentagon
Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
Jame Meredith
Ole Miss
Glynn
Griffing
Kennedy heads to Washington after Palm Beach holiday
President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy leave West Palm Beach for Washington to begin the new Congress amid forecasts that the rules committee fight may be smoother than feared. They depart from West Palm Beach International Airport at 2 pm EST, landing two hours later at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Kennedy
Washington
Rules Committee
Congress
West Palm Beach International
Andrews Air Force Base
Bank Revolving Door Snags Youthful Robber in Midtown
A 19 year old bandit Isaac Worthen robbed Bowery Savings Bank near Grand Central using a double barreled shotgun and a note for 7000. Bank guards trapped him in a revolving door and restrained him until police arrived as he fled with hot bills. The guard Mike Frank was struck by pellets but unharmed.
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New York
UPI
Isaac Worthen
Worthen
Midtown
Bowery
Mike Frank
Frank
Demos Seek Victory on House Rules in Opening Day
In Washington UPI reports Democrats aim for a Kennedy presidency loyalty test on opening House day amid signs of a coalition vote. They fear concessions risk major proposals such as Medicare and oil tax depletion while McCormack Smith fight shapes rules control and Senate moves delay antifilibuster debate after the State of the Union.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kennedy
Georgia
Texas
John W. McCormack
Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
House
Senate
Senate Republicans
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
GOP
iSen
Thruston B. Morton
Senate Republican
Senate Democrats
Auto Sales Hit 1962 Peak Second Only to 1955
Detroit based Ward's Reports shows the American auto industry sold 6,752,644 new cars in 1962, second to 1955's 7,370,000. December sales averaged 22,418 per day, with a record fourth quarter and a backlog of 827,300 cars. General Motors held 54.7 percent of total, Ford 27.4, Chrysler 10.3, American Motors 6.4, Studebaker 1.2. Compact cars totaled 2,258,571 with Rambler leading at 434,788. End of year inventory stood at 36.9 days’ supply.
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Detroit
API
Ward
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker
Rambler
Polan Industries Wins 428000 Contract for Tank Periscopes
Polan Industries Inc of Huntington has secured a 428 230 dollar contract to deliver 916 periscopes for the Army 55 ton M 60 tanks. The company of about 160 employees previously received the initial order under a 1 million dollar contract last summer and also manufactures mine detector units valued around 1 million dollars for the Army.
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Huntington
UPI
Polan Industries Inc
Army
Polan
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