Delegates Flocking To Charleston For 30-Day Session Of Legislature
West Virginia lawmakers converge in Charleston for a 30 day session to tackle the state budget and economic slowdown from coal regions. Gov. Underwood’s tax and public works proposals loom as critics seek a simpler school aid formula. House leadership weighs Monday night meetings to ease travel and schedules.
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Register To Carry Personal Coverage Of WV Legislature
The Raleigh Register invites readers to daily coverage of the West Virginia Legislature budget session. Roy Lee Harmon will provide sidelights and behind the news from Charleston, with dispatches starting as the session opens.
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Barrackville Strike Ends at Bethlehem mine
FAIRMONT AP The Barrackville mine of Bethlehem Mines Corp ended its 24 hour idle period with union official Leonard J. Pankovich announcing a seniority dispute would be resolved through regular channels. About 600 Local 4346 UMW members had walked out, setting a picket for the 8 a.m. shift yesterday.
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Salem President Heads Small College Council
BOSTON AP Dr R Duane Hurley president of Salem W Va College yesterday was re The convention presented citations of merit for outstanding achievement to schools including Alderson Broaddus College of Phillips W Va Salem W Va College
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Political payoff holds up civil rights vote says Celler Roosevelt
Two House Democrats accuse Republicans of trading Southern Democratic support for a labor bill last year in a bid to block civil rights legislation. A petition to force a House vote sits with 151 signers as session opens, mostly Democrats with few Republicans. Leaders push for enough Republican votes to reach 219, risking a standoff in the Rules Committee.
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Massachusetts
Judge Halts Vote Purge in Washington Parish
A U S district court decree orders voting rights restored to 1 377 Negroes purged over minor technicalities in Washington Parish Louisiana. Judge J Skelly Wright also bars four White Citizens Council members Diaz McElveen E Ray McElveen Saxon Farmer and Eugene Jenges from further discriminatory challenges and requires a compliance report within 10 days and records of challenged registrants.
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Rights Decision In Error Maintains Rights Action
Atty Gen Rogers tells Supreme Court that a Georgia judge erred by ruling parts of the 1957 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional. He argues the case concerns voting rights for Negroes in Terrell County and that the act’s reach to authorize injunctions against state officials is proper. Rogers argues courts must judge constitutional validity within the actual facts.
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Double Hit And Run In Galesburg
In Galesburg Illinois two cars collided Monday and both drivers fled on foot. Both vehicles had been stolen in a Sunday night theft and neither driver was apprehended.
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Suitcase left in Small Claims Court contains memory book
In Los Angeles a small suitcase abandoned in a Small Claims Court proceeding was found to contain a book on memory improvement, discovered after the event. The incident yielded no injuries and no further details were released by authorities.
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Town District Magistrate Seeks Raleigh County Assessor Seat
Cotton White 39 year old Town District justice of the peace filed his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Raleigh County assessor at the Circuit Clerk’s office. A Beckley resident and longtime party activist, he served in the Navy, led local clubs, and ran the American Legion baseball program while promising a hard clean campaign and fair duties if elected.
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Oldest Senator Green Quits After Four Terms
Providence AP Sen Theodore Francis Green 92 the oldest person in Congress to retire after four terms cites failing eyesight and hearing as he foregoes re election next November. Green had cataracts removed in both eyes within a year and informed state Democratic chairman Frank Rae of his decision. He began in 1906 in Rhode Island House of Representatives later serving two terms as governor and first elected to the U S Senate in 1934.
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Not So In Italy Designers Preview Spring Styles
ROME AP reports soft open collars hemlines at the knees and waists in Italian spring and summer lines. Shows begin in Rome and move to Florence with strict secrecy claimed by designers. Silhouette trends favor simple straight long lines with flared skirts long jackets tunics chemises and Basque blouses plus emphasis on sleeves.
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1960 Dresses Feature Frills and Coquette Silhouettes
New York AP reports 1960 women’s fashions emphasize frills and width at the top of silhouettes. Coquette overskirts over slim sheaths in lace chiffon and tafetta create a Dresden china look. Branett highlights the little black dress in many chic forms with wide short sleeves and extended shoulders. The trend aims for ease, wearability, and a world traveler aura.
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Nuclear Test Talks Begin in Geneva Overview
United States, Soviet Union, and Britain resume talks in Geneva on a comprehensive nuclear test ban. They seek a safeguarded agreement as Eisenhower signals willingness to resume tests with notice. After 14 months, delegations split on enforcement and verification methods amid scientific dispute.
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Best Selling Author Nevil Shute Dies in Melbourne
British author Nevil Shute Norway 60 died in a Melbourne hospital after a stroke. Best known for On the Beach which topped American lists and became a film, Shute also had a career in aviation and flew the Atlantic twice in 1930 in a dirigible.
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Prosecution to Seek Death Penalty in Schweitzer Trial
Huntington AP report: The prosecution will seek the death penalty in the murder trial of Mrs. Dora Beck Schweitzer, who opened her case today. Schweitzer, 50, is charged with the pistol ax killing of her 72 year old husband William last July.
Cuba Rejects U S Protest Over Cuban Land Reform
In Havana Fidel Castro's government rejects a U S protest over seizures of American property and says it will speed up land reform forCubans and foreigners. U S Ambassador Bonsal delivered a State Department note detailing alleged seizures without orders or inventories. Fernandez says the reply will come later, but the revolutionaries insist on accelerating expropriation and indemnification for Cuban nationals and foreigners alike.
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AFL CIO lauds Kennedy and slams Nixon on labor law
George Meany, AFL CIO president, praised Senator Kennedy for pushing labor bill reform and criticized Vice President Nixon for voting to preserve anti labor elements. The remarks came at a Washington legislative conference amid labor dispute settlements and national security mentions.
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WVU Student Killed in Head-On Collision Near Fairmont
AP reports 25 year old Richard H. Johnson of Fairmont, WVU student, died in a head-on wreck on West Virginia Route 73 one mile north of Fairmont. Nancy Morris, 37, of Morgantown, injured but in good condition, drove the other vehicle.
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Sheriff Quip Sparks Local Banter on Marriage
Sherwood Glutz jokes that wives are like baseball umpires because they never call safe. He notes a couple with 30 years of marriage who claim no quarrels, yet have a noted habit of lying about other matters, drawing local reactions.
Johnson Defies Liberal Demands on Policy Power
Washington AP Lyndon B. Johnson stood firm against liberal calls to widen policy influence. He rejected enlarging the Democratic Policy Committee, offering only an afternoon caucus and votes on measures for elections and school construction. Gore praised Johnson but insurgents face likely defeat.
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Perry C Price Files For House Election
Perry C Price of Oak Grove filed a certificate of candidacy in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office for the House of Delegates in the May 10 Republican primary. A partner in Price Brothers feed store, he also runs a landscaping service and farm. He is active in St Stephen's Episcopal Church Elks Moose American Berkshire Swine Association West Virginia Angus and Nurserymen groups and is married with two sons. Born January 1 1931 in Beckley he is a Fork Union Military Academy alumnus and former Young Republicans president. He expects strong competition but seeks better Legislature representation.
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Beckley
Harbert D. Price
Golden Clay Price
Marshall College
Young Republicans Club
Morris Harvey College
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union
Most Wanted Thug Nabbed by FBI in Salvation Army Home
Robert Garfield Brown Jr. 41, once among the FBI's 10 most wanted, was arrested Monday night at a Salvation Army home in Cincinnati where he worked. He faces charges of fleeing Maine to avoid prosecution for a July 9 holdup shooting that paralyzed a Montreal tourist and interstate transport of a stolen truck used in the escape. Brown, a Brookline native, said he had drifted since last summer.
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Weather report for West Virginia with rain likely today
Cloudy conditions with possible rain in western and northern counties today, highs around 50 to 54 in the southwest, with 35 to 40 in the far northeast. Tonight and tomorrow expect continued cloudiness and warmer temperatures with occasional rain. overnight lows mainly in the 40s, about 35 in the extreme northeast.
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