B&O and C&O Agree to Move Toward Merger
The Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio Railways announce a joint move toward unification. Directors meet in Baltimore and Richmond and adopt a resolution calling affiliation a prerequisite to a full merger at the earliest practicable date. The plan centers on an exchange offer to B&O shareholders and regulatory approval, with coordinated operations and joint studies to follow.
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Baltimore
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Sultry Bacall to wed Robards this year
Laura Bacall 36 widow of Humphrey Bogart intends to marry actor Jason Robards Jr. 39 before year end. It would be a second marriage for both. The note follows Robards announcing the plan today.
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Humphrey Bogart
Jason Robards Jr
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Equator
Joseph Kasavubu
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Thysville
Weterte
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
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White House
West Virginia Weather Forecast Preview
Fair tonight with low temperatures from 26 to 34 in the north and 30 to 35 in the south. Saturday mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of rain in the south. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal with highs around 43 and 46 and lows 22 to 27. Cool weekend gives way to warmer early next week with light precipitation possible Saturday and mid next week.
Randolph Bill Seeks Education Deduction
A Senate bill by Sen. Jennings Randolph proposes an income tax deduction for tuition and fees up to 600 dollars per family member in higher education. The deduction would apply to qualifying dependents and be in addition to the standard 600 dollar dependent deduction.
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Washington
Senate
Jennings Randolph
DW. Va
Unemployment Rises to Postwar High in December
Washington reports unemployment jumped by over 400000 in December to exceed 4.4 million, about 7 percent, with sharp losses in steel, autos, and manufacturing. November stood at 6.3 percent. economists warn that rates above 5 percent signal weakness. Exact December figures were to be released by government officials.
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Washington
UPI
JFK Eyes Stahr as Army Secretary
Morgantown paper reports President elect Kennedy seriously considers naming Elvis J. Stahr West Virginia University president to the cabinet post. Dominion-News says decision could come today or Saturday while Salinger declines comment.
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APS
John F. Kennedy
West Virginia University
Elvis J. Stahr
Morgantown Oo
Stahr
Kennedy
Dominion - News
Pierre Salinger
Palm Beach
Fla
Havana spy torture charges mark widening U S bases drive
Havana dispatch reports official Cuban policy of torturing a suspected spy as a precursor to a broad effort to remove the United States from key naval bases. Brussels update notes Belgium coalition government led by Gaston Eyskens winning parliamentary approval for austerity despite four weeks of strikes and violence.
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UPI
United States
Brussels
Belgium
Gaston Eyskens
Intensive Manhunt For Sex Maniac Seizes Michigan
South Haven and southwestern Michigan host an intensive manhunt for a sex maniac killer after 15 year old Geraldine Williams is found dead in a rural farmhouse cellar. Authorities say her head was crushed with a rock. she was fully clothed except for...
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South Haven
Mich
UPD
Michigan
Geraldine Williams
Chauffeur, a suspect in a grim bus stop death
A chauffeur described as smart but unwilling to own a car is linked to the killing of Geraldine at a deserted bus stop near her home. Autopsy places death between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday after a single rock blow, with the assailant driving her to a ramshackle farmhouse cellar. No clear rape determination yet.
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Kalamazoo
Geraldine
South Haven Junior High School
Kennedy Gives Up Personal Fortune To Avoid Conflicts Of Interest
President elect John F Kennedy has removed his personal fortune, possibly up to 10 million dollars, from speculative investments and reinvested proceeds in bonds. He now holds bonds and real estate, with annual after tax income around 100,000 dollars and trusts dating to 1926. Salinger notes earnings from trusts could total about 500,000 dollars a year gross, leaving an estimated net worth near 10 million. Federal conflict of interest rules have prompted McNamara to divest Ford stock, signaling rising fiscal stakes for officials.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
John F. Kennedy i
White House
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Washington
Hyannis Port
Mass
Joseph P. Kennedy
Salinger
Joseph P
Rose Kennedy
Discriminators Excommunicated Amid Scarsdale Dance Row
In Scarsdale New York Protestant Episcopal rector Rev George Kempsell Jr condemns parishioners who helped bar a Jewish-born convert to the Episcopal Church from a Christmas dance at the Scarsdale Golf Club The rector says such discrimination would bar the individual from communion and recalls Christ would not have been allowed at the event. The escort committee rejected him as Jewish, leading to his skipping Christmas morning church.
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Scarsdale
N.Y
UPI
George French Kempsell Jr
Kempsell
Cambridge expedition relied on beer in desert study
Cambridge University anthropologist Stephen Day explained the Sahara expedition survived without European food by carrying 1,500 cans of English beer. In Los Angeles, identical twins Anna Louisa Fause and Anna Theresa Peralta, both 27, appeared in divorce court with new first names. Anna Louisa was granted the divorce. Bath faced a water shortage due to flood damage while St Albans residents heard the Canine Defense League planned to release ostriches after a ruling restricting dogs and cats at a trailer camp site.
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Cambridge
England
UPI
Cambridge University
Stephen Day
Sahara
Los Angeles
Anna
Anna Louisa Fause
Anna Theresa Peralta
Anna Louisa
ST. Albans
Canine Defense League
Commission urges fried fish for Britain to boost taste
A UPI report says an eight man government commission after three years studying the fishing industry recommended Britons eat more fried fish. It warned that boiled or steamed fish in institutions including schools could give children a distaste for fish.
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London
UPI
West Virginia school enrollment drops over year
Public school enrollment in West Virginia is more than 14,000 below last year. At the end of the first three months current term the state reports 441,295 pupils. 269,442 in elementary and 171,853 in high schools. Last year’s comparable figure was 455,580, with third month enrollment used in state aid calculations.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Board of School Finance
Uruguay Exiles Cuba and Soviet Envoys Over Interference
Uruguay's Presidential Council voted 6-2 to expel Cuban ambassador Mario Inchaustegui and Soviet embassy first secretary Mijail Sanmoilov, amid claims of their interference in Uruguay's internal affairs. No deadline was given for departure and officials offered no further explanation.
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Uruguay
UPI
Cesar Batlle Pacheco
Garcia
Batlle
Sanmoilov
Single Copy Price Rise for The Raleigh Register
The Raleigh Register raises single copy price to seven cents due to rising production costs. Home delivery stays unchanged for now. From Monday Jan 16 news stands and street sales will charge seven cents, with Beckley weekend editions maintaining 10 cents Saturday and 15 cents for the Combined Sunday Edition with color comics and Family Weekly magazine.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
Family Weekly
Bill Tightens Teen Driver Licensing in West Virginia
In Charleston WV the House of Delegates receives a bill to require parental consent for 16 and 17 year olds to obtain licenses, create junior drivers licenses, revoke upon traffic convictions or parental withdrawal, and raise eligibility to 18 for regular licenses. The measure omits a night driving ban and follows a prior failed 1959 effort.
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UPI
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House of Delegates
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Harry L. Buch
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Howard Carson
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Labor Split On Sales Tax Hike
In Charleston the AFL-CIO opposes a temporary sales tax increase while the United Mine Workers of America show limited backing. Rene Zabeau works to block immediate consideration of the administration bill, facing Republican opposition. The legislature stays in session as Barros’ program looms. Raleigh delegation gains committee assignments including G. C. Porter on the Finance Committee.
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Afl-Ciq
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Afl-Cio
Rene Zabeau
D-Harrison
Zabeau
House of Delegates
W. W. Barron
Raleigh
House
G. C. Porter
Slogan Suggested For License Tags In West Virginia
A House debate centers on a resolution by Dell Roy Lee Harmon and D P Givens calling a slogan for auto license plates. The proposed line Op portunity Land aims to counter the view that West Virginia is a dying state and to highlight the state's natural resources yet to be developed.
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Charleston
UPI
Dell
Roy Lee Harman
D-Raleigh
D. P. Givens
D-Wester
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Opportunity Land
West Virginia approves Barron tax hike for jobs program
West Virginia lawmakers approve a bill raising the sales tax to 3 percent on sales over 1 to fund public works jobs for about 5,000 unemployed. The bill passes Senate 27 to 4 and House 80 to 16, with a temporary sunset through June 30. Governor-elect Barron backs extending the increase through August.
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Carlo J. Salzano
Charleston
W. Va
UPID
West Virginia
Senate
House
W.w.barron
Cecil H. Underwood
Barron
How They Voted Charleston Sales Tax Split
In Charleston lawmakers split along party lines with four Democrats joining Republicans to oppose a sales tax increase while six Republicans joined Democrats to support it. The Democratic yes vote group included Mino D Aurora Brooke Cecil Noll Berkeley Edward Pastilong Marshall Callie Tsapis Hancock. Republican supporters were Carroll Casto Mason Paul Giffin Chester Liller Preston Larkin Ours Noel Poling Jackson and David L Shepherd Upshur. All other Democrats present supported the bill and all other Republicans opposed.
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Charleston
Upshur
Senate Passes Immediate Meas ure With Broad Bipartisan Support
In a divided push before Bar ron's inauguration, the Senate approved the first bill 27-4 and then, after GOP acquiescence to rule suspension, passed the measure 80-16. The House had earlier sent its version to the Senate as votes neared the four-fifths threshold for immediate enactment.
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Barron
House
Senate
New Route 77 Section To Open Monday
An additional 5.2 mile stretch of Interstate 77 from Kanawha to Jackson County will open to traffic Monday. Only two of four lanes will be in use between the Goldtown Interchange and the Kenna Interchange while the other two lanes remain under construction. State Road Commissioner Pat C. Graney announced the plan.
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Charleston
UPI
Pat C. Graney
Graney
Goldtown
Kenna
Kanawha
Jackson County
Street Scene Two Women Smoke On Sidewalk
Two women leave a focal restaurant and attract local gentry by rolling cigarettes on the sidewalk. A man observes their skill and remarks that they did a pretty good job, as the pair put away their makin’s and casually puffed amid onlookers.
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