Eisenhower asks $42.9B peacetime budget for defense
President Eisenhower submits his final budget to Congress proposing a $42.9 billion peacetime defense plan to shield America from surprise attack. He seeks a $1.4 billion increase starting July 1, outlining bigger space and antisubmarine programs while noting no new Skybolt or Missileer funding. The plan preserves 2,492,900 uniformed personnel and details Army Navy Air Force allocations, and major ballistic missile programs Atlas Titan Minuteman Polaris.
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Secretary of Defense
John F. Kennedy
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Titan
Minuteman
Polaris
Pro Reds Gain in Laos Plain of Jars Fight
Five days of air strikes by government pilots using U S supplied planes failed to stop the Pathet Lao advance in the Plain of Jars region. Rebels pressed into government area from the plain, especially in Nam Nhiep Valley near Ta Viang, 20 miles south of Xiengkhouang. Government planes strafed rebel positions as Ta Viang air strip construction was reported. A Laotian pilot said a rebel truck was knocked out by a direct hit.
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Laos
UPI
Plain of Jars
Pathet Lao
Nam Nhiep
Ta Viang
Eisenhower Budget Forecasts Surplus Amid Fiscal Debate
President Eisenhower defended a budget tied to a sound economy and fiscal integrity. He compared 1962 and 1961 figures, citing a 79 million current surplus and a potential 1.468 billion surplus if postal rates rise by April. Democrats remain skeptical as Congress cuts and postal policy loom.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Maurice H. Stans
Post Office
Saas
Two Enter Pleas in Raleigh County Court Case
In Raleigh County Criminal Court two pleas were entered before jurors were excused until Wednesday. Donald Lee Wickline pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding for shooting Carlos Jennings Martin Jr. at Joyland in Beaver last August 27, with judgment set for February 7 and potential penalties of one to five years or a year in jail. William Elmer Hill pleaded not guilty to obstructing an officer and public intoxication, receiving 90 days and 10 days, respectively, to run concurrently. Several other actions included releases, capsuses, and multiple cases reset or set for future dates.
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Raleigh County
Donald Lee Wickline
Old Eccles Road
Carlos Jennings Martin Jr
Joyland
Beaver
Wickline
Martin Jr
Harry L. McCreery
William Elmer Hill
K. A
Robert Cosby
George Ballard
Edgar Lee Diggs
Jack Belcher
Earl Breckenridge
Paul J. Fourney
Sidney M. Anderson
Fourney
Anthony J. Sparacino
William David Holliday
Kenneth Tucker Jr
Bill Vance
Chambers
Charles Edward Wheeler
Edward Cochran
Wheeler
Cochran
Sparacino
Kanawha
West Virginia inaugurates Barron administration with parade
New Governor Burdett of Pt Pleasant and Agriculture Commissioner Johnson of Williamstown head a slate sworn in. State Supreme Court justices Browning and Calhoun, along with Barron and seven others, took oaths amid a 90 minute parade from the capitol. A tea, reception, and inaugural ball followed in Charleston with regional officials and the full state delegation in attendance.
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Tary
Joe F. Burdett
Pt. Pleasant
John T. Johnson
Williamstown
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
Clarksburg
John H. Kelly
Charleston
Denzil Gainer
Grantsville
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Logan
Harlan M. Calhoun
Moorefield
Barron
Bert T. Combs
Kentucky
Homer A. Holt
Clarence W. Meadows
Okey L. Patteson
Capitol
West Virginia
Weekend Traffic Fatalities In Multiple States
Weekend traffic left several dead in a series of crashes. In Brooke County West Virginia a person was fatally struck by a car on Route 20. In Jefferson County and Harpers Ferry two people died in a two car crash on US 340 near Harpers Ferry. In Pendleton County near Leesburg Florida a woman and her mother were killed in a car truck collision. The truck driver was uninjured.
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W. Va
Brooke County
H. L. Jones
Bollifar
Jefferson County
Wallace I.giry Jr
Harpers Ferry
U. Ns
Brooke Boggs
Franklin
Pendleton County
Leesburg
Fla
Students Enter Hall As Police Probe Dorm Attack
Newsmen stood outside as school officials moved students. A yellow notice urged obeying the Golden Rule toward Miss Hunter and Holmes. Police probed an armed white man who attemped to locate Charlayne Hunter at her dormitory after disarming a guard and asking if this is where she lives.
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Miss Hunter
Holmes
Charlayne Hunter
Castro Leads Militia and Army Amid Cuban Invasion Reports
Castro heads hundreds of militiamen and trained soldiers as reports say at least 1000 men with heavy equipment landed in southern Cuba and linked with Duque’s forces. Government military leaders fear Duque could sever the 750 mile island and establish a government with domestic backing.
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Cuba
Duque
Beckley Hospital Reports Child Undergoes Appendectomy
David Collins III ten year old son of M Sgt and Mrs David Collins Jr of 120 Glenn Ave is reported in satisfactory condition after an emergency appendectomy Sunday night at Beckley Hospital.
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David Collins III
David Collins Jr
Glenn Ave
Beckley Hospital
Mrs Lilly Clark Sophia Improves After Surgery at Raleigh General
Mrs Lilly Clark Sophia is improving at Raleigh General Hospital where she has been a patient since January 7 after undergoing major surgery last week.
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Lilly Clark
Sophia
Raleigh General Hospital
Math Specialist To Meet Local Group Tonight
Harry Phillips of the State Department of Education will speak to the Raleigh County Math Study Group at 7 this evening in the supervisors office. The group will discuss two math phases for technical and college prep students and for non college prep students, aim to shift emphasis to why rather than how, and consider introducing modern math in county secondary schools. Stratton High School wants to join Maryland study for seventh and eighth graders next year as a pilot. Roy Dawson, Stratton math instructor, attended summer institutes where Maryland study was discussed.
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Harry Phillips
State Department of Education
Raleigh County
Supervisors
Virgil A. Sarrett
Stratton High School
Sarrett
Maryland
Roy J. Dawson
Stratton
Pineville House Burglarized During Weekend Break-in
Police investigated a weekend burglary at the Lane Cook residence in Pineville. Entry was via a pried basement door after unhooking a screen. a bar may have forced the door to the dining room. The home was ransacked. a desk bookcase valued at about 800 dollars was damaged. two watches, a diamond ring and wedding band, and costume jewelry were missing. No arrests reported.
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BNS
East Pineville
Bill Bolt
Paul Goode
S. E. Epling
Lane Cook
Bolt
Charleston
Cook
Three Car W wreck at Flat Top under investigation
Beckley state police investigate a three car wreck at Flat Top. An unidentified woman was being treated at Beckley Hospital, location of injuries unclear. One or two others were treated in Beckley Memorial Hospital ER. No names or injury details available.
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Beckley
Flat Top
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Theft at Coal City Club Hits Cash and Merchandise
Police report a break in at the Coal City Club in which about $238 was stolen. Owner Thomas Garten found the vandalism on Sunday morning after the club was entered between 11:15 p m Saturday and 9 a m Sunday. Stolen funds included $75 in change from a pinball machine and about $156 in merchandise, with roughly $7 taken from a jukebox.
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Coal City
Thomas Garten
Ilub
Secret healing substance Bio-Dyne and Preparation H touted
An ad claims Bio-Dyne, a new healing substance from a world famous research institute, ends piles. Offered as suppository or ointment under the name Preparation H with money back guarantee. References a regulation and patent info. Available at druggists, subject to reservations.
Barron Signs Tax Bill Minutes After Taking Office
West Virginia Governor William Wallace Barron, sworn in at 12:02 a.m., signed into law a bill raising the state sales tax to fund a public works program. The move followed outgoing Gov. Cecil H. Underwood’s refusal to sign the measure, and Barron said the emergency tax would create jobs for unemployed residents as fast as possible. The event at the state capitol drew about 125 attendees including Sen. Robert Byrd and others, with Barron pledging to support both the people and the Democratic Party.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPID
William Wallace Barron
West Virginia
State Board of Public Works
State Capitol
Barron
Elkins
Cecil H. Underwood
Opal
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
John Amos
Ken Hechler
C. Donald Robertson
Denzil L. Gainer
John Kelly
Burdett
John T. Johnson
A. S. Barksdale Jr
Bluefield
Underwood
William C. Marland
Marland
Deaths and Funerals Elder William Lusk 84
William Lusk age 84 died at 2 45 p m Sunday at the Ballard home of daughter Mrs Wallace H Lester He lived with her Funeral services set for 11 a m Wednesday at Regular Baptist Church Hern don Heights with Elders H A Lane George Hopson and Morgan Belcher in charge Burial in Lusk Cemetery Lusk born Feb 29 1875 in Wyoming son of Powell and Mary Ann Belcher Lusk A minister and member of Guyandotte Regular Baptist Church had served churches in Wyoming McDowell and Summers counties Survived by wife Barbara Jane Lester Lusk who died in 1957 three daughters Mrs Virgie Bell of Bud Mrs Ray Bishop of Herndon Heights and Mrs Edgar Goode of Hamlin five sons Linden Ernie Powell Noah and Truby Lusk four step sons Martin Lester Crusa Lester and Roy Lester three step daughters Mrs John Milam Mrs Fred Reed and Mrs Dorothy Breeden two brothers Hubert of Deland Fla Harris Lusk of Birmingham Ala two sisters Mrs Harrison Green and Mrs Harvey Baldwin 65 grandchildren 100 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren Grandsons to serve as pallbearers Body to be moved from Broyles Funeral Home Peters town to son s Bud Mountain home Tuesday and to church one hour prior to services</S>
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Ballard
Wallace H. Lester
Baptist
Herndon Heights
H. A. Lane
George Hopson
Morgan Belcher
Lusk
Wyoming
Powell
Bud Mountain
Noah
Beckley
Truby Lusk
Alderson
Martin Lester
Glen Daniel
Crusa Lester
Mount View
Della
Roy Lester
Daniels
John Milam
Cool Ridge
Fred Reed
Shady Spring
Dorothy Breeden
Mississippi
Hubert
Deland
Fla
Harris Lusk
Birmingham
Ala
Harrison Green
Campi Creek
Harvey Baldwin l
Florida
Broyles
Peters
iBud Mountain
Final rites for Ronald R Kincaid in Oak Hill
Ronald Randolph Kincaid 66 of Harvey died Saturday evening at home after a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Homer Elkins officiating. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery Hilltop. Remains to lie in state at the funeral home.
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Ronald Randolph Kincaid
Harvey
Tyree
Amos Jamison Funeral Services Held in Rocky Mount
Funeral services for Amos Jamison aged 69 of Ferrum Virginia formerly of Stotesbury were at 2 p m today in Rocky Mount Virginia. Jamison died at 9 30 p m Saturday at his home. Survivors include a son T M Jamison of Calloway Heights.
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Stotesbury
Rocky Mount
Jamison
T. M. Jamison
Calloway Heights
Driver Arrested After Car Skids On By-Pass Crash
A car skidded off the 1921 By-Pass Sunday night and overturned. Earl Dean Wills, 23, of Daniels, was arrested by Beckley Police on reckless driving charges. Damages were estimated at 250 dollars. No one was injured.
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Earl Dean Wills
Daniels
Beckley
Kennedy Admin Names New Aides for Health and Treasury Posts
President Kennedy’s administration announced new appointees including John M. Leddy as assistant secretary of the treasury for internal affairs and Dr. Luther Terry named surgeon general. James M. Quigley will be assistant secretary of HEW for federal and state matters, with Wilbur J. Cohen tapped as assistant HEW secretary for legislative affairs as reforms unfold.
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State Department
United States
Leroy E. ‘Burney
Gets Health Post
James M. ‘Quigley
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Quigley
House calls for Senate to drop telephone cards
Economy minded lawmakers praise the House start while urging the Senate to stop giving members telephone courtesy cards. Over two sessions Senate members, numbering 32, ran up long distance charges exceeding 18 000 dollars in a 30 day period.
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House of Delegates
House
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
West Virginia Public Works Budget Requests Itemized
The West Virginia public works budget lists 11 items including Bluestone Reservoir $80,000 Cheat River $40,000 Deckers Creek $1,600 Elkins $3,000 Kanawha River $769,000 Sutton Reservoir $94,000 Twelvepole Creek $3,000 Tygart River Dam $69,000 and Williamson $479,000. The package covers construction maintenance engineering work and general studies.
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West Virginia
Public Works
Bluestone Reservoir
Cheat River
Deckers Creek
Elkins
Kanawha River
Sutton Reservoir
Twelvepole Creek
Tygart River
Williamson
Divorce Granted in Raleigh County Court
A divorce decree was signed in Raleigh County Circuit Court on Friday, granting Rubye Virginia Hayworth a divorce from Gurney William Hayworth.
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Rubye
Virginia Hayworth
Gurney William Hayworth
Five Airmen Die In C-119 Crash Near Hopkinsville
Five Air Force Reserve officers from Kelly Field Texas died when their C-119 crashed at night near Hopkinsville Kentucky about 12 miles from Fort Campbell Army Air Base. The crew, all unidentified at first, belonged to the 433rd Troop Carrier Wing. The crash occurred around 7 40 p.m. CST in a wooded area northeast of Fort Campbell.
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101St Airborne Division
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Barron outlines plan for WV economic development
Governor Barron pledges a broad program including a Department of Commerce and many bills to boost the economy. He says unemployment is the top issue and will chair a caravan of lawmakers, labor, industry, and civic leaders to assess coalfields hardships and commit to aid.
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Barron
Budget Shows Democratic Plan For Depression Areas
Kennedy argued the Eisenhower administration failed to aid states suffering chronic unemployment. The Democratic package would be roughly four times the President's 1962 request, proposing $100 million in the first year. It echoes last year’s vetoed redevelopment bill that sought $251 million for loans and grants to revive distressed regions.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Piney View Driver Held For Drunkenness
Ralph Morris of Piney View posted a $500 property bond to appear before Magistrate W. A. Burke at 10 a.m. Wednesday on a driving while drunk charge after a State Police arrest. A 17 year old Piney View driver, John W. Smith, posted a $5 bond for a run red light charge and city police arrest.
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Ralph Morris
Piney View
W. A. Burke
John W. Smith
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