Youth’s new arms give Charles Armentrout fresh start
Charles Armentrout, once a 13 month old train accident survivor who lost both arms, now 18 and a 1961 Woodrow Wilson graduate, trains at the West Virginia Vocational Training Center. He adapts quickly to artificial arms, painting, swimming, writing, ball, and marksman skills with a shotgun and rifle. His mother recalls his early independence and determination to live without handicap as he prepares for a future in work and activity.
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Cittsville
West Virginia
Richard Armentrout
Institute
George Mickel
Beckley
Limerick critique of Roosevelt memorial design erupts
An anonymous Washington Post editor riffs on a proposed Franklin D Roosevelt memorial using Lear inspired verse. He mocks the Stonehenge like slabs and imagines epitaph style inscriptions for failed New Deal programs, ending with a joking nod to Roosevelt’s cigar smoke.
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Washington
UPI
Washington Post
Times Herald
Edward Lear
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paymau
Salisbury
England
Post
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Weather roundup and city forecasts
In Vincinia the high reached the 30s with fair but colder conditions tonight and a low expected between 14 and 20. Beckley reports a 50 degree high yesterday and 26 as the last 24 hour low. Oak Hill had a 48 high and 6 hundredths low over the past day. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and clear conditions. Lake Bluestone normal and clear with seven gates open and a 3.4 ft gauge at Hinton. New York reports 27 below zero at Bozeman and Drummond, Mont, and a high of 60s at Vero Beach, Fla.
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Ssnctesecas
Oak Hill
Togay
Vrissessssence
Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
HI LO
New York
UPI
Weather Bureau
Bozeman
Drummond
Mont
Vero Beach
Fla
Corcoran Urges Defeat of Kee in West Virginia
West Virginia Republican Chairman Howard Corcoran urged voters to defeat Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee at a Lincoln Day dinner in Fayette County. He accused Democrats of one party domination and called for strong GOP candidates and a Republican legislature to enable economic and governmental reconstruction in the state.
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Fayetteville
UPI
West Virginia
Howard Corcoran
Elizabeth Kee
Corcoran
Fifth Congressional District
Charges Dismissed Against Ex-Warden Tucker
Ma licious wounding charges against former Moundsville Penitentiary Warden Lige Tucker were dismissed at the request of the state and the complainant. The case stemmed from Tucker firing at 15 year old Joseph Barlow Jr. in a Bluefield neighbor yard last July after ordering him to halt. Tucker later said he acted after the boy threw a rock and ran.
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Bluefield
UPI
Moundsville
E, UH
Lige
Tucker
Joseph Barlow Jr
W. O. Bivens, Jr
Mercer County Criminal Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Norfolk and Western Railway
Barlow
State Senate
Kennedy to meet Thant on New York trip
President Kennedy will fly to New York Friday to discuss international issues with U. N. Secretary General Thant in Adlai Stevenson’s hotel suite. Britain and the United States plan to urge the Soviet Union to move the nuclear test ban talks into broader disarmament talks. Seven workers were killed and two injured in a Spanish explosives plant blast in Galdacano. Congo sources say Antoine Gizenga will be held in Stanleyville for probe into deaths of opponents after Lumumba’s killing. Kekkonen deemed probable Finland president after two days of elections following neutrality talks in Moscow. Robert J. Test, longtime ICC official, died in Fairfax hospital. Dorothy Kirsten and husband plan Russia trip. embassy canceled tour of the Bolshoi without explanation. Robert McClintock named ambassador to Argentina, replacing Rubottom. Two U. S. MAAG members killed and eight wounded by grenade explosion near Saigon. Pennsylvania Railroad replies to strike threat.
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Kennedy
New York
U. N
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Galdacano
Spain
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Kekkonen
Moscow
Khrushchev
Robert J. Test
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fairfax
Dorothy Kirsten
John French
Russia
Miss Kirsten
Bolshoi Opera
Robert McClintock
Argentina
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Naval War College
U. S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
Saigon
Viet Nam
Pennsylvania Railroad
92 Year Old Husband and 27 Year Old Wife Welcome Third Child
In Knoxville Tennessee a 92-year-old husband Jesse Messer and his 27-year-old wife welcomed a son Randall Anthony six pounds three ounces on Monday. The father faced flu and hospital delay while the mother noted their unique marriage with its small arguments. The couple also has older children Patricia eight and Bobbie Lynn five. They have been married twelve years.
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Knoxville, Tenn
UPI
Jesse Messer
Randall Anthony
Bludgeoning kills Fullerton mother echoes Bowman case
In Fullerton California a mother of two, Charlotte Schmidt, 46, was bludgeoned to death in her home. Police say the slaying mirrors the January death of Doris Bowman in Pacific Palisades with six or seven blows to the head, fully clothed bodies, and no robbery or weapon found. Schmidt’s husband, Ethan, 46, discovered her body.
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Fullerton
Calif
UPI
Doris Bowman
Charlotte Schmidt
Ethan
Union Oil Co
Brea
John Egan
Bowman
Wayne Bornhoff
Pacific Palisades
Los Angeles
Schmidt
State Bar Targets Judge's Son in Disbarment Case
West Virginia State Bar ethics panel files disbarment against James Arnold, 34, son of Judge Lloyd Arnold, alleging fraudulent divorce actions and other unprofessional conduct. Arnold ordered to appear in Marshall County Circuit Court next Monday to show cause why his license should not be nulled.
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Charleston
UPI
James L. Arnold
Moundsville
Marshall County
West Virginia State Bar
Lloyd Arnold
West Virginia
2Nd Circuit
Andrew L. Blair
Blair
Arnold
New Martinsville
Marshall
Tyler
Wetzel
James Arnold
Herman C. Laas
Lester Crow
Indonesia Says Dutch Open Sea Attack Raises War Tensions
Indonesian military chief Maj. Gen. Achmad Jani accused Dutch planes and ships of deliberately attacking Indonesian vessels in the open sea near the Aru Islands as President Sukarno met with advisers. Hollandia officials claimed Indonesia fired first. A news blackout was ordered.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
West New Guinea
West Irian
Sukarno
Holland
Achmad Jani
Aru Islands
Jani
Hollandia
New Guinea
U S tanks pull back from Friedrichstrasse border point
UPI reports United States Army pulls back tanks and armored cars from around the Friedrichstrasse crossing on the East West Berlin border. Observers see the move as a sign of reduced tension after a period when American and Soviet tanks faced each other within a few hundred feet during the crisis.
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Berlin
UPI
United States
Friedrichstrasse
Food Stamp Officials Suspend Two Stores
Two Welch groceries Mack's Market and Happy's Market were suspended from the federal food stamp program after allegations of accepting coupons for cash and non food items. Mack's Market was damaged by a $35,000 fire that destroyed much of the building's first floor and forced nearby occupants to flee, with four hours of firefighting and no injuries.
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WELCH
UPS
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mack’s Market
Adolph Berg
Happy’s Market
Frank Serreno
Mack's Market
McDowell County
13 year old prime suspect in Our Lady of the Angels fire
A 13 year old boy who admitted starting several fires is considered the best suspect in the Our Lady of the Angels school fire that killed 95. Chicago police say he was a student there at the time and a taped confession prompted family court review amid conflicting reports from newspapers and investigators.
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Chicago
UPS
Our Lady of the Angels
Drew Brown
United Press International
Brown
Cicero
The
Chicago Tribune
John E. Reid
the Tribune
Alfred J. Cilella
Reid
Chicago Sun-Times
Cilella
UPI
Two Youths Missing Footprints Found Near Abandoned Mine
In Philipsburg Pa UPI searchers resumed the hunt for Wesley Lowe 13 and Larry Husted 10 who vanished Sunday after leaving home on a hike. Snowy footprints near an abandoned mine provided a clue as more than 100 volunteers combed the area. The boys from Osceola Mills were last seen at 2 30 p m Sunday.
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Philipsburg
UPI
Wesley Lowe
Larry Husted
Osceola Mills
UN Watchlights West New Guinea Crisis Quiet Action
The United Nations kept watch on the West New Guinea dispute after a naval clash that sank two Indonesian torpedo boats. Thant sent urgent messages to Indonesia and The Netherlands urging a peaceful solution while Indonesia claimed ignorance of an invasion fleet. Portugal walked out during Angola debate as delegates returned for a long discussion on the African territory.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPD
West New Guinea
World Organization
Thant
Indonesia
Netherlands
South Pacific
Jakarta
West Irian
Security Council
Portugal
General Assembly
Angola
U.N
Holland Increases West New Guinea Force Strength
The Hague reports Holland will extend tours of duty for marines soldiers and air force ground personnel for three months to bolster armed forces in West New Guinea after Monday naval clash with Indonesia. Premier de Quay says government remains open to talks with Indonesia and Thant is kept informed.
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Hague
Holland
UPI
West New Guinea
Indonesia
Jan Eduard de Quay
de Quay
United Nations
Thant
Charleston governor orders hiring on competence only
Gov W W Barron issued an executive order directing all state agencies to hire workers strictly on the basis of competence regardless of race creed or national origin. Leopoldville UPI reports Congolese Premier Cyrille Adoula fired pro Communist Antoine Gizenga as vice premier of the central government.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Leopoldville
Cyrille Adoula
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Legislature Hears State School Plea
West Virginia education budget requests dominate two day Charleston hearings. State Board of Education seeks 14.6 million for Marshall University eight colleges and other facilities for 1962-63 while WVU and others request funds.
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Charleston
UPI
House
Senate
State Board of Education
Marshall University
Senate Finance Committee
West Virginia University
Board of Public Works
WVU
Board of Education
State Tax Department
West Virginia bills seek broader state investment powers
Charleston UPI reports lawmakers introduced bills to create a State Board of Investments that would take over from the State Board of Public Works and expand authority to invest in guaranteed corporate bonds. Treasurer John Kelly says earnings could rise by about $2 million annually. Omnibus measures also raise salaries for county and circuit clerks and authorize $19,414 in claims against six agencies.
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Charleston
UPI
Boaden
West Virginia
Julius Singleton
D-Monongalia
House
Howard Carson
D - Fayette
William Moreland
Senate
W.W. Barron
State Board of Public Works
John Kelly
No Discrimination In W. Va. Schools-Smith
West Virginia State School Superintendent Rex M. Smith claimed no racial discrimination in public schools following a May 1954 survey. He cited cooperative implementation of the Supreme Court desegregation decree, limited race data since 1955, and notes that some counties allow school choice while districts adjust. The 1960 census showed a decade of population decline with fewer Negro residents, exact racial breakdown unavailable.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Rex M. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Boards of Education
Kennedy to Propose Record 92.6 Billion Budget for 1963
President Kennedy is expected to submit a 92.6 billion dollar federal budget for fiscal 1963 starting July 1, with a projected 93 billion dollar revenue and a 400 million dollar surplus. Defense and space programs dominate outlays, including about 48.5 billion for military spending and nearly 4 billion for NASA plus space booster development. The plan aims to fund foreign aid around 4.9 billion while seeking continued growth in space exploration and defense capabilities.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Weather Bureau
Talks Must Go On President By Merriman Smith
President Kennedy said Berlin exploratory talks with the United States and the Soviet Union must continue for a reasonable period before judging their value. He told 378 reporters at a news conference that any assessment would be premature and expressed hope that Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko would keep talking.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
U.S
Russia
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
Questionable registrations found at three WV colleges
Charleston UP I report says only 13 questionable cases surfaced in a spot check by a legislative subcommittee aiming to curb out-of-state students using false addresses for lower tuition. Concord College had six, Shepherd seven, West Liberty none.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Concord College
Shepherd
West Liberty College
Legislative
C. H. Koontz
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