New Governor Proposes Wide Reform and School Funding
Governor Hulett Smith unveils a broad program to the Legislature including $12 million in new school funding and a major executive branch reorganization. He urges a constitutional convention, independent audits, consumer protection division, anti pep pill laws, and a $1 minimum wage plan, with additional measures on housing, wage equality, and governance reform.
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Executive Branch
Charleston
UPI
Hulett Smith
Smith
Sions
West Virginia seeks record 175.5 million budget
The State Board of Public Works presents a 175.5 million dollar operating budget for 1965-66 to the Legislature, including a 6.5 million raise for teachers. The package totals 19.4 million above the current appropriation and relies on continued revenue measures.
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Charleston
API
West Virginia
State Board of Public Works
Joe Burdett
BPW
State Road Commission
Education Department
State Board of School Finance
Churchill Clings to Life During Restless Night
London reports Sir Winston Churchill, 90, near death after a stroke. Lord Moran says condition not deteriorating by midmorning as prayers rise. Diplomatic prep and global figures await official word amid a frail and prolonged battle for life.
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London
Winston Churchill
Lord Moran
Churchill
Moran
Hyde Park Gate
Britain Prays For Greatest Statesman
Britain prayed for Sir Winston Churchill as he lay near death from a stroke. Prime Minister Harold Wilson postponed a three day official visit to West Germany and delayed a parliamentary statement and a television broadcast due to Churchill's illness.
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Winston
Elizabeth II
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
London
UPS
Britain
Sir Winston Churchill
British Isles
Canterbury
Michael Ramsay
Church of England
West Germany
Selma Drives to End Segregation in Alabama Registration
United Press International reports Negroes led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr registered at a white hotel in Selma and dined at white restaurants as part of a campaign to break racial barriers. A separate attempt in Greenville, Mississippi, failed as a motel refused entry. King was assaulted briefly by a segregationist but jailed quickly. King announced another voting registration drive for today.
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United Press International
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Selma
Ala
Greenville
Miss
Albert
Weather Continues Cold Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley area sees mostly sunny spells with a high around 28 this afternoon, tonight turning cloudy and not as cold with a low near 18. Wednesday brings cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of flurries, highs in the low 30s and a few degrees cooler in the afternoon. River Greenbrier shows normal, clear conditions. Lake levels remain 7 ft below normal, and a new gauge at Hinton reads 2.9 ft. Today’s extremes: 85 at Point Mugu California, 16 at Peliston Michigan.
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Beckley
Flawless Gemini Test Clears Way for Manned Flight
CAPE KENNEDY UPS report describes a successful Gemini capsule test with two astronauts in mind. A Titan-2 rocket lofted the bell shaped payload, then the capsule returned to the Atlantic, parachuting to a recovery ship. The mission boosts plans for a three orbit manned flight by Grisom and Young and the Gemini program’s 1967 targets.
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U.S.S. Lake Champlain
Virgil J
Gus) Grissom
John W. Young
Gemini
West Virginian Found Dead In Moving Van
Garland Chambers aged 42 from Elbert West Virginia was found dead of suffocation in a closed moving van near Walnut Creek California. Passers by reported smoke issuing from the trailer door as the vehicle stood off the road. Police think he slept while smoking. The van showed little interior damage and his blankets were present. The Mayflower Company had no records of his trip.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
UPI
Garland Chambers
Elbert
W.va
Chambers
The
Mayflower Co
Georgia Murder Trial Youth Breaks Down in Court
In Sumerville Georgia UPI reports West Virginian 18 year old Woodrow Whisman breaks down crying in trial for murder of Billy A Copeland 47 after allegedly beating him with Roy Chatterton 20. Both Huntington WV natives face separate trials with death penalty sought. Whisman shouted I love my mother and demanded to be released while officers restrained him as spectators urged violence. Prosecution calls eleven witnesses including Copeland's widow. sheriff testifies to finding the body.
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Summerville
UPI
West
Billy A. Copeland
Chatterton
Whisman
Copeland
Chester Whisman
Whitman
Lafayette
Rome
Berry College
Walker County
Ralph Jones
Chattogga County
Savannah
Lyndon Late For Inaugural Gala
Washington UPI report on Lyndon B. Johnson’s inauguration gala opening the three day celebration attended by about 11 000 party workers and 6 000 major contributors. Stars like Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett performed while Johnson arrived 34 minutes late to the event.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Ernest Flatt
Folklorico de Mexico
Texas
Johnny Carson
Julie Andrews
Carol Burnett
Florida frost hits crops and freezes beaches
A severe cold wave chilled Florida breaking low temperature records from Tallahassee to Miami and damaging tomatoes lettuce beans and sugar cane while citrus and strawberries suffered spot losses. Beaches emptied as heating dealers flooded with orders and snow covered parts of New York state further north. California enjoyed 85 degree warmth in Point Mugu and 84 in Santa Ana and Long Beach.
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United Press International
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Miami Beach
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Homestead
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New York
Buffalo
New England
Billie Sol Estes Jailed After Supreme Court Rebuff
Billie Sol Estes spent his first night in jail since 1962 after the US Supreme Court refused to review his conspiracy and mail fraud conviction. He was arrested at his Abilene home and U.S. District Judge R Ewin Thomason in El Paso ordered his $120,000 bond revoked.
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Abilene, Tex
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
US Supreme Court
Estes
Abilene
U.S
Johnson Sees Trial And Test Period Ahead
President Johnson frames his inauguration as a springboard for uniting the nation and making a better world. He calls this a period of trial and test for America and urges Democratic donors to support the cause while attending inaugural events in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
America
Democratic Party
National Guard Armory
President's Club
Democratic Treasury
Bluefield Woman Dies Of Wreck Injuries
Wanda Harris, 46, of Bluefield, died in a hospital from injuries after a two vehicle crash on U S 52 north of Bluefield. Her husband was treated and released. The 1965 highway toll rose to 21, compared with 22 the year before.
Appalachia Bill Hearings Begin in Senate Session
Washington UPIs report shows John L. Sweeney leading the first witness lineup at Senate hearings on a 1 billion aid plan for Appalachia. The measure would infuse 1 077 000 000 into 11 states from Pennsylvania to northern Alabama as part of anti poverty efforts. Senator Jennings Randolph notes an aim for floor action by January end with support from Senate leaders.
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Washington
UPI
John L. Sweeney
Federal Development Planning Committee
Appalachia
Senate
Sweeney
Congress
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Jennings Randolph
Dw.va
Johnson
Mansfield
Senate Public Works Committee
House
U.S. Forest Service
Resources For the Future Inc
Hatless Hulett Makes Address in Driving Snow
Hulett Smith of Beckley became West Virginia's 27th governor in a 35 minute oath amid 3,000 observers braving a cold driving snowstorm. Smith, 46, delivered an 11 minute address hatless, as outgoing Gov. Barron introduced him and Judge Chauncey Browning Sr. administered the oath. The ceremony filled the north portico of the State Capitol with spectators and a reception line followed as the new First Family greeted about 1,500 visitors near the south portico.
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Hulett €. Smith
Beckley
West Virginia
Smith
W. W. Barron
State Capitol
State Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning Sr
Senate
House of Delegates
Board of Public Works
Cecil Underwood
State Board of Public Works
Charleston Symphony
House
Executive Order Sets Code for State Officials
In his first act as governor Hulett Smith issued an executive order laying out conduct standards for state officials and employees and urged a conflict of interest law. A task force prepared legislation but recommended a code of ethics until a workable law is ready, outlining six standards to prevent improper influence, public trust violations, conflicts with other employment, and disclosure of confidential information.
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Hulett Smith
Smith
Smith to retain Gore and Collision for key posts
Governor Hulett Smith announced he will keep Tru man Gore of Clarksburg as Finance Commissioner and Koder Collision as Commerce Commissioner. He also said Curtis Trent, Barrow’s executive secretary, will leave state government and that Trent did not seek an appointment.
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Charleston
Upi
Hulett Smith
Truman Gore
Clarksburg
Koder Collision
Commerce
W. W. Barron
Curtis Trent
Smith
Trent
Berserk convict stabs three at Virginia State Penitentiary
A convict, Allen Carroll Pruitt, 30, slashed to death prison doctor James Clyde Vanneter 65 and assistant superintendent Hugh L. Johnson 45 with a 13 inch blade. Clerk Carl Vincent Bobrosky, 26, wounded. a third employee hurt but stable. Warden Peyton said Pruitt went berserk with no stated reason. The stabbings occurred in multiple areas of the facility within minutes.
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Richmond
UPI
Virginia State Penitentiary
Courtland C. Peyton
Allen Carroll Pruitt
James Clyde Vanneter
Hugh L. Johnson
Pruitt
Carl Vincent Bobrosky
Fire Kills Family Of Six In Vermont Shack
A wind driven blaze swept a small three room wooden shack in Morrisville Vermont killing six members of Theodore Corey and Mary Coreys family including children Anna Marie Beverly Mary and Betty Jean. State police said the cause was under investigation and listed the parents as 25 and 24 years old.
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Morrisville
UPI
Theodore Corey
Mary
Anna Marie
Beverly
Betty Jean
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