Prosecutor May Seek Death Penalty In Youth Murder Trial
The Fayette County case against Roger Belcher 16 and Arnold Vance 15 for the 1961 shooting deaths of Dr Archer Wingrove 84 and housekeeper Mrs Georgia Broyles advances as Prosecutor J Zane Summerfield seeks the death penalty. A four day trial is anticipated with mental capacity evidence central to the defense.
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Phyllis Hunsaker
Fayetteville
RNS
Roger Belcher
Scarbro
Fayette County
J. Zane Summerfield
Summerfield
Belcher
Arnold Lee Vance
Oak Hill
Archer Wingrove
Georgia Broyles
Vance
Jetter
Samuel W. Price
C. R. Hill Jr
Wingrove
West Virginia Sees 50 Degree Temperature Drop
A cold air mass from northern Canada sweeps into West Virginia over the weekend, causing temperatures to fall up to 50 degrees in 30 hours. Parkersburg records 3 degrees, Charleston 5, Huntington 6, and Elkins 8 as the cold front arrives near mid afternoon Sunday. Expect continued below normal readings this week with light snow possible Thursday.
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United Press International
Canada
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Charleston
Huntington
Elkins
West Virginia Weather Outlook Cold with Snow Flurries
Cold and windy today with snow flurries and a high around 15 to 20 degrees. Tonight will be very cold with lows from 0 to 5 below in the northwest and 0 to 10 above in the east and south. Tuesday brings sun but continued cold conditions. Five day forecast shows performance near 10 degrees below normal with highs 46 to 26 in the south and 43 to 21 in the north. Temperatures stay well below normal Tuesday and Wednesday, then moderating slightly Thursday but turning colder Friday and Saturday. Precipitation possible Thursday totaling about a quarter inch. River and lake levels mostly normal and clear with one new gauge reading 3.1 ft at Hinton.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Tom
Nates
Hinton
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
West Virginia
Ohio Valley Trial
Cincinnati
Ohio
the Effective Administration of Justice
University of Cincinnati College of Law
United States Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Wife Waives Murder Charge At Gauley Bridge Hearing
Arlene Bennett 28 of Alta waived to the grand jury in a preliminary hearing on a murder charge. She remained jailed in Fayette County with no bond after being accused of fatally stabbing her husband Barney 39 at their rural Alta home following a kitchen argument. The couple with five children lived about three miles east of Gauley Bridge.
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Gauley
RNS
Arlene Bennett
Alta
Allen Castle
Gauley Bridge
Fayette County
Bennett
Barney
Longshoremen Accept Board Proposals in Major Strike
Longshoremen and maritime workers accept a presidential board’s recommendations in the Maine to Texas dock strike but no final decisions yet. The ILA approves a 39 cent two year wage package while NY Shipping Association delays action after member meetings. Over 190,000 workers idle for 29 days amid ongoing labor turmoil. Police antistrike talk and port cost estimates surface as congress may act. News blackout continues with Cleveland and New York newspaper strikes and a third union voting to strike Local 24 Photo-engravers seeking permission.
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United Press International
Texas
The
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
New York Shipping Association
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Alexander Chopin
New York
Cleveland
Press
Plain Dealer
Charles Thomason
International Today
Trains Crashed in City During Strike
A center city collision of two commuter trains jammed with about 1,000 riders left at least 245 injured after the rear end wreck. Eight admitted to hospitals. three girls were briefly trapped as rescuers labored three hours to free Barbara Flanagan 19 and her sister amid twisted metal.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Center City
Barbara Flanagan
Barbara
Kennedy urges tax cuts to spur economy in annual report
President Kennedy forecast moderate business gains for the year and urged Congress to cut individual income taxes and reduce the corporate rate from 30 to 22 percent on the first 25 000 of income retroactive to January 1. He warned that without the cuts a recession and a higher 1964 deficit were possible.
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Joseph D. Hutman
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Senate leaders split on Kennedy tax cut plan
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield said a 1964 tax cut is unlikely without revenue reforms, while Dirksen cautioned a combined tax cut and reform bill would be hard to pass. Humphy supported Kennedy and predicted approval this year as Kennedy prepared to send his tax proposals to Congress.
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Rity
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Walter W. Heller
President’s Council of Ecoomic Advisers
Heller
Washington
UPI
Congress
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen, III
Mansfield
Afl-Cio
Kennedy backs Meredith remaining at Ole Miss amid integration
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy says James Meredith should continue at the University of Mississippi, viewing his admittance as a government-supported step in enforcing the law. He cautions quitting could hinder future integration efforts in Alabama and South Carolina. Kennedy also disputes claims the Bay of Pigs operation lost air cover.
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Ole ‘Miss
Meredith
United States
Kennedy
U.S. News and World Report
Cuba
Castro
U.S
U N Forces Enter Kolwezi in Congo Mission Milestone
U N troops entered Kolwezi without resistance and secured the airfield, signaling a peaceful handover as Tshombe’s Katanga stronghold falls. Indian troops crossed the Delcommune Dam and found it intact. Leadership planned to coordinate arrivals from Elizabethville.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
U. N
Moise Tshombe
Kolwezi
U.N
Leopoldville
Tshom
Tshombe
Prem Chand
Kobhwwezi
Centennial Baby Named for West Virginia Centennial
Barry Colt Sullivan born at 12 03 a m New Year s Day in Morris Medical Clinic Moundsville was recognized as the official West Virginia Centennial baby by Gov W W Barron in a letter to his parents Mr and Mrs Robert B Sullivan The ceremony marks a state centennial observance.
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Moundsville
UPI
Robert B. Sullivan
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Sullivans
Barry Colt Sullivan
Morris Medical Clinic
Peace Corps Entrance Tests Set at Beckley Site
Peace Corps testing will be held at 8 30 a m Saturday in Room B2 at the Beckley Post Office. The tests are part of 823 civil service centers and cover education agriculture health construction and community development positions. Applicants must be U S citizens 18 or older with no upper age limit. Married couples may apply if both qualify. Two tests available teaching and general placement with an afternoon option for other positions. Other WV centers include Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg Elkins Huntington Lewisburg Morgantown Parkersburg Wheeling and Williamson.
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Peace Corps
Beckley
Douglas Riker
Public Information Division
Beckley Post Office
Civil Service Commission
Latin America
Africa
Far East
Near East
South Asia
West Virginia
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Elkins
Huntington
Lewisburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wheeling and
Williamson
Couple Sues Local Doctor and Hospital for 350000
Fayette County couple Ednad Mildred Mann and Kenneth Mann sue Dr. John J. Marra and Miners Memorial Hospital Inc. in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office seeking 350000 for alleged negligent surgery on Feb 5 1961 and Sept 27 1961 causing Mrs Mann paralysis and long hospitalization. Kenneth Mann seeks 100000 for loss of wife’s services and household duties. Counsel for defendant is E Franklin Pauley Charleston.
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Fayette County
Ednad
Mildred Mann
Kenneth Mann
John J. Marra
Miners Memorial Hospital Inc
Kentucky
Raleigh County
Marra
Bill Would Kill State Income Tax
West Virginia lawmakers returned to desks with a third reapportionment bill in the House and a Senate plan to abolish the two year old personal income tax. The House also considered extending several tax rates for another year including sales use taxes insurance horse racing and the cigarette tax. The 6 cent per pack cigarette levy was on second reading as Gov Barron pressed to extend the temporary two cent levy set to expire June 30.
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Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
House
W. W. Barron
House Finance Committee
Dell
Frank Reem
R-Ritchie
Jack R. Nuzum
Randolph
J. E
Ned) Watson
Marion
Wood
Hancock
McDowell
Fayette
Logan
Kanawha
Donald Robertson
Watson
Jack Miller
R Wood
Senate Judiciary Committee
Education
Sen
William A. Moreland
Judiciary Committee
Nine Arrested In Wyoming Raids
Nine people face charges after Saturday night raids by State Police in Mullens-Beckley area. Alfred Walker of the Oceana Moose Club and Frances Lamb among those charged with liquor and gambling offenses. Mollie Heath Mullens and Jess Thompson Wyoming Hotel elevator operator also facing liquor charges. Five others charged with gambling posted bonds. Walker Thompson and the two women posted appearance bonds. The group is to appear January 26 before Magistrate Jack R. Pizzino at 10 and 11 a.m.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Jack R. Pizzino
Mullens-Beckley
Moose Club
Oceana
Wyoming
Mullens
Mollie Heath
Alfred Walker
Walker
Frances Lamb
Pizzino
Jess Thompson
Wyoming Hotel
Thompson
Khrushchev Signals Openness to Test Ban Inspections
Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposes limited on-site inspections on Soviet soil to curb underground tests and allows foreign personnel to deploy up to three unmanned monitoring devices. He suggests two to three inspection teams yearly to verify earth tremors. Kennedy and Khrushchev exchanges spur talks in New York with Britain joining in Washington talks.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Khrushchev
New York
Britain
U.S
Pravda
London
Snyder Applies for Ward V Executive Committee Post
Democrat Snyder Fred G. files for a seat on the city party Executive Committee representing Ward V. The notice lists ward boundaries and precincts, noting George C. Porter, incumbent Ward II councilman, will not seek re-election.
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Fred G. Snyder
Earhart St
Institute School
Harper Road
Sunrise Avenue
George C. Porter
Central Elementary
the Armory
Jacqueline Kennedy Seeks Time With Children in White House
In an exclusive UPI interview Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the President, marks her third White House year by prioritizing family over public life. She expresses desire for more time with her children and emphasizes that her family remains more important than her role as First Lady.
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Jacqueline
White House
United Press International
Jacqueline Kennedy
America
Vorite
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