West Virginia Gains Over Half a Billion in 1964 Budget
Sen. Robert Byrd announced that President Kennedy’s FY 1964 budget requests more than 526 million dollars for West Virginia across multiple agencies. He noted additional grants may swell the total, with funds for Treasury, Post Office, Mines, Education, Public Health, Social Security, Army Corps projects, and more, aiming to boost state economic activity and jobs.
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Washington
Robert Co. Byrd
Kennedy
West Virginia
Byrd
Sea- House Appropriations Committee
Mountain State
Public Works
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Bureau of Mines
Office of Coal Research
Mountain
National Science Foundation
National Radio Observatory
Green Bank
Office of Education
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
U. S
Social Security Administration
West
General Services Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Defense
Veterans Administration
Department of Labor
Department of Commerce
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
U. S. Bureau of Prisons
National Training School For Boys
Morgantown
Federal Institution For Women
Alderson
Pesident Kennedy
Congress
Bitter Cold Grips Nation Fueled by Severe Winter Storms
Nation endures extreme cold from Georgia to Texas with heavy snow warnings in the Midwest. Tornadoes and winds lash Georgia and Florida. over 60 killed nationwide. Rio Grande Valley citrus threatened by freezing temps. January crop losses hit $50 million. Southern California crops also suffer multi million losses.
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United Press International
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Midwest
Rio Grande Valley
California
New York
South Dakota
Florida
Atlanta
Mississippi Valley
International Falls
Minn
New York Printers Strike Talks In Recess Indefinitely
Strikes talks with the Teamsters are in recess as negotiations in New York lag toward Tuesday. Nine major New York newspapers have been shut since December 8 as the Newspaper Guild plans a mass meeting. The International Typographical Union strike fund, once over $1 million at the start 45 days ago, is now described as quite low. The printers are to reveal their stance on publishers Friday’s new proposal offering a $20 weekly package rise over two years, opposed by the union seeking $37.
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Teamsters
New York
Newspaper Guild
International Typographical Union
Faulty Television Suit Claims Several Defendants
William Herbert sues Sparks TV Appliance Co Motorola Inc Charleston and others in Raleigh County alleging a television set failed to produce a clear picture since delivery on April 24, 1962. He seeks contract cancellation and refund, or $1,000 damages plus costs, with a jury trial.
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George W. Sparks
Sparks TV Appliance Company
Motorola Inc
Franklin Park
Ill
Mountain Electronic Co. Inc
Charleston
General Electric Credit Corp
Bluefield
Raleigh County
Cuit
William Herbert
Sparks Television Appliance Co
Sparks
C. Berkley Lilly
Local Ward Precincts and Candidate Declarations Timeline
Detailed listing of Raleigh County precincts and ward divisions with incumbent councilmen and candidates. John W. Smith seeks re election in Ward II while Buck Ross remains incumbent in Ward III. Ward V sees Republican Hyden Smith not running again with Democrats Glen L. Boyden and Albert Nelson Scott entering. Two at large seats feature incumbents J. S. Larrick and Dr. Charles W. Merritt, potentially boosting Ward I representation. George C. Chambers, Republican at large, undecided.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Second Street
Woodrow Wilson High School
Oakwood Avenue
John W. Smith
ITI
North Kanawha Street
East Park
City Hall
Elkins Street
A. A
Buck” Ross
Johnstown
Lincoln Elementary
Whitestick
Temple Street
East Beckley
Sylvia
Stratton High School
Piney Oaks
Worley Road
Hyden Smith
George C. Chambers
Youths Face Trial for Oak Hill Break-ins and Slayings
The youths confessed in March 1962 to breaking into Collins High School and a drive in Oak Hill. They were questioned in connection with the double slaying of a doctor and Mrs. Broyles as authorities pursued the case.
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Oak Hill
Collins High School
Broyles
Legislature Examines Medical Bills and Education Funding
Lawmakers study two medical proposals, one allowing non profit corporations to provide prepaid services and another to loosen licenses for foreign doctors. WVMA calls the medical bill unacceptable, while amendments may emerge. Education committees push plans totaling about 15 million dollars, including 10 million for teacher raises, amid funding doubts.
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West Virginia Medical Association
Phares Reeder
West Virginia Education Association
Italian Fashions Hold Hemline At Florence Show
In Florence the Pitti Palace spring-summer previews enter day three as designers favor bosoms and knee hems. Milan’s Biki briefly breaks trend with a slightly dropped hemline and inset sleeves. Maria Antonelli of Rome highlights bosom-revealing necklines on printed silks.
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Florence
Italy
Pitti Palace
Carosa
Enzo
Galitzine
de Luca
Milan
Biki
Maria Callas
Maria Antonelli
Rome
Lighter Side Describes Snow Sleds Ski Meet Fun
The piece quips that children may enjoy strapping to boards and gliding past flagpoles in the snow while grownups dislike televised ski meets for their lack of traction. It jokes that spectators prefer chaos over predictable bowling or late night movies, predicting a long winter ahead.
Kennedy says invasion plans lacked adequate air cover
President Kennedy notes that the invasion planning, while led by the Central Intelligence Agency, received approval from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and himself, but he states the plans and recommendations were not adequate and lacked proper air support.
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U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Kennedy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Five Pay Fines For Gambling In Rhodell Poolroom
Five men from Rhodell paid $10 fines and costs to Magistrate W A Burke after state police arrested them for poker at Pauls Poolroom. Other local warrants led to releases. Jessie M Saunders forfeited a $34.50 bond for reckless driving. Oden E Bennett posted a $500 property bond for peace warrant and drunkenness. Beckley man freed after lunacy warrant withdrawn. Robert Noel Jr faced destruction of property charges. Dallas Hartley freed after peace warrant withdrawal.
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W. A. Burke
Paul's
Rhodell
Charlie Hicks
Vernon Paul Canterbury
George Howard
Emmett McKinney
James Jenneys
Odd
Jessie M. Saunders
St. Hamden
Ohio
Joe Rodriguez
Beckley
Robert Noel Jr
9Th Street
Irene Branch
9Th St
Dallas
Hartley
J. K. Cole
De Gaulle and Adenauer Meet to Forge French German Alliance
President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met at the Elysee Palace to cement a cooperative pact between France and West Germany amid Britain’s Common Market bid. Talks included foreign ministers Couve de Murville and Schroeder and other ministers as the leaders prepared a binding accord. De Gaulle 72 and Adenauer 87 greeted each other in the cold to mark the event.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
Elysee Palace
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Gerhard Schroeder
Germany
Ofice
de Gaulle
Adenauer
False alarms tied to snip e hunting draw ambulance calls
Keyser Bryant Funeral Home ambulances joined in a string of false alarms Sunday night. Three fake calls were answered, Beckley Rescue Squad responded to a South Fayette Street false alarm, a Trap Hill man fainted and cut himself but refused treatment, and another call reported a heart attack on Woodlawn Avenue.
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Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Beckley
South Fayette Street
Funeral Home
Woodlawn Avenue
Driver Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in Court
Alfie L. Smith pleaded guilty before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez at 9 30 am today to reckless driving and paid a 25 fine plus costs. He was arrested by State Police on January 5.
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Alfie L. Smith
Joe Rodriguez
Navy recruit absent without leave in Raleigh County
Walter Boyd Gill of the U S Navy was jailed in Raleigh County at 11 30 a m today after a Navy recruiter arrested him for being absent without official leave from the Navy.
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Walter Boyd Gill
U. S. Navy
Raleigh County
Navy
Skating Party Tonight for Beckley Presbyterian Youth
The Pioneer Youth Fellowship at Beckley Presbyterian Church invites members to bring one guest to a skating party this evening. Meet at the church at 6 45 p.m. for the event.
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Pioneer Youth Fellowship
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Frost Steps After Abdominal Surgery Heart Attack
Poet Robert Frost age 88 began walking Sunday for the first time since surgery at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for a urinary obstruction on December 10. He later suffered a heart attack and two pulmonary embolisms.
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Boston
UPI
Robert Frost
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Rites Held for Tolliver and Lambert RNS Obituaries
Funeral services planned for Dan Tolliver 70 of Saulsville with burial at Clay Cemetery after at Sauls ville Baptist Church. Died Sunday in Beck ley hospital leaving a large family and 12 grandchildren. Curtis C Lambert 76 Philippi former Mount Hope minister buried at Mt Vernon Memorial Center after service at Philippi Crim Memorial Methodist Church. Survived by wife Meno and children in multiple states. notes on World War I service and prior posts.
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Dan Tolliver
Saulsville
Saulsville Baptist Church
Lonnie Blankenship
Dewey Wilson
Clay Cemetery
Tolliver
Wyoming County
Beckley
Ada Clay Tolliver
Clyde
Jim
Morell
Woodrow
Danny
Bolt
Janice Meadows
Jean H. Cook
Corinne
J. C. McGraw
Rainelle
Riley
Naoma
Sam Foglestong
Mullens
Curtis C. Lambert
Philippi
Mount Hope
Philippi- Crim Memorial Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon Memorial Center
Lambert
Philippi Hospital
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Ronceverte Church
Summersville
Logan
Philippi-Crim Memorial Methodist Church
Pendelton County
George and
Etta Calhoun Lambert
U. S
National Guard
Emory University
Atlanta
Philippi Kiwanis Club
National
Eloise) Russell
Beaverton
Ore
James
Margaret Kinkead
Belmont
Calif
Bryan Lambert
Florida
Ward Lambert
Moorefield
Aady Johnson
Carrolotn
Ohio
Lena Wimer
Kate Viar
Franklin
Blanche Bruce
Harrisonburg
Julian
Bud) Lambert
Riddick Infant Graveside Rites Held Today
The infant son of Carl and Alma Meadows Riddick of Mabscott died at birth and graveside rites were planned for 10 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Park conducted by Rev. L A Garten. Survivors include both parents a brother John Earl and three Arlington sisters. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs C W Riddick Bluefield and Mr and Mrs John A Meadows Fayetteville. Funeral arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Carl
Alma Meadows Riddick
Mabscott
Sunset Memorial Park
L. A. Garten
John Earl
Helen
Barbara
Shelia
Arlington
C. W. Riddick
Bluefield
John A. Meadows
Fayetteville
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Welch merchant Joe Nugen
Joe Nugen 62 of Welch dies after long illness. Funeral at 1 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Welch with Dr Raymond Adkins presiding. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery near Bluefield. Born February 19 1900 in Dempsey son of William and Elizabeth Nugen. Retired merchantLinked to Hilly Food Market Welch and 20 years store manager Lake Superior Coal Co. Member Welch Masonic Lodge Shrine Club. Survived by brother Marlene Quesenberry Nugen Henry Oak Hill sisters Mrs Carl Allen Oak Hill and Mrs Belle Blaker Columbus Ohio. Body at Douglas Mortuary Welch.
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Joe Nugen
Welch
First Baptist Church of
Raymond Adkins
Woodlawn
Bluefield
Welch Hospital
Dempsey
William and
Elizabeth Nugen
Lake Superior Coal Co
Welch Masonic Lodge
Shrine Club
Marlene Quesenberry Nugen
Henry
Oak Hill
Carl Allen
Belle Blaker
Columbus
Ohio
Douglas Mortuary
Final rites for Romeo A. Ramey
Romeo A. Ramey 50 of Arlington Virginia formerly of Beckley will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St Stephens Episcopal Church with Rev. Joseph Richards presiding Burials Sun Set Memorial Park after services He died Friday at an Arlington hospital from a lung collapse The body lies at Caffee Funeral Home until service time Pallbearers are Edward Hawley Joe Farris Phil Bsharah and Toney McKulic
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Romeo A. Ramey
Arlington
Beckley
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Joseph Richards
Buria
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee Funeral
Edward Hawley
Joe Farris
Phil Bsharah
Toney McKulic
Funeral set for Mrs Minnie Keys in Whitesville
Mrs Minnie Lee Keys 68 of Blue Pennant dies after long illness in a Charleston hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at her daughter's Whitesville home with Rev W G Byers officiating. Burial Mordue Cemetery Whitesville. Survivors include husband George seven sons George Jr Harry Ralph Jack Fred Kelly and Bill two daughters Louise Foster and Myrtle Halstead and a brother.
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Minnie Lee Keys
Lucille Jarrell
Whitesville
W. G. Byers
Mordue
Keys
Charleston
George
George Jr
Berea
Ohio
Harry
Christiansburg
Ralph
Dayton Ohio
Jack
Garrison
Fred
Jarrolds Valley
Kelly
Bill
Louise Foster
Bloomingrose
Myrtle Halstead
Orlando
Fla
Tense Nerves and Relief for Colon Constipation
An article describes Auerbach's Plexus nerves in the colon and how tense nerves upset bowel habits. It touts Corona ges and COLONAID as a relief kit providing colonic nerve stimulation, re bulking action, and moisturizing effects for overnight easing of chronic constipation.
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Auerbach
Colonaid
Smoke damages house on Kanawha Street in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department responded to 11 25 a m call at 21102 S Kanawha St to a basement fire in a house owned by Mrs J C Mc Cluskey and recently rented by Mr and Mrs Andrew Perdue. Officials say the fire confined to a basement trash pile. Smoke damages estimated at 4500 dollars.
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Beckley Fire Department
S. Kanawha St
J. C. McCluskey
Andrew Perdue
Fire Department
Meeting Set Tonight by Raleigh County Housemen
The Raleigh County Houseman's Association meets at 7 30 tonight in the Raleigh Coca Cola Building Dr Charles W Merrit 1963 horse show chairman will lead a discussion on plans for this year’s Bradley Show grounds presentation in July
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Raleigh County Houseman’s Association
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
Charles W. Merrit
Bradley Showgrounds
Centennial Sign Contract Awarded for Raleigh County
The Cole Sign Co. of Beckley won a $2,400 contract for six 8 by 16 foot metal signs marking Raleigh County Centennial activity. Signs will feature Honey In the Rock Coaltown Museum and Beckley Exhibition Mine in six colors with weatherproof enamel and greet tourists at major roads by mid March.
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Raleigh County
Cole Sign Co
Beckley
George B. Chambers
Chambers
Coaltown Museum
Beckley Exhibition
Guilty Plea Leads to 30 Day Jail Term in Raleigh Court
Bill Turner pleaded guilty to being drunk in public and was sentenced to 30 days in Raleigh County Jail. Judge Harry L. McCreery presided in Raleigh County Criminal Court this morning. Counsel for the defendant was Kermit A. Locke. Court recessed jurors until 9:00 a.m. Thursday and adjourned until 1:30 p.m. today.
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Bill Turner
Raleigh County
Kermit A. Locke
Harry L. McCreery
McAlpin Driver Faces Two Driving Charges
Robert L. Burnette 19 of McAlpin is ordered to appear in City Police Court on January 31 for speeding and a red light violation. Luther Hairston 33 of Stamford is ordered to appear at 7:30 p.m. today on two traffic charges after being arrested Sunday for no operator's license and invalid registration card.
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Robert L. Burnette
McAlpin
Luther Hairston
Stamaford
Three Killed On State Highways In West Virginia
West Virginia logged three highway deaths over the week end raising the year’s toll to 17. Thayer Combs 52 of Bridgeport died in Morgantown University Hospital from injuries after a Sunday wreck on U S 119. In Mercer County two deaths were a Bluefield minister Mrs William E Smith and James H Alvis Jr 29 of Lorain Ohio. Mrs Smith was struck and killed by a hit run driver while walking on a rural road near Bluefield with her husband and a companion Mrs Effie Hill 52 of Bluefield.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Mercer County
Morgantown
Thayer Combs
Bridgeport
University Hospital
U. S. 119
Combs
William E. Smith
Bluefield
James H. Alvis Jr
Lorain
Ohio
Sith
Church of God
William Smith
Effie Hill
Jacqueline Kennedy on Mrs Truman and her White House role
Jacqueline Kennedy praises Bess Truman for guiding a daughter through the White House years and keeping the family intact. She notes the constant demands of public life and explains why she avoids campaign travel to protect time with her children. She says the presidency allows more time with John F. Kennedy and values the White House as a shared center of family life.
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Harry S. Truman
America
Bess Truman
White House
Caroline
John Jr
Kennedy outlines tax cuts to spur 1963 growth
President Kennedy forecasts a 1963 GNP of 578 billion, about 16 billion higher than 1962, with a favorable outlook for moderate expansion. He urges tax reduction in three stages from 20 91 percent to 14 65 percent and warns Congress to act to avoid larger deficits.
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Kennedy
Congress
Khrushchev proposes station relocations in nuclear test talks
Kennedy cites U.S. officials listing eight to ten stations and notes Khrushchev's suggested sites Kokchetov Bodaibo and Yakutsk lie outside common earthquake zones. The President says the plan is helpful but inadequate and Khrushchev offers to move two stations in a January reply.
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Khrushchev
U.S
United States
Kennedy
Kokchetov
Central Asia
Altaian
Yakutsk
Russia
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Frost
Austin McKnight
Rock Creek
Myrtle Austin
Dayton
Lottie Ferrell
Eunice
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Vanlear
Armstrong Funeral Homes
Curtis Lambert
Riddick Infant
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Minnie Keys
Kanawha St
Centennial
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