Youths Trial Opens in Fayette County Murder Case
Fayetteville reporter notes defense claims a woman killed Dr. Archer Wingrove and housekeeper Mrs. Georg ia Broy les. Roger Belcher 16 Scarbro testifies a drunk woman fired the shot. Witness says he helped the woman collect a debt at the Wingrove home. Page 2 reference.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Archer Wingrove
Georgeia Broyles
Fayette County
Roger Belcher
Scarbrol
Arnold Lee Vance
Oak Hill
Vance
R. J. Thrift Jr
Wingrove
Scarbro
Glen Jean
Thrift
Anita Williams
Washington slept rough in era inns says diaries
Washington’s diaries, recent excerpts from National Geographic Society, reveal his poor lodging during travels. He notes straw mattresses, vermin and a fire sparked by straw on a stormy night, underscoring the era’s rough accommodations.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
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Venezuela Students, Police In Gunbattle
Police fought with students at Central University in Caracas for about 15 minutes. No casualties were reported. Police had surrounded the campus to recover five stolen paintings worth 660000 dollars and arrested two students at the scene. University classes were suspended to prevent violence.
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Venezuela
UPI
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West Virginia Weather Brings Cold Snap and Snow Likely
Cloudy and not so cold across the state with light snow northward. Winds rise and temperatures fall tonight into the teens and single digits in some areas. Beckley and Oak Hill report highs yesterday in the teens and upper teens with near zero to 12 above tonight. River gauges show Greenbrier River normal and clear conditions, while New River gauge reads 3.3 feet at Hinton. International Falls records 34 below zero at dawn as Miami reports 78 degrees later.
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Press Freedom in Democracy In Retreat says Williams
Lord Francis Williams warned that democracy cannot survive without a free press. He cited Africa and Asia as regions where press freedom is retreating and noted government attempts to suppress or shape news during crises, stressing the rising need for independent reporting in the next decade.
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UPI
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Fund For the Republic
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South Africa
India
Asia
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Burma
Malaya
Singapore
Thailand
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South America
Arthur) Sylvester
Pentagon
Supreme Court clears papers for government report in libel case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the Scranton Times not liable for inaccuracies in a government report used in a story. The 6-1 decision reversed a lower court order to retry damages in a suit by Angelo J. Sciandra. The report cited a 1935 rape arrest. Sciandra denied the claim.
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UPI
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Lucierne County
Scranton Times
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Pittston
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Times
New York State
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Sciandra
Arthur L. Reuter
Court Upholds News Source Protection Law
Philadelphia judge backs a 1937 statute shielding news sources after Robert L. Taylor refused to reveal sources to a grand jury. The ruling notes the law is constitutional though invocation timing and documents remain in question. Also sworn witnesses included Bulletin executives. subpoenas for several were dropped.
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Philadelphia
UPI
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Robert L. Taylor
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Gold
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Bulletin
Selby
Taylor
Stuart S. Taylor
William B. Dickinson
Stuart Taylor
Dickinson
Walter Lister
New Stevenson Squabble Over Cuban Crisis Role
New York reports a dispute over Adlai Stevenson’s position in the Cuban crisis sparked by a Saturday Evening Post piece. Stewart Alsop and Charles Barlett quote Fritchey as saying Stevenson urged possible abandonment of Guantanamo to win Soviet missiles off Cuba, while Fritchey disputes the claim.
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New York
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
Saturday Evening Post
Washington
Stewart Alsop
Stevenson
National Security Council
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Clayton Fritchey
United Nations
Fritchey
Alsop
Charles Barlett
Bartlett
U.N
Adenauer appeals to de Gaulle over Brussels talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer personally asked President de Gaulle in Paris to avoid open breach in the Brussels talks on Britain joining the European Common Market. French sources said de Gaulle promised to think it over. Democratic leaders met with President Kennedy and urged bipartisan support for the tax cut program to boost the economy.
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Charles de Galle
Paris
Brussels
Britain
de Galle
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John W. McCormick
Congress
Eisenhower backs term limits for Congress
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower proposes two six year Senate terms and three four year House terms to curb long tenure. He argues term limits would reduce self serving votes and foster new ideas, noting constitutional amendment would be needed.
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New York
UPI
Dwight D Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Saturday Evening Post
U.S
Fruit Prices Rise After Freezes Hit Major Growing Areas
Prices of oranges grapefruits tangerines cucumbers tomatoes and green peppers have climbed sharply after December freezes in Florida and later cold snaps in Texas and California. Wholesale citrus concentrates doubled while forecasts show double digit drops in orange grapefruit and lemon production. Retail prices for Florida fruit surged with oranges at 7 for 49 cents and tangerines at 6 for 49 cents as consumers face higher costs.
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Chicago
UPI
Florida
United Press International
Texas
California
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arizona
Libby McNeill
Libby
New York City
A&p Food
Associated Grocers
Dallas
Tex
Two Men Arrested in Jackson County Murder Case
Police charged Harold L. Riffle and Michael D. Shaffer, both 23 from Vienna, with the murder of Clarence H. Lemley, 50 of Murrysville. Lemley’s body was found near an athletic field in South Parkersburg in underwear and a shirt, likely suffocation, after an around the clock probe by Parkersburg Vienna and State Police. A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 24 after arraignment before Municipal Judge Arthur Gustke.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Jackson County
Harold L. Riffle
Michael D. Shaffer
Vienna
Clarence H. Lemley
Murrysville
Shaffer
Parker
Charleston
Lemley
Murraysville
Richard W. Corbitt
McLean Seeks Ward 1 Council Seat in Beckley
Robert P. McLean a Beckley insuranceman and veteran announces his candidacy from Ward 1 as a Democrat. His platform targets fire rate reclassification to lower premiums, traffic and parking improvements, city beautification and sanitation, enlargement of city boundaries and educational institutions, new business development, tourism enhancement, and stronger city business ties. He co-owns Sigmund McLean Insurance, is 33, a Woodrow Wilson High School and Davis and Elkins College alumnus, and affiliated with the Beckley Presbyterian Church Moose Lodge and Ellis Lodge.
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City Recorder
McLean
Beckley
Local UMW Officials Attend Kennedy Rites
Four officials from Beckley’s United Mine Workers of America offices travel to Hazleton Pennsylvania for the Wednesday funeral of UMWA president Thomas Kennedy who died Saturday after a long illness. Attending are George J. Titler district 29 president Carl Bunch C. C. Watson district representatives and Robert Forren district and area medical office joint representative.
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Beckley
United Mine Workers of America
Hazelton
Thomas Kennedy
UMWA
George J. Titler
Carl Bunch
C. C. Watson
Robert Forren
Legislature Edge Toward Permanent Cigarette Tax Extension
In Charleston the House expected to approve a permanent extension of the cigarette sales tax while the Senate considered making permanent the consumers sales tax and use tax. The Redistricting Committee planned to tackle reapportionment, with hearings and debate anticipated as lobbying and party lines shaped early votes and public sentiment.
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Jerry Beigel
Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Hans McCourt
D.webster
W. W. Barron
del. J. E. Watson
D - Marion
House
Wylie Opposes Two West Virginia Medical Bills
Senator Ward Wylie says he is unalterably opposed to prepaid medical care and licensing bills from Senate Leader Moreland. Wylie urges an amendment allowing doctors to serve on boards and notes only one of 60 foreign doctors works in rural areas. He favors group practice and more WVU Medical School graduates to place doctors in rural regions.
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Charleston
UPI
Ward Wylie
Wyoming
Senate
Honar A. Moreland
Monongaia
Wylie
West Virginia Medical Association
Moreland
Medical Association
West Virginia University Medical School
Sprague Post Office to Move into New Building by Aug. 1
Rep John Slack announced the Post Office Department accepted a bid from Kermit G Phillips and wife of Greensboro NC. They will build a new post office at Valley Drive and North Kanawha, leasing to the department for 10 years with renewal options. The facility covers 2 171 square feet with ample parking.
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Post Office Department
John Slack
Washington
Kermit G. Phillips
Greensboro
N.C
Phillipses
Valley Drive
North Kanawha
Slack
House Approves Court Canvass in Special Levy Vote
Charleston WV United Press International reports the West Virginia House of Delegates approved a measure to assign canvassing of special levy election results to county courts, with 49 voting for and 41 against. Debates centered on whether levying bodies should canvass their own results and a subsequent amendment to exempt smaller communities from published notices.
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Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
del. W. R. Wilson
D - Marion
House Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Pickets Back Af Bootleg Joint
In Charleston a Municipal Court cleared Clovis Taylor 22 of handbill charges in a case tied to a "protected bootleg joint" picket. Judge Joseph Thomas found Taylor did not violate the city ordinance as the mimeographed sheets were not advertising handbills and questioned the permit law's validity.
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Charleston
UPI
Joseph Thomas
Clovis Taylor
Taylor
Thomas
Byrd Nominates Six From Area As Alternates
West Virginia Senator Byrd names six area students among alternates for the military academies. No local principal nominees to West Point Navy or Air Force. Alternates include Buffa Bradley Ellington Smith McBride Gardner Whaley Chatfield Daniels. Principal West Point nominees Pais Frazier Mason from Charleston. Air Force alternates include Romm Scott Haggerty Hoover Hoffman Young Cunningham Hamel Albright Cline. Principal Air Force nominees Light from Alder?
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Robert C. Byrd
West Point
Air Force
Naval
Michael G. Buffa
Bradley
Rodney Ellington
Barnabus
Paul E. Smith Jr
Huntington
Michael McBride
Charleston
Aaron Wood
Glenn H. Gardner II
Vienna
Bobby G. Whaley
Williamson
Richard Lawrence Chatfield
Welch
David Lee Daniels
Beverley
Randall M. Pais
Keystone
William J. Frazier
Charles Edward Mason
Fayette County
Air Force Academy
Douglas FE. Romm
Scarbro
Robert B. Scott
James D. Haggerty
John N. Hoover
Elkview
Terry D. Hoffman
Justice Department acts to halt Sunflower County voting discrimination
The Justice Department filed suit to stop alleged discrimination against Negroes attempting to register and vote in Sunflower County Mississippi, home to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair James Eastland. Paris treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer at 5 47 p m local time. Defense Department and Federal Space Agency announce Air Force role in civilian Gemini program.
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Washington
UPI
The
Justice Department Today
Sunflower County
Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
Defense Department
Federal Space Agency
Air Force
For Sale Ads Convert Dusty Goods to Cash
The Post-Herald and Raleigh Register urge readers to place For Sale Ads to quickly trade unused items such as furniture instruments sporting goods and lamps for cash. Call 253-3321 for fast results.
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