Rep Hall Battles Recurring Stella Fire and Civil Rights Tangle
Washington report recalls Rep Durward G. Hall facing the Stella Mo schoolhouse blaze amid a history of Army barracks rent disputes tied to civil rights debates. Hall calls himself battle-wearied but undaunted as the Stella case again tests funding and transfer questions with Sen Wayne Morse's persistent objections.
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UPI
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Missouri Ozarks
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Pony Express
Congress
Wells
Fargo
Stella
Senate
Army Barracks
Ft. Crowder
Army
Wayne Morse
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Morse
Senator Morse
Five Satellite Launch Fails At Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL UPS The United States failed today in an attempt to orbit a record five satellites in one shot when the upper stage of the Thor Able Star rocket misfired. The 80 foot rocket launched at 4 30 am EST carried five satellites weighing a total of 219 pounds. The upper stage failed to build thrust after ignition and the missile and payloads plunged into the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Cape Canaveral. Navy and Air Force officials said debris landed in the ocean.
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Air Force
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West Virginia Weather Update and Five Day Forecast
Mostly cloudy today through Thursday with highs near 36 to 42 and a low around 28 to 32 tonight Moderate warmth on Thursday followed by a cooler week start Precipitation under half an inch expected, mainly snow flurries Friday and rain or snow over the weekend Beckley Oak Hill area reports and river conditions show normal lake levels and muddy Greenbrier gauge near 4.3 feet at Hinton Nearby notes Roosevelt Utah low, Orlando Florida high 87 while New York reports 2 below zero this morning
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UPI
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Utah
Orlando
Fla
Oak Hill Plant Wins $1.7 Million Army Contract
The New Kanawha Corp subsidiary Action-Flex of Oak Hill received the first half of a 1.7 million dollar Army Chemical Corps contract. The project will be produced at a new 40,000 square foot plant between Oak Hill and Fayetteville in Fayette County. Prospects for the second half are strong, with potential employment for 70 to 80 workers and set aside for labor surplus areas. The contract covers 63,365 plastic shipping and firing containers for the 115 millimeter rocket at about 861,764 dollars, with the set aside equal in value. State officials, including Senators Byrd and Randolph, Representative Kee, and Gov. Barron, touted the cooperation that brought the award.
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New Kanawha Corporation
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Elizabeth Kee
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Action-Flex Corp
New Kanawha
New-Kanawha
New- Kanawha
Byrd
Randolph
Key
Gov
Barron
Fayetteville
Harrison O. Ash
Action-Flex
Raleigh-Fayette
Okey L. Patteson
Patrick C. Graney
Charles Mahan
Claude Hill
Colombia Pushes OAS Cuba Suspension Debate Opens
Colombia urges collective break with Fidel Castro's Cuba at the eighth Inter-American Conference to shield treaties and the hemisphere from socialist expansion. The plan, led by U S and Argentina, seeks suspension of Cuba with sanctions debated amid regional divides.
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UPI
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Alliance For Progress
Foreign Ministers Conference
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador
Haiti
Mexico
Doctors Fees Restored After Plan Snafu
West Virginia Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith said a job surge caused the aid to dependent children plan mix up not an estimate error. He announced rescinding February fee cuts to doctors and dropping the need for a formal MAA participation agreement. He defended his estimate of 18 000 jobless fathers and cited West Virginia’s 20 000 rise in employment since last June as the main reason for lower program employment.
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UPI
W. Bernard Smith
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Gram. Smith
House of Delegates
West Virginia
House
George H. Seibert
Ohio
Del
Charles E. Lohr
Mercer
West Virginia debates 3 per cent tax extension first airing
The West Virginia Legislature held brief floor sessions amid a coal pipe line hearing and the first airing of the administration’s proposal to extend the 3 per cent consumer sales tax. Senate and House leaders outlined plans as committees weighed education, retirement, and tax measures, with the sales tax extension estimated to raise about $1 million and state aid rules for needy counties under review.
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UPI
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House of Delegates
Senate Judiciary Committee
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West Virginia Federation of Labor
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C. Howard Hardesty
House Finance Committee
House
Space Shot Hopes Rise For Glenn Orbital Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL UPS fresh repairs on the Mercury capsule and an excellent health report for John Glenn Jr. boost hopes for America’s first manned orbital flight this week. Yet the Saturday launch remains tentative with final countdown checks ahead and a possible push to next week if issues recur.
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Beckley Man O D Hall Enters Ninth Senate Race
O D Hall of Beckley announces candidacy for State Senate from the Ninth District. He previously served in the State Senate in 1942 and was a House of Delegates member in 1940 and 1948. Hall holds a BA from Marshall, a master’s from WVU, and studied at Wisconsin and Ohio State.
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Secretary of State
Charleston
House of Delegates
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Summers County
Concord
Marshall University
West Virginia University
University of Wisconsin
Ohio State University
Birthplace Of Baker To Become Parking Lot
The birthplace of Newton D. Baker, secretary of war in Wil son’s war cabinet, will be turned into a parking lot for bank customers. Peoples Trust Co. disclosed the purchase, situating the site a block from the Baker homestead in downtown Martinsburg. The 25 by 200 foot lot will offer parking for 25 plus vehicles. Baker left for Cleveland after Washington & Lee graduation but returned to visit. his father practiced medicine here for many years.
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UPI
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Woodrow Wilson
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Cleveland
Ohio
Washington & Lee
Prince Charles to enter Gordonstoun school in Scotland
Prince Charles, age 13, will attend Gordonstoun in Scotland, a rugged institution famed for discipline and physical training. The move, seen as shaping a future king in the mold of Prince Philip, contrasts with Queen Elizabeth favoring Eton. Charles transfers from Cheam in May, joining a classless system that treats rich and poor alike and emphasizes character building over academics.
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London
UPI
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Duke of Bedford
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Queen Elizabeth
Eton
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Cheam
The
Daily Sketch
Daily Herald
Henry Fielding
Trudeau Questions Censors Motives in Senate Probe
Lt. Gen. Arthur G Trudeau Army research chief told a Senate Armed Services subcommittee the State Department ordered edits to his speeches about defense needs. He cited deletions and unspecified changes as the muzzling inquiry examines Pentagon officers' remarks on confronting Communism. Trudeau defended speaking out and said his addresses followed policy guidance and conscience.
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State Department
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Free World
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Korea
Henson Pleads Guilty Faces 1-5 Year Sentence
William Henson, 46, of Beckley in Raleigh County Criminal Court pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to one to five years in the state penitentiary for the Oct. 29 knife slaying of Louis A. Morris. The case arose after a confrontation at Henson’s Wash ington Avenue shack involving Morris, his common law wife, and Morris’s mother.
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Raleigh
Racketeers Stock Deals Under Probe
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy announced a Justice Department inquiry into stock deals by major racketeers to see if federal laws were broken. He said some manipulation of prices had been found and that gangsters had bought control of some companies, though no major New York exchanges appeared under racketeer influence. The FBI SEC and the organized crime and racketeering unit were alerted to monitor known gangsters' investments.
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UPI
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Crane Crashes Into Luxury Hotel Under Construction
A giant crane toppled into the top floor of an eight story hotel under construction in Pineta del Mar Spain. The collapse destroyed the building and left seven dead and more than eighty injured as dust and debris filled the area. Authorities described a chain reaction as the top floor caved in and the structure fell.
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Spain
UPI
Pinecrest Bill Meets Opposition in Public Session
Thomas A. Deveny Jr of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association opposes House Senate Bill 25. He cites plans to block reimposing a means test, resist renaming sanitarium to state hospital, and argues the bill would add burdens to care for the aged and infirm. A public session was set for 3 p.m. Thursday to discuss the measure.
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Thomas A. Deveny Jr
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Uncommitted Raleigh County Delegates Await Amendments on Pinecrest Hope Mont Bill
Delegates Mrs. W. W. Jackie Withrow D. W. Woody Kinzer C. Berkley Lilly and A. David Abrams from Raleigh County remain uncommitted on changes at Pinecrest and Hope mont sanitariums. They will decide after Thursday's public hearing as they await committee amendments.
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Joseph Hodgson
Raleigh County
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Jackie’’ Withrow
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A. David Abrams
Group opposes broader admission to sanitariums
A state association meeting criticized an administration bill linking tuberculosis care to unrelated chronic illnesses, arguing the undefined term chronic illness is too broad to foresee medically or financially. They warned more doctors would be needed to treat unrelated diseases in sanitariums.
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Deveny
East Berliners Stage Largest Mass Escape Before Draft
Twenty eight East Germans slipped through barbed wire into West Berlin just before the Volkskammer opened to approve a compulsory military service law. Refugees ranged from 8 to 71, including men women and children. The escape follows a notable prior exodus and a train breach by an engineer with 24 relatives. The draft act is expected to set a two year service term for youths around 18.
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UPI
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East Germany
Volkskammer
Kennedy family to spend weekend in Palm Beach
President Kennedy plans a weekend visit to Palm Beach Florida at his father's home. Joseph P Kennedy is reported to be making progress after a December stroke. Meanwhile Congo events include Gizenga moved to a paratroop camp near Leopoldville and Pakassa's escape from Stanleyville amid probe into massacres. The East West talks in Geneva postponed as Moscow delays. Giselle MacKenzie and Bob Shuttleworth expect second child in April. Neville Brand jailed five days for drunk driving. Influenza outbreaks close schools across several southern states. Dr. John Redd Hutcheson dies at 76 in Blacksburg Virginia.
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Hollywood
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Mississippi
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Officials Fear Milk Reprisals in West Virginia
In Charleston, health officials warn that barring a Kentucky low cost milk import may invite retaliation. Sanitarian Richard Moats says local refusal could provoke countermeasures, while State Health Director N H Dyer backs interstate milk shipper rules. Ashland dairy’s 69 cent milk spurs suspension for sanitary issues.
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UPI
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Richard Moats
State Health Department
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Ashland
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