Kennedy seeks A B C D farm plan for abundance and balance
President Kennedy urges Congress to enact a common sense A B C D farm program with strict output controls on feed grains wheat and dairy to cut surpluses and reduce costs. He calls for acreage limits on cotton and a rural renewal drive plus expanded Food for Peace and food stamp use to aid distressed areas and aid farm income.
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Washington
UPI
Jay
Congress
Kennedy
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Food For Peace
iThe
OAS Expels Cuba 14 1 Foreign ministers vote to exclude Castro regime
The Organization of American States voted 14 to 1 to bar Fidel Castro's Cuba from inter American affairs at a nine day Uruguay conference. Cuna alone voted no with several abstentions, as Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Ecuador and Mexico avoided voting. Cuban leaders blasted the move as a political bloc and warned Cuba would remain in the Americas in spirit. The decision is expected to be formalized after ministers sign papers.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
UPI
New World
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Cuna
Dix
Organization of American States
Dean Rusk
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Mexico
Six Nations
OAS
Osvaldo Corticos
Americas
Dorticos
Father Refuses Care, Girl Dies in Religious Belief Case
Nan cy Derrix of Simmons Creek died Tuesday of probable scarlet fever after neighbors said her father refused medical help on religious grounds. Coroner Dr. Goff Lilly could not confirm the exact cause. Health officials plan to seek examinations for four surviving siblings and prosecutors hint at Juvenile Court intervention if death links to scarlet fever.
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Derrix
Charles Walker
West Virginia Weather Forecast Preview
Mostly sunny and very cold today with highs 15 to 22 and subzero tonight. Thursday brings clouding and gradual warmup with possible snow west and south in the afternoon or evening. Five day forecast shows temperatures about 10 degrees below normal, warmer Thursday and Saturday, colder Friday and Sunday or Monday, with precipitation averaging about a quarter inch mainly Thursday and weekend. River and gauge notes accompany regional data.
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Beckley
Rocket Trouble Delays John Glenn Orbit Plan to Feb 13
Cape Canaveral officials said adverse weather and rocket problems push John Glenn’s orbital flight to February 13 at the earliest. An Atlas booster leak into insulation near fuel tanks prompted the latest postponement, echoing a prior five day delay in Ranger III. Glenn expressed disappointment but accepted the delay as prudent.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
John Glenn
Glenn
Atlas
Project Mercury
John
Shorty) Powers
Ex Sister Kenny Officials Nabbed in Kickback Scheme
A federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted two former Sister Kenny Foundation officials for taking nearly 360000 in charitable donations as kickbacks. Four Chicago executives were accused of paying for direct mail advertising contracts, while the foundation’s former auditor allegedly falsified reports to disguise mailing costs. The 16 count indictment covers mail fraud dating back to January 1949 as the foundation sought public approval after 1960 irregularities.
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Washington
UPI
Minneapolis
Sister Kenny Foundation
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Chicago
Kennedy
Foundation
Minnesota
Justice Department
Sales Tax Passage Sets Stage for Coal Pipeline Eminent Domain
The Barron Administration won a solid victory by extending the 3 percent consumer sales tax, paving the way for eminent domain bills to aid coal pipeline builders. House action also advanced use tax measures and a plan to continue the racing tax, with Senate bills at second reading and final approvals anticipated this week.
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Jerry Gould Charleston
UPI
Barron
House
Senate
West Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Measures Eyed In Event Pipeline Debate Beaten
Charleston news notes the House Judiciary Committee shaping backstop measures if coal pipeline legislation fails. A study resolution for a 22 member panel then reduced to a 10 member panel reporting to Gov. Barron by June to decide on a special session. Pipeline bills move toward a late week House vote with PSC jurisdiction and crossing rights debated. Senate panel upholds eminent domain limits, while Hopemont and Pinecrest tuberculosis sanitariums bill clears House Humane Institutions panel to restrict access to chronically ill and aged.
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Charleston
Barron
House
Public Service Commission
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hopemont
Pinecrest
House Humane Institutions Committee
Legislators Seek Doubled Salaries Proposal in WV Legislature
A constitutional amendment proposal by Sen. Arch Riley would double West Virginia House of Delegates to 100 members and Senate to 32, raising annual pay to 3000 dollars and providing 15 dollars per session day for expenses. Current pay is 1500 dollars annually with mileage for a single session trip and travel for party caucuses. The presiding officers also earn five dollars per day served.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Arch Riley
Ohio
House
Senate
GOP Pushes Line on Public Works Allocations in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia GOP lawmakers press to earmark a 2.5 million BPW appropriation for the Road Commission Natural Resources and Mental Health departments. SRC and Natural Resources would receive 1 million each and Mental Health about 500 thousand, instead of Barron discretion. The plan aims to revive and fund the Emergency Employment Program using ADC money, as administration notes plan to scrap ADC public works for broader state needs.
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Charleston
UPI
Houses
Senate
W. W. Barron
GOP
Board of Public Works
BPW
Road Commission, Natural Resources de
ADC
West Virginia
W. Bernard Smith
Budget To Reach Floor Monday In Legislature
Charleston based report says Senate Finance Chairman Hans McCourt expects his committee to print and send the budget bill to the floor by Monday after weekend work. The House Finance Committee’s version should be ready to be considered Monday or Tuesday with a 141.3 million request from the State Board of Public Works guiding overall expectations. House Chairman Ivor Boiarsky notes possible cuts to free funds for higher education and health welfare.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate Finance
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
McCourt
House Finance Committee
State Board of Public Works
House
Ivor Boiarsky
D-Kanawha
Sheriffs Succession Bill Moves Toward Adoption
Charleston UPI reports a constitutional amendment proposal to let sheriffs serve two consecutive terms was up for adoption in the House of Delegates. The enabling bill remained at amendment stage as both measures, including a county representation amendment, advanced with wide margins and were sent to the Senate for concurrence.
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Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Ellender Reports World Tour Details In Diary
UPI reports Len Ellender returned from his seventh world tour and filed a lengthy travelogue. The piece highlights quirky observations from New York departure delays to hotel quirks in the Soviet Union and Vietnam, and notes on hospitality in Hong Kong.
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Washington
UPI
Len Allen J. Ellender
Ellender
Senate Appropriations Committee
Japan
China
Holland
New York
Soviet Union
Moscow
Louisiana Democrat
South
Viet Nam
Hong Kong
Tragedy at Shrine Circus: Two Die in High Wire Collapse
In Detroit at Shrine Circus 7500 spectators watched as two aerialists died and three others were injured when a human pyramid collapsed. The Great Wallendas fell in the 36 foot fall, with Richard Faughnan and Günther Schepp among the deceased. Jana Schepp, 17, was injured but survived. Mario Wallenda remained in critical condition.
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Detroit
UPI
Shrine
Tuatar Ceohann
Caeman
Liglel Wuc
WI Wella
Richard Faughnan
Sarasota
Fla
Faughnan
Schepp
Jana
Wallendas
Mario
Karl
State Fair Coliseum
Highland Park General Hospital
Mario Wallenda
Miss Schepp
Karl Wallenda
Shrine Circus
E J MacFarland Dies Former BNC Librarian at 62
Edward Jay MacFarland longtime Beckley Newspaper Corp librarian died at Beckley Hospital after a long illness at 1 30 a m He was 62 and lived at 107 Wilson Street He modernized the newspaper library filing system after joining in 1953 retiring August 29 1960 He was born March 27 1899 in Coshocton Ohio and was educated at Western Reserve University He had worked in Hollywood as a painter and at Warner Swasey in Cleveland He was married to Lina Browning in 1942 Surviving: his wife sister Mrs E Walker Gay Funeral at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel Friday at 2 pm Burial later Pallbearers listed
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Edward Jay MacFarland
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Beckley Hospital
MacFarland
Wilson St
Corporation
Coshocton
Ohio
Edward Grant
Helen Cross MacFarland
East High School
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Hollywood
Calif
Warner-Swasey Co
Lina Browning
Hillsboro
Informal visit eyed by Salinger to Soviet Union
Wire dispatch reports Pierre Salinger, Kennedy's press secretary, plans an informal spring visit to the Soviet Union to improve understanding between the two superpowers. Also notes House approves 1.5 billion college construction aid, Nevada test blast under 20 kilotons, Carson to replace Paar on NBC later this year, Princess Grace vacation plans, Karpis parole bid, McCone CIA nomination, and campus arson tensions at Southern University with CORE protests.
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Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Soviet Union
House
Senate
United States
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Lth
Johnny Carson
Jack Paar
Paar
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Principality
Schonried
Switzerland
Prince Rainier
Federal Parole Board
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
St. Paul
William Hamm
Canada
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Southern University
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Dramatic Arts
ROTC
Hippopotamus learns to turn on faucets at Detroit Zoo
UPI reports the Detroit Zoo had to alter plumbing after Jenny the hippo learned to operate faucets. A lighthearted roundup mentions anglers in Salisbury and a mustache beer straw in England, plus a Chicago burglary tale of two thieves and rib loot.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Zoo
Jenny
Didcot
England
Ian Cameron
Jobless rate dips below six percent in January
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg announced that U S joblessness fell under 6 percent for January the first time in 16 months despite a rise of 572000 in unemployed to 4663000. He noted a 700000 drop from January 1961 and highlighted long term unemployment near 1.25 million.
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William J. Eaton
United Press International Washington
UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Labor Department
Senate House
Kennedy
France Nabs Chief Bomber In Paris Plastic Attacks
Paris officials say they arrested a man believed to lead the OAS plastiqueurs in metropolitan France. He was seized Tuesday night at the Pam Pam bar, a spot popular with American tourists. The suspect allegedly organized 19 plastic bombings that rocked Paris on the January 17 18 nights.
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Paris
UPI
Secret Army Organization
OAS
France
OAS Plastiqueurs
Metropole
Moonshiner's Helper Nabbed At Ghent Still
A Cool Ridge man is held in Raleigh County Jail connected to a Ghent moonshine operation at Roy Ardo Meadows residence. Eva Tot Lane, held in Fayetteville, assisted Meadows and Donald Pack, who was killed in a shotgun slaying Monday. Lane waived to the grand jury and posted $500 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Cool Ridge
Raleigh
Roy Ardo Meadows
Ghent
Donald Pack
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Lane
Thy
Meadows
Pack
Claude Hill
U. S
Fayetteville
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