Governors Back Aged Care Bill Oppose Guard Cuts
Governors at the 54th annual conference endorsed the Kennedy plan for medical care for the aged under Social Security and fought against National Guard manpower cuts. They condemned the Supreme Court’s school prayers ruling and debated civil rights resolutions, with Hatfield circulating a petition for a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision. McNamara defended the defense cuts, arguing they would not weaken deterrence.
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Raymond Lahr Hershey
UPI
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Pentagon
Resolutions Committee
John Reed
Maine
Farris Bryant
Florida
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Lyndon B. Johnson
High Court
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
National Guard
Army Reserve
Barron May Not Seek Re election in 1964
Charleston report notes Gov. W W Barron discussed not running with three department heads and hinted he might not seek a second term. He said he has two daughters to educate and would prefer private law practice, while pushing a bi partisan committee to promote the executive amendment.
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Charleston
UPI
Charleston Daily Mail
W. W. Barron
Statehouse Department
Bob Mellace
Barron
Mellace
C. Howard Hardesty
Curtis Trent Jr
Melace
West Virginia
Pol
Itics
Elkins
House of Delegates
Randolph County
State Liquor Commission
Board of Public Works
Strangler Investigation Expands to Boston Authorities
Police joined Boston investigators Monday night in reviewing linked murders. Nina G Nichols 68 was strangled with a stocking in her fashionable Back Bay apartment, with rape alleged. Two weeks earlier Anna E Slesers 55, a Latvian seamstress, was strangled by a housecoat cord in Back Bay, not sexually assaulted. Victims lived alone and had empty apartments after break-ins. Blake was found dead Monday night after not being seen since Friday. Roberta Wilson, 17, was stabbed repeatedly in Dorchester, body found fully clothed in the bathtub by her brother.
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Boston
Nina G. Nichols
Anna E. Slesers
Back Bay
Blake
Dorchester Secm
Roberta Wilson
Missing girl Norma Jean Burden linked to boys disappearance
Norma Jean Burden told officers the night the two boys vanished they dropped her at a high school dance. She was reported missing two days after the boys disappeared, and authorities say she was found six days later. Her father says she told him on Saturday she would live with her remarried mother but gave no address, and he was asked to pack her clothes.
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Norma Jean Burden
The
ADA Raps ADA Urges Tax Cuts in Low Bracket Reform
ADA chairman John P. Roche urged immediate heavy tax cuts for the lowest income brackets. He proposed reducing the first 1000 of taxable income in the lowest group and criticized Kennedy administration policies as too favorable to business. Aimed at boosting purchasing power, the plan targets minimum wage workers.
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Washington
UPID
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Kennedy
John P. Roche
Roche
West Virginians Die In Fla Crash
Four vacationers from West Virginia and Ohio were killed in a head on crash on State Highway 44 in Wildwood Florida. Victims were Maxine Toler and James Toler both of Benwood Hill West Virginia Marie Mentz and Mildred L Goudy of Powhatan Point Ohio. The other driver William H Mathis of Tampa was hospitalized with multiple injuries.
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Wildwood
Fla
UPI
Florida Highway Patrol
Maxine Toler
James Toler
Benwood Hill
W. Va
Marie Mentz
Mildred L. Goudy
Powhatan Point
Ohio
William H. Mathis
Tampa
USW Treasury Forges Ahead Amid 1961 Coffer Rise
UPI reports an audit of the United Steelworkers Union treasury shows coffers swelling by $550,967 in 1961, with a six month period ending December 31 revealing a total of $21,700,035. The increase comes despite widespread unemployment among members.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Treasury
Now You Know By United Press International
The article states Saturn lies about 900 million miles from the sun, noting the planet's great distance in the solar system. It presents a concise fact about Saturn's average heliocentric distance as reported by United Press International.
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United Press International
Saturn
Saskatchewan Divided Over Doctors Strike
Regina reports a province split as hundreds of doctors strike against a new medicare law. Emergency care continues, patients travel for aid, and calls for a compromise rise as Premier Lloyd seeks a quick settlement to avert a health crisis.
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Regina
Aia
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Lloyd
Lloyd
Truck Bus Collision Sends 2 To Hospital
Two men remained in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a Monday night crash at a Crab Orchard railroad crossing. Edward Tucker drove the truck that struck the Price Bus Lines bus, suffering chest pains. Roy McKinney, 20, Coal City, had a left arm injury, and Jarrell Ewings, 57, Amigo, neck injuries and release. Police estimate vehicle damage at $500. no arrests yet as investigation continues.
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Beckley Hospital
Crab Orchard
Edward Tucker
Midway
Price Bus Lines
Roy McKinney
Coal City
Jarrell Ewings
Amigo
Mrs Cappellari Taken To Bluefield Sanitarium
Mrs Amerigo Cappellari of 720 S Kanawha St was removed from Beckley Memorial Hospital to the Bluefield Sanitarium for observation and treatment this morning after becoming ill at her home Monday night.
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Amerigo Cappellari
S. Kanawha St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ash’s Tactics (Continued From Page One)
Ash pursues stock sales for NEIC to fund a southern West Virginia industrial complex. He staged meetings in 1961 displaying boats lamps and fiberglass goods with limited local interest. A new N-KIC Securities Co. office arose in Beckley as a rocket missile container plant secured a $1.7 million contract plus a $500,000 Army contract. Planned Mount Hope facilities include fiberglass and lamp production with projected textile jobs totaling 1500 to 2000 within five years.
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Ash
Neic
West Virginia
Beckley
N-Kic
N-Kic Securities Co
Main Street
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
United States Army Chemical Corps
Mount Hope
NKIC
Convictions For 16 Conservation Law Violations In WV
Convictions of 16 conservation law violators were reported by Capt. Raymond L. Eye, District IV enforcement officer. Arrests spread across McDowell Greenbrier and Summers counties with fines of 20 dollars each for fishing without a license improper license gear stream littering illegal parking and operating unregistered motorboats. Notables include Joe Craig Jr Mildred Hart Charlie Howell and Clyde Cast among others.
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Raymond L. Eye
McDowell County
Greenbrier County
Joe Craig JR
Premier
Pete Beavers
Craig
Magist Tinker St. Clair
Welch
Charlie Howell
St. Clair
Beavers
Mildred Hart
Princeton
Greenbrier
Frank B. Crigger
John Poteet
Fairlea
Ronald C. Thompson
Hinton
Summers County
Eye
F. L. McNeer
Lloyd B. Tincher
Alderson
Capt
McNeer
Clyde Cast
Rupert
Charles Bare
J. E. Holt
Gene Hubbard
Hatcher
Bare
Holt
Harold Shrock
Columbus
Ohio
Officer Bare
WM. Griffith
South Charleston
Lee Sterling Reed
Archer Cook
Beckley
Bluestone Reservoir
Robert E. Bishop
Mullens
Joe Ubeda
Summers
Bonnie Parsley
Kopperston
Teen riders charged after horse lands on car roof
In Watertown Connecticut three teenagers were cited for reckless use of a highway after their horse and rider bolted onto a road and landed on a small car driven by Mrs Paul Weston who had just waved them to pass.
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Watertown
Teens Try to Rob Brown Deer Police Station
Two teen burglars tried a hold up at the Brown Deer police station near Milwaukee but were repelled by a woman dispatcher who grabbed a cello tape dispenser and used it as a weapon. The incident occurred Monday prompting an alert for suspects.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Brown Deer
Deaths and Funerals Move Through Two States
Funeral services will be held for Mrs Mary Estell Oliver 63 at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Stanaford Baptist Church with burial in Stanaford Cemetery. She died Monday in a Fayetteville nursing home after a yearlong illness born Oct 23 1898 in Amhurst Virginia. Survivors include two daughters two brothers a sister seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Also incomplete notices for Aubrey Goodall 65 of East Beckley and other city deaths are listed with services pending. Various locations include Palm Beach Glendale Chicago Ravenna and Melbourne with notices from UPI and RNS.
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Mary Estell Oliver
Stanaford Road
C. W. Jones
Stanaford Baptist Church
Stanaford
Fayetteville
Amhurst
The
Baptist Church
Richard
Sam) Oliver
B. B
Nellie) Henson
Sprague
Claude
Elsie) Kelley
Baton Route
Bargamus Angus
Lynchburg
Buck Angus
Virginia
Cleve Hart
Beckley
Webb and Neal
Aubrey Goodall
Antonio Ave
East Beckley
Roanoke
Layland
New Hope Baptists Church
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral services planned for Marvin F. Steele 68
Marvin F. Steele of Oak Hill died at 4 45 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness He was 68 a World War I veteran and retired employee of New River and Pocahontas Coal Co at Minden Survivors include two sons Lloyd Salt Lake City Utah and Leonard Oak Hill three daughters Hazel Connor Oak Hill Jewel Settle Page and Irene Lewis Fort Wayne Ind a brother Lacy Oak Hill and four sisters Vada Tincher Effie Steele Virgie Steele and Ethel Steele all Oak Hill and eight grandchildren The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill RNS
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Marvin F. Steele
Oak Hill
Beckley
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
Minden
Lloyd
Salt Lake City
Utah
Leonard Steele
Hazel Conner
Jewel Settle
Page
Irene Lewis
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lacy
Vada Tincher
Effie Steele
Virgie Steele
Ethel Steele
Tyree Funeral Home
Funeral services for Sherwood Casper Green
Sherwood Casper Green 78 of Welch dies after a long illness in a Welch hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at O. J. Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch with Rev. Kenneth Ball officiating. Burial follows at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluefield. He was a retired electrician with Algoma Coal Co and father of Mrs. Eugene W. Graham Pineville deputy circuit clerk of Wyoming County.
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Sherwood Casper Green
Welch
O. J. Douglas
Kenneth Ball
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluefield
Green
Welch Hospital
Eugene W. Graham
Pineville
Wyoming County
Algoma Coal Co
Senate set to begin action on compromise medicare bill
Senate leaders planned first steps today toward action on a compromise medical care bill with a final vote several days away. A welfare measure would be debated as a vehicle to attack the bipartisan medicare bill while GOP efforts are to block a quick vote and discuss the July 4 holiday and Sugar Act follow-up. Hubert Humphrey predicted passage by week’s end as Rusk to brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his recent European tour and Mexico trip. The Antitrust subcommittee will hear railway leaders on a bill to halt mergers, as the ICC considers several proposed deals among major lines.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Minn
Rusk
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Mexico
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Horan Subpoenaed in West Virginia Road Probe
Bernard Duffy Horan former director of the State Road Commission right of way division is subpoenaed to appear before the Special House Highway Investigating Subcommittee. Rep. Blatnik chairs hearings with calls to present and former officials and BPR testimony expected in Washington on July 10 17 19.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Bernard Duffy Horan
State Road Commission
House
Horan
Pat C. Graney
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Bur! A. Sawyers
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Indiana
Florida
New Mexico
Blatnik
West Virginia Road Commission
Washington
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Youth Again Slaps Back Woman Then Stabbed Mother Distressed
A woman recounts being slapped by youth who then stabbed another woman. The mother says she did not realize the attack until she noticed injuries and later learned her son was missing. Authorities investigate the incident and seek to identify the assailant.
C&O Earnings Rise Net income climbs in June and six months
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reported June net income of 3.374 million dollars, up from 2.177 million a year earlier, or 41 cents per share versus 27 cents. First six months show 14.247 million dollars, 1.73 per share, against 9.872 million dollars, 1.20 per share prior year. Gross revenues total 30.543 million for June and 169.372 million for six months, vs 26.789 million and 145.963 million in 1961.
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Richmond — Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Today
Seven Cars Involved In Beckley City Wrecks
Three automobile accidents in Beckley this morning involved seven cars with about 1250 dollars in damages and one arrest. Victor E. Garlow age 37 of Maxwell Hill was charged with failure to yield after his 1962 model car collided with a 1955 model driven by Gene R. McElrath age 22 of Crab Orchard on Valley Drive South. McElrath’s passenger child was shaken but not treated. The other crashes occurred at the Kroger store entrance on Valley Drive North and at the Prince Street Kanawha Street intersection. Damages ranged from 250 to 500 dollars. no serious injuries reported.
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Beckley
Maxwell Hill
Victor E. Garlow
Gene R. McElrath
Crab Orchard
Valley Drive
Garlow
West Fourth Street
McElrath
Kroger Co
Robert Blair
Crawford St
Supermar
Ket
B. L. Bostic
Harper Road
Prince ‘Street
Kanawha Street
Frank Alderson
East
Prince
John D. Rees
Oak Hill
John Davis
Mabscott
Missing Jurors Delay Damage Trial in West Virginia Court
Final arguments in the Raleigh County Circuit Court case J W Kessinger vs Wil liam Wilbur were delayed when two jurors failed to report. Mrs A S Cappellari of South Kanawha Street was hospitalized and unavailable for the term, while W E Garlow was en route to court but did not attend. The suit seeks damages for injuries from an automobile crash on Jan 9 1961 near First Avenue and Neville Street. Dr M M Ralston testified the right leg fracture was healed by Jan 31 1962 but noted a five degree knee bow and possible permanent stiffness pending treatment.
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Raleigh County
J. W. Kessinger
William Wilbur
A. S. Cappellari
South Kanawha St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bluefield Sanitarium
W. E. Garlow
Kessinger
Neville Street
First Avenue
Wilbur
M. M. Ralston
Hes
Singer
Ralston
Break-In Reported at Mills Barber Shop Beckley
Beckley state police investigate a breaking and entering at Ralph Mills' Barber Shop on East Gulf last night. Details were unavailable at presstime.
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Beckley State
Ralph Mills
East Gulf
Resort development eyed at Plum Orchard Lake in West Virginia
A state review recommends a 450 to 500 room three-lake resort plan at Plum Orchard and surrounding areas. It highlights a hilltop Plum Orchard site, potential long term leases, and a proposed water sewer system to support tourism while noting mining rights, turnpike access from Mossy, and a full lake expected by September.
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Plum Orchard Lakes
Department of Natural Eee
Ay Bea
Seasiby
Weyers
West Virginia Turnpike
Mossy
Plum Orchard Lake
Oak Hill
Department of Natural Resources
Pike
Boy Kidnapped by Zealots Reunites with Mother in New York
Yosef Schuhmacher, 10, kidnapped three years ago by religious zealots, was found living with a Hasidic family in Brooklyn. His mother Ida Schuhmacher and sister Zina, 15, arrived from Israel and planned to take him home. Authorities said no deportation action would occur, as Yosef will return to Israel voluntarily. Rabbi Zanail Gartner’s Brooklyn home was his only residence in the United States. The boy told reporters I am Josef Schuhmacher and I am content to be with my mother and sister.
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New York
UPI
Ida Schuhmacher
Yosef
Israel
Brooklyn
Zina
Peter Esperdy
Esperdy
Zanail Gartner
United States
Gartner
Argentina
Josef Schuhmacher
Shortening The News Sealing Reconciliation Of France And New Germany
Short items cover pay raises for National Airlines stewards, birth of actress Diana Lynn’s daughter, Kennedy’s Philadelphia visit plans and Camp David stay, USC president Jones’s TV linked extension centers, Alvin York’s recovery from prostate surgery, East German fleeings, Laos coalition recognize five more Communist states, state driver licenses in gold and blue, Union Carbide Metals wage contract, and Huntington Police Chief’s son Joseph Harper’s death from a grapevine swing accident.
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France
Germany
National Airlines
Diana Lynn
Santa Monica
Calif
Miss Lynn
Mortimer Hall
Kennedy
White House Lawn
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Camp David
Thomas F. Jones
University of South Carolina
Nashville, Tenn
Alvin C. York
Pall Mall
All German Affairs Ministry
East Germany
Laos
Soviet Union
State Motor Vehicles Department
Union Carbide Metals Co
Joseph Duncan Harper
Huntington
E. W. Harper
Algerian Rebel Flies to Tripoli Aims For Provisional Regime
A rebel aligned with the Algerian FLN fled from Tunis to Tripoli over the weekend seeking to lead Algerian troops back into Algeria from Tunisian and Moroccan routes. He advocates a break with France and closer ties to the Communist bloc. Early today Ben Khedda loyalists moved into parts of Algiers to counter a putsch by the Ben Bella faction.
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France
Tripoli
GPRA
Tunis
Algeria
National Liberation Front
FLN
Tunisia
Morocco
Ben Khedda
Algiers
Ben Bella
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Raleigh Register
Mail
Hershey
Ada Raps JR
Hos
Try
Progressive Securities Co
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Mary E. Oliver
First Methodist Church
Pocahontas
Royal Arch Masons of
Northfork
RNS
Palm Beach, Fla
Kerby H. Fisk
Allied Chemical Corp
Glendale
Barney Gerard
Chicago
al Kaye
Pepsi Cola Co. J
Dorsey R. Crowe
Ravenna
Harvey F. Brandt
Methodist Church Board of Missions
Melbourne
Australia
John Teasdale
Australian Wheat Boards
Sherwood
C&o
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