Johnson backs fifth ballot win in Kennedy clash
Washington AP Lyndon Johnson campaign backers target the Democratic nomina tion by the fifth convention ballot. They say Kennedy has momentum but Chapman predicts a Johnson victory by the fourth or fifth ballot, depending on the third. Johnson projects over 500 first ballot votes with Kennedy leading under 600. AP poll shows Kennedy at 5402 and Johnson at 231. other delegates uncommitted. Johnson plans a Los Angeles news conference after noon Thursday while Kennedy remains at Cape Cod. Senator Symington doubts Johnson’s northern support. Johnson stresses delaying announcement to avoid interfering with Senate duties.
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Board Approves Vocational Programs in Fifteen Counties
Rector S D McMillen announced 15 counties Mineral Mingo Grant Upshur Randolph Tucker Matanal Mason Raleigh McDowell Nicholas Logan Mercer Wyoming and Fayette were approved to start vocational programs this year. More counties will be added at the next board meeting July 11 12 after requests are processed. Sixteen courses to train for recognized occupations will be offered statewide under a $400 000 Legislature funded retraining program for jobless and employed adults seeking advancement.
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Jane Baldasare to attempt undersea English Channel swim
Pretty Jane Baldasare, 25, from Astoria, N.Y., will cross the English Channel underwater in a rubber suit with oxygen tanks. The French to Dover crossing, 23 miles, is planned from Cap Gris Nez in August, lasting 30 to 50 hours. An American sponsor and underwater TV cameras will follow, with husband Fred supervising from a launch.
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West Virginia Weather Briefing and River Update
The western Virginia forecast calls for mostly sunny, pleasant conditions today with highs in the upper 70s east and near 80 west and fair, cool nights in the 50s. Thursday remains fair with little temperature change, while the extended outlook shows a few showers late Friday or Saturday totaling about a quarter inch. River readings note Greenbrier River at normal, clear conditions with Lake Greenbrier at normal, clear and a new gauge at 2.4 feet. Beckley reports high 75, Oak Hill high 79 and low 30, with morning readings and times listed.
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West Point appoints Westmoreland as superintendent
Major General William Childs Westmoreland, a 1936 West Point graduate, assumed duties as the academy's new superintendent on Tuesday and greeted 803 plebes in his first official action. The three day Independence Day weekend set a new traffic death toll record of 440, with overall fatalities at 707 across boating, drownings, and other accidents. In entertainment news Lucille Ball sustained minor injuries on The Facts of Life set, while co-stars and crew were hurt in mishaps. The Soviet Union launched long range rocket tests, signaling new carrier rocket programs, with Khrushchev threatening Austrian intervention if U.S. bases are used against the bloc. An American U2 landed gear trouble in Sudan. India’s third five year plan seeks foreign aid. Former Senator George Melone files as Nevada Republican for Congress. A Pittsburgh hoax sent police to Homewood cemetery after a reported car-to-girl incident. Chinese forces fired shells at Quemoy Islands, the first Red action in six days.
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Molly) Malone
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STEP Jobs For Residents Only
West Virginians were assured that 1200 State Temporary Economic Program jobs at Coopers Rock State Park would be reserved for unemployed heads of families who exhausted benefits. Conservation Director Warden M Lane cited not enough jobs and a flood of Pennsylvanians as the reason for hiring priority. He stressed non residents cannot be hired as locals are the first obligation.
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After School Ticket Taking Duties Halted by Board
Raleigh County Board of Education voted 3 to 1 to bar teachers from holding major elective offices. A J Walker led the measure supported by leaving in place leaves for schooling military duty or sickness while prohibiting other leaves that interfere with teaching duties. Carl Jarrell dissented citing need to consider teachers’ side. The action affects one of eight House candidates in the General Election.
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County Coal Still Lies Deep in Raleigh County Beds
The West Virginia Department of Mines reports that three quarters of mineable coal once beneath Raleigh County remains unmined since 1883. At end of 1959 Raleigh held 3,726,145,905 tons of remaining coal, with Wyoming, Fayette, Boone, Logan, Nicholas, and Mingo counties topping state totals in various degrees.
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Draft Rockefeller Move To Be Instituted
SAN FRANCISCO AP A leader of a California group backing New York governor Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination plans a 2 PM news conference to disclose details of a draft Rockefeller movement. A 3 PM televised briefing will follow. The effort aims to block Vice President Richard M Nixon and champion Rockefeller in at least 19 other states this week.
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Picket Dispute Halts Bank Remodeling in Beckley
A lone protester picketed the Fayette street side of Raleigh County Bank over union labor for a $150000 remodeling project by Basile Meadows Construction Co. Meadows cited subcontracts and union memberships, while bank president Okey Patterson voiced regret and urged resolution. Bob Edwards, regional AFL-CIO liaison, said the bank itself was not being picketed.
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Sealed-In Sect Awaits Atomic Attack Near Benson
Sheriff reports a sect of about 20 families in Benson Arizona barricaded in sealed homes and church, buying heavy food stock and believing they will survive an atomic attack. Neighbors say they vanished, sealed windows and doors, led by Rev Ann Weimer from Columbus Ohio, now in Benson.
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Politikal Platform Outdated After Campaign Says Glutz
Sherwood Glutz quips that no one knows where old elephants go to die and what happens to political platforms after campaigns end. He adds that a party platform becomes outdated like hoop skirts on red wheeled buggies.
Junk Yard Law Ruling Delayed
Charleston AP reports the Supreme Court will not rule on the controversial junk yard law until the September term. The law, aimed at removing highway eyesores, requires wreckers to keep yards at least 100 feet from roads and affects more than 1,000 yards while state enforcement continues.
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Eisenhower warns on Cuban Soviet sub base risk
President Eisenhower said the United States would act to protect its interests if Russia established a submarine base in Cuba, though he saw little likelihood of such a base. He noted the OAS could come into play and discussed Cuba’s expropriation law and a new sugar bill that could cut the Cuban quota, with a decision expected later today or Thursday.
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Eisenhower rejects Rockefeller attack on U S strength
President Eisenhower at a news conference dismissed Nelson Rockefeller claims that U S military power has declined and criticized Soviet leader Khrushchev’s interference in the campaign. He noted budget trims since 1953 and said Democratic Congresses largely agreed with military spending. Rockefeller is entitled to his views, but they won’t topple the GOP.
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Castro Cabinet Authorizes U. S. Property Grab
Havana reports Fidel Castro's Cabinet authorized expropriation of all American property in Cuba with payment only if the U.S. buys more Cuban sugar at premium prices. The decree allows seizure of U.S. company assets and interests, naming Shell refinery and Esso Texaco as examples, and ties compensation to U.S. sugar purchases.
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Jap Midget Submarine Found Off Pearl Harbor
The Navy is investigating a Japanese midget submarine believed to have been part of the Pearl Harbor attack force. Navy divers discovered the 80-foot craft June 13 about a mile outside the harbor, upright on coral in about 70 feet of water, heavily encrusted with marine growth.
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Welfare Fund Cut Leaves Miners Without Medical Aid
Unemployed coal miners dropped from the United Mine Workers Welfare Fund July 1 must seek help elsewhere for medical needs. DPA director Hattie M. Gregory notes funds cover emergency medical treatment only for current grant recipients and no coverage for chronic conditions. J. Carl Bunch says the Welfare Fund will pay for hospital care for those who entered before July 1 and that many details remain unsettled as benefits are phased.
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