Raleigh County to decide on July dam and levy election
Court considers calling a special levy election for a July date to fund a Stevens Branch dam and lake in Trap Hill District. advocates from business and civic groups urge the measure, claiming tourism and economy gains. discussions include publication timing and land acquisition progress.
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Raleigh
Raleigh County
Stevens Branch
Trap Hill
Anthony J. Sparacino
Barksdale
Harry Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Obstructionist Tactics Charged In New Berlin Talks Demand
Western ministers accused Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of obstruction in insisting that German representatives join secret Big Four talks. The issue remains over East German recognition while leaders weigh private sessions and a possible stopgap Berlin accord amid ongoing procedural disputes.
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Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
East Germany
Asst
Andrew H. Berding
Berding
Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
United States
France
West Germany
Sesa
Soviet Union
Germany
West Berlin
U. S
Wyoming Army Man Missing in Germany Swimming Accident
John D. Leight Whitt A2c of Kopperston is missing in Germany since July 11 1959 after a swimming accident. Brigadier General William B. Kesse informed his father Leight C. Whitt by telegram. The airman 22 years old has served three years and leaves five sisters Brenda Connie Vicki Barbara Norma plus his parents.
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Kopperston
Germany
Leight C. Whitt
William B. Kesse
Brenda
Connie
Vicki
Barbara Davis
Norma Smith
Oceana
Air Force bans wives in sandals at Tokyo commissary
Air Force officials clarified a clothing policy for wives and daughters, flagging sandals as a potential issue while some shoppers removed zori and wore bare feet. The spokesman said the rule was being misunderstood and that the ban did not clearly apply to all sandals. Several women shopped barefoot or were turned away for not removing their footwear.
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Tokyo
U. S
Air Force
Weather Outlook for West Virginia With Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy and warm in West Virginia with increased humidity and scattered thunderstorms. Highs in 80s to near 90, little tonight through Wednesday with showers and thundershowers. Mountain lows around 55, other areas 60 65. River gauges Greenbrier low and clear Bluestone normal and clear with two gates open.
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Beckley
Sseseecsee Bo
Inea
Father blocks Meriden home with gun. priest persuades surrender
In Meriden Connecticut a father Victor Jones barricaded himself with his four young sons aged 1 to 4 inside their home and fired on police. A Roman Catholic priest Rev Albert Healey talked him into giving up. Jones 27 a roofer was booked on breach of peace. His wife Gloria 18 offered no reason for the incident.
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Meriden
Conn
Victor Jones
Gloria
Albert Healey
Jones
Robert M. White II
The
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Former Interior Secretary McKay Put In Oxygen Tent
In Salem Oregon AP report former Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay aged 66 was placed in an oxygen tent at Salem General Hospital after a recurrence of a heart ailment.
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Salem, Ore
Douglas McKay
Salem General Hospital
Nixon’s Moscow Visit Hampered by Soviet Red Tape
Washington AP reports Vice President Nixon faces Soviet bureaucratic delays just a week before departure for Moscow. Officials hope to resolve questions on city visits travel scope and press access, as Nixon seeks freedom for his party and use of American jets during a two week goodwill tour.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Frol A. Kozlov
Kremlin
West Virginia Legislators Push Distressed Area Bill
Washington AP West Virginia House members led by Rep Cleveland Bailey plan a meeting with over 100 lawmakers from affected districts to push a distressed areas bill through the House rules committee. He noted rising eligible agricultural areas and warned of a possible Eisenhower veto, urging continued effort to bring the measure to the House floor. Bailey said WV has the most unemployed and distressed areas and a committee will be named to press Speaker Rayburn for action.
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Lake Basin
Beckley
Cecil Miller
Lake
Shot
Raleigh County
Charles Hodel
Slab Fork
S. Austin Caperton
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
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Dwva
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Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
U.S., Reds To Extend Exchange Visit
Washington reports that Soviet American exchange visits by scientists entertainers artists and industrial experts may be extended for two more years. Diplomatic talks are tentatively planned next month to discuss a new agreement to continue the program.
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Washington
Paladin A Pushover: TV gunfighters beat by chair varmint
Hollywood AP reports Gordon Clark a 27 year old hunter who tests TV gunfighters draws. He sits in a Capistrano Beach living room with a Colt .44 blank loaded to rate faster than Marshal Dillon Paladin bat Cheyenne and others. Neighbors hear the shot when he stands and draws.
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Gordon Clark
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Dale Robertson
Chuck Connors
Seth Adams
Prisoners release hostage at Brushy Mountain mine
Rebels at Brushy Mountain State Prison freed Shirley Bunch a 63 year old foreman held underground for 26 hours after seizing three foremen earlier. Gov Ellington ordered no further concessions while Patterson negotiates with about 95 inmates who remain underground and threaten to destroy the 12 mile mine. The hostage relief followed an illness based release as authorities press for an end to the standoff.
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Shirley Bunch
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Pat Patterson
Buford Ellington
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Knoxville
2-Nile
Hoffa Denies Bid to Seize Control of Monitor Board
Washington AP Hoffa rejects reports of a plan to take over the court appointed monitor board overseeing the Teamsters cleanup. He told the Senate there were no such moves and dismissed the allegations as unfounded.
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Washington (Ap
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Gose Accepts Mingo Position
Stuart Gose, long time Dan iels Elementary School principal, will become assistant superintendent of Mingo County schools for the coming year and return to Matewan. His wife, Mrs. Gose, will teach in a Matewan school. He has deep local roots and extensive WV education leadership background.
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Raleigh County
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Raleigh County Mental Health Association
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Shady Spring Methodist Church
Police Probe Theft of Dynamite Caps at McAlpin Magazine
State Police investigate the theft of 19 cases of dynamite caps from the McAlpin magazine. Authorities say the caps were taken sometime late Monday or early today.
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McAlpin Magazine
Closing Down Process Stalemate Looms In Steel Talks
NEW YORK AP A steel strike at midnight loomed as union and industry negotiators held last minute talks with no relief in sight. R Conrad Cooper said the process of closing down the industry was well along while David J. McDonald pressed for a package pay rise. The parties debated inflation fears and how to fund contract gains, with a proposed 15 cent per hour annual increase for three years on the table.
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New York
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Employment At New Peak
Washington reports a June unemployment rate of 4.9 percent with 3,992,000 jobless. Employment rose to a record 67,342,000, up 1,326,000 on strong factory hiring and seasonal farming and construction work, while 2,000,000 students and graduates entered the market. The surge marks a 4,600,000 gain since February, a historic pace.
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Washington
Labor Department
Palmer Arrested After Bond in Raleigh Court
Arnold D. Palmer of Beckley was released from Raleigh County Jail at 8 30 p m after posting a 20 bond for a City Police Court hearing on operating a vehicle without an operator license and with improper registration. Mary E. Bigelow of Bluefield was jailed at 6 p m Monday by a U S Deputy Marshal on a government check forging charge. James Huffimas of Piney View was jailed at 7 30 p m Monday by sheriff s deputies on an attachment. Maurice Hayes Smith Jr age 23 no address listed posted a 5 bond for a Police Court hearing after a traffic violation warrant citation at 11 p m Monday.
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Arnold D. Palmer
Beckley
Raleigh
Mary E. Bigelow
Bluefield
U. S
James Huffimas
Piney View
Sheriff's
Maurice Hayes Smith Jr
Humphrey Enters Presidential Race for Democratic Nomination
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota formally entered the Democratic presidential race one year before the Los Angeles convention. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy and Gov. Orville Freeman announced the move, with McCarthy saying Humphrey is ready to compete in primaries though unlikely to enter Wisconsin on April 5 immediately.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Eugene J
McCarthy
D-Minn
Orville Freeman
St. Paul
Freeman
Humphrey
Wisconsin
Politician’s travel to Russia cited in at Clinton era remark
A speaker criticizes politicians for old style campaigning and cites Gov Underwood’s trip to Russia to advise Nixon. The speaker laments a would be congress hopeful who cannot compete financially to travel abroad.
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Russia
Gov. Underwood
Nixon
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