Local U S Testing Anti Tuberculosis Drug Study Begins
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association and the U S Public Health Service start a year long area survey to test isoniazid preventing activation of tuberculosis in inactive Tb and advanced silicosis patients. Dr Preston C Davis leads the study with 150 200 volunteers chosen from hospital and association files. A $4000 Publican Service grant funds the survey.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
U. S. Public Health Service
Memorial Building
United States
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Preston C. Davis
Pomp Lewis
Publican Service
Davis
Lewis
Tb and Health Association
Two IU students trapped in flooded cave amid suction danger
Indiana rescue crews faced rising floodwater and deadly suction as two Indiana University graduate students Ralph Moreland and Thomas Arnold remained missing after entering an unmapped Lost River cave. National Speleological Society members reported water nearly up to their armpits and warned divers against entering without ropes.
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Lost River
Indiana University
Ralph Moreland
Thomas Arnold
James Langhammer
Indianapolis
Eological Society
Jack McDonald
Langhammer
McDonald
Moreland
Arnold
Shaul
Carl William Birky Jr
Fort Collins
Colo
Allan Lipscomb
Bloomington
Ind
Birky
Lipscomb
No Fishing Signs Highlight Deep Holes On Rural Road
Residents along Limestone Ridge in New Martinsville posted signs beside a deadly stretch of highway to warn motorists. One hole is labeled Hole, another Deep Hole, a further gap Real Deep Hole and a final sign reads No Fishing.
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NEW Martinsville
UPI
Limestone Ridge
West Virginia Weather: Showers and warm trend across the state
A regional forecast notes showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon mainly east, with highs 75 to 85 and lows in the 60s. Tuesday brings sun and possible thundershowers, temperatures near normal. Rainfall totals near 0.75 to 1 inch mainly Thursday to Saturday as warmer days continue into midweek. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and muddy, Lake normal and clear at 1.8 gates. new gauge 21.
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Greenbrier
Setup In Rain Seen Tuesday
West Virginia faces more rain after heavy weekend downpours with a Tuesday setup forecast. Sunny days expected briefly before rains return later in the week. Flooding occurred in low areas and street backups due to overwhelmed sewers. Farmers report continued crop damage from saturated fields and muddy pooling.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Short News Briefs From The Wire Dispatches
A digest of brief items reports on U S defense deliberations over mobilizing National Guard amid Berlin tensions. A 30 year old New York City man pleaded guilty to stunting in the Niagara River after a Niagara Falls stunt. fines totaled 100 dollars plus 113.50 in costs. Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union on arms begin anew in Moscow. Speaker Sam Rayburn comments that Lyndon Johnson would have named John F Kennedy as VP if he had won the nomination. Pope John XXIII arrives at Castelgandolfo for a six week summer stay. A night club owner in Youngstown is critically injured when a bomb damages his car and nearby storefronts. Frederick Stueck, 55, of the Federal Power Commission, is found dead in his car in an apparent suicide. Police note the car was parked in Washington.
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Cape Cod
U. S
Defense Department
National Guard
Berlin
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Nathan Boya
New York City
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Sam Rayburn
D_Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Rayburn
Johnson
John XXIII
Castelgandolfo
Italy
Papal Summer Palace
Alban Hills
Vince DeNiro
Youngstown
Ohio
Cicero's
de Niro
Frederick Stueck
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Better to Sit Tight Than Drive That Way
A terse remark cautions against dangerous driving choices and urges patience over risky shortcuts. The line suggests prudence in travel decisions, emphasizing safety over haste.
Nuckols Halts Issuance Of Free Plates
Virginia sheriffs and deputies must buy their license plates while Attorney General Robertson resolves legal questions. State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols paused free plates distribution after the West Virginia Sheriff’s Bureau began issuing them. The issue includes title transfer questions for the state agency to qualify for free plates and gas on official business.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Jack Nuckols
Donald Robertson
Threat of war over Berlin tops earlier crises
Speaker Sam Rayburn warned that the Berlin threat is more serious than during World War I and II. He urged readiness to meet force with force, and said bipartisan support for President Kennedy may follow a Pentagon review calling for an extra 2 to 5 billion dollars in defense spending.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Berlin
House
United States
Kennedy
Congress
Pentagon
U.S
Oceana Miners Form Local Union No 141
Oceana Miners vote to join Southern Labor Union Local No 141 representing Dipple and Dipple Coal Co. employees in Oceana. Officers elected Roy Harris president Harry H Jones vice president Elwood Carver secretary treasurer Exec committee Jessie K Rickards Gordon P Edwards Kelse M Nester. SLU aims to challenge United Mine Workers at Bolt Mining Co. National Labor Relations Board study follows hearings in Beckley July 7. First SLU local in West Virginia. SLU founded 1954 in Scott County Tennessee with about 800 members.
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Southern Labor Union
Dipple and Dipple Coal Co
Oceana
International Slu
Bill Bell
Roy Harris
Harry H. Jones
Elwood Carver
Jessie K. Rickards
Gordon P.edwards
Kelse M. Nester
United Mine Workers
Bolt Mining Co
National Labor Relations Board
Beckley
West Virginia
SLU
Scott County
Tennessee
Old Masters Pilfered From French Museum
In St Tropez a village museum holding works by Matisse Utrillo and Signac was robbed after months of planning by a burglar. A night watch volunteer and fire insurance were in place but no alarm system existed. The theft highlights security gaps at the Riviera exhibit.
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ST. Tropez
France
UPI
Matisse
Utrillo
Signac
Riviera
Western powers urge Moscow over Berlin stand firm
UPI reports the United States Britain and France sent notes to Moscow rejecting Russia demands about isolated Berlin. The notes approved by the 15 nation NATO Council were sent for imminent delivery to the Kremlin. London sources said a foreign ministers meeting could precede a Western summit among Kennedy Macmillan and de Gaulle if needed.
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London
UPI
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
NATO Council
Kremlin
U.S
Paris
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Vietnamese Kill 167 Reds in Six Hour Battle
Saigon reports government troops led by paratroopers killed 167 Communist Viet Cong guerrillas in a six hour engagement Sunday. The victory boosts President Ngo Dinh Diem’s push to wipe out the Red rebels as officials praise the outcome and top leaders visit the site.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Dinh Thuan
le van Ty
No More Croquet in Dothan Ends Peace Warrant
E A Painter withdrew a peace warrant against William Bill Seletyn after a hearing before Magistrate Frank Simms. Painter said Seletyn assaulted him with a croquet mallet, breaking it over his head during an argument at a croquet game. The two share court costs.
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Dothan
RNS
E. A. Painter
William Bill’ Seletyn
Frank Simms
Painter
Seletyn
Kennedy Aide Bowles Slated for Top Ambassador Post
Washington reports said Under secretary of State Chester A Bowles was set for a leading ambassadorial assignment marking the first majorKennedy administration shakeup. Sources indicated Allen W Dulles of the CIA could also be replaced later, though no move is imminent. State officials and Pierre Salinger denied knowledge of Bowles shift as Congress sources eyed potential changes.
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Washington
UPS
Chester A. Bowles
Kennedy
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
Bowles
White House
Pierre Salinger
Hyannis Port
Mass
Congressional
Morgantown Boy Nominated For President's Medal
Eddie Rosiak Jr of Morgantown earned a nomination as West Virginia's candidate for the President's Medal after he saved his year old sister Joyce Jean by applying mouth to mouth respiration when she stopped breathing on January 5 1960. The seventh grader at Riverside Junior High credited a Boy Scout training book and his experience with mouth to mouth as taught in scouting. His mother recalled she feared losing her baby before Eddie performed the lifesaving act.
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Morgantown
UPS
Edmund E
Eddie) Rosiak Jr
West Virginia
Eddie
Joyce Jean
Riverside Junior High
Fred L. Ferris
Charleston
Joyce
Brea
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