Byrd and Randolph Seek Restoration of Airport Funds
Senators Byrd and Randolph urged a Senate subcommittee to restore operating funds for five West Virginia airport and navigation facilities. The House had cut the money from an FAA bill. Gen Elwood R Quesada supported the request, citing Huntington Tri State, Charleston and Wheeling approach lights, and Pendleton and Pocahontas County facilities as essential.
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Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
Senate
West Virginia
House
Federal Aviation Agency
Byrd
Randolph
Elwood R. Quesada
FAA
Huntington
Tri-State
Charleston
Wheeling
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Congress
Randold
Cabell
Wayne Counties
Quesada
Ken Hechler
Friay
Bailey urges new yardstick for Buy American Act
Representative Cleve Bailey of West Virginia calls for a domestic yardstick to replace the foreign measure used in Buy American bids. He proposes comparing domestic prices and wages to deter foreign competition when no domestic price exists, arguing current administration practices erode the act’s value and only a statutory revision can fix it.
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Washington
West Virginia
Cleveland M. Bailey
D-Wva
Bailey
Weather summary for West Virginia area prompts mixed conditions
Drizzle and fog persist in the mountains early today then clear with highs in the upper 60s to 70s elsewhere. Tonight fair and cooler with lows 45 to 54. Thursday warms while extended forecast shows a slow rise to normal to slightly above normal, then cooler by Sunday and Monday. Showers likely Saturday with 0.1 to 1.5 inches total rainfall. River conditions noted at Bellepoint with Greenbrier above normal and muddy, Bluestone Reservoir muddy with 8 gates open.
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W. Va
Beckley
Four Ministers To Press Berlin Talks Showdown
Western foreign ministers led by Christian Herter meet in Geneva to press Andrei Gromyko for new Berlin proposals. They aim to show the Kremlin the time has come to compromise while weighing a possible summit.
Drunk and Shoplifting Charges Hit Beckley Group
Four people faced jail or fines in Beckley magistrate court. Woody Underwood, 43, Beckley, was fined $30 and given 30 days in Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty to being drunk and shoplifting. Allen Loveday, Eccles, jailed on reckless driving then released on a $56.50 bond. Elmer Ward, Beckley, jailed for drunkenness and moonshine possession. Junior Scott, Beckley, jailed after pleading guilty to driving while drunk. Marie Meadows Minick, Princewick, released after a warrant for child desertion was withdrawn.
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Woody Underwood
Beckley
Raleigh County
W. A. Burke
Underwood
Pagoda Super Market
Allen Lee Loveday
Eccles
Elmer Ward
Junior Scott
Burke
Scott
Marie Meadows Minick
Princewick
J. K. Cole
Missile money split fuels WV chemical plant plans
West Virginia eyes a 10 million dollar Montecatini plant near Charleston to manufacture polypropylene. The site touted along the Big Sandy River near Neal, Wayne County, would employ 100 to 200 and be built by Novamont Corp, Montecatini’s subsidiary. In Congress, a fight over defense funding pits Bomarc versus Nike Zeus as the Appropriations Committee trims Bomarc by 162.7 million and shifts funds to Nike Zeus, sparking attacks from Rep. Minshall who calls Bomarc a boondoggle while Rep. Ford defends its testing phase as beneficial to taxpayers.
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Charleston Gazette Today
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New York
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Milan
Italy
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Wayne County
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Ohio
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John Foster Dulles
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Dark
Treasury
Foreign Aid Redevelopment Loan Fund
Methodists Open 114th West Virginia Conference
Ministers and delegates from 1 600 churches gather with church friends at West Virginia Wesleyan College to begin the 114th annual West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke presides over the five day convocation in Buckhannon WV.
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W. Va
Friends and Friends
West Virginia Wesleyan College
West Virginia
Rev Rochelle Arthur Succumbs in East Beckley Home
The Rev Rochelle Arthur died at his East Beckley residence early today. Arrangements for the funeral are incomplete and the body remains at Trent Funeral Home.
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Rochelle Stanley Arthur
East Beckley
Trent Funeral Home
Mrs Annie Bruce Dies After Extended Illness
Mrs Annie Bruce aged 69 of Broad Way Street East Park died in a local hospital Tuesday evening after an extended illness. The body is at Trent Funeral Home awaiting completion of funeral arrangements.
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Annie Bruce
Broadway St
East Park
Trent Funeral Home
Eisenhower says no progress at Geneva calls for clear Berlin deal
President Eisenhower today said there has been no detectable progress at Geneva to warrant a summit. He urged the Soviet Union to commit that Western rights in Berlin will not be impeded pending German unification and warned Krushchev’s recent statements may hinder East West tensions. He spoke after meeting Gromyko and the foreign ministers of Britain, France, and the United States.
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France
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Germany
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White House
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Iowa State Penitentiary
Radio Moscow
Mars
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City park entry mix ups warned by Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz warns that drivers, including law men and military personnel, keep entering the city parking lot by the wrong end. He says someone could get hurt if the confusion continues and jokes about not being able to spare a fender.
This Was D Day Il Combat General Remembers Utah Beach
Maj. Gen. Joe Collins recalls leading 7th Corps to Utah Beach, Cherbourg, St Lo and Aachen in Normandy. In this second article, the former U.S. Army chief of staff shares D Day memories with The Associated Press. Weather and sea conditions shaped the invasion as Bayfield and Task Force Utah moved through six foot waves and 20 knot winds off the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Aachen
U.S. Army
Associated Press
France
Bayfield
Don P. Moon
Utah
England
Oklahoma cattle thief returns after FBI welcome in New York
William A. Douglas, accused of stealing about $50,000 worth of cattle from a ranch near Stigler Oklahoma, is welcomed in New York by an FBI man after being kicked out of Braz. An 18 member FBI posse helped with the reception. He then goes back to Oklahoma.
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William A. Douglas
Stigler
Okla
New York
FBI
Braz
Oklahoma
Space monkeys survive operation as Able dies
Baker the one pound squirrel monkey survived surgery to remove implanted electrodes from its skin after last week's historic space trip. Able, a seven pound rhesus, died during a separate operation earlier Tuesday.
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Able
Outer
Space
Nobusuke Kishi
Tokyo
Japan
Guyaquil
Ecuador
Latin Revolt Gains Thrust
Nicaragua reports three Cuban boats carrying rebels heading to join an uprising against President Luis Somoza. Costa Rica confirms rebel landings and arms seized. exile sources name Pedro Chamorro among leaders as Costa Rican assembly backs the revolutionary effort.
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Luis Somoza
Cuba
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Somoza
Washington
Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
Organization of American States
Foreign Ministry
Costa Rica
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Panama
United States
San Jose
Santo Tomas
Louisiana Governor Earl Long Committed to Hospital
Galveston Texas AP A judge ordered Governor Earl Long of Louisiana to a mental hospital for 90 days at the request of his wife Mrs Long and signed by Probate Court Judge Hugh Gibson Dr Arthur Long and Dr Titus Harris testified the 65 year old was mentally ill and a danger to himself and others Long who was hospitalized after a floor tantrum in Baton Rouge entered the hospital voluntarily but has refused to answer psychiatrists questions The order remains until a formal hearing within 14 days to decide if confinement continues and if a jury trial is warranted
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Galveston
Tex
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Titus Harris
John Sealy Hospital
Long
Texas
Winged Cat Sighted In Wyoming County Winged Cat
A reported winged Persian cat was found by Douglas Shelton near Pineville in Wyoming County while digging ginseng. The creature reportedly has six inch wings and attracted curious onlookers paying a small admission fee. A Regista reporter planned to visit Shelton for photos and details.
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Wyoming County
Pineville
Douglas Shelton
Church Brothers Lumber Co
Shelton
Regista
Health Center Plans Exhibited for Raleigh County
Preliminary sketches of the new $100,000 Raleigh County Health Center on Harper Road were shown to the Raleigh County Court. Architect Donald H. Stark presented tentative plans including wait ing rooms, assembly room, health officer office, records, clinic spaces, and a maternal child health clinic. Stark noted study of the Marshall County Health Center to optimize space use.
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Raleigh County Health Center
Harper Road
Raleigh County Court
Donald H. Stark
County Health Council
Stark
Marshall County Health Center
John C. Ward
Spanking Bill Moves North Carolina Schools
A bill allowing state teachers to spank unruly pupils cleared the House on Tuesday night and was sent to the Senate.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
House
Senate
Montgomery Jailed by Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies
Clyde Montgomery of Raleigh was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 11 45 am today on a non support charge, with sheriff's deputies detaining him during the morning.
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Clyde Montgomery
Raleigh
Sheriff's Deputies
Mullens Declares War on Rat Invasion and Weeds
Mullens officials report a rat invasion after a dumpsite closure Lording a potential 1 million rats starving for food. Street Commissioner Oscar England says public funds tied to a rat extermination drive with poison boxes already distributed and possible dynamite blast considered. Mayor Woodrow Cook warns of growing ivy and poison oak spreading through city properties and orders weed killer for battle against creeping vines.
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RNI
Hamelin
Weser
Oscar England
Board of Commissioners
England
Woodrow W.cook
Cook
Cindy
Clyde Newsome
Lrder
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