County Airport Offered As Peace Corps Site
Political leaders discuss Raleigh County as a potential Peace Corps training site in the Kennedy administration plan. Slack outlines benefits including low land cost, easy air access, security options, favorable terrain and climate, and strong local community interest, as Shriver weighs site locations for final training sites and nationwide programs.
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Shriver
Kennedy
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Peace Corps training site eyed for Raleigh Beckley impact
Shriver touts Raleigh County location as economically sound and public service oriented. He envisions long-range planning once enabling legislation passes and may establish multiple training establishments. Slack predicts jobs, business boost, and Beckley becoming a global press focal point.
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Peace Corps
Slack
Raleigh County
The
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Beckley
Women Win Election Roundup at Rhodesl and West Virginia Cities
Statewide voting Tuesday saw women gain ground as Rhodesl elected an all female administration led by Mrs Rosa McKinney while Huntington and Clarksburg backed existing city manager systems. In Morgantown Democrats gained four council seats to Republicans three. St Albans chose Frank O Oliver as mayor, while Avery Ramsey lost. Rhodell installed an all female leadership with Rosa McKinney as mayor and Sadie Simmons as recorder. Several other women won council posts, while Mabscott reelected or replaced mayors in nearby cities.
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Ardson
Phoebe Wyce
Ruby Augustine
Sadie Simmons
Marina Hutchings
Lucile Sizemore
Rosa McKinney
Front Center
Rhodell
McKinney
Citizens Ticket
Progressive Ticket
Union Party
James ‘Kinky’ Richardson
Donna Lopez
Front Left
Rich
Huntington
Clarksburg
R. M. Hoisington
Orville
Morgantown
West Virginia
Esther Emerson
St. Albans
Frank O. Oliver
Averil L. Ramsey
Ramsey
Peoples Party
Mor‘gantown
Citizens State
Orville Duppee
Duppee
James “Kinky” Richardson
Union
Harold Shrewsbury
Joe D'Antoni
Dana Lopez
Lucille Size
James Sparacino
Mabscott
State Battle Vs. Stream Pollution Suffers Setback
Charleston, UPS The State Water Resources Commission faces a setback as the state attorney general’s office rules hearings must be held in the counties where alleged pollution occurs. Maust Coal & Coke Corp., Richwood, challenged Caesars of holding hearings in Charleston. Subsidiaries Cherry River Coal & Coke Co., Jerryville, Tioga Coal Corp., Tioga, Saxsewell Coal & Coke Co., Jetsville, faced citations for polluting the Gaul ey River and tributaries with strip mine wastes in Nicholas and Webster Counties.
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UPS
State Water Resources Commission
West Virginia
State Attorney General's Office
Statehouse
Maust Coal & Coke Corp
Richwood
Commission
Gauley River
Nicholas
Webster
Joe McQuade
Water Resources Commission
Department of Natural Resources
Maust
Cherry River Coal & Coke Co
Jerryville
Tioga Coal Corp
Tioga
Saxsewell Coal & Coke Co
Jetsville
Mottoes Of The Month Lightly Scored In June
In Los Angeles the Lets Have Better Mottoes Association announced the June motto We been watching you Do you work here The group promotes witty phrases and fan entries in the same theme We could think of lots to do but we're too busy talking Lt never make mistakes because I never do anything
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Los Angeles
UPI
Westia Weather Outlook with Showers and Cooler Weekend
variable cloudiness today to Thursday with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon. Highs near 76 to 82, lows 62 to 68. Five day forecast shows below normal temperatures for the region with rain totals around three quarters of an inch. Beckley 78/66, Oak Hill 81/60, today 76 at noon. River conditions normal to slightly cloudy with Greenbrier normal and Lake normal.
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Beckley High
Cssseeees
Oak Hill
Grandview Road plan outlined for Honey in the Rock event
State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers outlined an immediate plan to widen Grandview Park Road to 26 feet and consider a future 28 foot route, citing a 10.4 mile stretch from Rt 21 to Grandview. A $279,000 estimate was given for the major widening, but insufficient time before the June 27 opening. Traffic is expected to peak at 300 cars per hour during the show.
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Burl Sawyers
Grandview Park Road
the Rock
Weorging
Beckley
Sawyers
Rt. 21
Little Beaver Lake
Grandview
Iwe
SRC
Nuckols Among ESO Advisors
Charleston reports State Finance Director Truman Gore named eight state agency chiefs to an Economic Stabilization Organization advisory council. The appointees include Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols, State Police Superintendent W E Burchett, Agriculture Commissioner John T Johnson, School Superintendent Rex M Smith, Health Director N H Dyer, Attorney General C Donald Robertson, Public Assistance Director W Bernard Smith, and Civil Defense Director William J Mathews Jr. The organization aims to preserve the state's economy in case of an enemy attack.
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Charleston
UPI
Truman Gore
Lan Advisory Council
Tion
Khrushchev Hosts Lively Moscow Birthday Garden Party
At the Indonesian embassy reception in Moscow Sukarno marked his 60th birthday while Khrushchev led a rousing dance and song display. Khrushchev beat a swagger stick on bongos and danced with Sukarno amid lantern light and festive dress.
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UPI
Tass
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Lencid Brezhnev
Anastas Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Sukarno
President Kennedy Addresses Naval Academy Graduates at Annapolis
President Kennedy salutes 785 graduates noting military leadership vital in the cold war and nuclear age. Vice President Johnson speaks at West Point. Air Force Secretary Zuckert at Colorado Springs. Government to contract for nuclear rocket design with Aerojet General and Westinghouse. Rusk asks Congress for 4.8 billion foreign aid. Yuri Gagarin awarded gold medal for space exploration. An Air Force F106 crash at Fort Dix. pilot lands safely. Jacqueline Kennedy shopping in London then flies to Athens for Greece trip.
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Annapolis
Lyndon B. Johnson
US Military Academy
West Point
Air Force
Eugene Zuckert
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Aerojet General Corp
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Dean Rusk
Congress
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
International Aeronautical Federation
Tass
Fort Dix
N. J
Kennedy warns arms race to continue amid Khrushchev talks
President Kennedy delivered a somber nationwide address after talks with Khrushchev in Vienna and meetings with de Gaulle Macmillan and Kennedy warned the arms race would endure barring policy shifts. He called the Berlin discussion the most somber part of the talks and noted Khrushchev’s demand for veto power over any nuclear test ban enforcement.
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Kennedy
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Laos
Vienna
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
Highlights of Kennedy European mission and Laos clash
Washington reports Kennedy's summary of his Europe tour stressing unity of the free world and pursuit of lasting peace. Khrushchev and Kennedy held frank talks with no concessions or major decisions reached. In Laos, communist-backed forces broke a cease-fire, overran Padong, forcing cancellation of the Geneva talks as Vienna summit underscored cease-fire importance.
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UPI
Kennedy
Khrushchev
France
Gen. de Gaulle
William J. Fox
United Press International
Padong
Laos
Vienna
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva Talks Canceled By Pro Communist Offensive
An eight-company assault by pro Communist troops breached Meo tribal and Laotian forces defenses at a base camp in Southeast Asia. The Reds opened with artillery, then an infantry assault driving a 300-man garrison to retreat to prepared positions. A six-man U.S. advisory team reported the defenders withdrew to an alternative position after a nightlong battle.
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Reds
Southeast Asia
Red
Vientiane
Padong
U.S
William Chance
Mount Hope
Kan
Tractors Committee Faces Castro Demand For Cuba Talks
Detroit AP report says the American Tractors for Cuba committee may send a delegation to Havana to negotiate terms after Fidel Castro demanded the fundraisers travel to Cuba. Castro’s statement came 13 hours before the committee’s noon deadline for an official reply to the May 17 proposal. The fundraisers, led by Walter Reuther, Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower, plan calls with Castro by telephone and aim to decide this night. Radio Havana reported Castro’s cabinet backed the demand and noted a delegation including Mrs. Roosevelt and Eisenhower could be preferable.
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Detroit
API
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
U.S
Walter Reuther
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Radio Havana
Roosevelt
Penney's Donates 200 BBDC Shares to ABI in Beckley
The Beckley J C Penney store purchased 200 shares of Beckley Business Development Corp stock for 2000 dollars and donated the stock to Appalachian Bible Institute. Present at the presentation were J A Blackburn Isaac McKinney Rev Lester Pipkin H C Sheets and A David Abrams.
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Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Beckley
J. C. Penney Co
BBDC
The
Bible School
ABI
J.A. Blackburn
Isaac McKinney
Lester Pipkin
H. C. Sheets
Beckley J. S. Penney Co
A. David Abrams
Bbdc Board of
Abrams
J. C. Penney
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