Army engineers to train at Camp Prince this July
Three companies of the 91st Engineer Combat Battalion from Fort Belvoir will arrive at Camp Prince on the New River in July for bridge training, with activity possibly extending into August. The plan marks the first Fayette County post use since 1957, amid past protests over closure and local economic impact from camp spending and payroll. The reactivation is described as potentially temporary, not a permanent return.
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Europe
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Dublin
Stockholm
Hollywood
Polly Adler
New York
Virginia
Parke C. Brinkley
Senators Hear Blondie Testify On B-Girl Issues
Washington reports a Senate investigation on labor-management relations featured Penny Singleton and Pat Lynn describing B-girls and strippers in unions. Singers and dancers testified about nightclub routines, with lawmakers probing union leadership and industry practices.
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UPI
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Penny Singleton
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
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American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Mundt
AGWA
Pat Lynn
Philadelphia
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Temperatures
Cloudy and cooler with scattered afternoon showers possible in the northeast. Highs near 70, tonight’s lows 46 to 64, Thursday mostly sunny and cooler in the 70s. Below normal statewide by 2 to 4 degrees with showers Sunday or Monday totaling about a quarter inch. Beckley and Oak Hill reports show yesterday highs around 67 to 71 and rainfall measured. River gauges at Greenbrier and nearby lakes describe normal conditions and a new gauge at Hinton reads 2.6 feet.
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S.caes
Hinton
Size Of Tax Cut Proposal At Stake
President Kennedy weighs a broad tax reduction as part of a renewed fiscal policy review. The budget may run a deficit in 1963, with officials debating whether federal spending or revenue best fosters full employment and growth. Budget Director Bell proposes evaluating spending and revenue by their impact on employment.
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UPI
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Congress
White House
David E. Bell
Bell
Wide Search On For 3 Alcatraz Escape Artists
San Francisco units scoured the bay area for three escapees from Alcatraz. John Anglin 32 Clarence Anglin 31 and Frank Morris 35 were last seen Monday night and missed at breakfast Tuesday. Patrols by air sea and ground covered Angel Island Marin County and surrounding waters as authorities pursued possible plans to reach Angel Island.
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UPI
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John William Anglin
Clarence
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Lee Morris
New Orleans
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Angel Islan
FBI
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Army
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Army Life Humiliating Soldier Defects To North Korea
Pyongyang Radio reports US Private Larry A. Abshier, 18, who left his post near the DMZ on June 2 and may have defected to North Korea. The feed says he fled amid humiliating Army life in South Korea and quotes anti American remarks attributed to him. His home is listed as Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home. his father George C. Abshier lives in Garfield Heights, Ohio. The broadcast claims he crossed into the North recently and is a target of hatred toward American forces. A follow up story notes uncertainty about his crossing and whether he remains in the North.
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Bond Issue Defeated in Marshall County
A proposed 4.68 million school bond failed in Marshall County on Tuesday. It required 60 percent approval and drew 6,489 votes, with 2,687 for and 3,802 against.
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Moundsville
UPI
Marshall County
Chuckles for Cowards Only
The Rev Charles Manchester refuses to marry bridezilla style grooms who fear the aisle. He notes half the grooms reek of drink and walk in tipsy, fearing a poor impression if he has a few whiskies himself.
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Bradford
England
UPI
Charles Manchester
Beckley Girl Nominated At Girls' State
In Rhodendron Girls State primary, Susan Brown of Morgantown and Jane Howery of Beckley were named gubernatorial nominees. Federalist and Nationalist candidates fill the slate for statewide offices including Secretary of State Kathryn O'Brien and Attorney General Ellen Givens with several others listed for Supreme Court seats and state posts.
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Jackson’s Mill
UPI
Rhodendron Girls
Susan Brown
Morgantown
Jane Howery
Beckley
State Board of Public Works
Kathryn O’brien
Buckhanan
de Bush
Clarksburg
National
Ellen Givens
Sistersville
Nancy Kidd
Bluefield
Sue Ellen Miller
Huntington
Ruth Bates
Follawsbee
Supreme Court
Barbara Dodson
Weston
Debra Dunn
St. Albans
Nancy Fitch
Fairmont
Marilyn Law
Pennsboro
Carolyn Reed
Lost Creek
Carol Hartley
Ravenswood
Gay Cartwright
West Columbia
Mason County
Nellie Laughlin
Williamson
Darleen Teane
Oak Hill
Rebecca Beaver
Pratt
Countian Wins 1962 Rufus A West Award at WVU
William L Fourney of Blue Jay wins the Rufus A West Award in the West Virginia University College of Engineering for the highest senior GPA. He earned a perfect 4 0 average last semester and received a B S in aerospace engineering June 4. He will pursue graduate work in Morgantown.
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William L. Fourney
Blue Jay
Rufus A. West
West Virginia University College of Engineering
Fourney
E. J. Fourney
College of Engineering
Kennedy backs Laos peace pact urged to avoid unquiet acts
President Kennedy told Khrushchev he was encouraged by the formation of a neutral Laos government under Prince Souvanna Phouma and urged continued progress toward Geneva accords. He warned that no untoward actions should disrupt Southeast Asia peace and pledged US efforts toward a neutral Laos with possible economic aid. The three factions in Laos agreed to a coalition neutral government, facing integration of armed forces.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Laos
Southeast Asia
Khrushchev
Souvanna Phouma
Vienna
United States
Dean Rusk
Double slayings shake Cairo area as suspect to be arraigned
Gale F E McKnight, 36, is to be arraigned today in the first degree murder of his estranged wife Elsie, 41, and their daughter Sandra, 14, in a case investigated after authorities found the bodies Tuesday. McKnight was captured near Cairo, W V by state police six hours after the discovery, led to the rifle used, waived extradition to Ohio, and faces two murder counts. West Virginia Trooper Charles E Kyer and Acting Prosecutor Richard Thomas aided the swift case, with clues pointing toward Cairo residence of Robert Snyder.
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Marietta, Ohio
UPI
Gale FE. McKnight
Elsie
Sandra
West Virginia
Charles E. Kyer
Cairo
McKnight
Kyer
Robert Snyder
East German refugees flee to West Berlin in mass escape
About 45 East German refugees moved to West Berlin over the weekend with 25 reaching safety in a single mass escape. Sixteen crawled through a tunnel, others hid in a border factory and dug under the wall. No details yet on the largest escape, and officials say routes may have been discovered.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Marienfelde
Republicans sweep Martinsburg mayor and council seats
In Martinsburg Republicans won the mayoralty and six of the seven city council seats in a GOP sweep. Incumbent councilman Democrat Wallace Hesen was the sole survivor. Election results were reported by UPI.
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Martinsburg
UPI
Wallace Hesen
Alcatraz Escapes Mark Bloodiest 1946 Breakout
The Alcatraz prison has thwarted all escapes for 28 years with the 1946 assault lasting three days as Bernard Coy and Paul Cretzer led a riot to seize guards, freeing about 30 inmates until Marines and Coast Guard forces retook the island. Two guards were killed and Coy and Cretzer died in the uprising amid subsequent executions of other inmates. The piece recounts other escapes through 1958, including the 1987 incidents, and notes Alcatraz meaning pelicans in Spanish and a famed convict quip about the island voyage.
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Coast Guard
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Cretzer
Ralph Roe
Jimmy Cole
Bers
James A. Boarman
John K. Giles
Angel Island
Alcatraz
Giles
Aaron W. Burgett
Clyde M. Johnson
Johnson
Burgett
Johnston Wins South Carolina Democratic Primary Victory
Veteran Senator Olin D Johnston carried all but one of South Carolina's 46 counties in a big win over Governor Ernest Hollings in the Democratic primary. He must face GOP candidate William D Workman in the general election. Kennedy to hold news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Thursday.
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Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Ernest Hollings
Johnston
William D. Workman
Kennedy
United States
Christmas Island
Moon shots 1966 70 face solar threat says Soviet scientist
Moscow scientist Prof G Pokrovskiy warns sun eruptions could deadlyly shielded lunar missions from 1966 to 1970. NASA acknowledges solar danger and aims to forecast events to safeguard Apollo crews, but heavy shielding requires rockets beyond 1966-70 plans.
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Washington
UPS
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
G. Pokrovskiy
Moscow
Moon
Mars
Venus
Pokrovskiy
Stock Market Rallies Sharply After Earlier Selloff
New York traders saw flash prices as the stock market rallied in the second hour after a earlier selloff. Volume surged at noon with broad participation. Dow Jones noon averages show gains in Industrials and Stocks while Rails and Utilities dip.
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New York
UPS
Bolt Loss Likely Tied to 95 Death Jet Crash
FAA says a slipping bolt in the Boeing 707 hydraulic rudder system may have caused the New York jet crash that killed 95 people last March. The bolt’s failure could have locked the rudder in a hard left turn as hydraulic fluid surged, but the mechanism was never found, and the Civil Aeronautics Board continues to review other possibilities.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Aviation Agency
New York
FAA
American Airlines
Idlewild
Jamaica Bay
Civil Aeronautics Board
Explosion Kills Marmet Miner
Marmet miner Thurmond Chambers, 37, was killed in a Fields Creek Coal Co. mine explosion two miles underground. Rescue teams under State Mines Department officials recovered his body after more than 12 hours. a spark ignited methane gas during maintenance. About 25 workers in a separate section escaped injury. the mine near Winifrede employs about 100 men.
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Charleston
UPI
Thurmond Chambers
Marmet
Fields Creek Coal Co
State Mines Department
Chambers
Winifrede
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