Five Die In West Virginia Turnpike Crash
Five Ohio tourists die in the worst crash on the WV Turnpike at Milepost 30 near Beckley. A 1961 model car headed south collided with a bridge abutment. driver Woodrow W. Johnson and passengers Hugh Stacey Jr and his three children, all from Columbus, perished. Speed and wet roads cited. four ambulances transported bodies to Beckley Hospital and Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Virginia
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DuPont High School
Belle
Charleston
Porter Kinzer Abrams Take New Seats Today
Three Beckleyans left this morning for Charleston to take seats in the special session of the West Virginia Legislature after last minute appointments by Gov. Barron. Porter moves from the House to the State Senate to succeed Jack Nuckols, Kinzer replaces Harmon in the House, and Abrams will fill Porter's vacated seat. Questions linger over the appointment process and whether the governor used an official list or a last minute wire.
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House of Delegates
Jack Nuckols
State Senate
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Roy Lee Harmon
A. David Abrams
Porter
Senate
County Executive Committee
Riffe
Frankcis Bryson
Beckley
Wyoming
John S. Lambert
Robert Wylie
West Virginia considers extending sales tax for welfare
Gov. W. W. Barron urged lawmakers to extend the 3 percent sales tax to July 1 next year to raise about 8 million dollars for an expanded welfare program, with federal grants adding around 19 million for a total of over 25 million. The move aims to fund jobs and subsistence for 15 000 to 18 000 unemployed breadwinners while preparations to revert the tax to 2 percent on Aug. 31 are in question.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Adlai Faces First Red-Backed Demonstration in Chile
In Santiago UPI reporting says Red students stoned the U.S. Information Service office and scattered anti American leaflets during Ambassador Stevenson’s visit. No casualties and minor damage reported. The scene marks the first direct Communist hostility to Stevenson on his Latin America tour as he heads toward Lima Friday. Kennedy alliance for progress plans in Uruguay next month gain momentum amid the protests.
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Alliance For Progress
Girl, 8 Sees Mother Killed By Lightning
An eight year old girl witnessed her mother, Mrs Maybelle Owens, 40, killed by a lightning strike near Glen Daniel on Tuesday afternoon. The bolt hit a tree with a clothesline, caused grass and sod upheaval, and the current traveled to the house corner. Neighbors Rhonda Owens cried I saw lightning strike my mother as Bruce McNeill and his mother Virgil McNeill found the scene.
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Rhonda Owens
Maybelle Owens
Virgil McNeill
Bruce
Heat Wave Grips Nation With Power Losses and Storms
The eastern states endure a fifth day of sweltering heat as a cool air mass clashes with humid air. New York City reports power failures due to overload from air conditioners in 96 degree heat. Lightning in multiple cities causes deaths and fires. Newark reaches a record 98 degrees for June. Rain and winds disrupt several towns, with Meadvill e and Albany among affected areas.
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New York
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Monticello
Ill
O'Hare International
Five Day Weather Outlook for Vincinia Area
Partly cloudy warm weather with scattered thunderstorms today and thundery showers tonight Highs in the 80s Lows in the 50s 60s Cooler conditions Thursday and Friday with a rising trend over the weekend Showers likely Thursday and again Sunday and Monday totaling about one half to one inch River gauges show Greenbrier normal and Lake normal with four and a half gates open and New gauge at three feet
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Sceesreeee
Oak Hill
WV Police to shuffle command at two posts next week
West Virginia State Police will swap leadership soon with Capt. W. R. Callaghan moving from Company C in Elkins to Company A in Shinnston in September. He succeeds Capt. Roy G. Coen who retires June 30, and Lt. H. D. Coyner will take temporary command of Company K when Callaghan departs Monday.
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UPS
West Virginia
W. R. Callaghan
Elkins
Shinnston
William E. Burchett
Callaghan
Roy G. Coen
H. D. Coyner
Callafitian
Crab Orchard Youth Drowns in Washington DC Lake
David Arthur Cain 17 grandson of Mr and Mrs Selmer Blevins Crab Orchard drowned about 7 p m Tuesday while swimming in a lake at Washington D C He would have graduated next week from a Washington D C high school Surviving are his parents two sisters Irene and Mary Susan and a brother Richard all at home Funeral arrangements are incomplete and the body had not been recovered by 11 a m today.
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Selmer Blevins
Crab Orchard
Washington, D. C
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Billie Blevins Cain
Weber Drive
Irene
Mary Susan
Richard
GOP Leaders Say Gov Going Back On Pledge
Charleston UPI report says GOP leaders Sen. John E. Carrigan and Del. George H. Seibert claim Gov. Barron can fund expanded welfare without extending the 3 percent sales tax beyond Aug. 31 by reappropriating Road Commission funds. They accuse Barron of seeking a tax extension he promised not to ask for and suggest using 8 million from prior allocations to cover federal welfare matching and EEP needs.
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UPI
W. W. Barron
John E. Carrigan
Sherrard
Del
George H. Seibert Jr
Wheeling
State Road Commission
Barron
Carrigan
Seibert
SRC
Emergency Employment Program of Public Works
EEP
West Virginia Governor Pushes NS Highway despite federal setback
Gov. W. W. Barron affirms plans to begin a North-South highway in West Virginia even as the federal 90 percent support program excludes it. Sen. Jennings Randolph says no Interstate mileage will be added. the state may bear up to half the construction cost.
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Upi
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Jennings Randolph
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Bills Introduced Today in Charleston 55th Legislature
West Virginia lawmakers opened a special session with bills to extend the three cent sales tax, cut the EEP appropriation to 1 million, and fund dependent children via Barron’s program. State officials say year-end revenue will lag by about 4.2 million, with ADC and SRC projects rerouted to support public works.
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Invasion Leaders Deal Denied by Castro Pact
Castro announces three invasion leaders Manuel Artime Jose San Roman and Rafael Bolivar Fuentes will be freed only in exchange for convicted Cuban killer Francisco Molina U S Communist leader Henry Winston and Puerto Rican Nationalist Pedro Albizu Campos. A farm tractor swap tied to the talks remains uncertain as emissaries visit Havana.
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UPI
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Puerto Rico
Fidel Castro
Manuel Artime
Jose San Roman
Rafael Bolivar Fuentes
Artime
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the Hook
San Roman
Bolivar Fuentes
Castro
Molina
New York
Winston
U.S
Danbury
Conn
Cuba
Perry Mason Wins Two TV Guide Awards
TV Guide awards Tuesday night honored Perry Mason with two wins out of eight. The series won favorite series and Raymond Burr was named favorite male performer. Other honors went to Huntley-Brinkley for best news series Macbeth for best single drama Carole Burnett as favorite female performer and The Andy Griffith Show as favorite new series.
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TV Guide
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Huntley-Brinkley Report
Carole Burnett
Andy Griffith
Kennedy
White House
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
New York
African Republic of Guinea
U S and Soviet Open New Arms Talks Monday
United States and Soviet Union plan a new round of disarmament talks in Washington on Monday led by V A Zorin and John J McCloy. They aim to set a procedure to resume general disarmament talks covering conventional and nuclear weapons. The issue of merging Geneva test ban talks into general talks is debated, with Risk of delays noted.
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UPI
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United States
Russia
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State Department
Kennedy
John J. McCloy
Nikita Khrushchev
Vienna
Greek Royalty Crash Party For Jacqueline Kennedy
In Athens the Greek royal family’s young members attended a black tie reception for Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy at the Royal Yacht Club. Prince Constantine 21 and his sisters Princess Sophia 23 and Princess Irene 18 joined the party in casual attire, mingling and dancing with Mrs. Kennedy and other guests as the evening revived with rhumba and cha-cha.
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