Historic hot line pact links Kremlin and Pentagon
The United States and Russia signed a 24 hour teleprinter lin k agreement at the disarmament conference to allow immediate talks between President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev. Charles Stelle and Semyon Tsarapkin signed, ending two months of secret talks at UN headquarters in Geneva. The line will connect the Kremlin with the Pentagon and likely Helsinki Stockholm and London. The White House called it a first step to reduce accidental war risk and expressed hope for further measures.
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Kennedy Civil Rights Program Promises Bitter Senate Battle
Kennedy pushes a wide civil rights package to Congress amid strong Southern pushback while White House invites 30 leaders including Martin Luther King Jr and Roy Wilkins to meet Saturday to press moderation. Educators back grassroots schooling goals. debate promises tense partisan clashes across the Capitol.
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Typhoon Shirley Hits Korea Killing at Least 22
A typhoon struck southern Korea causing floods that killed 22 people and left 15 injured while displacing over 12,000. Heaviest damage hit Busan and Sunchon as winds eased and US Air Force meteorologists reclassified Shirley from typhoon status.
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Weather Beckley and Vicinity Forecast
Occasional showers and thunder showers this afternoon and tonight with gusty winds. Highs near 70 to 75, tonight lows 50 to 55. Friday clearing, windy and cooler. Temperatures around these ranges.
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Weather Summary For Oak Hill Area Today
Thundershowers ended, highs near 80 yesterday and today with 77 to 80 daytime readings. Winds from WSW at 10 mph. precipitation trace. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear. gates open 1.4. gauge at Hinton 1.9 feet.
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Street Scene Men Trim Big Tree At Main And Heber Corner
Workers remove branches from a large tree at the Main and Heber corner Thursday morning. Limbs fell onto the sidewalk and street, narrowly missing a young woman and an elderly woman as passersby avoided the hazard.
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Loco enters Beckley Centennial Parade The Fast Flying West Virginian
Raleigh County Centennial Committee showcases a 60 year old locomotive donated by Winding Gulf Coal Co. Mrs George Lowry engineers and Miss Boots Dilley acts as fireman. Fireless skit at courthouse lawn with Keystone Cops and Eugene Allen. Refinishing by Raleigh County Vocational School staff and students.
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Raleigh County
George Lowry
Boots Dilley
Winding Gulf Coal Co
New River Park
Keystone Cops
Eugene Allen
John C. Huffman
Raleigh County Vocational School
Roy V. Gwynn
Premature End Indicated For Red Space Duel
MOSCOW UP I reports indicate the Soviet space duo Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky faced uncertain recovery as medical tests followed their missions. Tereshkova, 26, returned after less than three days in orbit, Bykovsky, 28, completed five days. Tass said both were feeling well and the party praised the flight as a success, though earlier plans suggested longer missions. Orbits of Vostok 5 and 6 reportedly diminished amid Moscow reports.
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Siamese Twins Separated After Four Hour Operation
Rose Mary and Ruth Ann Temoshenko, born Siamese twins 13 days ago, were successfully separated at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh after a four hour surgery led by Dr. Kiesewetter. The sisters, joined at the chest and abdomen with interlocked rib cages sharing one liver, were expected to lead normal lives and possibly go home within weeks.
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Allegheny Valley Hospital
Tarentum
Children’s Hospital
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New Kensington
Fetchko
William B. Kiesewetter
Children’s
Kiesewetter
Temeshenko
Beckley Parade Entries Closed for Centennial Celebration
Beckley parade chairman W T Blakely announced no further entries will be accepted as the Centennial parade planning has produced a large, costly lineup. The Cumberland Band will open County Statehood Day with a courthouse concert Friday at 7 p m. Also listed are United Mine Workers with Coal Town Museum, Miss Raleigh County sponsor Vicki Masey, Miss Centennial Stephanie Anderson, Pinochle Bugs float, a mine rescue team float from Slab Fork Coal Co, and groups from Trap Hill, Lucas General Tire, Honey in the Rock Motel, Liberty Shoe Shop, and the West Virginia Industrial Commission.
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Panhandle
United Mine Workers
George Titler
Coal Town Museum
Blakely
Vicki Masey
Raleigh County
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Pinochle Bugs, Inc
Stephanie Anderson
Piney Oaks
Bluefield
Slab Fork Coal Co
Trap Hill Country Life Group
Lucas General Tire
Honey In the Rock Motel
Liberty Shoe Shop
West Virginia Industrial Commission
Thresher Sinking Attributed To Piping System Failure
A naval court of inquiry concluded that a piping system failure triggered a sequence of events that sank the nuclear submarine Thresher, taking 129 crewmen to the bottom on April 10.
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Thresher
Sharpening West Virginia Pride With Honest Critique
Sherwood Glutz compares love for West Virginia to a cat liking milk and asserts sincerity when wishing a happy birthday to the state. He notes it sometimes needs fixes and aims to improve. He contrasts blind loyalty to a feller claiming “my state, right or wrong” with the folly of praising one’s mother in all states.
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West Virginia
West Virginia unemployment falls by six thousand
Governor Barron announced an impending employment report showing West Virginia unemployment dropped by 6,000 to 50,000 by mid May. Total employed rose to 538,000, up about 6,300 from mid-April and 22,000 since mid March, with gains across all employment categories. Barron said the trend signals progress toward the 1962 peak.
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Moose Name Mollohan As Supreme Governor
The Loyal Order of Moose elected former U S Representative Robert H Mollohan of Fairmont West Virginia as its Supreme Governor at the 75th international convention. Other officers named include Thomas Griffin of Memphis Tennessee as Supreme Junior Governor Elmer Harter of Harrisburg Pennsylvania as Supreme Prelate Carl A Weis of Aurora Illinois as Supreme Secretary and Fred Zabel of Aurora as Supreme Treasurer.
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UPI
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U.S
Robert H. Mollohan
Fairmont
W.va
Thomas Griffin
Memphis
Chairmen Meet To Pick GOP Convent on Site
DENVER UPS All fifty Republican state chairmen were to gather in Denver for three days of meetings to end with selection of a site for the 1964 GOP national convention.
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Kennedy Praises West Virginia At Centennial Celebration
President Kennedy spoke in heavy rain to about 19 000 in Charleston praising West Virginia’s 1960-1963 progress. He noted the state’s Civil War birth, highlighted economic gains, and predicted a bright future while reaffirming pride in the Mountain State.
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Beckley Builder Charles A. Byus Dies at 76
Charles A. Byus, 76, noted Beckley builder and former president of Byus Mankin Lumber, died of a heart attack at his home 119 Elkins Street. He founded the lumber company in 1922, built many prominent Beckley homes, the Beckley Moose Lodge, Raleigh General Hospital addition, and the Hodel family home. A longtime Kiwanian and civic leader, Byus was born February 12, 1887 in Putnam County and came to Beckley in 1918.
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Cuban Revolutionary Council Claims Landings in Cuba War
UPI reports the Cuban Revolutionary Council said commandos have landed at various points in Cuba to wage an effective war against Castro. No counts, arrival method, or dates provided. Report notes initial radio updates claim smooth landings and local cooperation. War communique number one signed by Jose Fernandez Badue.
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Information Department
Charleston Celebrates West Virginia Centennial Day
Charleston hosts a century celebration with President Kennedy addressing Statehood Day on the Capitol steps. crowds fill lodging, street fairs, a 35 layer birthday cake, a baseball game in 1863 uniforms, a Honey in the Rock program, and a river water show.
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Tri-Motor Begins Memorial Flight Across the U S
Los Angeles hosts the start of a commemorative daylight jaunt by a Ford Tri-Motor. TWA pilots and reporters accompany the historic flight retracing the 1930 inaugural route with stops in Winslow Albuquerque Amarillo Wichita St Louis Indianapolis Columbus Pittsburgh Harrisburg Philadelphia and an overnight in Kansas City to honor the Civil Aeronautics Act anniversary.
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Brandy Nipping Prince May Face Caning At School
London report says Prince Charles age 14 could be beaten or demoted after he nipped cherry brandy in a Crown Hotel bar on the Isle of Lewis. Gordonstoun headmaster Robert Chew cites school rules against drinking and notes the likelihood of punishment though the case may hinge on underage drinking and royal status.
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