Weather Preview From West Virginia Reports Clear Cool Conditions
Weather outlook for West Virginia calls for clear and cool conditions with fog patches. Lows 50 to 55 tonight, Friday mostly sunny and pleasant. Beckley area shows highs yesterday with a 58 to 72 range today. Greenbrier River level normal and muddy with 3.5 gates open. new gauge at Hinton reads 2.6 ft.
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N KIC Training To Start Aug 1 In Beckley WV
NKIC plans job training for local garment plants to begin August 1 with classes at Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center and production at Beckley plants by November 1. About 180 to 200 workers are needed. training spans 10-12 weeks with phase one focusing on sewing machine operation and phase two on on the job application of skills under production conditions.
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Kanawha Industrial Corp
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Lief
Raleigh County
West Virginia Centennial Key Dates Planned Across State
Charleston reports a special West Virginia Legislature session in Wheeling on April 20 1963, part of Centennial year events. The Centennial Commission lists Forum of the Future in Charleston April 25 coronation ball April 27 folk operas May to August civil war exhibits July, and honorary days in Morgantown and Wheeling. Histories include shows in multiple cities with many parades and symphonies scheduled through August and September.
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Wheeling
Varl Sullivan
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Parkersburg
Huntington
Elkins
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Bluefield
Martinsburg
Beckley
Logan
Sullivan
Welch
Rusk Makes Lightning Berlin Stop At Wall and Border
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk paid a brief Berlin visit and inspected the Communist border wall to show American support for West Berlin. He toured Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate area where Communist police fired about 40 shots at refugees fleeing to the West.
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Dean Rusk
Rusk
Paris
West
Former President Truman Resting at Ashland Ashland Lodge
Former President Harry S. Truman rests at the Ashland private lodge of Harrison O. Ash in Minden after a grueling schedule. He will tour Ashland and nearby areas, visit Releigh and Fayette counties for scenery and points of interest, tour the New Kanawha Industrial Corp. plant in Oak Hill, meet directors, and fly back to Missouri Saturday.
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Harry S. Truman
Ashland
Harrison O. Ash
Ash
Missouri
Charleston
West Virginia
Releigh
Fayette Counties
Kanawha Industrial Corp
Oak Hill
W.Va. Whoops It Up By Truman Honors Statehood
Former president Harry S. Truman spoke in Charleston on West Virginia’s 99th statehood anniversary. He urged study of state history and pride in West Virginia while noting its Civil War break from Virginia helped keep Missouri and Kentucky from seceding. He defended his decision to use atomic bombs and warned against downplaying Pearl Harbor casualties.
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Charleston
UPI
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Truman
Hiroshima and
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Pearl Harbor
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Cecil H. Underwood
Harmon S. Hamrick
Valley Head
Randolph County
West Virginia
Union
Air engineers settle with Trans World Airlines in labor pact
The Flight Engineers Union settles its 20 month dispute with Trans World Airlines and calls off a threatened strike. Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg says the agreement should win ratification by about 615 TWA engineers. The pact reduces jet crews from four to three, offers training and severance pay, and sets a week of further talks on wages with mediator Feinsinger.
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Washington
UPI
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Trans -World Airlines
Arthur J Goldberg
TWA
Goldberg
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Nathan P. Feinsinger
Truman Seen Optimistic On Democrats Chance
Former president Harry S. Truman, in Charleston for West Virginia statehood events, said the Democrats should win no seats in the House and Senate if the public is in the right mood. He mocked Nixon’s California bid and praised Kennedy, noting Kennedy has only one eighth of his term completed.
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Richard M. Nixon
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California
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Multi Vehicle Wreck Tangles West Virginia Turnpike
A fog bound crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Milepost 31 involved three cars and four tractor trailers. One woman charged with speeding for weather conditions paid a fine, three people were treated for injuries, and traffic was restored about five hours later.
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Turnpike
Loretta Gillilan, Laughman
Fla
Ruth
Iva Donahue
Harrisonville
Ohio
Missa
Lester W. Simmons
Crab Orchard
Simmons
Charles Frizzell
Ashland
Russell Bellant
Ypsilanti, Mich
Beckley Hospital
Government Enters Ford Motors Strike
Cleveland report notes the government moves into the Ford Motor Co strike that halted car production and left about 75 000 workers idle. Ford and the UAW accept Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service help to end the crippling stoppage over production standards.
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UPS
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United Auto Workers
UAW
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
West Virginia marks 99th birthday with cake and faux pas
The 99th birthday celebration in Beckley featured choral director David H Albaugh presenting a 20 pound ornate cake and an envelope thought to hold a greeting card for Governor Barron but delivering a bill for 20.41. Mrs Barron laughed and promised to destroy it. Former President Truman also misnamed the state as Virginia and praised Beckley publisher Charles Hodel.
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West Virginia
David H. Albaugh
Barron
Beckley
Harry S. Truman
of Virginia
Charles Hodel
Centennial Commission
Berkley
West New Guinea Talks Resume Sought by US Indonesia and Netherlands
UPI reports that the United States proposed resuming negotiations next Tuesday on West New Guinea. Indonesian President Sukarno is set to engage after U Thant confirmed UN support for the Banker plan. The plan envisions sovereignty transfer from the Netherlands to Indonesia over two years.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Indonesia
Netherlands
West New Guinea
United Nations
U Thant
Sukarno
U.S
Ellsworth Banker
Marilyn and Jayne Monroe’s figure trend fades
London based photographer Harrison Marks argues Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield epitomize a one feature appeal. He notes contemporary taste shifting from busts to wider body parts and says Marilyn’s pre Hollywood nudes show her figure no longer has the allure it once did.
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London
UPI
Marilyn Monroe
Harrison Marks
Marilyn
Jayne Mansfield
Monu ment to Vision Smith says Seattle fair a stepping stone
West Virginia Commerce Director Hu lett Smith called the Seattle World's Fair a monument to vision and accomplishment during a West Virginia Day ceremony in the Plaza of States. The program featured a 100 piece All-State Band and he predicted the fair would become a lasting cultural and educational center shaping economic development and future eras.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett Smith
Smith
Actress Shir ley MacLaine Travels To Czechoslovakia Festival
Moscow reports claim travel trouble were false as actress Shir ley MacLaine received a visa to attend a Prague event and Carlsbad film festival. She denied delays and prior sensational rumors including a naked can-can threat and luggage theft.
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Moscow
UPI
Shirley MacLaine
Czechoslovakia
Miss MacLaine
Monsoon Snow Disappears Mountaineering Tragedy Near Nepal Peak
An American mountaineering party vanishes while attempting Guanchang Kang in Nepal at 25 910 feet. Grandson of Woodrow Wilson among the missing. a fourth man may be with the expedition led by Tufts Professor Woodrow Wilson Sayre.
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Guanchang Kang
Nepal
Tufts University
Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Oran
Algiers
Kennedy
Charles E. Rhetts
Washington
Liberia
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