President Kennedy's illness reveals limits of public life
An examination notes that U.S. presidents rarely escape major news when ill. It recounts Kennedy's back injury from a Canada trip, silence about pain, a Europe tour on crutches, medical care, and a virus infection that followed, ending with a fever while his back improved.
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Canada
Government House
Ottawa
Janet Travell
Europe
Kennedy
Paris
Vienna
London
Macinar President delays Mabscott steel wool move to July 14
Paul S. Gaston of Macinar Inc. visited Beckley to discuss relocating a steel wool factory to Mabscott with Beckley Business Development Corp officials. He expects to resolve internal company issues within ten days and hopes to move by July 14, otherwise relocation may be abandoned.
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Macinar Inc
Paul S. Gaston
Mabscott
Washington, D. C
Beckley Business Development Corp
BBDC
Washington
Gaston
National Mine Service
Beckley
Gason
College Park
al But
Widely Known Beckley Woman Dies Of Cancer
Ruthie Mae McLuckey, 123 Dexter Ave Beckley died at Raleigh General Hospital at 2 30 am after a seven month illness. A gardener and community volunteer she chaired the Raleigh County Garden Council show Color In Flowers winning the Rose Rosette national award. She held leadership roles in the West Virginia Garden Club and Primrose Garden Club and judged shows across several counties. She was a member of Beckley Woman's Club and active in local clubs and flower shows.
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Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Colin
Ruthie Mae) McLuckey
Dexter Ave
MecLuckey
West Virginia Garden Club Inc
Primrose Garden Club
Raleith
Fayette
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Charleston Rose Society
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Weather Summary for Vincinia and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms, high near 75, and cooler nights around 50s. Five day outlook shows temperatures averaging 3-6 degrees below normal, with more rain likely Tuesday totaling about 3-4 inches. River gauges indicate Greenbrier normal and muddy, Lake normal and muddy with new gauge reading 4.1 feet.
Searbeck Denies State Secrets Charge In Warsaw Case
Former U S diplomat Irvin C Searbeck told his lawyer at arraignment he only sought to save his Polish sweetheart. He faces charges of giving State Department secrets to Poland's Communist government.
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U.S
Irvin C. Searbeck
State Department
Searbeck
U. S
Warsaw
Poland
Laos
Geneva
Zurich
Souvanna Phouma
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Kennedy Recovery Progress After Illness Medically Clear
President Kennedy is described as practically recovered from strep throat and a virus infection that kept him in bed for over 24 hours. Doctors report normal temperature and improving condition. he dined, dressed, and conferred with Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda, discarded crutches, and plans weekend at Glenora before returning to Washington.
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Washington
White House
Traveis
Palm Beach
Middleburg
Kennedy
Pierre ‘Salinger
UPI
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
Pierre Salinger
Glenora
Honey in the Rock premiere set for Grandview State Park
The Civil War drama Honey in the Rock will premiere Tuesday night in the cliffside amphitheater at Grandview State Park with a sold out reserved section. General admission tickets are sold at the Main and Heber Streets ticket booth, and a Greyhound package including dinner lodging and breakfast is offered for six seventy per person, excluding bus fare.
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Cliffside
Grandview State Park
Main and Heber Streets
Greyhound Bus Lines
Charleston
Pittsburg
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Greyhound
Box 1205
Court Stays Anti-Commie Decision
Washington UPI Justice Felix Frankfurter granted the Communist party a reprieve until at least next fall from the ruling requiring membership registration. The full court may hear further arguments when it reconvenes Oct 9. the department had sought an Aug 9 deadline and possible non registration prosecutions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Communist Party
Frankfurter
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Cancer Test Set For Dr. Sheppard
Dr Samuel H Sheppard serving a life term for the slaying of his wife will be brought to the Ohio Penitentiary for cancer tests linked to an earlier experiment A Cleveland osteopath Chanton oueopara convicted of Marilyn Sheppard murder in 1954 and jailed since 1955 is noted as reporting a tumor while brothers dispute cancer claims Maury Koblentz head of the State Division of Corrections confirms today’s medical exams and prior transfer to Marion Correctional Institution
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Samuel H. Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Ae Ee
Oueopara
Cleveland
Bay Village
Marilyn
Stephen Sheppard
Richard Sheppard
Sheppard
Maury Koblentz
State Division of Corrections
Miners Start Two Week Vacation With 3 Million Pot
State and district figures show more than one third of the 8.25 million vacation pay will go to District 29 UMWA miners. About 50,000 state miners are included with 31,000 receiving full pay and 20,000 earning partials. District 29 expects roughly 14,000 full pay recipients totaling 2.8 million, with 2,000 to 3,000 more receiving partials, nearing 3 million overall.
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Ing
George Titler
UMWA
Cutback Won't Affect West Virginia School Term Extension
Charleston reports the Board of Public Works ordered a 3 percent spending cut for the next fiscal year but said the planned longer school terms in West Virginia will proceed as scheduled. Assistant State School Superintendent Hamilton notes the 1961 legislature provided 7 million dollars to fund 180 days per county, meeting North Central Association requirements.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
William K Hamilton
North Central Association Accrediting
North Central Association
Ambassador McKinney Confirmed as Swiss Envoy
Washington Senate approved the nomination of Robert B. McKinney, a Santa Fe publisher, to serve as ambassador to Switzerland. The confirmation sets McKinney to represent U.S. interests in Bern amid ongoing Cold War diplomacy.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert B. McKinney
Santa Fe
Switzerland
New Raleigh County Transportation Chief Named
School Superintendent elect John W. Saunders announced he will not retain Everett R. Shafer in charge of the transportation department after July 1. Rumors place Dewey Bone to head drivers and scheduling, with the shop overseen by another. Sherman C. Trail, the current boss, is expected to become an assistant, likely succeeding Bone.
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Raleigh County
Saunders
Dewey Bone
Sherman C. Trail
Bone
Shafer
Division of Transportation
Farmer Slain Over $2 Debt in Williamson County
General Perry a 53 year old farmer from Jenny's Creek Min go County died from a chest gunshot wound after a Wednesday night argument over a $2 debt owed to Browning's father. William Kelly Browning 33 of Wayne County charged with murder amid a gun trade discussion with Perry and Browning's relatives. Investigators say Browning is responsible though two others deny involvement.
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Perry
Browning
Brownings
Castro offers to send prisoner commission again
Radio Havana reported Premier Fidel Castro proposed sending his 10 man prisoner commission to the United States to revive the tractor prisoner swap. The Tractors for Freedom Committee rejected Castro’s demand for 28 million dollars in tractors and offered 500 farm tractors for 1,214 Cuban invaders, with a noon deadline for Castro’s reply.
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Miami
UPI
Radio Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Tractors For Freedom Committee
U.S
Fidel
Prisoer Commission
Yankee Committee
Ulises Carbo
Kennedy House Passes Housing Bill in Victory for Reform
President Kennedy won a major housing subsidy battle, with the House approving a large funding package despite opposition from Republicans and southern Democrats. The 235 to 178 vote backed a $9 billion plan to ease home buying, cut rents for moderate income families, and provide public housing for 100000 low income households. A $1.1 billion substitute failed 215 to 197 after 208 Democrats received help from seven Republicans. Senate support existed as conference talks loom.
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House
Senate
Kennedy
Kennedy Gets Near All $43 Billion Defense Request
House appropriations committee approved almost the full $43 billion defense bill for the coming year. It warned of waste and Pentagon paper shuffling while funding continued B52 and B58 bomber production and faster work on the 2000 mph B70 bomber and a rush on the Air Force Dynasoar orbital glider.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Pentagon
Russia
Air Force
Khrushchev Shaped By Soviet Propaganda Mill
In Geneva UPI reports Moscow is building a personality cult around Nikita Khrushchev as the man who is always right. The campaign, timed ahead of a fall party congress, seeks to project Leninist renewal and grant Khrushchev wider authority, alarming Western diplomats observing rising confidence in the Soviet leader.
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Khrushchev
K. C. Thaler
Geneva
UPI
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Josef Stalin
Lenin
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