Kennedy Health Saga Reveals Deep Stamina And Struggles
The article details John F Kennedy's persistent health battles from boyhood illnesses through multiple back surgeries and infections. It notes malaria, a ruptured disc, and a lumbar fusion, yet highlights his extraordinary stamina during campaigns and his doctor’s view that his overall health is excellent while warning future ailments depend on his exertion. It references Dr Travell and Kennedy’s relentless work ethic.
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Chelsea
Mass.) Naval Hospital
New York
Oregon
Washington
Palm Beach
Florida
Joseph P. Kennedy
Ottawa
Travell
Parkersburg High appeals a $4173 tax bill
Parkersburg High School has appealed a $4,173 bill from the State Tax Department and will receive a hearing on July 17. Tax Commissioner C Howard Hardesty said the bill covers consumer sales taxes the school allegedly did not collect from school events like dances yearbooks and lunches sold to non students. He noted some activities such as concerts plays publications and rental of caps and gowns should not be taxed while sales that compete with other sales are taxable. Hardesty said audits are routine and most cases involve uncollected consumer sales tax. other counties including Kanawha Marion Monongalia Wayne Fayette Cabell Putnam face audits as well.
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Hardesty
Cabell
Fayette
Kanawha
Marion
Monongalia
Putnam
Wayne
Parkersburg
Putnom
House Proposal for 3 Percent Down on 15000 Homes
House backed a plan for buyers to put 3 percent down on homes costing up to 15000 with 35 year loans, but the Senate rejected the measure. The Senate also rejected a 100 million federal grant program to cities to reserve undeveloped land for parks. The plan would authorize about 5.7 to 6 billion in grants and loans over four years plus 3.1 billion in subsidies over 40 years, in contrast with the House bill.
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House
Driver Pleads Guilty To Drunkenness Charge
David Montgomery Sexton of Kentucky pleaded guilty to driving while drunk before Magistrate W A Burke. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and ordered to serve a mandatory 24 hour sentence in Raleigh County Jail. He was remanded to jail in lieu of fine to serve the 24 hour term.
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Hitchkiss
Kentucky
W. A. Burke
Raleigh
No Warlike Intentions
Russian Rear Adm. Boris Dimitry Yashin told reporters he sees no war plans as 1,800 U S Marines and Midshipmen conduct amphibious landing drills at Camp Pendleton. He said Russia has no use for such training and plans no war.
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UPI
Boris Dimitry Yashin
U. S
Russia
Yashin
Statehouse Theft Reward Hearing Booked Today
Nearly a dozen claimants to a $35,000 reward from last year's $352,000 Statehouse theft will present their cases today. A three member citizens committee led by Charleston Attorney Clarence Benson will decide the payout. Earl H. Mathews, 32, Marmet, is serving 1 to 10 years for the July 19 DMV vault theft.
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UPI
Clarence Benson
Maryland Casualty Co
West Virginia
Earl H. Mathews
Marmet
Department of Motor Vehicles
Mathews
Huttonsville
Benson
Mount Hope man charged with two break ins
John Paul Gray of Mount Hope waived preliminary hearing and was sent to Fayette County Jail in 1000 bond on two breaking and entering counts. He is accused of stealing merchandise valued at 62.68 on February 23 and 2.27 on April 29 from Ralph Castle Service Station on the Mount Hope By-Pass. Sheriff deputies Crouch and Withrow and State Trooper Wiant investigated.
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BNS
John Paul Gray
Fayette County
Gray
Frank Simms
Ralph Castle
Sheriff’s
C. E. Crouch
L. O. Withrow
W. F. Wiant. Gray
Kennedy Plan Seeks Faster Completion Of Defense Bill
A congressional committee argued the $43 billion defense bill could be completed three years earlier than planned. It noted the total of $42,936,105,000 was only $6,240,000 under Kennedy’s request and blamed bureaucratic layers for delaying crucial decisions. The report warned Russia could build new weapons systems in five years or less, while the U.S. would take eight to ten years to develop them. It avoided a direct call to reverse Kennedy’s halt of the B52 and B58 bomber lines but expressed concern. The panel added $220 million for the curtailed B70 project and $100 million of additional funding beyond Kennedy’s cuts, plus another $130 million cut from the B70 program.
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Kennedy
Russia
Shafer Devotion Led 24 Years of Local Service in West Virginia
Shafer, longtime pastor at Regular Baptist Church on Johns town Road, announced a 1960 bid for the legislature but withdrew after a board order. A former Stoco High School English and social studies teacher, he began teaching in 1933 in Greenbrier County and later led attendance and transportation in the bounty office. Shafer served three WV House terms in 1950 1954 and 1956 and faced a 1960 ballot presence with gummed stickers after the prosecuting attorney ruled on his eligibility.
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Bounty
Shafer
West Virginia
220000 Violators Named in Chicago Parking Ticket List
The Traffic Violations Bureau in Chicago announces 12 years of work yielded an alphabetical list of 220000 motorists with 700000 unpaid parking tickets. The bureau says the only step left is rounding up the violators.
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Chicago
UPI
Shortening The News Intensified Soviet Berlin Threat
A compilation notes heightened Soviet pressure on Berlin. Three African American graduate students gain admittance to Duke University, breaking the race barrier. Jewel Ridge Coal Co closes its Tilford Kentucky mine, paying final wages to about 260 workers. Defense Secretary Nitze predicts a firm Western stand will force Khrushchev to back down on Berlin. Peace Corps Director Shriver says no agreements with countries that bar volunteers by race or religion. Congress approves extension of taxes on cars, liquor, telephones, cigarettes, travel and corporate profits. Kennedy signs a 12.5 billion defense procurement authorization. State briefs include governors’ conference in Hawaii, Ohio River bridge projects, Equity General Insurance liquidation, public assistance payments drop, and a WV foundation appointment.
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Duke University
Methodist Institution
Jewel Ridge Coal Co
Tilford
Kentucky
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Lions Clubs
Atlantic City
N. J
West
Khrushchev
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W. W. Barron
Charleston
Hawaii
State Road Commission
Ohio River
Huntington
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Equity General Insurance Co
Court orders disclosure of party officers and finances
Court requires the party to name its officers and members and provide an accounting of funds. The ruling avoids addressing possible self incrimination by officers who sign the registration, who seek a rehearing claiming they will not register under the act. They argue registration would incriminate them under the Smith Act which penalizes active Communist party membership.
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Communist Party
Cool Ridge Youth Held For Burglarizing Home
An 18 year old Cool Ridge youth, Tommy Hargis, was arrested by State Police in Charleston on a burglary charge. He allegedly burglarized his father's home at Cool Ridge last week, taking about $50 in coins and $100 in watches after authorities were alerted by Beckley State Police who believed he was in Charleston.
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Cool Ridge
Charleston
Tommy Hargis
Beckley
Yeggs Fail At Pemberton
Beckley State Police report a second area safe robbery attempt in three days at Lilly Ice and Feed Co. Pemberton. Intruders knocked the safe dial off but did not open it. The safe held about $8,000 in checks and $30 in coin. Entry was through a side window. Another 1,500 pound safe was stolen from Crab Orchard Lumber Co. Tuesday. investigation continues.
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Lilly Ice and Feed Co
Pemberton
Beckley
Crab Orchard Lumber Co
Castro Plan Negotiations Sour Over Prisoner Swap
The negotiating committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt Walter Reuther Milton Eisenhower and Joseph Dodge accuses Castro of reneging on his pledge and trimming the number of prisoners he was willing to exchange for tractors after more than a month of talks.
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Milton Eisenhower
Detroit
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Reas
Steel Wool Plant Plans Move to Beckley Area
Gaston praised Beckley labor conditions and industrial suitability while noting the firm has leased College Park facilities to another company. The steel wool plant would begin with about 75 local workers and later expand payroll. he rejected claims that the plant manager would be hired locally, saying supervisory personnel would be brought in and all other hires would be local.
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Gaston
Beckley
Perae
Couple given 60 day terms for four bad checks
Jes sie James Smith and Goldie Beatrice Clark pleaded guilty to four indictments charging four bad checks of 25 dollars each. Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery ordered four consecutive 60 day sentences to be served in the county jail.
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Goldie Beatrice Clark
Now You Know by United Press International
Approximately three million Americans moonlight, a term meaning holding a second job, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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United Press International
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sydney conductor Nikolai Malko dies at 73
Nikolai Malko, 73, longtime conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, died Thursday in Sydney. His death ends a prominent era in Australian classical music, with Malko having led the orchestra through decades of performances and international tours.
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Australia
UPI
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Taft gives up Morgantown report prompts crackdown
A series of UPI briefs covers WV events. Taft yields to police after liquor conviction upheld by state supreme court. Dr Harold Hughes named economics professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Roger Dean Wilson, 19, of Waterford Ohio, committed to Weston mental hospital after manslaughter conviction and mental exam ordered. Charleston hosts two day interim committee session starting July 10 to study state purchasing, civil service criteria. Byrd urges lowering retirement age from 65 to 62 for social security, no tax hike. Morgantown airport runway extension contract of 9763278 awarded to S J Groves & Sons. North American Aviation begins recruiting for Princeton plant, 300 jobs. Washington judge for Lias deportation trial may be Bernita Matthews. Condry named to State Board of Health. Slack says tourism center study group will visit Sugar Grove installation.
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UPI
State Civil Service Commission
William A Day Final Rites for Elk Mills Man
Final rites are set for William Ander son Day 28 of Elk Mills Maryland formerly Edmond killed at work on a construction site by a rock crusher. The Jeanette Baptist Church Edmond hosts at 2 p m Sunday with Rev. Birt Jones and Rev. John Bragg officiating. Burial at Nut tall Cemetery Edmond. Day survived by wife Shirley three sons Paul Melvin and Richard all at home his parents Mr and Mrs Finke L Day Edmond three brothers Frank Richwood Eldon Lensing Earl Day West Point Ky and four sisters Mrs Gladys Bragg Garten Mrs Elizabeth Null St Petersburg Fla Mrs Mary Hess Clendenin and Mrs Demna Sewell Sewell Victor. Body arrived at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville at 3 p m today taken to parental home 5 p m Saturday then to services. (RNS)
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Elk Mills
Edmond
Jeanette Baptist Church
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Birt Jones
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Nuttall
Day
Shirley
Beckley doctor and activists mourn longtime civic worker
Obituary notes the death of a Beckley nurse and civic leader born in Virginia on Sept 2 1910. She chaired church flower and beautification committees and led local groups. survived by husband and three sisters. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Beckley Presbyterian Church, burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Burial at Calfee Funeral Home after services. Pallbearers listed.
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Garden Council
Beckley Presbyterian Church
McLuckey
Beckley Music and Electric Store
Virginia
P. M. Anderson
Raleigh
Woman’s Bible Class
Charleston General Hospital
West Virginia Nurses Association
Ralph Elmore
Richmond
Malcolm M. McDaniel
Cleveland
Ohio
D. T. Poore
Waynetown
Ind
James W. Witherspoon
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Calfee Funeral Home
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Kermit A. Locke
Maurice C. Holmes
William Scott
J. C. Stallings
W. M. McCutcheon
M. F. Barksdale
Everette Keyser
L. L. Calfee
C. L. West
Death of Boyd E. Cane Elkins Cane at 66
Boyd E. Cane Elkins Cane aged 66 of 214 S Heber St died at 5 10 p m Thursday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. Body at Owen and Barth Funeral Home Charleston pending arrangements.
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Heber St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Owen and Barth Funeral Home
Charleston
Homer Canterbury Funeral Arrangements Noted
Homer Lewis Canterbury 66 of Hollywood died at home Thursday morning while mowing his lawn. Born in Gates he was son of the late Henry and Clarinda Shires Canterbury and a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife Irene McDowell Canterbury two sons Emory of Coal City and Kenneth of Hollywood a daughter Evelyn of Washington DC five sisters and five brothers with several grandchildren. (RNS)
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Hollywood
Gates
Henry and
Clarinda Shires Canterbury
Irene McDowell Canterbury
Emory
Coal City
Kenneth Canterbury
Evelyn Canterbury
Washington, D. C
Florence Cook
Sinks ‘Grove
Annie Wickline
Gap Mills
Mabscott Woman Dies At Home At Nineth Hour
Mrs Stasie Gadd also known as Mrs Stasie Brammer Gadd aged 70 of 106 Spruce Street Mabscott died at her residence at 9 am The body is at Melton Mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Spruce St
Mabscott
Prison volunteers test cancer cells at Ohio State link
One hundred seventy one inmates at a cancer study under Sloan Kettering Institute and Ohio State University participated by injecting live cancer cells. No cancer cases have been reported among the volunteers to date.
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Main Security
Sloan-Kettering Institute
Ohio State University
Death of Ernest E Meadows at 69 in Beckley VA Hospital
Ernest E Meadows 69 of Talcott died at 12 30 a m today after a short illness in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The body is at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home Hinton for services and arrangements.
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Ernest E. Meadows
Talcott
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
McClung Funeral Arrangements Set in Quinwood
William McClung, 46, of Quinwood, died at 4 15 p m after a short illness. The Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home of East Rainelle will handle funeral arrangements.
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William Olan McClung
Quinwood
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Wallace
Final rites for Clark J Lilly in Hinton tomorrow
Clark James Lilly, 74, of Hinton died Wednesday morning in a Marlinton hospital. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at E. M. Meadows Funeral Home Chapel in Hinton with Rev. Steward McMurray officiating. Burial will follow in Valley View Cemetery at Powley's Creek.
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Hinton
Marlinton Hospital
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Steward McMurray
Valley View Cemetery
Powley’s Creek
Final rites for Mrs Oda Blanche Smith in Oak Hill
Mrs. Oda Blanche Smith 62 of 105 Minden Ave Oak Hill formerly Canvas will be laid to rest in High Lawn Memorial Park after a 2 p m Saturday service at Calvary Baptist Church Hill. She died Thursday at 2 40 p m of a heart attack leaving a husband James W. Smith five sons three daughters and many grandchildren among survivors. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill is handling arrangements with calling after 5 p m today until one hour before the service.
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Canvas
Calvary Baptist Church
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Pearlie Cran ‘Doff
Charles Cameron
High Lawn Memorial Park
Leivasy
Gilmer County
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Cora Gainer Bennett
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Dunbar
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Billy Ray
Cleveland
Hugh B
Charleston
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Junaita Cartwright
Summersville
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Byron Hinkston
Baltimore
Walter H. Akers final rites held for 72 year old Princeton resident
Walter H. Akers aged 72 of 110 Frederick Court Princeton died 7 30 p m Wednesday at his daughter's Glen Ferris home of a heart attack. Funeral services 11 a m today at George W Seaver Memorial Chapel with Dr R S McClung in charge. Burial Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens. He moved to Princeton in 1954 from Mullens and was a former Virginian Railway employee. Survived by wife Ocie Akers and a daughter Virginia Partridge of Charleston. He was active church and civic member including First Methodist Church and Princeton Lodge. Born March 10 1889 in Montgomery County Virginia.
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Virginia Partridge
Charleston
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Mrs Annie Johnson dies at 60 in Beckley heart attack
Mrs Annie W Johnson of 109 Truman Ave Beckley died at her home at 1 p m Thursday from a heart attack Born in Salem Virginia January 1 1901 she was the daughter of the late Ace and Mrs Jackson and member of Central Street Baptist Church The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements with her husband William Johnson and a brother Ace Jackson Salem Va among the survivors
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Truman Ave
Beckley
Salem, Va
Ace Jackson
Central Street Baptist Church
William Johnson
Salem
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Thomas Lee Scott Dies After Long Illness at 66
Thomas Lee Scott of Glen White died at Mul ilens hospital at 7 30 p m Thursday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Glen White
Mulilens Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
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