Prayer Ruling Spurs Public School Controversy
Supreme Court rules against official school prayer, sparking a nationwide clash over church and state. Sen Beall vows constitutional amendment for student voluntary prayer. leaders react variedly from shock to support phrases about religious expression in public life. Justice Black says state mandated prayers violate the First Amendment while others warn of dangerous direction.
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Louis Cassels Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
J. Glenn Beall
R-Md
Volyntn Beall
American Jewish Committee
A. M. Sonnabend
Boston
Harold R. Alibert
Pittsburgh Area
Hugo L. Black
U.S
Way Paved For Increased Action Against Mergers
United States Supreme Court actions closing the 1961 62 term spurred sharper DOJ focus on mergers. In a shoe industry case the court upheld Sherman Act penalties on corporate officers and revived charges, signaling broader antitrust enforcement alongside rulings on lunch counter sit ins obscenity narcotics school segregation and a landmark New York prayer decision. Chief Justice Warren authored the long shoe case opinion.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Earl Warren
More Bogus $20 Bills Discovered in Charleston
Charleston reports multiple counterfeit twenty dollar notes in a short span. Secret Service Agent Vincent Mroz ties the bills to a nationwide type linked to a federal probe near Beckley. Two notes were used for license plates at a DMV, another at a local Charleston bank. 45 counterfeit bills have surfaced in the state since January. The rapid appearance suggests a single person may have dropped a batch.
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Charleston
UPI
Secret Service
Beckley
Vincent Mroz
Department of Motor Vehicles
Mroz
Cushions Improve Comfort for Honey In The Rock Night
Reserved seat ticket holders for the first night of Honey In The Rock will sit on foam cushions donated by Mrs. Mary Shortt of City Upholstery Co. at 703 St Oakwood Ave. The turquoise Novahide cushions, cleaned by wiping, will be removed after each performance. W A James leads seating logistics with a 300 cushion delivery to Grandview State Park. A new policy numbers all seats to solve previous season confusion.
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Mary Shortt
City Upholstery Co
St. Oakwood Ave
W. A. James
West Virginia Historical Drama Association Committee
Grandview State Park
Norman Fagan
Honey in the Rock Opens Again at Cliffside Amphitheatre
West Virginia outdoor drama Honey in the Rock returns for a second season at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park. Written by Kermit Hunter the production blends drama comedy and music set during the Civil War era in New River country. Notable cast includes Norman Arrington David Morgan played by James Ayers and Vincent Dennis as Whitey Hawkins with G Dean Goodsell directing.
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Paul Neal
United Press
West Virginia
Kermit Hunter
G. Dean Goodsell
Department of Dramatic Arts
Hollins College
Virginia
New River Country
Norman Arrington
Bluefield
John Morgan
David Morgan
James Ayers
Vincent Dennis
Whitey Hawkins
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Reports
Warm humid conditions with scattered thundershowers in parts of the state. Highs in the 80s, lows 58 to 65, with cooler, cloudier conditions expected Wednesday. Beckley yesterday 82 and 64 last 24 hours. Oak Hill reported 62 with light rain. River levels Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier normal and clear. gauge at Hinton 2.1 ft.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Actus
Greenbrier
Hinton
New Brain Freeze Surgery Aids Parkinsons Victims
At the AMA meeting Dr. Irving S. Cooper reported on a brain freezing technique using liquid nitrogen to treat tremors and rigidity in Parkinson’s patients. He cited an 85 percent recovery chance in properly selected patients, a less than 1 percent brain freeze risk, and quick post operative recovery with some patients leaving hospital by day four.
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Chicago
UPS
American Medical Association
Irving S. Cooper
New York
Cooper
Park
St. Barnabas Hospital
Resumption of Airlines Strike Appears Certain
New York AP A report says the flight engineers strike against Pan American World Airways will likely resume unless a federal judge issues an injunction. FEIA plans to restart the walkout halted by a court after a 2 p.m. hearing in Brooklyn. Grounding of Eastern Air Lines since Saturday shows government intervention may not occur.
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New York
APS
Pan American World Airways
Flight Engineers International Association
FEIA
George Rosling
Brooklyn
Pan American
Eastern Air Lines
Development Associations To Meet Here
Representatives of six economic development associations will attend a Raleigh County conference in the county courtroom on July 13 from 9 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees come from Raleigh Fayette Mercer Summers Monroe and Greenbrier counties to hear discussants from utility firms the State Department of Ferce West Virginia University the Vocational Education Department and the U S Department of Agriculture. The program covers land use patterns economic development financing community facilities needs and training for human resources in an overall development program.
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Raleigh County
A. David Abrams
Raleigh County Development Association
Raleigh
Fayette
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Greenbrier
Ernest J. Nesius
W. Va
Department of Ferce
West Virginia University
Dallas Lawyer Testimony Conflicts With Estes Meeting
UPI reports Dallas attorney Frank Cain described a Sunday morning gathering at Billie Sol Estes’s Pecos home. Cain said New York businessman Maynard C. Wheeler proposed Estes serve as a consultant in Switzerland if matters worsened for Estes, a claim Wheeler denies. Cain’s oath-attested account mirrors earlier testimony in Texas, amid ongoing fraud indictment exposure. Wheeler, testifying before Congress, denied Cain’s versions and any such discussions.
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UPI
Dallas
House
Billie Sol Estes
Frank Cain
New York
Texas
Switzerland
Billie
Maynard C. Wheeler
Estes
Europe
Cain
Wheeler
Pecos
Tex
Pacific Finance Co
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol
Brazil
Subcommittee
Stork Delivers Eight-Pound Baby At Raleigh General
An eight pound ten ounce boy was born in a Tyree Funeral Home Ambulance en route to Raleigh General Hospital after overtaking an ambulance near the Mt Hope Beckley Airport. Driver Sanford McNeely parked the ambulance, helped the mother and child, and delivered them safely to the hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Raleigh General Hospital
Mt. Hope-Beckley
Amos
Faye) Pettry
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ex-Convict Admits Executing Buddy in Torture Gang Killing
Ex convict Alex Wallace 28 says he and accomplice shot Herbert Kwate 23 to stop him from confessing to authorities near Chicago. Wallace implicated Gary D Alessandro 25 and others in a gang tied to a $200,000 jewel theft spree. A gun from an April burglary on Chicago's South Side was used.
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Chicago
UPI
Alex Wallace
Cook County
Herbert Kwate
Wallace
Gary D'Alessandro
Kwate
Ary
Gary
Herbie
Alex
Roswell T. Spencer
FBI
Louis
Guido
Don
Guidos
Nicholas Guido
Frank Yonder
Patricia
Joliet
The Trouble With Telling Little White Lies
A compact aphorism notes that small deceptions attract consequences as they travel, leaving dirt and trouble in their wake. The line underscores caution about dishonesty and its spillover effects.
Slayings tied to Roark and Lilly waive hearing
Two Shady Spring men Rush D. Roark 27 and Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr 22 waived a murder preliminary hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and await Raleigh County Grand Jury action. The badly decomposed body of Wilbert Ray Plumley 25 was found about noon Monday 900 feet below Grand View State Park. Plumley had been missing since Saturday June 16. Deputy pathologist Dr C D Reiber and Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home staff handled the autopsy. Neely led the investigation and noted a prior quarrel and drinking prior to Plumley being thrown over the cliff.
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Shady Spring
Raleigh County
Grand Jury
Joe Rodriguez
Rush D. Roark
Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr
White Oak
Beckley
Wilbert Ray Plumley
Abraham
Plumley
Grandview State Park
Beckley Rescue Squad
Raleigh County Civil Defense Unit
K. J. Neely
Roark
Lilly
Neely
Baeing
C. D. Reiber
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Expense Records Of 5 Big Steel Cos Subpoenaed
Officials confirm that expense accounts of executives at five major steel firms were subpoenaed by the Department of Justice as part of an antitrust probe into last April’s failed $6 a ton price increase. The government seeks to see whether these men were in certain cities at specific times and why, not the records themselves. Firms cited include U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Wheeling Steel and Jones & Laughlin with Inland Steel also reporting a similar request. The Justice Department has issued multiple such requests since April’s grand jury in New York.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Department of Justice
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Wheeling Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Chicago
Inland Steel
Justice Department
New York
New York World-Telegram and
Sun
Antitrust Division
White House Okays North Branch Dam Plan
The proposed multi purpose dam on the North Branch of the Potomac River gains White House approval after Army Corps of Engineers clearance. Cost estimated at 51.5 million dollars, located in western Mineral County West Virginia and Bloomington Maryland near the Savage River mouth. About 34.6 million federal aid will be spent on the dam.
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Washington
UPI
Potomac River
Army Corps of Engineers
White House
Mineral County
W. Va
Bloomington
Savage River
U.S. Embassy Wife Escapes as Helicopter Attack Occurs
In Saigon, the wife of Ambassador Frederick Nolting and the wife of General Paul Harkins avoided injury when their helicopter flight was fired on by Communist guerrillas. A five year old son of a Vietnamese army colonel was killed in the attack.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Frederick Nolting
Paul Harkins
Dow Jones Mixed Gains Push Averages Higher
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises to 541.08 with a 4.31 point gain by noon led by broad gains. The 20 rails average climbs to 117.22 up 1.26, utilities at 104.08 up 1.08, and the overall 65 stock index at 89.16 up 1.71 with volume around 2.1 million shares traded.
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Dow Jones
Hatfield Firm Submits Low Stephen's Dam Bid
The Harry Hatfield Co. of Barboursville submitted the lowest bid for Stephen's Lake dam construction at Raleigh County Court, totaling 235,556.20, beating the engineer's estimate by 4,720.40. Two other bids were Vecellio and Grogan Inc. at 397,546 and Oscar Vecellio, Inc. at 315,826. Robert Davis, the dam engineer, read bids to the court and Raleigh County Park Board. bids will be checked and the contract advertised before signing, expected in about 12 days.
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Harry Hatfield Co
Barboursville
Stephen's Lake
Raleigh
Vecellio and Grogan Inc
Gromyko to Attend Geneva Laos Peace Signing
Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko to go to Geneva for signing of Laos peace settlement expected by mid July with U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk planned to attend.
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Andrei ‘Gromyko
Geneva
Laos
U. S
Dean Rusk
American Medical Association
AMA
Kennedy
King Anderson
John Diefenbaker
Murder Trial Opens as Self Defense Claimed
Opening of the murder trial of Winnie Mae Batey in Raleigh County Court began with her lawyers asserting self defense in the fatal shooting of common law husband Arthur Hardy, 65, on April 9. Hardy threatened her with a pistol during a quarrel aboard a car crossing a narrow bridge. Batey allegedly fired five shots, driving into Whitestick Creek and overturning. The state will not seek the death penalty. jurors were questioned but no capital-punishment attitudes revealed.
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Winnie Mae Batey
Raleigh
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Arthur Hardy
A. J. Sparacino
Hardy
Thornhill
Girl 11 Gives Birth in San Luis Mexico
An 11 year old girl in San Luis, Mexico, delivered a seven pound baby boy at San Luis Community Hospital on June 19. Doctors said delivery was normal and both mother and infant are healthy. The attending physician Dr Ernesto Rendon-Alduena reported both are in good health.
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San Luis
Mexico
UPI
Ernesto Rendon-Alduena
San Luis Community Hospital
Brownie Struck By Car In Final Ordeal
Brownie the dog, famous for surviving eight weeks trapped in an abandoned mine, was hit by a car after breaking his leash. Owner Richard Hatfield said the injured hound now faces possible destruction as volunteers and supporters monitor his condition amid a wave of sympathy from Canada to Paris.
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Gilbert
UPI
Brownie
Richard Hatfield
Ield
Canada
Paris
Hatfield
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