State Taxes Rise in WV for 1961-62 Fiscal Year
West Virginia taxpayers face about 4.6 million dollars in new taxes starting Saturday. A penny per pack cigarette tax rise to six cents brings in 1.7 million yearly, auto title transfer at 3 percent adds 2 million annually, and pari mutuel pool taxes plus a breakage fee add 930 thousand yearly. Overall residents pay roughly 32 million more in taxes this year, with a 15 million dollar personal income tax and 750 thousand monthly consumer sales hike already in effect since January.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Social Security Bill Expected to Pass Today
Congress poised to approve a compromise Social Security bill that could raise checks for 2.7 million people by September. The measure, if signed by President Kennedy, would let men retire at 62 with reduced benefits and boost survivor benefits, minimum monthly retirement benefits, and require payroll tax increases up to six dollars per employee.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
House
First nuclear battery satellite ushers space age launch
Alvin B. Webb Jr. reports U.S. mission launching Transit IV A with a nuclear powered generator, two other satellites Greb III and Injun in a single Thor Able Star booster. The 16 sided Transit IV A tested all weather navigation signals while two of its four radios ran on a radioactive power source. The mission marks atom powered orbiting craft and successful multi satellite launch in one booster.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Cape Canaveral
UPI
United States
Space
U.S
Russia
Cancer Cause Linked To Liver Deficiency Stirs AMA
At the AMA meeting a Jefferson Medical College team reported evidence that a liver produced anti cancer substance may limit cancer growth, potentially hereditary or acquired. A second Seton Hall team proposed viruses carry cancer causing chemicals into body cells, initiating cancers.
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New York
UPI
American Medical Association
Peter A. Herbut
Theodore T. Tsakas
William H. Kraemer
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Times Writer Blames CIA For Cuba Fiasco
New York Times Latin America correspondent Tad Szule in Look magazine pins April Cuba invasion fiasco on CIA field mismanagement. He says agents kept Kennedy in the dark, ignored orders to exclude Batista followers, and overestimated a 1300 strong force’s ability to topple a 300000-strong Communist state. Additional factors included poor use of anti-Castro groups, security lapses, and flawed landing tactics.
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New York
UPI
Tad Szule
Latin America
New York Times
Central Intelligence Agency
Szule
Look Magazine
CIA
Kennedy
Fulgencio Batista
Liberation Army
Sunny and warm with scattered readings across Beckley
Weather notes show sunny and warm conditions with highs near 80s in Beckley and Oak Hill, cool to mild nights with lows 58 to 64. River conditions in Greenbrier are normal and clear, Lake readings normal with 4 gates open and gauge at 2.8 feet.
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Beckley
Ceeiee
Sheduxck Ae
Togay Crcaracsconnis
Wisaeitine
OAK Hill High
Greenbrier
Progress Reported In Shipping Strike
New York based fact finders in the Taft Hartley inquiry reported progress in mediating the 14 day nationwide ship tie up. If enough progress is made by mid afternoon they will ask President Kennedy for more time to continue proceedings.
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New York
UPS
Kennedy
David L. Cole
Taft-Hartley Inquiry Board
Chuckles Draw Good Duty London UPI Oddities
UPI reports police and investigators spent about 322 dollars on drinks and tips during three nights of evidence gathering at drinking clubs. In Alhambra Harold Knowles freed a skunk stuck in a drain pipe after a 30 minute effort, saying he was glad for the dead animal. In Terre Haute James Green, 20, admitted seeing two witnesses who observed the crash as prosecutor Ralph Berry and judge Harold Bitzegaio reviewed the scene.
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London
UPI
Alhambra
Calif
Harold Knowles
Knowles
Terre Haute
Ind
James R. Green
Kennedy seeks new disarmament agency in push for world peace
President Kennedy urged Congress to create a United States disarmament agency to coordinate all disarmament work under one director who would advise the President. The plan would emphasize practical steps to abandon nuclear arms and involve cooperation with State, Defense, and the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
D - Minn
Administration
State and Defense Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
Two Die and Four Hurt in Foggy WV Crash
A mother and her 14 year old son were killed and four others slightly injured in a three vehicle collision 10 miles west of St. Albans on West Virginia 17 in dense fog. The Starbuck family from Charleston were among the deceased and injured, with another Arcadia Florida family involved in the crash near Holiday Park.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Here
W.va
Geraldine Starbuck
Mike Starbuck
Charleston
Scott Starbuck
Arcadia
Fla
Highway Deaths Forecast Over Fourth of July Weekend
The National Safety Council projects 450 people could die on U S highways during the four day Fourth of July weekend and about 20,000 could suffer disabling injuries over the 102 hour period from Friday 6 p m to Tuesday midnight July 4. The estimate tops 1957 toll but trails the 1950 high for a similar holiday period.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
NSC
George C. Stewart
West Virginia sees rising toll ahead of July Fourth
Three more deaths were added to West Virginia's toll since Wednesday as authorities urged careful driving for the upcoming Fourth of July period. The report notes Dustin H. Starbuck of Sun Oil Co. in Charleston was not with them, while Paul Wakefield Jr., 3, of Charleston died en route between hospitals.
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Dustin H. Starbuck
Sun Oil Co
Charleston
West Virginia
Paul Wakefield Jr
Early Signing Seen For New Housing Bill
Kennedy poised to sign a 5.6 billion housing bill quickly granting loan, grant and mortgage insurance authority for 100,000 public housing units and college dormitories. The measure funds slum clearance and low down payment homes while broadening federal aid from land purchases for parks to urban transit and sewer construction in small cities.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
House
John Sherman Cooper
Texas Tower Disaster Blame Blamed on Armed Forces and Contractors
Senate investigators fault the Air Force Navy and private contractors for the death of 28 men when the Atlantic Ocean radar tower No. 4 collapsed during a storm off New Jersey. The report cites design and maintenance flaws and notes the tower was weakened by Hurricane Donna in 1960.
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Navy
Texas Tower
Washington
UPI
Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Senate
New Jersey
Stennis
Royal Craft Grand Lodge Holds Five Day Session at Stratton High
Mrs Charles Price first to register as the 68th annual grand communication of the Royal Craft Grand Lodge opens at Stratton High School. The gathering includes Vic toria Court officials, East Gulf Court leaders, and Bramwell lodge members. A public program at Stratton High School auditorium is set for 8 pm.
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Charles Price
Bramwell
Stratton High School
Royal Craft Grand Lodge
Price
Victoria Court
Ethel Wright
Pride
East Gulf Court
Ellen Hill
Queen Esther Court
Beckley
T. W. Wright
East Gulf
Charlie Price
Royal Craft Lodge
York Masons
Prince Hall
National Compact
Beckley Masonic Lodge 27
Queen Esther Court 53
Viet Nam Seen As New Danger Spot In Asia
Khrushchev hinted at backing Vietnams reunification by force threatening Southeast Asia peace. North Vietnam aids Pathet Lao in Laos while estimates show 3,000 to 12,000 Communist operatives in South Viet Nam. U S officials accuse Red China of promoting a Viet Nam led takeover of Laos as a step toward Southeast Asia power.
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Viet Nam
Asia
K. C. Thaler
Geneva
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Southeast Asia
Moscow
Khrushchev
Ngo Dinh Diem
Laos
United States
Pathet Lao
U.S
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Red China
Peiping
Grasshopper Invasion Threatens Three States Farmers Seek Aid
Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota face the worst grasshopper outbreak since the 1930s. Destruction spans all 56 Montana counties and hundreds of thousands of acres in the two Dakotas. Officials warn of near crop failure as drought conditions fuel the infestation. Montana appeals for disaster aid, citing no funds to combat the pest. Eastern North Dakota reports 15 to 20 insects per square foot. sprays help but do not stop the invasion. Wildlife and livestock concerns rise as grazing areas remain restricted and meat tests delay market readiness. Sheriff Ed Cornell describes fields chewed bare and even cedar posts stripped during heavy swarms.
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Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tim Bab
Orville Freeman
Kennedy family to spend Fourth of July at Hyannis Port
President Kennedy and family will fly to Cape Cod for a long Fourth of July weekend at Hyannis Port Massachusetts. Ford Motor Co begins new bargaining with United Auto Workers warning that continued government intervention could end the free competitive system. AFL-CIO leaders push for further pay increases despite Kennedy administration calls for restraint. Marilyn Monroe hospitalized for a mild intestinal disorder after third recent hospitalization in nine months. Three tons of Cuban propaganda publications impounded in Mexico City as undesirable. Rear Admiral Romoser retires from Atlantic Fleet service force.
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Kennedy
Cape Cod
Hyannis Port
Mass
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Executive Council
Marilyn Monroe
New York
Mexico City
Mexico
W. K. Romoser
Atlantic Fleet Service Force
Henderson murder trial resumes in Huntington
In Charleston UPI reports the prosecution prepared to rest in the second trial of Riley C. Henderson 26 Huntington charged with murder in the abortion death of Florence Harris 21. First trial ended in a hung jury. All WV House members backed a compromise housing bill 229 176 in Logan five of seven city policemen quit protesting a 40 hour week limit under a new state law.
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Charleston
UPI
Riley C. Henderson
Huntington
Florence Harris
Bill Washington
West Virginia
Logan
Kennedy Convokes NSC To Weigh Berlin Steps
President Kennedy called the National Security Council to review possible military and economic responses to the Soviet threat in Berlin. Acheson leads a task force to assemble recommendations as Kennedy seeks to deter Khrushchev and warn Americans of potential hard choices ahead.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
National Security Council
Berlin
Acheson
Dean Acheson
New Federal Highway Bill Signed By Kennedy
President Kennedy signed the new federal highway bill into law today. The measure, approved by Congress, finances the 41,000 mile interstate system on a pay as you go basis through 1972, with higher taxes on truckers and tires and a two year extension of federal payments to states that curb billboards along the highway network.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
NASA Plans July 16 Suborbital Flight From Cape Canaveral
NASA said it tentatively plans to launch another astronaut on a down range suborbital flight the week of July 16 from Cape Canaveral. The Navy reported its three in one space shot achieved an excellent orbit and its navigation satellite should become the first operational space system. Francisco Molina known as the Hook, convicted child slayer, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
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Washington
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Navy
New York
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
Fidel Castro
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