Kennedy signs housing and Social Security bills
President Kennedy signed two key bills of his new frontier program. The Social Security measure liberalizes benefits for 3.7 million Americans starting in September and raises payroll deductions next year, with allows retirement at 62 with reduced benefits. A $4.6 billion housing bill expands the Federal Housing Agency role, funds slum clearance and urban renewal, and authorizes up to 100,000 new public housing units plus loans for dormitories and housing for farms. Widows gain a 10 percent increase, and the timing ensures September benefit checks.
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Vincent J. Burke Washington
UPI
Kennedy
New Frontier
Congress
Fed
Eral Housing Agency
Ken
Big Bill Becomes Citizen in Deportation Ruling
Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff ruled ex bootlegger William Lias a natural born citizen of the United States, dismissing government efforts to deport him for an immigration technicality. Lias, once dubbed the Al Capone of the Ohio Valley, had faced deportation tied to a 1920s Canadian visit amid a life of criminal activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Hutman Washington
UPI
William
Big Bill) Lias
Alexander Holtzoff
Lias
Greece
Alice
al Capone
Ohio Valley
Canada
Holtzoff
Virginia Weather forecast shows sunny to warm weekend
Mostly sunny today with highs 86 to 92 in the lowlands and 78 to 84 in the mountains. Tonight: partly clear, lows in the 60s. Saturday brings warm, partly cloudy skies with a chance of thunderstorms in the far north. Five day outlook: near normal highs and lows 82-57 north to 87-63 south, rainfall under one third inch mainly as showers Monday or Tuesday. River gauges show Greenbrier and Lake at normal, clear levels.
1961 Auto Licenses Illegal At Midnight
Charleston WV APL Those white on maroon West Virginia license plates will be illegal after midnight tonight. Everyone must display the new green on silver registration plate. State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols said 525000 new tags were sold through Thursday. To help last minute buyers license windows stayed open 7 am to 4 40 pm EST this week.
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Charleston
APL
West Virginia
Jack Nuckols
Shortening The News From Wire Dispatches
Soviet Ambassador Menshikov and Valeriy Zorin visited the White House for a courtesy call on Kennedy. Negotiations continue to swap Abel for Powers. Congress begins unofficial Fourth of July recess. Harrar named president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Brando acknowledges marriage to Movita and son by her. custody suit with Kashfi ongoing. Japan floods kill 249, 212 missing, 261 injured. Marilyn Monroe recovers after gall bladder surgery. Finnish PM Sukselainen resigns over pension fund charges. Tractors for Freedom weighs renewal of Cuban ransom effort. Representative Bennett donates $1000 to reduce the national debt. Senate approves Adm. George W. nomination.
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Mikhail Menshikov
Valeriy Zorin
White House
Kennedy
Col
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Francis Gary Powers
New York World Telegam
Congress
J. George Harrar
Rockefeller Foundation
Dean Rusk
Harrar
Rusk
Marlon Brando
Santa Monica
Calif
Movita
Japan
Marilyn Monroe
Polyclinic Hospital
New York
V. H. Sukselainen
Finland
Tractors For Freedom’ Committee
Fidel Castro
Paper Charges Rights Of Way Funds Misuse
West Virginia state records show 673194 dollars paid in fees for legal work and appraisals to obtain rights of way over a 24 year period through June last year. The Charleston Gazette described the findings as sensational and noted possible political favoritism in the Underwood era with several high payments to Republicans including party leader Daniel L. Louchery and former gubernatorial nominee D. Boone Dawson.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Legislative Auditor’s Office
Charleston Gazette
Underwood
the Gazette
West Virginia
House
Gazette
Daniel L. Louchery
Clarksburg
GOP
D. Boone Dawson
David Baker
Huntington
Cecil H. Underwood
George Schmidt
R. M. Flecman
Harry Scherr Jr
W. A Morton
J. H. Coleman
Buckhannon
F. A. O’brien
Wheeling
Edward E. Golden
James Hall
Aubrey Halsted
Oak Hill
David Stalnaker
Parkersburg
C. O. Butcher
Legislative
C. H. Koontz
Koontz
Weekend crisis looms as Kuwait faces threats from Iraq
Beirut dispatch reports UK ships steering toward the Persian Gulf and Red Sea amid a Gulf crisis over Kuwait. Iraq and Kuwaiti forces mass on the frontier. Britain readies units and considers aid under a friendship pact. Arab League efforts seek a peaceful settlement as Jordan and Saudi troops are rumored to be involved.
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David L. Dugas
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Kuwait
Iraq
Foreign Office
U.S. State Department
Washington
Cairo
Britain
Local Company To Handle New Industry Stock
Electronic Control Systems Inc plans a Fairmont start with a 700000 share offering at 1.25 each totaling 875000. 82,000 of the funds have been invested by incorporators. Michael Basile leads as president with Paul Straight executive VP and Dr Lee F Modi secretary treasurer. Straight will head production with ex Hagan Chemical engineers Poshadel Harkins and George Phillips joining as senior research engineer. The firm will lease the former Home Dairy Plant in Fairmont for operations and will supply electronic instruments for industrial and military needs. Public sale details and further personnel info follow on page 2.
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Electronic Control Systems, Inc
Fairmont
Beckley
Stonewall Investment Securities Co
Atlas Building
Main Street
Ken A. Sturgill
Michael Basile
Marion County
Paul E. Straight
Lee F. Modi
Mannington
Straight
Hagan Chemical and Control Co
Pittsburgh
Poshadel
Harkins
George Phillips
Hagan Concern
Sturgis
New SCS Chief Named For State WV Morgan town man to lead Soil Conservation Service
J. P. Kuykendall of Morgan Town has been named State Conservationist for West Virginia, replacing L. L. Lough who retires after two years. Kuykendall, born on a Hampshire County farm, holds a WVU BS in Agriculture and a Colorado MS in Public Administration. He begins July 1 after a long career in soil and water conservation, including roles in Roane Wirt counties and Morgantown since 1954. He serves on local boards and is an elder in Morgantown First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife and four children will remain in Morganotwn.
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J. P. Kuykendall
Morgantown
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
West Virginia
D. A. Williams
Washington
Kuykendall
L. L. Lough
Hampshire County
West Virginia University
Colorado University
Soil Erosion Service
Romeny Production Credit Association
Reedy Creek
Roane
Wirt
Marshall County
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Romney
Lough
Soil Conservation Society of America
Bank of Romney
First Presbyterian Church of
Morganotwn
Underwood and Graney Deny Fund Misuse
Former West Virginia officials Cecil H Underwood and Pat C Graney rejected claims of improper handling of Road Commission fees for right of way work In a Huntington statement Underwood defended using local attorneys and appraisers as standard practice and noted fee levels aligned with local bar and realty board norms Graney said payments were reviewed and approved by the federal Bureau of Public Roads and were not excessive
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Road Commission
Underwood
Huntington
Charleston Gazette
State Legislative Auditor's Office
Inter
Graney
Mt. Hope
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
State To Ponder Super Highways In West Virginia
Charleston UPI states West Virginia officials consider a proposed super highway through Mercer McDowell Mingo and Wayne counties. Road Commissioner Burl A Sawyers met with the Tug Ohio Levisa Sandy Improvement Association to discuss a route connecting I 64 near Huntington to I 77 near Bluefield or Princeton.
West Virginia boaters warned to treat water like roads
West Virginia Safety Council official Charles L. Hopkins cautions that boating now rivals driving as a danger, especially during the 4th of July weekend. He cites unfamiliar boat handling, poor maintenance, and increased pool use as factors behind past water tragedies and urges flotation aids and safe piloting before emergencies arise.
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Fred Ferris Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Charles L. Hopkins
West Virginia Safety Council
Hopkins
Turkey under martial law after plot to topple Gursel
Istanbul dispatch reports Turkey imposed martial law after uncovering a plot to overthrow General Cemal Gursel and disrupt the September elections. Counter revolutionaries planned a bloody move during a constitutional referendum. A leaflet inciting Turks to violence led to the detention of Ahmet Ciftei and others.
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Istanbul
UPI
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Ahmet Ciftei
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Celal Bayar
Gen. Cursel
State To Get Roadside Lake Near Ravenswood
West Virginia will build a 30 acre roadside lake on W. Va. 2 near Ravenswood with construction set to begin next week. The site was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Starling Miller and W. S. and Ray Ritchie of Ravenswood. Workers will be hired under the Emergency Employment Program and the project will be managed by the State Road Commission and the State Conservation Commission.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W. Va. 2
Ravenswood
Starling Miller
W. S
Ray Ritchie
State Road Commission
State Conservation Commission
First Family To Spend 4th At Seashore
President Kennedy plans a Fourth of July escape with wife and children to Cape Cod. They will travel by helicopter from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base then fly a jet to Otis Air Force Base for a family holiday at Hyannis Port Massachusetts.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Hyannis Port
Mass
Caroline
John Jr
Andrews Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base
Urge To Kill Patient Stays Pretty Divorcee
Long Beach California report on J T Wilson 25 son of a police chief arraigned for murder after stabbing Carol M Mack 22 in a car near a convalescent home. She had left Minnesota to Hawaii and left two children. Wilson, previously institutionalized, had a history of psychiatric remarks about killings.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
J T. Wilson
Minnesota
Wilson
Carol M. Mack
Richard Mack
Mahnomen
Minn
Hawaii
Mack
William F. Wilson
Folsom
San Francisco
Mendocino State Hospital
Napa State Hospital
Maniac Killer Terrifies Cisco Texas Town
Sheriff Horn described a blind alley search for a mentally deranged killer who murdered Florence Hussey, 53, at her First Baptist Church secretary home. Cisco, Texas, with about 4500 residents, was terrified as streets emptied and residents fortified doors while police and Texas Rangers investigated without leads.
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Cisco
Tex
UPI
Lee Horn
S. E. Parkinson
Dallas
Horn
President Orders Probe of Berlin Plans Leak
President Kennedy orders an FBI inquiry into the source of reports on U S plans to meet the Berlin crisis. Pierre Salinger said the probe targets disclosure of secret Pentagon information. FBI agents questioned Joint Chiefs staff. Newsweek cited contingency plans. The president seeks to identify the leaker.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
FBI
U.S
Berlin
White House
Pierre Salinger
Pentagon
Salinger
Robert F. Kennedy
Newsweek
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Pt Pleasant Firm Secures Shipbuilding Contract
Washington UPI The White House awarded Marietta Manufacturing Co Pt Pleasant West Virginia a 373 million shipbuilding contract to build two hydrographic surveying ships for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The government may build a third ship at 1.77 million. Each vessel will be 162 feet long and expected to provide about 700000 man hours of work aiding West Virginia’s ailing economy.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Marietta Manfacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
W.va
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Commerce Department
West Virginia
Angered Woman Raps Deceptive Merchandising
National Consumers League official Mrs. Sarah H. Newman told Senate antitrust subcommittee she is repeatedly bothered and angry by deceptive packaging and labeling in groceries. She cited cookies detergents napkins coffee and soda, noting apparent size shifts and inconsistent contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
National Consumers League
Sarah H. Newman
Senate Antitrust
De Gaulle Says Algeria War Nearly Ended Before Violence
United Press International quotes French President Charles de Gaulle hours before Algeria violence erupts, calling the war operations nearly finished. Curtis E. Lemay, new Air Force chief of staff, prefers missiles to bombers, noting anyone who has flown a bomber in heavy fire would agree. Moise Tshombe, Katanga president, signs a central government cooperation deal and asks, What agreement?
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United Press International
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Washington
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
Elisabethville
Congo
Western Allies Reject Khrushchev Berlin Plan
Washington reports that United States Britain France and West Germany finished a firm note dismissing Khrushchev's Berlin idea. Talks on East West disarmament adjourned with plans to restart in Moscow July 17. In New York UPI notes a tentative conditional maritime strike deal but expects continued work until contracts are signed.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Russia
White House
Pierre Salinger
Moscow
New York
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Baghdad
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