Soviet Accepts Foreign Minister Talks in Geneva
The Soviet Union accepts a U S British plan to open disarmament talks in Geneva with a foreign ministers meeting. Andrei Gromyko will attend the 18 nation conference starting March 14, with possible pre talks with Dean Rusk and Lord Hume. Khrushchev had reluctantly accepted the foreign minister proposal and a summit remains uncertain.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Kremlin
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Lord Hume
Rusk
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Name Dropping as Washington Art of Association
Washington writer Dick West surveys name dropping as social currency in the capital. He defines it as a contest to claim glories of famous figures, detailing plays like interlocking nicknames and transfers to curry favor, noting losers retire in embarrassment after a bragging spree and two brownie points per successful ploy.
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UPI
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Sarge
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Peace Corps
Theo Pluribus Unum
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Bob McNamara
Ed Murrow
Bobby Kennedy
Snow Warning Triggers City and State Plowing Effort
State and city highway crews were mobilized early as a three inch snowfall created hazardous driving conditions. State Road Commission workers deployed 12 crews with four snow plows and two graders to keep roads passable. Flat Top weather station logged four inches and 27 degrees.
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Flat Top
West Virginia Weather Forecast
Cloudy with snow or rain turning to snow and colder tonight. Highs 32 to 42, lows in 20s. Tuesday snow flurries, colder. Five day trend: below normal by 5 to 10 degrees. Precipitation about half an inch Tuesday and Friday or Saturday. Beckley and Oak Hill data included. River gauges show Greenbrier above normal. Lake level 11 ft above normal with gates open. New gauge 6.3 ft at Hinton. US wide notes: record lows 17 below in Williston NC and 89 high in McAllen TX.
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Glasgow
Mont
McAllen
Tex
Khrushchev notes farm losses push for incentives
In a Kremlin Central Committee address Khrushchev detailed lagging meat grain and dairy output, citing the Virgin Lands project. He urged stronger material incentives for collective farmers, denying capitalist profit aims, and signaled possible rewards without detailing monetary terms.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
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Krushchev
Geneva
Black Sea
Couple Sought In Check Theft Linked To Parkersburg Charleston Case
Federal agents seek Reginald R. Gibson and his wife Dollie Imogene in Parkersburg related to stealing forging and cashing about 3500 in federal checks. Authorities say 60 to 65 checks stolen from mailboxes in Charleston and Parkersburg since January 1960.
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UPI
Parkersburg
Charleston
Reginald R. Gibson
Dollie Imogene
Heart Attack Kills Bike Riding Youth
In New Martinsville UPI reports 16 year old Mike McLaughlin of Jacksonburg died after an apparent heart attack while riding a bicycle with two companions. He collapsed on a hill during a shortcut attempt and fell from the bike. He was a Valley High School junior, son of Mr and Mrs Ben McLaughlin.
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NEW Martinsville
UPI
Mike McLaughlin
Jacksonburg
McLaughlin
Ben McLaughlin
Valley High School
Pine Grove
Space capsules tour U.S. during savings bond drive
Replicas of the Freedom 7 Liberty Bell 7 and Friendship 7 space capsules will tour the United States in May and June as part of the Treasury's savings bond drive.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Treasury
U S Plans To Train Additional Astronauts
NASA administrator James E. Webb said expansion of the astronaut training program will be announced in about three weeks. He noted the seven current astronauts will conduct immediate flights, while training programs for others must start to sustain space missions every 60 to 90 days, including two and three man spacecraft.
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Washington
API
Federal Space Agency
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
111 Die In Crash At Douala In West Africa
A chartered American DC7C crashed and burned in a swamp near Douala Cameroon, killing all 111 aboard. The flight from Lourenco Marques to Luxembourg via Lisbon went down in a storm two minutes after takeoff, with rescue teams finding no survivors.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
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Portugal
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U.S
U2 Pilot Cleared By CIA By Powers in U2 Flight
CIA told lawmakers that U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers did all he could to protect U.S. interests after his plane was downed in the Soviet Union. McCone said Powers’ conduct before and after the mission was satisfactory and the blast likely caused the loss of control.
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John A. Goldsmith
Washington
UPI
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Francis Gary Powers
Russia
John A. McCone
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Senate Armed Services
Soviet Union
McCone
Stahr Denies Interest In Indiana Univ Presidency
Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahr Jr. denied reports he was considering resigning to become president of Indiana University. He said he learned weeks ago he was under consideration but had not been offered the job and would not leave the government for that or any other position.
March Forecast Maps Show 30 Day Weather Outlook
March forecast maps present the U S Weather Bureau estimate for the month of March detailing expected average temperatures and precipitation across the United States. The release highlights regional variations and a nationwide projection guiding agriculture and planning.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
U.S. Weather Bureau
Foster Says U S Willing To Gamble On Test Ban Pact
Disarmament Director William C Foster said the United States would risk calling off planned atmospheric nuclear tests if Russia signs a test ban treaty. He noted Kennedy weighs renewed Russian test prep against arms buildup. a secret plan to test could occur between treaty signing and implementation.
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Geneva
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UPI
William C. Foster
United States
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Kennedy
Meet the Press
Pinson Named D Coordinator for Civil Defense
John Pinson of Williamson has been named statewide Civil Defense adult education coordinator under the State Department of Education. He will train two weeks at an Office of Civil Defense school in Battle Creek Michigan and is slated to assume duties July 1. Area centers will train teachers in local civil defense across West Virginia.
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Charleston
UPI
John Pinson
Williamson
State Department of Education
Pinson
Battle Creek
Mich
Office of Civil Defense
West Virginia
Antarctica Opens First Nuclear Plant For Testing
Washington reports the United States has begun test operation of its first Antarctica nuclear power plant at McMurdo Sound. The Atomic Energy Commission states a controlled self sustained reaction started Sunday at the base supporting all U S scientific work in the region.
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Washington
API
United States
Antarctica
Atomic Energy Commission
McMurdo Sound
U.S
Hats Resemble Forced Landing on Short Runway
A humorous remark notes that some new hats appear as if they had a forced landing on a brief runway, conveying a playful image without additional details.
Algiers rocked by 135 hazardous devices in dawn barrage
In Algiers, 135 hazardous devices were used in a pre dawn barrage targeting mosques, stores, and apartments. Police arrested three teams of plastic bombers including 13 Frenchmen as fires spread citywide. Casualties were light. areas hit included St Eugene and Rue Robigo as security forces patrolled and traffic was banned.
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Rue Robigo
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Evian
Mikoyan Signs East German Trade Treaty
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan signs a trade accord with East Germany during the Leipzig Fair to integrate the German regime into the Soviet economy and reduce dependence on West Germany. He praised increased aid and trade in a speech to 5,000 East Germans amid broad Western and Chinese exhibitor absences.
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UPI
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Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Bruno Leuschner
West Germany
East Berlin
Leipzig Fair
Berlin
Peiping
Byrd Proposes Funds for Two WV Hatcheries
UPI reports Senator Robert Byrd plans to amend the 1963 Appropriations bill to provide about 200000 dollars for two national hatcheries in West Virginia. He seeks 62000 for Bowden in Randolph County to finish a hatchery and 148000 for Leetown in Jefferson County to expand the facility, which would add earthen raceways a flood by pass and a storage building. Byrd chairs a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Byrd
Bowden
Randolph County
Leetown
Jefferson County
Senate Appropriations Committee
Quotes From World Figures on Ireland Art and Nuclear Talks
A UPI roundup presents Sean O Caseys view that Romantic Ireland is dead and Yeats rests in his grave. Georgi Pokrovsky forecasts rocket travel could turn the world into one town. Julius Katchen says Russian artists are used as government pawns in prop politics. William Foster warns a nuclear test ban is needed to prevent world destruction amid an arms race.
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United Press International
Dublin
Sean O'Casey
Ireland
Yeats
Paris
Julius Katchen
Rod Thorn Named to Sporting News All America Team
West Virginia University junior Rod Thorn was named to The Sporting News 1961 62 All America first team joining Terry Dischinger Jerry Lucas Bill McGill and Chet Walker. Thorn also won the Southern Conference tournament most valuable player and was the sole unanimous choice for All America.
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West Virginia University
Rod Thorn Today
Sporting News
Princeton
Terry Dischinger
Purdue
Jerry Lucas
Ohio State
Bill McGill
Utah
Chet Walker
Bradley
Associated Press
WVU
National Basketball Association
Thorn
Two Die In West Virginia Weekend Traffic Toll Rises
Two more fatalities joined weekend crashes in West Virginia, lifting the year’s highway toll to 61 from 52 a year earlier. Robert Hunt, 40, of North Springs, Wyoming County, died when his coal truck slid off an unpaved grade near Saeger in McDowell County, tumbling 40 feet and crushing him. Carl Mollohan, 44, of Tioga, Nicholas County, drowned when his car rolled down an embankment into Duck Creek near the Clay Braxton line. Carl G. Robey, 73, of Berkeley County, died from injuries sustained in an auto crash last Wednesday.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Robert Hunt
North Springs
Wyoming County
Saeger
McDowell County
Welch
Carl Mollohan
Tioga
Nicholas County
Sutton
Mollohan
Duck Creek
Clay-Braxton
Berkeley County
Carl G. Robey
Two Men Injured In Pike Wreck Near Beckley WV
Two men from Mercer and Mc Dowell counties were treated at Beckley Hospital after a collision on the West Virginia Turnpike near the Beckley interchange. Joe Saddler, 62, of Coaldale, and Alvin Bivens Jr., 31, of Northfork, were injured when their car hit a tractor-trailer around 10 a.m. at Milepost 35.
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Mercer
McDowell
Beckley Hospital
West Virginia
Joe Saddler
Coaldale
Alvin Bivens Jr
Northfork
Beckley
Tol
Poker Players 12 and 8 Fall Out in Slaying Case
An investigation into the shotgun slaying of eight-year-old Dallas Ray Ferguson near Hamlin continues. A 12-year-old boy, held by his parents, admitted shooting the younger child point-blank during a poker for matches game at the victim’s home in Branchland. The older boy reportedly said I think I will kill you. the victim answered Go ahead. No charges filed yet.
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Dora Lou Ferguson
John Glenn Returns to Cape For Orbital Flight Tribute
John H. Glenn Jr. arrives in Cape Canaveral after a national tribute and presidential decoration. He left Arlington Virginia this morning by shuttle to Langley Field Virginia and will fly back to Cape Canaveral this evening around 6 15 PM EST as part of his space program duties.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
John H. Glenn Jr
U.S
Glenn
Arlington
Langley Field
Seek Speed Record in Transcontinental B58 Hustler Flight
Two supersonic B58 Hustler bombers flashed over the starting line in Los Angeles today aiming to shatter existing transcontinental speed records with a 4,900 mile round trip to New York.
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Los Angeles
UPD
New York
Supreme Court to Issue Decisions Before Two-Week Recess
The Supreme Court meets today to hand down decisions and orders before a two week recess to write opinions. It has about 35 argued cases under advisement.
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UPI
Supreme Court
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