Address Shuffle for Prosperity Boosts Economy
A columnist suggests universal address changes to trigger a surge in demand across many sectors. From Fairfax County to national policy, he argues forced address updates would require clerks, numerals, letterheads, directories and stamps, creating jobs and erasing unemployment through organized confusion.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
United States
Fairfax County
WVU Develops Irradiated Wood in Aeneas Experiment
Dawsonville Ga. UPI reports West Virginia University conducted atomic energy commission supported trials on a new irradiated wood process. The material, trade named Lock, is described as harder stronger and more water resistant than natural wood.
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Dawsonville, Ga
Aeneas
Lockheed-Georgia
West Virginia University
Atomic Energy Commission
Weather Snapshot Beckley WV and Surrounding Area
Light snow and flurries expected today tonight and Saturday with a high near 28 and low around 2. Saturday highs in the low 30s. Beckley notes show 24 hour readings of 44 as peak temp and early morning lows around 22 to 24. River Greenbrier cloudy and falling. Lake at 4 ft below normal with 11 gates open. Gauge at Hinton 4.3 ft. West Palm Beach today 82, Craig Colorado -6. Five day WV outlook calls for two to eight degrees below normal highs and lows, two tenths to six tenths inch precipitation early next week, with mountains seeing snow flurries Saturday.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Hinton
West Palm Beach
Craig
Colo
West Virginia
Beckley Youth Center Pioneers Rural Youth Job Aid
Beckley Youth Center will pioneer a new Rural youth employment experiment under the President's Anti-Poverty program. Sen. Byrd and Rep. Kee announced four county reach Raleigh Summers Fayette Wyoming, with an initial staff of about 10 counselors and $90,000 allocated for Charleston.
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Beckley Youth Center
Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
Rep
James Kee
West Virginia
Raleigh
Summers
Fayette
Wyom
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Byrd
Labor Department
Charleston
Appalachia
Cen
Ter
Legislature Senate Action On Convention Bill Awaited
Charleston West Virginia lawmakers await Senate action on a House approved constitutional convention bill. The 97 to 2House vote sends a 134 member convention plan to the Senate, with dates outlining November 9 1965 for a vote on holding a convention November 29 1966 for delegate selection and July 20 1966 as the convention start. Details include delegate pay of 25 dollars daily and 10 cents per mile with governor appointing vacancies.
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Charleston
APL
House
Senate
West Virginia
del. William McCoy
Pendleton
Accord Reached On Bill To Halt Death Penalty
Charleston report: West Virginia House and Senate conferees reached a tentative agreement on a bill to abolish capital punishment. The compromise sets a 25 year minimum for first degree murder rape or kidnapping with mercy affects parole after 10 years. rape terms 10 to 20 years. treason parole after 10 years. The measure would make WV the 12th state to end capital punishment if enacted. House and Senate differed on parole for mercy outcomes.
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House
Senate
West Virginia
Iowa
UFO Center Fire Tied to Mississippi Incident
A frame building serving as the Council of Federated Organizations headquarters in Indianola Mississippi was burned early today. A Black woman in Greenwood reported Molotov cocktails thrown at her home. In Alabama, Negro leaders pledged a courthouse demonstration at Camden after a school rebellion occurred following the roughing up of a Black student by a white deputy. COFO said no one was in the Indianola headquarters when the blaze started.
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United Press International
Council of Federated Organizations
Indianola
Miss
Greenwood
Alabama
Camden
COFO
Boy Born To Italian Housewife Weighing 19 Pounds 5 Ounces
In Bari, Italy, Mrs. Isabella Zotti gave birth by Caesarean section to a boy weighing 19 pounds 5 ounces. The baby was placed in an oxygen tent and both mother and child were reported in satisfactory condition. This is the mother's fourth child.
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Bari
Italy
UPI
Isabella Zotti
Zotti
Peace talk claims clash with war expands in Viet Nam
Pravda and Red Star accuse President Johnson of talking peace while U.S. forces widen the Viet Nam war. Britain plans to publish an ICC report on Viet Nam after Moscow refused circulation. The report, prepared for the 1954 Geneva conference, notes events in Viet Nam and faces Soviet noncooperation.
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Pravda Today
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Red Star
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ICC
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India
Poland
Canada
Ussr
British Foreign Office
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Kremlin
Hanoi
Skeleton Identified After Eight Years Missing
In Preston County the elderly man Edward Swearingen of Howesville, missing since September 11, 1956, was identified by Joyce Goddard of Youngstown and Robert Swearingen of New Springfield from bones found in a wooded area. Final rites are planned for Saturday.
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Kingwood
UPI
Preston County
Joyce Goddard
Youngstown
Ohio
Robert Swearingen
New Springfield
Edward Swearingen
Howesville
Swearingen
Economy Must Grow As Never Before in Great Society Push
President Johnson urges unprecedented U S growth to reach full employment as he cites a Labor Department report. He calls for more federal job training grants, higher minimum wage coverage, and modernization of unemployment benefits to curb unemployment among Negroes and unskilled workers amid automation pressures.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U. S
Congress
Labor Department
Wallace aides ready to use troops to stop Selma march
A high level source in Gov. George Wallace's office said state troops would be deployed if needed to stop a planned Selma Negro march on Montgomery. Dr. Martin Luther King plans to lead the Alabama mile march Sunday. Chen Cheng of Nationalist China died in Taipei at age 67. The influenza outbreak is waning per the U S Communicable Disease Center. Billie Sol Estes moved from Dallas County jail to Leavenworth to begin a 15 year fraud term. Nguyen Khanh arrived in New York saying no meeting of the U N Security Council is planned. Peter Howard, Moral Rearmament leader, buried in England after dying in Lima. United Steelworkers head McDonald rejects immediate May 1 strike extension. XB-70 flight at Edwards AFB tops mach 1 for 62 minutes. Former Tennessee Gov Ellington sworn in as head of the Office of Emergency Planning.
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Montgomery
Martin Luther King
Alabama
Chen Cheng
China
Tapei
United States
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Dallas
Leavenworth
Kan
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
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U. N. Security Council
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Lavenham
England
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Peru
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Edwards Air Force Base
California
Tennessee
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Office of Emergency Planning
Earthquake Damages Jersey Pier and Buildings
A 40 second quake struck the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel causing serious damage to a pier and rattling homes and office buildings. A Cuban refugee group alleged Fidel Castro's regime secretly executed more than 15 anti-Communists in December and January. Editor & Publisher reported U.S. daily newspaper circulation rose in 1964, the largest yearly gain since 1946.
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Isle of Jersey
English Channel
Fidel Castro
United States
Merchant Found Dead In Coal City Car
Frank W. Carter 42 owner of Mountain Market in Coal City was found dead in his car on Rural Acres Drive late last night. State Police investigation points to a heart attack per Webb & Neal Funeral Home attendant. Body is with the funeral home. arrangements pending.
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Frank W. Carter
Coal City
Mountain Market
Rural Acres Drive
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Carter
Language Inserted After Bill Passed in 1963 Budget
UPI reports Sen. Jack Miller seeks an immediate investigation into alleged alterations to the 1963-64 budget bill after it passed the 56th Legislature on March 11, 1963. He claims language allowing more than 300000 for architects fees was inserted, adding paving and office building plans to a 400000 land acquisition line, though audit shows no land purchase. Del. Ivor Boarsky also has raised similar charges.
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Charleston
UPI
Jack Miller
R - Wood
Miller
State Office Building Commission
February fatalities in West Virginia industrial accidents
On the job accidents claimed 18 lives in West Virginia in February, with half in coal mining, per the State Workmen's Commission. The total compares to 11 deaths in February 1964, a period that also saw nine miners killed. Non fatal accidents reached 3,072 versus 3,828 a year earlier.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Nen Commission
Syria Seizes Nine Oil Firms in Nationalization Drive
BEIRUT, Lebanon—The Syrian government seized nine oil companies in a major nationalization move announced by Radio Damascus. Among the firms were three foreign names Esso Standard, Socony Vacuum and Shell, with Esso Standard tied to Standard Oil and Socony Vacuum tied to Socony Mobil.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Radio Damascus
Socony- Vacuum
Esso Standard
Shell
American Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Socony-Vacuum
Socony-Mobil Oil Co
Royal Dutch Shell Group
Pied Piper Loses Fame to Automation in Hamelin
Hamelin officials sign an agreement with a Hamburg firm to send six to seven experts for a rat extermination campaign starting March 15. The city, with 50,000 residents, says there are no more rats than in comparable towns and cites uses of chemical poisons as safe for children.
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Hamelin
Germany
UPI
Hamburg
Mariner 4 Beams Voice as Antenna Switches
In Pasadena UPI reports Mariner 4’s voice grows 40 times louder after automatic switch to high gain antenna as it nears Mars at 27 million miles. The probe aims for a July 14 flyby within 6,000 miles to capture close up photos of Mars and relay them to Earth.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Outer Space
Mariner
Mars
Earth
Mariner-4
Pepper Martin Dies at 69 in Oklahoma Ranch
Pepper Martin former St Louis Cardinals star of the Gas House Gang died of a heart attack at McAlester General Hospital after being stricken at his ranch near Blocker Oklahoma He was a key baserunner and colorful figure in the team from the 1930s.
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Mcalester
Okla
UPI
Pepper Martin
St. Louis Cardinals
Martin
Blocker
McAlester General Hospital
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