Glenn Flight Films Draw Light From Congress Bite
Washington report notes Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn’s orbit films viewed by lawmakers and press. The author compares Glenn’s calm demeanor to Ham the chimp and Alan Shepard, jokes about banana pellets, and references Rep. Florence Dwyer’s Bulletin summary.
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UPI
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Florence P. Dwyer
New Jersey
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ham
Alan Shepard
Glenn
Congress
Clifford P. Case
Railroads Propose Labor Talks On Kennedy Rules
The nation s railroads ask to begin negotiations with labor on March 20 in Chicago to discuss recommendations given to President Kennedy by the presidential railroad commission. Letters were sent to leaders of six unions detailing readiness to bargain on the commission s modernized work rules. The action follows the Oct 17 1960 union management agreement that formed the commission. Signed by conference chairs G W Knight J E Wolfe and B B Bryant.
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Switchmen’s Union of North America
G.W. Knight
Eastern Carriers Conference Commission
J.E. Wolfe
Western Carriers Conference Committee
B.B. Bryant
Southeastern Carriers Conference Committee
New Post Office For Morgantown
Post master General J Edward Day announced a new Morgantown West Virginia post office. The department has taken an assignable option on a tract at Prairie Avenue and Wagner Road. Plans will be prepared soon for bidders on the construction.
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UPI
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Wagner Road
Weather Hazard Warnings And Snow Flurries Persist
Hazardous driving warnings due to snow remain as snow rests on the ground. Cloudy cold Wednesday with snow flurries tapering off slowly. Highs 22 to 32, tonight near 20. Beckley and Oak Hill report cold highs and low readings. snowfall around 5 inches noted. River conditions Greenbrier near normal, Lake cloudy with gauge 4 ft at Hinton.
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Oak Hill
East Plastered By 2-Foot Snow
The seventh great storm of the season slammed the East Coast with up to 2 feet of snow and freezing air. Inland areas saw record totals including 18 inches at Culpeper and 15 at Charlottesville Virginia as winds of up to 60 mph and coastal floods threatened from New Jersey to Maine. The storm also caused a crash landing near Mt. Washington, Massachusetts, while heavy snow and rain hit the West Coast and arctic air dropped temperatures across the northern plains.
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S.D
Columbus
Ohio
Mississippi River
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Atlantic
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Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Culpepper
Charlottesville
Front Royal
Atlantic City
N.J
Khrushchev Opens Geneva Talks. Warns on US Nuclear Tests
Soviet Premier Khrushchev agrees to foreign ministers level disarmament talks in Geneva while warning that the United States resuming atmospheric nuclear tests would force the Soviet Union to take measures. He favors a Geneva summit but would not rule out three power talks before March 14. Tass released Khrushchev notes to Kennedy and Macmillan detailing the warning and conditions.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
United States
Tass
U.S
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Washington
London
Many Meetings Canceled by Snow in Beckley Area
Heavy snowfall blankets Beckley area with an average depth near nine inches as State Road Commission warns of hazardous roads. Cancellations include Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group installation of officers, Mabscott Lions Club, St. Stephen's Men's Club, Western meeting, Women of the Moose, and Glade-Pinch Access Road session at Sophia High School. dates pending later notice from James Deck.
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Beckley
State Road Commission
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group
Mabscott Lions Club
St. Stephen's Men’s Club
Episcopal Church
Women of the Moose
Glade-Pinch
Sophia High School
James Deck
Paul McClure
B58 Sets Three Speed Records Coast To Coast
Los Angeles reports the B58 Hustler jet bomber shattered three transcontinental speed records on a Los Angeles to New York round trip. The delta-wing craft flew 4,900 miles in 4 hours 43 minutes 51 seconds, beating the 1957 mark of 6 hours 46 minutes, with west east and east west legs recorded at 2:01:39 and 2:15:12 respectively. Times are unofficial pending instrument recheck. in-flight refueling over the Atlantic and sonic booms produced reports of broken windows and cracked pins.
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Los Angeles
UPS
New York
Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Bald Knob Slopes Open Wednesday Amid Fresh Snow
Bald Knob ski slopes reopen with operation days set for Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. and, if weather holds, Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Snow depth was 12 to 13 inches at 9 a.m. and more expected. All facilities will be in operation with skiing also planned Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. depending on snow.
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Bald Knob
Harry Ellis
Ellis
Robins Seen At Hargrove Street Home
G. L. Lilly of 218 Hargrove St reports three fat sassy robins at his window. He says the birds appeared hungry, gentle, and unafraid as harbingers of spring brighten Beckley.
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G. L. (Gratton
Lilly
Hargrove St
Beckleyan
All-State Chorus Delegates Put Off Tonight Practice
Weather delays force postponement of delegates from several schools to All-State Chorus. A Thursday night session is planned if conditions improve. Mount View Elementary students are sent home on Beckley State Police recommendation due to hazardous area highways at dismissal.
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Beckley State Police
Board of Education
Glen Leigh
Joe Farrow
Jack Underwood
Stocco
Windle Thurman
Crow
John Redd
Eccles
Metalton
West Virginia Turnpike
Cleared U2 Pilot To Get Full Pay Under Contract
CIA Director McCone said Francis Gary Powers lived up to his contract and orders after the ill fated U2 flight. A special board of inquiry and McCone concluded he complied with employment instructions and obligations as an American under the circumstances. Powers will receive the due payment. Senate committee planned testimony on the crash capture and exchange. Byrd said Powers did not violate orders and should not be downgraded for his capture. It was noted he had instructions to protect himself and avoid unnecessary antagonism, not to sacrifice his life.
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Powers
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
Rudolf Abel
Armed Services Committee
Harry F.byrd
D-Va
John A. MecCone
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Air Force
United Press International
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Francis Gary Powers
WHIN Walkout Ends As Workers Return
WHIN-TV employees returned to work ending an 88 day strike at Huntington. Vice President C W Myers of Reeves Broadcasting and Development Corp said the staff came back under their old contract while further talks proceed and a National Labor Relations Board hearing is set for April 3.
No School Tomorrow in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Schools will be closed tomorrow due to heavy snow and hazardous road conditions. Superintendent John W. Saunders announced the decision at 1:40 p.m. today.
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Raleigh County
John W. Saunders
Veteran West Virginia lawmaker Mrs Neil Walker dies
Mrs Nell W Walker 73 of Winona a long serving West Virginia House of Delegates member died Monday in Baltimore of an apparent heart attack She had announced in 1962 she would not seek renomination and had previously served as state banking commissioner Read more on her career from Fayette County and her wartime Red Cross service and local honors including a birthday tribute from the House
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Winona
West Virginia House of Delegates
Baltimore
Owen and Barth
Charleston
Walker
W. Wallace Walker
William C. Marland
Fayette County
Winona National Bank
Fayette
Deck To Oversee High Schoolers' Dropout Training
James B. Deck, principal of Cranberry Elementary, was appointed supervisor of a job preparation program for high school dropouts by the State Board of Education. He will lead in a yet-to-be-chosen county, with a November 30 deadline to submit recommendations, and a June pilot setup to begin after county selection.
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James B. Deck
Cranberry
State Board of Education
Deck
Rex Smith
Smith
John W. Saunders
Saunders
Raleigh County
Civilian May Be Included In New Astronaut Group
NASA officials indicated the next U S astronaut class will resemble the current seven, possibly adding civilians and a few scientists. While specifications are unsettled there is no sign the program will become coeducational, as lunar astronaut criteria currently favor males.
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Astronaut
NASA
Mercury
Cleared path to try 15 year old girl in fatal shooting
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Cabell County Common Pleas Court may hear the case of Carol Ann Smith a Milton girl 15 indicted in the January 4 1961 fatal shooting of her father Avery G Smith The court said the Cabell County Circuit Court exceeded its powers by blocking the Common Pleas Court from hearing the case The trial had been set for the Common Pleas Court but prosecutors decision not to seek death or life imprisonment shifted the matter toward Juvenile Court and the issue was sent to the high court for final decision Trial was postponed pending the decision
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UPI
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Cabell County Common Pleas Court
Carol Ann Smith
Milton
High Court
Thornton Berry
Cabell County Circuit Court
Common Pleas Court
Carol
Russell Dunbar
Avery G. Smith
Dunbar
Cabell County Juvenile Court
Water shutoff threat jolts Avella residents in Pa
Avella Water Co. faces possible power cut after delinquent bills left it unable to pay West Penn Power. Gov. Leeceann and the Public Utility Commission intervened to delay disconnection until Thursday. School system owes $600. if paid, water service may stay, with a PUC penalty possible for past improvements.
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UPI
Avella Water Co
Avella
Washington County
Public Utility Commission
David L. Leeceann
West Penn Power Co
Greensburg
West Penn
PUC
Avella Water Company
Washington
President Kennedy calls for progress end to propaganda
President Kennedy told Khrushchev the aim is real progress toward disarmament and an end to sterile propaganda exchanges. He welcomed Khrushchev’s agreement to open the Geneva disarmament conference at the foreign ministers level and noted Gromyko would meet Rusk and Home for preliminary talks. The message urged progress not propaganda and asked Khrushchev for personal support for the U.S. delegation.
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Kennedy
Macmillan
Llewellyn ‘Thompson
Kremlin
Geneva
Washington
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Moscow
United States
Byrd defends Powers amid Powell case comments
Washington Senator Byrd on U2 pilot Francis Powers says he carried out instructions and should not be downgraded. In New Jersey a judge orders blood transfusions for a 2 year old over parental opposition. Stevenson denies Senate bid rumors, staying at the UN post and not seeking New York Senate.
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Jersey City
Morris E. Barison
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
U.S. Senate
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Senate
Illinois
U.N. Post
New York
Kennedy to hold news conference at 3 30 p m EST
The White House said no network requests for live television have been received as Kennedy plans a news conference at 3 30 p m EST on Wednesday. The announcement notes no TV requests yet from networks.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Launching Postponed CAPE CANAVERAL Solar Observatory
An attempt to orbit a solar observatory satellite was postponed for one day at Cape Canaveral due to technical difficulties in a three stage rocket.
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Solar Observatory
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