Ellender’s Africa trip praised for scope and detail
Washington by Dick West UPI Ellender’s 803 page travel report on Africa impresses with wide geographic scope and vivid observations. The Louisiana Democrat, as Agriculture Committee chairman, notes wild animals, tribes wary of money and ancient Egypt’s lightning conceived sacred bulls.
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UPI
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Africa
Herodotus
John Gunther
Louisiana
Boston
Madrid
Morocco
U.S
Minot B. Nettleton
Nettleton
Senate Agriculture Committee
Egypt
Dahomey
New Snowstorm Jolts the Midwest Across Region
United Press International reports a major winter storm centered over Oklahoma with blizzards spanning from Nebraska to Michigan. Fatalities occurred in Indiana as a motorist and a pedestrian died amid slick roads and snow.
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United Press International
Middle West
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Michigan
Chicago
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Ind
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Chicago Weather Bureau
West Virginia Weather Outlook Turned Toward Rain and Mild Clearance
Changeable clouds bring rain then wet snow in many areas with highs around the 40s. Rain ends tonight with lows 35 to 40. Tuesday partly cloudy and mild, with highs north 51 south 56 and daily variations minor. Clearing Tuesday, rain possible again Thursday totaling about half an inch. River conditions listed for Greenbrier and other gauges. Lake level 33 ft above normal and falling.
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Beckley
Faidahrede
COGBY
Hinton
Neighbor reports shooting at Woodson home. wife died recently
A neighbor near the Woodson residence recalls windows shot out after a shooting incident. Woodson, a retired coal miner, reportedly lived alone following his wife's death a month earlier. Beckley State Police could not be reached for a gerneral report at press time.
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Woodson
Tunstalle
Beckley State
Kennedy Aims Long Range Plan to Cut Unemployment
President Kennedy told Congress that immediate stimulus must blend with long range steps to fight unemployment. He highlighted retraining and skill upgrading as unemployment falls and urged expanded education for the future workforce. Labor Secretary Wirtz added detail on tax changes and momentum measures.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congres Today
Congress
Manpower Development and Training Act
Kenneldy
Labor
W.willard Wirtz
Crossing Crash Kills Six at Wisconsin Crossing
Mrs. Helena Sherwood 35 and her five relatives died when their car was struck by a train at a Wisconsin railroad crossing. The family had just visited Tomah and Rural Warrens relatives before the fatal collision near Tunnel City. Edith Paddock 16 and Carol Woods 16 of Wisconsin Rapids also perished in the crash.
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Tunnel City
Wis
UPI
Allan Lind
Mrs. Lind
Helena Sherwood
Warrens
Patricia
Sharon
David
Carol Woods
Edith Paddock
Wisconsin Rapids
Tomah
Mrs. Sherwood
De Gaulle Executes Plot Leader in Petit Clamart Attempt
France carried out the execution of ex Lt. Col. Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry for the Aug. 22 assassination bid on President Charles de Gaulle. Two other plotters, Alain de Bourgrenet de la Tocnay and Jacques Prevost, had their death sentences commuted to life terms.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry
Fort d'Ivry
Alain de Bourgrenet de la Tocnaye
Jacques Prevost
Petit Clamart
Bastien- Thiry
OAS
Council of National Resistance
CNR
Georges Bidault
Henri Lafond
Bonn Denies Bidault Asylum Denial and possible deportation discussed
Chancellor Adenauer refused asylum for Georges Bidault, leader of the CNR opposing De Gaulle, saying only Bavaria can grant asylum and the federal government cannot decide his fate. Officials suggested he could be declared an undesirable alien and deported to Switzerland or Austria if accepted. Bidault, interrogated in Steinebach, remains a fugitive French former premier.
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UPI
Konrad Adeamer
West Germany
Georges Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault
Switzerland
Austria
Steinebach
National Resistance Council
CNR
de Gaulle
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Claims Seven Children and Father
In Butler Pennsylvania a farmer and his seven children perished as a second floor blaze engulfed their dairy farm home near Portersville. Mrs Elizabeth Rosenberger survived after escaping in a nightgown to call for help. the remaining child David 20 survived. Fire officials recovered eight bodies as the cause remains undetermined. The couple had lived on the farm about 21 years with one other son at Penn State University.
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Butler, Pa
UPI
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth J. Rosenberger
Paul
Rosenberger
Portersville
Here
Butler County
Paul Jr
Edward
Nancy
Elaine
William
Cynthia
Scott O. Soisson
Beaver
Samuel Scheide
Mantle
Ellwood City Hospital
Feller’s “easy payments” dubbed overstatement claims
Sherwood Glutz mocks the so called big question debate as a society lie. He argues the real issue is how much down payment is required and dismisses Pollyushians as prattling on the matter.
Legality Questioned Blue Law Beat the Clock in WV
In Charleston West Virginia the House of Delegates used a Beat the Clock tactic to push the Sunday closing blue law bill past midnight facing court challenges from a discount store operator Fred Haddad of Heck s chain in Charleston Huntington and Parkersburg argues the bill was not passed in time while the state retailers association backs the legislation The compromise bill expands goods restrictions and raises penalties while shifting local option status to a county vote only. The Senate approved the compromise 25 7 but the House did not bring it to the floor before midnight.
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Carlo J. Salzano
Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
House
House-Senate
Fred Haddad
Madison
Heck’s
Huntington
Parkersburg
West Virginia Retailers Association
Charles Hopkins
Hopkins
Senate
Dan Cahill
Lloyd Jackson
William Jasper
Paul Kaufman
Clarence Martin
William Sharp
Jack Johnson
Bce
West Virginia Legislature Nears Session Start On Budget Details
Charleston API report notes the 1963 64 general revenue budget of about 150.3 million, up 2.1 million from board recommendations, with 40 surplus funded items eyed by conference leaders including teacher raises and school transport costs.
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Charleston
API
West Virginia
State Board of Public Works
House-Senate
Sen
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Del
Ivor Boiarsky
D- Kanawha
McCourt
Boiarsky
Eleven Fishermen Scalded by Boiling Oil Aboard Vessel
Eleven crewmen were treated for burns at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John’s Newfoundland after a boiler lid blew off aboard the Portuguese fishing vessel Vasco d'Orey. The dragger sped 290 miles to port, arriving Sunday night with six in critical condition and multiple burns among the injured.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
UPI
Vasco d'Orey
St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital
Two More Gls Die In 5 Viet Nam War Toll Rises
UPI reports two more American deaths in South Viet Nam raising the U S military toll to 75. A U S Army warrant officer was killed Sunday when a Red guerrilla bullet struck his Caribou transport. Another plane crash left a pilot and Vietnamese crewman missing until found alive as a Marine helicopter crash during the search killed a crewman. Identification withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
South Viet Nam
U.S
West Virginia University President Joins National 4-H Sponsors Council
President Paul A. Miller of West Virginia University was named to the National 4 H Sponsors Council. He was elected to a three year term on the 22 member council, which includes leaders from banking, food, education and agriculture sectors.
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Morgantown
UPI
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
National 4-H Club Foundation
Miller
West Virginia Legislature Approves Budget and Key Reforms
Charleston report outlines major actions by the West Virginia Legislature including a 153 million dollar budget with tweaks for education and welfare, a permanent 3 percent sales tax, restructured taxes, a measured road bond, and expanded state oversight. It notes raises for teachers, college fee retention changes, stricter Sunday closing laws, repportionment shifts, health plan limits, alcoholism division creation, and broader Mines Department control of oil and gas operations plus higher unemployment benefits.
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Board of Public Works
Mines Department
Linking Arab Armies Weighed in Damascus Plan
Syrian and Iraqi leaders considered a joint Supreme Political Command linking Algeria UAR Yemen Syria and Iraq to coordinate arms planning equipment and training A policy leadership would accompany it Iraq and Syria signaled interest while Yemen and Algeria/UAR responses remained unclear The move follows a coup in Iraq and a coup in Syria with troops hunting opponents as protests erupt near the Turkish Embassy in Damascus
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Damascus
Syria
UPI
Algeria
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Yemen
Iraq
Salah Bitar
Bitar
Khaled al Azm
al Azm
McNamara warns Congress on Cuban crisis invasion risk
Washington reports Defense Secretary McNamara told Congress that an uprising in Cuba with Soviet troop involvement could be deemed an invasion. Moscow says it is privately pursuing talks with China to resolve Sino-Soviet tensions. A Russian army lieutenant colonel is accused of feeding secrets to a U.S. Embassy attaché.
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UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Cuba
Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Kremlin
U. S
Two ex convicts captured after Bakersfield police killing
Two ex convicts Gregory Powell and Jimmy Lee Smith were arrested within 24 hours of the kidnap slaying of Officer Ian Campbell near Bakersfield California. Powell was found in a stolen car near Bakersfield and Smith in a Bakersfield rooming house where he identified himself and confessed to kidnapping.
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Hollywood
Bakersfield
Calif
Here
Ian Campbell
Chatsworth
Karl Hettinger
Gregory Powell
Boulder City
Nev
Jimmy Lee Smith
Los Angeles
Smith
Folsom Prison
Albert Mier
Mier
62 Die on Kanawha County Roads in 1962
State Police Supt W E Burchett reports Kanawha County had 62 highway fatalities in 1962, the most of any county. Berkeley followed with 24, Cabell 19, Mercer and McDowell counties 17 each, with six counties reporting one death and Calhoun Pocahontas noting none.
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UPI
W. E. Burchett
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Berkeley
Cabell
Mercer
McDowell
Burchett
Doddridge
Lewis, Morgan
Pleasants
Roane
Webster
Calhoun
Pocahontas
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