New Concord May Host Glenn Space Flight Monument
Washington columnist Dick West notes locals in New Concord Ohio back Lt. Col John Glenn’s space flight memorial. He jokes an abandoned Theodore Roosevelt design could be repurposed as a globular jungle gym to symbolize space conquest and urges public funding, with a light mock plan to acquire blueprints cheaply.
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WVU second semester enrollment reaches 6999 students
Morgantown WVU Registrar J Everett Long announced 6999 students enrolled for the second semester, up 700 from last year. He called the figure the second highest second semester total in WVU history.
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Weather outlook with clouds snow flurries and cooling trend
Mostly cloudy and rather cold with light snow flurries today tonight and Thursday. Highs 35 to 42 degrees, lows around 25, with temperatures about 5 degrees below normal. Slow warming expected, weekend precipitation may total 0.5 to 0.75 inch. River levels Greenbrier and Lake rising to muddy, New gauge 6.7 ft at Hinton.
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Jacqueline the Baby Elephant Meets Mrs Kennedy in Delhi
Jacqueline Kennedy spent five minutes in Nehru's garden snuggling with Urvashi the 11 month old baby elephant. She placed a garland on the elephant trunk and fed it sugar cane bananas and milk from a quart bottle as part of her third day in India.
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Beckley Residents Get A Back Pat For Courtesy
Mayor reads visitor William F Blackburn tribute at Beckley council noting drivers halted for funeral procession without orders and did not honk horns. Blackburn praised the city for courteous atmosphere during his stay, calling it a credit to residents and city administration.
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Four Die From Gas Fumes In Milton Apartment
A Milton woman Phyllis Settle 25 and her two children Diana 6 and infant John 8 months plus Samuel Earl Lane 23 were found dead in a Milton apartment likely from asphyxiation. Fumes from a kitchen stove and gas heater seeped into an adjacent unit as neighbor Homer Cardwell was sickened. No foul play suspected. husband stationed in Alaska. The injuries occurred late Saturday or early Sunday. bodies taken to Heck's Funeral Home.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Attends Indian Fashion Show In Delhi
In New Delhi Jacqueline Kennedy tours a fashion show admiring handloomed silk saris and presents a mobile art carnival to Indira Gandhi and Indian children. The unit, being assembled in New York, will travel India with a 40-child work area and five instructors, featuring motivation and participation sections to foster creative arts. Her remarks mark a formal speech in India, noting the project is a gift from the International Council of MoMA and the Asia Society to stimulate future artists.
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Strikebound Ultramarine Plant Opens for Applicants
Huntington UPI Standard Ultramarine & Color Co. began accepting job applications today as striking Local 3180 Chemical Workers union members, who have been on strike since November 10, rejected a company contract with a 15 cent per hour raise over 20 months. President Henry Dourif said full scale production would resume soon and that a 5 cent per hour raise would start next November 10.
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Lent Prayer Invitation From A Prominent American
On weekdays of Lent a noted American invites readers to recite St. Francis of Assisi's Prayer for peace and charity. The prayer asks for sowing love, pardoning injuries, faith, hope, and light, echoing the refrain that giving and understanding bring eternal life.
Army Backs FMC Contracts for Armored Carriers
The House probing committee heard that the Army awarded FMC two contracts totaling 64.4 million for M113 armored personnel carriers, with production split between FMC’s South Charleston plant and its San Jose facility. The hearing scrutinized sole source purchasing and potential inside information while noting FMC underbid rivals by about 23 million.
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Rebels Warn Peace Parley May Collapse
Algerian rebel leaders warned that cease-fire talks with France may fail if Paris insists on keeping 400,000 French troops in Algeria during any transition. With talks deadlocked, a cease-fire signing before Thursday seemed unlikely. France fears rebel forces could not govern themselves, while Algerian officials call terms surrender. French forces kept in barracks as OAS clashes loomed. Mediterranean fleet sailors watched off the coast.
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Nixon says it really blew my stack in Life article
United Press International reports former Vice President Richard M Nixon reacting to Republican calls to quit the 1952 race over a campaign fund. In Indianapolis Mrs Renate Beck reports crockery hurled at walls and floors this week. Window washer Warren Rogers narrowly escaped two falls due to a faulty safety belt and says he is going home.
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Kennedy to Seek Massachusetts Senate Seat
Ted Kennedy announces candidacy for the U S Senate in Massachusetts challenging Edward J McCormack Jr for the Democratic nomination. The 30 year old faces criticism over the Kennedy dynasty while asserting his qualifications and intent to be an effective senator for Massachusetts. He notes his brothers will not campaign due to duties.
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Ted) Kennedy
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Harry Anderson Hired By County Park Board
Former Raleigh County Clerk Harry Anderson serves as an overseer for the Raleigh County Park Board projects under Aid to Dependent Children. His month to month term runs until park work finishes around June 30, with salary to be paid by the park board but no set amount announced.
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Conference Opens in Geneva Under Pessimism
The 17 nation general disarmament conference opens in Geneva amid pessimism after the Big Three failed to break the East West deadlock on nuclear testing and arms control. Omar Loutfi welcomed delegates from NATO, Communist, and neutral nations. France abstained. Rusk and Gromyko trade arguments on a test ban as the first full session is set for Thursday.
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Castro attacks Cuban censors over God references
In Havana Premier Fidel Castro blasted government censors for deleting lines about God from a slain leftist's political testament read at a mass meeting. He denounced the move as anti Marxist and urged reconsideration of the Rebel Youth Association name.
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Cut Insurance Rates City Levy Vote Slated April 10
Beckley residents head to an April 10 special election to extend a three year excess levy without tax rate increase. The levy would fund recreation program expansion 50 percent and a new city garage 30 percent plus fire department ladder truck 20 percent. The measure aims to raise about 56000 annually while enabling higher fire insurance classification and city improvements.
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Cecil L. Miller
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New River Park
Steel Talks Resume Amid Kennedy Urge
Steel contract talks resume in Pittsburgh under renewed government pressure to settle quickly. Earlier, McDonald and Cooper reported no progress after a March 1 setback, with a May 1 resumption unlikely. Kennedy urged renewed talks to avoid stockpiling and broader economic harm.
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Coastline altered by Atlantic storms, official says
Captain Lawrence Swanson, assistant director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, said storms last week caused more coastline changes in 34 years. He noted inlets were washed out and new ones formed as a reconnaissance plane began a photographic survey from Boston to the Carolinas.
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UPI
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Pollution concerns in Guyandotte River Basin prompt appeals
J Paul England, chairman of the West Virginia Legislative Committee on the Guyandotte River Basin, urges coal firms to halt polluting discharges into the Guyandotte and its tributaries. He notes recent improvements followed by spring pollution, cites a lack of permits for coal washes, and calls for patience while stressing coal is essential to the county’s economy.
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