Court Debates Bible Reading in Public Schools
Supreme Court likely to rule against religious coercion in public school practices. Murray and Schempp cases challenge daily Bible readings and Lord's Prayer as unconstitutional, arguing Establishment Clause and preference for Christianity. Critics ask if readings from other faiths would be treated the same.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Murray
Madalyn E. Murray
Baltimore
Schempp
Pennsylvania
Schempps
Congress
Supreme Court
Merits of Monorail Prompts Private Proposals in Bay Area
Three firms plan to submit proposals to San Francisco and San Mateo counties for a 30 mile elevated monorail linking San Francisco to Palo Alto at 85 mph. The plan seeks to complement Bay Area rapid transit amid urban transit debates and echoes earlier trials in Dallas Cologne and Japan.
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San Francisco
San Mateo
Palo Alto
San Francisco Bay Area
Wuppertal
Germany
Dallas
Tex
Cologne
Japan
Disneyland
Seattle
U. S
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Miami
Orlando
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
Downtown
Will Legislation Care Railroads Ills in Congress
Washington report on transportation policy crises as President Kennedy urges new bills. Court rulings threaten labor rules and a looming national mediation case may trigger a rail strike by June. Union talks, merger deferrals, and mass transit aid shape a tense, change resistant industry.
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Washington
U.S
Kennedy
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Presidential Commission
Chicago
National Mediation Board
Senate Antitrust and
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
James N. Sites
American Association of Railroads
Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
Britain
Italy
Beckley News Pricing and Delivery Details
Beckley Newspapers Corporation outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including annual and semiannual options, carrier delivery, and tax notes. The notice lists contact details, editorial leadership, and affirms carrier contractors operate independently.
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West Virginia
Heckley Newspapers Corporation
Union Members Urged To Seek Refunds On Misused Dues
Union shop dues paid by non operating Southern Railway employees may be refunded. Judge Long invites about 12,000 workers across multiple lines to seek refunds for dues used for political purposes, citing the 1961 Supreme Court ruling in Looper v. Southern. The case followed a Bibb County, Georgia start in 1958, with the high court ruling 7 to 2 in Looper.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
UPI
Southern Railway
Southern
Nancy M. Looper
Supreme Court
Looper
Bibb County Superior Court
Macon
O.L. Long
Bibb Superior Court
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co
New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Co
Carolina and Northwestern Railway Co
New Orleans
Harriman and Northeastern Railroad Co
St. John River
Miss Looper
United Press International
Afl-Cio
Felix Frankfurter
John M. Harlan
Hugo Black
Blaming Others For Troubles Seems Common But Unfair
A columnist laments people blaming others for floods, road woes, and pollution while noting acts of God, weather, and policy. He cites a Wyoming County coal dust incident and reflects on accountability, public notices, and fair critique amid winter damage and policy debates.
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Sprague Way
Wyoming County
Paul England
House of Delegates
Mullens
Guyan River
Post Mortems On 56th WV Legislature Highlight Tax Reform
West Virginia leaders call the session a milestone for the election code and the Uniform Commercial Code while urging tax system overhaul. Senate President Carson and Minority Leader Carrigan back some budgetary changes and warns against pork barrel trends. House leaders Seibert and Singleton praise teacher pay rise and the road bond, but debate reapportionment legality and constitutional limits.
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Jerry Beigel
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
Howard Carson
D-Fayette
John Carrigan
R-Marshall
Carrigan
Board of Public Works
Carson
House
George Seibert
Ohio
Julius Singleton
Monongalia
Khrushchev’s Tightening Soviet Line Stirs China Tension
Premier Khrushchev faces mounting pressure from Red China as he appears to tighten Moscow’s stance across ideology and arts. Observers see a move to prove a tougher Communist image while signaling possible shifts toward truce or showdown with Beijing.
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K. C. Thaler
London
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Red China
Kremlin
Peking
Khrushchev
Stalin
Central Blue Eaglets win another state junior high title
Ross Irle's Central Blue Eaglets clinched a state junior high school championship with wins over Pratt Clendenin Thomas Jefferson of Charleston and Fairmont. Squad includes Joe Rodriguez Adamos Jimmy Bakalis Carl Cook Sam Rahall Nickie Bakalis served as mascot for Washington.
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Pratt
Clendenin
Thomas Jefferson
Charleston
Fairmont
Ross Irle
Central Blue Eaglets
Joe Rodriguez
Is Adarmos
Jimmy Bakalis
Carl Cook
Sam Rahall
Nickie Bakalis
Disarmament Shift Amid Khrushchev Speech and Local Social News
In Moscow Khrushchev praises Stalin as a deeply sick but not unfit leader while urging firm party unity against ideological wavering. Back home, Mrs J D ONeal hosts friends for Miss Pearl Humphrey and Miss Bertie McCoys music. J W Douglass and Lochie Fink wed at MFE South parsonage with friends wishing them a peaceful life.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Stalin
Peking
J. D. O'Neal
Mt. Hope
Miss Pearl Humphrey
Surveyor
Bertie McCoy
M. FE. South Parsonage
J. W Douglass
Eccles
Lochie Fink
Mabscott
C. H. Fink
Beckley
Rockefeller bets on Kennedy frame for 1964 race
Nelson Rockefeller sees the best case for changing presidents in 1964 as built by John F. Kennedy. He argues Kennedy remains popular amid criticism, while Rockefeller presents a calmer, more even tempered style and challenges Kennedy on civil rights timing and Southern judicial appointments.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Jfk
Kennedy
NAACP
Albany
Senate
Deep South
White House
South
Gov
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Naleigh & Register
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Prince St
W. Va
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Charlotte
Greenville
Greenbrier River
State Road Commission
Road Commission
Barron
Jack Wood
Jack
England
Paul
Water Resources Division
Natural Resources Department
West
Singleton
Seibert
U. S. Supreme Court
The
Raleigh Register
Jack Lowe
Beckley Collegians
Black Knight Country Club
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Geneva
Russia
Cuba
India
Abraham Lincoln
Jesus Christ
Alfred N. Sayres
Lancaster
Lancaster Theological Seminary
Potomac
Robert G. Spivack
Gov. Rockefeller
Lower East Side
Cowley Island
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