Beckley Firm Lands Macinar Factory in Mabscott
Beckley Development Corp announces Macinar Inc. will open a Mabscott factory, employing 75 within 90 days. The plant, buying National Mine Services facilities, will be leased to Macinar. SBA loan of 180000 plus 20000 from local banks funds the deal. Payroll around 215000 yearly. total local economic impact about 360000. Senator Randolph praised the effort and the group’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Business Development Corp
Beckley
Hulett C. Smith
Macinary, Inc
Maryland
Mabscott
Macinar
Smith
BBDC
Small Business Administration
Washington
Bank of Raleigh
Raleigh County Bank
National Mine Services
Mabscott and i
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Sen
Jennings Randolph
Federal Small Business Administration
Randolph
Committee On Small Business
U. S
Street Scene Teenager Pins Ticket Under Wiper
A teenager steps from a new car by the City Police station and slips a parking ticket under the windshield wiper without feeding the meter. The brief street scene notes the badge-studded hat and vigilant glances as the youth exits.
Area Aid Bill Passage Seen By JOSEPH D. HUTMAN
The Senate prepared to pass a $394 million areas aid bill in five years, aimed at regions with long unemployment. Debates centered on financing and control. the measure shifts funding to Treasury borrowing and a four year program, with final votes pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Hutman
Washington
API
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Senate Appropriations Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Douglas
Treasury
U S Plans Congo Airlift Amid Protests
UPI reports the United States proceeds with plans to fly Indian Gurkhas into the Congo as protests rise from Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu. Kasavubu denounces the UN force and questions the legality of sending foreign troops, calling for ICJ advice after the Madagascar talks.
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Leopoldville
Congo
UPI
U.S
India
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations Security Council
Sol- Saar Re Oy
Kasavubu
Federation of Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Madagascar
Hammarskjold
International Court of Justice
U.N. Security Council
West Virginia Weather Update With Cloudiness and Showers
West Virginia faces considerable cloudiness with a chance of scattered showers this afternoon. Tonight brings colder readings in the northern part, with lows around 28 to 32 north and 32 to 36 south. Thursday appears cloudy and somewhat cold, while weekend rain will average over half an inch in showers and thunderstorms. Beckley high yesterday 49, low 34. Oak Hill 53/29. river conditions show Greenbrier clearing, Lake muddy, gauge 3.5 ft. US surface weather notes report Alaska frost and Texas heat in separate remarks.
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Beckley
Cot
Sheeseeneaes
Oak Hill
State To Begin Tax On April 1
East Virginia Tax Commissioner C Howard Hardesty Jr says employers will start withholding the state income tax April 1 at 8 percent of federal taxes paid. The rate, retroactive to year start, aims to catch up and ease taxpayers. Sanders named acting director of the new income tax division. Battle and Lantz join as assistant commissioner and special assistant. Instructions for withholding will be mailed to 60 000 employers this week.
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Charleston
UPI
East Virginia
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Hardesty
Philip Sanders
Warrenton
The
Tax Department
Sanders
Internal Revenue Service
G. T. Battle
Clifford Lantz
Fairmont
West Virginia Briefs Chronicle Local Events
Princeton man Clarence Fulcher was killed when a car plunged down a 150 foot embankment Tuesday night. Two other occupants escaped injury. Charleston reports a survey showing West Virginia teaching increasingly female dominated with 11,887 women to 3,452 men. Bluefield and Beckley area coal output fell to 300,446 tons from 432,846. Williamson field down to 188,350 tons. Deposits in WV banks rose one third to $1.1 billion in 10 years ending 1960, with state leading regional bank growth. Ripley sets March 31 bids for a new sewage system using a pond disposal method. Huntington reports low bid of 89,102 for Cincinnati air defense facilities. cost estimate adjusted from 76,795.
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Princeton
UPI
Clarence Fulcher
Princeton Rt. 3
Charleston
State Education Association
West Virginia
Bluefield
Beckley, Bluefield
Welch
Williamson
Richmond, Va
5Th
Federal Reserve District
Ripley
Gay Duke
Huntington
Wilson Construction Co
Cincinnati
U. S
Truman says great presidents followed by lesser men
Former President Truman told an AFL410 gathering last week that history shows great presidents are followed by men of lesser ability. He added that since he followed a great president, he can make that statement. An earlier UPI story misquoted him as saying he was one of the great presidents.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
United Press International
Kennedy urges accord on school aid amid religious tensions
President Kennedy hopes for harmony as Congress considers his plan for federal aid to public secondary schools. He supports study of loans to non-public schools and defends free speech rights while warning against religious prejudice fueling national division. He also outlined aims on work week, unemployment, disarmament talks, prioritizing small business in defense contracts and an Israel credit program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Administration
United States
$12 Million Suit Against Five Power Firms Filed
The U S government filed a $12 million damage suit in U S District Court in Philadelphia against five heavy electrical equipment manufacturers for price fixing and bid rigging. Joining the action are several government agencies and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Named are General Electric Westinghouse Allis Chalmers I T E Circuit Breaker and the Federal Pacific Electric Co. The suit covers $25 million in circuit breaker purchases from 1951 to 1960 and is the first in a series of actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
U. S. District Court
Justice Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
iGeneral Electric
Westinghouse
Allis Chalmers
I-T-E Circuit Breaker
Federal Pacific Electric Co
Seven Children Die In Rural Fire Near Excelsior Springs
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Mo UP I reports seven Floyd children ages 2 to 11 died in a rural home fire while parents Raymond and Mrs Floyd were away at a laundromat. The house near Wibbard Mo burned. cause not yet determined.
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Excelsior Springs
UPI
Raymond Floyd
Glenn Douglas Floyd
Mona Lou
Roxy Ann
Wiley
Kathy
Sheila
Arnold Eugene
Wibbard
Q and A on West Virginia state tax rules
United Press International reports clarify WV income tax details. The tax is effective from January 1, 1961, at about six percent of federal tax payments. Returns are due between January 1 and April 15, 1962, filed with the State Tax Department using form No. 102, with wages withholding by employers starting April 1. Self employed file an estimated 1961 tax by June 15 and remit first two quarters. About 600,000 WV earners must file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
State Tax Department
West Virginia
Tax Department
Springs in the Air on Sassafras Tea Time
Sherwood Glutz jokes about swapping his old jalopy due to a noisy, failing car. He notes the horn is the only quiet part, describing a comical swap plan and the laughs from the predicament.
Kilsyth Driver Charged Over Boy's Road Death
In Kilsyth Charles Dew ey Daniels 20 is charged with negligent homicide after 7 year old Douglas Underwood was struck on State Route 19 20 near U S Highway 21. The boy died at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Daniels on leave from the Army planned to waive preliminary hearing and post 1000 bond at Oak Hill. Douglas is son of Mr and Mrs Okey Underwood.
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Kilsyth
RNS
Charles Dewey Daniels
Douglas Underwood
C. D. Berkley
Oak Hill
Daniels
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Berkley
Dan
Iels
Myrl O'Dell
Douglas
Okey Underwood
Robert Daniels
Quotes From News Docket United Press International
Former Vice President Nixon explains aid to unemployed postal worker who bet on him. Brendan Behan barred from St Patrick's Parade after invitation from priest. Hale Boggs and John Byrnes quote Kennedy highway tax plan pay before you go. George Lincoln Rockwell asserts Nazi party gains public support despite being unaware by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Brendan Behan
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Hale Boggs
D-La
John F. Byrnes
R-Wis
Kennedy
Missionary Family Stays Put in Congo Post
An American missionary family, Mr and Mrs Vern Terpstra and their three children, will remain at their post in Maniema in the Kivu region despite rapes and beatings of other missionaries by Congolese soldiers. A Malayan patrol, sent to locate an American woman missionary, found the Terpstras at Kakumbu and reported Congolese troops had moved away. The patrol met friendly natives, and authorities attributed unrest to pro-Lumumba factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
Kama
Terpstra
Kakumbu
Barron Drops Slander Suit Against Neely
Gov. W. W. Barron announces dismissal of his $400,000 slander case against Harold E. Neely, citing Neelys recent illness after a mild heart attack. Barron said he bears no ill will and sought dismissal in Kanawha County Circuit Court following Neelys letter requesting postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Harold E. Neely
Neely
Barron
Newsmen
Orel Skeen
Skeen
Hin‘ton
Sam Lepinsky
Kanawha County
Two New County Road Supervisors Named
CHARLESTON (UPI) Two more county road supervisors have been named by Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers. They are Porter Snodgrass of Racine in Boone County and W D Wickline of Lindside in Monroe County.
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Charleston
UPI
Burl Sawyers
Porter Snodgrass
Racine
Boone County
W.d.wickline
Lindside
Monroe County
Panhandle Slot Raid Nets 11 Arrests 25 Machines Seized
State police undercover team operated in Brooke County leading to a mass raid Tuesday night in which 11 individuals were taken into custody and 25 slot machines confiscated. About 30 troopers, mostly from the Northern Panhandle, joined the operation targeting gambling influx from Ohio and Pennsylvania. All 11 pleaded guilty to possessing and exhibiting slot machines and paid fines of 100 dollars plus costs.
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Wellsburg
UPI
Brooke County
D. E. Carson
Company A
Shinnston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Follawsbee- Wellsburg
Beech Bottom
Carson
Panhandle
Morgantown to New York Coal Pipeline Slated
Consol idation Coal Co Vice President James Hyslop announced study of a Morgantown West Virginia to New York City coal pipeline. No construction date set. George H Love said eastern utilities and Texas Eastern Transmission Corp aided planning after Ohio pipeline success.
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ST. Clairsville, Ohio
UPT
Consolidation Coal Co
Hia
Morgantown
W.va
New York City
James Hyslop
St. Clairsville
Consolidation
Hanna Coal Co
Fairmont
Monongalia
George H. Love
Love
Eastern Utilities
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Ohio
Castro saboteurs hit Havana stores in anti Castro wave
Foes of Fidel Castro set fire to two government seized Woolworth 10 cent stores and bombed two other nationalized retail centers in Havana in the largest anti Castro sabotage since New Year’s Day. Mrs Eunice Kennedy Shriver is recovering from an appendectomy in Boston. Murrow named to US Information Agency. Kennedy program to aid Latin America praised by lawmakers. UN spokesman says Korea alert part of global readiness. no tension at truce line. A Rochester boy admits he killed his mother. a Lincoln Montana teen admits killing parents and sister. Kennedy proposes new Russia nuclear test ban talks. Gold berg expands unemployment tour. Alford votes against Eisenhower four star rank. Mrs Kennedy’s Easter outfits discussed. Cassini notes White House fittings. RFK Jr. under observation in George Washington University hospital.
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Fidel Castro
Havana
Eunice Shriver
Kennedy
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Boston
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Latin America
GOP
John S. Cooper
Kentucky
Congress
United States
U. N
South Korea
Rochester
N.Y
Lydia Ruscitti
Lincoln
Mont
Vernon Millican
Russia
Arthur Goldberg
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Dale Alford
D-Ark
Little Rock
House
D. Eisenhower
Jacqueline Kennedy
Oleg Cassini
White House
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
George
Sympathetic Briton helps WV relief via soldier’s tip
Gordon G Morris of Birmingham sent Gov. Barron a bill to buy a meal for an unfortunate person. Morris said he received the dollar as a WWII tip from an American soldier and, moved by West Virginia’s depressed areas, wants to part with his souvenir.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Gordon G. Morris
Birmiham
W. W. Barron
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Macinar Inc
Dwight D.eisenhower
W. Va
Accord
Armed Services
Israel
Sherwood Glutz
Boy
U.S. Pat
Arlington
George Lincoln Rockwell
Liz
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