Ward Seeks Showdown Over Valley Drive Delays
Ward a county court member and Oakwood car dealer plans to lead a protest to the State Road Commission in Charleston next week with Paul Hutchinson and other residents. He notes five years of delays, business closures, and revised surveys, urging a firm decision and simultaneous work on related bridges to end the prolonged disruption.
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John C. Ward
South Oakwood Avenue
State Road Commission
Valley Drive
Depot Lunch
Beckley
Ike and Macmillan Open Weekend Conference
In Westford Massachusetts an antenna linked Venus with Earth, sending a radar signal 28 million miles and returning the echo in five minutes. The MIT Lincoln Laboratory team called the breakthrough a major step in space navigation amid Eisenhower and Macmillan’s talks at Camp David on Germany policy and Berlin crisis. The two leaders, with aides, planned to align Allied positions and discuss possible summit options with Khrushchev, while Dulles battles cancer.
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Westford
Mass
Venus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lincoln Laboratory
MIT
Air Force
Moon
Eisenhower
Space
Washington
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Germany
Camp David
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
White House
James Hagerty
Walter Reed
Berlin
Catoctin Mountains
Elisenhower
Macmillan
Christian Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S.S
R. Macmillan
Ottawa
Konrad Adenauer
Charlres de Gaulle
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
de Gaulle
Governor Signs Four More Acts
Governor Underwood signed four acts including a 30 day prior blood test for marriage licenses and choice of governing law for out of state civil suits. The measures also require notice of treasury deposits to the commissioner of finance and administration and authorize using unneeded funds from retired school bonds for general school purposes.
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Charleston
Underwood
Woman Charged in Shooting Case
Beckley police charged Margaret Scott with felonious assault in a pistol shooting at 118 Westmoreland Street during a drinking party. Thornton Lawson, shot in the abdomen and right leg, was found on South Fayette Street and treated at Beckley VA Hospital. Lawson did not press the charge. Scott awaits a April 15 magistrate hearing on the offense.
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Beckley
Thornton Lawson
Margaret Scott
Cotton White
Westmoreland St
Lawson
South Fayette Street
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Westmoreland Street
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Scott
Beckleyan In Georgia With Ailing Father
Mrs Green Horton of 614 1 2 South Kanawha Street reports her father Carlos E Combs is improving in Archibald Hospital Thomasville after a heart attack. He was stricken about ten miles south of Thomasville while returning from a Florida trip with his wife and friends. Horton will stay in Thomasville until he can return to Charles Town Indiana.
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Green Horton
South
Kanawha St
Thomasville
Carlos E. Combs Combs
Archibald Hospital
Florida
Combs
Horton
Charlestown
Ind
Economist Urges Cut In Tariffs Across a Decade
Washington AP Harvard economist Sumner Slichter urged cutting all tariffs and abolishing import quotas over ten years. He testified first for the Senate House Economic Committee, arguing tariff reductions and quota removal would strengthen the economy and speed growth with price stability. He warned that open competition would curb wage growth faster than productivity and help restrain price increases.
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Washington
Sumner H. Slichter
Harvard Univrsity
U.S
Slichter
Senate House Economic Committee
West Virginia Weather Update With Clouds and Rain
West Virginia forecast cloudy and mild with occasional rain tonight low 40s to mid 40s, mountains 36 to 40. Saturday mostly cloudy and windy with showers and scattered thunderstorms then cooler at night. Beckley and Oak Hill reports show mild to warm day, temperatures in the upper 30s to upper 60s across readings. rivers and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stages.
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Beckley
Cgere
Oak Hill
RE Ee
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
High Altitude Nuclear Explosions Yielded Strategic Data
Washington reports that Ameri ca's three high altitude nuclear blasts last summer produced valuable information for military and science. Officials say the tests aided antimissile development, radar refinement, and may affect early warning systems by creating an electromagnetic veil around the world. Details remain guarded.
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Washington
America
Donald Quarles
South Atlantic
U.S
Pentagon
Nuclear Test Danger Highlighted By Gore Remarks
Senator Albert Gore cites Argus Project Pacific tests where bombs exploded 300 miles high. He says exposure could cause total blindness for many miles, noting rabbits on exposed ships were blinded by retinal burns. Gore spoke at a Rotary Club meeting in New York.
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New York
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Pacific
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Rotary Club
One Stage Rocket Planned To Take Man To Moon
Pasadena California AP space scientist says a seven stage rocket named Nova to reach the moon within four years is in planning. Dr Abe Silverstein NASA space flight development chief described the first three stages at the conference as 260 feet tall with no details on the final four stages.
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Pasadena
Calif
Abe Silverstein
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Silverstein
U S Engineers Call Bids On Two Local Projects
In Huntington AP dispatch Col H J Skidmore announced bids invited for a Fishing Creek flood protection project in Wetzel County limited to small firms and for Sutton Reservoir foundation work on Elk River requiring drilling six holes and grouting with about 15 000 cement bags.
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Huntington
Fishing Creek
Wetzel County
Sutton Reservoir
H. J. Skidmore
Jacksonburg
Sutton
Elk River
Woman Faces Surgery for Broken Hip at Raleigh General
Mrs. K. M. Jarrell of McLean Ad dition is scheduled for surgery after a broken hip at Raleigh General Hospital. Ad mitted Thursday she is reported in satisfactory condition today.
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K. M. Jarrell
McLean Addition
Raleigh General Hospital
Athens Triumphs 63 51 Over Ansted in State Tourney
Athens defeated defending small school champion Ansted 63 51 in the State Class A High School Basketball Tournament advancing to face Fairview in the championship. Frank Alvis scored 32 points on 11 of 14 from the floor and 10 of 11 free throws, while Warren Young added 17 points and 23 rebounds.
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Huntington AP
Athens
Frank Alvis
Warren Young
Ansted
Fairview
Piedmont
Alvis
Young
Bob Fox
Mason
Lerry Miller
Jerry Moore
Moore
Tex
San Antonio Texas
Williamson Liberty
John Marra
Highlanders
Fielding Yost
Conway
Three Girls Rob Author's Wife Near Shoreham Hotel
Mrs. Edgar Ansel Mowrer, 67 and also a writer, was attacked on a bridle path behind the Shoreham Hotel by three teenage girls who robbed her of a $17 purse. She suffered a broken nose and a sprained wrist but was treated at a hospital and released. Mowrer won the 1932 Pulitzer for foreign reporting and is a Chicago Daily News correspondent.
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Washington
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Lower Coal Rates Planned By L and N
Louisville and Nashville plans to cut coal freight rates from eastern Kentucky western Kentucky eastern Tennessee near Knoxville southern Tennessee near Chattanooga southwest Virginia and Alabama to Tampa and Sutton Florida. The rate would drop from 4.66 to 3.80 per ton and take effect if approved by other railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission, likely in early May.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Wichioen
Florida
Interstate Commerce Commission
Leonard Goering
Kentucky
Tennessee
Knoxville
Harriman
Chattanooga
Virginia
Alabama
Tampa
Sutton
Fla
Winter Exits Amid Snow and Showers Across Regions
Winter nears its official end as snow, winds, and cold from the Rockies sweep into the northern Midwest. Spring arrives at 3:55 a.m. EST Saturday while eastern areas see mild conditions with showers. Floods force evacuations. rains disrupt baseball exhibitions and other events. heavy snowfall reported in Wyoming and Colorado with warnings across Nebraska to Minnesota.
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Rockies
Midwest
Florida
Sunshine State
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Illinois
Kansas
Lander
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Kentucky Court Weighs Strike Injunction Plea
Pikeville Kentucky AP three coal mine operators asked Pike Circuit Court for an injunction against the United Mine Workers of America. Judge James B Stephenson said a decision would come next week. Operators said the UMW was trying to intimidate miners willing to work without a contract.
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Pikeville, Ky
United Mine Workers of America
Pike County Coal Operators Assn
Pike Circuit Court
UMW
James B Stephenson
Escapees Nabbed In Mountains Near Clay County
Two prisoners who escaped Clay County jail were captured near Widen by state police. Burley Samples, 38, and Nelson Ray Smith, 19, both of Precious, gave no resistance and said they had lived in the mountains since the escape. They pried a window bar loose with a slat to flee. Smith faced parole violation charges. Samples is indicted for breaking and entering schools in three counties.
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Clay, W. Va
Clay County
Widen Burley
Nelson Ray Smith
Precious
W. C. Williams
Smith
Samples
Clay
Braxton
Roane
Man Fatally Slashed Brother-In-Law Held
Charleston AP Ralph E Harris 23 died after his leg artery was cut in a fight with Ira Martin Jr 27 his brother in law who was charged with murder State Police Cpl S P Vandevender reported the quarrel began over how Martin spoke to Harris sister the man borrowed a knife earlier and used it in the fatal wound
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Charleston
Ralph E. Harris
Ira Martin Jr
Cpl
S. P. Vandevender
West Dunbar
Martin
Harris
Electrified Air Cures Allergies Reported by Doctor
SAN FRANCISCO AP A medical researcher reported that breathing electrified air may help some people with allergic respiratory trouble and could benefit others. Dr S D Klotz of Orlando Fla presented preliminary experiments before the American College of Allergists noting an unknown factor causing reactions in allergic patients even under controlled temperature humidity and pressure conditions.
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San Francisco
American College of Allergists
S. D. Klotz
Orlando
Fla
Congress Divides Budget Fight With Airport Aid and IMF Plan
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower faces budget turbulence as Congress reshapes the 1960 budget. The House approves 297 million dollars for a four year airport aid program, far above Ike’s recommendation by 97 million. The Senate adds 1.375 billion dollars in IMF subscriptions, shifting costs away from this year’s unbalanced budget. The chamber also debates a housing bill and potential 389 million redevelopment aid, both exceeding Eisenhower’s estimates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
United States
International Monetary Fund
Congress
Bus Auto Crash in Florida Kills four in rainstorm
A Greyhound bus traveling north in a rainstorm collided with a car near St. Augustine Florida killing four occupants of the car. Eight bus passengers were hospitalized. Identified dead were Sanford Bodrow Newark New Jersey Ernest Davies 22 Atlanta Norman Lichter 30 Newark and Barry Jacobson 18 Newark.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Greyhound
Sanford D. Bodrow
Newark
N.J
Ernest W. Davies
Atlanta
Norman Lichter
Barry Jacobson
Highway Patrol
Randall
Jacobson
Trujillo Agent Fined $500 in Registration Case
Washington attorney and former FBI agent John Joseph Frank was fined 500 for acting as an agent for Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo and the Dominican Republic without U.S. registration. One count was suspended. The case related to the disappearances of Columbia University lecturer Jesus Maria Galindez and American pilot Gerald L. Murphy.
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Washington
John Joseph Frank
FBI
Generalissimo
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Luther W Youngdahl
Frank
Jesus Maria de Galindez
Columbia University
Gerald L. Murphy
Galindez
Trujillo
Columbia
Murphy
Ciudad Trujillo
Moonshine Possession Lands Two Men In Jail
Beckley police lodged Donald Marshall and Fred Hodges in Raleigh County Jail at 11:20 am today on charges of drunkenness and possession of moonshine whisky. Lester Gore of Beckley is held awaiting arraignment on assault and battery and destruction of property. jailed at 1:30 pm Thursday by a deputy sheriff after allegedly beating Alex Johnson on F Street and breaking windows and Johnson's furniture.
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Beckley
Donald Marshall
Fred Hodges
Raleigh
Lester Gore
Gore
Alex Johnson
F Street
Johnson
Street Scene Signals Spring Busy Watch Traders at Courthouse
A springtime mood fills Main Street as a large contingent of watch traders gathers at the courthouse entry. The crowd marks a seasonal surge in activity with vendors and passersby common in the scene. No incidents reported.
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Robins
Court House
Rock N Roll Enemy Buys Radio Silence
In Ripley Tennessee AP James W Porter bought 15 minutes of radio time on Station WTRB and used almost the entire block for silence. He opened with a mock pledge and then spoke of a National Can the Racket League while promising listeners an instant silence and reassurance their radios were fine. Thirteen minutes were silent save for two brief interruptions.
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Ripley, Tenn
James W. Porter
WTRB
Porter
Revellers Stage Brawl On Train In Chelsea
In London a drunken brawl broke out on a subway train Thursday night near Chelsea. Nearly 200 revelers including debutantes models guards officers and students fought with bottles glasses and tickets for a 13 mile 50 minute trip. Passengers fled and police ejected a dozen at each station while some troublemakers rejoined other cars.
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London
Chelsea
Treasury Seeks Long Term Loans
The Treasury plans a 10 year bond offering 4 percent interest to raise 300 million dollars next week and a 4 year note of 4 percent maturing in 41/2 years to borrow 1 billion. The moves aim to ease mounting debt by extending maturities beyond three years and shifting half of the financing to loans longer than four years.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Department
Underwood Reappoints Racing Board Member
Gov. Underwood reappoints Malcolm J. Lowe of Parkersburg to a four year term on the West Virginia Racing Commission ending March 20, 1963. Lowe serves as chairman of the three member panel which elects its officers annually.
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Underwood
Charleston
Malcolm J. Lowe
Parkersburg
West Virginia Racing Commission
Lowe
Kidnapper Payne Surrenders After Two-Week Plan
Richard Arien Payne, 23, admitted planning the kidnapping of Elma Baldwin and her four children for about two weeks to force the release of prisoner Burton Junior Post. He claimed the motive was hatred for Post and said he would kill Post if returned to prison. The Baldwins, unharmed, helped subdue Payne with a hammer blow, after which police transported him to Kanawha County Jail.
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Charleston
W.va
Elma Baldwin
Sallow
Richard Arien Payne
Kanawha County
Payne
Logan
Here
South Charleston
Burton Junior Post
Post Payne
Baldwins
Post
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Baldwin
Mrs. Baldwin
Four Schoolboys Rob Post Office of 129 Dollars
Four boys aged 12 to 15 robbed Wynne Arkansas post office during the lunch hour taking 129 dollars. Dep Sheriff Ivy Ringgold said the youths entered the closed lobby, broke the tellers window, and were later taken into custody at the school before being released to their parents.
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Dep
Ivy Ringgold
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