Kennedy Seeks Fresh Approach to Five Year Foreign Aid
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve a five year foreign aid plan emphasizing self help, with a new State Department agency to combine ICA DLF Food for Peace and Peace Corps, plus long term borrowing authority up to 7.3 billion. The first year would keep 4 billion, shifting 200 million from military to economic aid and boosting ordinary plus borrowing funded assistance.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Mili
Fiserhower
State Department
Interna
Tional Cooperation Administration
ICA
Development Loan Fund
DLF
Food For Peace Program
Export-Imports Bank
New Peace Corps
The
Treasury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy orders Laos aid expansion in push for SEATO action
President Kennedy orders a new rise in U S military aid to Laos and weighs SEATO intervention to halt Communist advance while hoping diplomacy can halt Soviet airlift. Officials say he acted reluctantly amid deteriorating central government strength under Premier Boun Oum and stakes a compromise with Pathet Lao may be fatal. Kennedy and aides held talks with top advisers as Rusk and others press for a path forward.
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Washington
UPS
Kennedy
U. S
Laos
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Boun Oum
United States
South East Asia Treaty Organization
Britain
France
Australia
New Zeland
Pathet Lao
Dean Rusk
SEATO Holds Emergency Meet On Laos Crisis
SEATO military advisers from eight nations met in Bangkok for a three day emergency session on Laos. They began planning to repel Communist aggression and prepare for possible military action if needed, with urgency underscored by recent gains by Laotian forces.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Seato Alliance
Surajit Charusreni
SEATO
Laos
Freak Storm Smacks Panhandle With Heavy Snow
A freak snowstorm in northeastern West Virginia drives heavy conditions and outages. Nine inches fell in spots, sleet noted, lines down, and mountain roads icy around Keyser. Rain persisted elsewhere with forecast of more雨 over five days. counties reported varied snow totals from 1 to 9 inches.
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Martinsburg
UPS
West Virginia
Keyser
Weather Bureau
Grant County
Berkeley
Morgan
Mineral
Hardy
Pendleton
Hampshire
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Five Day Forecast
Cloudy with showers this afternoon ending tonight. Warmer Sunday, cooler Thursday and Friday. Temperatures run about five degrees below normal for the region with highs in the 50s north and 60s south, precipitation around one half to one inch on Thursday and Sunday. Beckley, Hinton, and surrounding areas report highs near upper 30s to 40s with varying river levels and clear conditions in Greenbrier River area.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Remnants of Congolese Marauders Hit Angola Coastal Area
Portuguese army planes para troops and police mop up remnants after killings in northern Angola where at least 70 people died. Reports from the capital say the situation remains volatile as authorities pursue remaining suspects. The dispatch also notes other U.S. and world events, including political and legal developments.
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Angola
Capiital
Kennedy
House Banking Committee
Charlottesville
Waynesboro
Bank of New Hope
Congress Sees Jobless Aid Push Near Passage
Congress moves toward final approval of a $1 billion extension for unemployment benefits to aid idle workers. A Mills Byrd conference panel finalized the measure aiming to provide up to 13 extra weeks of benefits for about 3.125 million workers, with provisions limiting double benefits and retirement handling. The bill keeps employer payroll taxes at 3.5 percent after no year advance.
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UPD
Colles Yy
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Finder Accepts Reward After Returning $240000 Loot
Douglas W. Johnson, a 50 year old janitor from Los Angeles, refused a steady guard job and four year college scholarship for his son to take a $10,000 cash reward. He said the reward will help buy a home and keep his family fair to all three sons. The money was found after an unmarked bundle of cash fell from a Brinks armored car on March 10.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Douglas W. Johnson
Johnson
Rick
Brinks Inc
Clement
Durance
Brinks
West Virginia to adjust nationwide school standards
West Virginia will modify national school construction standards adopted last year due to rugged terrain. The State Board of Education agreed the 1958 council recommendations are impractical. the Plant Standards Committee will cut land requirements, reducing elementary needs to three acres for buildings with under six rooms.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
State Board of Education
William Stormer
State Department of Education
National Council of
Stormer
Spring Arrives as Birds Reported by Egeria Feller
A resident at Egeria notes robins have been twittering in his yard for about ten days signaling spring. The speaker jokes about a neighbor who would twitter even without clothes.
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Egeria
Robins
Demonstrators Demand Chang Ouster Clash With Police in Seoul
About 1,500 torchlight protesters paraded through downtown Seoul calling for Premier John M. Changs removal. Students and splinter leftists clashed with police near the National Assembly with sticks and stones. No casualties reported. The unrest echoes last years push that helped Chang rise after Rhee's overthrow.
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Seoul
John M. Chang
National Assembly
Syngman Rhee
Chang
Jury Finds Spies Guilty in NATO Secrets Case
In London two Americans and three others were convicted of spying for Russia by stealing naval secrets from a NATO war planning base. Convicted were Peter John Kroger and his wife Helen in a case tied to a Moscow radio tuned cottage, with associates Morris and Dora Cohen of New York City and Ethel Elizabeth Gee, 46, among those who stole secret documents.
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London
UPS
Russia
NATO
Soviet Union
Peter John Kroger
Helen
Moscow
Krogers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Morris and
Dora Cohen
New York City
Ethel Elizabeth Gee
Spy ring members jailed for stealing naval secrets
London based verdicts: Gordon Arnold Lonsdale received 25 years, Peter John Kroger and his wife Helen got 20 years, while Ethel Gee and her partner Henry F. Houghton drew 15 years each. The ring was convicted of passing British naval secrets to Russia.
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London
UPI
Russia
Gordon Arnold Lonsdale
Peter John Kroger
Helen
Ethel Gee
Henry F. Houghton
Portand naval base workers in Lloyds trial tied to Kroger
The jury found guilt for Lonsdale Miss Gee and Houghton after 85 minutes but faced a Conspiracy issue involving Portland workers Henry F Houghton 55 and Gordon Arnold Lonsdale 37 a London businessman with a Canadian passport. The Kro gers posed the main remaining problem.
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Portland Naval Base
Henry F. Houghton
Miss. Gee
Portland
Gordon Arnold Lonsdale
London
Lonsdale
Miss Gee
Houghton
Krogers
Pentagon Secret Thief Sentenced
ALEXANDRIA VA UPS Arthur Rogers Roddey 34 a former Pentagon employee was sentenced to eight years in prison for illegal possession of a Defense Department document He pleaded guilty and admitted his crime before Federal Judge Albert V Bryan Roddey of Falls Church VA worked for the weapons systems evaluation group at the Pentagon and had top secret clearance FBI arrested him in Columbia SC at his mother in law’s home and charged he possessed highly classified documents during his job
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Alexandria
UPS
Arthur Rogers Roddey
Pentagon
Defense Department
Roddey
Falls Church
Washington
Albert V. Bryan
FBI
Columbia
S. C
Weapons Systems Evaluation Group
Institute For Defense Analyses
State balks at sharing architect fee for amphitheatre
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association led by Charles Hodel says the state must cover part of the architect's fee for Grandview State Park's outdoor amphitheatre. The group has paid over $4,000. $8,668 remains. A verbal contract in summer and a June vote aimed to shift costs to the State Conservation Commission, but officials dispute state payment limits and out-of-state hires. The Kermit Hunter play Honey In The Rock will premiere June 27 as scheduled.
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Grandview State Park
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Charles Hodel
Kermit Hunter
Hodel
Drama Association
John B. Lippard
Charlotte
N. C
State Conservation Commission
Charleston
Kermit McKeever
Parks Division
The
Conservation Commission
Henry J. Ash
Giles Snyder
Tthe Architects
Historical Drama Association
Elks Name State Winners Of MVSA Honors
Sam Holroyd announces the Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student winners for the state. First place John Lee Cox of Milton High School. second John David Sinclair of Fairmont. third Robert C. Finch of Parkersburg. fourth Terri Joyce Grammer of Bridgeport. entries judged at Concord College. winners proceed to national competition.
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Elks National Foundation of the
Sam Holroyd
Hinton
John Lee Cox
Milton High School
Huntington Elks Lodge
John David Sinclair
Fairmont
Fairmont Lodge
Robert C. Finch
Parkersburg
Elks Lodge
Terri Joyce Grammer
Bridgeport
Wheeling Lodge
Concord College
Man Murdered, Jury Rules in Wellsburg Case
A coroner's jury in Wellsburg concluded that 53 year old William F Need died from multiple injuries inflicted by a person or persons unknown by means unknown. The verdict said Death was Not accidental, overturning the initial belief he was struck by a train and prompting an intensive Brooke County investigation led by Prosecutor J Park McMullens.
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Wellsburg
UPI
William F. Need
Brooke County
J. Park McMullens
Need
Raid nets 8 slot 200 pinball machines in warehouse
Hancock County Sheriff Joseph Manypenny and deputies raided a Weirton warehouse Tuesday hoping for slot machines. They found nine one armed bandits and about 200 pinball machines. Manypenny said such machines may not be gambling devices but took serial numbers for the FBI. No arrests were made. the building was rented under City Coin Service of Bridgeville, Pa.
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Weirton
UPI
Hancock County
Joseph Manypenny
Manypenny
FBI
City Coin Service
Bridgeville
Adlai's Speech Draws Acclaim at UN Congo Debate
United Nations diplomats report U S Ambassador Adlai Stevenson scored heavily against Russia in the Congo debate opening round. Gromyko’s attacks on Hammarskjold were labeled wild and irresponsible, with Stevenson receiving a thunderous ovation. The conciliation commission urged a provisional government to restore order and unity as next debates consider central versus federated Congo state models.
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Donald Johnston
United Nations
N.Y
UPD
U. S
Adlai Stevenson
Russia
General Assembly
Congo
Andrei Gromyko
Dag ‘Hammarskjold
U. N
Gromyko
Soviet Union
United States
Hammarskjold
Stevenson
Rail merger party set for Greenbrier gathering
More than 1,000 shareowners from 18 states and Canada travel to The Greenbrier West Virginia for the Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio annual meeting. Govs Barron and Almond attend. Tuohy and B&O officials present. Shareholders to vote on C&O dividend accrual and B&O exchange offer amid a week of events including a champagne ball.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
States
Canada
West Virginia
C&o
Greenbrier
W. W. Barron
B&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
Heart Association Meets in Glass House Friday
West Virginia Heart Association representatives from 26 counties will attend a regional meeting at the Glass House with Rome A Betts of the American Heart Association as principal speaker. Dr Upshur Higginbotham will chair, assisted by Dr Fred Richmond, to discuss short and long range goals against heart and vascular diseases and state organization strategies. Frederick S Kelley notes the meeting aims to intensify research and education after heart disease led West Virginia and the nation in fatalities last year.
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West Virginia Heart Association
Glass House
Rome A. Betts
American Heart Association
William Moore, Jr
AHA
Upshur Higginbotham
Bluefield
Fred Richmond
Beckley
Higginbotham
Richmond
Betts
American Bible Society
Morehhan
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
YMCA
Broadcasting and Film Commission
National Council of Churches
West Virginia
Frederick S. Kelley
State Association
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National Labor Relations Board
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