Fayette Dam barrier cleared for Kaymoor lake project
Land commitments totaling 6000 to 10000 acres are expected this week to clear the way for a Fayette County recreation area and a Kaymoor dam project. Dr. Warden M. Lane, Conservation Commission director, announced a verbal lease with New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. and anticipated favorable terms from Rush-Brown Land Co. The lake will cover about 150 acres with five miles of shoreline offering boating and fishing. The project is budgeted at around 300000 dollars funded by a 3500000 dollar unemployment relief appropriation and will be bid to state firms with local labor guarantees.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
The
Conservation Commission
Warden M. Lane
New River and
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Kaymoor
Rush-Brown Land Co
New York
Lane
NR & P Co
Minden
Layland
Armco Steel Co
Boone County
Political turmoil and court order actions across nations
Informants say Bulganin retired on a pension and back in Moscow. Martin O Donoghue intends to file new charges to remove Hoffa as Teamsters president. Eisenhower opposes government paid health benefits for old age pensioners. Khrushchev arrives in Paris signaling disarmament talks. House votes 199 to 104 to pass a civil rights bill with court appointed referees for voting. Anti segregation protests gain northern support as campus protests plan actions.
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Nikolai Bulganian
Moscow
Martin F. O’donoghue
Monitor Board
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Eisenhower
Congress
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
House
Yale Divinity
Brown University
Skidmore College
Pegler Ordered To Show Cause In Arizona Divorce Case
Columnist Westbrook Pegler was ordered to appear in Superior Court in Tucson Arizona on March 31 to show cause why he should not support his wife pending a divorce. Pegler filed for divorce on January 18 after less than a year of marriage. Sgt. Alvin York, famed World War I hero, has had income tax problems with the government in recent years.
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Westbrook Pegler
Superior Court
Tucson
Ariz
Pegler
Alvin York
Board head vows junior high pledge at Shady Spring
Raleigh County Board of Education meeting cites political promises as executives plan a new junior high at Shady Spring. Other actions include indoor plumbing upgrades, personnel pay schedules, and a National Teacher of the Year tribute for Hazel Davernort. Bobby W. Parker eyed for probationary appointment at Stoco Junior High. J. M. Collins redirected from Sto.
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O. A. Phillips
Raleigh
Shady Spring
Dr. E. B. Wray
Haskell Riffe
H. E. Melton, Jr
Raleigh County
Strake Walker
Glade Creek
Table Rock
Sherman C. Trail
Bus Drivers Association
Phillips
Greene
Hazel Davernort
Bobby W. Parker
Stoco Junior High
J. M. Collins
Sto
Missing Air Force plane with four aboard near West Virginia
An Air Force twin engine plane with Captain George Barbour and four others including Mrs Elizabeth Tucker, Dr Monroe Hatch, and Major Clarence Bomar disappeared after taking off from Florence South Carolina. Snow and clouds hindered air and ground searches over northeastern West Virginia as investigators tracked the last radio report from 5 30 p m yesterday. Six search craft plus FAA probes combed the area and nearby routes as authorities pursue possible causes and locations.
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Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia
Air Force
George Barbour
Florence
S. C
South Carolina
Civil Air Patrol
Elizabeth D. Tucker
Richmond
CAP
Monroe L. Hatch
Sumter
Middle East
Clarence Bomar
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State College
Tucker
Denver
Colo
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Ohio
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Giant icicle specimen found near Robert Bright home
Farm report notes a remarkable icicle measured at about 16 feet long and 18 inches wide at the top, thinning to a foot at ground level. The frost feature developed after January storms and is located on the north side of the Robert Bright residence at 113 Carter Street.
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Robert Bright
Radiation Study Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The United States failed to place a 35 pound radiation study satellite into orbit after the Juno I rocket lifted off successfully. NASA reported a likely failure to ignite one of the upper stages and said tracking reports were being checked for a fuller update.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Space Agency
Aad Project
Sherwood Glutz Comments on Mental Health Policy Promises
The speaker expresses agreement with a political candidate on improving mental health programs for troubled individuals. He criticizes a musician for creating silly songs and argues that those songs lack substance.
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Wood Shore
Hole
Tralee mine recalls over 100 laid off workers
Mullens area families expect brighter days as Tralee mine resumes work for the remainder of the 125 men furloughed last November. Mine Superintendent Oval Easterling cites improved market conditions. The Allied Chemical Corp. unit near Mullens employs about 430 now, with 3 700 tons daily and plans to raise to 4 600 tons.
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Mullens
RNS
Tralee
Ova! Easterling
Semet-Solvay
Allied Chemical Corp
Easterling
Petticoat Campaign Brightens Wisconsin Primary Race
In Milwaukee AP report Mesdames Kennedy and Humphrey campaign for their husbands in Wisconsin. Muriel Humphrey praises Senator Hubert Humphrey while Jacqueline Kennedy speaks for Senator John Kennedy, as both wives boost support ahead of the April 5 primary.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Muriel Humphrey
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
White House
Kennedy
Humphrey
French Sailor Teaches US Woman Amid Agadir Ruins
Mrs Margaret Martin of Beaver West Virginia recounts a French sailor who gave her French lessons while she was buried in the Agadir hotel rubble after the February 29 quake. He helped keep her calm as rescuers freed her for 15 hours. He vanished after the rescue.
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Rabat
Morocco
Agadir
Margaret Sue Martin
Beaver
W. Va
Martin
UN Nt
Sidiane U. S. Air Force Base
Jerald Martin
Saint Albans
Diane
Wiesbaden
Germany
Violence Wanes as Negroes South Africa Turn to Strikes
In Johannesburg region violence eases but striking Africans skip work over passes in Cape Town Vereeniging amid riots that left at least 67 dead and 182 wounded. Police and armored cars enforce a tense truce while leaders of the Pan Africanist party blame agitators for violent disruption.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Vereeniging
Coal and Steel Center
U. S. State Department
Langa
Nyanga West
Hendryk Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Pan-Africanist Party
WVU names Bernard Zimmermann head of surgery department
Dr. Bernard Zimmermann, 38, from St Paul Minnesota, named head of the West Virginia University Medical Center surgery department in Morgantown. He has taught at the University of Minnesota Medical School since 1953 and is noted for cancer surgery leadership and low operative mortality. He will join WVU by July 1.
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Morgantown
Bernard Zimmermann
West Virginia Medical Center
St. Paul
WVU
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia
University Medical Center
Zimmermann
Minnesota Medical School
Owen H. Wangensteen
Minnesota Department of Surgery
West Virginia University
Harvard Universit
Minnesota
American Cancer Society
Earl's Pearls and the Lessons of High Society
Tony Pettito reflects on his first exposure to high society after attending a cocktail party. He explains the phrase held no meaning to him until that event revealed its social dynamics. The piece also notes a pragmatic approach to error: the simplest fix is admitting the mistake.
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Tony Pettito
Americans Welcome Visitors Says Izvestia
A Moscow Izvestia report on a Soviet official delegation tour in the United States says most tourists found warmer receptions away from New York. The piece titled America opens its heart notes the group headed by Dmitri S. concluded Americans generally greeted visitors kindly as they traveled beyond New York.
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Moscow
Izvestia
America
New York
Dmitri S
Snowy Night Leaves Beckley Roads Hazardous
New snow of one to two inches blanketed the Beckley area Tuesday night creating dangerous driving conditions until about 9 a.m. Many SRC crews worked overnight to clear primary routes while many secondary roads remained blocked by heavy drifts. Schools reported low attendance and some cancellations with cold, cloudy weather continuing through the week.
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Beckley
State Road Commission
SRC
Flat Top
Cool Ridge
White Oak
Minor Scott
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Humphrey Stump
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