Surprise candidate enters Beckley City Council race
Dr. Frank M. Vest, a Beckley dentist, filed as a Republican candidate for Ward 1 on April 23. Vest, 39, will face Everett D. Terry for the nomination. He is a civic leader active in Boy Scouts PTA Lions Club and church activities. Vest favors better Beckley recreation, attracting industry and expanded police and fire departments.
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Frank M. Vest
Ward 1
City Hall
Everett D. Terry
Edwight
O. O. West
Beckley
Westwood Drive
Sherman High School
Seth
West Virginia Institute of Technology
West Virginia University
Pittsburgh University Dental School
New River Dental Society
Helen Tighe
Sewickley
Frank Jr
Woodrow Wilson High School
R. Bruce
Minnesota inaugurates Rolvaag as governor amid transition
Democrat Karl Rolvaag assumes the Minnesota governorship after a drawn out contest with outgoing Republican Elmer Andersen. Rolvaag faces a stalled budget plan and dozens of appointments during the canvass, recounts, and court challenges as Andersen remains acting governor until sworn in.
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ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
Rolvaag
Andersen
U. S
Gopher
Kennedy Returns to White House From Camp David
President Kennedy resumed duties at the White House after a weekend at Camp David. He arrived by helicopter and did not bring his wife or children, who remained at the retreat for a longer stay.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Camp David
Maryland
West Virginia Weather Forecast With Showers and Heat
West Virginia faces thundershowers and partly cloudy skies with warmer, humid air. Temperatures will reach 80s in the west and 70s in the east, with lows in 60s west and 50s east tonight. Five day outlook calls for 3 to 8 degrees above normal highs, slight cool down midweek, and showers Tuesday and Friday totaling around a quarter to three quarters of an inch.
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West Virginia
Beckley High
Dervece
OAK Hill High
Hinton
Contaminated West Virginia Food Destroyed After Floods
In southern West Virginia, state inspectors supervised the destruction of more than 600000 dollars worth of contaminated food from retail and wholesale outlets hit by floods. Logan area losses totaled 481000 dollars, with most items buried or disposed after assessment. Some salvage was allowed if containers could be cleaned and sterilized.
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Charleston
UPI
Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Agriculture
John T. Johnson
Logan
Harold Amick
Department
Dairy and Food Division
Johnson
Amick
Two Injured In Alabama Bombing In Birmingham
Police report two people injured and a two block area damaged by a bomb placed in an alley behind a row of Negro homes. Spectators gathered in the Negro section were hauled away when they refused orders to move. The blast damaged a house and a car, with Elizabeth Williams and Howard Robinson hospitalized in good condition.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
George Walls
Elizabeth Williams
Howard Robinson
Freighter Sinks Off Le Havre. All Eight Crew Rescued
A small English coastal freighter sank 13 miles off the English Channel coast near Le Havre Sunday. The eight crew members were rescued unharmed by a French vessel.
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LE Havre
France
UPS
Thenglish
Balmy Spring Weather Sweeps Across U.S.
The United Press International report notes warm weekend temperatures across much of the nation with near summer heat in many areas. Cooler Canadian air triggered showers from the plains to the Appalachians while the West stayed largely clear. Thunderstorms hit Oklahoma City with hail, and Indiana and Ohio saw electrical storms as crowds enjoyed record highs and the thaw continued in New England. Florida citrus losses from December freeze exceed 300 million dollars.
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United Press International
Midlands
Canada
Central Plains
Appalachians
California
Pacific Northwest
Oklahoma City
Indiana
Ohio
Maine
Cleveland
Columbus
Mercury
Florida
Administration official charges press obscuring news management issue
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Manning told the House subcommittee that the press uses a fog of clichés that hides the real issue in news management. He argued government must balance private policy handling with the public’s right to know and cautioned that truth should be told unless security requires silence.
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Arnold Sawislak Washington
UPI
Administration
Robert Manning
House
Government Information Subcommittee
Manning
Arthur Sylvester
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Sylvester
State Department
The
United
Slaying of Texas socialite baffles investigators
Phoenix detectives probe the death of 21 year old June Langdon found at a desert tunnel mouth after being dropped by a taxi at her family's North Central Phoenix residence. Authorities say the Dallas Fort Worth socialite was shot once in the forehead and twice in the stomach. autopsy pending. Her father Jack Langdon of the Texas Second Court of Civil Appeals and an FBI agent joined the investigation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Texas
June Langdon
Ralph Edmundson
Fort Worth
Tex
Miss Langdon
Arizona State University
Jack Langdon
Texas Second Court of Civil Appeals
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ike's Son To Quit The Army
Lt. Col John S. Eisenhower, son of former President Eisenhower, resigns from the U S Army after 19 years. He submitted the resignation last week at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania where he was to begin Army War College studies next August. He has been on extended leave since April 1961 to help his father prepare official papers.
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Washington
UPID
John $.D. Eisenhower
U.S. Army
Army
Carlisle Barracks
Eisenhower
Army War College
Disappearance of UK model stirs political storm in Britain
Red haired London model Miss Keeler, who vanished before testifying in the John Edgecombe case, surfaced in Madrid then moved to a British journalist's apartment. Spanish police contacted the British consul as media swarmed and rumors of impropriety tied to War Secretary Profumo circulated.
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Madrid
UPI
London
Britain
Keeler
Miss Keeler
John Profumo
House of Commons
Dick Zeidman
England
Zeidman
Consul
Elene Ivanov
Profumo
Tizzy
Christine Keeler
Valerie Hobson
Typhoid Fever Haunts Zermatt As Tourism Plummets
UPI reports in Geneva describe Zermatt facing fear of typhoid spreading through the ski resort. Bells are silenced, hotels run with minimal staff, and streets grow empty as visitors vanish. Residents and officials scramble to manage tourism losses amid confusion over illness and access.
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Geneva
UPI
Zermatt
Baby's Body Found After Creek Drowning in Wheeling
The decomposed body of Maureen Elizabeth Peterson four months old of Pleasanton was found Sunday afternoon by William Reith five blocks from her home. The father, Wade A. Peterson, identified the victim. The family evacuated when Wheeling Creek flooded their house after the drowning March 4.
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Wheeling
UPI
Maureen Elizabeth Peterson
Pleasanton
Wheeling Creek
William Reith
Wade A. Peterson
Ditch collapse claims foreman near Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Robert McClatschie age 62 foreman for Limbach Co Pittsburgh died when ditch for storm sewer collapsed at Reynold s Memorial Hospital site in Glen Dale He was alone in the trench and authorities say he died from possible broken neck and suffocation.
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Moundsville
Dpt
Robert McClatschie
Limbach Co
Pittsburgh
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Glen Dale
McClatschie
Swiss Typhoid Outbreak Tracked by PHS Watch
The Public Health Service monitors a Swiss typhoid outbreak centered in Zermatt with at least one American case. A warning network activated March 15 and a charter flight to Buffalo, New York, passed without any passengers showing symptoms. The infected American fell ill March 4 but delayed reporting to authorities.
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Washington
UPI
Public Health Service
PHS
Switzerland
James G. Telfer
Buffalo
N.Y
Telfer
Zermatt
Fifth Victim Of Sniper Dies
Richmond Virginia five month sniper spree continues as James Howard, 40, dies from four gunshot wounds at a downtown house. Police tie the death to the same pistol used in prior killings and note shells match others from the same year. Three previous victims were men. one was a 14 year old boy.
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Richmond
UPI
James Howard
Howard
H. E. Taylor
Bald Head Club probes barber prices by hair removal
In Darien the Bald Head Club of America forms a committee to study barber charges based on hair cut. The group urges fees linked to amount of hair removed. In Chicago a wigmaker recalls a client who bought four toupees for different occasions and a funeral piece kept in a box.
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Darien, Conn
UPI
Bald Head Club of America
Chicago
American Medical Association
Local VFW Plans Opposition to Stephen's Lake Levy
The Lew Sheffler Post No. 4469 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars intends to oppose a proposed 400000 levy for Stephen's Lake. Post Commander Paul A. Thompson said the group will discuss action at the April 2 meeting and stressed concerns over tax burdens on ordinary taxpayers.
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Lew Sheffler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stephen’s Lake
Paul A. Thompson
Thompson
Raleigh County
VFW
Boy Electrocuted Playing In Tree Near High Voltage Line
In NEW MARTINSVILLE a 15 year old Wetzel County boy Oscar Hatcher of Smithfield was electrocuted when his foot touched a 2300 volt power line while in a tree. His sister Elva Hatcher, aged 18, was nearby and fell from a 20 foot height when the tree swayed into the line. she was treated at Wetzel County hospital for back injuries.
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New Martinsville
UPI
Wetzel County
Oscar Hatcher
Smithfield
Elva Hatcher
Oscar
Elva
Wetzel County Hospital
Benzene Leak Closes Ohio Coal Mine
A Powhatan Ohio coal mine was closed after three workers fell ill from a benzene odor leaking from a barge on the Ohio River. Officials checked local schools and homes and found no additional illnesses as the barge was hauled to shore for repairs.
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Moundsville
UPI
Powhatan
Ohio
Ohio River
General Strike Threat Haunts De Gaulle
Paris reports a potential nationwide strike by France's 2 million nationalized workers as coal miners walk out for 8 percent wage rises over six months. Rail and utility workers join wage protests while unions threaten nuisance walkouts unless government tactics change.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Saltaries
Minjing
de Gaulle
Woman Waives Shooting Count in Domestic Case
Mrs Stella Richmond 46 of Shady Spring waived to the grand jury on a felonious assault charge and posted a 500 bond after a pistol shooting incident involving her husband Virgil Richmond 52 at their home near Raleigh. He suffered two slight gunshot wounds to the cheek and back after an argument at 1 am. he was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital.
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Stella Richmond
Shady Spring
Grand Jury
Joe Rodriguez
Virgil Richmond
Richmon
Raleigh General Hospital
Richmond
Bald Facts 1 Americans Spend on Hair Loss
The first of four dispatches explains why people lose their hair and what can be done about it. The piece notes Americans spend about 300 million dollars yearly on remedies as editor Barney Seibert reports from Chicago for UPI.
Baldness Across Genders Traced From Ancient Times
An overview notes hair loss affects about half of adult men and rising among women. Dr. Behrman cites 95 percent of baldness as male pattern with no cure. Ancient remedies and myths are discussed alongside modern nostrums, with Caesar’s hair lore and the papyrus Ebers cited as early attempts.
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Irwin L. Lubowe
New York Medical College
Howard T. Behrman
Julius Caesar
Traffic Joke From Beckley Gathers Crowds
Beckley street scene gets a laugh as SHERWOOD GLUTZ quips that traffic is so bad the fastest cross is being born there. A man asks for the quickest way to a hospital and is advised to walk across with eyes shut, claiming five minutes.
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Beckley
Unkle Nabob
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