TFX Probe Postponed
Washingtonlet session of the Senate investigations subcommittee on the TFX warplane hearing was postponed by Chairman John L. McClellan citing other duties. McNamara warned the probe would cause tremendous harm to individuals while praising defense leadership amid controversy over the General Dynamics Boeing contract award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Boeing Co
General Dynamics
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Subcommittee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Beckley Couple Injured in Route 60 Car Crash
Beckley couple Andrew OBrien Hogue and Ruth Hogue were injured when their car veered to avoid a flagman, plunged 25 feet over an embankment into the Kanawha River backwaters near Charleston. He suffered a back strain. she has a compressed spinal fracture and is hospitalized.
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Beckley
Route 60
Charleston
Kanawha River
Andrew O’brien Hogue
Ruth
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Houge
Hogue
Blackhawk Hollow
Hogues
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Floods Hit State Roads as Winter Snarl Raises Costs
State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers reports flood damage to roads and bridges at about 1.54 million dollars while a severe winter worsened highway wear. Estimated non disaster damages could prompt maintenance readjustments on secondary roads. Wyoming County leads with 34 thousand dollars, followed by Logan, Boone, and Raleigh counties amid shared federal and state survey efforts.
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Charleston
UPI
Burl Sawyers
Sawyers
Commission
Wyoming County
Logan County
Boone County
Raleigh County
SRC
Civil Defense
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
U S Plans Meeting Between Mindszenty and Koenig
U S legation says State Department ordered immediate entry for Austria's Cardinal Koenig to meet Cardinal Mindszenty in Budapest. Mindszenty, 71, has lived in asylum since 1956 and the two cardinals may discuss ending the Hungarian primate's exile amid ongoing hopes for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rereen
Hungary
UPI
U. S
Joszef Cardinal
Mindszenty
Austria
Franz Cardinal Koenig
Koenig
Budapest
State Department
Washington
U.S
John XXIII
Coal Seeking Research Aid Urges Federal Support
Stephen F. Dunn of the National Coal Association asked a House subcommittee for a 5 million dollar appropriation in the 1963-64 budget to fund the Office of Coal Research. He cited limited industry funds and urged government business cooperation for technological breakthroughs to maximize coal's energy potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
House
Stephen F. Dunn
Association
Interior
Office of Coal Research
Dunn
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooler Temperatures
Clouds and showers expected with cooler air moving in across the state. Highs in the 60s today with a low around the 30s tonight. Wednesday brings continued cloudiness and possible snow mixed showers at higher elevations. river levels show near normal to rising conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
After Fighter's Death Calls Grow for Boxing Ban Across States
Lawmakers in several states push for outlawing boxing or adopting strict rules after Davey Moore's death. Governors and a U S senator urge regulation or abolition, with editorials calling boxing a tragedy. Legislation moves in California Connecticut New Jersey Illinois Pennsylvania and Oregon.
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Davey Moore
Miami
Fla
United States
California
Moore
Edmund G. Brown
San Francisco
Brown
Connecticut
New Jersey
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Oregon
De Gaulle Faces Pressure Over Worsening Labor Crisis
Paris reports France endures a growing power squeeze as President Charles de Gaulle calls a special cabinet meeting to avert a potential walkout by gas and electricity workers. The regime shows no immediate move to resolve the coal miners strike that helped trigger the crisis.
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Paris
UPS
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
1918 Flu Epidemic Made Myriads Bald
The AMA reports a wave of temporary baldness after the 1918 influenza epidemic. Postinfectious alopecia can follow fever from diseases such as pneumonia typhoid erysipelas and influenza. A Chicago insurance company head allegedly forced bald salesman to wear hairpieces but funded them and paid a bonus if unseen by customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
U.S
American Medical Association
Hollywood
Shooting Victim Dies In Mullens Hospital After Quarrel
Willard Elam a 48 year old conservator of the peace died Monday in Mullens hospital while undergoing a second operation for abdomen wounds from a March 16 fight at Allen Junction. John Mizelle about 40 charged with felonious wounding remains free on bond. prosecutors will decide if Elam death was caused by the bullets and pursue a murder charge.
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Willard Elam
Mullens
Wyoming County
D. Grove Moler
Elam
John Mizelle
Mizelle
Allen Junction
Wyoming General Hospital
Moser
Bidault Flees To Portugal
Former French Premier Georges Bidault evaded asylum in West Germany and flew to Switzerland then Portugal to continue his campaign against Charles de Gaulle. Lisbon officials said they were investigating the incognito arrival while Bavarian authorities confirmed his departure Monday night.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Georges Bidault
Portugal
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault
West Germany
Switzerland
Zurich
Lisbon
de Gaulle
France
Gross Sales Tax Collections Up in Charleston
The State Tax Department reports gross sales tax receipts through February at 40.7 million, up 1.55 million from the prior year. The full fiscal year ending June 30 is expected to yield about 53 million, with 36.8 million from business and occupation taxes and 3.9 million from transportation taxes. B and O collections rose about 14 million and transportation tax revenue about 155 thousand.
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Charleston
UPI
State Tax Department
Bald Prospects: Fathers’ Hair Tells All in Baldness Pattern
In a four part series, Barney Seibert reports that about half of American men with bald fathers become bald. Women show risk if fathers are bald and mothers thinning. Baldness starts at puberty with varying loss rates and a three year hair cycle. Hormones linked to male pattern baldness urge further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Seibert
Chicago
UPI
Eugene J. van Scott
National Cancer Institute
Reds Plan Meeting In Brazil Defy Ban On Rally
Communist leaders defied a state ban to hold a "hate America" rally in Rio de Janeiro. An Argentine delegation arrived without incident aboard a chartered plane, while a Belgian intellectual also attended. Governor Lacerda threatened mass arrests, but the federal government may approve if orderly. The event occurs as Brazil marks the 41st anniversary of communism and a road show convention targets Rio Sao Paulo and other cities. The federal government has indicated possible aid of up to 625 million dollars.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Carlos Lacerda
Isabel Blum
Lacerda
Brazilian Press Association
Brazil
Rio
Sao Paulo
Guanabara
Ater
Latin America
Russia
U.S
Industrialist says women cost firms extra 30 cents an hour
W. Boyd Owen of Owens Illinois Glass Co testified before a House labor subcommittee that employing women costs about 30 cents more per hour, equating to 4.8 million dollars extra last year. He cited higher absenteeism turnover lunch costs health benefits and special facilities as key factors.
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Washington
UPI
House Labor Subcommittee
W. Boyd Owen
Owens Illinois Glass Co
Owen
Congress
Charleston Mayor and 3 Officials Face Kickback Suit
Charleston contractor O. L. Stallings filed a $208,300 suit in Kanawha County Common Pleas Court alleging Mayor John Shanklin and three city officials forced him to pay $8,300 in political kickbacks for cleanup work after the 1961 flood. Donald Shonk is named as a defendant.
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Charleston
UPI
John Shanklin
O. L. Stallings
Kanawha County Common Pleas Court
Kanawha- Cabell Construction Company
Shanklin
Donald Shonk
Brooklyn girl survives 48 days on Yukon mountainside
Helen Klaben 21 and Ralph Flores 42 vanished Feb 4 on a Seattle flight. Survived 48 days with melted snow and sparse rations after their single engine crash. Rescued and flown to Whitehorse where doctors call their condition remarkably good.
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Whitehorse, Yukon
UPI
Brooklyn
California
Yukon
Helen Klaben
Miss Klaben
Ralph Flores
San Bruno
Calif
Whitehorse
Seattle
Wash
Flores
Madison Ave
Alaska
Two West Virginians Die In Virginia Crash
Two Hardy County West Virginia residents were killed in a Route 259 crash near Harrisonburg Virginia. Mrs Vertie Dove Mangold 31 and Sandra Dove 10 of Mathias were identified by State Police as the victims. The Mangold car struck the rear of a truck near Broadway in Rockingham County.
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Harrisonburg, Va
UPI
Hardy County
W. Va
Here
Vertie Dove Mangold
Sandra Dove
Mathias
Balloon setback delays Stargazer high altitude flight
A sudden gust caused the Operation Stargazer balloon to tear at a launching crane in Alamogordo New Mexico. Project officials expect patchwork repairs to allow another flight attempt later in the week by two researchers.
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Alamogordo, N.M
UPI
Project
Moonlit promises under the sun and love
The speaker notes how some men woo under moonlight and promise much thereafter, suggesting hollow pledges made to win affection. The lines imply a critique of idealized romance and unreliable devotion.
Rescuer's Story Courageous Victim Didn't Even Whimper
Watson Lake Yukon dispatch recalls the 48 day ordeal after a light plane crash in northern British Columbia. Helen Klaben and Ralph Flores were rescued with aid from bush pilot Charles Hamilton who carried Klaben three miles down the mountain.
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Charles
Chuck) Hamilton
B. C. Yukon Air Services Limited
Watson Lake
Helen Klaben
Brooklyn
New York
Ralph Flores
San Bruno
California
British Columbia
Hamilton
Yukon
UPI
Aeroplane Lake
Five-Hour Final Argues in Estes Case in El Paso
A federal court jury heard five hours of final arguments on the Billie Sol Estes mail fraud case in El Paso Texas and was to receive the verdict later that day. Estes faces 12 counts of mail fraud plus interstate transportation of fraudulent documents and conspiracy with a maximum 75 year sentence.
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Billie Sol Estes
el Paso
Tex
Texas Finance
Renato Garcia Almeida
Limber Dies At Everest Base
Jackson Wyoming climber John S Breitenbach, 27, was killed after being buried by an ice fall at the base of Mt Everest. He was part of a 20 member team preparing a base for the May 1 summit attempt on the 29 028 foot peak near the Khumbu glacier.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Breitenbach
Khumbu
Resort Village Closed in Zermatt Over Typhoid Outbreak
The Swiss army medical team commander said Zer matt ski resort village will stay shut to visitors until the typhoid source is found. The action aims to control the spread and protect residents, with authorities monitoring the situation.
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Zermatt
Switzerland
UPD
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Saduh
Hinton
United Press International
Hassan II
Morocco
Kennedy
van Scott
Cuba
J. Conzaga Leite
Charles Hamilton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Nesta James
Whitehorse General Hospital
Klaben
U.S. Bureau of Land Development
Fairbanks
Canadian Air Force
Virginia
Emery
Chuck Hamilton
Los Angeles
Ap Bac
Philip Richardson
Luton
England
House Armed Service
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Cape Canaveral
The
Area Redevelopment Administration
Limber
Everest
Sherwood Glutz
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