Air Force rejects Byrd Beckley base as unjustified
The Air Force told Senator Byrd that building a jet fighter or Minuteman base at Raleigh County Memorial Airport cannot be justified under current programs. Secretary Zuckert cited shifts to unmanned missiles, base closures, and a surplus of suitable facilities, noting only a future Beckley-area look when more bases are considered.
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Robert C. Byrd
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Memorial Airport
Eugene Zuckert
Strategic Air Command
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Zuckert
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Byrd
Jor
Mitchel Afb
New York
MacDill Afb
Florida
Chennault Afb
Louisiana
Donaldson Afb
South Carolina
Belgian Premier Resigns After Election Defeat
Premier Gas ton Eyskens announced his resignation in Brussels after his Social Christian party suffered heavy losses in national elections. The king accepted the resignation and asked Eyskens to run current affairs until a successor is named as a prolonged government crisis looms. Seats in the 212 member lower house would be allocated to Social Christians 9, Socialists 84, Liberals 20, with other shifts noted.
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Belgium
UPI
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Congo
King Baudouin
Laeken Palace
Social Christian-Liberal Party
P. Long
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the &?Wack
Social Christians
Beaches Closed Trigger Student Riot at Fort Lauderdale
A festival crowd of 6000 to 7000 students rioted when Jade and Dania beaches were closed. Police used fire hoses to disperse, 42 students arrested as 350 officers, including state patrol, restored order and barred bars early.
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West Virginia Weather Forecast and Conditions
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight. Lows will be in the 50s, with a windy mild Tuesday as showers end and skies brighten. Temperatures will run 3 to 4 degrees above normal, with highs around 62 in the south and 57 in the north, followed by cooler midweek and a return to warmth by Friday or Saturday. River levels show Greenbrier and Lake regions normal and clear. New gauge reads 3.2 ft. The warmest reported across the U.S. was 93 in Laredo, Texas, while Limestone, Maine saw 14 degrees.
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Khrushchev May Seek Summit Over Laos Crisis
Rep Roman Pucinski predicts Khrushchev will push for a Kennedy summit as the sole path to resolve the Laos crisis. A Congo officer says Victor Lundula will meet regional leaders on April 5 at Kamina to discuss unity. An American transport plane missing in Laos likely was shot down in rebel-held territory, complicating survivor escape. Elizabeth Taylor sails to California for rest, while Circus trainer Eric Fredelius is hospitalized after an elephant incident. Bowling Green students arrested during a campus spring fever riot. Maria Callas disrupts photographers in France, handbag brandished. Joan Tunney weds Lynn Wilkinson Jr. Actor Dick Powell to host Emmy ceremony. Anne Quast marries Dr. J. Donovan Decker.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Stanleyville
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Kamina
Laos
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Elizabeth Taylor
London
California
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East Meadow
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Meadowbrook Hospital
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Ohio
Fraternity
Maria Callas
Aristotle Onassis
Romilly-Sur- Aigre
France
Dick Powell
Hollywood
Anne Quast
J. Donavan Decker
Seattle
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Menlo
Weekend drownings claim many young lives across states
A heavy weekend toll from drownings among children marred the start of spring. At Kankakee River State Park a 13 member picnic boat capsized, four children aged 2 to 13 died, one missing. Other drownings occurred in Illinois, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania from river, ditch and quarry waters amid melting snow and thin ice.
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Wisconsin
Kankakee River State Park
Charlotte Bell
Calumet City
Ill
Theodora
Kenneth
Regina Murtyn
Debbie
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Jerald Cooper
Ohio River
Metropolis
Janet Ruth Patch
East Moline
Rock River
Milan
Stephen Waite
Saturni Jeannette
John Shipley
John
Pewaukee
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Margaret Condon
Gerald Condon Sr
Karen Condon
Gerald Condon Jr
James
West Virginia University wins grant and meetings set
West Virginia University receives a 19500 grant from the Petroleum Research Fund for a chemistry project led by Dr. Chester W. Muth. WVU hosts an Industrial Engineering conference April 17 18 expecting about 250 attendees. The Home Demonstration Leadership Conference runs April 17 21 with Dr. Roy C. Buck as speaker. Elizabeth R. Garten wife of C Tom Garten dies at 77. WV Association of Life Underwriters plans its state convention in Parkersburg with about 250 attending. Dr Marshall L. Schmitt to speak at WV Vocational Association meeting April 21 22 at Cedar Lakes FFA FHA camp.
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Mill Jackson's Mill
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Parkersburg
West Virginia Association of Life Underwriters
New Frontier Faces New Tests in Congress
Washington reports two Kennedy era programs face House scrutiny. A 384 million bill aids distressed areas, and another measure extends executive reorganization authority. Leaders seek floor action this week with Treasury Post Office funding. Additional items include education funding amendments and a social security bill effort, plus sugar act hearings.
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UPI
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House Rules Committee
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Rules
Treasury Post Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
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Senate Finance Committee
Reds Ready To Parley On Laos Peace Plan
Soviet Union signals acceptance of a three point framework for Laos crisis with peace talks and a 14 nation conference. Pravda editorial hints at a cease fire but stops short of confirming the measure. Khrushchev to meet Kennedy in Washington to discuss Moscow’s reply to Britain-US Laos proposal.
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Laos
Communist Party
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Ken
Nedy
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United States
China
Third County Fatality As Dry Creek Youth Dies In Wreck
Raleigh County records a third highway death of the year when Harold E. Harris Jr. 18 dies of head injuries after a Sunday night crash on Rt. 3 near Cameron. Passenger Pete Condia Jr. 19, ad mitted in satisfactory condition with chest and back injuries. excessive speed blamed.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Harold E. Harris Jr
Pete Condia Jr
Arnett
Harris
Condia
Whitesville
Cpl
D. W. Lilly
Rt. 3
Cameron
Lilly
Clay Chapel
Sand Lick
Frank R. Wyrick
Princeton
Cool Ridge
Jerry Wayne McManamay
Calloway Heights
Sprague Hill
Hearings Set On Sewer System Regulations In WV
Charleston WV Public Service Commission will publish standard operating procedures for municipal sewer systems. Chair Myron Renick says adoption will aid operators and the commission, noting prior rules covered other utilities but not sewage, with expansion due to Water Resources Commission work and anti-pollution pacts. He recalls past doubts about PSC authority, resolved when Wheeling lost its court challenge last October.
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UPS
Public Service Commission
Commission
Myron Renick
PSC
Renick
West Virginia Water Resources Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court
Wheeling
Queen Expecting Again In Iran Crowned Heir Return
TEHRAN Iran UPI reports Empress Farah Dibah is pregnant with her second child five months after presenting Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi to the nation. No official announcement yet but palace sources expect confinement in late October or early November.
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Iran
UPI
Farah Dibah
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Sherwood Glutz Reflects On A Ten Year Job Run
Sherwood Glutz notes he began at the bottom ten years ago and still holds his own. He jokes that if a job demanded real effort he would quit quickly, likening himself to a drug store cowboy on a bucking bronco.
Wong Way Named For Last Chinatown Resident In Riverside
Riverside California residents celebrate naming a street Wong Way to honor the last survivor of the old Chinatown district. The action comes after city council discussions last week in a small civic ceremony.
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Calif
UPI
Chinatown
Wong Way
SEATO Ready to Use Military Action Over Laos Crisis
SEATO members discussed possible joint force to halt Communist advance in Laos with U.S. backing and Britain pressing for cease-fire and 14 nation conference. France reportedly hesitant. Pravda editors open to peace talks, signaling potential shift amid secret ministerial talks.
Pentagon Says Reds Far Ahead In Modern Arms
Pentagon official Brig. Gen. Lawrence J. Lincoln said the Soviet Army possessed at least four times as many modern weapons as the U.S. Army, though the United States had developed capable weapons in several areas. He noted Russia leads in some fields and has a larger stock of up-to-date gear. Lincoln urged Kennedy to seek increased procurement in the 1962 budget, as revised defense figures were to be sent to Congress. He spoke during a radio television interview with Sen. Keating.
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Russia
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Kennedy
D.eisenhower
Dwight D
Congress
Eisenhower
Kenneth B
Keating
R-N.y
Goldberg Sees Kennedy Wage Bill Passing Despite Defeat
Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg expressed confidence that Congress would approve most of President Kennedy's 1.25 wage bill, predicting Senate approval over the House's 1.15 measure. He called the proposal moderate and sensible, saying the administration would likely win the broader battle.
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UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Congress
Kennedy
House
Goldberg
Senate
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
State To Erect New Road Signs
CHARLESTON UPS State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers will direct a complete overhaul of the highway warning sign system to cut traffic accidents. Charles Hopkins chairman of Gov Barron’s traffic safety committee says high accident areas are being pinpointed and marked before Memorial Day.
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Charleston
UPS
Burl Sawyers
Charles Hopkins
W. W. Barron
Leading quotes from Washington and Las Vegas
A Las Vegas secretary disabled in a decade old crash shares a message on self perception. In Washington, Senator Hugh Scott voices support for Kennedy on Laos, Representative Roman Pucinski anticipates Khrushchev diplomacy shifts, Khrushchev resents Kennedy's Western Alliance gains, and Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman warns rapid farm productivity could crash prices and bankrupt producers.
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Washington
Orville Freeman
U.S
Why Does the Same TV Show Sleep for Me and Wake My Neighbor
A reader asks why a TV program that lulls one person to sleep can simultaneously disturb the neighbor upstairs, exploring factors like sound transmission, volume, and building insulation.
Gromyko Arrives To Give Kennedy Russian Answer
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meets President Kennedy to hear whether Khrushchev will accept Western terms for a Laos settlement. Pravda hints at peace talks while Soviet stance remains silent on a cease fire as Macmillan and Kennedy push for unity and a peaceful outcome.
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UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Gromyko
Khrushchev
Southeast Asia
White House
Laos
Pravda
Mental Patient Hangs Himself at Huntington State Hospital
Cabell County coroner said Dempsey Mounts 45, a Huntington State Hospital patient since Sept 30, hanged himself Sunday in the hospital basement garage. Attendants noted he was assigned to an open ward allowing freedom of movement.
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UPI
Dempsey Mounts
Huntington State Hospital
Mental ‘Hospital
Cabell County
Robert Barrett
Mounts
Sara Ann
Logan County
Brazilian Plane Crash Kills 21 Near Natal Airport
A Brazilian military air transport carrying troops and dependents crashed while approaching Natal Airport on Sunday, killing 21 aboard and injuring seven others. The crash occurred as the aircraft was near the airport. Officials Investigating the cause and total count of passengers is being confirmed.
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Brazil
UPI
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