VFW Officers Clash Over Lake Levy Plan in Raleigh County
Veterans of Foreign Wars members spar with Commander Paul A. Thompson over a 400000 levy to fund Raleigh County’s 25 percent share of a 1600000 lake development grant. Rand ey L. Webb argues for funding the project to attract tourists and boost the local economy while warning against opposing progress. The county seeks a levy after a 1200000 federal grant. Webb says lake development will create jobs and bring in millions in regional income, urging support for using grant funds locally.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Stephen’s Ke
Paul A. Thompson
Lew Sheffler
Raleigh County
Raleigh
A. David Abrams
Cotton White
VFW
Thompson
Randey L. Webb
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Webb
Community Facilities Administration
United States
Idaho
Maine
Arkansas
Stephen's Lake Levy Weights Taxpayer At $2.25 Year
Raleigh County plans a $1.6 million Stephen's Lake project with a $1.2 million federal grant. County Assessor Cotton White outlines levy rates per class and a three year total of $444,346.23 after uncollected taxes. The plan expects $1 million yearly tourism impact and 1,282 man months of construction.
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Eve Breck
Raleigh
Stephen’s Lake
Cotton White
White
Stephen's Lake
Psychological causes and social views on baldness
A UPI report surveys how psychological shock may trigger baldness and how hair loss can affect personality. It notes self induced baldness trichotillomania and cites doctors linking emotions to hair loss while highlighting clubs in France and Germany that reject toupees.
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Chicago
UPI
Albert M. Kligman
Philadelphia
Archives of
Dermatology
American Medical Association
Pittsburgh
William B. Guy
Walter F. Edmundson
France
Cologne
West Germany
University of Pennsylvania
Albert Klingman
M. Wharton Young
Emotions and Tools Linked to Women Baldness
Emory dermatologist Dr Sid ney Olansky says emotional factors especially low mood are the main cause of baldness in women and that natural bristle brushes are gentler on hair than plastic. Detroit dermatologist Dr Morris J Lipnik reports spot baldness from large brush rollers often regrows within three to four months after stopping use.
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Atlanta, Ga
UPI
Sidney Olansky
Emory University
Detroit
Morris J. Lipnik
Lipnik
West Virginia Weather Forecast Mostly Sunny This Week
Weather outlook for Beckley and surrounding areas shows mostly sunny conditions with highs in the 50s and 60s, cool nights in the 30s, and a warming trend Thursday. Temperatures run 6 to 8 degrees above normal with precipitation potential Friday into Monday and rivers inching higher with a new gauge at Hinton.
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Beckley
Hinton
Cost Of Living Climbs In February UPI Report
Washington reports living costs hit an all time high for February with the price index at 106.1 up 1.0 percent from January and 1.2 percent above a year ago. Food costs rose 0.3 percent led by higher fruit and vegetable prices while clothing added to the rise after December freezes and January weather. Bananas and green beans fell as supplies normalized and imports from Mexico supplemented Florida crops.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
East
Gulf Coast
Florida
Mexico
Rangers to Train at Harpers Ferry National Monument
Sen. Jennings Randolph said Harpers Ferry National Monument in West Virginia is being prepared as a National Park Service training center for rangers and service personnel. Construction proceeds while facilities are readied for a training school to begin within days. A hearing is scheduled April 4 on a bill to rename the site Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
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Randolph
Senate Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Senate
House
Oldtimer Defies City Parking Laws
Cites 14th Amendment and paving lien to contest a $1 daily parking fine. 80-year-old C A Richardson of Beckley refuses to move his truck from front of his home despite two no parking signs and possible towing. He argues the street payment gives him a property interest.
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C. A. Richardson
Beckley
Paint St
Richardson
Truman Sayre
United States
Opal Barron Heads New York Tour For West Virginia Centennial
West Virginia first lady Opal Barron will fly to New York City for five days of radio and TV appearances to publicize the state Centennial. She will join Mayor Wagner at a King of Morocco reception, appear on Arthur Godfrey’s show, tape To Tell the Truth for CBS, and be interviewed by UP International editor Gay Pauley before returning to Charleston April 5.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W. W
Opal) Barron
New York City
Frey
Ioo
New York
CBS
United Press ‘International Women's
Gay Pauley
Putnam County
State Commerce Department
Soviets protest pirate attack on Soviet ship
Moscow protested to the United States over a pirate attack by Cuban exiles on the Soviet ship Lgov in Isabela de Piqua port last week. Tass reported the note urged the U S government to take firm steps to prevent such provocations in the future.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Soviet
Tass
Lgov
Isabela de Piqua
U.S
New York Paper Strike Ends as Photoengravers Reach Pact
Publishers and striking photoengravers in New York reached a peace agreement ending a 3 1/2 month shutdown. Ratification by Local 1 members was anticipated within hours, with presses ready and papers expected to roll tonight for 5.7 million readers. City Hall hailed a settlement that could prevent further disputes across unions and papers.
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New York
UPI
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Photoengravers Union
Frank McGowan
Photoengravers Local 1
Walter N. Thayer
The
Herald Tribune
Times
Mirror
the News
Journal-American
World Telegram and Sun
Long Island Star Journal
Long Island Press
F. M. Flynn
Unemployment Crisis Threatens Macmillan Government
In London a riot by about 5,000 unemployed outside Parliament highlighted Britain's jobless shock. Police arrested nine. over twenty injured as crowds were driven from St Stephen's Gate. Unemployment stood at 701,930 or 3.1 percent of the workforce as March 11.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Labor Party
Macmillan
Times of London
The
Daily Mail
St. Stephen's Gate
Britain
United States
Third Wreck Victim Dies in Virginia Collision
Harrisonburg Virginia authorities confirmed Terry Dove seven died from injuries after a car driven by Ver tie Dove Mongold 31 collided head on with a truck on Va 259 near Broadway Rockingham County The accident had already claimed the lives of his mother Ver tie Dove Mongold 31 and his sister Sandra Dove 10.
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Harrisonburg
UPI
Terry Dove
Mathias
Hardy County
W. Va
Broadway
Rockingham County
Terry
Vertie Dove Mongold
Sandra Dove
Mongold
By-Pass Plant Investment Ties Beckley Growth
Industrial Authority check presented to fund the By Pass plant housing Melpar Beckley Inc. in Beckley. West Virginia officials Hulet Smith and A David Abrams oversee a $20,000 investment as escrow and stock purchases by Isaac McKinney and Okey Patteson back the 110000 dollar project. Site prep nears completion with an estimated 90120 days for construction.
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BBDC
E. M. Payne III
Charles S. Lewis Jr
Abrams
John H. McCulloch
West Virginia Industrial Authority
Melpar-Beckley, Inc
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
A. David Abrams
Beckley Business Develop
Cut In Relief Checks May Be Effected Today
State officials in Charleston say an announcement on a possible 20 percent blanket cut in relief checks to West Virginia families may be made today. The reduction stems from a deficiency appropriation of 627,399 versus 1,104,779 needed for April through June, forcing lower ADC and public works funding and a drop in monthly grants from 85 to 65 percent of need. County units have been told to prepare for the cutback.
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Charleston
Smith
President Kennedy delays Rome visit over Italian superstition
Washington reports President Kennedy rescheduled his state visit to Rome shifting the June 17 start by two or three days. Officials avoided name quotes, but privately cited Italian belief that starting on the 17th is bad luck, reflecting the superstition influencing the itinerary.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Rome
Typhoid Toll Rising From Zermatt Outbreak
In Zermatt, Frederick Smith of London died in a suburb hospital after returning from the resort as the typhoid epidemic claimed its first foreign victim. The death marks the third fatality among about 400 cases.
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Zermatt
Switzerland
Frederick Smith
London
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