Kennedy seeks $2 billion more for defense
President Kennedy asked Congress to approve a $2 billion rise in defense spending to mass produce Polaris submarines and expand missile programs. He urged an on ramp to 1 month of production by June 1963, aiming for 1300 combat ready missiles by 1965. The plan totals $43.8 billion for fiscal 1962 with a net $650 million increase over Eisenhower figures.
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Guilty verdicts seal fate of Finch and Carole in murder case
In Los Angeles Dr. R Bernard Finch and his mistress Carole Tregoff were convicted Monday of murdering Finch's wife Barbara Jean. Finch faced possible life in prison or the gas chamber on a first degree murder verdict while Carole received second degree murder with a five years to life sentence and both were found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Prosecutor Clifford Crail pledged death penalties for both. The jurors had spent 21 hours deliberating after three trials spanning seven and a half months.
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State Workmen’s dept attorney found dead in Charleston
Guy H. Burnside a 75 year old Clarksburg resident died in a Charleston hotel room reportedly of a heart attack. In Washington the Senate confirmed Robert E. Maxwell of Elkins as U S Attorney for Northern West Virginia. Parkersburg voters oppose fast time as two thirds of 800 ballots returned. West Virginia Association for the United Nations will meet in Bluefield April 28 29 with nine chapters sending delegates. Waldron W Parr a 101 year old Parkersburg centenarian dies at his son's home after long illness.
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New York Subway Knight Posters Urge Politeness
The New York Transit Authority launched poster signs in purple and yellow urging courtesy in the tunnels. A cartoon knight shows a young man offering a seat to two women and tipping a plumed helmet with the caption Be a knight Restore courtesy. The campaign aims to revive phrases like please and excuse me, but notes it is a one day effort.
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West Virginia Weather With Showers Then Cooler Ahead
Considerable cloudiness with showers and possible scattered thunderstorms across southern portions this afternoon and tonight. Cooler tonight with lows 36 to 42 degrees. Wednesday cloudy and cooler with highs 46 to 54. Beckley report shows 53 at 10 a.m. and 60 at noon. Oak Hill reached 74 yesterday with a 46 low last 24 hours. Greenbrier River normal and clear. Lake normal and clearing. gauge reading 3.7 ft.
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State Work Force 15 Percent Unemployed in WV
West Virginia reports 15 percent of the state labor force unemployed in February 1960. Official monthly estimate from the State Department of Employment Security shows 95,200 out of 635,900 job seekers without work, with 68,400 unemployed in February. Non-agricultural jobs fell to 426,800, down 4,600 from January and 30,600 from February 1959.
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UPI Quick Hits Sparked by Twins and Horse Collar Trends
Kerrville Little League reports three sets of twins sharing names Ron nie and Donnie Martin Ronnie and Donnie Miller and Ronnie and Donnie Kahlmback. Horse collars reappear in city mail catalogs for framing mirrors and decoration. A restaurant cashier shows a bandaged hand after handling hot money. A 500 pound Venus statue vanishes from Harold J. Fitzgerald garden leaving no footprints.
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Strong quake felt far from New York reaches Fordham observatory
A fairly strong earthquake about 7 200 miles from New York was recorded today at Fordham University seismic observatory. The direction of the quake could not be determined, the university said.
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Army bids set May 16 for Summersville Reservoir dam project
The U S Army Engineers announced bids will be opened May 16 for the Summersville Reservoir project including a dam dikes and spillway with an estimated cost exceeding 10 million dollars.
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Ex-Cabell Councilman Sentenced To Prison
Huntington former city councilman David O. Miller, 39, was sentenced by Cabell County Common Pleas Judge Ernest Winters to 1 to 10 years in prison for stealing 868 dollars from a state liquor store where he was employed after pleading guilty earlier in the month.
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State Inks Act To Aid Jobless In West Virginia
West Virginia acts to extend unemployment benefits for about 40 000 jobless. The program, effective April 10, followed by training on April 8 and 9, will access up to 13 extra weeks of benefits using federal funds totaling about 8 to 9 million dollars. President Kennedy signed the enabling law, with completion pending federal approval from Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg.
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Turnpike Commission Responsibility Argued
The West Virginia Supreme Court will decide if the Turnpike Commission must keep the 88 mile highway ice free after a Kanawha County jury ruled against the commission in a fatal crash near Charleston. The suit named Roadway Express Co. and driver James R. Lynch. Turkelson settled with Roadway.
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Laos Accord Flopes Higher
Diplomatic sources in Bangkok say optimism rose for a Laos settlement as US and SEATO allies in Bangkok plan military intervention to pressure a cease fire amid Soviet silence. Officials fear Communist stall to consolidate military position and partition Laos as a likely aim. Secretary of State Rusk was set to depart.
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State May Use N.C. As Pattern For Tax Setup
West Virginia officials visited North Carolina to study a centralized income tax division. G Thomas Battle cited NC’s sections for correspondence withholdings audits and trouble shooting and praised personnel testing and staffing. NC uses about 120 staff for income tax and collects roughly 80 million yearly.
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Kennedy briefed congress on world troubles and Lao crisis hopes
President Kennedy told Democratic congressional leaders this morning that hopes for a satisfactory Lao crisis solution are high while unrest in Lisbon pelted the U S embassy with stones from a 15 000 to 20 000 mob protesting U S investigations in Angola. William L Cary sworn chairman of the SEC and Senator Jennings Randolph named to the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Emergency conditions in eastern Iowa and southwest Wisconsin as rivers rise. The widow of Rep B Carroll Reece seeks his seat in a May 16 special election.
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Court weighs effect of new two year limit on old suit
Wanda Roderick sought to revive a $25,000 personal injury suit from a Oct. 29, 1958 highway crash in Monongalia County. The circuit court had dismissed for missing the old one year limit. she filed Oct. 27, 1960 under the new two year rule, against Charles Hough and William Dalton.
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Six WV road supervisors named by state official
West Virginia State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers announced six new county maintenance superintendents. Appointees include Clinton Cairney Mona Monongahela County Calvin H Lawrence G Robinson Kieffer Greenbrier County Melvin Poling Ona Cabell County Scott Little Martinsburg Berkeley County and Henry Schupbach New Martinsville Wetzel County.
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Standstill in Lao War as Heavy Rain Slows Fighting
UPI reports heavy rains near Van Vieng and Tha Thom slow Laotian fighting. US observers note only a few probing maneuvers in Xieng Khouang Province as major powers engage in de liberation rhetoric.
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Laos War Headlines and Navy Movements Highlight Cold War Tensions
Bangkok officials plan talks with Nehru as U S naval forces including an aircraft carrier position in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea. Heavy rains bog Laotian fighting, roads impassable and mists ground air transport while forces inch north toward Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Communist rebels extend supply lines as a second force threatens to split Laos at a 75 mile waist.
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Elizabeth Taylor to Rest After Pneumonia in New York
Elizabeth Taylor flew into New York from London and plans to return to Hollywood to rest in the sun after surviving a double pneumonia. The report notes her health update amid other varying news items from the era.
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Kremlin Leaders Powwow Amid Talks on Neutral Laos
Moscow reports a Kremlin summit of Communist world military and political leaders from the Warsaw Pact and observers from Red Asia discussing measures to strengthen combat capacity and demand Laos neutrality. Pravda urges actions to safeguard peace and notes a 20 year economic plan groundwork through 1980. Meetings are kept secret with a final communique expected.
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Dozen Feared Dead In Fire at Clarksville Farm Home
A farm home in Clarksville Tennessee was destroyed by fire early today killing up to 12 people. Sheriff Kenneth Albright said the 12 may have perished in the flames and noted some children could have visited friends or escaped but there was no evidence yet. The Whitehead family identified includes Alex 31 and his wife with children Jane 13 Robert 12 James 11 Patricia 10 Diane 9 Carolyn 8 Sarah 4 Wayne 3 and Johnny 9 months along with Mrs Whitehead's father Albert Gibbs 61. A thorough search of the ruins and surrounding area was under way.
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High Court to Weigh Rail Merger Job Security
Supreme Court agreed to rule in the 1961 62 term on whether federal law protects railroad workers when two lines merge Erie with Delaware Lackawanna and Western The ICC argues compensatory plans satisfy the statute while union officials view the act as guaranteeing up to four years of employment The decision will influence other mergers in progress and relates to the 1940 Transportation Act Also covered were a murder conviction reversal for Billy Homer Ferguson and a contempt hearing for Robert Shelton New York Times copy reader
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