Eisenhower Urges Major Cuts in Kennedy Budget
Former President Dwight Eisenhower urged Congress to trim more than 13 billion dollars from Kennedy’s budget for the new fiscal year, targeting space and defense programs as part of a broader fiscal restraint. He warned failure to cut could force simultaneous spending and tax reductions with future costs to children. Halleck said GOP lawmakers back the push for cuts and noted public sentiment favors reducing government spending.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Kennedy
House
Charles A. Halleck
Eisenhower
Halleck
GOP
Swiss Typhoid Epidemic Spread Feared In U S
Typhoid fever sickens several across the United States with cases traced to travelers from Zermatt Switzerland. Health officials warn more cases may appear as 20 charter ski flights with 2 000 passengers return since March 4.
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United Press International
Zermatt
Switzerland
Europe
United States
Los Angeles Area
San Francisco Bay Area
Federal Highway Administrator Meets West Virginia Officials
Federal Highway Administrator Rex Whitton met with Gov. Barron State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers and Sen. Jennings Randolph to discuss roadbuilding program problems in West Virginia. Whitton, accompanied by his wife, traveled by car for the talks in Charleston.
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Charleston
UPI
Rex Whitton
West Virginia
Whitton
W. W. Barron
Burl Sawyers
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia Weather Forecast Turns Warmer Then Storms
Sunny to warm today with highs in the 70s and 80s followed by increasing clouds and late showers and thunderstorms tonight into Saturday. Lows tonight mostly 40s east and 50s west, cooler by Saturday afternoon. Five day outlook shows temperatures about 10 degrees above normal with showers likely Saturday and Tuesday, rainfall around 0.5 to 1 inch. Beckley and Oak Hill records noted. Greenbrier River conditions steady, Lake level 21 feet, gauge at Hinton 6.9 feet.
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Beckley
Casa Aera
Xu Nagere
Oak Hill
Hinton
Ten Children Taken From Artie Couple
West Virginia welfare officials place Cecil and Janet Scarbro children in temporary foster homes after a drowning and a near drowning as floodwaters isolated their home. The mother is jailed and the father has left the state, with ten children now wards of the Child Welfare Department.
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Artie
Child Welfare Department
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Janet Scarbro
Daugh
Ter
Cecil Scarbro
Sheriff's Department
White Oak Creek
Janet
Oran Griffith
Ing
Blind Pianist Alec Templeton Dies Of Cancer
Alec Templeton the Cardiff born blind pianist and entertainer died at his Greenwich home after a year long cancer battle. He moved to the United States in 1936, became an American citizen in 1941, and rose as a noted concert pianist and radio performer. Private services will be held at his home Saturday followed by a public memorial at Christ Episcopal Church and burial in Putnam Park Cemetery.
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Greenwich
Conn
UPI
Alec Templeton
Templeton
Cardiff
Wales
United States
Britain
Christ Episcopal Church
Putnam Park Cemetery
Dorm Ground Broken at West Virginia Training School
Ground breaking ceremonies were held for a new dormitory at the West Virginia Training School ST. MARYEL. The building will house more than 200 mentally retarded children and will include quarters for diagnosis and therapy.
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ST. Maryel
UPS
West Virginia Training School
Russia threatens measures to guard Cuba bound ships
Moscow warned it may take appropriate measures to protect Soviet merchant vessels bound for Cuba after a Cuban port attack on the freighter Baku. The note accused Cuban exiles of acting with U.S. approval and demanded compensation, while Khrushchev said war danger over Cuba had receded. A separate claim involved a U S ship captain reporting Soviet built Mig jets firing near the Floridian.
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Russia
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
Baku
Cuban
Govedacta
Izvestia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Tass
Khrushichev
U.S
Miami
Fla
Rock and roll singer Jimmy Lewis arrested on narcotics charges
New York police and federal agents seized 180000 dollars worth of narcotics and what appeared to be operation records in Jimmy Baby Face Lewis apartment. Investigators say the encoded list includes more than 100 entertainment industry customers and many Hollywood figures. The raid aims to expose a nationwide show business narcotics network.
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New York
UPI
Jimmy
Baby Face
Hollywood
Boston Hotel Fire Kills Four. Dozen Injured
Boston's worst hotel blaze since 1913 tore through the Sherry Biltmore on Massachusetts Avenue early today. Four dead and 24 hurt as guests fled via ladders. the entire 25 member cast of The Sound of Music escaped. Firefighters battled flames with multiple alarms as the Cocoanut Grove tragedy looms nearby in memory.
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Boston
UPI
Selina Human
Baltimore
Columbus
Ohio
Minneapolis
Arcadia
Bill O’brien
Lansing
Mich
Sound of Music
Coal Mines to Operate Saturday in Winding Gulf Area
Winding Gulf Mines will run Saturday except for Ma ben and Sparks Coal Co. This is Sparks first Saturday operation since its 1961 organization and Winding Gulf’s first Saturday run in two years. About 25 contractors will bring coal to Sparks with mines at Tams East Gulf Winding Gulf McAlpin Riffes Branch Besoco and Sprague Nos 2 and 4. Monday is John L Lewis day a miners holiday with ceremonies planned at Keystone Hall Keystone for miners from Raleigh Wyoming McDowell and Mercer counties. Speakers include George Titler UMWA District 29 John Grygiel UMWA Welch and a Bluefield State College rep. Titler proposes a scholarship to Bluefield for a miner’s daughter from Wyoming Mercer or McDowell counties.
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Winding Gulf Coal Co
Maben
Sparks Coal Co
Winding Gulf
Tiple
Tams
East Gulf
McAlpin
Riffes Branch
Besoco
Sprague
John L. Lewis
Keystone Hall
Keystone
Raleigh
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
George Titler
United Mine Works of America
District 29
John Grygiel
UMWA
Welch
Bluefield State College
Bluefield
Titler
Quotes From Civil Rights Leader and World Leaders
Greenwood Mississippi Rev James Bevel calls for federal protection from mobs during voter registration drives. Huntsville Texas Douglas Ashley notes pleas for stays of execution have been rejected by three Supreme Court justices. Toronto Prime Minister John Diefenbaker warns that a few powerful newspapers could threaten Canadians rights.
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United Press International
Greenwood
Miss
James Bevel
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Huntsville
Tex
Douglas Ashley
Supreme Court
Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Kennedy oil quotas hit by coal state pressure claim
Rep. Silvio Conte accuses President Kennedy of bowing to coal barons to keep residual oil imports. He says New England consumers pay a political debt to coal states as Conte blasts the 50 000 barrel per day quota rise starting April 1 as a token effort. Arch Moore defends quotas, arguing coal seeks 29 percent of New England’s market.
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Washington
UPL
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Kennedy
Conte
House
New England
West Virginia
Arch Moore
R-W. Va
Moore
Perjury Probe Seen Following Estes Conviction
Reports circulated that a federal grand jury will probe perjury after Billie Sol Estes was convicted on four counts of mail fraud and one conspiracy count. Estes, 38, faces up to 25 years. he already has an eight year state sentence.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
Washington
Thomason
U.S
Rufus D. McLean
Justice Department
Parley Set Today With Engravers
New York reports contract talks resume today between publishers and the photoengravers union amid a 112 day newspaper shutdown. Union rebels rejected a settlement by a 191 111 vote as publishers hold firm. Mayor Wagner to preside at City Hall meeting at 2 30 P M EST.
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New York
UPI
Photoengravers
Sholdout Union
Frank McGowan
Photoengravers Local 1
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Jets Fire On US Vessel Off Cuban Coast In MIG Incident
The Floridian, a US-flag merchant ship, was attacked by two Soviet-built MIG jets 30 miles north of Cuba. Captain Olsen saw the fighters circle and fire, with one craft firing across the bow. crew photographed the incident as four Navy intelligence officers boarded the ship.
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Curtis Olsen
Minneapolis
Miami
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Olsen
Harold Keane
Philadelphia
Puerto Rico
Navy
Cayman Grande Island
SOS
Governor Vows To Restore Full Relief By July First
Gov. W. W. Barron promises immediate action when the 1963-64 budget takes effect July 1 to restore Aid to Dependent Children and the work and training programs to normal levels. The cuts, 20 percent for April through June, do not remove any beneficiaries or affect aged, blind, or totally disabled programs. Relief checks drop from 85 to 65 percent for the three months.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Barron
State Department of Welfare
De Gaulle Prepares Direct Clash With France Labor Unions
President Charles de Gaulle plans a head on power struggle with major unions over wage policy. Strikes by coal miners and other state workers threaten fuel shortages and plant closures, risking a nationwide crisis that could prompt a public appeal from the president.
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de Gaulle
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Lens
Radiotelevision
Kraft Foods Officer Sees West Virginia Growth Potential
Robert Lockridge of Kraft Foods told the State Restaurant Association convention that the company backs West Virginia industry and is investing in its future. He announced a new distribution center and office in Huntington to serve the state, signaling strong industrial development support.
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West Virginia State Restaurant Association
Beckley
S. Earl Thompson
Department of Food Service and Housing
Partners In Progress
Robert Lockridge
Kraft Foods
West Virginia
Ing
Lockridge
State Restaurant Association
Kraft Food Co
Huntington
Lixkinige
Oliver M. Raines
Stern Still In Charge Of Centennial Train
The West Virginia Centennial Commission says Alfred Stern of New York City will not direct the Centennial celebration yet he and associates Warren Weaver Owen Scott and Jack Robinson remain in charge of designing and building the Centennial Train exhibit area. The group has met resistance as they continue to develop the project despite Stern’s removal as consultant.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
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