Scarbro double murder solved as youths confess
State Police hold as prime suspects two teenagers from Scarbro and Oak Hill. A 15 year old confessed Thursday night to the killings of Dr Archer Wingrove 84 and Mrs Georgia Belle Broyles 76. The 16 year old companion admitted participation this morning after denying it earlier. Authorities withhold identities pending full investigation.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Bizzare
Scarbro
Howard Janney
I. P. Richardson
Archer Anderson Wingrove
Georgia Belle Broyles
John Brown's Civil War Showcase Opens April 8
State official Hulett C. Smith will launch the 1962 tourist season at Harpers Ferry for a Civil War showcase. A three dimensional sound map depicts battlegrounds as they appeared in 1959 to 1965. The grounds host 11 professional Civil War divisions, mock battles, mounted and foot troops, Sutler’s Store, a 150 seat theater showing Tales of War and the Harpers Ferry Story, and Sheridan trenches at the battlefield site.
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Harpers Ferry
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
John Brown
Home Guard
Sutler’s
Sutler
Sheridan Trenches
State Endorses Oral Vaccine for Poliomyelitis
Charleston reports State Health Department endorses Sabin oral polio vaccine for type 3. Health Director N H Dyer notes continued use of Salk injectable vaccine, while oral supply may be limited but usable in epidemics. Dyer outlines age range and dosing, refrigeration needs, and aims for 80 percent community coverage in winter to spring.
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Charleston
UPI
U. S. Public Health Service
State Health Department
N. H. Dyer
Department
Dyer
Kennedy Tax Bill Clears House Turbulence
In Washington the Kennedy tax measure moves from House passage to Senate debate amid Republican opposition and Democratic support. The bill survived two waves of GOP criticism as White House backing and party unity carried it forward, signaling strong executive-democratic alignment despite divided economic opinion.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
House
White House
Cuba mass confession as 1182 war prisoners plead guilty
In Havana 1182 prisoners on trial plead guilty to crimes against the state and waive defense rights in Cuba's largest legal spectacle since the 1930s purges. Officials say the invasion was organized by Yankee imperialism and imprisonment may carry death for expedition leaders Jose Perez San Roman Erneido Oliva Gonzales and Manuel Artime Buesa.
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Havana
UPI
Cuba
Jose Perez San Roman
Erneido Andres Oliva Gonzales
Manuel Artime Buesa
Segregated Schools to Lose U S Funds in 1963
The Kennedy administration announced that starting in fall 1963 it will cut off federal funds to racially segregated school districts serving children of servicemen and federal workers. The policy targets about 60 million dollars of the 285 million dollar aid program, affecting districts tied to federal property.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Sen
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Executive Branch
Congress
Keating
VD On Rise Across State Creates Action Pressure
A Washington inspired drive targets the resurgence of venereal disease, notably syphilis, amid calls for federal funding for 1962 63. The State Health Department VD control division led by Paul Kates would expand detection treatment and public education to reduce stigma and encourage treatment, with emphasis on open discussion to combat the illness.
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Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
VD Control Division
State Health Department
Paul Kates
Public figures voice mixed feelings on travel and privacy
United Press International reports Jacqueline Kennedy in India and Pakistan says it feels unnatural to travel without her husband and she misses family. A Burgess Hill strike cites windows blocking view of office girls, while Vatican Radio honors Cardinal Mindszenty as a symbol of human rights and faith.
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U.S
United Press International
Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
India
Pakistan
Burgess Hill
England
Vatican City
Vatican Radio
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
West Virginia Women’s Clubs Convene At The Greenbrier
Nearly 1,000 attend the 56th annual WV Federation of Women’s Clubs convention at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. 416 delegates registered yesterday as more than 500 expected today. The body voted to fund a national Mother's Day memorial via carnations sales and heard speakers from Girl Scouts of America and the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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West Virginia
Howard C. Sprague
Cleveland
Ohio
Region 4
Girl Scouts of America
J. York Wellborn
Arlington
Virginia’ Federation of Women’s Clubs
Thornton Wilder
America
Fallin Vs
Weather Update West to East Showers and Cooler Temperatures
Showers and thundershowers move east this afternoon with warmer temperatures in the east in the upper 60s to 70s and cooler conditions in the west. Tonight, rain or showers with some thundershower activity followed by a weekend cool spell with a high near 60 in the east and upper 40s in the west.
Cabell Man Found Slain in Huntington Apartment
The body of 65 year old Jake Howard was found in his Huntington apartment with a knife wound to the chest and a wire hanger around the neck. Police said the death appeared caused by the knife, with the blade driven to the hilt. The incident, discovered by a son in law at about 7 20 am, showed signs of ransacking in the slain man's bedroom though money in a strong box and the billfold remained undisturbed.
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Huntington
UPS
Jake Howard
Howard
Attacker Of 6 Women Sought In Huntington
Huntington police questioned about 20 suspects in a bid to find the man behind six attacks on women in the area. Detective Chief Herman A. Frazier said victims could not identify attackers, with Joyce Spears noting she was grabbed and fled to call police. Earlier incidents involved two women struck with stones or bricks.
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Huntington
UPI
Herman A. Frazier
Joyce Spears
Miss Spears
Kennedy Admits Harvard Exam Help Led to Departure
Ted Kennedy, candidate for the U S Senate, disclosed to Robert Healy that in 1951 he left Harvard at officials’ request after arranging for a fellow freshman to take a test for him. Healy reports Kennedy entered Harvard in 1950 and faced difficulty in a foreign language course.
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Boston
UPI
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Harvard University
Kennedy
Robert Healy
Washington
Boston Globe
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
White House
Healy
Harvard
Traffic Statistics Advisors Named
CHARLESTON UPS State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols appointed a 13 member advisory committee to help compile West Virginia traffic statistics. John T. Morgan will chair. first meeting set for next Thursday. The panel stems from a prior meeting with agencies and groups.
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Charleston
UPS
Jack A. Nuckols
West Virginia
John T. Morgan
Department
Nuckols
Charles T. Hopkins
The
West Virginia Safety Council
Emmett Bush
State Motor Truck Association
Kanawha
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
Ralph L. Ballard
State Automobile Dealers Association
Raymond Boyles
Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
Astronaut Deke Slayton Grounding Sparks Upset in NASA
Washington UPI report says seven Mercury astronauts were "damned upset" over Donald K. Slayton being withdrawn as prime astronaut for the next orbital Mercury flight. Slayton, 38, was grounded after NASA learned of an intermittent heart flutter, despite his long tenure and prior selection to follow John Glenn.
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Deke Slayton
Joseph L. Myler Washington
UPI
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
Kennedy
Air Force
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Adminis
Tration
NASA
Washington
May
Argentine Military Okeh New President
Argentina's military leaders accepted Senate President Jose M. Guido as provisional president to replace exiled Arturo Frondizi. Guido signed to outlaw political activities by Peronists, with military approval. Four former Frondizi-era generals were arrested for opposing the coup, named Rosendo Fraga, Carlos Peralta, Edgar Lance, and Juan C. Corini, with reports of eight more arrests unconfirmed.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Senate
Jose M. Guido
Arturo Frondizi
Guido
Armed Forces
Juan D. Peron
Frondizi
War Ministry
Rosendo Fraga
Carlos Peralta
Edgar Lance
Juan C. Corini
Kennedy urges talks on West New Guinea dispute
President Kennedy calls Sukarno to continue negotiations with the Netherlands to seek a peaceful solution as Indonesia had just broken off secret talks in Washington. Other items note union leaders planning further meetings, the U S Steel contract ruling, and the new Soviet ambassador presenting credentials.
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Kennedy
Indonesia
Sukarno
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Washington
Union and Industry
United Steelworkers
Anatoly F. Fabrynin
United States
APC Employes To Get Pay Hike
Appalachian Power Co. negotiates a new contract with a union and announces a 3 percent raise for non union workers effective Sunday. W C McMahan says about 8 Beckley district employees receive the raise immediately, with 36IBEW members to receive it after union ratification. If talks continue beyond Sunday the union raise becomes retroactive to April 1. APC employs about 3,500 people in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Appalachian Power Co
W. C. McMahan
APC
Beckley
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
INEW
Virginia
West Virginia
Venezuela Rejects Argentine Coup and Breaks Ties
President Romulo Betancourt announced that Venezuela will not recognize Argentina's military backed provisional government after Thursday's ouster of Arturo Frondizi. Caracas withdraws its diplomatic mission from Buenos Aires and cables Kennedy and Latin American leaders urging repudiation of Jose M. Guido's regime.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Buenos Aires
Arturo Frondizi
Kennedy
Jose M. Guido
Two Beckley Restaurants Change Hands This Week
John McKay sells Bowl-Wick Restaurant to Bowl-Wick Inc. owners and becomes Eatwell Cafe owner on Heber Street. Bowl-Wick stock transfers place new owners including Mrs. Wickham and family. McKay plans no Eatwell changes. he may rely on Sarandon for advice at high rates.
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Eatwell Cafe
Beckley
Chris Sarandon
Heber Street
John McKay
McKay
Sarandon
Johnstown Road
Eatwell
Caris Saranaon
Bow! Wick
Bow! Wick, Inc
James C. Higgins
John Gorman
D. E. Wipperman
Chester Roberts
Murray Shuff
Bowl Wick
Thomas Wickham
Nancy Wickham
John Gorsica
John II
Nina Bruster
John Sexton & Co
West Virginia
Cleveland
Ohio
Saran
Detroit doctors report new cancer detection method
Detroit physicians J Edward Berk and Sheldon M Kantor outline a test using common drugs to stimulate cancerous cells for detection. In late 1960 the clinical trials began and the process claims about 90 percent accuracy.
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Detroit
UPI
J. Edward Berk
Sheldon M. Kantor
Schools Seek Non-Political Fire Marshal
West Virginia school groups urged the Legislature to create a non political state fire marshal office and to enact a uniform fire code. They also pressed action on reappeal of public utility property including telephone and power company assets. Theodore Sargent praised a federal school aid bill by Rep Cleveland Bailey, while Olin Nutter and D Earl Fisher were elected presidents of the two associations.
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Wheeling
NPT
West Virginia
State Association of School Administrators
State School Board Association
Theodore C. Sargent
National School Board Association
Cleveland Bailey
D-W. Va
Titler To Speak At Tenn Rally
George J. Titler of Beckley will be one of the speakers at an old-fashioned rally at La Follette High School gymnasium Tennessee. The event begins at 2 pm Sunday with more than 2000 UMWA members and families attending from eastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky and District 50. James Ridings will preside and John J Badoud of District 50 will be principal speaker. April 1 marks miners holiday observed since 1898.
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George J. Titler
Beckley
United Mine Workers of America
la Follette
John J .Badoud
Washington, D. C
America
Jackie Kennedy Returns From Asia Trip In Reflective Return
Washington report notes Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy arrived from India and Pakistan after a London stopover. She said she wished her husband could have joined the trip and that locals showed affection for him. Kennedy was met by the president at the airport. Earlier Lent notices feature a daily invitation to prayer by A C Crenshaw.
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Washington
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
India
Pakistan
Kennedy
New York
London
East
State To Establish Clinic For Retarded Children
UPI says a $40,000 federal grant from the U S Children's Bureau will fund a clinic for retarded children at the State Health Center Department in South Charleston. Health Director N H Dyer said the project will be fully federally financed and serve about 300 children next year. Dyer announced Evelyn Flook will visit to assist counties in applying for funds under the Community Health Services and Facilities Act, which aids home care for the aged and chronically ill. About 12 local units are preparing applications. Dyer also named county health officers to a statewide committee for the 1963 centennial celebration.
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West Virginia
Dyer
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