Byrd trims three WV projects funds in Interior Bill
Senator Byrd announced a Senate move to add 1.45 million dollars for the new Office of Coal Research and 62 thousand for Bowden Fish Hatchery in Randolph County plus 125 thousand to start land acquisition for a westward Monongahela National Forest expansion and 150 thousand to begin a watershed management lab near Parsons. He cited plans to acquire up to 550 thousand acres across eight West Virginia counties including Braxton Fayette Greenbrier Lewis Nicholas Randolph Upshur and Webster.
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Webster
Monogahela National Forest
Wyoming lands donated to form state park in Soulsville area
Two land companies PM Pocahontas Land Corp and Western Pocahontas Corp donated 3075 acres in Soulsville to establish a state park in Wyoming County. Gov. Barron lauded the gift as officials toured coal cleaning operations. Deeds to be drawn and presented to Gov. Barron.
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Pocahantas Land Corp
W. W. Barron
Paige Wooldridge
Western Pocahontas Corp
Pete Feretti
Pocahontas Fuel Corp
Fred Toothman
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Gov
Barron
West Virginia
Wyoming
Raleigh
MAA benefits to be curtailed in West Virginia
West Virginia officials agreed to curtail Medical Assistance for the Aged spending starting July 1 due to budget cuts from 500 040 to 365 000 per month for 1962 63. Office and home medical calls likely to be reduced by about a quarter after talks with the State Medical Association. A May 22 conference will decide specifics.
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UPI
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W. Smith
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Department of Welfare
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Jeweler Leaves 250000 Bequest To U S Government
William Berns a New York jeweler died April 20 at 59 and left the principal of his 250000 estate to Uncle Sam in a patriotism driven will filed for probate. An income from the estate will go to his mother Milly until her death, then principal to the federal government. He did not leave anything to his four sisters and brother.
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New York
UPI
William Berns
Sam
Berns
Milly
West Virginia Weather Summary and Conditions
West Virginia reports clear cool conditions with lows 36 to 40 tonight and Friday expected sunny and warmer. Beckley yesterday high 66 low 42. Oak Hill highs near 68 and low around 35. Greenbrier and Lake readings show normal, clear conditions. 4 gates open at New River gauge 3 ft at Hinton. UPI dispatch notes nationally a 19 degree low at Drummond Montana and 102 degree high at Yuma on Wednesday.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Yuma
Fist Fight Halts Union Meeting
Washington IUE executive board meeting halted by a fist fight between President James B. Carey and Secretary-Treasurer Al Hartnett. Carey reported a bloody nose after Hartnett threw punches amid a feud over control and a column in the IUE News. The clash broke up their session but the leaders resumed talks later.
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UPI
International Union of Electrical Workers
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al Hartnett
Carey
Hartnett
IUE News
Former patient subdued after chase at college
A 22 year old former mental patient from St Albans attacked a snack bar proprietor near West Virginia State College. Police, college students, and 30 state police cadets pursued him through the campus administration building and student union before subduing him and placing him in protective custody on assault and battery charges.
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Kanawha
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Revolutionary Mine Belt Patent Sought
E R Cooper general manager of coal mines for Jones and Laughlin Steel filed for a patent on a conveyor belt able to make 90 degree turns. The design provides a spill free continuous transport method for coal from continuous mining machines and allows the belt to follow a mining machine through a mine and return coal to the surface.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
J&l
Gore to Crack Down on Med Center Suppliers
Charleston UPS Tru man Gore director of the State Department of Finance and Administration said he would discipline food suppliers delivering inferior products to West Virginia University Medical Center. He could cancel contracts suspend vendors up to a year and hold them responsible for any losses. Morgantown hospital administrator Eugene Staples confirmed reports of such deliveries and said items not meeting standards are rejected. A check is kept on shipments and Gore and purchasing director Curtis Wilson said no suppliers have been notified of failures yet but action would follow if found. They called for inspectors to spot check institutions but funds for two inspectors were denied by the 1962 Legislature.
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Truman Gore
State Department of Finance and Administration
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Eugene Staples
Morgantown Center
Curtis Wilson
Tthey
U S explodes third H Bomb in Pacific test
The United States detonated the third and largest nuclear device in its atmospheric Pacific test. The Atomic Energy Commission estimated the yield at one to five million tons of TNT. The bomb was air-dropped near Christmas Island, as with the first two tests, and officials say the tests aim to increase warhead punch.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Christmas Island
Jury Awards Sisk $60,000 in Federal Court Verdict
A $60,000 jury verdict was issued for Donald Sisk of Mullens in a suit against the Virginian and Norfolk and Western Railways in Bluefield Federal Court. Sisk claimed loss of an arm and other injuries from a short circuit in locomotive cab equipment while two years ago. Judge John J. Field Jr. presided. the first trial ended in a hung jury. Warren A. Thornhill III of Beckley and Bruno Heirich of Chicago represented Sisk. Joseph Sanders of Bluefield represented the railroad.
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Mullens
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Norfolk and Western Railways
Bluefield
Warren A. Thornhill III
Beckley
Sisk
Bruno Heirich
Chicago
John J. Field Jr
Pollyanna View Of 21st Century Suburbs
Washington column mocks Encyclopedia Americana 21st century predictions. Suburbs will house over 60 percent of Americans with endless lawn upkeep and heated terraces. Cities may merge schools atop apartments making children elevator riders and adults wary of future life.
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Washington
UPI
Encyclopedia Americana
West Virginia Apportionment Amendment Seated Question
West Virginia Attorney General Robertson warned that the proposed November apportionment amendment may not align with U S Supreme Court guidance. He argues state and federal constitutions may be violated if current seating remains unequal, noting 13 counties are underrepresented in the House of Delegates.
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UPI
Donald Robertson
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U. S. Supreme Court
Robertson
House of Delegates
Gleason Ailes Tabbed To Get Cabinet Posts
MORGANTOWN reports Jack Gleason of Washington DC is expected to be named Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare by President Kennedy. Army Undersecretary Stephen Ailes, a Romney native, likely will succeed Elvis Stahr as Army Secretary after Stahr resigns to become Indiana University president effective July 1.
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Morgantown Dominion - News
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U. S. Senate
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Gleason
Army
Stephen Ailes
Romney
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Stahr
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Indiana University
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University of West Virginia
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Indiana
Washington Daily News
National Guard
1 Dead 1 Hurt In 2 Car Crash
A collision on U S 52 near Premier Mountain in McDowell County killed Cecil McDonald Hull 43 a custodian of the World War Memorial Building and injured Air Force T Sgt Ralph Kiblinger serious condition. Hull was thrown from his car after sideswiping a truck and hitting a hill. the other driver was Forest Walkup of Welch and the truck was driven by Charles Kennedy of Jolo McDowell County.
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Wisconsin student fined for kitten killing
University of Wisconsin sophomore James C. Martin, 19, was fined 55 dollars after he stoned to death a kitten that died in the arms of its sobbing owner, Steven Klein, 7. Martin said he did not like cats.
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UPI
University of Wisconsin
James C. Martin
Steven Klein
Martin
NATO plan to share US nuclear weapons with allies
A three stage plan drafted by NATO would gradually place U S and British nuclear weapons under closer control with European allies. The proposal, created with the United States and Britain, aims for staged cooperation on uses and deployment within NATO and will be reviewed at the alliance ministerial session in Athens.
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UPI
NATO
United States
Britain
Shortening The News In a note to the government of Ghana
The United States told neutral nations it will gladly cease nuclear testing if an effective test ban is reached with Russia but will not relinquish the right to defense preparations. Kennedy urged steps to speed school integration and noted Australia inviting Amish relocation to escape religious persecution. Serling to teach at Antioch College as writer in residence. House moves toward satellites to relay TV worldwide. White House board to advise Kennedy on a wage dispute affecting 450000 railroad workers. Folsom disputes early returns in Alabama governor race. Eisenhowers return to Gettysburg farm after California trip. Longshoremen strike closes the Port of Philadelphia. Kennedy likely to visit Brazil mid Aug to mid Sep. Agriculture warns mid-Atlantic states of 17-year locust swarms. Col Justice Chambers installed as deputy director of the Office of Emergency.
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Civil Rights Commission
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Rod Serling
Antioch College
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Lincoln Gordon
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
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Col Glenn Gives Soviet Spaceman History Lesson
Col Glenn escorts Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov on a Washington tour highlighting U.S. history. They view the Lincoln Memorial and Gettysburg Address, exchange autographs, and discuss space voyages. The meeting included brief talks with newsmen and a White House visit arrangement.
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Alvin Spivak
Ashington
UPD
Gherman Titov
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
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Titov
Kennedy
White House
Nven
Trains Collision Near Tokyo Kills 83, Wounds 189
Presstime Bulletins report a three way crash near Mikawashima station on Thursday night involving two passenger trains and a freight train. At least 83 dead and 189 injured in one of Tokyo's worst accidents. Separate UPI dispatch notes gains by pro Communist rebels as Muong Sing falls in Laos.
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UPI
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Vientiane
Laos
Muong Sing
Tom Dooley
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