Anonymous flyer targets Stephen's Lake levy vote
A covert campaign circulated mimeographed sheets in Raleigh County to mislead voters about the Stephen's Lake levy. Authors threaten up to $1,000 fines or a year in jail for anonymous political publications. The Citizens Committee of Raleigh County is named, while officials defend the project and disclose land and funding details.
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West Virginia
Citizens Committee of
Raleigh County
W. Va
M. A
Ping’’ Johnson
Stephen's Lake
Citizens Committee
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Co
Western Pocahontas Corp
Dominican leader weighs strike against Haiti amid border deployments
Santo Domingo reports show President Bosch may invade Haiti to topple the Duvalier regime. Dominican infantry occupy border positions as the OAS steps up efforts to avert war. Haiti vows no surrender as Washington prepares an emergency OAS meeting on the crisis.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Juan Bosch
Haiti
Hispaniola
Bosch
Francois Duvalier
Oganization of
OAS
Caribbean
Cuba
Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Washington
West Virginia Weather Forecast Says Cool and Cloudy
Partly cloudy and cool today with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s, fair tonight with mid 40s. Tuesday brings mostly sunny and warmer conditions, with a five day trend showing a gradual warm up into midweek and peaking Friday and Saturday. River conditions report Greenbrier and Lake at normal, gauging 2.2 feet at Hinton.
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Beckley
Comay
Gekeuané
Oak Hill
Hinton
OAS Convenes Emergency Session Over Haiti Dominican Tensions
The 20 nation council of the Organization of American States met in Washington in secret to avert a potential war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Dominican President Juan Bosch was accused of preparing an invasion to topple Francois Duvalier, but U.S. and Latin American officials doubted an attack while peace talks continued.
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Washington
UPI
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Francois Duvalier
U.S
Bosch
Soviets claim Hitler body recovered in Berlin bunker
Soviet Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky told Cornelius Ryan in Paris that the Red Army found Adolf Hitler's burned body in Berlin at war's end, ending 18 years of silence on the fate of the Nazi leader. Western observers note the unprecedented archival access as the 20th anniversary of victory nears.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Spain
Argentina
Vasily Sokolovsky
Cornelius Ryan
Red Army
Ryan
France
Paris
Assassin's Victim Dies in Algiers Mourning Nation
Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and visiting Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser canceled official functions to mourn Foreign Minister Mohammed Khemisti who died from wounds suffered April 11 when shot outside the National Assembly by an Algerian schoolteacher. He did not regain consciousness.
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Algiers
VPI
Ahmed Ben Bella
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mohammed Khemisti
Khemisti
National Assembly
Auditor to check welfare dept watchdog proposed
Governor Barron urged a two fold plan during a special legislative session to safeguard welfare spending. He called for a watchdog auditor and for funds from unappropriated current budget excesses to sustain ADC and WTP programs until July 1. A study committee would monitor policies and procedures of the Welfare Department and report to the Board of Public Works and the Legislature.
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Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
State Welfare Department
Department of Welfare
Board of Public Works
House
Senate
Welfare Department
W. Bernard Smith
Dirksen Plans Expense Account Abuse Measure
Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen unveiled proposals to curb congressional abuse of expense accounts and counterpart spending. He outlined a plan to require advance estimates of foreign costs, fund in Washington from the Treasury, and publish reports within 30 days after trips. A second proposal would allow sale of U.S. counterpart money abroad to American tourists, with a proviso to require recipient countries to accept such funds from U.S. private citizens. He aims to gain Democratic support and will discuss with Mike Mansfield. Also noted were lobbying rule debates tied to the Philippine War Claims Act and Kennedy transportation cost-control proposals.
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Washington
API
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Republican
Senate
Federal Treasury
U.S
House
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy
Parsons Named Ward IV Candidate After Ballot Ruling
Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp ruled that a ballot signed by one poll clerk is invalid, making C. E. Chuck Parsons the Democratic nominee for Ward IV in Beckley’s upcoming general election. The decision excludes T. M. Crews unless contested further, and the council will certify Parsons at a special session Tuesday.
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C. E
Chuck” Parsons
Ward IV
Beckley
Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Parsons
Knapp
West Virginia
Baumgardner Vs. Mills
T. M. Crews
Red Chinese Opium Strategy Threat to World War On Drugs
UPI reports Red China aims to flood the world with narcotics to gain foreign exchange. Most opium comes from Yunnan through Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam into Asia and the United States as heroin. America remains top market with small seizure rates at ports. The narcotics budget is about $5 million.
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U.S
Harry Ferguson Washington
UPI
Red China
Burma
Yunnan
Thailand
Laos
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Singapore
Japan
United States
America
Narcotics Bureau
Customs
West Virginia Legislature considers welfare study panel
Del. Jack R. Nuzum introduces a resolution to form a six member joint legislative committee to study the administration and operation of the State Welfare Department and its laws. The panel would report back with recommendations by December 16, 1963.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Del
Jack R. Nuzum
D-Randolph
Nuzum
Welfare Department
Catholics Switch To Public Schools Protest Spread Across State
In Missouri a Catholic protest movement against denying bus transportation to parochial students surged as thousands planned to transfer from church schools to public schools. Officials noted no central leadership but warned of a potential $56 million annual funding impact.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri
Etata
St. Louis
Kansas City
James Cox
St. Martin
Here
Two GIs Defect to East Germany
East German news agency ADN reports two American soldiers sought asylum in the East, with Capt Alfred Svenson deputy commander of the 2nd Tank Battalion and Sgt Benjamin Cain of West Berlin’s 6th Infantry. Svenson surrendered May 4 at Eisenach after crossing the border in full uniform, while Cain turned himself in May 3.
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ADN
Svenson
Eisenach
Cain
Man Who Came To Dinner star Monty Woolley dies
Monty Woolley died today in Albany Medical Center Hospital at age 74 after a heart ailment. The Yale alumnus and Broadway veteran who originated Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner had been on the critical list since April 6, after transfer from Saratoga Hospital.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Monty Woolley
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Woolley
Saratoga Hospital
Here
Saratoga Springs
Edgar Montillion Woolley
New York City
Yale
Broadway
Sheridan Whiteside
Whiteside
Rockefeller Begins Honeymoon At Venezuelan Cattle Ranch
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and his bride start a two week honeymoon at a family cattle ranch in Venezuela after arriving in Caracas. They then fly to Rockefeller's ranch near Valencia. Rockefeller says they came for a honeymoon because they love Venezuela. GOP leaders in Washington start reappraisal of possible presidential candidates in light of the sudden marriage.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Valencia
GOP
Washington
GOP National Committee
United Press International
District of Colum
New Mrs. Rockefeller Excommunicated in Episcopal Church
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller’s wife Margaretta Murphy lost communicant status in the Episcopal Church after her marriage. Under canon law a divorced person cannot remarry during the lifetime of a former spouse and she cannot receive Holy Communion unless a special dispensation is granted after church inquiry.
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New York
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta Fitler Murphy
Episcopal Church
Episcopal
Newlywed Murphys greeted by Venezuelans at airport
Margaretta Fitler Happy Murphy and her spouse settled on a 14,000 acre ranch and potato farm 125 miles west of Caracas. The newlyweds faced an overwhelming impromptu airport reception by local Venezuelans upon arrival.
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Margaretta Fitler
Happy
Murphy
Caracas
Grampa Sayings On Money And Social Party Etiquette
Sherwood Glutz recalls a family saying about a fool on his money and muses on how such people first come together. He observes how they seem to party well in society and are frequently invited to events.
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Grampa
Allus
Absentee Ballot Notice for City General Election
City Recorder Walter L. Humphrey announced that applications for absentee ballots for the May 28 city general election may be made now and ballots may be mailed to voters starting ten days before the election. Absentee ballots for the Stephen's Lake levy vote may be cast in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office today and Tuesday until 5 p.m. Absentee ballots must arrive at City Hall by election day and ballots must be delivered to the voter’s precinct in time for polls to close.
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Walter L. Humphrey
West Virginia
Stephen’s Lake
Raleigh
Circuit Clerk
Humphrey
City Recorder
Three West Virginia appointees await senate vote
UPI reports the State Senate was set to rapidly confirm three gubernatorial appointees for new terms after adjournment of the 1963 session. Clement R. Bassett of Welch as Employment Security Director, Carl B. Early of Charleston as Banking Commissioner, and William P. C. Perry of Charles Town as Racing Commission member were the nominees.
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Charleston
UPI
State Senate
W. W. Barron
Clement R. Bassett
Welch
Carl B. Early
State Racing Commission
William P. C. Perry
Charles Town
Republicans Reassess Presidential Potential
Washington reporters note GOP leaders are reappraising presidential prospects after Nelson Rockefeller’s remarriage. Views split on whether the divorce and marriage affect his 1964 bid, with some saying political damage, others claiming little or no impact, and many undecided.
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