Hanks Linked With Lake Circulars in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk C Harold Hanks faced claims of distributing anti levy propaganda for the Stephen's Lake measure. Three Terry residents said Hanks showed mimeographed checks and statements at Raleigh Motor Sales on Friday, saying distribution would “blast the levy all to hell.” The incident prompted affidavits and police inquiry as relatives of McMillion witnesses described the confrontation and Hanks denied support for the levy.
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Raleigh
C. Harold Hanks
Stephen's Lake
Terry
The
Register
Hanks
A. A. McMillion
Russell McMillion
Roger McMillion
Raleigh Motor Sales
North Oakwood
Valley Drive
McMillions
Russell
ADC
Dad
Roger
Harold Hanks
Lake Levy
C. A
Slim
Thompson
Anthony Sparacino
McMillion
East Gulf
Bath House
Helen
Post-Herald
Raleigh County
Welfare Probe Begun
Charleston reports the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Government and Finance began an inquiry into the Welfare Department by drafting committee guidelines. The panel approved 457000 for child aid programs and agreed to study the department without direct legislature direction, ending a two day special session. The committee will seek an opinion from the state attorney general and may meet again later this month.
Drys Approve 300000 Budget For Alcohol Action Program
West Virginia temperance forces approved a 300000 budget to fund the United Church Alcohol Action Program. UCAAP President Elwood Fleming said the group will move forward beyond defense and will add an alcohol education director. Local leaders report county vote returns hint at liquor store opposition. Ohio temperance leaders addressed a luncheon on the education program in schools.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
United Church Alcohol Action Program
Virginia
UCAAP
Elwood Fleming
Fleming
L. E. Crowson
South Charleston
Lewis Berger
Ohio Temperance League
Ohio
Weather forecast for West Virginia with warm trend
Cloudy and warmer today with a high of 76 to 85. Tonight scattered showers or thunderstorms possible, diminishing Thursday. Lows tonight cooler, Thursday afternoon or evening. Five day outlook: temperatures 5-6 degrees above normal, cooling late Thursday into Friday, then warmer over weekend and cooler Monday. Scattered showers Thursday and late Saturday or Sunday. River and lake levels normal with a new gauge at Hinton.
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Beckley High
Vandaseecass
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia lawmakers end special session with welfare probe
The main interim committee of the West Virginia Legislature took over a welfare department investigation after lawmakers appropriated 457000 for the department and adjourned the two day special session Tuesday. The Joint Committee on Government and Finance will continue the study and seek an opinion on legislative immunity. Republican opposition to the rules suspension faded as the appropriation was approved 24 to 3 in the Senate and 96 to 1 in the House, with funds to support the Work and Training Program and Aid to Dependent Children through year’s end.
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del. J. F. Deem
Ritchie
House
Julius Singleton
Senate
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Donald Robertson
John Carrigan
R-Marshall
Board of Public Works
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Lambert
Welfare Department
Imen
Carrigan
Dan Cahill
Logan
Bernard Smith
Jack Johnson
Point Pleasant
Smith
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
New Plant to Locate in West Virginia Buckhannon
Governor Barron announced Moore Business Farms Inc will build a plant in Buckhannon WV expected to employ about 175 people by year's end. Construction may start around August 15 with partial occupancy by year end. State officials praised the move as a boost to central West Virginia’s development.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Moore Business Farms, Inc
Buckhannon
Moore
West Virginia
Barron
Hulett C. Smith
Fatalities Rise As West Virginia Toll Reaches 101
United Press International reports two traffic deaths within 20 miles of each other in Mason and Putnam counties raise West Virginia's highway death toll for the year to 101, down from 128 last year. Samuel Smithers, 6, Apple Grove, Mason County, was struck along Secondary Route 37 near his home. He is the son of Charles Withers, a grade school principal. Driver Charles Chaney, 20, Culloden, was killed in a head-on crash on the U S 60 bypass near Hurricane involving Eva Jordan, 20, Hurricane. Mrs Jordan sustained a broken leg and internal injuries while her five month old son Anthony was slightly hurt.
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United Press International
Mason
Putnam
West Virginia
Samuel Smithers
Apple Grove
Mason County
Charles Withers
Charles Chaney
Culloden
Eva Jordan
Hurricane
U. S. 60
Jordan
Anthony
Rail Report Underway On Kennedy Job Security Dispute
A Presidential Emergency Board study of the railroad labor dispute will begin drafting its report to President Kennedy today, according to Judge Samuel I. Rosenman.
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New York
UPS
Kennedy
Samuel I. Rosenman
Little Liz and the Park Bench Hardships
A light anecdote contrasts roughing it with a stroll from the far side of a parking lot to the office. It notes how some call this hardship while others see it as minor effort. The piece hints at everyday humor in small workplace challenges.
Bosch Attacks Haitian Regime as Tyranny of Madman
In Santo Domingo President Bosch condemns Francois Duvalier as an absolutely irresponsible regime and a tyranny led by a madman who claims only God can remove him. In Riverside California Governor Brown hints at Sen. Kuchel as a potential GOP presidential nominee, suggesting he could not harm the party by endorsing him.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Francois Duvalier
Riverside
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Sen
Thomas H., Kuchel
R-Calif
White House hints at Birmingham solution by locals
Acting press secretary Andrew Hatcher states the President hopes Birmingham's racial situation will be solved by the people there. The administration presents a stance that emphasizes local agency and urges calm amid mounting protests.
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Washington
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Birmingham
Civil rights plea from Rep. Abner W. Sibal
Representative Abner W. Sibal of Connecticut urges Congress to lead on civil rights. He argues that laws alone cannot solve the problems, but without laws progress will be impossible.
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Washington
Abner W. Sibal
R-Conn
Congress
Boy’s Body Recovered After River Swim Tragedy
Bradford W. Davis, 16, of Mineralwells, drowned while attempting to swim the Little Kanawha River in Wood County. His body was recovered Tuesday at Nicollette after he disappeared beneath the surface on Monday during the crossing with a young companion.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Bradford W. Davis
Mineralwells
Kanawha River
Davis
Nicollette
Wood County
Brothers Die In Murder death by own action
In Fairmont two elderly brothers were found shot to death Tuesday night in the home of Gladys Wilson. Authorities say 76 year old David M Cyphers shot his 81 year old brother Guy William Cyphers with a 38 caliber revolver before killing himself. Both men were retired farmers from Smithfield area. Neighbor L R Starkey discovered the bodies.
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Fairmont
UPI
David M. Cyphers
Guy William Cyphers
Gladys Wilson
Guy Cyphers
Guy
David
Smithfield
Wetzel County
L. R. Starkey
Centennial Train Sets Check Run Across Ohio Valley
The blue and white Centennial exhibit Train will conduct a mechanical check-run Thursday from Charleston to Huntington. It will be led by Bill Boden, chairman of the Centennial exhibit train committee, H. F. Lydick, commander, and C&O mechanical reps. Departure from the C&O station is shortly after 10 o'clock EDT, with M. I. Dunn and E. T. Rucker meeting in Huntington as C&O officials.
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Charleston
UPS
Huntington
Bill Boden
H. F. Lydick
Chesapeake & Ohio
C&o
M. I. Dunn
E. T. Rucker
Divorce Granted in Sensational Argyll Trial
In Edinburgh, the Duke of Argyll, head of Clan Campbell and master of the Queen’s Scottish household, was granted a divorce after judge Justice Wheatley disclosed nude photographs of the duchess with another man. The decree cites adultery with multiple men including Baron Sigismund von Braun, John Cohane, and Harvey Combe. the duke is said to have forgiven her misconduct and condoned the marriage.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
UPS
Duke of Argyll
John Wheatley
Duke
Sigismund von Braun
Wernher von Braun
John Cohane
Ireland
Harvey Peter Combe
Savoy Hotel
Justice Wheatley
von Braun
Pipeline Abandoned In Ohio Slurry Line
Consol coal company said it abandoned its coal slurry pipeline in Ohio on Tuesday due to new low cost freight rates recently set by the railroad industry. It was the nation’s only slurry pipeline.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Consolidation Coal Co
Ohio
Narcotics 3 Treatment Is Lengthy Painful and Seldom Cures
Washington report on 1900 patients treated at Lexington Kentucky and Fort Worth Texas federal hospitals shows 90 percent relapse within six months. Voluntary and court-ordered patients face long, painful withdrawal with high dropout. only about one in ten achieves lasting recovery. Methadone replaces morphine as a smoother but still distressing detox, followed by a two week convalescence and lingering restlessness.
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Washington
UPD
Public Health Service
Lexington
Federal
Fort Worth
Tex
Betty Miller Begins Final Leg of Solo Pacific Flight
Betty Miller, the Santa Monica housewife and aviator, rests in Suva Fiji before continuing the 7,100 mile solo crossing to Australia. After an 8 hour 27 minute leg from Canton Island to Nandi International, she plans a 12 hour layover and then a 1,475 mile over water hop to Brisbane via Noumea. The flight traces a reverse path of Amelia Earhart’s ill fated 1937 voyage.
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Suva
Fiji
UPI
Betty Miller
Santa Monica
Calif
California
Australia
Nandi International
Canton Island
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Central Pacific
Honolulu
Mrs. Miller
Oakland
Timber Worker Killed in Timber Operation Accident
William A. Bomar a 21 year old from Tunnelton died instantly Tuesday after being struck in the head by a falling limb during a timber operation in Kingwood. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Kingwood
UPI
William A. Bomar
Tunnelton
Editorial Speak Up Mr Hanks Overtones of public doubt on Stephen's Lake levy
A letter questions Harold Hanks and H J Oram about the Stephen's Lake levy and alleged underground opposition. It prompts direct demands for a clear public stance, denies links to fluoridation, and asks for answers about mimeographed sheets, late dates, and financial handling in the lake project.
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Harold Hanks
Stephen’s Lake
H. J. Oram
Mr. Oram
Mr. Hanks
Stephen’s Lake Levy
Haiti Evacuates 68 Dependents From Embassy Airlift
UPI reports Haiti’s deteriorating situation prompts a first evacuation airlift. A commercial jet carried 68 dependents of American Embassy personnel from Port au Prince to Miami at 10:00 a.m. EDT. An estimated 106 other Americans, 84 of them dependents of military personnel, boarded a charter flight arriving during loading. A second plane was planned to fly direct to Miami. The government aims to evacuate about 220 dependents and remove 1,300 private American residents, with two Pan American flights scheduled Thursday. The scene at the airport showed many children in Sunday attire amid piled baggage.
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Port AU Prince, Haiti
UPI
Washington
Port Au Prince
Miami
Montego Bay
Jamaica
U.S
Haiti
Pan American World Airways
U. S
Mindszenty Talks Reported in Budapest Foreign Ministry
Secret discussions over the fate of Cardinal Mindszenty were held at the Hungarian Foreign Ministry with U S and Hungarian officials and a Vatican prelate joining the talks. The visiting cleric was believed to be a Vatican official.
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Budapest
UPI
Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Vatican
President Hopes Birmingham Can Solve Own Ills
Demonstrations in Birmingham Alabama drew 3000 plus participants as rocks flew at police and fire crews. Gov George Wallace sent 250 state troopers to aid order while President Kennedy remained in touch but did not plan federal intervention. White House said responsibility lay with local leaders and business groups to seek a peaceful resolution. federal grounds for action were deemed unlikely at the time.
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United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
South
Alabama
George Wallace
Montgomery
Rnot
Kennedy
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Robert F. Kennedy
Burke Marshall
Washington
Justice Department
Burke ‘Marshall
Streator Mayor Arrested in Extortion Probe
In Streator Illinois Mayor Ray Sopher was arrested in Chicago after taking about $3,000 from Smith and Loveless Inc in a purported extortion scheme linked to sewage equipment contracts. FBI said the kickback scheme began over two years ago as city leaders eyed plant upgrades. Sopher posted bond and awaits further federal action.
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Streator
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Ray Sopher
Chicago
Sopher
Kansas
M. W.johnson
Smith and Loveless Inc
Lenexa
Kan
U.S
James P. O'Brien
C. S. Bentley Pike
B. Alden Smith
Smith and Loveless
Smith
War of words over Stephen's Lake lies
Sherwood Glutz declares life a battle of wits while dismissing rumors about Stephen's Lake as unarmed. He notes people try to fool others but the deception shortfalls against persistent chatter and public scrutiny.
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Stephen’s Lake
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