Floods Ravage Midwest Reach Centralia Centralia Hit Hard by Floods
United Press International reports Midwest floods isolating Centralia Illinois and threatening more towns in Indiana and Kentucky. White River rose to its highest level in 24 years while the Licking River crest loomed over Falmouth. Officials note damaged sewage systems, refugee searches, National Guardsmen on levees, and widespread power pressures as storms continue midweek.
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Panhandle Hit By Rain and Winds in WV Report
UPI reports rain and roaring winds hit parts of northern West Virginia with thunderstorms statewide. Heavy downpours flooded some basements, Grave Creek flooded a yard and a bridge washed away in Moundsville while a Weirton roof was torn off. Temperatures to drop into the 40s tonight as cooler air moves in.
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Weather outlook and river conditions in Beckley and Oak Hill
Showers and thunderstorms turn cooler this afternoon with a high in the 70s. Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Wednesday, with lows in the 40s. Beckley yesterday reached 85, low 24 hours ago. Oak Hill yesterday high 85, low around 57, today 60. River Greenbrier normal and muddy, Lake normal and cloudy with 5 gates open. gauge at 46 ft.
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Father Helsley Resigns As St. Francis Pastor
The Rev. Paul V. Helsley resigns as pastor of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Beckley. Archbishop Swint approves and plans to reassign him when health allows. Rev. Sylvester W. Staud of Gary will replace him, arriving around June 1 if doctors permit. Helsley, born July 6 1895 in Wellsburg, has served in several parishes and spent 16 months in Rome.
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X15 Pilot Aims For New Speed Record
Edwards AFB officials said test pilot Joe Walker will attempt to raise the X15 rocket plane speed to 3400 mph this week. The mission aims to gather data on aerodynamics stability heat and performance after Walker recently set an altitude record of 169000 feet.
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Liftoff praise and isolation quotes drift across fronts
Washington astronaut Alan B. Shepard calls the space departure a very pleasant liftoff. A Cuban exile recalls relief at reaching safety in Miami after two weeks of peril. In Korea Sgt. William Tellis from Hamtramck describes lonely patrols along the line with his radioman. Senator Styles Bridges opposes extending aid to Iron Curtain nations, arguing the bloc has grown to Frankenstein dimensions and needs no vitamin pills.
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Shepard Resumes Training After Warm Welcome
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. returns to Mercury program drills after a celebratory visit to Washington and Langley Air Force Base. He praised the mission, recalled a near miss with Russia, and stressed the need to press on toward orbit despite a grueling pace and 45 minute news conference.
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Rusk Approves Updated Berlin Crisis Planning
Secretary of State Dean Rusk approved a proposal for contingency plans for any Berlin emergency. The move, endorsed by NATO ministers, involves the United States Britain France and West Germany reviewing the adequacy of their Berlin plans amid rising anxiety over a potential new crisis.
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Flight Labeled Nearly Perfect by Mercury Pilot
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard aboard Freedom reported a near flawless flight despite a 12 mile longer path than planned 302 miles rather than 290. A retrorocket jettison light failed briefly but the crew manually overridden controls and confirmed no danger. The liftoff was smoother with less noise and vibration than expected and the craft handled stress well.
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Five Children Perish In Fire In Halifax Tenement
In Halifax Nova Scotia UPI, five Wagerman children aged 9, 4, 7, 5, and 3 died when a tenement home burned. Their parents, John Wagerman a sailor and Isobel 29, escaped by leaping from the second floor. John sustained third degree burns and Isobel was treated for cuts and bruises.
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Proxy Battle Upset Sees Murchants Ahead in Alleghany Contest
NEW YORK Murchisons of Texas appear poised for a decisive win in the Alleghany Corp proxy battle. Wall Street insiders say signs favor the Texas faction, shifting expectations from a Kirby management lead just a week prior in what is described as the hottest corporate struggle of the century.
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Laos Peace Mission Faces Rebel Walkout In Geneva
Laos government works with a three nation peace team as pro Communist rebels refuse to meet. ICC members from India Canada and Poland aim to monitor cease fire and contact rebels while leaders disappear to Geneva. Souvanna Phouma and Pathet Lao at Hanoi report no top rebel leaders available.
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Tennessean Is Mother Of Year
New York headline honors Mrs Louise Sevier Giddings Currey a 58 year old Tennessee mother of six as American Mother of 1961. She lives at Lookout Mountain and was chosen from 52 mothers representing states DC and Puerto Rico. The citation notes foster care work and juvenile court reforms.
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AWOL Gospel Singer Caught in West Virginia Escape
Harold Page, 56, a member of the Moundsville Penitentiary gospel group, was captured Monday after an AWOL escape following a Sunday break with fellow singer George Maynard. Page, serving a life term, had previously been sent to Moundsville in 1958 for a $9,738 Buffalo bank holdup. Maynard, 35, from Williamson, was at large. he had a 20 year sentence from Mingo County in 1959 for arson.
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Kennedy Signs Needy Relief Bill Across Ten States
President Kennedy signed a new federal relief program to aid unemployed families with children. Officials projected about 10 states would participate immediately with 15 more by July, potentially reaching 500,000 children and 200,000 adults through next July 1.
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Bill Could Benefit 20 000 West Virginia Needy
In Charleston UPI Kennedy signed an anti recession bill that could aid about 20 000 needy West Virginia families. The plan provides meager doles to children of unemployed earners who can work but cannot find jobs. State matching funds of 4 5 to 6 million are needed to unlock 23 to 28 million in federal money. A special legislative session may be needed to resolve the issue.
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Johnson Leaves For Asian Tour
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson departed from Andrews Air Force Base at 8 07 a m EDT on a goodwill trip to Southeast Asia. He said the United States is vitally concerned with Communist aggression and global poverty, ignorance and disease as he carries messages from President Kennedy to leaders in Vietnam and other Red-threatened nations. Johnson expected constructive talks with each head of state.
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Kennedy Meets News Editors Urges Voluntary Censorship
President Kennedy meets with national newspapers and wire services to discuss voluntary censorship of national security news. Truman's physician says the 77 year old is healthier than in 1945. A US Australian search locates WWI wreckage in Papua with no survivors. Burger named president of Le Tourneau Westinghouse after GE exit. Pi Lambda Phi's Zeta chapter suspended for 1961-62 hazing. Spellman scheduled for retina surgery. quiz show winner pleads guilty to perjury. Eastern Airlines crash scare ends safely. Kennedy cancels a news conference this week. Eisenhower says the 3rd term ban is good but hints at potential bid under different rules. State job outlook report pending.
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School Bill Advances In House Education Subcommittee
Washington UPI A House education subcommittee approved a $3.3 billion public school aid bill with most of Kennedy’s educational program. The measure passed 4-3, Democrats for and Republicans against, signaling support for increased schooling funding.
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Johnson urges freedom as path out of poverty at publishers meeting
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told the Magazine Publishers Association in White Sulphur Springs that Americans must prove freedom offers the surest path out of poverty. He spoke of domestic woes, global income gaps, and warned of a “modern revolution of freedom” ahead of his Southeast Asia trip.
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Two Americans Hanged in Bahamas Pirates of Elbow Cay
Two Americans known as the Pirates of Elbow Cay were hanged at Fox Hill Prison in Nassau Bahamas the first white men executed there in over two centuries. Alvin Table Jr. of Bridgeton New Jersey and Billy W Lees of Etowah Arkansas were convicted of murder. Lees killed Florida fishing boat captain Angus Boatwright. Warden Byron Pinder said they faced death as well as could be expected and offered no extra witnesses due to local laws. The men fled U S bad check charges in a stolen Key West boat and ran aground on Elbow Cay a year earlier with signaling to Boatwright.
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Reagan says Reds again infiltrating films and TV
Ronald Reagan, president of the Screen Actors Guild, charged at a Super Market Institute meeting that Communists have renewed infiltration of the movie and TV industries under the banner of the International Marine Union. He warned that they are “crawling out of the rocks” in Hollywood and that well meaning but misguided people are aiding them.
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Grid Star Framed Anti-Vice Sheriff Candidate Nabbed
Former NFL quarterback George Ratterman, a reform sheriff candidate for Campbell County Ky, was arrested in Newport Ky with a striptease dancer after being found in a Cincinnati hotel room. He faces breach of peace resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges. A campaign spokesman claimed he was drugged and placed there by political enemies.
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