Uniforms for DMV Empl os Embraced in Controversy
Charleston report outlines a $1700 uniform contract for eight DMV employees and five coats at $99.75 each. Commissioner Jack Nuckols defended the purchase as standardizing outfitting under a competitive bid. critics may question cost and process.
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Charleston
UPI
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Motor Vehicles
Jack Nuckols
Curtis Wilson
Wilson
Morgantown
Six States Urge Stronger Mine Safety Enforcement
Representatives from Virginia Pennsylvania Illinois West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana pressed for tougher federal enforcement of mine safety laws at a White House meeting called by President Kennedy after two deadly accidents. Interior Secretary Udall urged strict compliance, warning that careless practices have slipped into safety culture and urging action to prevent future disasters.
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Washington
UPS
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Stewart L. Udall
Kennedy
Carmichaels
Dola
W.va
W.F. Mullins
Mines and Labor
Udall
Gas Co Appeal Is Turned Down by West Virginia Court
West Virginia Supreme Court rejected United Fuel Gas Co appeals challenging a Public Service Commission order. The PSC allowed a $361,104 annual rate, far less than the $2.48 million sought. Cabell County and nine communities protested any rate increase and challenged depreciation, taxes, and a claimed fair return.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Supreme Court
United Fuel Gas Co
Public Service Commission
Cabell County Court
Huntington
South Charleston
Logan
St. Albans
Chesapeake
Kenova
United Fuel
High Court
PSC
Stork Wins Race On Dark Road Between Rhodell And Beckley
An ambulance was summoned to the Rhodell home of Mrs Betty Shrewsbury at 4 45 a m to transport her to Beckley hospital but the 8 pound 10 ounce son arrived at 5 15 a m with the driver aiding in the birth The ambulance driver Clarence England of Mullens McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home said both mother and baby are in good condition and the event went smoothly.
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Mullens
RNS
Rhodell
Beckley
Betty Shrewsbury
Beckley Hospital
Clarence England
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Weather Cool And Damp Beckley And Vicinity
Cloudy and cool tonight with a low in the 40s, Wednesday cooler with a chance of brief showers and a high of 60 to 65. Temperatures over the last 24 hours ranged from 48 to 59 degrees, with light west winds. River conditions show Greenbrier normal to slightly muddy, gauge at Hinton 2.9 ft.
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Beckley
OORT
Greenbrier
Hinton
Sit In Rulings Narrow. Broader Issue Remains Unresolved
The UPI report notes the Supreme Court voided trespass and criminal mischief convictions in four sit-in lunch counter cases while leaving the central question intact. It holds local laws allowed business owners to be constrained in whom they serve, with Warren stressing state actions equaled by local edicts. The court reserved the major question for a future term.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
New Orleans
Warren
Loo Attendant Mauled to Death by Lion at Zoo
Guy Carey a 45 year old zoo attendant at Ross Park Zoo Binghamton was found dead in a lion cage Timba after an overnight shift. Police destroyed the male lion Timba and officials noted the animal had previous escape incidents. Carey had worked for the city Parks Department for two years.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Ross Park Zoo
Guy Carey
Carey
Timba
Michael Bednar
City Parks Department
WV man killed crossing U S 40 near Benson Md
Elwood Robert Sadler a 45 year old resident of Pagetown West Virginia was struck and killed while crossing U S 40 near Benson Maryland Monday night. Driver Hoyt Coppinger 42 of Garden City New York faced charges of reckless driving and manslaughter following the incident.
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Benson, Md
UPI
West Virginia
U.S. 40
Here
Elwood Robert Sadler
Pagetown
W.va
Baltimore County
Sadler
Hoyt Coppinger
Garden City
Russia proposes nuclear free Mediterranean
WASHINGTON UP I officials disclosed that Russia has asked the United States to remove nuclear weapons from the entire Mediterranean Sea. The proposal envisions a nuclear free Mediterranean a formulation officials say Russia has not used before and appears to be not yet widely shared.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
United States
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
Kennedy to convene news conference at 4 p m Wednesday
President Kennedy schedules a news conference at 4 p m Wednesday the first since May 8. Also reported Pope John XXIII fatigued by public appearances cancels private audiences for nine days. NATO meeting in Ottawa amid security measures as Quebec separatists threaten hotel bombings. Unemployment and UN appointments noted in separate briefs.
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Bebe Daniels
Hollywood
London
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
John XXIII
Vatican
George W. Anderson Jr
U.S
Portugal
C. Burke Elbrick
Thant
Vladimir Pavlovich Suslov
U.N
Security Council
Suslov
Evgeny D. Kiselev
Omar Loufti
NATO
Ottawa
Quebec Liberation Front
Qubec
Canada
William E. Miller
GOP
San Francisco
Igor Stravinsky
Bergen
Norway
Paris
Hamburg
Milan
Los Angeles
Recount Stakes Lake Levy Grant Decision in City Election
Time becomes central as Lake Levy recount tests 1.2 million federal grant for beaches camping and playgrounds. May 18 postmark sets deadline around June 2 to June 5 with Sundays excluded. Opponents challenge eight or nine ballots and absentee votes possibly void.
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E. Carl Meadows Jr
Time Limits Backed By Reason For Loan Grant
The Housing and Home Finance Agency sets time limits on a 1.2 million dollar federal grant for recreational facilities at Stephen's Lake to ensure Accelerated Public Works Act goals. 45 percent must go to labor and completion aimed within 12 months. The Beckley grant requires 60 days to show matching funds or firm arrangements. Local recount updates shift tally with precinct results and plans for night sessions.
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Stephen’s Lake Levy
Beckley Post Office
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Philadelphia
Office of Community Facilities Administration
Stephen’s Lake
Ism Development Authority
Beckley
Paul Barley
Harry T. Gibson
Gladys Holliday
Macl Long
U S and Common Market reach tariff cut accord
In Geneva the United States and Common Market nations forged a compromise on tariffs at the GATT talks. The deal supports broad across the board cuts while allowing review of distortions from remaining high tariffs. Final details were pending a plenary vote. Leaders urged optimism as talks approached closure.
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William Anderson
Geneva
UPI
United States
Gatt
Common Market
U. S
U.S
Kennedy
Maurice Brassseur
Raleigh Grocery President Dies
O. F. Cain age 64 of 204 College Ave. and president of Raleigh Grocery Co. died today in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. Body remains at Melton Mortuary awaiting arrangements.
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O. F. Cain
College Ave
Raleigh Grocery Co
Charleston
Melton
Wheat Vote Holds Fate Of Farm Aid
Nationwide wheat referendum tests Kennedy supply management plan and farm program controls. About 1.5 to 2 million wheat farmers may vote to approve or reject strict marketing curbs and high price supports. County ASCS committees collect ballots and relay results to the Agriculture Department for tonight's tally.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
American Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Gible
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Hawaii
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Farm Bureau
Charles B. Shuman
Farm Organization
M. W. Thatcher
National Wheat Committee
Judge Defends Whipping Post As Punishment
In Wilmington Delaware UPI reports Superior Court Judge Stewart Lynch defended whipping as punishment over imprisonment. He said institutionalism keeps criminals off streets but does not help victims or the public. He sentenced Talmade Balster to 20 lashes and 25 years for a $4 mugging.
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Wilmington
Del
UPI
Superior Court
Stewart Lynch
Lynch
Talmade P. Balster
Stahr Warns Against Suppression Of Views
Dr Elvis Stahr Jr president of Indiana University warns at a national gathering that suppressing dissident voices under the guise of protecting freedom risks eroding liberty. He cites Indiana anti communism law cases involving three Young Socialist Alliance students and defends speech and free expression against tyranny.
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Lexington
UPI
Elvis Stahr Jr
Indiana University
Indiana
Young Socialist Alliance
Bloomington
Ind
Stahr
Army
Kennedy
Sons of the American Revolution
National Congress
Quotes By United Press International ALBANY News Item
A woman bakery worker comments on a four day strike that won a 10 cent hourly raise and two pairs of clean white pants per week for male workers. She says she would not have supported the action if it meant men’s pants for all.
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United Press International
Albany, N.Y
Fire Destroys Widow's Home in Fayetteville
An elderly Fayetteville widow, Mrs. Lee Akers, lost her two story Daniels Street home to an early morning fire of undetermined origin. Neighbors and Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department crews battled the blaze from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. saving downstairs furniture but failing to stop the gutted house. Mrs. Akers is staying with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Witt Jr., next door.
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Fayetteville
RNS
John Witt Jr
Politician’s awakenings signal campaign returns
Sherwood Glutz notes that when a politician proclaims the country is due for an awakening it often marks another bid for office. He urges readers to take such statements with skepticism and a grain of salt.
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Unkle Nabob
Powers Expected to Quit Space Team Says Houston
Col John A Powers known as Shorty powers is reported to be leaving the Project Mercury team and may resign. He plans to arrive in Houston this evening rather than go to Washington with L Gordon Cooper and has not confirmed the Chronicle report. Officials at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston await details.
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Houston
UPS
John A
Shorty) Powers
Washington
L. Gordon Cooper
Powers
the Chronicle
Cape Canaveral
Cooper
Arive
Manned Spacecraft Center
Capital Greets Cooper on Arrival in Washington
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, youngest original astronaut, returns from Cape Canaveral to a hero’s welcome in Washington. Air Force 1 shattered Moscow to Washington speed records en route. Weather drizzles amid pomp as Cooper receives presidential ceremony, a Pennsylvanian Avenue ride, and a congressional address.
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Washington
UPI
Maj
L. Gordon Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn
Air Force
Charlie
Donald K
Deke) Slayton
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Cooper
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Air Force 1
Moscow
Cape
Cmdr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
America
Doctors Swallow Erasers To Study Eraserophagia
Two Wheeling radiologists Dr. J L Curry and Dr. W J Howland tested eraser nibbling to show eraserophagia can mimic intestinal X ray patterns. They reported cases of an 8 year old girl and a 12 year old boy with white spots in the large intestine linked to eraser use. Their experiments with lithophone erasers helped distinguish the condition from real disease.
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New York
UPI
Wheeling
W. Va
J. L. Curry
W. J. Howland
Ohio Valley General Hospital
American Journal of Roentgenery
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National Defense Education Ct
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H. G. Farmer
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