Kennedy plan sparks New Jersey doctors clash and support split
Debate over socialized medicine heats as New Jersey doctors clash with welfare officials over federal Medicare plans. Activists lawyerly letters and public figures accuse opponents of blackmail while supporters cite CMA and nursing groups backing a Kennedy Anderson bill. Critics warn annual funding dependence and pauperization concerns amid Kerr Mills backdrop.
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King Anderson
American Medical Association
Columbia University
Kerr- Mills
Kerr-Mills
Blue Cross
AMA Backing Social Security Health Plan Draws Support
AMA officials defend a Social Security based health program amid President Kennedy's televised push. They deny plans to end private practice, insisting hospital bills would shift to public financing. The program aired nationwide on a large network shortly after Kennedy’s rally, with a large Madison Square Garden crowd left behind.
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AMA
Nationwide
Association of Doctors
Kennedy
Madison Square Garden
Khoman signature contested by Khrushchev rebuked
Two allies on the Thai border clash with Khrushchev after he accuses Khoman of signing a March 6 agreement with the United States. Khoman replies that Thai people could change his signature, but not by a foreign head of state.
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Khrushchev
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khoman
United States
Khornan
Dutch Troops Hold West New Guinea Amid Standoff
Dutch troopers and troops concentrate in the western end of the island near Indonesia as paratrooper landings form part of Indonesia's campaign to seize West New Guinea. Jakarta presses for control while the Netherlands demands Papuan self-determination guarantees.
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Indonesia
West New Guinea
Jakarta
Netherlands
Wender Ordered Before State Tax Commission
Oak Hill news item reports Morris Wender, a discount merchant, ordered to appear before the state tax commissioner on June 5 for a second time over selling cigarettes below the minimum price. Wender challenges the 1961 statute as unconstitutional and blocking free competition. Attorney Pat Hamilton expects the action to yield a court test of the law.
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OAK Hill
UPI
Morris Wender
Wender
Pat Hamilton
Wonder
Oace
Four Night Burglary Suspects Arrested On Washington Ave
East Beckley police booked Catherine Hayes 44 Nathaniel Reynolds 35 Emmett Gaines 59 and John Whitehead 44 for burglary at night and breaking and entering after a home on 132 Washington Ave was entered. An elderly tenant reportedly died recently while another person was left to guard the house. Ray Meadows was jailed on assault and battery and a peace warrant. bonds set at 500 each for a Saturday Magistrate appearance.
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East Beckley
Raand
Washington Avenue
Catherine Hayes
Nathaniel Reynolds
Emmett Gaines
John Whitehead
Washington Ave
Ray Meadows
Abraham
Joe Rodriguez
Meadows
Warae
Louella Plumey
Jackie and Glenn to Receive Special Emmy Awards
Hollywood reports that Jackie Kennedy and Lt. Col. John Glenn will receive special Emmys at the 14th annual ceremony. Neither are actors, so their awards come from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. the event airs nationwide at 10 p.m. EDT with hosts Bob Newhart Johnny Carson and David Brinkley.
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Hollywood
UPI
Jackie Kennedy
John Glenn
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
New York
Washington, D.C
Kennedy
White House
Glenn
Academy
Bob Newhart
Johnny Carson
David Brinkley
Washington
Ben Casey
Vince Edwards
Paul Burke
E. G. Marshall
the Defenders
Jackie Cooper
Hennessy
George Maharis
Shirley Booth
Hazel
Cara Williams
Pete and
Gladys
Donna Reed
Gertrude Berg
Mary Stuart
First Aid Call For Beckley Woman On South Oakwood
The Beckley Fire Department rescue squad responded to 11:50 am on South Oakwood Avenue after Ellen Webb of Glen White fainted on the street. She was transported by ambulance to Beckley Hospital and listed in satisfactory condition.
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Beckley
Funeral services held for coal mine foreman Frank L Cole
Frank Leo nard Cole 42 of Midway died Monday night in a Slab Fork mine accident. The World War II veteran and Coal City Masonic Lodge member will be laid to rest at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after services in Midway Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Linda, a daughter, five brothers, four sisters and 23 grandchildren. The body lies at Williams Funeral Home, Sophia, with further rites at Amigo Baptist Church Thursday.
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Frank Leonard Cole
Midway
Midway Primitive Baptist Church
Lowell Lilly
D. C. Stover
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Cole
Slab Fork Mines
Sara Gamble Cole
Beckley
Arthur Cole
Slab Fork Coal Co
Coal City
White Top
Willie Mae Lilly Cole
Linda Delores
Norman
Ralph
Albert
Raymond
Lawrence
Crab
Cecil Martin
Carlile Moye
H. G. Shrewsbury
Herman Cox
Lundy Mills
George McKinney
John
Roy
Amigo
Eloise Steele
Ghent
E. H. Hutton
Horace M
Kester O'Neal
Glen Morgan
Phyllis Hawkins
Welch
Robert
Homer
Toga
Young
Pembroke
Lydia Martin
Gertrude Gillespie
Lenora Chandler
Columbus
S. C
Myrtle Stanley
Burial set for Timmy DeMark Atwell 2 in Brewster Cemetery
Timmy DeMark Atwell two year old dies from injuries after a Sunday beating. Rites will be held at Christian Advent Church on Indian Creek with Rev Junior Morgan in charge. Burial follows at Brewster Cemetery. Survived by parents Howard and Mrs Atwell a sister Catherine Ann paternal grandmother Mrs Ross Atwell Beckley and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert Thompson Philippi. Funeral arrangements by McDugal Robert son and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville.
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Timmy DeMark Atwell
Christian Advent Church
Indian Creek
Junior Morgan
Brewster Cemetery
Howard Atwell
Catherine Ann
Ross Atwell
Beckley
Funeral services for Woodrow Rolfe Halsey
Woodrow Rolfe Halsey 46 of 1134 Guyandotte Ave Mullens will be funeralized at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Mullens with Rev C E Wood presiding Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery Princeton He died at 11 p.m Sunday in a Mullens hospital after a heart attack The body will be taken to his home at 4 p.m today from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens
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Woodrow Rolfe Halsey
Guyandotte Ave
Mullens
Pentecostal Holiness Church
C. E. Wood
Roselawn
Princeton
Halsey
Sam Foglesong
Funeral service for Mrs Nora Poindexter in Quinnimont
Mrs Nora Poindexter 84 of 100 Ringleben St dies after long illness. Funeral by Rev A L Simms at 2 p m Thursday in Quinnimont Baptist Church with burial in Quinnimont Cemetery. Born July 15 1878 in Louisa County Virginia she was a Quinnimont Baptist member. Survivors include sons Cecil Beckley and Fred Prince and 15 grandchildren. Body at Reed and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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A. L. Simms
Nora Poindexter
Ringleben St
Quinnimont Baptist Church
Quinnimont Cemetery
Cecil
Beckley
Fred
Prince
There
Johnson
Paror
Funeral services for Minnie Mae Clemens in Bolt church
Mrs Minnie Mae Clemens 68 of Bolt will be funeralized at 2 p m Wednesday at Breckenridge Baptist Church. Rev Robert Dent will lead the service. Burial follows in Worley Cemetery Bolt. She is survived by her son Roy Bolt previously listed as living in Baltimore. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home, procession to church one hour before service.
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Minnie Mae Clemens
Bolt
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Robert Dent
Worley Cemetery
Roy Bolt
Baltimore
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Ben H Rutherford Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Ben H Rutherford 70 of 249 Smoot St were set for 1:30 p m Thursday at St Matthew AME Church with Rev W M Ricks in charge Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park Rutherford died at 4:30 am Monday at his home Surviving are his wife Anna a son Joe Beckley two daughters Mrs Dora Kincannon and Mrs Cleo Elliott both of Columbus Ohio two brothers Joe and Dane both of Nebo NC and a sister Mrs Ida Conley also of Nebo The body will remain at the funeral home
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Smoot St
St. Matthew Ame
W. M. Ricks
Greenwood Memorial Park
Rutherford
Anna
Joe
Beckley
Dora Kincannon
Cleo Elliott
Columbus
Ohio
Dane
Nebo, N. C
Ida Conley
Nebo
Willie Johnson Jr. Dies at Home at 3 05 a m
Willie Johnson Jr aged 42 of Seventh Street East Park died at his home at 3 05 a m today. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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Willie Johnson Jr
Seventh Street
East Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Air Force IDs in wreckage of Amarillo to Salt Lake City flight
Extra Body Branchville South Carolina reports that the Air Force would not confirm identifications today. Bodies were taken to Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico for identification. The fourth victim was identified only as a Negro Marine private who joined the flight at Amarillo Texas. A man and his son found the wreckage last Saturday while checking a mining claim. The plane had disappeared on a flight from Amarillo to Salt Lake City Utah.
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Branchville
S.C
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
N.M
Amarillo
Tex
Salt Lake City
Utah
Effie Mae Lewis, Holiness pastor, dies at 42
Mrs Effie Mae Lewis, 42, Melton, died at 6 30 am after a short illness. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. She pastored the Holiness Churches at Melton and Raleigh. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Effie Mae Lewis
Melaton
Melton
Raleigh
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Mrs Verna Hankins Dies in Beckley Hospital
Mrs Verna Ellen Hankins 62 of Ghent died at 8 10 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital from a heart condition. Born August 12 1899 in Pembroke Virginia she was the daughter of the late Tom and Cora Young. Surviving are her husband
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Verna Ellen Hankins
Ghent
Beckley Hospital
Pembroke
Tom
Cora Young
Two Firemen Set for Pump Operators School
Beckley fireman James Lipscomb and James McGinnis will attend the First Annual Pump Operators School at the State Fire Training Center Virginia University this week. The five day program is split into groups with instruction from pump manufacturers. Lipscomb and McGinnis will attend Wednesday and Thursday with classes led by representatives from American La France and Phillips Seabrook.
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Beckley
James Lipscomb
James McGinnis
Virginia University
Cecil L. Connor
Lipscomb
McGinnis
American la France
Phillips Seagraves
Beckleyan Bondsman Arrest and Ohio burglary case updates
Robert Lee Jackson, 48, of South Fayette Street, posted a $500 bond after a moonshine related arrest on Smoot Street at 8:15 a.m. Detectives from Cleveland questioned three men held for the Pagoda Shopping Center break in. Joseph Pellegrini, 22, John Stepp, 21, and Roy Eugene Mills, 24, remain jailed on bonds totaling $27,000. Pellegrini and Stepp face Cleveland burglary charges. Mills, an accessory, has $7,000 bond. Polygraph tests were performed. preliminary hearings waived. Authorities continue the investigation and may bring the case to a grand jury.
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Robert Lee Jackson
Joseph Pellegrini
John Stepp
Roy Eugene Mills
Pellegrini
Stepp
Mills
W. A. Burke
Ohio
Cleveland
Freeman Declines Grand Jury Testimony in Marshall Case
District Attorney Bryan Russ calls Freeman's refusal to testify before the grand jury "rather unique" as investigators pursue details of Marshall's death. A telegram from Freeman says none with first hand knowledge exist in Washington, pledging cooperation if names surface. The Estes cotton allotment transfers emerge as a major angle, with autopsy hoped to reveal gun position and bullet entry angles for state evidence.
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Bryan Russ
Freeman
Washington
Marshall
Texas
Estes
Justice of the Peace
Lee Farmer
Howard Stegall
Russ
Public Works unemployment plans face Senate floor changes
Randolph outlined Senate action on a stand-by public works program of 2 billion, likely trimmed to 750 million on the floor. An immediate action program may rise from 600 million to 750 million for 27 months. About 12,600 West Virginia workers are in the current program, with alternative 50-50 and 90-10 plans cited for 1,560 to 2,340 and 7,000 to 12,000 jobs respectively.
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Senate
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
West Virginia
Barron
State Road Commission
Department of Natural Resources
Paris Plot Suppressed as 15 Held in Weapons Raid
Paris police foil assassination bid by Secret Army gang arresting 15 members including one woman after 48 hours of interrogation. A hoard of weapons found includes a bazooka silenced rifle revolvers and dynamite. In separate items food poisoning at Fort Jackson left 21 hospitalized but recovering. News briefs cover railroads opposition to a coal pipeline and USA-Middle East policy notes.
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Paris
Columbia
S. C
New York State Association of Railroads
Hue and Cry
West Virginia
New York
Potomac Basin Water Projects Hearings Reported
Johnson met with Gov. Barron in Charleston to discuss 16 major reservoirs and 418 smaller headwater reservoirs for the Potomac River Basin. Officials say public approval is needed before Congress funds the plan, with possible appeals to Congress or courts if states oppose. Growth in the Washington area is expected to strain water supplies by 2010, underscoring the need for regulation and conservation.
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Martinsburg
Washington, D. C
Johnson
W. W. Barron
Charleston
W. Va
Warden M. Lane
John T. Johnson
Lane
Department
U. S
Congress
Geneee
Potomac River
Washington
First U S Postmaster General Samuel Os Serves 1789 1791
United Press International reports Samuel Os of Massachusetts served as the first postmaster general from 1789 to 1791 under President Washington, marking the early logistics leadership of the new United States.
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United Press International
United States
Samuel Osof
Massachusetts
Washington
Sale of 12 School Tracts Confirmed
Sales of 12 tracts of school lands were confirmed and two default judgments granted in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Deeds were ordered executed and delivered to purchasers by Deputy Commissioner Anthony Sparacino. Properties include CERTIFICATION No. 3635 to Investment Securities Inc. for $50 and No. 790 to Orville Cook for $5, among others, with several parcels listed and one deed of trust canceled in Beckley. Edward Elmore was granted a default judgment for $290.42 against E C Lilly.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Denver C
Beatrice Blevins
Millard C. Bailey
Anthony J. Sparacino
Investment Securities Inc
Orville H. Cook
James and
Lena Largent
B. G. Bowling
Harold Gosnell
Clyde Pettry
Don P. Wolfe
Giovanna Mastroini
L. L. Scherer
Emory Walker
Larry, Bruce
Debra
Judy Richmond
Hedrick-Walker-Carter
Beckley
Williams M
Nellie Bowles Reed
William C
Theresa B. French
James K. Edmundson
Edward Elmore
E. C. Lilly
Salvation Army Campaign Nears Successful End
A noon Wednesday report meeting will review the Salvation Army drive with preliminary returns showing the $9,000 goal likely to be met. About 20 workers will attend the El Chico luncheon led by chairman Bernard White with Otis B. Hinnant of Richmond analyzing the drive. Hinnant cited favorable results and urged continued use of contribution cards and past donors. The prior tally stood at $6,700.
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Salvation Army Campaign
el Chico
Bernard White
Otis B. Hinnant
Richmond
Hinnant
Estes Hearing Day Deliberations Highlight Witnesses
Agriculture official N Battle Hales and former ag official Walter Berger testified to the subcommittee amid allegations of favoritism toward Estes. Berger, now with Commercial Solvents, said the session was enjoyable as the firm faces a civil antitrust suit over alleged West Texas fertilizer market monopoly.
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Agriculture Department
N. Battle Hales
Walter C. Berger
Agriculture
McClellan
Berger
Eisenhower
Commercial Solvents
New York
Estes
West Texas
Hales
Department
Congress
Orville L. Freeman
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
State Man Recovering From Brush With Death
Former city manager Robert L Plummer is in Wheeling Hospital after a weekend near drowning. He slid from a clay riverbank into the Ohio River Sunday evening while inspecting a friend's boat and spent hours trying to stay afloat before a towboat captain found him Monday morning.
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Wheeling
UPI
Robert L. Plummer
Plummer
Ohio River
Patients Entertained By State VFW Unit
The West Virginia Department Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored a party at the Beckley VA Hospital Monday night. Refreshments were served to about 85 patients, cigarettes distributed and games played by those able to reach the auditorium. VFW members visited other patients at their bedsides.
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West Virginia Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Beckley Veteran Administration Hospital
VFW
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