City May Lose World II Tournament Over Racial Ban
Beckley faces potential loss of the 1963 Little League Senior Division World Series after the Elks Club sought to bar Negro players. National Little League officials plan an investigation led by Marvin Bradford, with a decision expected May 27. Local coverage notes past denials and ongoing calls for integration amid Centennial events.
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Donald Meadows
Register
Beckley
Robert H. Stirrat
National Little League Baseball
Little League
Beckley Elks
Elks Club
Stirrat
Little League Baseball
Tion
Marvin Bradford
Bradford
National
Elks
George McLaughlin
Sophia
Elks Stadium
Beckley to Host State Bowling Tournament
Beckley advances as a tourism focus with the 1964 State Men's Open Bowling Tournament at Bowl Wick. About 400 to 450 five man teams and 2,000 bowlers and families expected. dates set for February 15 to end of April, weekends. This marks the first time the event travels south from Charleston, a milestone for Beckley.
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Beckley
Bowl Wick
P. C. Johnson
Men's City Bowling Association
State
Charleston
Capitol Elevator Crew Shines Behind Cooper Arrival
Washington UPI report notes pride in Capitol elevator operators as astronaut L Gordon Cooper visits Congress. David Muchow, 18, of Winter Haven Florida, lifts Cooper from street to second floor with backup operator Eugene Buccelli. Countdown includes preflight checks and an inspector ride.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Capitol
L. Gordon Cooper
Congress
Space
Cooper
David Muchow
Winter Haven
Fla
David
Georgetown
University
Machow
Gene
Weather Update Beckley Area Cool With Some Rain
Weather continues cool across Beckley and vicinity with fair conditions today and tonight, low near 40. Thursday looks fair and cool with highs in the 60s. Five day forecast shows temperatures averaging well below normal, rain around three quarters of an inch, mainly Saturday and again early next week.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Sbeaace
Oak Hill
Es Sarre
Greenbrier
Hinton
HI LO
Indicted Huntington Officers Suspended in Hoffa Probe
Huntington police chief E. E. Harper suspended Detective Chief Herman A. Frazier and detective lieutenant Alfred N. Paden after a federal grand jury in Nashville charged them and Albert Cole with attempting to influence jurors in James Hoffa's $1 million conspiracy trial. Aliied charges also name Henry F. Bell and Nicholas J. Tweel in a widening jury-fixing case with related perjury claims against Cole.
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Nashville Banner
Hoffa
Cole
Grand Jury
FBI
Nashville
Henry F
Buster) Bell
New York City
International Longshoremen’s Association
Bell
Huntington
Nicholas J. Tweel
Continental Tobacco Co
Harper
Frazier
Paden
Police Civil Service Commission
Cooper welcomed by New York after space flight
L Gordon Cooper and five Mercury astronauts arrived at La Guardia to a ticker tape parade as New York officials led the city welcome. Crowds gathered along the route from the airport to the Battery under bright skies while banners proclaimed Cooper America's greatest astronaut.
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Charles F. Justice
New York
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Cooper
America
la Guardia
Washington
Richard C. Patterson Jr
Grover Whalen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Manhattan
Battery
42Nd St
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
They Saw It Differently They Saw It Differently
Editor notes contrasting statements by US astronaut L Gordon Cooper and Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov. Cooper prays during spaceflight citing a higher power while Titov, speaking at the Seattle World’s Fair, rejects belief in God and credits human effort and reason.
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U.S
L. Gordon Cooper
Earth
Gherman S. Titov
Seattle
Seattle World’s Fair
Cooper’s Prayer Moves Congress and Nation
Air Force Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, after setting the U S space endurance record with his 22 9 orbit flight, told Congress in a moving session he placed a prayer on his capsule tape. He described the moment and read the prayer asking guidance for better Christian conduct and space endeavors, noting Faith 7’s name reasons. The tribute included a Kennedy thanks and a Capitol parade before a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
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Washington
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Supreme Court
Air Force
Kennedy
Capitol
Cooper
Oklahoma
Indian Ocean
Wheat farmers reject Kennedy wheat program in landslide vote
UPI report from Washington notes 597,776 voting against and 547,151 for the 1964 wheat plan, with 73,675 challenged ballots. No majority achieved, Kennedy’s plan fails to pass in needed two thirds. Farm Bureau hails the outcome as a bright day for agriculture and Congress faces a choice between a new wheat law or a stop gap with lower price supports. Freeman calls stop gap program worthy of a fair trial.
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Kennedy
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Papal Audience Canceled On Doctor Orders
Pope John XXIII canceled a general audience after being reported very weak and ill with anemia and gastric trouble. Two doctors spent the night in the Vatican as Prof. Pietro Valdoni and Dr. Piero Mazzoni tended him. He appeared at the window briefly, blessing a crowd of about 25 000 before a planned nine day rest.
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Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
Vatican
Cancenuns
Pietro Valdoni
Piero Mazzoni
Canvass figures official in Raleigh County levy vote
The Raleigh County Court discontinued the recount of the Stephen's Lake levy election votes and declared the levy passed. Lake Stephens Tourism Development Authority will move quickly to process applications and begin construction, backed by a $1.2 million federal grant and $400,000 in matching funds. The official canvass recorded 9,376 votes for and 6,146 against, with the levy set to run from 1964 to 1967.
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Stephen’s Lake
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Joan C. Ward
Robert C. Byrd
Lake Stephens
Meadows
Charles T. Burdiss
Burdiss
Presbyterians Move To End Discrimination
The United Presbyterian Church proposes constitutional changes to admit members regardless of origin color or worldly condition and asks presbyteries to approve. It also urges government aid to curb population growth and better deals for migrant workers while opposing religious observances in public schools and tax exemptions for churches. If two thirds approve, amendments become part of the church constitution.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
United Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
United Presbyterian
U.S.A
DSTs Silly Side Birthday Confusion in West Virginia
West Virginians may be born on the wrong day as the state switches to uniform Daylight Saving Time this year. Health Director N H Dyer notes physicians and hospitals record times using Eastern Standard Time causing inaccuracies, especially for midnight births. All birth records must use Daylight Time until the legal return to Eastern Standard Time.
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Charleston
UPI
West
Dyer
West Virginia
Raleigh Wheat Referendum Passes In Raleigh County Vote
Raleigh County farmers backed the administration wheat policy with 19 of 20 eligible growers voting yes on the wheat control referendum. Franklin Lilly of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for Raleigh and Wyoming counties reported the result.
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Raleigh County
Franklin Lilly
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Raleigh
Wyoming
Wallace Bars Negroes From Alabama Campus In Federal Showdown
Federal judge refuses to delay admission of Vivian Malone and Dave McGlathery to the University of Alabama prompting Gov. George Wallace to vow to bar the entrance of any Negro student. Birmingham hearing on 1081 marchers continuing as racial unrest spreads in the region.
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Alabama
University of Alabama
George Wallace
Birmingham
North Carolina
South Carolina
Jackson
Miss
Allen Thompson
H. H. Grooms
Vivian J. Malone
Mobile
Dave M. McGlathery
Huntsville
University
Miss Malone
Pus
Tuscaloosa
McGlathery
Grooms
Cass Railroad Grant Aids Pocahontas County Tourism
West Virginia receives 576000 from the Area Redevelopment Administration to rehab the Cass Railroad near Green Bank as a tourist site. Senators Randolph Byrd and Representative Staggers say the project will create 17 full time and 13 part time jobs, with a state match of 186000, while avoiding interference with nearby National Radio Astronomy Observatory facilities.
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National Radio Astronomy Laboratory
Green Bank
Community cheers federal grant but taxpayers bear cost
Sherwood Glutz notes West Virginia towns celebrate every few days when a federal grant arrives, but he argues the taxpayer foots the bill as Uncle Sam plays Santa Claus.
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Sam West Virginia
U.S
Sam
Santa Claus
Interstate 64 Meeting Called For Thursday
Beckley leaders call a noon Thursday meeting in the Glass House to advocate keeping Interstate 64 routing through Beckley. C S Lewis Jr and M F Barksdale invite state officials and local leaders from Raleigh and Summers counties to examine all highway aspects and present data supporting Beckley’s case. Senator Porter and Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nichols to be introduced.
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Beckley
Glass House
Hinton
Rural Development Council
Chamber of Commerce
Lewis
Porter
Nichols
Federal Highway Department
Raleigh
Summers
Eight WVU professors retire after long service
West Virginia University announced the retirement of eight faculty members totaling 268 years of service. Among them are three with more than four decades at WVU and two with over 35 years, with join dates ranging from 1920 to 1955 including Howard B. Allen Kyle Westover Leland Taylor Walter Koehler Rex Ford Nell Leoman J C Easton and Margaret Price Hoke.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
WVU
Paul A. Miller
Howard B. Allen
Kyle C. Westover
Leland H. Taylor
Walter A. Koehler
O Rex Ford
Nell H. Leoman
J. C. Easton
Margaret Price Hoke
Barron Praises 49 Governors On Youth Science Camp
Governor W. W. Barron praised 49 state governors for recognizing the opportunity offered to high school boys chosen for the West Virginia Centennial National Youth Science Camp in Pocahontas County. The camp runs June 30 to July 20 near Green Bank at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
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