Kennedy Influence on Congress Faces Key Election Test
United Press International reports voters go to the polls to elect 35 governors 39 U.S. senators all 435 House members and thousands of local officials. The midterm results will reveal Kennedy's clout in Congress for 1964 and signal GOP prospects in presidential campaigns.
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Vincent J. Burke
United Press International Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
White House
U.S
House
GOP
Senate
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
Barron Plans SRC Workers Under Civil Service
Governor W W Barron will issue an executive order to bring about 200 State Road Commission employees under State Civil Service by January 1. SRC recommends civil service for engineers, legal and right of way staff and other personnel after a feasibility study by Roy Jorgenson and Associates. The move follows a highway program probe noting incompetence and aims to attract and retain qualified workers with a revised salary plan aligned to duties and management levels.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Road Commission
Burt Sawyers
Barron
SRC
Civil Service
Sawyers
Roy Jorgenson
W. B. van Horn
Manned Jet Bomber Production Stops in U S
In Wichita, the last Air Force ordered bomber, a B52, rolled off the Boeing Wichita line on Oct 26 marking the end of U S bomber production. General Dynamics finished the B58 Hustler contract, leaving no current manned bomber builds as missiles take over strategic duties. North American Aviation works on the B70 prototype in California which could become a high speed reconnaissance plane.
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Wichita
Kan
UPS
United States
Air Force
Boeing Co
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
Avaitlon
California
Russia
C&O Earnings Rise With October Net Income Rise
C&O earnings for October reached 4,049,000 or 50 cents a share, up from 3,601,000 and 44 cents a year earlier. Ten month results show 27,711,000 or 3.37 per share versus 21,964,000 and 2.67 last year, with October gross at 30,059,000, barely below last year, and ten month gross at 283,727,000 against 258,117,000 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
No Letup Seen In Moore Bailey Election Battle
In Wheeling West Virginia UPI reports a heated First District re election fight between Democratic Rep Cleveland M Bailey and Republican Arch A Moore Jr. Democrats charge Moore with dealing in half truths and double dealing while Republicans demand clarity on Bailey residence and eligibility.
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Moore-Bailey
Wheeling
W. Va
UPI
Cleveland M. Bailey
Arch A. Moore Jr
Robert P. McDonough
Moore
McDonough
GOP
Howard V. Corcoran
Bailey
Corcoran
New Rules Not Intended To Impede News Flow
Washington reports show the administration broadening efforts to track contacts between federal officials and journalists amid the Cuban crisis. Edicts from State and Defense call for reporting interviews, with dates, subjects, and reporters names, while officials insist the aim is record keeping, not news control.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Department
Public Affairs
Defense Department
White House
Robert Manning
Chicago Sun-Times
Bureau of Public Affairs
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Kennedy
Manning
Graziani To Speak At Democrat Rally In Raleigh County Dinner
Assistant State Attorney Philip J. Graziani will be guest speaker at a Democrat rally dinner in Raleigh County Saturday. Cotton White, Raleigh County Assessor and MC, praises Graziani as dynamic and appealing. Tickets sold reach about 300. entertainment features the Silvertone Quartet with Mrs. Robert Bare and Mrs. Warren Meadows providing musical accompaniment. Reverend T. M. Waldron of Beckley to give the invocation.
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Raleigh County
Philip J. Graziani
Cotton White
Graziani
Randolph County
House of Delegates
West Virginia Moose Association
Davis and Elkins College
West Virginia University
West Virginia
White
Silvertone Quartet
Robert
Ann) Bare
W. E. Williams
Ralph Ellison
Robert Rose
Rob Reid
Marvin Pack
Interstate Speed Limit Too Slow Unenforced
Charleston West Virginia State Road Commission says agencies won’t strictly enforce the 55 mph interstate limit on completed sections. Spokesman notes agreement that 55 mph is not reasonable or practical, cites 70 mph safe speed per engineering studies and federal standards, and outlines plans to raise limits and modernize highway construction.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
State Road Commission
West Virginia
SRC
Loan Requests Delayed as Officials Dispute Approval
Washington officials said a 1.32 million loan to West Virginia Forest Products in Braxton County had not been approved while a separate 98 000 grant for a bridge and a 225 000 working capital loan were also reportedly preliminarily approved by Rep Arch Moore Jr Officials insisted there is no preliminary approval and none of the loans or grants have reached final approval Brown and Williams cited ongoing processing uncertainty and possible rejection with no set timeline.
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Harold A. Williams
ARA
Harold Brown
SBA
Williams
Brown
Funds Raised for Raleigh County Centennial Drive
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206 collected 37.01 at Main and Neville Street booths, bringing the total to 815.06 after a belated 5.00 donation from a Beckley Choral Society member. Choral Society workers contributed 66.97, while Bethlehem Chapter No. 71 Eastern Star volunteers worked today and Beckley Art Group and Curtain Callers prep for Saturday efforts.
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Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206
Main
Neville Street
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Beckley Choral Society
Choral Society
Bethlehem
Order of the Eastern Star
Beckley Art Group
Curtain Callers
Ole Miss Issues Ultimatum to Demonstrators
Ole Miss warns students it will not tolerate demonstrations against Negro James Meredith or his soldier guards. Chancellor John D. Williams says disturbances threaten accreditation and survival, promising swift disciplinary action including possible expulsion for violent acts or possession of weapons.
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Oxford, Miss
UPI
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
John D. Williams
Meredith
Ole Miss
Williams
Astronauts Meet to Discuss Apollo Progress in Alabama
Three U.S. astronauts Walter Schirra Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton met at the Marshall Space Flight Center with Wernher Von Braun and project leaders from North American Aviation and MIT to discuss progress on the Apollo program. The talks linked spaceflight experience with development of Saturn boosters and three man crew systems for lunar missions within a decade.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
U.S
Walter Schirra
Alan Shepard
Donald Slayton
Marshall Space Flight Center
Wernher von Braun
C. W. Frick
Houston Manned Spacecraft Center
North American Aviation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Marshall Center
Schirra
Earth
Shepard
Slayton
Moon
Soviet Mars probe Mars I launches toward planet
MOSCOW United press international report says the unmanned Soviet Mars I probe begins a seven month voyage aimed at photographing the planet’s canals and icecaps while a nearby mass of 1 965.7 pounds is carried by an automatic interplanetary station. Officials say the craft is about 210000 miles from Earth and functioning normally with no indication of its Mars approach distance.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Mars
Nikolai Barabashov
Pravda
U.S
James E. Webb
Washington
Earth
America
Tass
United States
Moon
Moscow Radio
Mariner-2
Launching Pads Being Destroyed In Cuba Impasse Eases
Officials see possible shift by Fidel Castro as Khrushchev proposes Red Cross as verifier if UN inspections are rejected. Mikoyan talks in New York and Havana set meetings to review dismantling reportedly near completion. Aerial photos confirm missile bases being dismantled and launch pads damaged or removed.
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Merriman Smith
White House
Washington
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Havana
United States
Nikitai S. Khrushchev
International Red Cross
Soviet Union
U.S
Khrushchev
Vasily Kuznetsov
United Nations
Red Cross
Kennedy
U.N
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
John J. McCloy
Thant
Defense Department
Department
Secretary of Defense
Crowson Charges Wet Violation in West Virginia
In Charleston Crowson accuses the West Virginians for Moderation of violating state law by failing to file a required financial statement and accepting donations for political purposes. He cites state law as evidence and notes Moderation backs liquor by the drink amendment while his Citizens Committee opposes it.
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Charleston
W. Va
L. E. Crowson
West Virginia
Crowson
Secretary of State
Citizens Committee For
Byrd Defends Welfare Probe and Clerics on Cheating
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd chairs a Senate panel probing soaring District of Columbia welfare costs. In an interview with U S News and World Report he questions ADC abuse, cites high ineligibility rates, and defends removing cheaters regardless of race while noting third generation reliance on aid. He acknowledges criticism as anti-Negro portrayal and emphasizes integrity in all programs.
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U. S. News and World Report
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
Washington, D C
Byrd
D. C
Sophia
District of Columbia
National Capital
Washington, D. C
Welfare Department
ADC
Keating baffled by Kennedy delay on Cuban threat
UPI reports Senator Kenneth Keating states he had no new info beyond the Kennedy administration when he warned of a Cuban arms buildup seven weeks before the October 1962 quarantine. He says Cuba is now fully under Soviet control and questions the administration’s delay in publicizing facts and declaring a blockade.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Kenneth B. Keating
Kennedy
U.S
Keating
Caribbean
Soviet Union
New York
Senate
Cuba
Defense Department
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
Jet Transports Sent To India Amid China War
UPI reports the first of eight American military jet transports carrying infantry equipment for India arrives in Calcutta as part of a broader airlift. Additional gear including mountain howitzers from Turkey follows by sea and air to bolster Indian forces against Chinese troops.
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New Delhi
UPI
U.S
John Kenneth Galbraith
India
Calcutta
Galbraith
Turkey
Rhine-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
Germany
Adana
Indian Communist Party
Jawahar Nehru
McMahon
Chou En-lai
Beck Acquitted After Taft Hartley Loan Trial
NEW YORK UPI Dave Beck former president of the Teamsters was acquitted on federal Taft Hartley Act charges over a $200000 loan from trucking executives. He remains jailed awaiting transfer back to a West Coast prison where he serves a five year sentence in a tax case. The jury also found two other individuals and three corporations not guilty, ending a month long trial after nine hours of deliberation.
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New York
UPI
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Federal House of Detention
Roy Freuhauf
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
Burge Seymour
Associated Transport Co
Brown Equipment and Manufacturing Co
Associated Transport
Ithe Joan
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Rain and Cold Weekend
The forecast calls for occasional rain today becoming cloudy this afternoon or tonight with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s. Saturday brings more clouds and occasional rain possibly mixed with snow in the north with similar 40s highs. Temperatures will run 8 to 10 degrees below normal with rainfall averaging half to one inch on Saturday and again Tuesday. River and lake conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, with 1.3 to 1.7 feet on nearby gauges and a new gauge at Hinton reporting 1.7 feet.
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Beckley
Law
Wei Giseikesa
OAK Hill High
S.cs
Civics Caccea
Hinton
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