Coal slurry may power future fuels in big pipeline plan
Four major firms including Consolidation Coal, Texas Eastern, Jersey Central Power, and Babcock Wilcox demonstrated burning a 30 percent water coal slurry at a 60,000 kilowatt Jersey Central station. They envision a 20 inch slurry line from West Virginia and Pennsylvania to Philadelphia and New York, costing about 100 million dollars, with potential cheaper power for utilities and large plants if dehydration steps are reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Amboy
N. J
Consolidation Coal Co
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Jersey Central Power & Light Co
Babcock & Wilcox Co
Jersey Central Company
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York
Babcock & Wilcox
Philadelphia-New - York
Texas Eastern
Four die in Constellation second fire at sea
New air craft carrier Constellation steamed toward port after a second fire during shakedown. A diesel oil leak sprayed a 1100 degree steam line, killing four machinists and injuring nine, one critically. Captain Walker praised his crew as damage was minor.
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New York
Constellation
Thomas J. Walker
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Naval Shipyard
Atlantic
1.C. Bennie
Neptune Beach
Fla
Louis F. Lynch
Passaic
N.J
Alfred Steinbach
Walker
Navy
Brooklyn
Cutter speeds to aid Venore amid Hurricane Jenny
Coast Guard cutter Absecon raced from Bermuda to reach the disabled iron ore carrier Venore in the central Atlantic. The Venore with 45 crew members remained safe and in radio contact as Hurricane Jenny, a 75 mph storm, battered the sea and moved away to the northeast.
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Miami
UPS
Coast Guard
Venore
Central Atlantic
Jenny
Absecon
Bermuda
New York
Weather Bureau
West Virginia Weather Summary and River Conditions
West Virginia forecast shows highs 52 to 56 degrees with 40s in the mountains and fair, colder tonight. Lows 26 to 34. Wednesday brings varied cloudiness and warmer conditions. Beckley reports a high of 50, low 40s, Oak Hill 51 yesterday, 39 at 7 a.m., river levels normal and clear with Greenbrier River at normal and Lake at normal with 1.4 gates open and 1 ft. depth. gauge 2.
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Beckley
Cssacvesss
Cseserervens
Receersesess
Sveceeesees
OAK Hill High
Ceesie
Greenbrier
Troubadors Puncture Laos Red Hype With Song
In Laos, USIS backs three Mohlam troubadour teams to roam villages and denounce communism. Paid $300 a month each, they travel along the Mekong, using earthy verse to portray the Pathet Lao as duplicitous. The effort aims to counter Communist promises and boost anti-Red sentiment.
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Jerry Landauer
Washington
UPI
Laos
U.S. Information Service
USIS
Mekong
Pathet Lao
Odum Enjoying First Visit During Miss World Week
Jo Ann Odum, the American representative in the Miss World contest, says she is having a wonderful time in London on her first visit. She remains excited by the activities and rehearsals and wore the national USA costume. The BBC plans to use film of the contestants in publicity. Odum, 19, from Huntington, West Virginia, will lunch at the Savoy Hotel and receive a gift symbolizing friendship between nations, a miniature helicopter like President Kennedy uses.
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London
UPI
Jo Ann Odum
U.S.A
Kennedy
Court suit over camel payments in Karachi sparks laughter
Bashir Ahmad, the camel driver who guest hosted by Vice President Johnson, faces a Karachi suit for 1,400 rupees unpaid on a camel bought in 1957. He denies the charge, saying payments were finished long ago. The note from Paul Shah’s attorney targets him amid other global events.
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Bashir Ahmad
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Karachi
Pakistan
Paul Shah
Bashir
Edward Geaney Jr
U. S. Military Academy
Paul Weaver
Portsmouth
Ohio
Soviet Soprano Conquers Met in Bold Debut
New York UPI reports Galina Vishnevskaya, leading soprano of the Moscow Bolshoi, dazzled at the Metropolitan Opera in Aida. Her Carnegie Hall recitals and state tours marked a major cultural exchange, drawing a warm reception and spotlighting her talent and star appeal despite a top Bolshoi salary of $1,500 a month.
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New York
UPI
Russia
Metropolitan Opera
Moscow Bolshoi Opera
Galina Vishnevskaya
Aida
Miss Vishnevskaya
Moscow State Symphony
America
Bolshoi
Off Year Elections Signal GOP and Dems Eyeing Big States
Nationwide off year ballots draw focus on New York City mayoral race and New Jersey governor contest. Voters expect about two million in NYC with Mayor Wagner favored to win reelection over Lefkowitz. in New Jersey James Mitchell leads Hughes to capture the governorship. Other state and local votes include constitutional amendments on civil defense plans and militia reorganization.
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New York City
New Jersey
Robert F. Wagner
Louis J. Lefkowitz
James P. Mitchell
Richard J. Hughes
Robert 8. Meyner
Ohio
Michigan
Texas
Lucian N. Nedzi
Walter Czarnicki
Detroit
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison
H. Clyde Pearson
Employes Sue Mack Truck Co For 11 850 000
In Trenton New Jersey 237 Mack Truck Co workers members of United Auto Workers Local 343 sue for 11 850 000 dollars claiming the firm hired local workers for a new Hagerstown Maryland plant to undercut bargaining. Each seeks 50 000 dollars in damages and a court injunction blocking hires until resolution. The Plainfield New Jersey plant was closed and operations moved to Maryland. The suit filed in Newark was moved to Trenton. The complaint argues the move was not based on business needs.
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Trenton
N.J
UPID
U.S
Arthur S
Mack Truck Co
Hagerstown
United Auto Workers Local 343
Mack
Plainfield
Maryland
Newark
Ghana Bombs Endanger Queen's Visit in Accra
Two more bomb blasts near the National Lottery Building and Kwame Nkrumah Circle raised fears Britain may cancel Queen Elizabeth II's Ghana visit. The Queen was due to arrive Thursday as Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys arrived to assess safety.
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Accra
Ghanna
UPI
Kwame Nkrumah
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Miller Seeks WVU Development Role From MSU
Dr. Paul A. Miller, president-elect of West Virginia University, described his decision to return to his alma mater as the most difficult he has faced. He cited WVU development challenges and his sociology training as reasons to help the state university, planning weekend trips to Morgantown and a February move to the area.
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East Lansing
Mich
UPI
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Michigan State University
Miller
Morgantown
W. Va
WVU
One in six in West Virginia on government aid
About 16 percent of West Virginians were on some form of government assistance, excluding social security, veterans benefits and aid to farmers. The Charleston newspaper reported 291,245 people were on public assistance, medical care, surplus food or unemployment lists, from a state population of 1,847,936 per the 1960 census.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPID
West Virginia
Ecuador Ousts Vice President in Nationwide Coup
Quito reports say President Velasco Ibarra ousted Vice President Carlos J. Arosemena after a brief clash with engineers at Chimborazo. Arosemena accused of seizing Congress and declaring dictatorship. Velasco claimed to restore constitutional order amid Guayaquil riots with 17 deaths.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPI
Carlos J. Arosemena
Chimborazo
Arosemena
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Congress
Velasco
Guayaquil
Jaime Acotsa Velasco
Soviet Parade Celebrates 44th Birthday With Arms Display
Moscow marked the 44th anniversary of the Soviet state with a show of rockets and tanks in Red Square and a pledge to take all necessary steps to strengthen defenses. New combat rockets and land or sea capable tanks rolled by while Khrushchev and Malinovsky observed.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Red Square
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Rodion Malinovsky
Lenin
Josef Stalin
Kliment Voroshilov
Communist Party
Mental Patient Terrorizes Town
In Charleston, UPI: Denver Cavender, 23, a former mental patient from Cooper's Creek, burned his family home and terrorized the neighborhood with a shotgun before being taken into custody. He faces arson charges and a mental examination. Troopers talked him into dropping the weapon, but it discharged on the ground without hitting anyone.
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Charleston
UPI
Joe Boland
Denver Cavender
Cooper's Creek
Boland
Howard Parks
Cavender
Kennedy touts crime laws to curb gangsters at Chicago conference
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy told the White House Regional conference in Chicago that gamblers nationwide are curtailing illegal activity due to new crime legislation. He said the war against organized crime is just beginning and highlighted laws aimed at stamping out profits from illegal gambling. Wirtz urged 5 million new jobs next year to reduce unemployment amid rapid job turnover and a growing labor force.
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Chicago
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Dillinger
White House
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Bel Air Fire Ravages Hollywood Homes in Worst LA Blaze
Southern California faced a devastating wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes including those of Hollywood stars. Gov. Brown declared Los Angeles County a disaster area as flames scorched about 8,000 acres, injuring around 50 and prompting 3,000 residents to flee. Firefighters, bombers and police fought the spread, with Bel Air and Topanga Canyon among the hardest hit and several schools damaged or destroyed.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Edmund G. Brown
Hollywood
Bel Air District
Topanga Canyon
Pacific Palisades
St. Mary’s College
Brentwood
John Thomas Dye
Richard Nixon
Burt Lancaster
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Joe E. Brown
Walter Wanger
Joan Fontaine
Benedict Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Bel Air
Stone Canyon
Sherman Oaks
Canyon
Beverly Hills
Mingo Sheriff Ousted
Charleston, UP I reports the West Virginia State Supreme Court ordered Mingo County Sheriff Mingo Chambers ousted after ruling he was ineligible to run in 1960. The court found that serving briefly as deputy to his late father in 1957 made him ineligible to succeed his father on a full term. Judge Leslie E. Given dissented.
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Charleston
UPI
Howard B. Chambers
Mingo County
State Supreme Court
High Court
Chambers
Leslie E. Given
J.W. Copley Jr
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Million Dollar Bid For Rembrandt Masters Auction
New York expects a Rembrandt to open at one million dollars, the highest opening bid ever for a painting. Parke-Bernet Gallery says bidding could proceed in multiples of $100,000. The piece, “Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer,” is among three Rembrandts in a $3 million-plus collection moved from a warehouse.
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New York
UPI
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc
Alfred W. Erickson
McCann - Erickson Advertising Agency
Rubens
Aristotle
Homer
Louis J. Marion
Embarrassing tax slip hits Little Rock credit bureau
The Credit Bureau of Greater Little Rock, Inc. failed to pay 284.63 in personal property taxes, prompting county officials to notify Gen. Mgr. John R. Nesbitt that the firm had overlooked its bills. John Kennedy and Woodrow Wilson compete for City Council seats in New Jersey elections. In Evanston, Illinois, a store mistake led to a 1000 gallon fill of a 500 gallon tank, requiring an hour of fire department cleanup.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Credit Bureau of
Greater Little Rock, Inc
John R. Nesbitt
Point Pleasant
N.J
John Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
John P. Kennedy
Woodrow P. Wilson
Ship Bottom
Evanston, Ill
Richard Reith
Reith
New York Milk Strike Ends After Settlement
Striking milkmen returned to work ending a two week walkout that halted milk flow to 10 million New York City and Long Island residents. The dairy settlement will raise consumer costs by one to two cents per quart, with home delivered milk averaging 27 cents per quart. The Teamsters Union ordered three locals back to work after agreeing to an $11 weekly wage and welfare package and binding arbitration on how overtime is recorded and computed for route drivers.
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New York
UPS
New York City
Long Island
Teamsters Union
Together Twins Seek Split After Shared Life Partners
Winston-Salem twins Richard G. Strupe and Robert R. Strupe dating and marrying sisters, plan divorce while facing separate Forsyth County cases alleging adultery. Both served in the Army, worked for same company, and received 60 day military deferrals to settle marital issues. Marriages began December 26 1957 in York South Carolina. The suits, filed October 30, accuse both wives of adultery as grounds for divorce with earliest hearings set for December term.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Winston- Salem
Richard G
Robert R. Strupe
York
S. C
South Carolina
Forsyth County
United States pushes for immediate UN nuke test ban talks
United States moves at United Nations General Assembly to consider resuming negotiations on a foolproof nuclear test ban despite Soviet protests that the issue is not urgent. President Kennedy reportedly plans to tell Nehru that the U S will not risk another uninspected gentlemen's agreement with Russia to curb the arms race. Khrushchev admits fallout harms world health but argues testing serves world peace as warns that war use of nuclear weapons is far more dangerous. Adenauer reelected West German chancellor at 85 by nine vote margin in Bundestag with 259 to 205 and 26 abstentions.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
United States
General Assembly
U.N
Washington
Kennedy
Jawaharlal Nehru
Russia
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
BOM
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Bundestag
Adenaver
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United Press International
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Ghana
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LA Blaze
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