Dems Score Upset in New Jersey by Lahr
New Jersey voters delivered a Democratic upset as Richard J. Hughes defeated former Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell for governor, boosting Kennedy supporters. In New York City, Mayor Wagner won a third term, defeating Republican Lefkowitz by a wide margin, while Rockefeller downplayed the city result and called it a return to two party government.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
UPI
New York City
New Jersey
Kennedy
Richard J. Hughes
Cratic
James P. Mitchell
Robert F. Wagner
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Eisenhower
New Jer
Mitchell
GOP
Nelson A.rockefeller
New York
East
Hughes
Robert B. Meyner
State House
Rockefeller
Wagner
Lefkowitz
Lawrence E. Gerosa
Michael H. Prendergast
Two ships collide in Houston channel. three dead
A Norwegian tanker Berean and Chinese Union Reliance collide head on in the Houston ship channel, both burn and ground. The Union Reliance sinks and reports show three Chinese dead. 87 total on board accounted for, 11 missing, including pilot Dave O Duncan. Coast Guard boards Union Reliance. survivors recall burns and efforts to escape.
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Houston, Tex
UPI
Houston
Channel
Union Reliance
Coast Guard
Harris County
Dave O. Duncan
Galveston Bay
C. I. Ho
Landie
Hurricane Hattie death toll climbs in Belize scene
Belize reports 372 dead from Hattie with fears of more as looters are shot by a soldier during post storm unrest. Navy surgeon Lt Revell notes 220 bodies found in Belize. Mullins River sees 3 dead of 87 residents and 12 missing. Survivors struggle with canned food and raw rice amid wreckage.
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Belize
British Honduras
UPI
Hattie
A. L. Revell
Mullins River
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Temperatures
Considerable cloudiness and a chillier pattern with scattered mountain snow flurries. Daytime highs reach the 40s, with 18 to 26 degrees tonight. Thursday cooler around normal, then a warmer Friday, with a windy weekend and a slight warm-up by Monday. Some snow flurries in the mountains, mainly weekend. precip mostly light. Beckley high 56 yesterday, Oak Hill 53, Greenbrier River conditions normal and clear. The lowest reported in morning was 6 degrees at Bemidji and International Falls Minnesota.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hilo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bemidji
International Falls
Minn
Los Alamitos
Calif
Fire destroys Old Red Mill in Lewisburg
LEWISBURG UP I The Old Red Mill a landmark in this historic town was destroyed by fire today less than a week after reopening as a tourist attraction with a gift shop featuring hand crafted items. Local businessmen had raised 20000 earlier to buy the 85 year old structure and convert it into an economic booster.
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Lewisburg
UPI
West Virginia
Ronceverte
Fairlea
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
David Tuckwiller
U. S. 219
Kennedy to speak on various crises at 4 p.m. news conference
President Kennedy is expected to address atomic testing domestic politics and crises in Berlin and Southeast Asia at a 4 pm news conference. He will also discuss talks with Indian Prime Minister Nehru and other issues. Celebrated cellist Pablo Casals will perform at the White House next Monday night after a dinner for Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz Marin. Gen Joseph Mobutu sends investigators to Kasai after reports of attacks on whites and rapes in Luluabourg. Opera star Lauritz Melchior is under medical care in Beverly Hills for a stomach upset. The Wisconsin Assembly considers a bill to require Americanism vs Communism courses in high schools. Denver socialite Eleonore Weckbaugh plans to donate $6,000 to the Metropolitan Opera Co after her name was struck from a local board.
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Kennedy
Jawaharal Nehru
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Pablo Casals
White House
Luis Munoz Marin
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Kasai Province
Luluabourg
OPERA
Lauritz Melchior
Beverly Hills
Calif
Melchior
South Dakota
Wisconsin General Assembly
Denver
Eleanore Weckbaugh
The
Central City
Colo
Opera House Association
Metropolitan Opera Co
New York
Miss Weckbaugh
Woman Named To State Board In West Virginia
Gov W W Barron names Anagene P Bartram of Kenova to the West Virginia Board of Education replacing Raymond Brewster on a term ending November 4 1970 Bartram a Democrat and former teacher now runs a supermarket Brewster editor of the Herald Dispatch had served since 1941 and was the boards senior member His replacement makes the nine member panel five Democrats four Republicans and maintains the party balance per state law
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Anagene P. Bartram
Kenova
West Virginia Board of Education
Huntington
Raymond Brewster
Bartram
Marshall University
Brewster
Herald Dispatch
Huntington Publishing Co
M. M. Neely
Clarence W. Meadows
Okey L. Patteson
Rich Rancher Jailed Over Neglect of Mother
In Eureka California UPI reports Isaac Moxon Jr 35 was arrested by Humboldt County deputies on a charge of failing to provide for his 73 year old mother Alice Moxon jailed in a filthy shack without heat or sanitation for a year. Bail set at 525 dollars. Deputies found Mrs Moxon near the Moxon family home stating she received a meager daily diet and asked for help to avoid returning to the shack.
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Eureka
Calif
UPI
California
Sheriff's
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
Isaac Moxon Jr
Alice Moxon
Moxon
Isaac Moxon Sr
Hancock County Teachers Best Paid In State
Hancock County leads West Virginia in teacher pay with a starting salary of 4550 for beginners, above 3135 in 15 counties. The county also tops the upper end with 6515 for 16 years experience and 6230 for bachelor holders after 16 years, while statewide average starts at 3585 and the state projects to rank in the lower 40s nationally.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Hancock County
Panhandle
State Education Association
Hancock
Brooke
Marshall
Ohio
McDowell
Kanawha
The
Education Association
Africa Seeks Nuclear Free Zone in Continent
At the United Nations Africa presses to keep nuclear arms out of the region. A 10 nation resolution aims to declare Africa a nuclear free zone. Another resolution calls weapon use a violation of the UN charter and international law. The General Assembly expected to back a U.S. British pact on renewed talks for a comprehensive test ban. Russia says it will not honor the resolution.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
France
Sahara
U.N
Africa
General Assembly
Russia
Kennedy congratulates Hughes in active partnership note
United Press International reports Kennedy sent a congratulatory telegram to governor elect Richard Hughes expressing hope his administration will be an active partner with the Washington administration. Merrick responds to a principal leading teens out of a theater over his play. Murray, a dance teacher and ankle beauty contest judge, reflects on ankles a century ago and their appeal.
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U.S
United Press International
Newark
N.J
Kennedy
Richard J. Hughes
Washington Administration
Washington
David Merrick
Merrick
New York
Katherine Murray
Ecuador Armed Forces Seize Control And Oust Velasco Ibarra
In Lima a UPI report says Ecuador’s armed forces seized control and proclaimed Jose Velasco Ibarra ceasing to be president while Chief Justice Comilo Gallegos Toled o is named president elect. An order for elections within 90 days for a constitutional convention was promised to restore order amid chaotic conditions.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Ecuador
Comilo Gallegos Toledo
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Major split eyed in World Communist movement report
London dispatch says world Communist movement headed for a major split as Moscow and Peiping clash over Marxist doctrine. China praises Stalin and backs Albanian leadership in a mix of defiance toward Khrushchev, unsettling hopes for monolithic unity. Differences simmered since two years, resurfacing after the 22nd Soviet Communist party congress.
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London
UPI
Communist Movement
Moscow
Peiping
China
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Stalin
Albania
Josef Stalin
Soviet Communist Party
Hearing Set On Route Of West Virginia North South Highway
Morgantown public hearing examined proposed routing of the first North South highway segment in West Virginia now in the Interstate System. A consulting plan would bring the route about 10 miles northwest of Morgantown then swing east toward Morgantown and south toward Fairmont, Clarksburg, and Weston areas with Weston to Charleston not yet decided.
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Morgantown
UPS
State Road Commission
West Virginia
Mt. Morris
Weston
W. Va
SRC
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Pennsylvania Line
Charleston
West Virginia press chief suffers heart attack
Morgantown UPI Fran cis P Fisher secretary manager of the West Virginia Press Association. He fell ill at home and was reported in serious condition at West Virginia University Hospital. The attack happened while he slept before he planned to travel to Clarksburg for the press association fall meeting. Fisher has been the WVPA’s principal full time employee for years and was formerly editor of the Parkersburg News.
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Morgantown
UPI
Francis P
Bus
Fisher
West Virginia Press Association
West Virginia University Hospital
Clarksburg
Press Association
WVPA
Parkersburg
Mao Espouses Albania and Stalin Amid Cold War Tensions
Peiping Radio quoted by UPI reports that China's Central Committee led by Mao Tse-tung defends Albania's Stalinist leadership against Soviet attacks. The broadcast follows Khrushchev's Moscow speech condemning Enver Hoxha as contrary to Marx and Lenin, signaling a Chinese stance aligned with Hoxha.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Soviet Union
Peiping
Albania
Red China
Central Committee
Mao Tse-tung
Enver Hoxha
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Hoxha
Marx
Lenin
Watts Named Custodian of Civic Center
Lt. Col. William F. Watts of Beckley has been named custodian of the new National Guard armory on the 1921 By-Pass by Brig. Gen. Gene H. Williams. Watts will operate manage and coordinate all military activities and civic uses for the facility housing NG Troop C First Squadron 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment Co A guerrilla special forces and Co C 4th Battle Group 19th Infantry 88th Division. He will issue space and equipment calendars and supervise joint use of the domed drill hall and kitchen with the three units while keeping the armory as a National Guard facility first and civic use second.
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William F. Watts
Beckley
New
National Guard
Gene H. Williams
Adjutant General’s Office
Watts
16Th Special Forces Group
Ain Beckley
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Ft. Meade
4Th Battle Group
19Th Infantry
88Rd Division
U. S. Army Reserve
Board of Education
County Court
Armory Board
Pennsy NYC May Resume Merger Talks
New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad directors meet in New York and Philadelphia to lay groundwork for resuming merger talks. Both lines posted combined nine month losses of 37.5 million dollars with Pennsy 12.76 million and Central 24.77 million. Officials would not comment on renewed discussions.
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NEW York
UPI
Philadelphia
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central
Pennsy
Central Board
Queen to Visit Ghana Amid Safety Fears
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced that Queen Elizabeth will travel to Ghana on Thursday for a scheduled state visit. The plan has provoked anxiety among some of her subjects regarding her safety.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Elizabeth
Ghana
Barron Sees Big Job Potential In Wood Industry
West Virginia Governor W. W. Barron warned that each dollar earned by landowners from in state wood cut and sent out of state costs the state about 16 dollars. He urged developing a local wood industry to create about 15 700 jobs and raise forest products value to 500 million annually. Barron noted 9.9 million acres are forest land and stressed timber reserves can sustain growth if processing plants are built in state.
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West Virginia
Barron
Navy Plane Missing With 11 Aboard Off East Coast
A Navy PV2 with 11 men aboard is reported missing off the East Coast while returning from an exercise with the carrier Lake Champlain near Virginia. The Coast Guard began an extensive search after the plane completed its exercise at 3 a.m. EST and received clearance to Brunswick Maine. Fuel would have run dry by 10 a.m. EST. last message was at 7:40 a.m. EST as two Coast Guard cutters and aircraft continued searching New England waters.
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Boston
UPS
Coast Guard
PV2
Brunswick
Maine
Virginia
Lake Champlain
New England
Two Calif Fires Join and Blaze On in Los Angeles
Two major California wildfires driven by gusty winds threaten to merge. The Topanga Canyon and Bel Air Brentwood blazes have burned about 11,000 acres and 250 homes, prompting evacuations of over 200 residences and 3,000 Pacific Palisades students as thousands of firefighters and aircraft battle the flames. Governor Brown declared LA County a disaster area while federal aid was sought.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Topanga Canyon
Bel Air- Brentwood
Pacific Palisades
Rustic Canyon
Topanga
Bel Air
Topangas
Charlie Rossie
Bel Air-Brentwood
Sepang Canyon
Ocean
Navy
Los Angeles County
Edmund G. Brown
Atty
Stanley Musk
Kennedy
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Charles R. Smith
Civic Center
Pennsy-Nyc
Rail
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Paliiades
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