Kennedy weighs Latin visit as a quick four day trip
President Kennedy weighs a potential four day trip to Venezuela and Colombia to boost his alliance for progress. Officials say plans are not firm but under serious consideration and may occur late this month or in early December.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Latin America
South America
Fulton Freeman
U.S. Am
Bassador
Colombia
White House
Freeman
American Broadcasting Co
Venezuela
Andrew Hatcher
Presi
Dent
Alliance For Progress
Canada
Paris
Vienna
London
Monteviedeo
FTC Dismisses Wonder Drug Monopoly Case
FTC examiner threw out antitrust charges against six major manufacturers of antibiotics, saying no substantial evidence of a conspiracy to monopolize. Named firms include American Cyanamid, Bristol-Myers, Bristol Laboratories, Pfizer, Olin Mathieson, and Upjohn. Officials call it vindication of their position. The examiner noted no direct hearing on the separate DOJ suit against Pfizer, American Cyanamid, and Bristol-Myers.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Robert L. Piper
American Cyanamid Company
Bristol- Myers Company
Subsdiary
Bristol Laboratories Inc
Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
New York
Upjohn Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Examiner
Justice Department
Chas. Pfizer
American Cyanamid
Bristol-Myers
Trainee Pokes Bayonet In Navy Secretary's Eye
Navy Secretary John Connally was cut by a bayonet on a rifle held by a trainee from the University of Texas Buccaneers ROTC drill team. Seven stitches were needed for a eyelid injury but doctors said sight was not impaired. Connally planned to identify the youth and reassure him.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Navy
John Connally
Buccaneers
University of Texas
Connally
Bonham, Tex
Sam Rayn
Wefcomo
Dale C. Reed
University
Former diplomat Scarbeck given 30 year max prison term
Federal Judge Leonard Walsh sentenced former diplomat Irvin C. Scarbeck to a maximum 30 year term for divulging classified data to Communist agents. Scarbeck, a suspended Foreign Service officer, received 10 years on each of three counts to be served consecutively, with possible parole after 10 years.
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Washington
UPI
Leonard P. Walsh
Irvin C. Scarbeck
Scarbeck
Walsh
Foreign Service
U.S
Warsaw
Scarback
Reds
Searbeck
West Virginia Weather Forecast Gloomy Weekend Outlook
West Virginia forecasts show fair this afternoon and tonight with highs near 50 and lows in the 20s. Partly cloudy Saturday with temperatures near normal, a cold weekend ahead, and a warming trend starting Monday or Tuesday. Rain totals under two tenths of an inch mainly Saturday night into Sunday. River conditions remain normal and clear on Greenbrier and Lake rivers, with gauge at 2.4 feet.
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Beckley
Lockheed Plans New State Plant In West Virginia
Lockheed Aviation Corp will employ about 200 workers at a new plant in Clarksburg by next March starting with 225 on site. The facility will assemble parts for Lockheed's C130 transport aircraft, leased from a 51,000 square foot former Joy Manufacturing site in Charleston. West Virginia leaders praise the move as a sign of industrial confidence with noted approval from Senators Randolph Byrd and Representative Bailey.
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Clarksburg
UPI
West Virginia
Lockheed Aviation Corp
Lockheed
Lockheed-Georgia
Marietta
Joy Manufacturing Co
Charleston
Gov
W. W. Barron
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Cleveland M. Bailey
D-W. Va
Washington
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Antarctic Crash Kills Scientist at Wilkes Station
A U S Navy Neptune crashed on takeoff at Wilkes Antarctic station killing five of nine Americans aboard. The deceased include Dr. Edward C. Thiel of the University of Minnesota and four crewmen. four others injured. The plane was returning to McMurdo Sound from Mirny. American biologist Madison E. Pryor of Ohio State University was aboard en route to winter at Mirny under the U S Soviet exchange agreement.
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Christ Church
New Zealand
UPI
Antarctica
Navy
Edward C. Thiel
University of Minnesota
National Science Foundation
Wilkes
McMurdo Sound
Mirny
Madison E. Pryor
Ohio
Fairmont Backs Route for N o Interstate Segment
Clarksburg UPI report says Fairmont and Marion County officials endorsed the proposed North South route of Interstate 979 between Mt. Morris Pennsylvania and Weston West Virginia. The 60.9 mile segment from the Pennsylvania border to Charleston is estimated at 61.4 million dollars with 23 million slated for the Marion County 18 mile section.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Mt. Morris
Weston
Pennsylvania
Charleston
Fairmont
Marion County
Morgantown
Nehru Warns Kennedy On U.S. Troops In Asia
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ends four day U.S. visit with a plea to Kennedy not to send American troops to Asia. He urges a nuclear test ban and moratorium but Kennedy rejects the plan while stressing Berlin access and broad wartime principles.
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Washington
UPI
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kennedy
Nehru
United States
U.S
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Ho Chih Minh
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Russia
Berlin
Siehl Named Rural Areas Development Agent in Beckley
George Siehl Summers County agent selected as Rural Areas Development lead for Beckley area. O C Hutchinson New River Livestock Market manager named to Mercer County post with Princeton HQ. Announcement by J L Morris says Siehl will have courthouse quarters and start date pending. Hutchinson plans move to Princeton soon.
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George Siehl
Summers County
Beckley
O. C. Hutchinson
New River Livestock Market
Mercer County
Princeton
J. L. Morris
Extension Service
Register
Siehl
John Flanagan
Court House
Hutchison
Rosemarie Frankland Wins Miss World Title
London based Rosemarie Frankland, 18, wins Miss World with 36 rivals. Miss U.S.A. Jo Ann Odum, 19, Huntington West Virginia, finishes sixth amid comments that Americans lag in projecting sex appeal. Miss U.S.A. sponsor Patricelli of Bridgeport, Conn., blames American reserve for the results.
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London
UPI
United Kingdom
Rosemarie Frankland
U.S.A
Jo Ann Odum
Huntington
W. Va
U.S
Alfred Patricelli
Bridgeport
Memphis Zoo Denied Funds For $80,000 Ape House
Memphis city leaders rejected an $80,000 ape house request from the zoo, citing urgent city needs. Zoo director Raymond Gray faces housing growing gorillas and chimpanzees as animals now live at the hospital and lion house. He expects building a new facility to stretch into 1964, while stressing he will not sell the gorillas.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
City Hall
City Commission
Memphis
City Zoo
Zoo
Raymond Gray
Animal Hospital
Lion House
Gray
Park Commission
Dishes or Husbands Push Compare in Domestic Quips
A satirical remark notes some women wash dishes with a simple button push while others feel compelled to push their husbands. The witty line contrasts ease of chores with marital humor, reflecting domestic roles.
Quotes from officials and public figures in brief items
Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman Alan Boyd says the investigation into the 77 fatalities will move full speed ahead and a probable cause statement may come in under two years. Alfred Patricelli notes no American has won Miss World and foreign contestants project sex appeal. Strom Thurmond calls for a full clean-out of the State Department amid international tensions. Samuel Klein criticizes a 30 year term for Irvin C. Scarbeck and suggests execution as a warning to other Americans abroad.
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Richmond
Civil Aeronautics Board
Alan
Boyd
London
Alfred Patricelli
U.S.A
Lisbon Plane Hijacked by Rebels Lands in Tangier
Nine anti-government Portuguese rebels hijacked a TAP four-engine Super-Constellation over Lisbon, dropped leaflets backing rebel Capt. Henrique Galvao, and forced the pilot to land in Tangier Morocco. About 30 passengers were aboard, including five Americans.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Henrique Galvao
Tangier
Morocco
Casabalanca
Soviets Offer Revised Plan For Berlin Talks
Western trio in Moscow and West German ambassador discuss reports that the Soviet Union proposed a new status for West Berlin before a Soviet East Germany peace treaty. The plan would have the four powers back a Berlin arrangement guaranteeing full freedom and access, with a separate East Germany treaty recognizing West Berlin.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Hans Kroll
Soviet Union
Berlin
Kremlin
West Berlin
East Germany
U.S
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Ecuador’s Arosemena vouches ties with all nations
Newly sworn in President Carlos J. Arosemena pledged a diplomatic and trade policy with all nations regardless of social systems in his inaugural address. He said relations with Cuba would continue and any breach would be repaired. Two Castro regime representatives were expelled for alleged Communist propaganda.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPI
Carlos J. Arosemena
Arosemena
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Pedro Ramirez
Prensa Latina
Carlos Padilla
Moscow
Congress
Jose M. Velasco Abarra
U.S
Washington
Velasco
Atlas Explosion Ends Monkey Mission at Cape Canaveral
A Cape Canaveral Atlas rocket carrying the 142-pound squirrel monkey Goliath exploded less than a minute after liftoff at 9 55 a.m. EST. The craft veered, blew up, and wreckage fell into the Atlantic with no injuries. The mission’s destruction halts this space test and destroys valuable experiments for U.S. space programs.
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Cape Canaveral
UPS
Cape
Atlantic Ocean
Goliath
U.S
Flying All Right To The Last Pilot Tells Crash Story
Pilot Ronald Conway reported two engines failed and a third lacked full power when the Baltimore to Richmond four engine Constellation crashed near Richmond killing 77 people. He and flight engineer William F. Poythress survived with minor injuries after abandoning control briefly during the disaster that carried 74 Army recruits and five crew members. The co pilot Capt. James was unnamed in the supplied text.
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Richmond
UPI
Ronald Conway
Constellation
Baltimore
Conway
William F. Poythress
James
Richmond crash claims many victims in chaotic exit
Early medical reports indicate that most of the 77 people killed in Wednesday’s fiery airliner crash in Richmond survived the impact but died from suffocation and burns during a frantic scramble to escape.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
Pilot recalls crash near trees to shed light
Greenlee urged Conway to focus on the engineer's panel as the plane neared the ground. Conway described a fiery cockpit and smoke filling the cabin after the impact, with escape only possible via cockpit side windows.
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Greenlee
Conway
Eisenhower calls two year free college at public expense
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Case Institute of Technology students that every American youth should receive two years of higher education funded locally and not by Washington. He argued local implementation ensures efficiency and fights federal bloat.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Case Institute of Technology
Cleveland
Washington
East Germany
West Germany
West Berlin
Molo tov expelled from Communist party post
VIENNA UPI former Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov has been expelled from the Communist party and relieved of his post in Vienna in a report deemed reliable. CHARLESTON UPI West Virginia Council of Churches adopted a resolution urging the liquor by the drink constitutional amendment in the 1962 general election.
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Vienna
UPI
V. M. Molotov
Communist Party
Charleston
West Virginia
Probe Likely Of Small Airlines Safety Practices
Washington AP The Imperial Airlines crash that killed 77 in Richmond prompts a Senate probe of safety practices for non scheduled carriers. A. S. Monroney urges CAB action while FAA and CAB sources signal closer scrutiny of small non skeds amid past higher fatality rates.
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Robert J. Serling
Washington
API
Imperial Airlines
Richmond
A. S. Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
X15 Lands Blind After Hot Run Record Flight
Edwards AFB Calif Maj Robert White rocketed a record 4070 mph in an X15 rocket plane with one windshield pane shattered by heat. He landed safely at Rogers Dry Lake after a 10 minute flight aided by chase Maj Walter Daniel despite partial vision. NASA aims for 50 miles as the next goal following this 70 mph speed improvement.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
Robert White
Air Force
H. White
White
Rogers Dry Lake
Chase
Maj
Walter Daniel
State Traffic Victim Killed in Head-On Crash in Marshall County
Leslie Carroll of Wheeling was killed early today in a head-on collision on West Virginia 2 near Glen Dale in Marshall County.
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Moundsville
UPI
Leslie Carroll
Wheeling
W. Va
Glen Dale
Marshall County
Wartime Wreckage Diary From 1942 Survivors
Seventeen Americans who escaped a 1942 C47 crash in New Guinea left a grim record of a two month jungle wait for rescue. Diary entries show dwindling survivors, hunger for rescue, and deaths, with no remains found at the scene. Enduring rain water and terse notes mark the days through December and January.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
UPI
U.S. Army
J. McCarthy
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