Burning Ship and Dulles Airport Voyage
The captain and crew abandon the explosives laden Greek freighter Captain George after fire and explosions 300 miles northeast of Bermuda as the Virginia takes the crew aboard. A Coast Guard cutter aids Curlew while the Dulles International Airport dedication nears with new jet age facilities and mobile lounges for arrivals.
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New York
UPI
George
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Virginia
Bermuda
Mendota
Carlew
Curlew
Port Said
United Arab Republic
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kings Bay
George Be
Fire destroys large block in Newport business district
A major blaze in Newport Tennessee destroyed nearly a full city block in the business district. Fire investigators estimate about 2 million dollars in damage with roughly 1 million dollars attributed to the destruction of properties. No injuries were immediately reported.
Fire consumes three downtown buildings in Kankakee
A fast moving fire ripped through the heart of Kankakee downtown destroying three buildings and forcing 64 hotel guests to flee. Authorities estimate damage could exceed 1 million dollars.
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Kankakee, Ill
Weather Outlook West Virginia Turning Warmer
Fair and warmer today with highs in the 50s to low 60s statewide. East portion 52 to 58, west 56 to 64. Tonight partly cloudy, cooler. Lows 32 to 38 east, 36 to 42 west. Friday increasing clouds, highs in the 60s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and muddy, Lake normal and muddy with 5 gates open. A new gauge at Hinton reads 3 ft. New York report notes a 4-degree low in Drummond, Montana, and 81-degree highs in West Palm Beach and McAllen.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Hinton
New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Drummond
Mont
West Palm Beach
Fla
McAllen
BPW to Study Plane Use by State Officials
Charleston report says the State Board of Public Works will study use of private and chartered planes by officials and employees and continue a car pool study that could save about 1 million annually. The panel also shelved a proposal to pay 40 cents per air mile for multi engine planes and 25 cents for single engine planes.
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UPI
State Board of Public Works
State Commerce Department
John Kelly
Tom
Harry
C. Donald Robertson
Robertson
Kelly
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Wood Cutting Mishap Fatal To Youth 11
Morgantown dispatch reports 11 year old Ray Carpenter of Hackers Valley Webster County died in a Morgantown hospital after a wood cutting accident. An ax swung by a cousin struck him causing severe neck wounds. He was initially taken to Buckhannon hospital before transfer to University Medical Center.
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Morgantown
UPI
Webster County
Ray Carpenter
Hackers Valley
Ray
Buckhannon
University Medical Center
Heller backs 10 percent cut in corporation tax
Walter W. Heller, Kennedy’s chief economic adviser, urged a roughly 10% cut in corporate taxes next year and a tax relief package totaling over $5 billion, with individuals likely receiving the bulk of the relief. He spoke at a fiscal policy conference dinner and outlined the administration’s aim despite a $7.8 billion deficit.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Walter W. Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
President
Committee On Labor Management Policy
W. Willard Wirtz
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Girl Burned At Stake By Playmate In Wilmington
In Wilmington a 7-year-old girl, Gloria Jean Perry, is in critical condition with second and third degree burns over 80 to 85 percent of her body after an 11-year-old playmate tied her to a tree and set straw and rags alight. The older girl, Pamela Louise Clough, will face juvenile court action as sheriff Marion W. Millis reports the incident occurred near their Myrtle Grove area home.
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Wilmington
N. C
UPI
Cape Fear Memorial Hospital
Gloria Jean Perry
Pamela Louise Clough
Gloria Jean
Myrtle Grove
Marion W. Millis
Pamela
Millis
Rainelle Playoff Rule Ruled Valid
Rainelle remains in the Class A playoff over Williamstown after the Board of Appeals upheld the Nov. 4 decision. Rainelle’s win over Marlinton, a non scheduled game used to decide the Greenbrier Valley title, gave Rainelle enough quality points to edge Williamstown 10.38 to 10.15 while Sophia earned 11.6.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Board of Appeals
State Secondary Schools Activities Commission
Rainelle
Williamstown
Sophia
W. Gordon Eisman
India launches strongest attack in NEFA during conflict
New Delhi reports Indian troops conducted a strong patrol against a Chinese position northwest of Walong NEFA near the Burma border with ongoing fighting. A second raid near Towang killed Chinese soldiers and returned without loss. Nehru sent a three page letter to Chou En Lai in response to a Nov 4 cease fire offer. Seventy nine nations expressed sympathy and support according to officials.
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UPS
Walong
North East Frontier Agency
NEFA
Burma
Lahit
Towang
Jang Village
Chou En-Lai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Peiping
Chou
India
Ladakh
Nehru
Quotes From United Press International Musing on Life
In Austin the Texas Health Department calls a coat offer to a woman a gallant but foolish gesture and notes a woman’s fat layers. In Detroit poet Robert Frost speaks to a sold out crowd about cities as life trophies. In Houston astrogeologist Eugene Shoemaker warns a mile wide meteor impact on Earth is long overdue.
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United Press International
Austin
Tex
State Department of Health
Detroit
Mich
Robert Frost
University of Detroit
Houston
Eugene M., Shoemaker
North America
Governor-Elect Romney resigns AMC post
Michigan's governor elect Gorge Romney quits as vice chairman and director of American Motors Corp. as part of a broader resignation from corporate duties. The move follows his election and aims to reduce potential conflicts of interest while he prepares to lead the state.
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Michigan
Gorge Romney
American Motors Corp
Greenville
S. C
Rudolf Anderson Jr
Cuba
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Royal Household
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Royal Establishment
Philip
Adenauer JFK Discuss Counter To Red Threat
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Kennedy met with Dean Rusk to review contingency plans for a potential Soviet move on Berlin. They agreed Western proposals were premature amid the Cuban crisis while defense topics dominated the dinner and NATO reform discussions.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Adenauer
Dean Rusk
Rusk
National Press Club
White House
Gerhard Schroeder
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
NATO
Robert S. McNa
Russians Call U S Missile Bases in Spain Absurd
Madrid officials and the U S Embassy dismissed Soviet charges that the United States had missile bases in Spain as baseless and absurd. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin claimed bases were still being built for rocket use at a U N General Assembly meeting. A U S Embassy spokesman and a Spanish foreign office official rejected the charges as unfounded and not even worth comment.
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UPI
United States
Spain
Valerian Zorin
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Fund Drive Report Totals Reach 1146.73 with Wednesday Additions
Centennial booth contributions total 1146.73 after a 13.48 addition from individual volunteers on Wednesday. Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge 206 members are on duty today. Thursday’s workers will be Shady Spring District Woman's Club members.
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Centennial Booth
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
Shady Spring District
Woman‘s Club
Jail Break Foiled at Raleigh County Jail
Deputy Sheriff and Sheriff along with two city policemen halted an attempted jail break at Raleigh County Jail at 7 pm Wednesday. Bobby Hatfield and Thomas Mabscott attacked inmate Eldridge Farley with scissors, result ing in 20 stitches. Farley remained in custody on a drunk charge. Hatfield and Hatfield were to be moved to Moundsville State Penitentiary. Thomas already held a life sentence for armed robbery, Hatfield for rape of a Mabscott juvenile.
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Raleigh County
Fred Aaron
Aaron
C. A
Slim) Thompson
Bobby Katfield
Mabscott
Henry Thomas Jr
Anawalt
Eldridge Farley
Farley
A. D Belton
Thomas
Hatfield
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Thompson
Note To Nikita Says Issue Can't Drag Out Long
Stewart Hensley reports Kennedy remains optimistic that warnings to Moscow will force early removal of about 30 IL28 bombers from Cuba. Officials say Khrushchev is convinced but no firm assurances yet. The U.S. intends to tighten the blockade and may cut petroleum to Cuba if the issue stalls.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Moscow
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Russia
U. S
United States
Kremlin
U.S
Washington
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Vassily Kuznetsov
Konrad Adenauer
Fidel Castro
White House
Shriver declines head of U.S. Foreign Aid Agency
CBS reports R. Sargent Shriver, head of the Peace Corps and brother-in-law to the President, refused the job to lead the U.S. Foreign Aid Agency. He aims to run for Illinois governor in 1964 and fears alienating voters by taking the post.
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New York
UPI
Columbia Broadcasting System
Washington
R. Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
U.S
Foreign Aid Agency
CBS
Fowler Hamilton
Shriver
Illinois
Poor Power Painter Khrushchev in Berlin Corner
Western officials believe Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has painted himself into a corner in the Berlin dispute. For almost four years he sought Allied withdrawal from West Berlin, but the Allies remain, and war is not seen as plausible. Khrushchev continues harassing actions while seeking a settlement on his terms.
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Berlin
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Cuba
Pentagon warns of two way mirror espionage and Russian bait
The Pentagon ordered personnel to avoid sexual liaisons with Soviet or satellite citizens and warned of Russian espionage tactics. Reports describe two way mirrors, pin microphones, hidden transmitters, infrared cameras and blackmail via photographs. A Nixon 1958 visit is cited as an example of inflated rank in staged conversations.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Big Brother
Defense Department
U.S
Department
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Secrecy Shrouds Soviet Proposal
Secrecy hangs over joint Cuban and Soviet proposals to Thant aimed at ending the Cuban crisis. Cuban Ambassador Lechuga met Thant at 10:48 a.m. EST. U.S. officials said they had no knowledge of any formal submission. Thant reportedly not authorized to transmit at this time, while sources say the documents exist in several pages detailing the plan.
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N.Y
UPD
Cuba
Russia
Thant
Carlos Lechuga
Lincoln White
Washington
State Department
U.S
U.N
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Vassily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Adlai E. Stevenson
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