$20,000 ARA Grant Speeds Gorge Highway Study
Area Redevelopment Administration funds a $20,000 study to evaluate an 80 mile Narrows Virginia to Hawk's Nest State Park scenic highway. National Park Service and Bureau of Public Roads will conduct a four month analysis to gauge parkway potential and related tourist developments. Potential master plan spans four New River Gorge counties Raleigh Mercer Summers Fayette. Senators Byrd and Randolph see link to Allegheny Parkway from Hagerstown to Cumberland Gap, KY. Officials cite Blue Ridge Parkway impact of $60 million yearly in nearby regions.
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Area Redevelopment Administration
Narrows
Hawk’s Nest State Park
National Park Service
United States Bureau of Public Roads
New River Gorge
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Fayette Counties
Hagerstown
Cumberland Gap
West Virginia
ARA
Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia
North Carolina
Gas Tank Explosion Threatens Colorado Town
A propane tank farm explosion near Idaho Springs rocked Downieville Colorado injuring at least four and forcing evacuations. The blaze burned for hours as crews fought to prevent further explosions and roads were closed to safeguard transcontinental traffic. Authorities said a leak caused the blast and a gas cloud hung over the community before dawn.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
Denver
Downieville
State Patrol
U.S
Loveland
Berthoud
Clear Creek County
Harold Brumbaugh
Brumbaugh
Contempt Action Ordered vs Barnett and Johnson
The 5th Circuit ordered criminal contempt charges against Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson Jr for defying federal desegregation orders. The court directed U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy to prosecute, with the Justice Department preparing filings to start the action. Barnett and Johnson had previously been convicted of civil contempt for blocking James Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi.
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New Orleans
UPI
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Paul Johnson Jr
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Burke Marshall
Washington
Justice Department
Barnett
Johnson
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Jennings Charged In Fatal Stabbing
State Police charged James P. Jennings of Princeton with murder in the fatal stabbing of Earnest Morris Jr. during a parking space dispute along an unpaved road. Morris, 33, a lumber company employee, died four hours after the stab wound to the chest near Morris’s home just outside Princeton. A preliminary hearing is set for next Thursday.
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Princeton
UPI
James P. Jennings
Jennings
Earnest Morris Jr
Lumber Company
Morris
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Rain And Cooler Weekend
Weather brief notes occasional rain and mild this afternoon with highs 58 to 66. Rain and cooler tonight. Saturday mostly cloudy and colder with possible showers or wet snow. Temperatures near normal in south and north, rainfall four to eight tenths of an inch over weekend and mid next week. Beckley highs 62, lows 36. Oak Hill 64/28. Greenbrier River and Lake conditions normal. gauge at Hinton 2.6 ft. New York reports 16 degrees at several stations and 85 in Texas.
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Beckley
Eeess
Cues Seaanss
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Fashion Designer Irene Gibbons Leaps To Death
Hollywood fashion expert Irene Gibbons known as Irene died after leaping from the 11th floor of the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. She had previewed designs at a Beverly Hills fashion show and designed for stars like Dietrich Bergman and Colbert. Police say she cut her wrists before jumping and left a note to her husband Elliot Gibbons asking that he be cared for and the business handled.
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Irene Gibbons
Irene
Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel
Gibbons
Marlene Dietrich
Ingrid Bergman
Claudette Colbert
Loretta Young
Paulette Goddard
Rosalind Russell
Carole Lombard
Elliot
Elliot Gibbons
Six Thousand In Guns Stolen From Keatleys Store
Keatleys Gun Cases on Prince Street report 150 guns missing after burglars broke a back door Thursday night. Value set at $6,000 on cost basis along with three pairs of binoculars and possible other merchandise. Mrs Gene Keatley and husband run the store. city police are investigating.
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Keatley
China Launches Largest Attack in Three Weeks
Indian officials report a major Chinese assault on the eastern front near Walong in NEFA. Fighting rages as Nehru rejects Chinese cease fire demands and insists on withdrawal to pre October lines before talks. Chinese gains include deep incursions south of the McMahon Line while India claims to have struck Chinese positions near Jang.
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New Delhi
UPI
Red Hill
North East Frontier Agency
NEFA
Walong
Burma
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Red Army
McMahon Line
India
Red
Peking
Northeast Frontier Agency
Defense Ministry
Jang
Bhutan
V. K. Krishna Menon
State Hosts Meeting of Governors Dec. 11
Chief executives from eight states will attend the Appalachian Governor's Conference in Charleston December 11 12 with Gov W W Barron presiding as conference chairman Barron was elected at Hollywood Fla to succeed Kentucky Gov Bert Combs Brooks Hays special assistant to President Kennedy will attend Also expected is William L Batt administrator of Area Redevelopment Administration States to be represented include Virginia Pennsylvania Alabama Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Tennessee and West Virginia Georgia and Ohio may be represented Staffs meet December 11 at the Daniel Boone Hotel to outline the program Governors will work on a region wide development plan The report is by Stanford Research Institute under a 25000 grant from ARA
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Barron
Hollywood
Fla
Kentucky
Bert Combs
Don Hardman
Brooks Hays
Kennedy
Area Redevelopment Administration
William L. Batt
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
If All People Could Be Taught to Drive Right
A quip notes that better driving in society would reduce fatalities by teaching proper habits. It implies caution about driving skills and public safety without citing specific events or data.
Saturn C I Test Set To Lift For Major Space Endeavor
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI The Saturn C I massive booster readies for a noon EST test launch to arm tests for future Apollo missions. The 162 foot rocket, weighing 540 tons, will propel 95 tons of ballast water into space, then be destroyed, as engineers validate booster performance.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
America
United States
U. S
Space
Atlantic Ocean
Earth
Russia
Lusk Undergoes Lie Box Test in Wyoming County Jail
Beecher Lusk, 26, of Herndon Mountain, is in Pineville jail at noon for a lie detector test related to the shotgun slaying of Ted W. Belcher, 35, of Corinne. Lusk, charged with murder, will appear before Magistrate Ray Webb for a preliminary hearing Saturday morning. He surrendered after Belcher followed him from HernDon Mountain in a Jeep. Lusk said Belcher threatened him during a struggle over a shotgun. Officers cited a dispute over "woman trouble" as the motive.
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Pineville
RNL
Beecher Lusk
Herndon Mountain
Wyoming County
Ted W. Belcher
Corinne
Lusk
Ray Webb
Deerfield
Basin Road
Belcher
Organizational Caucus Set for Legislature Officers
State Democratic and Republican leaders scheduled a December 10 meeting to nominate officers for the upcoming 56th Legislature. Nominees will face the full Legislature for voting when it convenes January 9. Current House Speaker Julius Singleton and Senate President Howard Carson are mentioned. minority leaders are George Seibert and John Carrigan.
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Charleston
Dag Stall Misprints Flood Stamp Market
The government began selling a million deliberate misprints of a Dag Hammarskjold commemorative stamp to undermine collectors of 400 accidental misprints. The Post Office Department started sales at 11 a.m. EST as officials traced 50 more of the original errors, bringing total found to 150.
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Washington
UPI
Dag Hammarskjold
Post Office Department
Fund Drive at Ra leigh County Booths Totals Updated
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge 206 added a $10 donation to Raleigh County Centennial Committee booth collections Thursday, bringing the day’s total to $50.82 and the grand total to $1,197.55. Lodge members served in the booths for the second time as the Shady Spring District Women’s Club ran the booths. Prosperity Rocket 4-H Club will be on duty Saturday, the final day the booths will be open.
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Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Shady Spring District
U.S. to defend spy flights over Cuba if Castro acts
UPI report cites U.S. officials saying Washington would send heavily armed warplanes to protect reconnaissance aircraft over Cuba if Fidel Castro shoots at them. Kennedy aims to defend high and low level flights pending Khrushchev's UN verification of weapon removal. Crisis could deepen if Castro acts, though Soviets may restrain him. Stevenson's briefing with Kuznetsov underscored U.S. resolve and the demand to pull out about 80 Soviet bombers before easing the blockade.
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Stewart Hensley
Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
Castro
U.S
Vasily Kuznetsov
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Stevenson
Khrushchev
Administration
Interamerican Alliance
Organization of American States
OAS
Be Wary Of 'K' Adenauer Warns
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned President Kennedy Khrushchev may be more dangerous after Soviet setbacks in the Cuban crisis. He spoke before departing for Bonn to handle what could be his worst political crisis in 13 years. Adenauer thanked Kennedy and Rusk for frank talks, and Rusk praised his judgment and value to free people. He planned meetings with German leaders after returning, with conferences arranged for Saturday morning.
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Washington
Upi
Konrad Adenauer
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Adenauer
Bonn
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
Commie Bible Rules Out War and Expands Khrushchev View
A new official Soviet Communist Party history, published in Moscow, rejects war to resolve disputes and urges peaceful coexistence while maintaining class struggle. It broadens Stalin criticis m and fully backs Nikita Khrushchev doctrine, tying ideology to state conduct.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Communist Party
Josef Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Miner Dies In Slate Fall At Jewell Ridge Mine
Walter Adkins, 32, a timber man with 14 years at the Jewell Ridge mine on Crooked Creek near West Logan, was killed in a slate fall Wednesday night. He leaves six children.
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LOGAN
UPI
Walter Adkins
Jewell Ridge
Crooked Creek
West Logan
Adkins
Castro Letter Threatens Anti Aircraft Fire Over Cuba
United Nations dispatch reports Cuba warned the United States that surveillance flights over Fidel Castro's island will face anti aircraft fire. Castro's letter to Thant demanded safety of Cuba's airspace, pledging destruction of any warplane violating sovereignty. Ambassador Lechuga amplified the stance linking denuclearization calls to Latin America and criticising continued overflights.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Cuba
United States
Fidel Castro
Castro
Thant
Carlos Lechuga
General Assembly
U.S
Lechuga
Latin America
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Eighteen Seamen Missing After Freighter Fire Sinks Lifeboat
Eighteen crewmen from the Greek freighter Captain George are missing after their lifeboat capsized near Bermuda while rescuers battled a blaze and a violent Atlantic gale. Seven survivors were plucked from the sea as a Coast Guard search with planes from Bermuda and the United States pressed on in very poor conditions.
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New York
UPS
Atlantic
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Bermuda
United Way appeal frames giving as investment and duty
The Raleigh County Fund stood at 28 720 21 toward a 49 800 goal as a United Fund drive promotes giving as an investment in a stronger community. It argues charity reduces hunger and misery while enabling people to become productive again, urging payroll contributions and employer participation.
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Raleigh
United Way
United Fund
George
Six Rescued From Schooner Curlew Near Bermuda
Six men were rescued from the storm-damaged schooner Curlew four miles from haven as waves battered the vessel. They were taken aboard the Navy ship USS Compass Island after the Curlew breached and partially sank. One crewman reportedly suffered broken ribs during the ordeal. the party was to be landed in New York City on November 21.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
UPI
Haven
Compass Island
Navy
Essex
Conn
Virgin Islands
St. George's Harbor
Caribbean
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York City
Early Date Favored For Teacher Certification Changes
Charleston United Press International reports that two Senate education committees backed moving revised teacher certification dates to February 15 next year instead of September 1964. The move aims to affect teacher hiring, as the 1963-64 year relies on spring hiring, not fall.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Education
Theodore Bowers
Rwetzel
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