Valley Drive Extension Delayed by Trollino Blockade
Valley Drive extension of Route 16 in Beckley faces weeks more delay as Kyova Construction Co. owner John Green blames Trotino Brothers Inc for obstructing grading and paving. Green says concrete work from Neville Street to the bridge should finish by Thanksgiving, with full opening likely in December pending crane and slab removal actions.
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State Road Commission
John Green
Huntington
Kyova Construction Co
The
Register
Troitino Brothers, Inc
Valley Drive
Beckley
Troi
Neville
Central Avenue
Green
Beckley Avenue
Trottino
Road work drags on as water firm finishes near Central Avenue
A water company finishes work near Central Avenue while critics complain of delays and losses. The block from Central Avenue to Colony Drug remains open after weeks, with concrete pouring planned for the centerpiece Thursday. Hopkins Motor Co near Neville Street has closed, its showroom empty, as executives cite a year of trouble and ongoing street closures. Green and local residents express anger over the protracted construction and mounting costs.
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Central Avenue
Green
Neville Street
Laos Accepts Coalition Plan With Pathet Lao Backed
Premier Souvanna Phouma's neutralist government said Laos will form a coalition including Pathet Lao elements and will accept aid from China and North Vietnam while continuing to receive US support. The communique notes talks began a month ago and pledges goodwill missions and economic cultural exchanges with both Beijing and Hanoi.
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Vientiane, Laos
Couvanna Phouma
Pathetio
Laos
Red China
Viet Nam
United States
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Me Parlies
Vic Eo
Pathet
Peoples Republic of China
Democratic Republic of North Viet Nam
Postal
Statehouse Thief Sentenced for $351000 WV Theft
CHARLESTON AP The man who committed the largest cash theft in West Virginia history fled with 351000 from the State Motor Vehicles Department. He received concurrent 1 to 10 year prison terms and will serve a minimum of five years at Huttonsville. The unemployed bus driver pleaded guilty to two breaking and entering indictments. The money was found in his car trunk after a lengthy police investigation.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Motor Vehicles Department
Ati
Mawiews
OL Rearvy Marmet
Ji Thompson
Huttonsville
Mathews
Motor Vehicles Department
Chelyan
South Charleston
State police transfers shift Pettrey to Williamson
CHARLESTON AP State Police Supt Hazen Fair announced Cpl E H Pettrey promoted earlier this week will be transferred from Oak Hill to Williamson effective next Monday Cpl W C Hersman will move from Williamson to Montgomery a corporal vacancy opened by a recent retirement at Montgomery Ohio Valley area assignments noted.
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Charleston
Hazen Fair
E.H. Pettrey
Oak Hill
Williamson
W. C. Hersman
Montgomery
West Virginia Weather Summary Tonight Through Wednesday
Mostly cloudy tonight with lows 28 to 35. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cool. Temperatures tonight through Wednesday average about six degrees above normal lows and highs, with rainfall totaling a quarter to a half inch mainly Sunday and midweek. Cooler trends persist into the week with brief warmer spells.
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W. Va
News Summary From Wire Dispatches
Rapid-fire raids in Dayton net three alleged narcotics ring members in central and southern Ohio. Transit workers in Los Angeles told to return to work by midnight Sunday or face contempt. Ethiopian army patrol reports 80 mutilated Congolese tribesmen in Katanga. UN Congo Command notes killings amid strife. Fire in Bombay bangles factory kills eight, injures 41, 15 critically. Walter Wanger halts Cleopatra production until safety for Elizabeth Taylor is assured. Taylor improving after hospital visit. Fremont family of four killed in car and Nickel Plate freight train collision. Navy to focus on Polaris submarine missile range after last test rocket fizzles. Rep. Thomas B. Curtis seeks investigation of Chan Gurney over propriety of airline award. Baltimore school board allows Bible read with parental permission. River and lake conditions reported normal. gauges noted. (Continued On Page 7).
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Los Angeles
Katanga
UN Congo Command
Bombay
India
Walter Wanger
London
Elizabeth Taylor
Navy
Thomas B. Curtis
Reo
Chan Gurney
Civil Aeronautics Law
Nciaes
Curtis
Central
Oak Hill
St. Louis
Spring High
Field
Gurney
Baltimore School Board
Youth too late to learn at my age says Glutz
Sherwood Glutz remarks that youth is wasted on kids and that by the time a man learns to make the most of life at his age, most of it has passed. He notes the delay dulls opportunity and urges action now.
New Orleans Schools Seeks Break in Integration Strife
New Orleans schools plan a one week recess starting Monday to ease tensions in the fight over integration. Teachers will attend association meetings in Baton Rouge while pupils pause until November 28. The School Board seeks to suspend a federal order on integration and a hearing is set for a three judge panel.
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New Orleans
James F.redmond
Baton Rouge
US. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
Wright
Shelby M. Jackson
Jackson
Samuel Rosenberg
Supreme Court
Lloyd J. Rittiner
Chrysler to End DeSoto Production This Month
Detroit AP reports Chrysler Corp will announce the end of DeSoto production before month’s end. The 1961 DeSoto launched October 14 offered two door hardtops with six models last year. About 3,000 1961 DeSotos were planned, built in Detroit at a rate of 250 weekly since mid August.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
DeSoto
Chrysler
GOP Plans No Vote Recount in 11 States
AP report shows Republican leaders in eleven states do not plan recounts after the November election. Michigan Illinois New Mexico New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware had no moves. Nevada Missouri Minnesota considered only after official canvasses. Texas discussed but had no action. Irregularities were being checked in some states as Kennedy’s margin narrowed.
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Washington
Minnesota
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Speculation Rises on Barron Appointments in WV
Charleston AP reports rising talk over who Democrat W. W. Barron will appoint to state posts as he prepares to take office on Jan 16. Names tied to prior Democratic eras surface, with Bur A. Sawyers likely as state road commissioner if he wants it.
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W. W. Barron
Statehouse
Barron
Attorney General
Capitol
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Barroni
Bur
A. Sawyers
Sawyers
William Marlana
Adjutant General
William E. Blake
William E. Miller
Cuban fears grow as Navy patrols loom in Caribbean
Cuban outlets and state media denounce US naval maneuvers near Cuba accusing Washington of planning intervention aimed at disabling Cuban sovereignty. Tass reports warned of invasion plots in Nicaragua and Guatemala while Moscow radio echoed danger of a military clash. US officials said actions would be confined to three mile waters but Cuban leaders claimed provocation and a smokescreen for invasion plans.
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Venragua
Tass
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Nicaragua
Moscow
London
White House
Bolivia
el Salvador
U.S. State Department
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Department
la Calle
Avance
U.S. Navy
U.S
Castro
Miss Nunez
One Man Crime Wave Sentenced To 217 Years
Gordon Spunky Firman, 21, received a maximum 217 year sentence in four Ohio counties for kidnapping, armed robbery, grand larceny and jail breaking. The spree began with a Coshocton County jail escape on July 26, continued a month of crimes across southern Ohio, ending with his being shot near Sherrodsville in Carroll County exactly a month later. Firman cast his fate as “life” and noted he would need several lifetimes to serve his term.
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Columbus, Ohio
Gordon
Firman
Ohio Penitentiary
Spunky
Ohio
Spanky
Coschocton County
Sherrodsville
Carroll County
Spunky Kid
State Offices May Get 4 Day Holiday
Charleston AP officials consider closing state offices next Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving if operations permit. A memo from Charles N. Straughan cites State Board of Public Works authorization and notes most agencies will likely close. Liquor stores will maintain normal hours on Friday and Saturday, November 25 and 26.
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Charleston
Charles N. Straughan
Underwood
State Board of Public Works
Straughan
Morris C. Shawkey
Kennedy Briefing On Caribbean Crisis For Kennedy Plan
President elect John F Kennedy receives a top secret briefing on the Caribbean tension that prompted Eisenhower to deploy ships and planes. He meets with CIA chief Allen W Dulles at Palm Beach offices to hear background before a naval move to defend Guatemala and Nicaragua. Kennedy returns from Texas debriefing with Lyndon B Johnson.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Caribbean
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Dulles
U. S
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Witter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
LBJ
Johnson City
Tex
Radar Thieves Nabbed By Their Own Speed Chase
In Blacksburg Virginia police pursued a speeder when thieves fled with a radar set left on the road. The stolen radar was found missing as officers chased the vehicle, illustrating challenges of catching criminals with their own tool.
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Blacksburg, Va
Pickle Jar Taxpayer Shows Off Fish Business
In Louisville a tiny entrepreneur marched into the Department of Revenue with a pickle jar of change to pay sales tax. He said he catches fish at the river and sells them, noting carp do not sell well while white bass move quickly, as he boasts of his thriving enterprise.
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Louisville
Department of Revenue
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