West Virginia Commerce Dept First Year Accomplishments Report
The West Virginia Department of Commerce announces a glowing first-year report covering July 1961 to June 30, 1962. It highlights 34 new plants in 27 towns, broad industrial development, job creation, $42 million in federal procurement, and expanded tourist centers while noting federal and state planning efforts, disaster recovery, and promotions boosting investment and tourist interest.
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West Virginia Department of Commerce
Hulett C. Smith
W. W. Barron
West Virgin
Mabscott
Edwight
West Virginia
Industrial Development Division
Washington, D. C
Area Redevelopment Administration
Ing
West Virginia University Center For
Sa River
Disaster Recovery Agency
Early Break Expected In Cuba Crisis
Washington officials foresaw an early settlement or a shift in the Soviet American deadlock over removing jet bombers from Cuba. They favored Khrushchev likely agreeing to pull out the 30 IL28 aircraft while signaling tougher pressure if he stalls, and noted the talks between McCloy and Kuznetsov on Long Island.
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Washington
UPI
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
Khrushchev
U.S
John J. McCloy
Vasily Kuznetsov
Russia
Glen Cove
Long Island
N.Y
Khruschev
Cuban saboteurs flee United States amid espionage case
In New York a Cuban United Nations attache and four accomplices face charges of espionage and conspiracy tied to planned bombings in Manhattan stores and refinery fires in northern New Jersey. Roberto Santiesteban Casanova, 27, held on 250000 dollars bail. Jose Garcia Orellana, 42, Antonio Suerio Cabrera, 22, jailed on similar counts. Joe Gomez Abad, 21, and Elsa Montero de Gomez, 20, linked to the Cuban mission allegedly supplied weapons. Santiesteban, who arrived Oct 3 on a diplomatic passport, could be tried despite immunity questions as diplomats seek his release.
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New York
UPI
Cuba
New York City
New Jersey
United Nations
Roberto Santiesteban Casanova
Jose Garcia Orellana
Antonio Suerio Cabreara
FBI
Manhattan
Joe Gomez Abad
Elsa Montero de
Corcoran Says Moore Spent Under Forty Thousand
Republican State Chairman Howard V Corcoran defended Arch Moores campaign funding as less than 40000 and criticized a Charleston Gazette column for overstating the spending. He argued Bailey benefited from billboard ads and cabinet visits, urging repudiation of a party machine.
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Wheeling
UPI
Howard V. Corcoran
Arch Moore
Corcoran
Charleston Gazette
Washington
Phil Hirsch
Moore
Cleveland Bailey
Hirsch
Bailey
Kennedy
West Virginia
Democratic Party
Kennedy Returns From Glenora Weekend
President Kennedy flew back to the White House by helicopter after a family weekend at Glenora, his Middleburg Virginia estate.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Glenora
Middleburg
Weather Outlook West Virginia Cloudy and Cold
Weather in West Virginia remains mostly cloudy and cold today through Tuesday with occasional rain or snow likely by Tuesday night. Highs in the 40s, lows around 30. Five day forecast shows normal high lows for the region, cooler Tuesday, warming midweek, with small amounts of precipitation possible Tuesday through Thursday. River conditions steady with Greenbrier and Lake rivers normal and clear. New gauge 2.5 feet at Hinton. UPI reports record low 8 degrees in Limestone Maine and high 85 in Orlando Florida.
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Oak Hill
Hinton
New York
Head On Crash Kills Six in Virginia
Six central Virginia residents were killed in a Sunday head-on crash blamed on a rain slick highway. A car carrying Fredericksburg residents home from a day outing skidded on U S 250 three miles east of Charlottesville in front of Shadwell, Thomas Jefferson's birthplace. Victims named include Pearl Smith 50 Ruth Layton 37 Clyde L Decatur Clyde L Decatur and Randolph Lively 23 Curtis Browning 49 all from Fredericksburg or Troy Flu vanna County.
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Charlottesville
UPI
Central Virginia
Fredericksburg
Here
Shadwell
Thomas Jefferson
Pearl Smith
Ruth Layton
Clyde L. Decatur
Randolph Lively
Curtis P. Browning
Troy
Fluvanna County
Senator Chavez's Body En Route Home to New Mexico
The body of Sen. Dennis Chavez, 74, was to be returned to New Mexico to lie in state in the Capitol at Santa Fe. He died Sunday in Georgetown Hospital from a heart attack linked to neck cancer after ongoing virus infection treatment. A liberal Democrat, Chavez was appointed to the Senate in 1935 to fill Bronson Cutting's term, won election in 1936, and remained undefeated.
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Washington
UPI
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Georgetown Hospital
Chavez
Senate
Sen
Bronson Cutting
Supreme Court Agrees To Rule On Agency Shop
The Supreme Court will decide on two appeals over agency shop union agreements that require payment of bargaining costs without mandating union membership. The cases touch on right to work statutes in Indiana and Florida and interpretations of Taft-Hartley law. About six of every hundred bargaining agreements include agency shop clauses.
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Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
Indiana
Florida
Destroyer Manley Skipper Praises Close-Quarters Duty
United Press International quotes Commander Leon I. Smith stating a destroyer’s job is to get in close. James C. Hagerty of ABC denounces Alger Hiss and his beliefs regarding Nixon. Soviet Marshal Alexander Yeremenko questions Stalin’s decisive role in Stalingrad and calls for dispelling legends.
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United Press International
Guantanamo
Cuba
Comdr
Leon I. Smith
Manley
New York
James C. Hagerty
American Broadcasting Co
Alger Hiss
ABC
Richard M. Nixon
Hiss
Moscow
Alexander Yeremenko
Stalin
Stalingrad
Paris Premier Paul Reynaud Sees De Gaulle Voters Shift
Former premier Paul Reynaud who lost his parliamentary seat in Sunday’s De Gaulle wave says he hopes General De Gaulle will recognize that respect for the parliamentary regime is essential to democracy.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
de Gaulle
Bombs Found In Cuban Embassy In Mexico City
Rioters surrounded the Cuban Embassy as five unexploded devices were found inside. Police also guarded the Russian Embassy after Molotov cocktails were thrown from cars during a Saturday night party, one bomb causing a small blaze. The Cuban Embassy claimed the devices matched CIA weapon design.
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Mexico City
UPI
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Indiana University inaugurates Dr Elvis J Stahr Jr as president
Indiana University in Bloomington formally inaugurated Dr Elvis J Stahr Jr as its new president in an academic ceremony last held 25 years ago. Stahr, a Kentucky native and former dean of Kentucky's law school, succeeds Dr Herman B Wells who becomes chancellor and president of the IU Foundation. Symbols of the presidency were passed to Stahr by Willis Hickam, head of the Trustee Board.
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Bloomington
Ind
UPI
Indiana University
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Stahr
Hickman
School of Law
University of Kentucky
Herman B. Wells
Indiana University Foundation
University of West Virginia
Army
Kennedy
Willis Hickam
Pennington Found Dead in Car Likely Carbon Monoxide
Authorities believe 19 year old Kelly W Pennington of Dry Fork Tucker County may have died from carbon monoxide fumes after his car burned. The body was found charred near town and authorities say he had been dead since Monday.
Freighter Captain Alleges Cuba Watered Fuel Amid Atlantic Storm
Capt. Edward Clark of the East Star says his 643 ton freighter was sabotaged in Havana where 18 tons and 88 gallons of fuel were replaced with water. The crew, rescued in Bermuda, faced nine fuelless days, while other vessels battled the gale including the Captain George rescue efforts and a tragic schooner race near Cape Henry and Bermuda.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
UPI
Atlantic
Havana
Edward Clark
East Star
Clark
San Gaspar
George
Coast Guard
Cape Henry
Chinese Troops Capture Bomdila in Northeastern Drive
New Delhi reports Chinese Communist forces seized Bomdila the gateway to the Assam Plains after a 35 mile advance cutting a key highway. Nehru announced the capture in Parliament as Wa long and Se La Pass falls. airlift plans to Assam are planned amid fighting along three fronts.
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Patrick J. Killen
New Delhi
UPI
Bomdila
Assam
Red China
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Red
Se la
Defense Ministry
Dirang
Reds
Walong
Se la Pass
Bhutan
Nehru
Ladakh
Chusul
Kashmir
Rawalpindi
Khan A. Sabur
Pakistan
Assam Valley
Indian Airlines
Raleigh County United Fund reaches $31547.71 toward goal
At noon today the Raleigh County United Fund stood at $31547.71, about 60 percent of its $49800 target. Early contributors include Grandview Christian Church Glen Morgan Community Church and Daniels Missionary Baptist Church. Additional donations came from Burleson Motor Co Humble Esso District Office C R Music Co George's Fashions and United Mine Workers of America District 29.
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Raleigh County
Coin Shortage Hits Pennies and Nickels Nationwide
The United States faces a coin shortage, with pennies and nickels most scarce, especially in the Northeast and Midwest. A Chicago chain spent 10000 to import coins and may offer scrip. the Treasury and Federal Reserve seek rapid mint funding though Congress adjourned without a supplemental bill.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Northeast
Midwest
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Chicago
Philadelphia
Denver
Budget Bureau
Congress
Bureau of the Mint
Eva B. Adams
John R. Farrell
Federal Reserve System
Boston
New York
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
St. Louis
Minneap
AEC to close Huntington nickel plant in stand by status
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the shutdown of the production plant at Huntington West Virginia operated for the AEC by International Nickel. About 30 workers remain on standby as the plant enters an indefinite stand by. The facility began operations in 1951 to produce nickel material for the AEC.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Huntington
W. Va
International Nickel Co., Inc
Khrushchev Sees Rosy Soviet Economy With Changes Ahead
Premier Khrushchev said Russia’s economy is strong but needs more effort and party reorganization. He announced the seven year plan of 1959 to 1965 is overfulfilled and emphasized heavy industry while promising faster consumer goods growth. Ponomaryev defended Cuba policy against Chinese charges in Pravda.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Tass
Soviet Union
Cuba
Central Committee
Boris Ponomaryev
Pravda
Ponomaryev
High Speed Toll Blamed As Four Teenagers Die
Four teenagers died in West Virginia highway crashes on Sunday raising the yearly toll to 370. In Huntington, three victims Billy Adkins 16 Becky Clark 15 and Sandy Clark 18 were killed when a high speed crash into a flood wall on U S 60 followed a skid on wet pavement. Police said the car was traveling 110 to 120 mph and struck a traffic island before hitting the flood wall. Arnold Gene Crookshanks 17 of Rupert Greenbrier County died when his car crashed on U S 60 near Hines and hit a tree. A companion was injured and Robert Bika was hospitalized.
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United Press International
West Virginia
U. S. 60
Huntington
Billy Adkins
Renova
Becky Clark
Sandy Clark
Burlington
Ohio
Arnold Gene Crookshanks
Rupert
Greenbrier County
Hines
Robert Bika
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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