Beckley Raleigh County Council Backing Industrial Highway Plan
Beckley city council and Raleigh County Court plan resolutions to back State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers in seeking Area Redevelopment Administration funds for an industrial highway from Weston through Beckley. Sawyers warns strong local support across seven counties is essential to secure the funding mix.
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Area Redevelopment Administration
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Raleigh County
Improvement Association
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U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Road Commission
Brand X and Alternate: ad repeats fail to catch targets
Washington columnist Dick West notes TV viewers drift from commercials. He explains branding schemes like Brand X and Alternate, failing because they lack a specific product link in the public mind, and cites a need for clearer associations to stick in memory.
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Washington
UPI
Mikoyan says Cuba backs Castro in broadcasts
United Press International reports Mikoyan tells Cuba in a farewell radio and television address that Cuba listens and supports Fidel Castro and the Soviet Union does the same when Castro speaks. In California, Naaman Hall, one of six choir singers held hostage at Folsom prison, recalls they were treated cordially and were not harmed while inmates calmed by a red-haired detainee.
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United Press International
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Anastas Mikoyan
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Folsom
Calif
Naaman Hall
Folsom Prison
Heller Frames Tax Cut as Fiscal Fitness Program
President’s Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Walter W. Heller says the tax cut planned for next year won’t be a single act. He likens it to a long term fiscal fitness program rather than a one shot injection.
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Washington
Walter W. Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Guatemala Leader Says Use of Force Won’t Oust Government
In Guatemala City President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes says local army troops crushed a brief air force uprising and warns enemies they cannot remove his government. He states the term will run to March 1963 as scheduled.
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Guatemala City
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
West Virginia Weather Forecast: Fair to Cold Then Warmer
The bulletin predicts fair and cold conditions tonight with lows of 15 to 20 degrees in the east and 20 to 28 in the west. Tuesday will bring increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures with highs from 48 to 57. Five day outlook shows temps about four to eight degrees above normal, with rain possible Wednesday and Saturday totaling about a quarter inch. Beckley and Oak Hill report steady or improving conditions with normal river gauges and cloudy skies. Nearby national notes cite a 12 degree low at Bangor and 83 degree high at Brownsville, Texas.
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Venus Probe Sets Record for Distant Space Signal
NASA reported the probe set a long-distance communications record when its signals were received Sunday from beyond 22.5 million miles in space the farthest distance a space probe has transmitted any signal.
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Washington
Venus
Earth
Nehru reports Indian soldiers escaping from Se La Pass
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that about 1000 members of the battered 4th Division have made their way back to Indian lines after being cut off at Se La Pass by Chinese forces. He said many were not yet reporting to headquarters and helicopters traced some, with exact totals unclear. He noted no new front line word and discussed seeking clarification from China on its cease-fire and negotiations terms.
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New Delhi
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Se la Pass
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Peking
India
United Nations
Raleigh County United Fund Nears Goal
The Raleigh County United Fund reported pledges of 41468.21 toward a 49800 goal by noon today, reaching over four fifths of the target. The campaign continues as donations accumulate from local supporters.
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United Giving
Raleigh County
Cuba rejects UN on site inspections unless U S is inspected
Cuba said it would permit UN on site inspections only if the United States agrees to UN supervision of dismantling training camps for mercenaries spies saboteurs and terrorists on U S soil The statement also cited Cuba’s right to arm itself for defense and noted Kennedy’s remarks about lacking safeguards against reintroduction of offensive weapons to Cuba The report tied Mikoyan’s New York visit and his remarks to the broader Soviet Cuban alignment with Fidel Castro Raul Castro and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and warned that Cuba will defend itself with Soviet support
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Rodriguez
Agrarian Reform Institute
U S Urges New Urgency as Disarmament Talks Resume
At Geneva the United States told 17 nation negotiators that recent events bring a new urgency to the drive for a nuclear test ban by Christmas. Ambassador Arthur H. Dean read a Kennedy message urging early completion as Soviet tests pace at about one every two days. He cited Cuban and Indian crises as lessons and urged cooperation over differences to halt the arms race.
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Laughton in Serious Condition at Cedars Hospital
Hollywood star Charles Laughton remains in serious condition at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where he is treated for cancer. The 63 year old actor, famed for Mutiny on the Bounty and Henry VIII, was operated on last July to remove a vertebra afflicted by malignancy and has battled cancer since January.
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UPI
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Cedars of Lebanon
Henry VIII
Death Toll Rises in West Virginia Road Crashes
Seventeen people die in highway accidents since Thanksgiving, boosting the state toll to 390. The latest deaths occurred in the Huntington area, including Peter Summerfield and his wife Carrie, struck while returning from church. Carrie died at once. Peter passed after an hour. No charges were filed.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Huntington
Peter Summerfield
Carrie
Summerfield
Two Hunting Deaths Reported in West Virginia
Two hunting deaths were recorded in West Virginia over the weekend. Seven year old Davis Lewis of near Terra Alta died in a Kingwood hospital from wounds suffered earlier that day. Chester Burns, 14, of Terra Alta area, accidentally fired a shotgun as they prepared to rabbit hunt. William Yocum, 24, of Morgansville, Doddridge County, was killed when he fell while climbing a fence and his shotgun discharged.
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Morgansville
Doddridge County
President Kennedy Tours Cuban Crisis Bases at Fort Stewart
President Kennedy arrives at Hunter Air Force Base and Ft. Stewart for a day long tour of Cuban operation forces. He is escorted by Adm. Robert Dennison and Gen. Ralph Haines Jr. The visit features the reactivated First Armored Division with full combat readiness and a mass parade of tanks and troops. Kennedy to fly to Homestead and Boca Chica before returning to Washington.
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Haines
Maxwell Taylor
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Peace Corps Seeks Best Applicants From Odd References
Paula Dranov reports on Peace Corps processing nearly 50 000 applications in 18 months and the varied references that accompany them. Officials note difficulty distinguishing applicant flaws from reference biases as reviewers weigh quirky skills mixed with praise from unlikely sources.
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Washington
UPD
Peace Corps
Nation's First Family Has New Pet Clipper
President Kennedy returns from Hyannis Port with wife Jacqueline and daughter Carolina to unveil a new family dog named Clipper. The five month old German shepherd was a gift from Joseph P. Kennedy. John Jr. stayed home with a cold as Caroline nears her fifth birthday with a joint party planned.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Caroline
Hyannis Port
Mass
Clipper
Guatemalan Revolt Suppressed By Loyal Troops
President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes directed loyal army forces in a three hour air force uprising in Guatemala City. Five Mustang fighters and three twin engine bombers attacked the palace and police HQ while anti aircraft fire claimed a plane. The revolt ended when troops surrounded Aurora International Airport forcing air force infantry to surrender. Casualty numbers were not released.
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Guatemala City
UPD
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Fidel Castro
Aurora International
Unity Effort Moves Forward at Vatican Council
The Ecumenical Council opened debate on Christian unity and finished the American drafted social communications media item. It then focused on reunification with the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Ut Unum Sint principle. A communiqué said the church will not leave anything untried to reach unity.
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Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council Today
John XXIII
Four Soviets Sentenced to Death for Speculation
MOSCOW four Soviet citizens were sentenced to death by firing squad for speculation. The Trud report said the men earned 660000 dollars in undisclosed criminal deals in the Moldavian republic and hid gold jewelry and American watches in their homes.
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Moldavian Republic
Thant Hosts Mikoyan Dinner at UN for Cuba Briefing
Acting Secretary General Thant invited Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan to dinner at the United Nations to obtain a first-hand briefing on Mikoyan’s 24 day Cuban visit. United Nations sources said others would attend but declined to name them.
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