Atomic energy used to aid police and probes
Atomic energy is being applied to crime fighting and contraband tracing. Neutron activation analysis detects minuscule gunpowder residues and matches evidence to suspects, while tracing materials from crime scenes to offenders. IRS and Narcotics use radioactivity to verify alcohol age labels and counterfeit consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Dynamics
FBI
Internal Revenue Service and
Narcotics Bureau
Lions and a Curia Inspire Samba Concertante
Washington UPI reports conductor Howard Mitchell auditioned three lions at the National Zoo for a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra featuring Burle Marx's Samba Concertante. The piece includes unusual Brazilian instruments such as a cuica or lion’s roar, a reco reco, zobalhos, and a piano with paper on strings to evoke Brazil.
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Washington
UPI
Howard Mitchell
National Symphony Orchestra
National Zoo
Mitchell
Burle Marx
Marx
Brazil
Cuba
Retailers Assn To Seek Updated Blue Laws
West Virginia Retailers Association will sponsor a 1963 Legislature bill to overhaul Sunday closing laws after a state Supreme Court ruling. Executive director Charles Hopkins says the current blue laws are antiquated and need updating to define necessities and ease enforcement while preserving family Sunday time.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Retailers Association
Charles Hopkins
West
West Virginia
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Local Conditions
Partly cloudy with warmer trends in West Virginia. Highs 52 to 60, lows 30 to 38. Five day outlook shows above normal highs and lows by 3 to 6 degrees, with little day to day change. Precipitation limited to about a fifth of an inch, mainly Sunday or Monday. Beckley and Oak Hill observations noted with highs near 60 and lows around 30 to 33. River conditions listed as normal and cloudy. gauge readings provided. New York weather report cites a zero morning low at Butte, Montana and a high of 87 in Brownsville, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Oak Hill
Hinton
HI LO
New York
Strike Hits Lockheed Across U S From Cape Canaveral To Hawaii
IAM workers at Lockheed Aircraft Corp strike nationwide affecting about 55 000 employees from Cape Canaveral to Hawaii. Pickets targeted Cape Canaveral and California sites including Burbank Sunnyvale Palmdale Van Nuys Santa Cruz and Vandenberg. Union seeks compulsory union membership or closed shop vote with no company involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Cape Canaveral
Hawaii
Lockheed
West Coast
California
Lockheed California Co
Missiles and Space
Sunnyvale
Palmdale
van Nuys
Santa Cruz
Rye Canyon
Vandenberg Air Force Base
James P. Lyndon
The
Kennedy Mikoyan Meet To Discuss East West Tension
President Kennedy will meet Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan on Thursday to discuss U S Soviet relations and Cuban crisis after Mikoyan’s 24 day Cuban visit. White House says no negotiations with Khrushchev’s top aide.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Anastasi
Mikoyan
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
New York
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Russia
U.S
United Nations
Former Queen Wilhelmina Dies In Sleep At 82
Former Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands dies in her sleep at Het Loo Palace after a heart ailment linked to old age. Her passing triggers national mourning with flags at half staff as family members including Queen Juliana and Beatrix are noted. Burial planned in Delft Cathedral beside Prince Hendrik.
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Apeldoorn
Holland
UPI
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Het Loo Palace
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Margriet
Marijke
Beatrix
Hong Kong
Irine
London
Prince Hendrik
Delft
William the Silent
England
House of Orange
Pope Cancels Audiences For Second Straight Day
Vatican City reports Pope John XXIII cancelled his public audiences for a second day due to influenza and illness. Vatican press chief Dr. Luciano Casimirri said the pope suffers from influenza nausea and loss of appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
Luciano Casimirri
Vatican
Casimirri
Antonio Gasbar
West Virginia small mines strike over welfare fund payments continues
A United Mine Workers spokesman says a widespread strike of small mines in southern West Virginia will persist until the 40 cent per ton royalty payments to the Welfare and Retirement Fund are resolved. About 2,000 miners have left their jobs, and several mines in Mingo County and Kentucky areas have closed. The dispute centers on back royalties and trusteeship rules, with officials deeming no concessions.
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Holcomb
Raymond Lewis
District 17
Charleston
Lewis
Mingo County
Gilbert
Winston Coal Co
Baisden
Phillips
UMW
Gilbert Creek
Ben Creek
Majestic
Free
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Fund
TV comedien Jerry Lewis signs long term ABC contract
Comedian Jerry Lewis announced signing a long term contract with the American Broadcasting Co for the first live two hour comedy variety show in television history. The weekly program will air next September and is set to be the most expensive TV production by ABC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lewis
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
American
Eastern Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ralph L. Wiser
Charles Collar
Lima
Peru
Varig
A Lovesick Girl Takes First Pill in Desperation
A distressed young woman, identified only as M28 A, succumbs to a moment of impulsive recklessness and swallows the initial pill offered, signaling potential danger and urgent concern for her welfare. The incident highlights impulsive behavior linked to heartbreak and raises questions about access to medication.
Life death fight in West Virginia coal strike widens
Both sides view the McDowell County mining struggle as life versus death as United Mine Workers of America members fear losses if mines operate outside the contract or fail major provisions. Small operators face economic squeeze from royalities and welfare fund disputes, with 116 firms warned on November 9 to pay up or benefits stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
District 17
McDowell County
Jaeger
Panther
Mingo
Logan
Kanawha
Laos Truce Threatened by Downed U.S. Plane
In Vientiane the Pathet Lao shot down an American civilian plane on a mission for neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma, killing two Americans and injuring one. Ground fire targeted rescuers at the wreckage, prompting renewed fears for the five month truce amid Laotian faction conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Plain of Jars
Souvanna
U.S
High Court Petitioned To Set Bond For Roark
An application for bond for Rush Dean Roark 27 Shady Spring was made to the Supreme Court Tuesday by his attorney Joseph Luchini. Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp refused bond on Roark's petition and this application follows that ruling. Roark was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in Raleigh County Criminal Court in the death of Wilber Ray Plumley 25 Pluto. Plumley's body was found below the main overlook at Grandview State Park June 25. Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr. 23 Grandview is also indicated in the June 16 death of Plumley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Dean Roark
Shady Spring
Supreme Court
Joseph Luchini
Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Roark
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Wilber Ray Plumley
Pluto
Plumley
Grandview State Park
Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr
Grandview
Mount Hope Man Appointed to West Virginia Mine Board
Charleston UPI reports Josh ua Smith of Mount Hope was named a member of the West Virginia Mine Inspectors' Examining Board by Gov. W. W. Barron to fill the term ending June 30, 1970. The governor also announced reappointments of Donald Ryder to the Civil Service Commission for 1968 and Frederick P. Becker to the State Athletic Commission for 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Joshua Smith
Mount Hope
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Smith
Joe L. McQuade
Richwood
Curtis B. Trent Jr
Barron
Donald Ryder
Fairmont
Civil Service Commission
Frederick P
Compulsory School Age 17 Proposed In West Virginia
A state study committee urges extending compulsory schooling to 17 and expanding dropout training statewide. Led by Mercer County Supt. W R Cooke, the panel cites the Mercer pilot where 132 dropouts enrolled, 114 earned certificates in trades, with 12 later reentering high school and doing well. A new state education position is recommended to promote statewide dropout training. The proposals await action by Gov. Barron and key legislative committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Mercer County
W. R. Cooke
W. W. Barron
Interior
West Virginia
Cooke
State Department of Education
James B.ck
Russia Said Fortifying 21 Secret Cuban Caves
The Truth About Cuba Committee reports Cuban underground sources identify 21 secret caves and other sites housing hidden weapon installations in Cuba. The underground locations include airfields missile platforms and rocket storage with fortifications under Soviet control and ditches fifty feet deep reinforced with concrete and camouflage.
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Washington
UPI
Cuba
Committee, Inc
Miami
Russia Drops Castro Five Points Crisis Demands
United Nations reports indicate Russia dropped Fidel Castro's five point demands for Cuba crisis settlement, including Castro's insistence on U S withdrawal from Guantanamo. Mikoyan backs Castro on-site inspection refusal unless reciprocal checks on invasion bases in Florida and elsewhere are allowed. Diplomats see no on-site Cuban inspection, keeping Kennedy’s no invasion pledge uncertain. See Russia Dropping Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Russia
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo
United States
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Castro
Cuba
Florida
Western Hemisphere
Mikoyan
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Security Council
Bell named new foreign aid chief by Kennedy
President Kennedy appointed budget chief David E. Bell as the new foreign aid director with Bell to replace Fowler Hamilton who resigns effective December 7. Kermit Gordon will take Bell's place as director of the Bureau of the Budget after Bell completes his current budget work for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Budget Bureau
David E. Bell
Bell
Fowler Hamilton
White House
Kermit Gordon
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
United Fund Report Updates Raleigh County Total
The United Fund of Raleigh County stood at 43667.50 at noon today toward a 49800 goal. New contributors include Beckley Presbyterian Church members from sexton to pastor, H Wayne Mason & Co., and Robert L Davis engineering firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Raleigh County
Beckley Presbyterian Church
H. Wayne Mason & Co
Robert L. Davis
Cost of living dips in October for first time since 1961
Washington reports October cost of living declined one tenth of one per cent the first drop since December 1961. Arnold Chase of the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes another small fall may come in November but not a trend. Meat prices stayed high despite a September spike and October prices remained elevated overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Department of Labor
Arnold E. Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
National Farmers Organization
Retraining program draws criticized by welfare chief
Charleston report by State Welfare Commissioner W Bern ard Smith warns many Work and Training participants lack basic education less than five years for 4706 and five to seven years for 4670 preventing meaningful retraining. About 40 percent cannot pass entrance exams. Smith says without formal schooling many recipients cannot obtain private work and children in under educated homes may suffer. He will send the study to Gov Barron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. Bernard Smith
Smith
W. W. Barron
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Atomic Energy
Joseph L. Myler
Internal Revenue Service
Bureau of Narcotics
American Nuclear Society
Atomic Energy Commission
General Dynamics Corp
San Diego
Technical Measurement Corp
North Haven, Conn
Napoleon
Revenue Service
By Dick West
Retailers Assn
W. Va
Mammoth Strike
Ion
Missile and Space Division
Rolande Callier
Marseilles
France
Pope
Harry Holcomb
Ikesfork
Sweden
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Charles de Gaulle
Edmund Jouhaud
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Andre
By J. Richard Toren
Tennessee
Kentucky
High Court
Mt. Hope
Thant
U.N
Bell New Aid
United Fund Report
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