Allegheny Parkway Feasibility Study Set
Senator Byrd announces immediate feasibility study for proposed Allegheny Parkway after appropriations language directing Park Service to proceed. The 550 mile scenic highland route would run from Hagerstown Maryland to Cumberland Gap near the Kentucky Tennessee line, with survey completion targeted within a year.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
National Park Service
Allegheny Parkway
Senate Appropriations Committee
Byrd
Park Service
Department of the Interior
Agency For Parkway Planning
Allegheny
Subcommittee On Public Lands
Alan Bible
Dnev
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Beall and Butler
Maryland
Morton
Cooper
Kentucky
Senate
Hagerstown
West Virginia
Virginia
Cumberland Gap National Historic Park
Kentucky-Tennessee
Allegheny Mountains
Congress
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky- Tennessee
Byrd Loses Justice Reservoir Funding in 1963 Public Works Bill
Senate conferees struck the 150000 for the Justice Reservoir in Wyoming County from the fiscal 1963 Public Works Appropriation Bill citing late consideration. Byrd plans to seek funding next session for Army Corps of Engineers planning. A 200000 Kanawha River Basin study was approved. other allocations include Buckhannon River study and Summersville and Opekiska dam projects.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
House
Senate
Byrd
Justice
Wyoming County
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate Appropriations Committee
Justice Reservoir
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kanawha
Point Pleasant
Virginia
North Carolina
Kanawha River
Public Works
Buckhannon River
Steer Creek
West Fork
Burnsville
East Lynn
Racine Lock
Summersville Reservoir
Opekiska Lock
Morgantown
Daisy Strengthens and Turns Northward toward Open Sea
Hurricane Daisy gained intensity and veered north as it moved away from the U S mainland. At 9 am EDT the storm’s center was about 600 miles east of Miami after two days on a westward path. Winds reached near 100 miles per hour, threatening only oceanic areas for the time being.
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Miami
UPI
Daisy
U. S
US helicopter crew chief killed in Viet Nam clash near Saigon
In a battle 42 miles south of Saigon a U S Army helicopter crew chief was killed and two other Americans wounded by Communist guerrillas. Names of the Americans were not released.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
U.S. Army
West Virginia forecast calls for fog tonight and mild weekend
Foggy tonight with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 70s west and 60s east. Another mild weekend with Saturday in the 70s and increasing warmth, followed by a midweek cool snap. Five day forecast shows temperatures about 2 to 8 degrees above normal. rain under 0.1 inch as scattered showers mid next week. Beckley 64/54 yesterday. today 62 at noon. Oak Hill 68/52. Greenbrier River normal and clear. new gauge at Hinton 2 ft.
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Beckley
M. Togay
Oak Hill
Ceess
Gary
Hinton
Schirra complains of lack of quiet time during orbital flights
Astronaut Walter Schirra Jr. told space officials aboard the USS Kearsarge that six orbits left him little quiet time. He cited heavy communications with ground stations and a minor suit temperature control issue. He noted two self described goofs and said he landed four miles from the carrier in a precise display by the space team.
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Uss Rearsarge
UPS
Walter Schirra Jr
Earth
Navy
U.S
Kearsarge
Schirra
US. Space Team
John A. Powers
Powers
Teleminute
Quito
Ecuador
South America
Buenos Dias
Fluoridation move prompts Beckley Water Co action
Beckley Water Co. will fluoridate its public supply following a Raleigh County Board of Health directive. Manager James B. Kessinger says the board has authority to order fluoridation and the company will proceed immediately unless a court rules otherwise. Cost to customers is estimated at 5 to 10 cents per month per meter. Equipment delivery from the manufacturer is expected soon.
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Beckley Water Co
Raleigh County Board of Health
County Board of Health
James B. Kessinger
Kessinger
WV senators win flood control and road funds
West Virginia picks up as much as 193.77 million dollars from two public works bills passed by the Senate. Senator Jennings Randolph said the measures allocate 72.6 million for flood control and 121.1 million for highways, including 60.4 million for Justice Dam in Wyoming County and 23 million for a scenic highway from Tucker County to Richwood.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
Jennings Randolph
Senate House Conference Committee
Justice Dam
Wyoming County
Twelve Pole Creek
Wayne County
Buckhannon River
Bloomington
North
Potomac River
Randolph
Tucker County
Richwood
32 State Farms To Host Tourists
Charleston West Virginia farms plan to participate in the 1963 farm vacation program. The Commerce and Agriculture Departments will help attract tourists for lodging during the Centennial year with a goal of at least 50 farms by November 1. A brochure for national distribution will follow the deadline. officials call the program a strong public relations effort and income supplement.
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Charleston
UPI
State Commerce Department
West Virginia
Department
State Agriculture Department
Commerce
Hulett C. Smith
Agriculture
John T. Johnson
Tractor crash kills triplet sister in West Virginia
Funeral services planned in Middlebourne for 17 year old Hope Ash Keller who died when a tractor she was driving overturned on a road near her Hickmans Run home. She was a bride of six weeks and one of a well known set of triplets with surviving sisters Faith and Charity. Authorities cited the accident occurred four miles from town.
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Sistersville
UPI
Middlebourne
Hope Ash Keller
Keller
Faith
Charity
Hickman’s Run
De Gaulle Cabinet Toppled Supporter Criticizes President
Former French Premier Raul Reynaud, backing the censure move that toppled Charles de Gaulle's cabinet, says De Gaulle seeks personal power and aspires to a Churchillian role while rejecting the republican principle of parliamentary sovereignty.
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Paris
UPI
French National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
George Pompidou
de Gaulle
Napoleon III
Elysee Palace
Rheims
France
Champagne
Pompidou
United Press International
Raul Reynaud
George VI
Churchill
Official says Ole Miss tensions easing after Sunday humps
A Justice Department official in Oxford, Mississippi, noted that if no trouble arises until after Sunday, authorities could declare the situation at the University of Mississippi to be over the hump.
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Oxford
Miss
Justice Department
University of Mississippi
Astronaut Schirra Ready for Return to Cape Canaveral
On board the USS Kearsarge the space capsule is hoisted for transfer to a cargo plane bound for Cape Canaveral. Walter Schirra quips ready for the next leg as technicians hose down the capsule.
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Uss
Kearsarge
Walter Schirra
Cape Canaveral
Escapee's body found in Elk River
The body of 23 year old Charles ton man Stanton Lee Griffith was recovered from the Elk River Thursday, four days after he jumped in to escape State Police during an arrest for a drunken charge.
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Charleston
UPI
Elk River
Pa Couple Sues Thalidomide Co for 2 486 000
Mr and Mrs Thomas D Diamond of Rydal Pa file a 2 486 000 damage suit in US District Court claiming thalidomide caused their 18 month old son's disfigurement and permanent brain injury. They accuse William S Merrell Co and Richardson Merrell Inc of careless manufacture and failure to warn. The mother took Kevadon Aug 12 1960 in a Cleveland clinic. the child was born in Abington Memorial Hospital last April.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Thomas D. Diamond
Rydal
William S. Merrell Co
Richardson Merrell, Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
Diamond
Cleveland
Abington Memorial Hospital
Soviet Expels U S Attache Over Espionage Claim
The Soviet Foreign Ministry charged Cmdr Raymond Smith assistant U S naval attache with espionage and called for his immediate departure. Moscow Radio said US Minister-Counsellor John McSweeney was summoned to protest. The statement alleged Smith observed a military object in Leningrad with a detailed map notes and special apparatus.
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Moscow
UPI
Foreign Ministry
Cmdr
Raymond Smith
U. S
Soviet Union
John M. McSweeney
Smirnovsky
Smith
Leningrad
Roosevelt's Condition Worsens But Not Critical
Eleanor Roosevelt, 77, remains under medical care at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Doctors describe her infectious lung condition as a matter of concern rather than critical as officials report her state deteriorated somewhat today.
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New York
UPI
Eleanor Roosevelt
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Actor's Socialite Niece Confesses Slaying Italian Boyfriend
Suzanne Clift, 21, niece of actor Montgomery Clift, confessed shooting Pietro Brentani, 27, in the back of the head with a 22 caliber pistol. He was found nude in her locked Beacon Hill bedroom as police charged her with murder and planned arraignment.
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Boston
UPI
Montgomery Clift
Suzanne Clift
Pietro B. Brentani
Miss Clift
Beacon Hill
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward Sherry
Tougher Policy as U.S. Presses Castro Curbs
The United States moves to curb Cuba trade with non Communist shipping in a tougher plan to weaken the Castro regime. Measures threaten loss of all cargo for violators, bar port access to military or Communist shipments, and bar U.S. firms' ships from Cuba. A Chayes committee will draft details as sanctions loom. Cuban economic distress worsens with food intake down and trade plunging. sugar output drops further in 1962.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
U.S
State Department
Abram Chayes
U.S. Dip
Lomats
Organization of American States
OAS
Latin America
Pope John XXIII Plans Early Ecumenical Council Trip
Vatican sources say Pope John XXIII planned dawn preparations for the Ecumenical Council and may add trips to Loreto Assisi Sotto Il Monte Venice and Monte Cassino. Longshoremen to halt walkouts by court order. nationwide docks from Maine to Texas expected to be idle by Saturday. Three men share $25,000 of a $100,000 Brink’s reward. rest returned after Boston committee review. Major Gen Eric Fisher Wood, 73, dies in Bedford Pa. long career as Legion founder and architect. Senate passes bill banning promiscuous shooting of the North American Golden Eagle. Cookie the walrus dies at Coney Island Aquarium. Neal O’Hara, columnist, dies in Boston. West Virginia teachers to rally Oct 25-26 in Charleston for state educators convention.
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John XXIII
Ecumenical Council
Loreto
Assissi
Vatican
Sotto Il Monte
Venice
Monte Cassino
Maine
Texas
Brink’s
Boston
Edwin L. Coffin
John E. Gonsalves
Stoughton
Harry A. Hamilton
Eric Fisher Wood
American Legion
Bedford
Pennsylvania
Wood
Senate
Cookie
Coney Island Aquarium
Neal O'Hara
Miss Tension Eases as Meredith Week Ends Quietly
UPI reports in Oxford Mississippi that federal marshals see progress as James Meredith nears the end of his first week as an Ole Miss undergraduate. Armed guards remain in place around public buildings while the town grows more accepting of troops and Meredith. Federalized guardsmen near 3,500 are being returned to state status, with 4,500 other guardsmen resuming civilian duties and 3,000 still on call.
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Oxford
Miss
UPI
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Air Force
Ole Miss
Meredith
U.S. Army
Justice Department
Court House
Defense Department
Mississippi
National Guard
Folksinger Dottie Callison Promotes West Virginia
Dorothy Callison a 32 year old folk singer tours to boost West Virginia's centennial plans. She promotes scenic beauty parks festivals and recreation facilities while performing 300 to 400 tunes on autoharp guitar and voice. She is an authority on mountain lore and idiom and favors true folk music as an art form.
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Gay Pauley
UPI
New York
Dorothy Callison
West Virginia
Sears Roebuck
Miss Callison
Fund Drive Report At Beckley Club Raises Funds
The Junior Department of the Woman's Club of Beckley collected $15.02 on a rainy Thursday. The total since the Centennial booths opened Monday stands at $110.73. Raleigh County Young Democrats run the Main and Neville Street booths today.
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Woman's Club of
Beckley
Raleigh County
Young Democrats
Neville Street
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Castro Curbs
West Virginia Education Association
A. H. VanLandingham
NEA
Dottie Callison
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Folksinger
West Virginia Centennial Fund., Inc
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