Soviet Recruit Pay Only 36 Dollars A Year
By BEM PRICE WASHINGTON AP Soviet serviceman is said to be overpaid by U S standards the conscript is underpaid and undertrained Retention and retirement patterns differ vastly with Soviet officers remaining in service long term while U S personnel retire with modest pensions Morale and welfare spending in the United States exceeds 95 million dollars this year and would fund salaries for more than two million Soviet conscripts for a year The contrast includes pay clothing training time diet and family displacement with Americans emphasized as better paid and better clothed while Soviets invest in a strong instructor system and heavy military schooling for conscripts The article closes by noting the American view of a tough Soviet adversary and questions whether the U S forces would fare the same in battle
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Washington
U. S
U.S.S.R
U.S
Korea
United States
U. S. Air Force
Sserviceman
Salesman Frank Flood Still Active After 80th Birthday
Hardy Irvinton New Jersey reports Frank J Flood who turned 80 continues to work as a persistent appliance salesman for a local firm. He visits his doctor biannually and has missed only about eight days in 29 years with the company due to minor colds.
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Irvington
N. J
Frank J. Flood
Flood
Watchesworlds Largest Watch in Richwood Ohio
A jewelry store in Richwood Ohio houses what may be the world s largest watch built 56 years ago by Edwin Albaugh. It measures three feet across and weighs 300 pounds with a 22 foot mainspring. It is wound by an electric motor and is officially considered a watch despite its clock size.
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Richwood, Ohio
Edwin Albaugh
Johnny Mohorci Hospitalized After Dinner Table Fall
In Cleveland AP report Johnny Mohorci aged 21 2 fell asleep at the dinner table and toppled from his chair injuring his head. His mother notes his history includes eagerness and a previous fractured collarbone from tumbling down five steps during recovery.
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Cleveland
Johnny Mohorci
Johnny
TV Radio Show Watch Notes Amid World Series Highlights
Cynthia Lowry reviews a weekend of TV events from the World Series to premieres. Dinah Shore and Jack Benny lead returns with guest casts, while other new series like Five Fingers and The Alaskans debut. A legal notice follows about H A Stansbury vs Beatrice Wilson et al in chancery.
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New York
Dinah Shore
Jack Benny
Los Angeles Coliseum
NBC
Groucho Marx
Gwen Verdon
Ingemar Johansson
Dinah
Groucho
Ingemar
Jack Bunny
CBS
Jack
Don Wilson
Dennis Day
Rochester
Sammy
Art Carney
Herminone Gingold
Edie Adams
Edward E. Murrow
Marilyn Monroe
ABC
Nick Adams
Brooklyn
Arabs Claim Suez Issue Is Israel Made
United Arab Republic Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi told the United Nations General Assembly that free navigation on the Suez Canal is a synthetic problem created by Israel. He said Israeli shipping restrictions stem from the Palestine conflict, while Israel denied the claim of a war state and noted backing from more than 20 nations for its position.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Arab Republic
Suez Canal
Israel
Mahmoud Fawzi
General Assembly
Arthur Laurie
U.A.R
Suez
Fawzi
Navy Air Force Plan Manpower Cutbacks
Washington AP says the Navy and Air Force will volunteer manpower cuts of about 5,000 each next year to free funds for missiles and equipment. Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles C. Finucane said the two services agreed to reduce forces, while the Army would not volunteer manpower reductions.
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Navy
Air Force Plan
Washington
Air Force
Asst. Secretary of Defense
Charles C. Finucane
Russian language courses spring up in New Jersey firms
Research scientists in New Jersey firms gain access to hundreds of Soviet scientific journals but face translation hurdles. In response, instructors from several colleges are conducting Russian language classes in company conference rooms to translate and interpret the material.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
United States
Cougars Sighted by Officers Near Stillwater
Patrolman Don Prickett and Bob Sharp believed they spied two cougars in a tree near Stillwater Oklahoma. They followed with a shotgun and rifle, but two large housecats sprang from the tree and fled through the morning mist.
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Stillwater
Okla
Don Prickett
Bob Sharp
Funeral Notices from Beckley Area Honor Losses
Obituaries announce Katherine Plumley age 11 of Abraham, infant son of Roosevelt Robinson, Willard P Rif fe 57 of Crab Orchard, Margaret Ann Gunther 18 of Prosperity, all with service details and funeral homes. Includes floral firms and thank you notices from Bragg and Johnson families.
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Katherine
Willie Plumley
Abraham
Webb and Near
Vance Drive
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Robinson Robinson
Roosevelt Robinson
LI Street
East Beckley
Stamford
Ritchie and Johnson
Riffe Riffe
Willard P
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Shirley Donnelly
Sunset Memorial Park
C. E. Beckett
Clyde Fitzpatrick
Hollis Rhodes
E. C. Stover
Basil Wilcox
Haven Clay
E. G. Kent
Howard Hunt
Webb and Neal
Gunther Gunther
Margaret Ann
Prosperity
Danese
Lawrence Gray
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
E. W. Powers
Lon Lewis
Eber Bragg
Fred Lewis
Wilbur Waddell
Fred Waddell
Neil Sweeney
Robert Broughman
Gilbert Thornton
Melton Mortuary
W. M. Bragg
L. A. Garten
Christian Church
Beryl D. Long
Hollywood Baptist Church
Bernard Johnson
Clarence Bernard Johnson
Sheriff’s Office
Oak Hill
State Police
Thomas Funeral Home
K of P Lodge
Albert C. van Reenen
St. Paul's Methodist Church
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Fairdale
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Ashley
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Brown
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Rainelle
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East Rainelle
Bank of Raleigh
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Piney View
Mankin Avenue
Helena Curtis Beauty Shop
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Temple St. Beckley
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
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Greenville
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