Amere Gas Plans Refunds After PSC Order
Amere Gas Utilities Co. will refund about $120,000 to southern West Virginia customers for the difference between old and new rates plus 6 percent interest. Refunds vary by gas usage and region Beckley Mullens and Lewisburg Princeton areas. Recomputing bills underway. 700 non heating customers may not receive refunds.
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Public Service Commission
Amere Gas Utilities Co
West Virginia
S. W. Woodyard
Woodyard
Beckley- Mullens
Lewisburg-Princeton
Amere
Commission
Death sentence for two teens in Manhattan playground murder
In a Manhattan court, Salvador Dracula Agron, 16, and Luis Umbrella Man Hernandez, 17, were sentenced to the electric chair for the August 30, 1959 murder of two youths, Robert Young and Anthony Krzesinski, as four accomplices received lengthy prison terms. Judge Gerald Culkin condemned the case as urging continued study of youth violence causes.
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New York
Manhattan
Gerald Culkin
Salvador
Dracula) Agron
Luis
Four-State foray leader nabbed in highway robberies
Elton Harold Hale, 43, an Arkansas ex convict, is arrested by California highway patrol and admits leading a four state gang in about 100 robberies across California Texas Arizona and Arkansas. Hale says a fourth member joined California jobs and wore a police cap during an attack near El Paso Texas. Hale and his 17 year old son Robert, arrested northeast of Los Angeles, face kidnapping robbery rape and sex offense charges with Hale denying any sex crimes.
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Lancaster
Calif
Arkansas
Elton Harold Hale
California
Texas
Arizona
Hale
Bobbie Hill
Hill
FE Paso
Tex
D. E. Ellsworth
Los Angeles
Church Uses Trading Stamps to Boost Attendance
The Rev. Robert C. Boggs of First Methodist Church of Lake Wales offers five trading stamps to each person who attends Sunday night services. He says the stamps may make worshippers feel at home and encourage regular attendance.
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Lake Wales, Fla
First Methodist Church of
Lake Wales
Robert C. Boggs
Aging Conference report outlines 70 recommendations
Charleston AP describes a Sept. 1-2 Morris Harvey College gathering summarizing nine study groups on aging. Underwood, preparing for a White House conference, will weigh proposals for free state college admissions and expanded funding for public assistance, home care, and chronic illness coverage.
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Charleston
Underwood
Morris Harvey College
White House
Washington
Department of Public Assistance
State Commission On
West Virginia Weather Briefing For Beckley Oak Hill
West Virginia forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with lows in the 40s. Tomorrow remains pleasant and mostly sunny with continued mild temperatures. Beckley reports a high of 66 and river gauges show Greenbrier and Lake at normal, clear conditions with gates open and a gauge at 1.8 feet. Oak Hill logged a high of 68 and a low of 54 with no significant rainfall.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Castro Clamps Lid on Invasion Secrecy
Castro government sealed secrecy over anti invasion operations after reports of four landings totaling about 200 men, with one group of 27 men allegedly led by a killed commander and two captured. Officials gave no confirmation and said the incident was of little importance.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
U N push toward Red China showdown in U.N.
The United Nations General Assembly moves toward a pivotal East West showdown vote on Red China with new African neutralist nations possibly tipping the balance. Nationalist China denounces Peiping as a menace and pledges revolution while Khrushchev courts African states amid U.S. summit frustrations.
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N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Red China
China
Red Peiping
T. F. Tsiang
United States
U.S
Khrushchev
Tsiang
U.N
Assembly
Atti
Tude
General Assembly
U. N
Eisenhower
Livelier 2nd Debate Seen in Washington
The Republican and Democratic presidential rivals Kennedy and Nixon prepare for a more vigorous second debate in a NBC studio in Washington. They will answer two and a half minute replies to questions from a four-member panel, with limited prepared remarks and no opening statements.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M
Nixon
NBC
Kennedy
Chicago
Frank McGee
Edward P. Morgan
ABC
Paul Niven
CBS
Alvin Spivak
United Press International
Hal Levy
Long Island Newsday
GOP
Mud River Crash Kills N. J. Pilot
John G. Rote Jr., 44, of Bergenfield New Jersey was killed when his Piper Tri pacer crashed into Mud River near Hamlin West Virginia while flying in thick fog on a business trip from New York. The wreckage lay three feet under water with two suitcases found in the ruins. Rote was director of research and development for Standard Packaging Corp. of New York.
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Hamlin
Virginia
Hallie Stowers
Myra
Funeral Home
John G. Rote Jr
Bergenfield
N.J
Mud River
Rote
Standard Packaging Corp. of
New York
Clifton
Louisville
New York International
FFA
Kanawha
Charleston
NBC says This Is Your Life hoax involved Betty Hahn
NBC and Ralph Edwards were said to be victims of a carefully planned deception on the May 4 This Is Your Life program. Betty Hahn reportedly confessed her role to NBC vice president James Stabile. Abraham Hahn of New Haven filed a half million dollar claim.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Ralph Edwards
Betty Hahn
James A. Stabile
Eye-Witness Account From Sunnyside School Pupils
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Chattanooga Times printed a third grade eye-witness piece about a minor crash. A car slid into a ditch and a wrecker helped but rolled back and knocked over a fireplug. Police and a water worker stopped the flood on Germantown Road near the school. The pupils hoped Sunnyside School would not pay the water bill.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga Times
Sunnyside School
the Times
Germantown Road
Sunnyside
Times
Local paper tale of a man ending his life on TV night
An older reader reports a man watched a rotten TV show then shot himself. The observer cannot verify the event but recalls noticing the same program on the television previously.
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Tellyvision
Kennedy criticizes Nixon on civil rights stance in South
In Washington Kennedy asserts Nixon has spoken for civil rights in Southern tours while challenging him to define positions on Negro sit ins and fair employment practices. Kennedy defends Democratic platform and rights guarantees as he prepares for another radio television debate. He also denounces U S policy toward Cuba, urging support for anti-Catstro Cuban resistance and defense of Guantanamo naval base.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
South
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
Cincinnati
Fidel Castro
Aba
Eisenhower
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Nixon Civil Rights Charge Sparks Party Clash
Democratic Chairman Henry M. Jackson accused Richard Nixon of hedging on civil rights, saying Kennedy revealed clear views in a TV debate while Nixon avoided the topic across the nation. Jackson condemned Nixon as having a guilty conscience for muddying the issue.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Jackson
Kennedy
Teacup Chihahua litter earns tiny pup pie records
A Cal loway Heights breeder, Mrs. Paris Mitchem, whelped a litter of three teacup Chihuahuas weighing six ounces each on Thursday. The dam Tammy is a registered Chihuahua. the pups are healthy and expected to survive. Each pup's value starts at fifty dollars, with many selling higher, potentially totaling about one hundred fifty dollars if the litter matures.
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Tammy
Paris Mitchem
Birch St
Calloway Heights
Robbers Escape Kanawha Jail
Two young men Gilbert Bailey and Millard Bennett escaped from Kanawha City Jail after being sent to the ground floor for a Municipal Court hearing. They admitted three high school safe robberies and fled through an unguarded back door, later recaptured after an arrest at Stonewall Jackson High School.
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Charleston
City
Gilbert Bailey
Millard Bennett
Dewey Williams
Williams
Stonewall Jackson High School
Bailey
Bennett
Kanawha
Stamp violators fined heavily in federal court
AP reports in Wheeling that seven men pleaded guilty to gambling tax stamp violations and were fined a total of 7150 by Judge Charles F. Paul Jr. The largest penalty, 2000, went to Dominic Orlando of the Young Democratic Club in Weirton. Other fines ranged from 500 to 1600 for multiple counts, with all defendants released on bond and given until October 28 to pay.
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Wheeling
Charles F. Paul Jr
U.S
Weirton
Frank W. Fuller
Near
New Cumberland
Steve Yurka
Daily Double
Rt. 66
Johnson To Appear In Cabell Oct. 19
In Huntington Senator Lyndon B. Johnson is slated to appear Oct. 19 following the visit of Henry Cabot Lodge on the Republican ticket. Johnson, the only major candidate yet to visit West Virginia, is expected to arrive around noon after prior announcements by state Democratic headquarters.
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Huntington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
West Virginia
Democratic
Gas and oil drilling at all time high in West Virginia
West Virginia oil and gas activity reached record levels with major companies leasing extensive tracts in Marion Monongalia Monroe Preston Taylor and Greenbrier counties. Deep tests were completed in Randolph Pocahontas Tucker Wetzel Ritchie Jackson Mingo Preston Mason Kanawha and Fayette counties as activity centers shifted to Appalachian Basin exploration.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Paul H. Price
Gov. Underwood
Geological and Economic Survey Commission
Dr. Price
Commission
Appalachian
Marion
Monongalia
Monroe
Preston
Taylor
Greenbrier
Randolph Pocahontas
Tucker Counties
Pifer Mountain
Grady
Oriskany
Wetzel
Ritchie
Jackson
Mingo
Mason
Kanawha
Fayette Counties
Green
Woman seeks court to evict ex husband from shared home
In Memphis a woman living with her current husband seeks a court order to force her former spouse James W. Somers aged 48 from their house. Somers has resided there six years as tensions rise in the Hunts household. The judge asked for a reason, and Somers awaits a hearing.
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Memphis
Tenn
James W. Somers
Hunts
Charles Hunt
Somers
Emergency declared as GE picket clash erupts in Schenectady
A state of emergency was declared after jostling shouting and fist fights on GE plant picket lines. Police were deemed unable to cope. Other items report Kennedy Cuba speech provoking Castro mouthpiece, South Africa to republic, and Brazil election landslide.
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Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric
John F.kennedy
Cuba
Revolucion
Castro
Havana
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Tokyo
Straw Vote Shows Democrats Leading In Straw Ballot
The Register reports a 3-1 edge for the Democratic ticket in the current straw ballot. Kennedy and Randolph tally 24 votes each, Neely leads Republicans with 9, and Barron has 23. One split ticket gives Neely a one vote edge over Nixon and Underwood. Readers may participate. final tally to be announced Sunday Oct 16.
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Register
Kennedy
Randolph
Neely
Nixon
Underwood
Barron
Straw vote question prompts Kennedy style election query
A short survey note asks readers how they would vote if the election were tomorrow, signaling interest in strong candidate Kennedy amid the five week countdown. The item frames a hypothetical straw poll to gauge political leanings.
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Kennedy
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