West Virginia GOP calls tax repeal and exemptions
West Virginia Republicans urged repeal of the personal income tax and exemption of food and medicines from the 3 percent consumer sales tax. The platform also advocates tax credits for distressed industries, trimming nonessential state services, road spending oversight, use of local materials for roads, ending make-work programs, and expanding public schooling only as the economy justifies. The group stresses restoring economic confidence through sound fiscal policy and eliminating improper state purchases practices to ensure equal treatment for all citizens.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Purchases
Daisy hurricane deaths plague New England coast
Hurricane Daisy moved from Canada toward Newfoundland leaving 28 dead in six New England states. The storm caused highway fatalities, severe flooding, and millions in property damage as rains exceeded 12 inches in some areas. Rescue crews faced ongoing flood threats and stranded transportation along the coast.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Daisy
Canada
Maritime
Newfoundland
New England
Nova Scotia
Herbert Swindells
Ernest
Peggy’s Cove
Halifax
N.S
Weather Bureau
Diane
Francis P. O'Connor Jr
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
Schirra reports no space sickness during six orbit flight
United Press International reports Houston astronaut Walter M. Schirra stated there was no nausea or uneasiness during his six-orbit mission, addressing comparisons to Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov who reportedly suffered space sickness.
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United Press International
Houston
Walter M. Schirra
Gherman Titov
Dark appeals and clergy call for order in tense towns
In New York, Alvin Dark of the Giants says the team can rebound in the World Series after trailing two games to one to the Yankees. In Oxford Mississippi, Rev Wayne Coleman and other ministers urge repentance and lawfulness amid community strife urging patriotic, godly living under law.
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NEW York
Alvin Dark
San Francisco Giants
New York Yankees
Oxford
Miss
Wayne Coleman
Kennedy administration proposals condemned by Halleck
House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck criticized Kennedy era proposals as “no good,” saying the people and Congress did not want them, reflecting partisan opposition to administration plans.
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Washington
House
Charles A. Halleck
Congress
West Virginia Weather Clears Tonight With Scattered Showers
Weather brief reports clearing conditions in West Virginia tonight with isolated thundershowers this afternoon. Highs near 75, lows around 55. Tuesday partly cloudy with near 70. Five day forecast: seasonal highs 73 to 46 in south and 67 to 40 in north, rainfall under half an inch likely Friday or Saturday. Beckley and Oak Hill highs shown. river and lake conditions listed as normal and clear. New gauge reading at Hinton 2.2 ft.
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Beckley
BTN
Reac Ak
Oak Hill
Rushing To Washington on a Congressional Adjournment
Washington adjournment rush described as a paradoxical rush to stay in Washington to campaign for re election. It notes misperceptions, the by pass of legislation, and hints at Sen. Harrison A Williams bill on blackbird control as a possible trigger. The piece blends humor with political observation about time pressures and gravity.
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Washington
Congress
Harrison A. Williams
D-N.j
Williams
Legislation To Attract Doctors To W Va Urged
West Virginia legislative action is urged to revise medical licensing to aid prepaid group practice and attract qualified foreign doctors. Moreland argues current laws discourage group practice and force physicians to neighboring states. A separate enabling statute is proposed to promote group health objectives without altering Blue Cross Blue Shield or private insurance provisions.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Senate
William A. Moreland
Morgantown
West Virginia
Moreland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Glenn Armstrong
Charleston
Aflcio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Leslie A. Falk
Pittsburgh
Health Association of America
Lisbeth Bamberger
Washington
Afl-Cio
Social Security Department
Falk
Possible relocation for giant radio telescope project
Green Bank faces doubts as high humidity in Pocahontas County could distort radio waves. Dr. D S Heeschen of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory says the multi telescope array, each 85 feet, may be built elsewhere if a better site is found. Atmospheric studies are underway to locate the scientifically best site.
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Green Bank
UPS
Pocahontas County
D. S. Heeschen
The
National Radio
Tronomy Observatory
Heeschen
Paris dates set for de Gaulle parliamentary elections
President Charles de Gaulle fixes two dates for new parliamentary general elections in France. Government sources say November 18 and November 25 will be election days, outlining a tight timetable for campaigning and voting.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Congress Adjournment Hinges On Kennedy Veto Or Signature
Congress faced a looming adjournment as President Kennedy could veto or sign a pension bill for the self employed. Backers hoped to stay in session past the Wednesday deadline and override a veto if needed. The pension bill and a stalled Agriculture Department appropriations bill dominated the agenda as lawmakers weighed adjournment plans. The House planned a light day due to Yom Kippur while the Senate aimed to act on the foreign aid bill totaling 3.9 billion dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Bers
Woman Who Beat Up Paralyzed Husband Held
Mrs. Gladys Shumate 58 of 102 Spring Street was bound over to the grand jury at a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W A Burke and remanded to jail in 500 bond and costs on a felonious assault charge. She allegedly beat her paralyzed husband Bane Shumate about 62 with a wheelchair and other items at about 3 a.m. today at their home. He is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital with a cut on the forehead and lip bruises.
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Gladys Shumate
Spring St
Grand Jury
W. A. Burke
5400 Troops Start Home From Memphil Campus Calm
Army Secretary Cyrus R. Vance orders 5,400 troops home from Memphis Tennessee and Columbus Mississippi after rioting over University of Mississippi enrollment of James H. Meredith. Mississippi National Guard remains on duty with some released and others kept on call.
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Washington
UPI
Cyrus R. Vance
Memphis
Tenn
Columbus
Miss
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Army
Mississippi National Guard
Kennedy
Mississippi Guard
Ft. Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
82Nd Airborne Division
TB Work Sessions Start Here Tonight
Physicians from across West Virginia arrive in Beckley for two and a half days of tuberculosis and chest disease sessions. The Beckley Winn Hotel hosts the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association, the West Virginia Thoracic Society, and the West Virginia Conference of Tuberculosis Workers Tuesday through Thursday. Registration runs 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with about 95 out of town attendees plus local hospital interns. A postgraduate course on Current Concepts of Pulmonary Diseases opens Tuesday, continuing into Wednesday’s Thoracic Society meeting. Faculty include Dr. William S. Blakemore and Dr. William Edward Roth.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Beckley-Winn Hotel
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
West Virginia Thoracic Society
West Virginia Conference of Tuberculosis Workers
C. C. Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Thoracic Society
The
State Tuberculosis and Health Association
William S. Blakemore
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
William Edward Roth
University
Walker Awaited Mental Exams After Mississippi Riots
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker awaited an eleventh hour psychiatric evaluation by Dr. R L Stubblefield and a private psychiatrist. He is free on 50000 bond from the U S hospital for federal prisoners at Springfield Missouri. Walker spoke to supporters at Dallas airport waving a Western hat and defending his Mississippi trip to see a football game amid rioting at the University of Mississippi. He faces charges of rebellion insurrection and seditious conspiracy for allegedly urging rioters against the admission of James Meredith. The examiner's report is to determine his sanity before release.
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Dallas
API
Edwin A. Walker
Walker
R.L. Stubblefield
Southwestern Medical Center
U.S
Springfield
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Oxford
James Meredith
Presstime Bulletin on ambulance access to East Berlin youth
Western Allies protested to the Soviet ambassador in East Berlin against the Communist refusal to admit a British ambulance into East Berlin on Saturday. The ambulance was to tend a youth wounded by Red gunfire.
Dorticos Urges UN to Condemn Kennedy Cuba Embargo
Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos urged the United Nations to condemn President Kennedy s planned embargo on ships carrying cargo to Cuba calling it an act preparatory for war. He spoke amid heavy security and interruptions in New York and questioned if the blockade breaches the UN.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
Osvaldo Dorticos
United Nations
Kennedy
Cuba
Dorticos
Assembly
United States
Supreme Court to hear two religion cases
The Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases on Bible reading in public schools. One involves recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in opening exercises, brought by Mrs. Madalyn Murray and her son. The other, from Edward and Mrs. Lewis Schempp, concerns Bible reading in Abington Township High School, backed by the First Amendment.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Madalyn E. Murray
William J. Murray III
Philadelphia
Edward Lewis Schempp
Abington Township
Congress
New York
Schempp
Maryland Court of Appeals
Murray
Congressman Aboard Missing Light Plane
A missing twin engine Piper Apache bound for Crescent City with Congressman Clem Miller pilot George Head and Head’s 12 year old son vanished after stormy weather off the northern California coast. An air sea and ground search continued through the night with weather described as windy and rainy and authorities not ruling out an emergency landing in an open field.
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Crescent City
Calif
UPD
Clem Miller
California
Miller
George Head
Head
Santa Rosa
del Norte
Four Year Old Murder Mystery Cleared Up
A 24 year old man Sidney Dale Howell confessed to involvement in the Sept 25 1958 killing of 68 year old Jimmy Cirillo near Moundsville saying he and an accomplice planned robbery and shot Cirillo twice after he pleaded for mercy. Howell learned lie detector tests supported his truthfulness and he waived preliminary hearing awaiting possible grand jury action.
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Moundsville
UPI
Sidney Dale Howell
McMechen
Howell
Jimmy Cirillo
Cirillo
Ohio River
Turnpike Roundup Still On
A wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike near Mossy Interchange released about 64 Hereford steers after a head on collision between two tractor trailers. One driver Harvey Hudson Jr. in fair condition with a fractured neck vertebrae. the other driver Owen McGuire uninjured. Three steers died. one was killed later by a car. Roughly 15 to 20 locals aided in corralling the roaming cattle as rescuers worked to round up the herd.
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West Virginia Turnpike
Harvey Hudson Jr
Anderson
Raleigh General Hospital
Owen McGuire
Winston-Salem
N. C
Paul M. Sweder
Carbondale
Turnpike
Sweder
Weekend Road Mishaps Kill 5
Five people died in weekend roadway incidents across West Virginia raising the 1962 toll to 326. Walter Waugh, 78, of Charleston was struck on a downtown street by Marcus Pope, 38, who faces negligent homicide charges. A hit and run on U S 60 near Culloden is being investigated. Monroe Thomas, 57, near Tilton, and George W Cook, 75, Huntington, were killed in separate accidents. John J Booth, 65, of Ironton, Ohio, drove the car in the Huntington crash. Pfc. Ira C Harless, 21, Madison, and his fiancee were also involved in Friday incidents.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Walter Waugh
Charleston
Marcus Pope
U. S. 60
Culloden
Cabell County
Monroe Thomas
Tilton
George W. Cook
Huntington
John J. Booth
Ironton
Ohio
Pfc
Ira C. Harless
Madison
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