Moon Shot Called Off as Ella Keeps Florida Coastlines in View
Tropical storm Ella nears Florida with winds near 70 to 75 mph and a center around 27.3N 75.0W, about 310 miles east of Fort Pierce. Cape Canaveral missile launch postponed to next month due to storm. forecasters warn of rising winds and seas along the South Atlantic coast and advise coastal vessels to shelter. The storm moves slowly and may take a northward drift with potential—though uncertain—impact on south Florida.
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Fort Pierce
Florida
Cape Canaveral
U.S
Cape
Ella
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Miami
Savannah
Carolina
Raymond Craft
South
Cosmos 10 launches by Soviet Union to probe space
The Soviet Union launched Cosmos 10, an artificial satellite, into orbit to explore outer space. Tass reported the craft orbits Earth every 90.2 minutes at a 65 degree inclination, transmitting on 19 995 megacycles and sending data to a receiving station. The satellite’s instruments are functioning and data are being processed.
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UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Outer Space
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West Virginia Weather Forecast Fair And Cooler
Partly cloudy and cool with highs in the 50s and lower 60s this afternoon. Fair and cooler tonight with lows 36 to 44. Thursday remains fair and cool with highs 56 to 64. Five day trend shows temperatures about one to two degrees below normal, light rainfall possible Friday and Sunday or Monday. River conditions include normal, clear Greenbrier and Lake levels, with 1.6 gates open and a new gauge at Hinton recording 1.9 ft.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
Advisory Body To Study W Va Discrimination
Charleston advisory committee to the U S Civil Rights Commission will investigate possible discrimination in public and private health facilities and study medical associations policies on race. The panel will hear testimony from minority groups with involvement from State Human Rights Commission and Charleston Mayor's commission. Industries targeted include Food Machinery & Chemical Corporation and North American Aviation plant near Princeton amid noted underrepresentation of Negro workers.
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Charleston
API
West Virginia
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Miles C. Stanley
National Civil Rights Commission
Stanley
State Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Commission
Food Machinery & Chemical Corporation
Ordnance Division
North American Aviation
Princeton
Resources Dept Seeks $1.83 Million Budget Increase
Charleston UPI report states the Legislature will be asked to raise the 1963-64 general revenue appropriation for the State Natural Resources Department by 1.83 million to 3.55 million. Director Warden M. Lane said the total operating budget would then reach 6.1 million, with 2.6 million from state parks and forest revenues and 1.4 million from hunting and fishing licenses. He also noted a request for 4.5 million in capital improvement funds to finish underway projects and start recreation-area work.
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Charleston
UPI
State Natural Resources Department
M. Lane
Lane
India China clash renews border skirmish on Thangla Ridge
New Delhi reports fresh clash between Indian and Chinese troops along Thangla Ridge in the disputed area between India's North East Frontier Agency and Communist-held Tibet. The Foreign Office spokesman said the incident occurred Tuesday night and marks a continuation of border hostilities.
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UPI
Foreign Office
Thangla Ridge
India
North East Frontier
Tibet
Saudia Attack Near Al Jawf Repelled by Yemeni Troops
Yemeni revolutionary forces repelled a Saudi assault near Al Jawf on the southeastern border. Radio Sanaa reported heavy Saudi casualties and said the attack was beaten back.
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UPD
al Jawf
Radio Sanaa
Discovery Could Pave Way To Major Cancer Breakthrough
Discovery of a blood substance linked to cancer prevention raises hope. Dr. Edward D. McLaughlin presented evidence at the American College of Surgeons congress showing healthy individuals have substantially more MF 10 in blood than cancer patients. MF 10, McLaughlin Fraction, found in blood serum, is a protein-like substance across multiple mammals. research continues in Philadelphia under a National Cancer Institute grant.
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N.J
UPID
Edward D. McLaughlin
American College of Surgeons
McLaughlin
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Md
Philadelphia
Congressmen Indicted For Part In Loan Scandal
A federal grand jury indicted Democratic Rep. Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland and Rep. Frank W. Boykin of Alabama, plus two others, for conspiring to influence the Justice Department to drop fraud charges linked to a savings and loan scandal. Edlin paid Johnson about $24,918. Edlin also gave Boykin two checks totaling $250,000.
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Baltimore
UPI
Justice Department
Thomas F. Johnson
Frank W. Boykin
Ala
Maryland
Boykin
Birmingham
Johnson
Herbert J. Miller
Department
Fedlin
Preacher Blames Dry Weather on Low Offerings
Georgetown Texas report says Rev. Lively Brown urged members to pay more in the collection plate after claiming the drought was caused by them. The forecasted rain arrived the next Tuesday and continued through Wednesday and Thursday, with lightning striking the church steeple on Friday.
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Georgetown
Tex
UPI
Lively Brown
Barbour Park Dedicated By Governor In Philppi
Gov W W Barron dedicated the new Barbour County park near Philippi in ceremonies with State Road Commissioner Burl A Sawyers Natural Resources Director Warden M Lane and State Education Department representatives. Barons office said he would inspect tourist historical and industrial sites while in the area and he planned further appearances through the week including speaking in Charleston before the West Virginia Petroleum Association.
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Burl A. Sawyers
M. Lane
State Education Department
Barbour County High School
Charleston
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Union Mission
Morgantown
West Virginia University
UMW Hospitals Might Be Sold To Communities Soon
The United Mine Workers Welfare Fund plans to divest from 10 eastern Kentucky and nearby hospitals including Beckley Memorial and four Kentucky facilities Middlesboro Hazard Whitesburg and McDowell. Fund officials seek community groups to operate hospitals as a last resort to avoid closures.
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United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund
Josephine Roche
Kentucky
Middlesboro
Hazard
Whitesbury
McDowell
Harold O'Neal
UMW
O'Neal
Perry County
Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
O’ O'Neal
Covington
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Whitesburg
Joe McCauley
Hazard City
Congressman Saund Paralyzed Yet Running For Reelection
Washington reports Congressman D. S. Saund, hospitalized since May 1, is described as paralyzed but able to communicate by lip movements and hand gestures. Speaker John W. McCormack confirmed Saund’s condition and noted he could understand dialogue, while observers said he appeared completely paralyzed on October 3.
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Washington
UPI
John W. McCormack
Rep
D. S. Saund
California
Saund
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
McCormack
Riverside
Calif
Daily Press and
Enterprise
Democrats Hire New York PR Firm For WV Communications
A West Virginia Democratic party spokesman said Ryder and Finn Inc of New York has been hired to study and improve party communications internally and to the public. The firm’s two to three month effort aims to inform members about party programs and better present Democratic activities to voters, while avoiding involvement in current campaign polling.
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Donald Fannin Charleston
UPI
Democratic Party
New York
Ryder and Finn Inc
Ryder
Finn
West Virginia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Kennedy
Connecticut
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Eleanor Roosevelt
Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center
U S Crackdown On Cuba Alarms European Shippers
European shippers fear a wide U S embargo on Cuba and the risk of port closures and ship bans as Washington contemplates restricting ships carrying arms to Cuba. The plan targets vessels tied to communist blocs and could disrupt European and Norwegian shipowners and Greek fleets.
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Cuba
London
UPI
United States
International Chamber of Shipping
Gamal
Nasser
U. S
Sir Charles Laughton in Fair Condition After Spine Surgery
Sir Charles Laughton, aged 63, remains in fair condition at a Hollywood hospital days after major spine cancer surgery performed nearly three months ago. He is reported holding his own though clinicians remain concerned about his recovery trajectory.
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Hollywood
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Department of Justice
Barnett
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Fund Drive Totals Rise in Raleigh County Booths
Contributions to the Centennial fund in Raleigh County reached 471.04 on Tuesday with 15.59 more added while Beckley Fire Department members staffed the Main and Ne ville Streets booths. Today's volunteers are from the Monday Music Club, and Women of the Moose will run the booths on Thursday.
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Raleigh County
Main
Neville Streets
Beckley
Kennedy Meets Schroeder as Berlin Pressure Looms
President Kennedy held talks with West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder at the White House to hear Berlin views ahead of a Thursday meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The discussions set the stage for Kennedy to meet Chancellor Konrad Adenauer who arrives for a two to three day visit starting November 7.
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Washington
UPI
Gerhard Schroeder
White House
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Konrad Adenauer
Nicholas Youth First State Hunting Fatality
West Virginia reports its first hunting season fatality of the 1962 63 period in Nicholas County. James F Bond 19 of Nettie accidentally shot himself while squirrel hunting near his home after failing to return home at dusk. The body was found about a quarter mile from his home with the blast striking his chest after he tripped over a log.
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Richwood
UPI
West Virginia
Nicholas County
James F. Bond
Nettie
Bond
Halt Wage Violations at Skelton Wrecking Co
The Skelton Wrecking Co a used auto parts and scrap dealer was ordered to stop wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Secretary Wirtz obtained a court injunction against Harold E Adkins and Bruno Barney prohibiting interstate shipping of goods produced under unlawful conditions and requiring proper records. The injunction follows an investigation by the Charleston Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department.
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Skelton Wrecking Co
W. Willard Wirtz
John A. Field Jr
United States District Court
Harold E. Adkins
Bruno Barney
Busiiness
Clude
Department of Labor
Charleston
Law Firm To Shift Quarters In Bank Building
The firm Scherer Bow ers File and Hudson will occupy the first floor of the old Bank of Raleigh Building at Main and Fayette Streets, vacant since February 22 1960. Basile N Meadows is drawing remodeling plans as L L Scherer and Bowers move from the second floor. The firm, founded in Beckley 45 50 years ago by the late Ashton File, counts W H File Jr and Donald D Hodson among current members with E M Ned Payne III recently joining after graduation in June.
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Bank of Raleigh
Main and Fayette Streets
Scherer, Bowers, File
Beckley
Ashton File
W. H. File
W. W. Goldsmith
Charleston
L. L. Scherer and Bowers
W. H. File Jr
Donald D. Hodson
E. M
Ned” Payne III
Woman 60 Kills Self After Fatal Housekeeper Shooting
In Huntington an elderly Cabell County woman suspected to be Mrs John Fouch, 60, shot and killed her housekeeper Blanche Tomblin, 19, of Buffalo, Wayne County, with a 12 gauge shotgun while she swept the kitchen floor. She then shot herself in the chest with a .22 pistol after returning to bed. Mr Fouch, nearby, rushed home to find the bodies. No motive is given.
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Huntington
UPI
Cabell County
Blanche Tomblin
Buffalo
Wayne County
J. W. Flowers
John Fouch
Flowers
Buckhannon Man Killed In Upshur Curve Crash
338th traffic victim in West Virginia for 1962. Arnold Post 54 of Crawford, Lew is County died Tuesday night when his car left a curve on West Virginia 20 between Adri an and Hinkelville. Passenger Don Galford, 18, also of Crawford, injured. Fatality tally for Upshur County reaches six this year, statewide fatalities 338 for 1962.
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Buckhannon
UPI
Arnold Post
Crawford
Lewis County
W. Va. 20
Adrian
Hinkelville
Upshur County
Don Galford
West Virginia
Gas Main Explodes in Kansas City Neighborhood
A 30 inch gas main blew in a Kansas City residential area, destroying one house and damaging two others in a repeat of an August 3 blast. Officers reported no injuries in either incident.
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Kansas City
UPI
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