Dip Seen In Economy by Top Consultants
A majority of the nation's leading business consultants forecast a slight dip in economic activity in early 1963. Frederick R. Kappel of AT&T announced the view at a three day Biz Council session in HOT SPRINGS Virginia. Government economists foresee only a leveling off or small gains before the second half of 1963.
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Hot Springs
UPI
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Business Council
Kappel
Washington
Talks Stall as Kennedy Rusk Press Berlin Deadlock
In marathon talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko at the White House and State Department, President Kennedy and Secretary Rusk failed to soften Moscow’s demand for Allied evacuation of West Berlin. Officials said the sessions produced no progress and no clue whether Khrushchev will visit the United States. Gromyko left for New York after a six and a half hour total engagement, signaling continued friction over Berlin and German reunification.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
White House
Rusk
State Department
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
Barron Sees Dry-Up Move Could Shape West Virginia Vote
Gov. W. W. Barron said voluntary bar dry-up could influence support for the liquor by the drink amendment. He predicted if one constitutional amendment passes, all five likely will. he also noted strong state revenue gains and an improving economy. Barron scheduled Nov 12 gall bladder surgery at Johns Hopkins and denied cancer rumors.
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Charleston
Barron
State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
John’s Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Phares Reeder
West Virginia Education Association
Reeder
Mildred Bateman
Weather Great Except For Ella
Most of the nation enjoyed pleasant autumn weather but coastal Southeast regions faced rougher seas. Hurricane Ella, the season’s fifth tropical storm, was about 290 miles south of Cape Hatteras and moving northward with 90 mph winds. Outer banks likely to see 70 mph winds and higher tides, with small craft warnings from New Jersey to Florida.
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United Press International
Ella
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Cape May
N.J
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New England
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Sunshine and Mild Winds
Mostly sunny this afternoon with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Tonight fair and cool with scattered frost and lows from 34 to 60. Saturday mostly sunny with highs in the 70s. Temperatures run about four degrees below normal. cooler Sunday or Monday and warmer by Wednesday. A few showers possible Sunday averaging about one tenth inch. River and lake levels show normal, clear conditions. Greenbrier and nearby gauges mention 1.7 to 1.9 feet at Hinton. New York report notes a 28 degree low in Lebanon New Hampshire and 91 degree highs in McAllen and Laredo.
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Csecssecees
Togry
Cccechosiense
Boaoy Acadedascencen
Cscceeesees
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Hi-Lo
New York
UPI
Weather Bureau
Lebanon
N.H
McAllen
Laredo
Rex
Toll to top four hundred on West Virginia highways
West Virginia safety officials estimate a highway death toll slightly above 400 for the year, up from 372 in 1961. Through Thursday the toll reached 339, with October to December historically the deadliest period, underscoring ongoing concerns about road safety in the state.
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Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Public Safety
T. A. Welty
W. E. Burchett
Burchett
Woman Killed on U S 50 Raises WV Toll for 1962
A 78-year-old woman, Della B. Snyder, was struck and killed by a vehicle on U S 50 Thursday. The accident raised West Virginia's 1962 traffic death toll to 340.
West Virginia road travel up but deaths down since 1930s
West Virginia drivers may log about 6.5 billion miles this year, yet fatalities are lower than the 1-billion-mile era of the 1930s, a state official notes. Burchett credits tougher enforcement, media campaigns, improved roads and car design, and better driver training for safer travel.
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West
House Stolen Mystery Moves Through Charleston Area
Ka ngwha County investigators pursue an odd theft after Mrs. Helen Haynes reported a rented four room house near St Albans missing. Neighbors say the tenant disappeared after tearing the structure down board by board and selling the wood.
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Charleston
Market Decline Surges in Sharp Trading Session
New York stocks fell heavily as the market moved late into the second hour with broadbased losses. Dow Jones noon averages show declines across industrials rails and utilities, with volume around 1.68 million shares traded by noon.
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New York
UPI
Dow Jones
Indus
Craze Czech diplomat dies after wife killed in chase
Czech United Nations attache Karel Zizka shot his wife Vera at the U N mission in New York and fled by car. Police chased him through New Jersey and Pennsylvania at speeds up to 110 mph before he shot himself in St. Luke’s Hospital. The bodies will be sent to Prague for burial.
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Bethlehem
UPI
Easton
St. Luke's Hospital
Zizka
Zizkas
Prague
Vera
Mission
New York
Pennsylvania
Milo Vejvoda
George Gallagher
Manhattan
Milton Helpern
Progress on Lake Pipe Inlet Construction Ahead of Tour
Construction at the lake project proceeds toward a 68 foot inlet structure after 46 feet of a 320 foot pipe are installed. A total site tour is planned for Sunday at 2 p m, with additional images on page 14.
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Robert L. Davis
Stephens Lake
Trap Hill District
Javits Cancels Speech After Bar Barred Newsmen
Sen. Jacob Javits canceled a prepared address to the Schenectady County Bar Association after newsmen were barred from the meeting at Mohawk Country Club. The bar group said the restriction aimed to avoid political involvement during the campaign, though Javits called the speech non political. He spoke informally for eight minutes, citing lack of press notice as the reason for his withdrawal.
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Schenectady
N. Y
UPI
Sen
Jacob Kk. Javits
Schenectady County Bar Association
Mohawk Country Club
Javits
Bar Association
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Demos Lead GOP 2.5 To 1 in Raleigh County
countywide voter registrations total 42 741 with 30 369 Democrats 12 220 Republicans and 152 Independents. Democrats gain 161 voters Republicans up 30 independents down five as figures certified by the county clerk move toward the November General Election.
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Raleigh
Big 8 Tour Ends Today In West Virginia
A four day economic survey of eight southern counties sponsored by the Big 8 Development Corp and the West Virginia Industrial Development Association ends this afternoon with a critique at Beckley Winn Hotel. The group learns that much of West Virginia lumber is milled within 20 miles of Rupert and about 75 percent is shipped out of state for furniture and other wood products. Counties in the Big 8 are Raleigh Fayette Greenbrier Mercer Monroe Nicholas Summers and Wyoming. Utilities and railroads affiliated with the WV IDA include Amere Gas Utilities Appalachian Power Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Hope Natural Gas Monongahela Power Potomac Edison United Fuel Gas Virginia Electric Wheeling Electric Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio New York Central Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania Railroad and Western Maryland.
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West Virginia
Big 8 Development Corp
West Virginia Industrial Development Association
Beckley-Winn
Rupert
Greenbrier
Nicholas County
Raleigh, Fayette
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
Wheeling Electric Co
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
New York Central Railroad Co
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Western Maryland
Sophia Hunter Still Missing In West Virginia Search Intensifies
A Raleigh County hunter, Fred Miller, 54, is missing near Frankford Greenbrier County after accompanying his nephew Randy Blevins. He was last seen Wednesday morning and a search by sheriff deputies and about 40 volunteers continues with evidence found near the car indicating he ate lunch earlier. Miller is described as 5 9 and 135 pounds with black hair and has a heart condition.
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Raleigh County
Fred Miller
Sophia
Frankford
Greenbrier County
Miller
Helen
Sheriff's Department
Britain Sees Navy Guarding Cuban Trade Amid Exile Threats
London reports Britain's Admiralty warned it would protect British ships if Alpha 66 exiles attack at sea. No immediate military steps were taken as the Caribbean fleet was not reinforced, while Britain keeps a measured stance on Cuba trade amid U.S. punitive measures and ongoing license tightening.
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London
UPI
Britain
Alpha 66
High Seas
Admiralty
Caribbean
Cuba
United States
Ranger-5 Moon Shot Fails to Reach Moon
Cape Canaveral CAPE CANAVERAL UPI reports Ranger-5, an $8 million 755-pound lunar probe launched by Atlas-Agena, failed due to solar power loss and dead batteries. It will miss the moon by about 300 miles and enter solar orbit instead, marking a costly setback in U.S. lunar goals and delaying another moonshot until early 1963.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
U.S
Earth
Moon
Mad Knight Unhorsed in Tokyo After Attacking Women
A 16 year old cyclist mounted with a home made lance terrorized women in the Ota district of Tokyo. He charged nine times before a police officer stopped him when he attacked 27 year old Miyuki Kishi. The youth gave no explanation for his conduct.
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Tokyo
UPI
Ota
Miyuki Kishi
Longshoremen refuse to unload Russian glass shipment
In Providence Rhode Island on Thursday ILA members refused to unload 700 tons of Russian glass from the Finn pulp while about 90 tons of Czechoslovakian glass also remained on board. ILA officials ordered the boycott though the Russian cargo had been loaded in Poland before the action.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
International
Two Men Gored by Bull on Pennsylvania Farm
Two men, Sigmunt Rutkoski aged 69 and John Howish aged 64, were gored to death on the Andrew Boots farm in Honesdale Pennsylvania. Police said they went to bring in cows from pasture when the bull attacked.
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Honesdale
UPI
Andrew Boots
Sigmunt Rutkoski
John Howish
Legal Experts Clash Over Reeder Executive Amendment 3
Three West Virginia legal scholars debate the Executive Amendment 3 amid school funding and governance concerns. Professors Brown Colson and Dadisman counter Phares Reeder while the WV Education Association warns of changes to Article XII. Colson notes the superintendent and Board of Education remain constitutional offices.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia
Stanley Dadisman
Dadisman
State Education Department
Londo H. Brown
Law School
Clyde Colson
Brown
WVEA
Phares Reeder
Reeder
Colson
Superintendent of
Board of Education
Superintendent of Schools
State Board of Education
JFK Leaves on Seven State Democratic Campaign Tour
President Kennedy launches a transcontinental barnstorming trip to support Democratic candidates. Air Force jet departed Andrews at 10 49 a m EDT bound for Cleveland, Ohio, with a seven state circuit ending in Seattle, Washington, and return planned for Sunday night. He is joined by staff political advisers and three Ohio Democratic lawmakers Sen Stephen M Young Reps Michael A Feighan and Charles A Vanik.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Cleveland
Ohio
Seattle
Wash
White House
Congress
Stephen M. Young
Michael A. Feighan
Charles A. Vanik
Centennial booth collections rise to 33.50 daily
Daily totals from Main and Neville booths run by the Raleigh County Centennial Committee average 33.50 over 16 days of operation. The Women of the Moose added 23.46 today, bringing the grand total to 536.56, plus a 50 contribution from Saturday teleorama. Medical Society Auxiliary and Gulf Woman's Club volunteers are staffing booths in Sophia and Beckley as Pinecrest boosters plan Saturday duties.
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Neville Street
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Women of the Moose
Ralegh County Medical Society
Sophia
Gulf Woman's Club
Fred Simpson
Alex Lavis
W. W. Withrow
The
Woman's Club
Joe Arnett
Midway Home Demonstration Club
Gulf Sub Delts
Pinecrest Centennial Boosters
Beckley
Kennedy and Diefenbaker back idea of early GATT talks
President Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker agree in principle on an international conference early next June at the ministerial level to promote freer trade among General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade participants.
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Cleveland
UPI
Kennedy
John G. Diefenbaker
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