Snow Stuns Area With Record WV Snowfall and Outages
A major early snowstorm slammed Raleigh County and southern West Virginia, bringing nine inch totals near Flat Top Bluefield and Princeton, with up to 18 inches in Summersville and Richwood. Power and telephone lines were hardest hit as falling leaves and wet snow toppled trees, triggering widespread outages and prompting emergency efforts by APC, Black Diamond, and C P Telephone crews.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Flat Top
Bluefield
Princeton
State Road Commission
Beckley
Nicholas County
Summersville
Richwood
Appalachian Power Co
John Gates
APC
Charleston
Huntington
Fayetteville
J. DR. Polk
Black Diamond Power Co
Sophia
Mullens
Chesapeake and Potomac ,_ Telephone Co
Fred Filler
Beckley C & P
Soviet Congress Attacks Anti-Party Faction
The sole woman Presidium member denounces Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich at the Soviet Communist party congress. Katerina Furtseva cites 1957 attempts to seize power and states Stalin was guilty. She condemns the anti-Leninist cult of personality and calls for expelling Kaganovich and Malenkov. Khrushchev chats with Chou En-lai during a break as Pravda runs Chou's speech.
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Moscow
Communist Party Congress
Katerina Furtseva
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
Hang
Stalin
Molotov
Fortseva
Kaganovich
Malenkov
Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
Tammany Hall Changes Name to Chatham Hall
New York City Democrats vote to rename Tammany Hall Chat ham Hall after reform revolt ousted old leaders. The name change follows Mayor Wagner’s triumph over Carmine DeSapio and shifts headquarters to the Chatham Building. The change repositions the historic Democratic machine in Manhattan.
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New York
UPI
Tammany Hall Tiger
Tammany Hall
Chatham Hall
New York County
Manhattan
Democratic Committee
Robert F. Wagner
Carmine G. DeSapio
Mother Suspect In Fatal Blaze At Honaker Va
A medical examiner said Colleen Cline, a former mental patient, may have started a house fire that killed her and her four children Sherry 14 Susie and Jack 11 twins Diane 8. Browning noted the family moved from Naugatuck West Virginia last July and indicated skull fractures in the children. He said Cline had been disturbed recently and was treated at a Radford mental hospital. He considered arson likely until proven otherwise. Jack Cline 36 was at work in a coal mine in Duty at the time.
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Honaker
UPI
Colleen Cline
Naugatuck
Mingo County
W. Va
Harry P. Browning
Cline
Browning
Radford
Soviet Nuclear Test Near Novaya Zemlya Reported
UPI reports a Soviet nuclear test in the Arctic near Novaya Zemlya. The explosion occurred at 4:07 am EDT in the megaton class, as stated by the Uppsala Seismological Observatory spokesman.
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Uppsala
Sweden
UPI
Soviet Union
Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
Uppsala Seismological Observatory
Nations Seek UN Appeal Over Soviet Nuclear Test
Six nations in Russia’s fallout path push a General Assembly appeal to cancel a 50 megaton Soviet blast. Den mark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Canada and Japan sponsor the resolution for the committee to consider. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson warns the US may resume atmospheric tests if Russia continues. He vows no return to an uninspected moratorium, though ready to sign a 30 day ironclad treaty if Moscow agrees. Khrushchev’s 50 megaton bomb cited as context.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Russia
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Canada
Japan
Assembly
United States
Nation Committee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
New N-S Highway Full Scale Work Seen By Spring
West Virginia will begin full scale work on the new North South highway by next spring says State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers. The federal government agrees to include the N S route in the Interstate System, with the state bearing about 10 percent of the cost, around 250 million dollars. The route will connect near Charleston and tie into the West Virginia Turnpike, replacing the old Sutton to Summersville to Beckley path.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Burl Sawyers
Sawyers
West Virginia Turnpike
Sutton
Summersville
Beckley
Huntington to Host Miss U S A Contest
Huntington will host the Miss U S A pageant in September 1962 with at least 35 states sending contestants. City Council said $30,000 must be raised privately to finance the event set for September 15 to 23. Jo Ann Odum of Huntington is the current Miss U S A and will compete in Miss World in London next month.
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Huntington
UPI
Hhe Counsil
Jo Ann Odum
United States
London
West Virginia Welcomes North South Highway Approval
United Press International notes editorials in Charleston Gazette and Fairmont Times praising federal inclusion of the North South Highway in the interstate system. The Charleston Gazette calls it universally welcome and promising for economic development while Fairmont Times calls it a dream fulfilled and a rebuttal to critics of Kennedy era promises. Morgantown Dominion News editor Walter Hart predicts the road will be to West Virginia as a path to progress, with further commentary on Page 2.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette
West
Fairmont Times
Times
Walter
Bill) Hart
Morgantown
West Virginia Highway Plan Promises Major Benefit Statewide
The article argues the vast 10 year road program will boost jobs and economy across West Virginia, with federal support. while Beckley faces questions over terminus changes, the overall plan is hailed as a milestone for state prosperity and national network connectivity. Local protests are downplayed as politics yield to statewide gains.
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Beckley
Greenbrier Valley
West
CJM
Algerian wounded arrive in U S for rehabilitation
Six Algerian soldiers, wounded fighting the French, arrived in West Orange New Jersey from Tunisia to begin physical conditioning at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. Five are amputees to be fitted for artificial legs. one has a leg and panel injury. Ages 22 to 30. Paris Jour quoted de Gaulle as furious with Kennedy over U S care for Algerian rebels.
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West Orange
N.J
UPI
Kessler Institute For
Tunisia
United States
Paris
Jour
Charles de Gaulle
Kennedy
U.S
Alcoa Scientists Deny Soviet Aluminum to Steel Weld Claim
At New Kensington Alcoa laboratories, F. R. Collins rejected a Soviet assertion of first welding aluminum to steel. He said two American metallurgists achieved the weld 13 years ago and accused the Russians of grandstanding.
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New Kensington
Five die as Greensburg store fire kills owner and four workers
A four story women's clothing shop in Greensburg exploded in flames killing owner Alex H. Cohen and four female employees. About 90 people were injured as firefighters battled the blaze while Chief J Edward Hutchinson, hurt by smoke, expressed sorrow over the high toll and noted rescuers saved many others.
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Greensburg, Pa
UPS
J. Edward Hutchinson
Alex H. Cohen
Elsie Merlino
Marge G. ‘Lawrence
Betty Rejohn
Catherine Gallo
Greensburg
Democratic Gov DiSalle will not seek re election
Columbus UPI report says Democratic Gov Michael V DiSalle announced he will not run for re election next year. He cited personal reasons and desire for a break from politics. The announcement leaves the Ohio gubernatorial race open with several potential candidates weighing bids.
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Columbus
UPI
Michael V. DiSalle
Labor Leader Kilpatrick Shot Dead in Chicago
John Kilpatrick 54, president of Local 300 United Steelworkers, was found shot in the head in his parked car on the Southwest Side near union headquarters. He opposed Angelo Inciso, a former union kingpin jailed on welfare fund charges. investigators tie a longstanding feud to the slaying. Inciso faced questions as a possible initial suspect.
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Chicago
UPS
John Kilpatrick
United S i Workers of America
Kilpatrick
Angelo Inciso
Incisco
Inciso
Chicago Federal Court
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Commie Congress
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