Coal City man dies by his own hand in station wagon
Despondency over ill health is blamed for Riley Sherman Bell fifty of Coal City taking his life by carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday night. His body was found at 7 am today in his station wagon on Woodpeck Road near Sullivan. Bell had been treated for a nervous condition and heart trouble and had learned another physician warned he had only months to live. Family said concern over a son in the Air Force and the Cuban situation were added pressures. His mother in law said he had been drinking heavily since July as the family searched for him throughout the night.
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Riley Sherman Bell
Coal City
Bell
Page Farley
Sullivan
Woodpeck
David E. Falkner
Falkner
Dr. Falkner
Air Force
Ethel Lilly
No-Win Policy Questioned In Senate Muzzle Probe
Washington UPI A Senate committee dismissed claims of a no-win policy behind military speech censorship. The 203 page report endorsed censorship reviews as proper and desirable while rejecting accusations of a pro appeasement bias. The panel noted no lack of devotion to American principles and discussed troop indoctrination and civil military relations. It mentioned Maj Gen Edwin Walker, clarifying his removal stemmed from controversial actions rather than punishment for blue troop indoctrination.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
State and Defense Department
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Edwin A. Walker
Walker
Germany
Actioi
No Flaws Found In MM's Will
NEW YORK UPI A special guardian for Marilyn Monroe's mother found no evidence supporting claims the will was made under undue influence. Arthur N Field filed a Surrogate Court report recommending probate, saying objections based on Strasberg or Dr Marianne Kris lacked justification.
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New York
UPI
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur N. Field
Gladys Baker
Field
Lee Strasberg
Marianne Kris
Snow Delights Raleigh County Children This Season
Raleigh County records the first real snowfall of the season delighting schoolchildren. Weather officials in West Virginia report light accumulations and encourage safe outdoor play as schools monitor conditions.
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Raleigh County
Frost Warning With Scattered Snow Flurries This Afternoon
Snow and frost warnings issued with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures tumble tonight with frost and lows ranging from 24 to 30 east and 28 to 34 west. Friday expected fair but cold with highs 35 to 40 east and 38 to 44 west. Beckley reported 42 yesterday with lower readings. Oak Hill 44. River and lake conditions near normal and clear. gauges show 1.6 and 1.8 feet at Hinton. News from Flat Top confirms light snow early, with Beckley unofficial lows around 23. Temperatures to stay chilly through Saturday as a cold front persists.
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Wes
Iivccacesvecsas
OAK Hill High
Greenbrier
Hinton
Fred Bowling
United States Weather Bureau
Flat Top
Illinois
Martinsburg
Charleston
Bluefield
Huntington
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Canada
12 Shins Turn Back Tensions Ease
Blockading U S naval vessels allowed a Soviet petroleum tanker to proceed toward Cuba as Kennedy pledged aid to the Cuban people. The Pentagon said several vessels altered course, Khrushchev signaled a possible summit, and world leaders urged restraint while allies offered support. The Cuban government announced international brigades were being formed to defend against U S aggressions.
Chinese Capture Tawang in Major Border War Victory
Indian spokesman reports Chinese Communist troops seized Tawang after a three-prong assault, marking the Reds’ largest victory to date in the border war. Monks fled the ancient monastery and much of the 6,000 residents evacuated as Chinese forces moved from the north and west toward the town near Bhutan.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Tawang
North East Frontier Agency
Chola
Bhutan
Indian Defense Ministry
Tawant
Tawang Valey
Kennedy vows resolve to defend Berlin in new message
President Kennedy reaffirmed American determination to defend Berlin in a message to West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt. Brandt said the document’s details cannot be disclosed but that it is clear all necessary action will reinforce the free world. Navy wives and children are reportedly leaving Key West at the request of husbands. A New Jersey Senate committee weighs a coal slurry pipeline bill, with proponents arguing constitutionality issues. Rep. Chet Holifield requests renewed action on a civil defense program. The largest wind tunnel in the Free World will be built at Wright-Patterson AFB to test missile and space flights for government scientists. Washington court denies Linus Pauling group injunction against nuclear testing. First of four chlorine tanks recovered from a sunken Natchez barge. remaining three to be recovered for safety. Kennedy signs resolution creating a Lake Erie 150th anniversary celebration commission. A jet fighter investigated a situation from Craig AFB in Selma, Alabama.
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Revolucion
U.S
Paris
Europe
U Thant
United Nations
John XXIII
Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Kennedy
Berlin Wall
U. S
Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Free World
Key West
New Jersey
Senate
West Virginia
Chet Holifield
Pcalif
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Philadelphia
Federal District Court
Washington
Linus Pauling
Natchez
Miss
Mississippi River
Senate House
Lake Erie
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Ala
There’s little room left to hide taxes
A compact remark notes that hidden taxes are nearly exhausted as options for concealment dwindle, implying increased scrutiny or burden on taxpayers. The line suggests a broader critique of fiscal policy and tax avoidance avenues. It references fiscal pressure and ongoing debates about revenue strategies.
Steinbeck Wins 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature
Nobel Prize news reports John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath, awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. He becomes the sixth American recipient, joining Faulkner, Hemingway, Lewis, Buck, and ONeill. Steinbeck was born February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California.
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Stockholm
UPI
John Steinbeck
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Sinclair Lewis
Pearl Buck
Eugene O'Neill
Salinas
Calif
Kennedy Signs Record Peacetime Budget Totals
President Kennedy signed the last two money bills of the 87th Congress completing enactment of a peacetime appropriations total of 102,262,154,659 dollars. The bills included tax relief for seniors and funds for Agriculture, Public Works, and the Atomic Energy Commission, with major allocations to the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and accelerated public works programs.
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Washington
UPS
Kennedy
Congress
Agriculture Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Professionals Run The Cuban Blockade Strategy
Washington insiders say the blockade against Cuba is a meticulously planned, professional operation built to tighten economically and militarily while preparing for a possible clash with the Soviet Union at sea. Officials expect pressure on Cuba to erode its missile and bomber capacity and aim to force Khrushchev into a high seas showdown, with ripple effects across Africa Asia and Europe.
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Berlin
Cuba
Situation At A Glance Cuba Crisis Developments
Caribbean and Soviet ships circle Cuba as a second day of blockade begins. Pentagon notes shifts in Soviet routes while releasing aerial photos of Cuban missile sites. White House and Congress briefings proceed, with leaders recalled for urgent sessions. Khrushchev hints at summit terms, Thant urges a two week pause for talks. Top officials moved aside from campaigns as OAS backs armed action against quarantine. Havana imposes controls to curb panic buying and military prep intensifies near Key West as troop convoys head south.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Thant
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Security Council
Adlai E. Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorin
United Press International
Caribbean
Pentagon
Defense Department
Castro
White House
Moscow
Earl
Bertrand) Russell
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
U.N
Washington
Be elated Choral Fund Drive Totals Reach Centennial Goal
Fund drive report shows Beckley Choral Society adding 13.41 to Centennial funds at Main and Neville booths bringing the total to 635.50. Xi Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority staffed the booths on the first snowy day. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9287 will oversee Friday’s activities.
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Beckley Choral Society
Main
Neville Street
Xi Beta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Five Steel Execs Fined 44000 in Antitrust Case
NEW YORK (UPI) Five steel company executives who pleaded no contest to an antitrust indictment were fined a total of 44000 in federal court. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan declined to accept no contest pleas from four corporations and a trade association accused of price fixing and bid rigging. No trial date set for the companies. The top fine of 20000 was given to Robert B. Heppenstal Sr. of Midvale-Heppenstall Co. Emil Lang of Eric Forge and Steel Corp. was allowed to set his own 10000 fine.
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New York
UPI
Steel Company
Sylvester J. Ryan
Robert B. Heppenstal Sr
Midvale-Heppenstall Co
Emil Lang
Eric Forge and Steel Corp
Lang
Professor confesses killing wife in Dow Lake case
Ohio University professor Gene Issac Steel 32 admitted to police he killed his pregnant wife Helen last Saturday. He described striking her with a bar during an argument, placing the body in a 50 gallon drum, and dumping it from a rowboat into Dow Lake near Athens. Authorities drag the lake. Steel jailed on a co habitation charge.
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UPI
Ohio University
Gene Issac Steel
Helen
Dow Lake
Stees
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