Raleigh County Airport Improvements Backed Under Aid Act
Rep. Slack urges Raleigh County to seek FAA approval for major improvements at Raleigh County Memorial Airport under the Public Works Acceleration Act. The plan envisions a 75 25 federal local funding split, needing a local levy election for the 25 share. Officials cite job creation, improved facilities, and eligibility under expedited federal grants, with timing and notices required for a November election. Local leaders weigh a levy and call a special county court meeting to decide how much to pursue.
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Kennedy
White House
John M. Slack Jr
D-W. Va
Raleigh County
Slack
John C. Ward
Federal Aviation Agency
Ward
Raleigh
Itics
FAA
Smith
Kennedy Signs $900 Million Public Works Bill
President Kennedy signed a 900 million dollar public works bill to accelerate the economy and provide jobs. He announced an executive order naming the secretary of commerce as coordinator and urged Congress to fund projects authorized, while noting a separate 2 billion standby authorization for future jobs if unemployment rises. Congress must provide the cash in a separate appropriation.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Film festival in Washington sparks many titles
S I D E by Dick West notes John Frankenheimer visiting, proposes using film for foreign policy. A festival is announced for November 7 to 9 by the Agriculture Department in Washington with over 100 entries from the United States Canada and Latin America. Films include The Tonganoxie System of Milking Cows and Breeding Better Corn, among others, with judges facing a busy lineup.
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Dick West
Washington
UPI
John Frankenheimer
Frankenheimer
America
Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Latin America
Funk Brothers Seed Co
Funk Brothers
Warner Brothers
West Virginia Weather Forecast For Today And Weekend
Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon then clearing and cooler tonight with lows 55 to 60. Saturday brings sun and lower heat, highs 75 to 80. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 7 degrees above normal and a shift toward cooler weekends then warmer early next week. Scattered showers possible by mid next week. river and lake levels noted in Beckley Oak Hill Greenbrier normal conditions.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Essen
Errus
Greenbrier
Hinton
Mississippi Governor threats push to jail over desegregation
Governor Ross Barnett declared Mississippi must refuse federal desegregation orders, urging officials to go to jail rather than comply. He invoked interposition to oppose James Meredith’s entry to the University of Mississippi, insisting public education is state controlled and calling for resignations from officials unwilling to endure imprisonment for segregation.
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Barnett
Jackson, Miss
UPI
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Mississippi
Supreme Court
Louisiana
James Meredith
Justice Dam Hearing Set
The Senate Flood Control Subcommittee will hold hearings at 9:30 a m Thursday on authorizing a reservoir near Justice in West Virginia. Sen. Jennings Randolph said the request, supported by Sen. Dennis Chavez and Sen. Robert Byrd, followed a Bureau of the Budget report backing flood control for the Guyandot River Basin. Opponents from railroad, timber, gas and some coal interests slowed Army Corps progress, prompting witnesses from both opponents and supporters to testify.
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Senate
Congress
Justice
Jennings Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
Bureau of the Budget
Guyandot
West
Virginia
Dennis Chavez
N. M
Randolph
Sen
Robert J .C. Byrd
Justice Reservoir
Army Corps of Engineers
Chavez
Byrd
Army
Escapee Captured Near Elm Grove After Prison Break
Russell Parker, 33, an inmate from Moundsville Penitentiary, briefly fled while working with a road gang in Elm Grove near Wheeling. He was recaptured about 9 p.m. EDT in the same area near Old Stone Church Road. Parker was sentenced to 1 to 10 years for forgery in Wood County in 1961.
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Wheeling
UPI
Mounds‘ville Penitentiary
Feedom
Elm Grove
Russell Parker
Stone Church Road
Wood County
President Pledges Vote Protection To Southern Negroes
President Kennedy promised federal protection for Negroes attempting to register to vote in the South. He warned extra legislation and force may be used if needed. Kennedy condemned recent violence including church burnings in Georgia and a Mississippi shooting tied to voter registration efforts. FBI agents are investigating and suspects will be arrested and tried.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
South
Georgia
Mississippi
FBI
Cat hunt at South Carolina State House continues
In Columbia South Carolina workers at the capitol have torn into walls beams and ducts since Tuesday searching for a stray cat. Several staffers report hearing a meow but as of closing time Wednesday no cat has been found.
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Columbia
S. C
UPI
Statehouse
Capitol
Supreme Court
Tuesay
Wallace praises Barnett guts for standing against integration
Alabama governor designate George C. Wallace lauds Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett as an American leader with the guts to resist federal court ordered integration. Wallace pledges to risk jail to fight integration, while Barnett vows no Mississippi schools will be integrated during his term.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPID
George C. Wallace
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Wallace
Barnett
Justice Department
Alabama
Gov
Fayetteville Peeper Terror Looms Over Town Nightly
Fayetteville residents fear a tall, thin prowler who has lurked near homes for a month. Police report multiple near entries, gunfire during pursuits, and failed traps as neighbors supply sightings. Suspect described as 20 to 30 years old in dark clothing.
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Fayetteville
RNT
Colenso Kincaid
Sarah Street
Russians Bow In Berlin Use Bus For Guard Change
The Soviets dispatched 20 soldiers to West Berlin by bus to relieve the guard at the Red Army memorial, then returned to East Berlin, meeting Allied demand to avoid armored carriers. An East German colonel fled to the West, the highest rank to desert since 1963. NATO urged steadfast defense of West Berlin.
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U.S
Zehlendorf
Luxembourg
NATO
Dirk Stikker
West Berlin
Sandkrug Bridge
Charlie
Test Pilot Survives Greenhouse Plunge in England
George Aired, 34, ejected from a crippled Lightning jet at De Havilland airfield in Hatfield, plunging 200 feet into a tomato bed inside a greenhouse. His parachute failed to open but he survived with two broken legs and cuts as the jet crashed and burned.
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Hatfield
England
UPI
George Aired
Aired
de Havilland Aircraft Firm
Soviet Sub Believed Involved In Collision
Tokyo based UPI reports investigators say an unidentified submarine, possibly Russian, collided with the Japanese fishing vessel No. 15 Chidori Maru in fog off northern Japan. The sub fled without aid after the incident injuring one crew member. a Russian fishing boat later rescued all 16 crew.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency
MSA
Radioactive fire delays Virginia to Richmond train
A baggage car carrying radioactive material caught fire in Christiansburg delaying a Birmingham to Richmond train six hours. Crews separated the burning car, then the train resumed to Richmond after AEC clearance from Oak Ridge. Part of the cargo was headed to Virginia Tech. Three other trains were briefly held while tracks were cleared.
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Christiansburg
UPI
Kennedy Warns Cuba Threat Will Trigger Retaliation
President Kennedy pledged swift overwhelming retribution if Cuba under Soviet control endangers U S security or becomes a major offensive base. He ruled out immediate military intervention despite Cuban buildup and said intensified Caribbean surveillance and pressure on Cuba would follow, with NATO awareness and Latin American diplomacy shaping any response.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Cuba
Russia
U. S
Hemisphere
Caribbean
NATO
Dean Rusk
Oar
United States
Goldwater Calls For Blockade In Cuba
President Kennedy defends no need for U S military action in Cuba while warning of swift retribution if Cuba becomes a significant Red base. Senator Goldwater urges a hemisphere blockade of ships carrying arms and men to Cuba, with possible invasion under the Monroe Doctrine. Manuel A De Varona backs the blockade amid Defense Department refugee enlistment talk. In Moscow, Soviet reaction noted.
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United Press International
Kennedy
U.S
Cuba
Caribbean
Richmond
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Manuel A. de Varona
Miami
Defense Department
Moscow
ICC to Hear Railway Merger Cases Oct 23
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear arguments on October 23 about consolidating merger cases for three eastern railroads. The session will consider Chesapeake & Ohio’s stock control bid of Baltimore & Ohio and include Pennsylvania-New York Central and Norfolk & Western-Nickel Plate-Wabash cases.
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Pennsylvania Board
James M. Symes
Central
Alfred E. Perlman
Perlman
Pennsylvania
Symes
Commission
New Haven
Penna-Central
Shortening The News From Wire Dispatches
Wire dispatch summary shows a boy healed after a severe injury in West Islip New York actor Dick Powell seeks allergy treatment in Santa Monica California tropical storm Celia moves northwest Atlantic speeds 60 mph ambassador Kohlers post to Moscow departs New York with wife Nemtchino Russian ambassador to Congo Kennedy plans Newport Rhode Island watches America's Cup Eisenhower campaigns in Illinois Kefauver pushes contempt citations against four steel firms and nine executives for alleged misconduct.
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Mark Turco
West Islip
N.Y
Dick Powell
Santa Monica
Calif
Celia
Atlantic
Foy D. Kohler
U. S
Moscow
France
New York
Phyllis
Serge Nemtchino
Leopoldville
Congo
Kennedy
Washington
Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
GOP
Kankakee
Ill
Estes Kefauver
Senate Judiciary Committee
Canada Halts Use U S Sabin Polio Vaccine
Surgeon General Luther L. Terry said the polio advisory committee will reconvene to review Sabin oral vaccine in light of Canada's temporary withdrawal. The session aims to decide the U.S. course of action and is to be closed.
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Washington
UPI
Luther L. Terry
Canada
Terry
Public Health Service
PHS
U.S
Dren
Surgeon General
Michigan
Congress Acts To Bolster JK's Stand On Cuba
Congress moved to strengthen President Kennedy in the Cuban crisis with a fight-if-we-must resolution and authority to mobilize 150000 reservists. The House Armed Services Committee approved the reserve bill unanimously. Senate action already passed 76 to 0. The measure backs call-up power and aims to deter a change in Berlin, with quick House action and White House referral possible. Secretary Rusk and Secretary McNamara to testify in a Monday closed session.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
White House
Cuba
Berlin
Combined Armed Services-Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Mass Transit Bill Back In Committee
The Senate sent the administration's 500 million mass transit bill to the Senate Commerce Committee for study and a report back by September 24. It would fund up to two thirds of costs for purchasing railroad cars terminals buses and other transit equipment.
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Washington
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