Mississippi Governor Defies Court Over University Admission
Gov. Ross Barnett again defied a federal court by refusing to appear and explain why he should not be held in contempt for blocking James Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi. The Fifth Circuit began deliberations on actions to take while Barnett sent a team of lawyers headed by John C. Satterfield.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ross Barnett
University of Mississippi
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Circuit Court
Ben. F. Cameron
Cameron
Meredith
Barnett
John C. Satterfield
American Bar Association
Satterfield
Jackson
Justice Department
Washington
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Federal Circuit Court
Contempt hearings bloom in Mississippi court clash over Meredith
Mered ith is escorted by federal marshals as Barnett and Johnson face contempt actions for blocking entry to the university. The Mississippi legislature adds exemptions protecting personal property from seizure to enforce civil contempt orders. Federal officials report efforts to serve Barnett personally and mail copies to him.
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Barnett
Jackson
Johnson
Hattiesburg
Miss
Senate
House
Radio Top Tunes Swap Between Khrushchev and WWDC
WWDC host Irv Lichtenstein proposed a cultural exchange with Radio Moscow offering Washington’s 10 top tunes in return for Moscow’s top 10. Listeners urged more plays and 15 stations sought tapes, as WWDC planned to air lengthy records possibly cutting a commercial. The outcome hinges on Khrushchev’s response to the deal.
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UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Irv Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Silver Spring
WWDC
Washington
Moscow
Radio Moscow
Berlin Wall
U. S
Kremlin
Flat Top Weather Observer Addresses Snow Rumors
Mrs. Fred Bowling, official weather observer at Flat Top, reported 6 a.m. temperature 44 degrees and noon 43 degrees, disproving rumors of snowfall there on Thursday.
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Fred Bowling
Flat Top
Beckley
West Virginia Weather Outlook and River Report
Rainy and cool with showers this afternoon and tonight. Highs in 50s to low 60s, lows in 40s. Saturday cloudy with scattered showers mainly north, highs in 50s. Beckley high 54 yesterday, Oak Hill high 60, Greenbrier River normal and clear, Lake normal and clear, 1.3 gates open at Greenbrier. New River gauge 1.7 feet at Hinton.
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Beckley
Orssetenevesens
Oak Hill
Cervecs
Hinton
Senate Appropriations Committee Recommends Major Reservoir Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee, with Sen. Robert C. Byrd as member, urged $9.75 million for Summersville Reservoir, $150,000 for initial Justice Reservoir planning in Wyoming, and raised the Emergency Public Works Act to $500 million. Byrd secured $200,000 for a Kanawha River Basin study by U.S. Army Engineers, plus other river, dam, and lock projects across the state, all awaiting final legislative approval.
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Summersville
Robert C. Byrd
Justice Reservoir
Wyoming
Appropriations Committee
Byrd
Kanawha River
U.S. Army Engineers
Virginia
North Carolina
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Kanawha
Charleston
Burnsville
Steer Creek
West Fork
Little Kanawha River
Hannibal
East Lyn
Wayne County
Racine
Belleville
Opekiska
Pike Island
Wheeling
Buckhannon River
Senate
House
Kennedy vents over GOP doldrums in Wheeling speech
President Kennedy urged Democrats to keep control in Congress by defeating Republicans who he said ignore American needs. Despite rain, about 12 000 heard in Wheeling Island Stadium as Kennedy touted West Virginia's economic comeback and pledged a 1963 program to advance state and national progress. He rode through a rain-soaked route with Gov. Barron and Rep. Bailey, boosting Bailey’s race against Arch Moore. He marked Wheeling as the starting point for a 1962 Democratic victory.
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Wheeling
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
West Virginia
Wheeling Island Stadium
William W. Barron
City
Barron
Cleveland M. Bailey
D-W. Va
Bailey
Arch A.moore
R-W. Va
First Congressional District
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Presidential Boo Boo at Kennedy Rally in Wheeling
UPI reports at a Democratic rally in Wheeling President Kennedy praised Cleveland Bailey and other lawmakers including Ken Hechler and Harley Staggers but misspoke naming Arch Moore among them. The official transcript omitted Moore’s name, highlighting a slip in the remarks during Bailey's campaign in the 1st District.
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Wheeling
UPI
Arch Moore
Kennedy
Cleveland Bailey
Moore
House
Senate
Ken Hechler
Mrs. Kee
Harley Staggers
Wayne Hayes
Ohio
Senate approves postal rate and pay hike bill
Washington United Press International reports the Senate passed a bill 72 to 3 combining postal rate increases with civilian pay raises. It would raise first class and air mail rates by a cent and lift pay and pension benefits for about 1.6 million workers by up to 13 percent in two stages. Some House members urged a conference over second and third class mail increases, fearing publisher and advertiser backlash.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Beckley Girl Chosen Forest Festival Princess
Eighteen year old Susan File daughter of Atty and Mrs W H File Jr of 716 Woodlawn Avenue Beckley has been chosen as a princess in the Court of Queen Silvia XXVI of the Mountain State Forest Festival to be held in Elkins Oct 3 to 6 Director General Richard E Sheperd announced. She is blue eyed with brown hair and five feet six and a half inches tall. She was appointed by Hulett C Smith. At Woodrow Wilson High School she was head cheerleader and later named best cheerleader in state basketball tournaments in 1961 and 1962. She also held multiple school and community roles and attended Rhododendron Girls State. She is active in the Beckley community and church activities.
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Atty
W. H. File Jr
Woodlawn Avenue
Silvia XXVI
Elkins
Richard E. Sheperd
Hulett C. Smith
Woodrow Wilson High School
Miss File
Miss Flying Eagle
Jackson's Mill
Women's Club of
Beckley
First Christian Church At
Pocket Veto Looms Over Private Pension Plan Bill
Senate passes legislation allowing doctors lawyers and other self employed to set up private pension plans with up to 1250 yearly tax free contributions. Senate vote 70 to 8, Treasury opposes, pocket veto risk if Congress adjourns. Estimated cost to the government is 115 million dollars annually in lost tax revenue. Notable opposing senators include Douglas Gore Lausche McNamara Morse Neuberger Young Miller.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Treasury
Congress
Chinese Shakeup Signals Reform in Communist Party
In Peiping a four day Central Committee meeting led to leadership changes and admissions of administrative errors. Mao Tse tung presided as Lu Ting yi Kang Sheng and Lo Jui ching joined the secretariat while party commissions were strengthened and reforms promised to address economic and agricultural shortcomings.
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Tokyo
UPI
Red China
Communist Party
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Peiping
Communist New China News Agency
Mao Tse-tung
Lu Ting-yi
Kang Sheng
Lo Juiching
Communist China
Kang
Eleven Survivors Reach Belgium After Sea Rescue
Twenty seven survivors of Sun day's North Atlantic Flying Tiger airliner ditching arrived in Antwerp, Belgium, aboard the Swiss freighter Celarina. They recalled hearing screams and enduring hours in the water before rescue, 28 of 76 people aboard were killed. Survivors, including Stewardess Carol Ann Gould, spoke of cosmetic wants and first needs after the ordeal.
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Antwerp
Belgium
UPI
Michael Allen Murray
Youngstown
Ohio
Carol Ann Gould
Lyndhurst
N.J
Miss Gould
Bigger Ads Approved For Funeral Parlors
West Virginia funeral homes may run ads four columns wide and 12 inches deep, up from the previous six by six. Prices may still not be mentioned. The rule change by the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors takes effect in 90 days and marks the first major loosening of advertising rules since 1954, a move once blocked by a legislative effort.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Federal marshals await orders to force integration at Ole Miss
Oxford Mississippi United Press International reports hundreds of federal marshals with Army engineers poised to enter Mississippi to compel admission of Negro James Meredith to the white only University of Mississippi. Gov. Barnett, flanked by about 500 state troopers, awaited Meredith’s campus appearance as delays and possible clashes loomed before a Monday deadline.
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James Meridith
Joseph P. McShane
U.S
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Paul Johnson
Meridith
Miss
James H. Meredith
Barnett
Air Force
Kennedy Advisers Prepare For Mississippi Crisis
President Kennedy and Atty Gen Kennedy weigh when and how much federal force to send to admit James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. Some 700 marshals and 110 Army engineers prepare in Memphis to back a federal court order while Civil War style barricades loom. If civilians fail to breach state police lines without violence, troops may be used. White House and Justice Department conduct careful consultations as McNamara flies in to assist.
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Mississippi
Oxford
Army
White House
Kennedy
Wheeling
W. Va
Justice Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Germany
Oe Aneine
Famil
Newport
R.I
Unemployment Rate Drops in West Virginia in August
West Virginia’s unemployment rate fell to 10.3 percent in August with 61,200 out of work. The state Labor Department’s Employment Trends report shows August jobless totals down 5,700 from July and 11,700 from August last year as the labor force shrank to 595,000 with 2,000 fewer job holders as teachers and students returned to school.
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Charleston
UPI
State
State Sends 1 Deputy in Mississippi Integration Effort
Deputy Marshal Gordon Coen of Charleston appears the sole staffer amid Justice Department mobilization for Ne gro James Meredith's enrollment at the all white Mississippi University. Coen has been ordered to Tennessee for a special assignment as part of about 700 marshals in Memphis awaiting orders to enter Mississippi. Marshal C J McQuade said Coen is the only deputy on special assignment currently and no Mississippi mention appeared in the orders.
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West Virginia
Justice Department
James Meredith
Mississippi University
Gordon Coen
Charleston
Tennessee
Menphis
Mississippi
C. J. McQuade
Coen
Marshals escort Meredith amid tense University of Mississippi protests
Deputies on University Avenue wore steel helmets and gas masks while armed with clubs, tear gas grenades, and patrol dogs. About 2,000 students gathered near the main gate of the 114 year old institution as Meredith arrived escorted by 20 to 25 U.S. marshals, traveling from Memphis by car to Oxford.
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University Avenue
Meredith
U.S
Memphis
Venn
Oxford
Bridgeport Woman Dies In Lumberport Car Crash
Lucille Ritter, 25, of Bridgeport, was killed Thursday night when the automobile she rode in left Secondary Route 18 near Lumberport and hit a tree. Two men and another woman were seriously injured. Police await driver questioning to determine cause. It was WV's 312th highway death this year. State figures show 255 highway fatalities at the same point last year.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Lucille Ritter
Bridgeport
Lumberport
West Virginia
Desegregation Debate Sparks Pennsylvanians
Two Pennsylvanians criticize Mississippi Governor Barnett over desegregation at Ole Miss. Former President Eisenhower calls Barnett's action unconscionable while Senator Clark urges troops to enforce court orders. General Walker urges nationwide rally for Barnett. Senator Dirksen and Anderson undergo hospital exams. Floods in Spain kill hundreds with thousands missing. Civil Aeronautics Board chair Boyd reappointed by Kennedy. Navy Captain Selmer loses arm in Manhattan accident. House Foreign Affairs opens Berlin debate. Florida reports encephalitis outbreak fading. Astronaut Schirra to photograph Earth on upcoming orbital flight. Kennedy to tour Midwest the week of Oct 5.
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Ross Barnett
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Eisenhower
Hershey
Barnett
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Harrisburg
Edwin A.walker
Little Rock
Europe
Union
Walker
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
IIL
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N
Kennedy
Alan S. Boyd
Civil Aeronautics Board
NAVY
Robert Selmer
Falls Church
Midtown Manhattan
Selmer
47Th Street
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Berlin
Congress
Cuba
Florida Board of Health
Pinellas County
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Earth
Mars
Midwest
Covington
Orbit Flight Wednesday Astronaut To Enter Hangar
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI Walter M. Schirra Jr plans to move into the space hangar this weekend to begin three days of checks before a planned six orbit flight around Earth. Weather cooperates as Sigma 7 capsule preps advance toward a Wednesday launch. Schirra, 39, must be in hangar by Sunday at latest, possibly Saturday night.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Earth
Navy
Schirra
Space Agency
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