Army plan to break up eight National Guard divisions sparks protests
Washington state leaders and governors voice opposition as the Pentagon moves to reorganize eight National Guard and Reserve infantry divisions. Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa Vermont and South Carolina officials warn of reduced readiness and pledged protests while officers defend the plan citing preserved capabilities and personnel quality.
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Washington
National Guard
The
National Guard Association
William H. Harrison
Army
Harrison
Congress
Pentagon
Norman Erbe
Iowa
Iowa-Nebraska
Frank B. Morrison
Nebraska
John M. Dalton
Missouri
Kennedy
3Rd
Kanas- Missouri
Senate
House
Vermont
F. Ray Keyser
43Rd
Keyser
B. F. Wingate
South Carolina
Michael Kauffman
Salt Lake City
Kennedy seeks 500 million for transit overhauls
President Kennedy asked Congress for 500 million dollars over three years to reduce traffic congestion and modernize aging facilities. He urged fewer federal controls on intercity fares and urged emergency grants and loans to expand urban mass transit while maintaining safeguards against unfair pricing and rate wars.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Trans- Kennedy
Kirchner Named Bluefield Man of the Year at Dinner
Jaycee Man Kirchner of Bluefield received the Bluefield Jaycees Man of the Year award at the Rosses Night Dinner at the Bluefield Country Club. A 34 year resident, he led the United Fund of Greater Bluefield since 1956 and helped the community reach annual goals. He has served in many civic roles including church leader, youth work, and veteran service.
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Herman Edward Kirchner
Bluefield
Bluefield Jaycees
Kirchner
United Fund of
Greater Bluefield
United Fund
West Virginia
United States
Marjorie Cecile Dix
Bland Street Methodist Church
Stewards
Riley - West
American Legion
Boy Scout
Y.M.C.A
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
University Club
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Spencer
West Virginia Weslyan College
Rusk Defends Foreign Aid As Security
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that President Kennedy’s 4.9 billion dollar foreign aid request aims to secure free world security and shape future events. He compared Sino Soviet disagreements, warned of communist aid patterns, urged Western partners to increase assistance, and opposed unilateral national seizure of private investments without compensation.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Moscow
Peiping
Red China
United States
Rusk
Brazil
Secretary of State
U.S
Homer Capehart
R-ind
Walker
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
UPI
Underground Nuclear Test Exploded at Nevada Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced an underground nuclear test conducted Thursday at the Nevada test site. The shot was the 25th in the current series and had a yield of 20 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Central Student Dies From Burns
A 14-year-old Central Junior High athlete William Randall Beamer died from burns after his clothes caught fire when he poured gasoline on a smoldering brush and trash fire near his Bluefield home. His mother Mrs. Michael Carnelli was injured assisting him. funeral services set for Saturday at 2 30 p m at the Church of the Nazarene.
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Central
Bluefield Sanitarium
William Randall Beamer
Carolina Ave
Michael Carnelli
Beamer
Central Junior High
Walter FE. Beamer
Norfolk
Michael Carinelli
Anna Mae Smith
Bluefield
Michele
Angela
Jeanine Carinelli
Anthony Carinelli
Myrtle Perry
Pearl Beamer
Princeton
Church of the Nazarene
Frank Spiker
Charles T Martin
John Beckett
Gerald Bargo
Mercer Funeral Home
Candidates Seek Open Sessions for Mercer County Board
Seven of twelve candidates urged open meetings at an Athens forum while incumbent Dan Akers defended the board’s closed sessions citing privacy. Nestor and Walthall criticized fear among teachers and staff, urging freer information flow.
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Mercer
County Board of Education
Athens
Dan M. Akers
Akers
Athens Parent- Teacher Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News Observer
Kirsta Hunter Cassidy
Princeton
Charles E. Lane
C. J. (Jonce) Martin
Jack FE. Nestor
Spanishburg
Eugene L. Price
Marvin A. Tabor
Bramwell
Robert H. Walthall Jr
Bernard B. Hurst
Duhring
Board of Education
Jim Houtz
Eugene Brown
Oakvale
D. B. Echols
Houtz
Nestor
Walthall
Mercer County
Roanoke Cafeteria Manager Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Margaret C. Dean, 42, Roanoke school cafeteria manager, was arrested on two counts of embezzlement related to 1958 food purchases. Police and prosecutors allege she misused $2,587.50 and $695 in beets while the school system bought back meat loaned to a wholesaler. Bond set at $2,000 for a preliminary hearing.
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Roanoke
Margaret C. Dean
Dean
A. F. Fisher
C. B. Halsey Co
Déan
Voices Direct Mother To Kill Daughter And Son
Florence Staples 39 feared voices urged her to kill her children Lola 6 and Daniel 17 in their Lynn Massachusetts home. She faced two murder counts and was ordered held without bail in District Court with a May 3 hearing set. The estranged mother had been a state mental patient.
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Lynn
Mass
Florence Staples
William Landergan
Salem
Daniel
Staples Home
Senate Okays Loan To U N For UN Peacemaking
The Senate approved a $100 million loan to the United Nations by a 70 to 22 vote. The measure grants President Kennedy discretionary authority to lend on up to 25 years at 2 percent interest if he chooses. The bipartisan coalition defeated attempts to curb executive power in UN peacemaking support.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
Kennedy
World Organization
U.N
Walker alleges hidden anti communist cabal names Rusk Rostow
General Edwin A Walker testifies before a Senate panel claiming a den of iniquity guides U S policy with a soft line on communism He cites Dean Rusk Walt Rostow and other figures as influential in a secret control apparatus The witness also punches a reporter after the hearing and moves on to a bid for Texas governor noting opposition to hard line foes.
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Washington (Ap
Edwin A. Walker
Dean Rusk
Walt Whitman Rostow
Rusk
Rostow
Walker
White House
Senate Armed Services
George Lincoln Rockwell
Tom Kelly
Washington Daily News
Rockswell
Gen. Walker
Rockwell
Army
Germany
Congress
Americans For Constitutional Action
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph R. McCarthy
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Cuba
United Nations
Tower of Babel
Mystery surrounds Buchanan County woman slaying
The body of Silk Shortridge, 35, of Looney’s Creek near Grundy Virginia, was found shot in the chest and submerged in Looney’s Creek. Authorities from Buchanan County continue a three-track investigation to determine homicide suicide or accidental death. An autopsy was performed and no arrests were reported. the husband heard a gunshot near the home. The victim’s survivors include her mother and several siblings. Burial will be at Looney’s Creek Cemetery with Virginia Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Buchanan County
Silk Shortridge
Looney’s Creek
Grundy
D. A. McGlothlin
Burl Rife
McGlathlin
Dence
Bluefield Sanitarium
Rife
Lydia J. Horn
Raven
Randolph
Buford
Roscoe Horn
Fannie Lester
Slate
Eunie Blankenship
Carrit Horn
Church of God
Lee Young
Looney's Creek
Virginia Funeral Home
Grunedy
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G. Ott Romney
Jim O'Donnell
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