Fish Law Violators Fined In Tazewell County Court
Two men, Robert Lee Lester and Kenneh L. Steele, each received $200 fines and six month jail terms suspended to one year probation after being convicted of dynamiting fish in Tumbling Creek on March 26. Harvey J. Abel paid $30 plus costs for fishing before season. Phillip Shrader and Albert Sheppard convicted for fishing without licenses. Game Warden James C. Wilson reported 2,600 licenses checked opening day of season as trout season nears May 1 safety measures.
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Tazewell County
Robert Lee Lester
Kenneh L. Steele
Tumbling Creek
Tazewell
Harvey J. Abel
Phillip Shrader
Albert Sheppard
James C. Wilson
Judge Sentences Rees To 2 Life Imprisonment Terms In Jackson Case
Melvin Davis Rees Jr was sentenced to two life terms by Judge Thomson in Baltimore for kidnapping a Virginia mother and daughter with the intent to kill. The sentences, maximal under Lindbergh Law, reflect no death penalty due to the jury's recommendation. The case ties to the 1959 Apple Grove abductions and slayings near Fredricksburg Virginia, with detainers from two Virginia counties and potential federal parole rules.
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Rees
Jackson
Baltimore
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Virginia
Thomson
Hyattsville
Mildred Jackson
Apple Grove
Susan
Gambrills
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Janet
Fredericksburg
William J. Evans
Rabid Foxes Found In Panther State Park
Seven foxes were found dead in Panther State Forest, prompting rabies warnings. Howard B. Fain, rabies control director, urged residents of Sandy River District to tie pets and ensure vaccination. A dog vaccination clinic was held today, April 7, from 2 to 7 pm at Panther Post Office.
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Panther State Forest
Howard B. Fain
Fain
Sandy River District
McDowell Feeatty
Panther
Kennedy Plans Paris Visit Only for May Conferences
The White House stated President Kennedy has no plans to extend his Paris trip to other European capitals. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said Kennedy will go to Paris at the end of May for three days of talks with French President Charles de Gaulle and to host allied leaders only if invited for conferences.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Paris
Pierre Salinger
Charles de Gaulle
State receipts total $85,873,707 in nine months
Charleston AP reports the net General Revenue Fund receipts for the state reached $85,873,707 in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, according to figures from the Department of Finance and Administration released Thursday.
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Charleston
Department of Finance and Administration
GOP Attacks Position In Laos Tangle
Washington AP reports GOP leaders Sen. Everett Dirksen and Rep. Halleck warned against a Laos coalition government, arguing it would become Communist. Senator Humphrey urged Republicans to avoid partisan exploitation while supporting Kennedy’s negotiations with Britain. Morton urged repudiation of Harriman’s Laos stance.
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Washington
Laos
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A.halleck
Indiana
U. S
Dirksen
Halleck
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Britain
W. Averell Hartiman
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
House
Harriman
Virginia
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Bandits Take Payroll From New York Daily News Plant
Three bandits entered the New York Daily News Brooklyn plant before noon and escaped with 62081 in payroll and 10000 in collections. Cashier Harry Geth and routeman Bernard Ritter were held at gunpoint but unharmed. The robbers forced Geth to open the cage and seized the money while the trio fled.
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NEW York
New York Daily News
Brooklyn
Harry Geth
Bernard Ritter
Routemen
Ritzer
Gelh
Ritter
Congo Embargo Sparks U.N. Tension in Elisabethville
In Elisabethville the Congo embargo on United Nations personnel escalates harassment and fuelled by political clashes with President Moise Tshombe. U.N. spokesman Michel Tombelaine, ejected from a hotel, warns the situation could worsen as India’s Gurkhas are eyed for possible entry.
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Elisabethville
Congo
United Nations
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Michel Tombelaine
Kamia
Katanga
Tshombe
India
Nehru
Four in Family Die in Small Plane Crash Near Nicholas County
A Presbyterian minister Rev. Francis Barr Allan 33 his wife Laurice 30 and their two children Ardith 13 and Francis By Allan 10 were killed when their single engine Bellanca plane crashed near a farm home eight miles east of Mount Nebo Nicholas County. The crash occurred around 4 10 p m after the plane left Charleston refueling in Charleston and heading toward Albany via Roanoke and Washington D C. CAP said the plane stalled at low altitude before spinning down. Bodies were taken to a Summersville funeral home.
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Summersville
W.va
Summersvile
Francis Barr Allan
State Street Presbyterian Church
Schenectady
N.Y
Laurice Allan
Ardith
Francis
Allan
Lonnie Jones
Kentucky
Lexington
Albany
Roanoke
Washington, D.C
Charleston
Sumnersville
Civil Air Patrol
J. Elmer "Dell
B. Hu ‘ Chieves
CAP
Mount Nebo
Nicholas County
Mount Neba
Hominy Falls
Jury reenactment helped convict Finch and Carole
In Los Angeles a jury condemned Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Trego to life for murder after jurors staged a courtroom reenactment portraying the fatal shooting of Finch’s wife. The panel, which spared the death penalty, found Carole guilty of murder but not the death penalty on the conspiracy charge amid testimony that Cody was hired to obtain divorce evidence.
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Los Angeles
West Covina
Finch
Carole
Mildred R. Brown
Brown
Brunade
Minneapolis
John Patrick Cody
West Berlin policy to be maintained by Kennedy and Macmillan
Kennedy and Macmillan agree to keep Western position in West Berlin firm and no concessions in any future talks with Russia. They review Laos South Vietnam disarmament and Geneva talks on a nuclear test ban during a two hour Potomac cruise. They urge three simultaneous steps for Laos cease fire and an international oversight and conference plan.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Great Brita
West Berlin
Potomac River
Berlin
Laos
Viet Nam
Russia
Geneva
Macmillan
Lord Home
Capitol
U.S
West
Khrushchev
International Control Commission
Canada
Poland
India
New Delhi
Atomic Exhibition On Display Here
A mobile exhibit by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, via the Greater Bluefield Jaycees, tours Bluefield showing peaceful uses in medicine agriculture and industry. It has been shown at Bluefield State College Park Central High and Beaver High and will appear at Bluefield College Central Junior High School in Bluefield Va.
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U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Greater
Army Chief Urges Quick Nike Zeus Antimissile Push
Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahr Jr told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Nike Zeus antimissile system must be developed rapidly despite Kennedy budget limits. He argued the U S must push forward with fuse and detector development and continue seeking an effective anti missile defense. Senator Russell and others debated funding levels as part of the revised defense budget of about 44 billion dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of the Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Kennedy
Stahr
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert 5. McNamara
Army
Russell
Richar B. Russell
D-Ga
Strom Thurmond
D. S.C
Congress
Alady Ltvel Stahl
U.S
Free World
Johnson Urges Allies to Strengthen Western Defenses
Paris AP Lyndon B Johnson urged NATO allies to build flexible non nuclear defenses with full US participation for the foreseeable future. He warned that past loosely coordinated efforts no longer suffice and supported a possible NATO nuclear capability while excluding France’s insistence on national control.
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Paris
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
United States
Kennedy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Johnson
SHAPE
Charles de Gaulle
Bomb Explodes in Havana Department Store
A powerful bomb shattered windows and destroyed the main door of Ait Encanto in Havana's main shopping district. No injuries reported as workers had left. two nearby stores also suffered shattered windows. A crowd gathered shouting for the bombers' deaths as saboteur attacks recalled the New Year’s Eve Lia Speed blaze nearby.
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Havana
Cuba
Ait Encanto
Lia Speed
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Roszel
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