Panther Man Dies In Wreck Driver Jailed
A 46 year old man from McDowell County died in a one vehicle crash near Panther. Leonard Justus 33 of Hurley Virginia was sentenced to three months in jail for negligent homicide and fined $100 plus costs. Ronnie Justus 15 of Hurley was hospitalized at Welch hospital after the crash.
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Panther Man
McDowell County
Panther
Virginia
H. A. McInnnis
Eenan
Pransom Maney
Leonard Justus
Hurley
Ronnie Justus
Welch Emergency Hospital
Matney
McGinnis
Squire Okey Stafford
Lawger
Justus
Stafford
Liquor Control Board Reports Large ABC Store Sales Increase
The State ABC stores posted a rise of more than 677000 bottles in the first nine months of fiscal 1960 61 versus the same period in 1959 60.
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Richmond, Va
State of Beverage Control Board
ABC
Better Teacher Training Urged by Virginia Official
Fred C. Wygal of the Virginia State Department of Education urged tougher certification for teachers at the Roanoke meeting. He noted 15 percent of high school teachers in Virginia are not qualified to teach their courses and called for deeper preparation in science and mathematics. Wygal stressed the need to revise education course requirements and endorsement depths.
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Roanoke
Virginia
State Department of Education
Fred C. Wygal
Department
Division of
Hotel
Wygal
U S Steel Cites Costs and Hikes Prices Across Industry
U S Steel Corp announced a general price increase effective April 11 with an average rise of 3.5 percent per product. President Worthington cited mounting costs from wage boosts and imports, saying the move comes as a catch-up adjustment after nearly four years without a price rise.
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Pittsburgh
US. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Steel Company
Leslie B. Worthington
Worthington
United Steelworkers Union
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Edmund F. Martin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Martin
Bones Found Under Old Hinton House
Bones believed to be part of a human skeleton were found under an old house in Hinton West Virginia on Tuesday. Pelvic and several smaller bones were recovered as the house was razed and will be sent to Charleston for examination by a pathologist.
Nine Year Old East German Boy Leaps to West Berlin
A nine year old East German boy leaped from a five story roof to safety in West Berlin. A companion faltered and was seized by East German police. The boy survived the 60 foot fall into a fire brigade net and was hospitalized for shock and bruises. He will be placed in a children's home while decisions are made. Children of such young age are usually returned to East parents.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East
Hunsaker Off Critical List After Fight
Heavyweight Tunney Hunsaker, 32, was taken off the critical list at Bluefield Sanitarium after surviving brain operations from a knockout by Joe Shelton in Beckley. He received 116s and faced medical hope as friends organized a Tunney Hunsaker fund to cover mounting hospital bills.
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Tunney Hunsaker
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hunsaker
Beckley
Joe Shelton
Cleveland
West Virginia State Beer Commission
Phyllis Hunsaker
Houston
Tex
Five Hurt In Oakvale Road Crash Near Turnpike
Five Princeton area residents sustained minor injuries in a two vehicle accident on Oakvale Road near the Turnpike Tuesday night. The collision involved a car driven by 16 year old Michael Wayne McPhearson of Athens Star Route and a tractor trailer driven by Lomax Kneece of Aiken South Carolina. All car occupants were treated at Princeton Memorial Hospital. The trucker was unharmed.
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Princeton
Oakvale
J. L. Adkins
Michael Wayne McPhearson
Athens Star
Clarence M. Workman
R. M. McPhearson
R .M. McPhearson
Lomax Kneece
Aiken
8. C
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Kennedy seeks one year extension of unemployment pay
President Kennedy urged Congress to renew for another year the 13 weeks of extra unemployment benefits set by last year’s act. He noted Congress is unlikely to act on broader unemployment reform this year and asked for extension until March 31 of next year. The plan could aid about 1.5 million long term unemployed, allowing workers who exhaust regular benefits to receive the extra payments.
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Washington
Kenneady
Congress
Kennedy
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
West Maneuvers For Nuclear Pact
The United States and Great Britain warned Russia that U S atmospheric nuclear testing will proceed unless the Soviets accept an international heat proof ban and verification. President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan issued a joint declaration urging inspections as Geneva talks stagnate. tests would begin in the Pacific by month end if Moscow maintains its position.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
U.S
Dirty Devil Robs Ohio Valley Bank in Middlebourne
Police hunted a suspect described as a brown clad armed bandit who robbed the Tyler County Bank in Middlebourne. The man demanded $6,000 and fled with $4,431 after the note was returned. authorities issued roadblocks and warned nearby areas. The incident followed a similar March 27 robbery at Walton’s Poca Valley Bank.
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Ohio Valley
Janice Ferrell
Tyler County
Miss Ferrell
Middlebourne
W. Va
Paden City
Ohio River
West Union
West Virginia
Ohio
Pensylvania
Poca Valley
Walton
Here
George B. Hudson
Clay County
Walton Bank
Profits On Nike Missiles Debated At Senate Hearing
The Senate subcommittee examined Douglas Aircraft profits on Nike missile contracts, disputing the official claim of $43.81 million in profits since 1952. Testimony showed a single 1956-57 order cost $3,316 with $1,211,790 recorded as Douglas profit, while $16,408,600 billed by the contractor split mainly to Douglas and Western Electric, raising questions about profit allocations and whether profits masked losses from commercial operations.
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Washington (Ap
Douglas Aircraft Co
Senate
Senate Subcommittee
Douglas
Donald W. Douglas Jr
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Thomas E. Nunnally
Nunnally
Robert E. Dunne
Subcommittee
Consolidated Western Steel Co
Army
McClellan
Western Eeletric Co
Western Electric
Consolidated Western
Consolidated
U.S. Soldiers Fatally Hurt by Red Captors Near Laos
In a jungle ambush 45 miles east of the Laos frontier, two U.S. Army sergeants were fatally wounded after being captured as guerrillas overran a camp. Four soldiers from an Army special forces unit trained village self defense groups, while two others remained missing.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Laos
US. Army
Wayne FE. Marchand
Plattsmouth
Neb
James Gabriel
Honolulu
LC. Francis Quinn
Niagara Falls
N.Y
George E. Groom
Stewartsville
U.S
Hinton Chief Reinstated as Mayor Faces Ouster
Hinton council voted 3 0 to reinstate Police Chief C B Dye with back pay after suspensions by Mayor S Dillon amid a charter violation. Ouster proceedings against Dillon set for April 24. Dye, 59, a four year veteran, had been accused of obstruction and misallocation of casework and improper patrol ticketing.
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Hinton
C. B. Dye
S. Dillon
Dye
Dillon
Justices of the Peace
Diplomats See Three Rus Moves On Test Ban
In Geneva diplomats outlined three possible Soviet responses to the US and Britain appeal for an internationally enforced nuclear test ban. Khrushchev could seek a summit, Moscow may reject and blame Washington, or the Soviets might appear to bend to pressure to stop the Pacific atmosphere tests.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Khrushchev
Washington
Pacific
U.S
Wreck Fatal To Wythe Man
Four new traffic fatalities push Virginia's toll to 217. Martin Patton, 63, of Speedwell, died from injuries July 2 after a two car collision on Virginia 619 in Wythe County with Terry Garland of Wytheville. Gene Shaberly, Navy seaman, died after a 2 a.m. crash near South Hill. George Layne, 53, of Bracy, died after falling from a pickup on Virginia 699 near South Hill. Hugh Holder, 45, retired Navy chief petty officer, died when his car struck a pedestrian overpass in the Pentagon Road area.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Martin Hubert Patton
Speedwell
Wythe County
Terry Wayne Garland
Wytheville
Gene A. Shaberly
Detroit
Norfolk
South Hill
George Layne
Bracy
Richmond
Mecklenburg County
Hugh Melvin Holder
Navy
Pentagon
Oscar Ball Revels as Loren and Schell Win Major Awards
Hollywood celebrated two foreign wins as Sophia Loren and Maximilian Schell claimed best actress and best actor Oscars. Loren cried with joy in Rome after a late arrival, while Schell returned from Europe minutes before the ceremony. West Side Story swept 10 awards, including best picture, with Rita Moreno and George Chakiris honored for supporting roles.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture Academy
Sophia Loren
Rome
Maximilian Schell
Europe
Gram
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
New York
Rita Moreno
George Chakiris
Robert Wise
Jerome Robbins
Loren
Sophia
Mama Mia
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Ike Wilson
Daily Mail
John K. Smith
Ike
Leonard
Panther Creek
Hinton House
Tunny Hunsaker
Lad
FE. L. Gage
Gene Tunney
Fayetteville
Sally
Lynch
Oakvale Road
West
White House
Macmillan
United State
United Kingdom
Ohio Valley Bank
Middlebourne, W. Va
Malcolm W. Browne
Call
Wythe
Mia
Schell
Nuremberg
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