Five Korean Cities Placed Under Martial Law Amid Uprising
Seoul reports 81 killed and over 900 wounded as martial law covers Seoul Pusan Taegu Taejon and Kwangju. Troops quell protests after mass student demonstrations near the March 13 election. U S Ambassador McConaughy urges Rhee to address root grievances.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
United States
Rhee
No Man’s Land
George Washington
Pusan
Taegu
Taejon
Kwangju
UPI Telephote
Revercomb speaks at Princeton rally urging WV action
Former U S Senator Revercomb, GOP gubernatorial hopeful, addresses a Mercer County Young Republican Club dinner at the Memorial Building in Princeton. He calls for action over talk, pledges a fair, right and respected state government, and stresses education, medical care for the aged, and job creation.
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Chapman Revercomb
Memorial Building
Princeton
U. S
Revercomb
the Young Republican Club
Mercer County
Kennedy Accepts Humphrey Debate Challenge in West Virginia
Senator John F. Kennedy agrees to a face to face debate with Senator Hubert H. Humphrey in West Virginia, marking a shift from his Wisconsin campaigning. He defends will to attend church on his own terms and cites regional Catholic influence as a factor in the state.
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D-Minn
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Wisconsin
Washington
Humphy
Bethany College
Setttern
West Virginia
Off-Duty Mill Worker Kills Two at Chiquola Textile Mill
A 42 year old man, James Ables, was shot dead in the cloth room at Chiquola mill in Honea Path. The gunman fired at Thelma Latimer, wounded her, and killed Ables before fleeing in a car about ten miles away withResponding personnel pursuing. Witnesses said the assailant warned Latimer before the final blast and fled after a broom was hurled at him.
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Chiquola
James Ables
Ables
Thelma Latimer
Abies
L. A. Reeves
Miss Latimer
Bill Fields
Burnside
Fields
Neely charges Graney ordered state workers to back rival
Harold F. Neely accused State Road Commissioner Patrick C Graney on Tuesday of ordering agency employees to support his Republican gubernatorial rival. Speaking to Road Commission workers in the Wood County garage, Neely said Charleston has been aware of activities and demanded an even break, not threats or forced votes.
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Harold F. Neely
State Road
Patrick C Graney
Neely
Hinton
Road Commission
Wood County
Charleston
States Of E Ends Meet At Charleston
A report from the Council of Colleges and University Press- College notes a one day session concluded Tuesday in Charleston. The assembly plans to meet again next June to discuss ongoing education issues and standards.
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Charleston
Council of Colleges and University Press- College
Bluefield Selects First Urban Renewal Project Area
Bluefield's Urban Renewal Authority, Planning Commission, and City Board designate Bluefield Avenue from Spruce to Russell as the first potential project. If approved, work could start in one to two years, including widening, demolition, rebuilding, and redesign of the intersection with Mercer and Princeton Avenues.
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Spruce Street
Russell Street
Bluefield
Urban Renewal Authority
Mercer Street
Princeton Avenue
Board of Directors
Urban Renews Authority
Philadelphia
Bivefeld Avenue
Boycott Fails In South Africa
In Johannesburg the planned weeklong strike by Negroes against the white government’s apartheid laws failed its first test. Police, soldiers and civilian militia backed by armored cars watched major cities as the Easter holiday paused the action.
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Rica
APA
Annual B E Day Observed by Bluefield Businesses
Twenty five Bluefield firms host the Annual Business Education Day with over 39 city and county educators visiting local businesses and industries to showcase free enterprise. Instructors from Bluefield public schools Biluefield State College and Concord College attend. The program begins at 9 a.m. Granada Theater and ends with a 12 58 p m luncheon at Bluefield Auditorium Restaurant led by Dr. Joseph Marsh president of Concord College.
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Bluefield Auditorium
Joseph Marsh
Chou En Lai Receives Firm Warning In India Border Talks
Nehru bluntly tells Chou En Lai that India China relations are perilous for the present and future. Chou arrives in New Delhi after landing from an Indian air force plane as border talks begin.
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Chou
New Delhi
India
Chou En-Lai
Nehru
De Gaulle Calls Ban on Missiles at San Francisco talks
Ottawa reports say Charles de Gaulle urged a sunway ban on missiles and nuclear capable vehicles as a starting point for disarmament at the Paris conference opening in May. He said France would halt production only if the United States Soviet Union and Britain cut and destroy their nuclear stockpiles. The premier also backed aid for underdeveloped nations and criticized Western delays on disarmament.
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Charles de Geale
Para
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Soviet Union
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Case Wins In Jersey Battle In Primary Election
Newark AP report says Republican Len Citford Case led with 1721 of 424 districts reporting as of 10 pm after a strong lead over rival Robert Morrie Lord. Lord, a former US district attorney, defeated Richard M Glasemer in a token Newark race for public office.
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Robert Morrie Lord
Richard M Glasemer
Morris
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Everest Climbing Team Reaches 21 300 Feet Camp
Katmandu reporting the first Indian expedition to Everest establishes a new camp at 21 300 feet as the climb proceeds toward the mountain’s summit. The trek sits near the Nepal Tibet border with Everest measured around 9 900 feet in the region.
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Everest
Tinet-Nepal
Powell Case Defense Calls Tax Probe A Mistake
Rep Adam Clayton Powell's defense lawyer says the tax evasion case against the Harlem Democrat rests on a maelstrom of misinformation. Edward B. Williams blasts the indictment as born of mistakes and argues the whole case is a mistake, while declining to accuse the IRS of fraud.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Internal Revenue Service
Wythe County Teen Dies In Route 612 Truck Crash
A 17-year-old Wythe County youth, Larry Wayne Cline of Speedwell, died in a one vehicle accident on Route 612 near Speedwell. His brothers Delmar Ray and James Gerald Cline were injured, with leg and neck injuries reported. The truck left the road, rolled over, and he was declared dead after being taken to Chitwood Hospital in Wytheville.
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Wythe County
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Rural Retreat High School
Speedwell
Mantiy
Delmar Ray Cline
James Gerald Cline
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Siemo
Larry Wayne
Cam
Cline
James Geraldine
Dteervetion
Chitwood Hoapetal
Wytheville
Nashville Mayor Hears Negroes After Segregation Protest
Thousands of Black protesters march on City Hall after a bombing targets Z. Alexander Lorhy’s home. Mayor Ben West discusses ending racial discrimination as demonstrators rally students from Fisk University and Meharry Medical College nearby. Police report property damage but no injuries.
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Ben West
Joon Tiewiny
City Hall
Queeone
Diane Nash
Fisk University
Ya. Wet
Z. Alexander Lor Hy
Looby
Meharry Medical College
Cabell Girl, 17, Killed by Dragster in Huntington
Joyce Ann Crabtree, 17, was struck and killed Tuesday night by a car police said was drag racing along James River Road on Huntington's west side. The crash occurred when the vehicle hit Crabtree as she walked on the road near the roadway shoulder.
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Joyce Ann Crabtree
James River Road
Workmen killed in Elkins street cave-in
Three workers died when a street along a sewer ditch collapsed in Elkins on Washington Street at about 3:30 pm. One man was pulled out alive minutes later. two others remained buried as the cave-in halted work by Taylor Construction Co. Names given: Jay Chenowes, Robert Jener, and Forrest White.
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Robert Jener
Forrest White
Hambleton
Tucker County
Taylor Construction Co
Washington Street
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