Tragic cyclist killed in McDowell County crash near Jaeger
A 15 year old McDowell County boy Freddie Justice of Johnnycake was killed when his bicycle was struck by a truck driven by Joe Nida 46 of Sweetland Lincoln County near Jaeger on U S Highway 52 about 345 p m Sunday. State Police said the rider moved toward the truck and the bike drifted onto the highway path. Investigating troopers Dotson and Gerosky continued the inquiry.
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Freddie Justice
McDowell County
Jaeger
Welch
Johnnycake
Joe Nida
Sweetland
Lincoln County
U. S. Highway 52
Joseph L. Dotson
Nida
U. S. 52
Dotson
R. A. Gerosky
Korean War turncoat says discharges unjust
Lowell D. Skinner 32, who defected to Communist China during the Korean War, defended his dishonorable discharge as unjust on a New York telecast with Allen Dulles. Skinner returned to the United States after nine years in China and said his choice to stay away was legal under armistice terms. Dulles called the case tragic and blamed schools for not teaching about communism.
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New York
Lowell D. Skinner
U. S. Army
Skinner
United States
China
Wnew-Tv
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Akron
Ohio
Dulles
United Nations
Red China
Pilot Unscathed In Plane Wreck Near Norfolk
A South Central Airlines Piper Aztec B with only the pilot aboard crashed into the Elizabeth River mouth near Edgewater, Norfolk. Pilot Carl R. Baker Jr. was uninjured after engines failed in sequence. the flight was bound from Roanoke to Norfolk as part of feeder service to Charlotte and other southern points.
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Norfolk, Va
Elizabeth River
Carl R. Baker Jr
South Central
Norfolk
Roanoke
James Dyson
The
Armed Forces Staff College
Dyson
Edgewater
South Central Airlines
Charlotte
N. C
Carroll County Man Is 595th Virginia Fatality
Ernest E. Burnett forty eight of Dugspur Carroll County Va became the Old Dominion s 595th traffic fatality Sunday when he was killed in a one vehicle accident State police in Wytheville said Burnett was driving a dump truck which went out of control on Virginia 638 four miles south of Dugspur hit a bridge abutment and overturned into a creek.
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Ernest E. Burnett
Dugspur
Carroll County
Old Dominion
Wytheville
Burnett
Virginia
Two Britons Charged In 1918 Murder Case
FALMOUTH England AP two men Rus sell Pascoe 33 and Dennis Whit ty 22 charged with murder in a case centered on William Rowe 64 year old recluse found battered to death at a farm last Wednesday Rowe reportedly died in 1918 to cover up a desertion in the army. motive not disclosed.
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Russell Pascoe
Dennis Whitty
William Rowe
Rowe
Falls Church clerk slain in motel robbery
Falls Church Virginia police report the murder of 20 year old William Eugene Clifford Jr a Georgetown University student and night clerk at the Straford Motor Court. Cash totaling 447 dollars vanished from the motel safe and desk drawer. Clifford died of heart stab wounds and was found near the police station.
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Falls Church
Straford Motor Court
West Broad St
William Eugene Clifford, Jr
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Clifford
Emanuel Newman
Achilles Basiliko
John Cunningham
128 Are Dead In Ferry Sinking
NAHA Okinawa AP Police said Sunday new checks with relatives and survivors brought to 128 the number of known dead or missing in the sinking of the Okinawa ferry boat Midori Maru. They gave this revised breakdown aboard when she left Naha on Saturday 271 passengers and crew known dead, 13 missing, 115 rescued.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Yankee Excursion Boat Is Saved Off Cape Cod
The Yankee, an 185 foot Boston to Provincetown excursion steamer, lost power and drifted about three quarters of a mile off Race Point with 156 aboard. The Coast Guard towed her to Provincetown in under 40 minutes after Lifeboat Station Race Point alerted Boston rescue headquarters.
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Provincetown
Mass
Race Point
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Boston
Cape Cod National Seashore
Louis Laney
Air and Sea Rescue
Laney
Lark
Duane
Thomas J. Casey
U. S. Coast Guard
Miss Southern West Virginia crowned at Little Beaver Park
Gloria Pritchard 17 of Mullens won Miss Southern West Virginia at Little Beaver Park Beckley. Gov. Barron crowned her and called the moment one of the pleasures of being governor. First runner up was Linda Cole 17 of Midway Raleigh County and second runner up Gayle Alley 16 of Beckley.
Faubus Signals GOP Tilt Amid Southern Governors Meet
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus said he might vote Republican if the nominee offers greater hope than the Democrats. At the Southern Governors Conference, he noted Goldwater could win Arkansas, while Barnett and Wallace push for unpledged electors to curb major-party victory. The gathering opened as plans circulated for resolutions on civil rights march concerns.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Deep South
George Wallace
Alabama
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Barnett
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
GOP
Wallace
House of Representatives
Washington
Lawyers Work On Parley Rules
Washington AP report says railroad union lawyers draft procedures for arbitration to avert a nationwide strike on Aug. 29. Union and carrier attorneys plan a meeting to finalize mechanics and submit issues for binding arbitration while other topics proceed via direct negotiation.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
British Seek Cash-Filled Car Tied to Great Train Robbery
Buckinghamshire police issued a nationwide appeal for information about a second-hand black Austin-Healey bought in London with cash after the Glasgow to London mail train robbery. A 35 year old man and a woman were seen with the car, which may help locate crooks and money as investigators note $678,179 recovered and observers search for loot.
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London
Buckinghamshire
Vauxhall Bridge
River Thames
Soldiers Picking Apples Shot in South Carolina Orchard
Two paratroopers from the 101st Airborne were wounded while picking apples in Oconee County. Pvt. Melvin Moss, 20, of Indianapolis, in serious condition after shotgun pellets lodged in his brain. Pvt. Robert Crow, 21, of Phoenix, treated for wounds to shoulder, arm and leg. Sheriff said 89 year old J C Lee fired to scare them. no charges due to posted land and prior warning. The men were returning to Ft. Campbell after Swift Strike III in South Carolina.
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Portsmouth
South Carolina
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Melvin Moss
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert T. Crow
Phoenix
Ariz
Crow
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
Oconee County
S. C
D. H
Lee
Swift Strike III
Crenshaw
C. L. Smith
Darkhorse bid shadows Goldwater at 1964 GOP convention
Republicans rally about 350 convention votes that could back a darkhorse contender for the 1964 GOP nomination. Although Barry Goldwater is seen as the leading option for the San Francisco July convention, strategists say he must win key primaries to secure the prize as ten state delegations totaling 352 votes appear poised to back favorite sons.
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
San Francisco
Arizona
Rockefeller
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Goldewater
Colorado
Gordon Allott
Wyoming
Grandma and Shorty Sprouse Still Together Despite Decades
Louisa Kentucky observes Grandma and Shorty Sprouse living in a one room cabin on Irish Creek twenty years after their 1946 May-December marriage. Grandma’s age is disputed with estimates around 94 to over 100 while Shorty remains shy and devoted. The couple’s notoriety faded after early fame in New York City as reporters visited their rural home periodically.
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Grandma
Shorty Sprouse
Louisa
Grandma Sprouse
Shorty
Dan Clancy
The
Columbus Dispatch
Kentucky
Big City
Lawrence County
New York City
Sprouse
Lone Ranger
Cooksey Fork
Catt Creek
Irish Creek
Junior Jolie
Short
Elmer Diamond
Canadian Air Cools Midwest Weather Report
A mass of cool air from Canada brought unseasonably cool temperatures to the Midwest and central Plains. Record low morning temps were reported in Chicago, Lansing, Minneapolis, Dubuque, and Indianapolis. Cooler readings spread eastward while the South remained hot and humid with a few thunderstorms along the Gulf coast.
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Canada
Midwest
Central Plains
Chicago
Lansing
Mich
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Iowa
Indianapolis
Missouri Valley
North Platte
Neb
Moberly
Gulf Coast
Astors Expecting Baby Next March
Viscount Astor and his wife Bronwen Pugh, who is 31, are expecting a baby next March, says Bronwen’s father Judge Alan Pugh. The Astors, vacationing in Salzburg, head to Cliveden in Buckinghamshire later this month, a estate linked to the Ward Profumo sex scandal.
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London
Viscount Astor
Stephen Ward
Alan Pugh
Lord Astor
Bronwen Pugh
Astor
Astors
Salzburg
Austria
Cliveden
Buckinghamshire
Britain
Ward
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Officers Killed In Booze Raid Near Russellville
In Alabama near Russellville two senior lawmen Colbert County Sheriff Hermon Cook and Littleville Police Chief Neal Pace were killed during a raid on a rural home to seize illegal whisky. Deputy Donald Files was critically wounded after surgery, and three armed men remained at large.
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Russelllville
Ala
Alabama
Here
Colbert County
Hermon
Red) Cook
Littleville
Neal Pace
James Kimbrough
Tuscumbia
Cook
Pace
Troy Thornton
Colbert
Donald Files
Patrok
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Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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