Bluefields Dedicates New US Post Office Today
The Bluefield area marks the dedication of a half million dollar post office at 2 p.m. with ceremonies in South Bluefield. Irving W. Thomas of the Post Office Department will speak, joined by local dignitaries including Rep. Elizabeth Kee, with Virgil Ross presiding at the Jim Shott Plaque unveiling and a Beaver High School band musical program. A luncheon and open house follow the ceremony as officials praise the building as among the nation’s most modern.
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Bluefield
South Bluefield
Virgil Ross
Mercer County Criminal Court
Jim Shott
Club Ramon
Porterfield
Post Office Department
Pre-Engineering For BSC Is Recommended
A citizen committee urged Bluefield State College to start a two year pre engineering program next fall to boost enrollment and then attract white students. The committee also recommended maintaining the college as a four year liberal arts and teacher training institution.
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Charleston
Bluefield State College
State Board of Education
Bluefield State
William A. Fullarton
Bluefield
Nixon Sees No Tax Cuts At Present
Vice President Nixon said President Eisenhower plans a balanced budget but will use deficit spending if needed for defense. He warned there will be no tax cut or tax increase under current world conditions while stressing a total cold war with the USSR. He urged defense spending and trimming nonessential domestic programs to keep a fourth balanced budget possible. He defended delaying Vanguard commentary and urged national resolve.
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New York
Nixon
Eisenhower
Congress
Congress of American Industry
Outer Space
United States
Soviet Jet Service Opens to Western Europe
The Soviet Union launched commercial Tu104A service from Moscow to Copenhagen, extending Aeroflot flights into Western Europe. Passengers included Aeroflot executives led by state air lines director Marshal Pavel Zhigaryev.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
Copenhagen
Aeroflot
Marshal Pavel Zhigaryev
AFL-CIO Expels Teamsters Union in 5-1 Vote
The AFL-CIO expelled the International Teamsters Union by a 5-1 margin over corruption charges linked to President-elect James R. Hoffa. Vote tally was 10,458,598 for and 2,266,497 against after hours of debate. Hoffa said the ouster would not weaken the union. Four other unions face expulsion threats next week.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Afl-Cio
International Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Distillery
Laundry
Bakery
United Textile Workers
New York
Hoffa
Teamsters
Organized Labor Movement
Dutch Pack Up To Leave Island
About 100 people including 28 KLM Airlines workers and families were ordered to depart the island. Justice Minister Custaaf directed them to pack. President George Meany cited Teamster Hoffa’s resignation as soon as possible and urged compromise, noting no progress in recent weeks.
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KLM Airlines
Custaaf
George Meany
Cications Hoffa
Hoffa
Vanguard Satellite Failure Shocks U S Prestige
The Vanguard rocket crash at Cape Canaveral halted the U S lead in space as the Soviet Union’s Sputnik loomed. The incident deepened concerns over President Eisenhower’s Paris summit plans and spurred British Prime Minister Macmillan to press for revived science partnership. NATO allies planned a summit to coordinate response.
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Washington
Macmillan
Britain
United States
Eisenhower
NATO
Paul Henri Spaak
North Atlantic
Senators Urge Secret Next U S Satellite Effort
The Vanguard failure sparks Democratic calls to launch future Earth satellites with no publicity. Leaders criticize the publicized effort while urging renewed, frank pursuit of a Moon goal and a Pentagon report to explain what happened.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Eisenhower
Pentagon
White House
James C. Hagerty
Khrushchev says Sputnik fragment fell in United States
Khrushchev claimed tonight that part of Sputnik I’s carrier rocket landed in the United States on Sunday and that Americans will not return it. He said if a American Sputnik ever falls on Soviet soil they will return it. U.S. officials denied knowledge of any rocket fragment on U.S. soil.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Communist Party
U. S
Llewellyn. Thompson
Khrushchev
Washington
State Department
U.S
Vanguard
Department
Alaska
Germany
U.S. Army
Fairbanks
Ft. Greely Preservation
Maine
Montana
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge, Mass
South Pacific
Mine Accidents Take 11 Lives in West Virginia
West Virginia mines killed 11 workers last month, lifting the annual toll to 160 through November. The state reported 588 non fatal accidents, 6,461 year to date, and coal production of 13,470,459 tons, about two million tons less than the prior year for October and year to date.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Mines Department
Cold weekend forecast for West Virginia spans three days
A rather cold weekend was forecast for West Virginia with rain tomorrow. Snow flurries are expected Sunday and a mix of rain or snow again Tuesday or Wednesday. Total precipitation estimated at a half to one inch. Temperatures should run two to four degrees above normal through next Wednesday.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Vanguard rocket fails after lifting briefly at Cape Canaveral
The Vanguard TV-3 test rocket barely rose two to four feet at Cape Canaveral before tumbling, exploding, and destroying most of the 72 foot vehicle. No injuries were reported among 42 nearby people. The 6.4 inch aluminum sphere continued emitting signals, and a second Vanguard unit was prepared for a quick relaunch. Washington said no new Vanguard attempt for at least 30 days.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
U.S
Florida
America
Russia
J. Paul Walsh
Walsh
John Hagen
Washington, D.C
Hagen
Martin Co
Washington
C. H. Schooley
Defense Department
Navy
Army
Abingdon Man Recognized Barber Receives Honors
Oscar B. Brown, a 62 year old Abingdon barber, has offered free haircuts to service members for 16 years since Pearl Harbor. Abingdon citizens petitioned and Bristol VFW post 1975 presented him a bronze plaque and a $25 savings bond for services above and beyond his duty.
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Bristol
Pearl Harbor
Oscar B. Brown
Brown
Abingdon
Patton—Crosswhite
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW Post
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Blue
Reds
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Tom C. Healey
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Paris
Sputnik
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Moss
Calif
House Committee On Government Information
Senate
Johnson
D-Tex
Amarillo
Tex
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
John P. Hagen
Pacific
Barber
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