Gary Girl Helps Community Tree Drive
Ten year old Mary Lopinsky of Gary sends 1 to the Community Christmas Tree Association toward a 6000 goal. She urges others to follow her lead by mailing contributions to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208 or delivering them to 412 Bland St. Thursday's Contributions.
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Mary Lopinsky
Gary
Santa Claus
Mary
Community Christmas Tree Association
Ascare
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland St
West Virginia Battleship Mast to be Dedicated in Morgantown
The mast of the battleship West Virginia, raised from Pearl Harbor wreckage and once scrapped, will be formally dedicated on May 10-12 during the Greater West Virginia Weekend in Morgantown on the West Virginia University campus.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
West Virginia University
Greater West Virginia
Mirkin wins grocery spree in Manhattan station contest
Marianne Mirkin of Westbury New York won a radio sponsored letter writing contest and was turned loose for half an hour in a Manhattan supermarket with her 15 year old son Ricky to grab groceries. She collected 1338 50 dollars in goods but the cash register was not part of the prize.
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New York
Marianne Mirkin
Westbury
N.Y
Manhattan
Ricky
Mirkin
Skybolt Project in Trouble Amid Fund Cuts and Failures
The Skybolt air launched missile faces funding cuts and repeated test failures. Defense officials indicate no budget for further Skybolt work next fiscal year. The project aims to extend bomber life but faces Pentagon doubts as Polaris and ICBMs rise.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Skybolt
Pentagon
U.S
Snow Grips Two State Areas With Slippery Roads
Old Man Winter tightens his hold on the two state region as snow continues to fall. No major accidents reported though 7 minor cases in Mercer County and many roads turn slick. Schools in Mercer, Wyoming, Bland, Giles and Welch areas plan to open with caution as road conditions warn drivers to use chains or snow tires.
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Tazewell County
Virginias
Mercer County
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Mercer Schools
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tazewell
Sheriff's Office
Wyoming County Sheriffs Office
Pineville
Bob Kuhn
Wyoming County
Victor Gilly
Bland County
Gilly
Bland
Giles County
P. E. Aholt
Pearlsburg
Welch
Wytheville
Bristol
Virginia-Tennessee
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Warren County
Roanoke
Richmond
Virginia Highway Department
Virginia 7
Leesburg
U. S. 58
Westmoreland County
Virginia 90
Smyth
Bluemont
Loudoun County
Bluefield
36 Pennsylvania Miners Trapped Deep in Robena Mine
An explosion trapped 36 miners about 650 feet underground at the Robena No. 3 mine in Carmichaels Pennsylvania. Rescue teams labored through rock and debris, aiming to reach the scene between midnight and 2 a.m. EST. officials feared a fire and noted the incident occurred on the 55th anniversary of the Monongah 1907 disaster.
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Carmichaels
Robena No. 3
U.S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania Mines Department
U.S. Steel
Robena No. 1
No. 2
United States
Monongah
W.va
East Coast storm brings heavy snows and high winds
A fast moving storm swept most of the East with heavy snow and high winds causing school closures and traffic crashes from Pennsylvania to Georgia. One death in Maryland, one in Ohio, and a Tennessee fatality were linked to crashes. 14 Pennsylvania children were hurt.
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East
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Great Lakes
Tennessee
Georgia
Maryland
Ohio
Novelty
Chesapeake Bay
Dubois
Atlantic
New England
Michigan
New York
Dakotas
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
California
Upper
Great Plains
Appalachians
Isiana
Gulf Coast
Florida
Gleaming Pearl Harbor Monument Honors Dec 7 Victims
At Pearl Harbor a gleaming white monument atop the sunken Arizona marks the burial site of 1102 sailors and Marines and memorializes all who perished on Dec 7 1941. The piece recalls the attack’s 80 minute onslaught and the 2403 killed with 1300 wounded while pondering if Pearl Harbor remains safe from surprise attack. Admiral Felt notes the Axis plot aimed to neutralize U S naval power but did not break American will or resolve against communism and Mao.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Arizona
Ward Hickam
Wheeler Fields
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
America
Adm
Nimitz
Halsey
Spruance
Gen. MacArthur
Red
China
Mao Tzetung
United States
Inside Abby Years Crosswords Movies Princeton Society
The text lists sections and page counts for a newspaper, noting topics such as Crosswords 5, Movies 14, Princeton 14, Society 12, Sports 10, Stocks 14, Weather 2. It appears to be a contents or index page reference with section headings and counts. The structure implies a collage of features across multiple departments.
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Abby
Princeton
Khrush Ahead Of Time On Removal Of Bombers
Washington reports counting 42 IL28 Soviet bombers aboard three ships moving east from Cuba. U S officials say this total may match the number of missiles previously withdrawn, suggesting Khrushchev is ahead of his deadline to remove the planes.
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Defense Department
Washington
Kasimov
Cuba
Khrush
U.S. Navy
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Okhotsk
Asst
Nils A. Lennartson
Krasnograd
Mariel
Europe
Lennartson
Kennedy seeks Communist Party registration for four individuals
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy petitioned the Subversive Activities Control Board to compel three men and one woman to register as members of the Communist Party USA. The four named are Samuel Krass Davis Flora Hall Samuel Kushner Claude Mack Lightfoot all identified as National Committee members. They face potential prison or fines if they refuse after hearings.
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Washington (Ap
Robert F. Kennedy
Subversive Activities Control Board
Kennedy
Samuel Krass Davis
Chicago
Flora Hall
Los Angeles
Samuel Kushner
Claude Mack Lightfoot
National Committee
Communist Party
U.S.A
Davis
Minnesota
Kushner
People’s World
Lightfoot
Illinois
Third Bluefield Cop Trial Ends in Hang Jury
The Mercer Criminal Court jury in the Roby Brown case reported a hopeless deadlock after about seven hours. Eleven to one favored acquittal with one juror holding out for guilty on a break and entering charge tied to Bluefield Furniture in 1948. The retrial date was not set.
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Brown
Bluefield
Mercer Criminal Court
Roby Brown
Charles Fox
Ted Land
Fox
Land
Howard M. Jarrett
Eugene Kirk
Robert E. Lee
Beaver Pond
Lewis Perdue
Brooks Fails To Appear In S C Federal Court
A bench warrant is issued in Florence South Carolina for 42 year old Marvin Brooks on a charge of stealing government property. Brooks was expected as a chief witness in Mercer county burglaries and was involved in an extensive search after a blood stained car and clothing were found in the New River area. He did not appear in Mercer county hearings and bonds were forfeited.
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U. S. Federal District Court
Florence
S. C
Marvin Brooks
Brooks
Bluefield
Beaver Pond
Mercer County
Glen Lyn
New
Henry Sargent
Montcalm
Mercer Criminal Court
Mercer
NORAD says overflight reports traced to U S planes
NORAD head Gen John K Gerhart says supposed Soviet overflights during the Cuba crisis were unidentified U S military flights. He asserts no Russian aircraft have overflown the continental United States during or since the Cuban crisis. The denial follows Senate pressure for a full Cuba report and mentions a private briefing offer rejected by Sen Frank Lausche.
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United States
John K. Gerhart
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Cuba
Terefore
Gerhart
U.S
Defense Department
May
Air Force
Sen
Frank
Lausche
D-Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
The
Ohioan
Fulbright
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