Cyprus fails to secure emergency UN Security Council session
Cyprus failed in a bid for an emergency Security Council meeting over an imminent Turkish invasion threat. The bid followed Britain's request for an early meeting, with the United States backing a broader peacemaking proposal led by Archbishop Makarios. U Thant urged restraint from all sides to avoid escalation and bloodshed.
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United Nations
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Cyprus
U. N. Security Council
U. N
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United States
U.S
Makarios
U.N
U Thant
Greece
Turkey
Christos Xanthopoulos Palamas
Feridun Cemal Erkin
Spyros Kyprianou
New York
Dimitris. Bitsios
Thant
Bitsios
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Bolivia
Ivory Coast
Morocco
France
China
Norway
Brazil
Zenon Rassides
Rassides
Patrick Dean
Limassol
Dean
Adlai B. Stevenson
U.N. Security Council
U. S
West Virginia reapportions House seats and Cyprus stalls UN talks
The West Virginia Legislature adopts a seven district reapportionment keeping 100 members and shifting several seats with a 25 to 7 Senate vote and 69 to 19 House vote. In Cyprus a UN emergency meeting fails while talks continue about a peacemaking force. The Soviet Communist Party halts Khrushchev farm expansion plan. Rusk cites possible consumer boycotts of goods from Cuba tied firms. Hoffa acquitted on one charge but faces three more. Ho Henderson may resign Virginia party chair to run for Senate. Harry F Burns hints at new election plans with an imminent announcement.
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McDowell
Kanawha
Senate
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Virginia
Harry Flood Burn
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Hancock
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Greenbrier-Pocahontas
Greenbrier-Poca
Bet on Ward Wylie sparks Civil Service warning
A reference to a man who claimed to count votes on Gov. Barron’s associate Ward Wylie warns that such an informal wager or count may violate Civil Service norms.
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Gov. Barron
Ward Wylie
Satellite Launch By Thor Agena Rocket At Vandenberg
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Air Force launched a satellite vehicle using a Thor Agena rocket. No other details were released.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Housing and student aid bills face U.S. solons
Congress moves to consider an omnibus housing bill and a college student aid measure. The administration seeks urban renewal and aid for suburban communities and low income families while expanding existing programs. Senate and House hearings begin as the session advances.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Capitol
Atlantic City
N.J
San Francisco
Senate Education Subcommittee
Stay Awake Artist Sets New Sleepless Record in Helsinki
Dockworker Toivo Silvo, 52, established a new record by staying awake for 11 days and 6 hours. He surpassed an Italian whitewasher’s prior mark and pledged to continue for several more days by enduring bitter cold and rolling in the snow whenever sleepiness hit.
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Helsinki
Finland
Toivo Silvo
Silvo
Mercer Delegation Plan Passes in Historic Session
Charleston AP reports the legislature approved a House re apportionment bill uniting 15 counties into seven delegate districts with nine delegates, preserving 100 total seats. The Senate 25 7 and House 69 19 votes sent the measure to Gov. W. W. Barron amid nine days of extraordinary session.
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Charleston
Senate
House
W. W. Barron
Demos
Hoffa Jury Trial Moves On Monday Defense Begins
Hoffa freed on one juror tampering count but must face three counts starting Monday. U S District Judge Frank Wilson directed acquittal on the Tippens offer but overruled motions on the remaining charges. Defense plans to call Nicholas J Tweet as the first witness, while Allen Dorfman and Tweet face charges of improper influence through Nashville operator Dallas Hall.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Tenn
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U. S. District Court
Frank Wilson
Hoffa
Nashville
James R. Neal
James C. Tippens
Wilson
Nicholas J. Tweet
Huntington, W. Va
Tweet
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Dallas Hall
Ville
Ewing King
Nashville Teamsters
Tippens
Lawrence W. Medlin
Medlin
Mechlin
Snowstorm Disrupts Bluefield Area Traffic
A second snowstorm in less than a week hit the Bluefield area with rain and sleet in spots. Six inches fell in some areas while roads remained hazardous and motorists faced numerous accidents and traffic jams across Virginia and West Virginia.
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Bluefield
Virginia
West Virginia
Lynchburg
Staunton
Cow No 13 in Andover Bears Triplets on Farm Stall
A cow named No 13 at Harold Pittenger's farm in Andover New Jersey gave birth to three calves two bulls and a heifer on Friday marking a rare multiple birth. The cow had previously calved twins.
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Andover
Harold Pittenger
No. 13
Peace Corps May End in Ghana Reported
In Accra the Ghanaian Times says the government will discontinue Peace Corps services when the current contract with the United States ends. Education Minister Alfred Dowuona-Hammond attributed the statement. One hundred sixteen secondary school teachers and twenty one geologists among 199 volunteers will finish tours in August 1961.
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Ghana
Ghanaian Times
U.S. Peace Corps
United States
Alfred Dowuona-Hammond
Rusk Outlines Possible Moves On Cuba Boycott
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said some American consumers might boycott British firms selling to Cuba though the U S aims to avoid retaliation. An announcement on a possible aid cutoff to ships or planes going to Cuba may come early this week. The administration weighs a congressional directive amid fears of reciprocal boycotts.
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U. S
Cuba
Washington (Ap
Dean Rusk
U.S
Ethiopia and Somalia Agree to Truce Halting Border War
Ethiopia and Somalia announced a Sunday cease-fire ending eight days of border fighting. Sudan’s Abboud and Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie exchanged telegrams approving the truce after mediation by the Organization of African Unity. The move comes as both peoples faced protests and renewed calls for peace along the Ogaaden plateau.
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Somalia
Addis Ababa
Ibrahim Abboud
Sudan
Haile Selassie
Organization of African Unity
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyika
Kenya
Middleman
Abboud
Selassie
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
African Unity
Midwest Snowstorm Danger Shifts Driving Conditions
A blinding snowstorm blanketed parts of Missouri Iowa Nebraska Illinois Indiana Ohio and more with four to eleven inches of new snow piling on existing drifts. Driving warnings were posted across several states while rain fell in the Deep South and a separate Western storm threatened Utah Nevada and Idaho.
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Soviet Central Committee ends Khrushchev farm drive
In Moscow the Central Committee halted Khrushchev's 10 year push to expand arable land and shift to intensive farming. A 19 point plan orders officials to fix flaws, move farm experts to state farms, and push a tougher drive to boost output for food supplies. The six day plenary drew about 6000 farm specialists and administrators to the Kremlin.
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Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Kazakhstan
Izvestia
Kremlin Palace
Wrecks Kill Five in West Virginia on Saturday
A car-train collision in South Charleston killed Mrs. Elizabeth Hill and two elderly passengers. A North Carolina truck driver died and another was seriously injured when a tractor-trailer left U.S. 49 near Princeton. A Virginia driver drowned after his truck went off West Virginia Route 17 near Winfield.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Virginian
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Chestnut Street
South Charleston
Elizabeth Greene
Bertha Hartwell
Lawrence McCullough
Belmont, N. C
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Marion
W. Va
Winfield
Kanawha River
Wildcats Invade Halifax Area as Hunger Drives Attacks
Wild cats reportedly driven by hunger roam Nova Scotia towns. Six killed, including a 42 pounder, with authorities investigating the unusual nocturnal incursions across the Halifax region.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
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