Toll Mounting In Okinawa Jet Fighter Crash
A abandoned U S jet crashed into Ishikawa primary school in Okinawa killing 21 and injuring 100. Debris damaged three homes as officials noted no Americans among the dead or injured and pilots were later identified. The incident occurred near Ishikawa, about 18 miles north of Naha, with the jet taking off from a base nearby.
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Toll Mounting
Okinawa
Naha
U.S
United States
Japan
Ishikawa
Cal
U.S. Air Force
John G. Schmitt Jr
Shetners
Ind
Richard Roussell
Lockport
Schmitt
Marine Guilty In Black Person Reported Incident
In Beaufort South Carolina a white Marine Pvt Fred G Davis 24 of Atlanta was convicted of raping a Black woman. Judge Henry Johnson delayed sentencing to consider a new trial motion as another trial began. The jurors did not recommend mercy and the sentence is mandatory.
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Beaufort
S.C
Henry Johnson
Jonson
Fred G. Davis
Atlanta
Beaufort Marine Air Station
United States
Israel Sharpe
Germans Set To Name President
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flew to West Berlin for the West German presidential election as East German Communists criticized the voting yet did not disrupt the 1038 Electoral College process. The CDU backed Heinrich Luebke, 64, as the party candidate, while questions linger over potential cross ballots and a third ballot scenario.
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Iion
Adenauer
Christian Democratic
Luebke
Gavel
Carlo Schmid
Max Becker
Free Democrats
Schmid
Becker
Christian Democrats
Ludwig Erhard
Robertson Quits Post As Far East Official
Walter Robertson ends more than six years as the State Department top Far East official in Washington. He paid a farewell call on Secretary of State Christian A. Herter as his last act as assistant secretary for Far Eastern affairs.
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Washington
Walter
Robertson
State Department
Far East
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower Signs Bills to Extend Excise Rates and Raise Debt Limit
President Eisenhower signed two measures delaying tax cuts and extending wartime rates. The action preserves higher corporation and excise taxes for another year and raises the debt ceiling from 288 to 295 billion dollars for the coming year. The bills also repeal the 19 percent tax on local telephone calls and cut the passenger travel tax from 10 to 5 percent, effective June 30, 1960.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Treasury
Senate
House
Hammarskjold Arrives for Cairo Talks on Suez Canal
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Cairo from Sweden for two days of talks with United Arab Republic officials over Israel's complaints about Suez Canal shipping.
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Cairo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
United Arab Republic
Israel
Suez Canal
Hammarskjold
Sweden
Old Plates Still Good 15 Day Extension
Charleston authorities announce a one day extension on use of 1958 59 West Virginia vehicle license plates. Plates may be used until midnight July 15. The license bureau stayed open late for last minute applications for 1959 60 plates amid high demand and hot conditions.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Hubert A. Kelly
Motor Vehicles Department
Louisiana Governor Earl Long Faces Divorce and Probe
In Covington Louisiana Gov Earl Long contends his wife Blanch files for divorce with 2500 monthly alimony as federal agents probe his finances. His public relations adviser Mrs Cora Schley is also under scrutiny as psychiatrists report a nervous breakdown.
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Covington, la
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Cora Russell Schley
Alexandria
Galveston
Tex
Mandeville
Senate OKs 1960 Military Construction Bill
The Senate approved a $1,211,270,000 military construction package with an 89 to 3 vote and sent it to the House, including plans for air defense and cuts to Nike Hercules and Bomarc programs. West Virginia projects totaling $4,277,000 were also approved.
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Senate
House
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Paul H. Douglas
D. II
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
John Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
Congress
West Virginia
White House
Naval Radio Research Station
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
Buckhannon
U.S
National Guard
Princeton
Ronceverte
Expected 350 Die Over Long Weekend Toll
The National Safety Council estimates 350 people will die in traffic crashes during the Independence Day holiday. About 45 million vehicles are expected on highways, traveling nine billion miles over the 54 hour period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Lemonade On The House As Bluefields Hits 90
The Bluefields area sees 90 degrees around 2 30 pm Tuesday the first time above 80 since mid summer 1967. Free lemonade dispensed at West Virginia Hotel Bluefield and New Graham Pharmacy Bluefield Va by Bluefield Sub Debs Club and Bus McNeer in charge.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pam
West Virginian
Bluefield
New Graham Pharmacy
Bobby Gage
Bus McNeer
Fire protection fee set for Bluefield property owners
Bluefielders begin paying a new annual fire protection levy of 0.41 percent of property value to support the Fire Department. The public service ordinance, effective immediately, authorizes charges on users and outlines collection methods and penalties.
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Board of Directors
Fire Department
Bluefield
Ring Figure Escapes Jail in Virginia Burglary Ring Case
Doris Janet Murphy 20, wife of Kenneth Murphy 39 of Bluefield, sentenced to three consecutive two year terms in the Virginia Penitentiary but suspended, under probation for six years. She pleaded guilty to involvement in three break ins tied to a $100,000 theft and burglary ring centered in the Bluefield area. Kenneth Murphy already sentenced to 16 years plus five more in separate hearings. Other suspects in Virginia and West Virginia await sentencing. Ira Mathena, 45, Bluefield, faces five counts in Princeton jail. The case follows a widespread ring crackdown earlier this year.
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Doris Janet
Dago) Murphy
Kenneth Murphy
Bluefield
Virginia
W. L. Sexton Jr
Tazewell
Murphy
Tazewell County
Bland County
Wytheville
West Virginia
Ira Ma‘thena
Princeton
Bardot’s Husband Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Jacques Charrier, Brigitte Bardot’s husband, had an emergency appendicitis operation at a local clinic Tuesday night as Bardot waited nearby.
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Bardot
Saint-Tropbhz
France
Jacques Charrier
Brigitte Bardot
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