Be Sure To Vote In Election For City Directors
Bluefield voters face five City Director races from ten nominees after the June 13 primary. Districts 1 to 5 present qualified candidates. editors favor Go forth over Lester in District 4 and Sisson in Districts 2 and 5, while urging informed choice without backing any slate.
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Telegraph
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Earl Yeager
Paul Hudgins
J. E. Martin
Hudgins
Martin
NAACP
Angelo Monaco
S. C. McKinney
Woodrow Wilson
Matz
C. J. Lester
N&w
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Lester
Citizens For Better Government
Henry Goforth
Z. D. Sisson
Goforth
Sisson
N&w Ymca
Hoffa Pushes Higher Dues and Salary Rise
James R. Hoffa seeks to boost his Teamsters president salary to 75 000 and raise national HQ dues to over 14 million a year by increasing per capita dues from 40 to 80 cents. He aims to fund a larger operation while contending with legal challenges and securing convention support.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Maalso
Hoffa Tion
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Thomas Kennedy
Mine Workers
Dave Beck
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Washington
National Union
Voters Urged to Cast Ballots in Bluefield Election
Residents are urged to vote amid concerns about apathy among candidates. The article notes that a postholiday election day could impact turnout and result in a new slate of city directors for four years.
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Bluefield
Divorcee Dies After 3 Story Roof to Pool Dive
Los Angeles detectives report Janice M. Pitchford, 22, ignored friends and leapt from a third story roof into a swimming pool. A neighbor, Francis Menley, had just performed a perfect swan dive from the same roof before Pitchford’s fatal plunge. Police say she probably struck the pool edge.
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Los Angeles
Janice M. Pitchford
Francis Menley
Mick Cohen Sentenced to 15 Years on Tax Evasion Conviction
Mick Cohen, once a West Coast bookie boss, received a 15 year term after a jury convicted him on eight counts of income tax evasion. Prosecutors argued Cohen owed nearly 400000 dollars in taxes penalties and interest for 1945 to 1950. Cohen faces an appeal and was acquitted on five other counts amid testimony of his extravagant lifestyle and lavish loans from friends.
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Boldt
Cohen
United States
Prospects Dim In Ship Strike Yet Again
New York report states the Kennedy administration's fact finding board doubts a quick resolution to the 85 000 maritime workers strike. The panel foresees possible Taft Hartley injunction and an 80 day cooling off period if talks fail. Major sticking point remains union demand to organize American owned vessels under foreign flags.
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New York
David L. Cole
Novon Equiua
Kennedy
Cole
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Pictures From Outer Space Offered To Public
Washington AP reports the Weather Bureau opened access to over 20 000 earth photos from the first weather satellite Tiros. Images may be ordered from the National Weather Records Center in Asheville North Carolina. Reels cost four dollars per 100 foot reel.
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Space
Weather Bureau
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Tiros
National Weather Records Center
Asheville
N.C
Kennedy May Attend Inter American Conference in Uruguay
President Kennedy was said to plan the August trip to Punta Del Este for the Inter American Economic and Social Conference unless blocked by duties. Mrs Kennedy may join him, with White House aides reviewing Latin American aid options amid coffee price concerns and economic volatility in the region.
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John F. Kennedy
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Latin America
Hyannis Port
Mass
Andrew T. Hatcher
Punta del Este
White House
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United States
U S Economy Rolls Ahead with Predicted Boom
Washington reports that Kennedy advisers expect a strong economic recovery. They foresee production rising about 10 billion dollars quarterly, reaching 530 billion by 1961 and 570 billion by 1962, with inflation kept in check by slack in resources and tax incentives.
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Washington
Kennedy
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Security Council to meet on Kuwait request amid Iraqi threat
U N Security Council summoned for Sunday to discuss Kuwait independence complaint as British forces enter Kuwait to deter aggression. Iraq denies massing troops on Kuwait border while the holiday weekend traffic toll rises. Algerian clashes kill ten and injure seventy one as U S production rises with fewer factory workers. Kennedy couple rest in Hyannis Port, MacArthur sails to the Philippines on a sentimental trip.
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U. N. Security Council
Kuwait
Iraq
Asphalt In Colors To Be Used On Illinois Highways
Springfield Illinois announces colored asphalt will be introduced on state highways. State public works director W. J. Pages Jr. says yellow asphalt reduces glare, red asphalt marks caution at intersections, and off white and black variants will be used on approaches and main runs.
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Springfield
Ill
W. J. Pages Jr
Committee Needs Cash To Return Donations
Victor G. Reuther said the disbanded Tractors for Freedom Committee must raise voluntary contributions to cover the cost of returning donations from a failed prisoner deal with Cuba. About 70,000 letters were sent. how many contained gifts is unknown as mail hasn’t been opened.
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Tractors For Freedom Committee
Cuba
Victor G. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
National Traffic Toll Climbs Relentlessly
The National Safety Council warned 450 deaths may occur in the 120 hour Fourth of July period as hot weather kept millions on the roads. Nevada reported 11 killed in a head on crash marking the worst in state history, while overall traffic deaths this holiday were running ahead of last year’s record.
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National Safety Council
Nevada
George C. Stewart
The
Safety Council
Stewart
Britain Suffers Near Record Heat Wave
London reports near record high temperatures with thermometers in the 90s marking the nation's hottest day in 14 years as Britain bakes under a heat wave.
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Britain
London
Man Reading Bible Arrested Beside Liquor Still
Floyd Oliver, 49, was arrested in Russellville Alabama while sitting atop a 993 gallon liquor still and reading his Bible on a quiet Friday, authorities said.
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Russellville
Ala
Floyd Oliver
Boy 6 Dashes Into Flaming Home. Both Die in Florence
In Florence Alabama Marshall Emmons six ran back into a burning house after hearing his mother scream. Both Marshall and his mother Louise Emmons 31 died. Fire Chief Bob Lovelace said the fire likely started from an electric stove left on.
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Florence
Ala
Marshall Emmons
Louise Emmons
Marshall
Bob Lovelace
Honey In The Rock draws 800 at Grandview State Park
Saturday drama in Grandview State Park amphitheater attracted 800 people from Ohio Wyoming Tennessee Florida California Virginia Illinois Montana Alaska and England. Weather remained pleasant as audiences filled the 1 000 seat venue.
Britain and Saudi Troops Move To Bolster Kuwait Defenses
British commandos tanks and a jet fighter force moved into Kuwait to deter Iraqi moves on its oil fields as Saudi troops mobilize. The UN Security Council planned an emergency session in New York to address the Kuwait dispute.
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Kuwait
Desert
Iraq
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