Mercer Man Shot Dead in Grudge Fight at Matoaka
Vance Brewer 45 a Weyanoke Coal Company miner and father of twelve was killed by a 12 gauge pump gun shot near his Panama Hill home on Community Road Matoaka. Neighbor Toby Auricchio questioned in the case as investigators led by State Police Sgt. E C Guthrie probing motive and arrest records. Brewer survived by a wife nine daughters three sons four brothers and two sisters. Body at Bailey Funeral Home Matoaka awaiting arrangements.
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Mercer County
Panama Hill
Matoaka
E. C. Guthrie
Vance Brewer
Guthrie
Toby Auricchio
Brewer
Clyde White
Community Road
Weyanoke Coal Company
Arista
Bailey Funeral Home
U S Seeks Deal Over Nine Airmen Held in East Germany
Washington offers to negotiate a reasonable agreement for the release of nine U S airmen captured in East Germany after a helicopter incident. State Department officials reject ransom or recognition and warn the dispute could widen if Moscow persists.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
U.S
State Department
Moscow
West Germany
Mikhail Menshikov
Robert Murphy
Murphy
Menshikovy
Reds Still Ask Summit Parley
Premier Khrushchev said the Soviet Union still seeks a summit conference and will hold one, with successors if needed. He rejected West demands on disarmament controls and on the satellite nations, insisting trust must exist first. He warned that discussing satellite issues would derail talks and cautioned against Western interference in other countries’ affairs.
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Moscow
SAP
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Russia
East Germany
Antonin Novotny
Speedup In Spending To Aid Economy
Washington reports a faster pace of federal spending boosting hopes for a quick GNP recovery. Revised outlays lift second quarter purchases to about 52 billion, with farm price support commitments and retroactive federal pay increases shaping the first half figures. Personal consumption rises. gross domestic investment may fall again amid inventory liquidation, though housing shows gains.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Princess Margaret Arrives in Canada for Provincial Tour
Britain’s Princess Margaret arrived in Victoria British Columbia to begin a two week tour of the province in its centennial year. She stepped from a Royal Canadian Air Force plane and was greeted after a 21 gun salute and official welcomes before traveling to the Empress Hotel along a route lined by cheering Canadians.
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Victoria
B. C
Britain
Margaret
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vansaree
Lonma
Empress Hotel
Rebels blow up power plant as Lebanon unrest escalates
Violence spills from Tripoli as rebels destroy the Nahr el Bared power station and a security post, wounding civilians and casualties. The clash marks the 64th day of general strikes and widespread fighting amid fears of a full civil conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Associated Press
Nahr el Bared
U.A.R
Syria
Sabri Hamadi
Camille Chamoun
Mighty Mouse Abandoned In Space Flight Debris Search
Cape Canaveral reports the search ended for Laska the white mouse aboard a Thor Abell rocket nose cone after 22 minutes of telemetry and a 12 000 mile per hour journey. The cone landed near Ascension Island and a 22 day hunt failed to recover the capsule or mouse.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Laska
Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Ascension Island
Africa
Earth
E. M. Griffith
Newsmen
Alaska
Griffith
Gunman shoots up bar after beer dispute in Idaho
An elderly ex miner Emil Olkonen, 74, killed Ruby Tanner 66 and wounded bartender, then wounded patron and his wife after a dispute over change for five dollars. Police surrounded Olkonen's home and a three hour siege followed with 300 shots fired. Coroner to hold inquest.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Emil Olkonen
Ruby Tanner
Olkonen
George F. Elliott
Elliott
Tanner Hunter
Bud McMurtrey
Hunter
L.G. Moon
Three Killed In Tennessee Mine Collapse Near Briceville
A coal mine roof collapsed near Briceville Tennessee killing Columbus Parks 55 Luke Parks 52 and Hillery Olivey 48 all from Lake City. Three others were injured and treated at Lafollette hospital while authorities aided by volunteers recovered the bodies using searchlights.
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Briceville
Columbus Parks
Luke
Hillery
Donner) Olivey
LaFollettee
Tenn
Lake City
Luke Wright
Dowell Williams
Oscar Harris
Williams
Goldfine Defends Himself as Accusations Escalate
Bernard Goldfine rejected congressional claims as a fishing expedition and refused to answer 23 questions on his firms' finances. Committee members dismissed his defense as entirely wrong and ridiculous as the discord with his lawyers grew amid contempt threats.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Boston
House Commerce Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
John B. Bennett
R-Mich
Congress
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Congressional
Committee
Adams
Subcommittee
Ex Princeton Woman Fatally Electrocuted in Washington Flat
A 32 year old Washington DC woman formerly from Princeton Frances Elaine Selvey an accountant was electrocuted in her apartment Saturday morning Police called it a freak accident Detective Sgt L B Sims said she was washing windows in rubber gloves and touched a hot current while near an air conditioner unit installed in a window linking the exterior and interior wiring
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Frances Selvey
Washington, D. C
Princeton
Washington
L. B. Sims
Homicide Squad
Frances Elaine Selvey
Sims
Miss Selvey
Automotive Safety Foundation
Seaver Mortuary
Leslie Mathew
Grace Sawyer Selvey
Bluefield Avenue
Princeton High School
Concord College
W. W. Wyrick Jr
Selma, Ala
Crime Probers Dare Gangsters
Senate Rackets Committee led by Senator McClellan will press Chicago gangland extortion and murder probes despite intimidation attempts. Chicago mob boss Tony Accardo is said to control restaurant labor mixes and protection rackets. witnesses from Detroit and Chicago face alleged threats. FBI aid summoned to protect witnesses as hearings resume and target other cities in coming weeks.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Chicago
McClellan
Tony Accardo
Accardo
FBI
Detroit
Robert F. Kennedy
Wytheville Man Dies In Highway Collision
Clarence Hilton a 55 year old Wytheville resident died after being struck by the rear wheels of a tractor trailer on West Lee Highway at 5 30 p m. The driver Donald H Maine 45 of BristolVa employed by Associated Transport Company faces investigation. Hilton is survived by his wife and one daughter. Body taken to Porterfield Minnick Funeral Home Wytheville.
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Wytheville
Clarence Hilton
Lee Highway
Maxwell Wheeler
Hilton
West Lee Highway
Wheeler
Donald H. Maine
Bristol
Associated Transport Company
Porterfield-Minnick Funeral Home
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U. S
Berlin
Reds
Princess Margaret
Canada
June Levant
Oscar Levant
Beverly Hills
Calif
Oscar
Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne
June
Rashid Karami
U.N
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Mighty Mouse
Gunman
Beserk
City Club
Robert Hunter
Tanner
Tennessee
King
Herman Burd
Huntington
National Safety Council
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