Bluefield City Official Faces Graft Charge At Meeting
Bluefield City Engineer Elmer Barton was accused of demanding and receiving a $50 kick back on a street paving contract. The City Board of Directors adjourned to study the authenticity of the charge and the notarized statement. The accuser C O Perdue led the claim as leader of Citizens For Better Government and cited a nonsealed document dated August 13 1957.
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Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Elmer Barton
Ing
Barton
C. O. Perdue
Citizens For Better Government
Perdue
W. F. Ferrell
Ted Johnson
Ferrell
Clovis Street
Mountain View
Monterey
T. Courtney Tanner
American Businessmen Slain By Mob
U.S. Marines land in Lebanon as the U.N. seeks an international force to safeguard Lebanon's independence. The Soviet Union warns of World War III while Eisenhower pledges all necessary troops to counter Communist aggression.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
United States
Middle East
Soviet Union
U.N
Eisenhower
Washington
U.S. Atlantic
Pacific
Queen Elizabeth Battles Sinusitis In London
X rays show the queen has persistent sinus catarrh but Buckingham Palace says she is making good progress from the sinusitis attack that sent her to bed with a high temperature last Tuesday.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Desegregation Delay Considered in Prince Edward County
Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson weighed delaying desegregation after an expert study of county conditions. NAACP urged an August deadline for county schools to desegregate. The two day hearing examined conditions and possible timelines amid national tensions in Lebanon and Iraq.
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Richmond
Prince Edward County
Federal
Sterling Hutcheson
Supreme Court
Prince Edward
High Court
The
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Virginia
Grayson County
U.S. Highway 58
Troutdale
Atlantic Fleet airlift to reinforce Lebanon landings
The Atlantic Fleet began an airlift of Marines from Cherry Point to reinforce 6th Fleet Marines who landed in Lebanon earlier Tuesday. The spokesman said Marine Corps transports moved an undisclosed number of airlifted Marines of the 2nd Marine Division to the Mediterranean area in support of the Lebanon landings.
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Norfolk
Atlantic Fleet
Cherry Point
N. C
6Th Fleet
Lebanon
Marine Corps
2Nd Marine Division
Mediterranean
Cuban Rebels Free First Batch of Hostages in Cuba
Seven of 29 American servicemen were released by Cuban rebels after being held since June 26. The busload of sailors and marines, treated well, spoke of rough, food-limited captivity and said three escape attempts failed without punishment.
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Cuba
U.S. Navy
Hheerful
U.S. Naval Base
Naval Base
2.C
Billy Ray Fox
Bloomfield
N.J
Lee
Sierra de Pluriales
Baracaoa
Downing and Freehill Win Democratic Primaries in Va
Newport News attorney Thomas N. Downing won the 1st district Democratic primary by a landslide 19,463 to 8,714 over Edward J. Robeson. In the 10th district Joseph H. Freehill, Fairfax County supervisor, claimed the nomination and will face Republican Joel T. Broyhill in November. First district Republicans did not nominate a candidate.
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Thomas N. Downing
Newport News
Edward J. Robeson
Congress
Joseph H. Freehill
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Freehill
Joel T. Broyhill
Downing
Sidney S. Kellam
Princess Anne
Roberson
Civilian Space Agency Approved by Conferees
Senate House conferees agreed on creating a new civilian space agency to be led by the President with an eight member advisory Council. The bill, expected to reach the House soon, would give the President overriding control while the Council remains advisory with added civilian nongovernment weight.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower Pledges More U.S. Troops for Lebanon Crisis
President Eisenhower vowed to send additional troops if needed to support Lebanon amid a revolt, with Marines landings already underway. He warned of consequences from intervention as U S fleets were placed on alert and Russia condemned the move.
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Eisenhower
Lebanon
Korea
U. S
Middle East
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
New York
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Harris
House Armed Services Committee
Boston
Congress
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Golfine
Goldfine
Adams
White House
Marines Return to Beirut in 1903 History Recalled
Washington reports that Lebanon was among the early expeditionary landings of the U S Marines with prior actions listed from Tripoli 1804 to Beirut 1903, followed by later deployments in Vera Cruz 1914 and Nicaragua 1927 33. The piece notes Beirut as a repeated site in Marine history.
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Lebanon
Tripoli
Marines
Algiers
Korea
Cuba
China
Vera Oon
Mexico
Santo Domingo
Nicaragua
Haiti
Beirut
Soviets Demand UN Order Marines Out Of Lebanon
Soviet leader demands removal of U N Marines from Lebanon and calls for a United Nations backed deadline. Max Harrelson reports on Soviet reception of Western calls for restraint amid mounting regional tensions.
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Lebanon
U.S. pushes U N to form force for Lebanon crisis
The United States urged the United Nations Security Council to authorize an international military force to protect Lebanon's independence. The Soviet Union cautioned that U.S. presence could trigger global war and urged immediate withdrawal. The U.N. council plans further debate as Lebanon remains under tension with Western and Arab responses.
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United States
U.N
Lebanon
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Council
Middle East
Dag Hammarskjold
Arkady A. Sobolev
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. N
Gaza Strip
Sobolev
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