27 Jul 1961
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1961
Page
1
A wartime column argues for prioritizing action in Cuba over Berlin. It attacks the Berlin crisis as old news and calls for an ultimatum to Castro, citing unemployment, military buildup, and economic gains as justified by confronting communism in the hemisphere.
The Weather Bureau said temperatures in West Virginia over the next five days will average near normal for this time of year. The forecast calls for a period of warmer and cooler conditions with no major anomalies expected.
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. asks the Federal Communications Commission for extra time to file proposed revised rates for its private line telephone and teletypewriter services.
An appropriation of 450000 was approved in Washington by a House-Senate conference committee to establish the nation's first wood research center in Mercer County. A 200000 laboratory and headquarters will rise on the county farm at Gardner near Princeton, with planning already underway.
The United Auto Workers praised American Motors for leadership in setting new patterns in bargaining. Proposals include a shorter work week and annual wage for production workers. Negotiations at GM Ford and Chrysler also focus on job security and more jobs.
In Havana Fidel Castro declared the revolution would merge into a single socialist organization and receive armed help from the Soviet people. Yuri Gagarin denounced U S actions as he praised Cuba's liberation history and presented the Playa Giron medal to Dorticos for the ill fated April invasion.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold tours the battle scarred city of Bizerte while French and Tunisian forces clash over a French post in nearby Menzel Bourguiba. No casualties reported. Both sides accuse the other of violations of the ceasefire as Hammarskjold calls for restraint.
Britain backs Kennedy on Berlin policy while West Germany pledges full support. Congress parties push to fund the effort. the Defense Department raises the August draft call to 13 000. Hammarskjold tours Tunis and Cuba talks loom as regional tension rises. Senate House conferees approve 450 000 for Woods Project Center in Mercer County.
The body of Micajah Mike Wren state chess champion 1959 and longtime newsman in Charleston Beckley and St Albans was recovered from the Kanawha River late Wednesday. Officials could not immediately determine if his death was flood related accidental or a possible suicide in the wake of last week's flood that claimed 22 lives.
Wilfredo Roman Oquendo a Cuban born waiter at Miami resort hotels was booked in absentia for hijacking an airliner and forcing a landing in Havana. FBI says he was a secret policeman under Prio and later joined Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement. His wife denied prior police service and said she learned his alleged affiliation from radio. FBI charges include kidnapping crime on the high seas assault with deadly weapon and interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft. bond set at 100000.
A government overview explains how the draft and reserve systems allocate men. It details pools of eligible individuals, active and standby reserve roles, and service durations from early enlistment through retirement.
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve a $3.454 billion military buildup including 250000 reserves to active duty for a year. McNamara backed extra funding to achieve peak readiness, as the draft was expanded from 8000 to 13000 for August and 20000 for September.
Castro said Cuba would return a hijacked Eastern Air Lines plane that landed in Cuba if the United States would return hijacked Cuban planes now in the United States. He noted 10 Cuban planes have been hijacked, some used to satisfy a judgment for Harris Advertising Co. Inc. in Miami.
Justice Hugo L. Black declined a habeas corpus bid for Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff 45 of New York City to gain release from Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The court found insufficient evidence that all state legal processes had been exhausted.
The Pentagon fast tracked Kennedy’s military buildup with a planned surge in the August draft from 8 000 to 13 000 draftees all to serve in the Army and a request to Congress for 3 454 000 000 dollars to mobilize more fighting men overseas if needed in Berlin. McNamara testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee detailing a September draft increase to at least 20 000 and a larger future call.
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