New York Terror Dims Nightly Transit as Attacks Rage
Reported late night assaults on whites by groups of African Americans alarm New York. Subway riders were beaten or robbed on four trains and a Staten Island ferry with mobs also vandalizing stores. City officials vow action as vigilante patrols emerge in Crown Heights and a private safety force expands.
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City Commission On Human Rights
Aileen B. Ryan
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Brooklyn Dist
Edward Silver
Robert F. Wagner
Michael J. Murphy
Joseph E. O'Grady
Transit Authority
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Manhattan
Edward Dudley
Brooklyn Crown Heights
Samuel Schrage
Schrage
Crown Heights
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Maccabee Headquarters
Lindbergh Penson Supported In Bill
Washington AP Charles A Lindbergh would receive a 100 per month pension under a House passed bill. The measure would extend the Medal of Honor pension to noncombatant winners, including Lindbergh who is 62 and living in Connecticut.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
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Lindbergh
Senate
Connecticut
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1893, is published every morning by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press with news service supplied through Katz Art Representative.
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Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
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U S and Romania Reach Trade and Diplomatic Accord
The United States and Communist Romania agreed to expand trade and cultural exchanges and swap ambassadors. The deal foresees increased U S exports to Romania while imports may not rise. Romania can pay in hard currency or gold. An extensive Romanian shopping list, including a petrochemical plant, may be sold under U S license rules.
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Romania
W. Averell Harriman
Gheorghe Gaston-Marin
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Poland
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Shastri Near Rule In India
New Delhi India AP The Congress party machine consolidates behind Lal Bahadur Shastri as the heir to Nehru with Morarji Desai pledging support Desai will back Shastri and join the party in backing him Acting Prime Minister G L Nanda will propose Shastri’s name at a party meeting Tuesday amid global concern over India's leadership in the non aligned world. Desai says he will second the move and remains a fellow Gandhi disciple and socialist.
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Shastri
Morarji Desai
Associated Press
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Ellis Street Bicycle Injury In Bluefield Court Report
Fred John Emerson Kelly, 12, of 125 Ellis Street Bluefield was injured when a car driven by Judith Harding of 211 Preston Street Bluefield struck him on Bland Street Monday night. He suffered a broken finger rib injuries and a cut shoulder, taken to Bluefield Sanitarium and released. No charges were filed.
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Ellis St
Bluefield
Judith Harding
Preston St
Kelly
James Bailey
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bailey
Bland Street
Bland
Justice Department Opposes Pennsy-NYC Merger
The Justice Department urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reject the Pennsy and New York Central merger on antitrust grounds. It argued the tie would harm competition, raise industry concentration, and risks driving smaller railroads out of business while keeping the lines independent would better serve the public.
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Justice Department
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Pennsylvania and Central
Commission
Saturn Apollo satellite disintegrates after 50th orbit
NASA said the 80 foot long unmanned Satellite, an Apollo moon ship model, disintegrated on its 50th orbit after a May 28 launch. One engine shut down 24 seconds early but the guidance system corrected the trajectory, and the Saturn booster demonstrated engine-out capability.
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Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Agency
Poll Tax Case Stay Is Sought
Gov Albertis S Harrison Jr says the U S Supreme Court will be asked to stay and reverse a federal court ruling that Virginia certificate of residence substitutes for the poll tax in federal elections. The state will press for appeal within a 30 day stay while the 24th Amendment outlaws the tax for federal ballots.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Robert Y. Button
Supreme Court
Castro Probes Germ Warfare Claim in Cuba
Fidel Castro announced Cuba is investigating a possible United States initiated germ warfare attack last Friday in the Sancti Spiritus area near Las Villas Province. Residents reported shining objects that fell from the sky and dissolved into a gelatin like substance amid a heavy rain, complicating sample testing. The communique linked the event to prior Cold War era charges of US germ and chemical warfare.
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Fidel Castro
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Viet Nam
Papers Burn, Firemen Respond at West Moreland
Bluefield Fire Department answered a call at 114 West Moreland and extinguished burning newspapers in a bucket in the house arc. Police and fire officials described the incident as handled after anonymous phone tips.
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West Moreland
Quiet Sun Under Study Signals Solar Research Year
Scientists worldwide devote the year to studying the quiet sun after a historically active period. The program uses new instruments to observe the million-degree atmosphere and solar winds, with balloon flights to measure cosmic rays and an optical flare patrol to warn astronauts.
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National Geographic Society
Arctic
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Albania’s Hoxha cites Khrushchev timeline in anniversary note
From Vienna and other cities: Albania’s Enver Hoxha says Soviet officials told him Khrushchev rose to power in 1953, five years after Stalin’s death, as reported in Albania’s Zeri I Popullit. The note marks 20 years since the communist takeover.
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Zeri I Popullu
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Kevin
Ronald Lacey
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Scheibes
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Iron Curtain
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Istvan
Jakarta
Indonesia
Toba Lake
Sumatra
Antara
Kuching
Malaysia
Limbang
Sarawak
Deaths and Funerals Section Summary for Bluefield Area
Obituary notices report Robert Burton Dale 91 of Bluefield with services at Nazarene Church and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Other notices include Polly Redd Grimes wife of a local resident, Mrs Abbie Haynes Surber of Saltville, and Tyler B. Kiener formerly of Bluefield.
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Nazarene Church
Robert Burton Dale
Wyoming St
Bluefield
James McCormick
Woodlawn
Austinville
Dale
John H
Mary Stoots Dale
W. F. Dale
S. B. Dale
Duhring
Blanche Yant
Cleveland
Ohio
J. T. Dale
Pulaski
Lillie Hill
Bessie Barnes
Scottsville
Mercer Funeral Home
Death of Alvin F. Sigmon at Bluefield home
Alvin F. Sigmon age 102 of 102 Ramsey Street Bluefield died Monday night at his home. The body remains at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield pending funeral arrangements.
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Alvin F. Sigmon
Ramsey St
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bert Clyde Hall rites set at Church of God in Bluefield
Bert Clyde Hall of Falls Mills Road Bluefield Virginia will be laid to rest Tuesday at 2 p m in the Church of God Bluefield with Reverends H A Stone and Walter Myers officiating. Burial follows at Grandview Memory Gardens Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Virginia is in charge with pallbearers W H Jessee Joe Akers Austin Mullins Bill Patrick Willard Patrick and Don Neal.
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AME Zion
Bluff City
Tenn
Polly Redd Grimes
Alice Simms
Carter St
Bluefield
Mary Lee Black
Bristol
Emma Thomas
Mountain City
Thomas Redd
Gary
Walter Redd
Johnson City
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Court Rejects Cardo Review
The Supreme Court refused to review convictions of Paul John Cardo and three others on conspiracy and extortion charges in a Los Angeles case. Cardo received 25 years and a $10,000 fine. Frank Palermo 15 years and $10,000. Truman Gibson Jr. five years and $10,000. Joseph Sica 20 years and $10,000. The appeals challenged a recording obtained via an induction coil on a telephone with consent from the caller.
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Supreme Court
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Underworld
Los Angeles
Don Jordan
U.S
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Carbons
Frank Palermo
Philadelphia
Truman Gibson, Jr
Chicago
International Boxing Club
Joseph Sica
Jackie Leonard
Overa
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Palermo
Injured Pair Doing Better After Portsmouth Car Train Collision
A. S. Barksdale editor of the Sunset News-Observer and Everett L. Keesling were injured in a Friday car train collision near Portsmouth. Barksdale suffered a skull fracture, hip break and facial lacerations while Keesling had a hip and wrist fractures with multiple cuts. Both underwent emergency surgery and showed gradual improvement. Barksdale may later receive a cast, while Keesling showed good progress and was near release readiness.
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Syd) Barksdale
Sunset News-Observer
Everett L. Keesling
Barksdale
Portsmouth
Keesling
Bramwell
Washington, D. C
Portsmouth Crossing
Eisenhower Brother Nominated for Illinois House Seat
Earl D Eisenhower brother of President Dwight Eisenhower was named as an at large candidate by the Republican Legislative Convention for the Illinois House. He faced a dispute over whether he was fired from his job as public relations consultant for Suburban Life, with the employer stating no dismissal occurred. Eisenhower said he was fired and will continue his campaign. He previously directed a Pennsylvania newspaper, owned a radio station, and worked 29 years as an engineer for a power company.
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Earl D. Eisenhower
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Republican Legislative Convention
Illinois
Jack Kubik
Suburban Life
Associated Press
Earl
la Grange Park
Charleroi
Pennsylvania
Eichmann’s Son Active In Worldwide Nazi Movement
Horst Eichmann 24 appeared in an olive shirt boots and swastika armband at a Buenos Aires news conference saying he is active in a worldwide Nazi movement. He claimed his father Adolf Eichmann fought for those suffering under an international Jewish Zionist threat and declined to provide further details about the Argentine Nazi groups.
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Adolf Eichmann
Horst Eichmann
Gestapo
Israel
Eichmann
Young Eichmann
Jury To Hear Breakin Case In Logan County Court
Logan County jury to decide the breaking and entering case against three men Delbert Pack Wayne County Edgar Edmiston Ashland Kentucky and Roger Blankenship Boston a former Marshall University student. State and defense rested after testimony and waived final arguments. Evidence includes a safe containing weekend receipts from four Logan area groceries.
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LOGAN
Marshall University
Logan County
Delbert Pack
Kinsville
Wayne County
Edgar Edmiston
Ashland
Roger Blankenship
Boston
Marshall
West Logan
James Ramey Jr
Blankenship
Ramey
Viet Nam Continues to See Potential Escalation
The article outlines possible U.S. actions if protests fail in Laos and North Vietnam, including South Vietnamese guerrillas entering the north, mines in harbors, searches of ships, and bombing targets near Hanoi. It notes a key factor is China’s likely reaction, with intelligence suggesting China's war capacity has weakened due to Soviet split and loss of parts and newer equipment.
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North Viet Nam
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Hanoi
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