Wyoming County Woman Dies in U S 52 Crash
A 44 year old woman, Azzie Walker Carter, wife of Constable Ott Carter, died in a two vehicle collision on U S 52 near Hanover. Four others injured include Curtis Carter and Richard Church. Powell faces involuntary manslaughter charges. funeral set for Steeles.
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Steeles
U. S. 52
Wyoming County
Hanover
Ott Carter
Curtis Carter
Church
Carter
Elbert
Rosella Cline Walker
Okey Dean
Gilbert
Irene
Juanita
Bernice
Curtis
Howard England
Edward
Herschel
Norman Riffe
Mamie Cline
Merlie Hunt
Janice Jackson
Taylor Blankenship
Riffe
Adams
The Eisenhower Doctrine in Lebanon Campaign
Lebanon's June election centers on the Eisenhower Doctrine with pro Western Premier Solh backing US aid to Middle Eastern states under threat from communism. Opponents led by Yafi and Salam push for positive neutrality with Egypt and Syria as clashes erupt. nearly 200 candidates contest 66 seats amid deadly demonstrations and shifting regional alignments.
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Charles Malik
Solh
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Syria
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Saeb Salam
Middle East
Khalil Hibri
Yafi
Salam
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Europe
West
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Hussein
Jordan
Iraq
Nasser
Russia
Thero
Baby A-Bomb Burst Over Yucca Flat Test Site
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated a small nuclear device from a 300 foot tower at Yucca Flat on Nov. 2 at 4 55 a m The blast formed a brief puffball and rose to under 20 000 feet with no ground contact Observers estimate a yield of 2 to 5 kilotons There was little fallout and no delay to subsequent tests AEC noted minimal debris and confirmed only light fallout on the site with no contamination nearby.
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Ground Zero
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Washington
Utah
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Queen Sets Dramatic Show Of Faith In British Comet
Queen Elizabeth II will fly Tuesday in a modernized Comet IV with Prince Philip, marking a bold Apollo-style display of confidence after prior Comet disasters. BOAC touts the jet as smooth and an edge over rivals as plans to add several aircraft in 1959 unfold.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
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Prince Philip
Royal Air
Leapa Age Tomeey
Tota
Miles Thomas
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
United States
Eisenhower
Buckingham Palace
Jamestown
Soviets Urge Kiss and Make Up With Yugoslavia
Moscow papers mark the second anniversary of the 1955 Soviet Yugoslav declaration and call for closer relations. Pravda says interruptions in Soviet Yugoslav ties harmed imperialist aims as Poland and Hungary unrest influenced events.
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Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Poland
Hungary
U.S.S.R
Pravda
Candidate Withdraws After Forgetting Poll Tax Payment
SUFFOLK Va June 2 Frank R Watkins an attorney admits a boner and says he will run again in four years as a candidate for city commonwealths attorney He withdrew his name from the July 9 Democratic primary last week and says he forgot to pay his poll tax prompting the withdrawal and his plans to reenter later.
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Suffolk
Frank R. Watkins
City Commonwealth
Watkins
Motorcyclists Riot In Angels Camp Turmoil Ends
In Angels Camp California on June 2 a large group of 7000 touring motorcyclists crowded Main Street littering curbs with beer cans. A posse arrested 23 riders and quiet returned after one rider Jerome Tavares aged 20 from Santa Clara died this morning. The incident followed three deaths and 23 injuries from crashes during the tour with outlaw groups blamed. Highway patrol and local police intervened with units from Stockton and the Calaveras County sheriff assisting.
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Santa Clara
Sierra Foothills
San Francisco
Mark Twain
Calaveras County
Angels Camp
Joe Spinelli
Highway Patrol
Stockton
Calaveras Counteris
Changes In Methodist Assignments Shuffles West Virginia Clergy
Buckhannon West Virginia June 2 Annual assignments of ministers in the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church brought new superintendents for two of 11 districts. Dr Claude Collins becomes Beckley District superintendent succeeding Dr Wayne Ranson who moves to Simpson Church at New Martinsville. Dr Walter O Overstreet appointed to Central Methodist Church Charleston. Burns to reside in Weston. List of district changes follows with a long ledger of pastors reassigned to churches and circuits across Beckley Fayetteville Hico Dimann Mabscott Madison Maplewood Pineville Stephenson Summersville Sylvester Winding Gulf Circuit and other locations including Princeton War Welch Williamson and Northfork Elkhorn. District secretaries named.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Claude Collins
Welch Church
Beckley
Wayne Ranson
Simpson Church
E Tapes
New Martinsville
Walter O. Overstreet
E. 8. Wilson
World Peace
Albert van Reenan Jr
Francis Asbury Loan Fund
Traffic Death Toll Stands At 331 Memorial Day Tally
Authorities report 331 traffic fatalities through Memorial Day period, far below city council projection of 120 for the holiday span. Officials say post holiday exodus and increased car volume in 1950 contribute to overall trends as stores reopen after the long weekend.
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Associated Press
Lay
Chicago
Khrushchev Appears on U.S. TV Debuting on Face the Nation
Khrushchev sat for CBS Face the Nation in the Kremlin office and spoke on Soviet policy. He warned that American viewers may see grandchildren live under socialism while denying Soviet aims to impose it. He reiterated past positions on disarmament and Hungary.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
CBS
Kremlin
América
Russia
Nixoa S. Khrushchev
Stuart Nevins
Eight Escape Serious Injury In Mishap On McDowell County Road
Eight people escaped serious injury when their car left the highway near Big Four in McDowell County and tipped into the Tug River. Francis Thomas a 38 year old minister and Eckman schoolteacher his wife Nettie and their two year old son Phillip were hospitalized at Stevens Clinic. Additional Eckman teenagers Shirley Graham Carolyn Simmons Robert W Thomas and Shirley Marie Parks were admitted at Grace Hospital. Shirley Elgin was treated and released. The cause was not learned.
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McDowell County
Tug River
Stevens Clinic
Francis Thomas
Eckman
Nettie
Phillip
Francis
Messenaers
Grace Hospital
Shirley Graham
Carolyn Simmons
Robert W. Thomas
Shirley Marie Parks
Shirley Elgin
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