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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1961

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Kennedy Khrushchev hold frank Laos talks in Vienna summit

President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev met in Vienna for a six hour series of talks focusing on Laos and Germany. They held a private session with aides and a state dinner at Schoenbrunn Palace. A Sunday session planned may tackle nuclear tests disarmament and West Berlin.

Vienna Austria Kennedy Khrushchev Laos Foreign Office M. A. Kharlamov Pierre Salinger Og Mov U. S Germany Schoenbrunn Salinger West Berlin Berlin Embassy Dean Rusk Andrei Gromyko Southeast Asia Geneva Pathet Lao Prince Boun Oum Nikita Khrushchev

Freedom Riders Future May Hinge On Appeals

The future of organized Freedom Rides in Alabama remained unsettled as lawyers prepare to appeal federal court orders. Judge Johnson halted the rides and imposed restrictions on policing and violence while allowing unaffiliated segregation testing. In Jackson and Atlanta, progress and arrests continued as desegregation moves proceed.

Freedom Riders Associated Press Alabama U. S. Dist Frank M. Johnson Jr Martin Luther King Jr Atlanta Ralph D. Abernathy Montgomery Congress of Racial Equality CORE Johnson Freedom Rider Jackson Miss Board of Education

Plane crash in Buchanan County kills pilot and injures three

A four place plane crashed near Lover's Gap Mountain in Buchanan County during a heavy rain storm. Daniel Joseph Barron 37 of Markham Illinois was killed. Injured were Daniel H Barron 15 Linda Robinson 19 and Darwin Adde 34. The crash occurred around 2 pm. The party was rescued after difficult access by the Buchanan County Rescue Squad and authorities reported the plane appeared to be a Casablanca model.

Illinois Lover’s Gap Mountain Buchanan County Burl Rife Daniel Joseph Barron Markham Daniel H. Barron Linda Robinson Chicago Shelbiana Young Barrow Grundy Robinson Barrows Darwin Adde Grundy Airport Lover's Gap Mountain Rife

Kennedy Almost Sits on Khrushchev's Wife in Vienna

In Schoenbrunn Palace Ceremonial Room President Kennedy nearly sat on Mrs. Khrushchev after attendants relocated furniture for a seating shift. He rose and apologized as the scene spurred a quick rearrangement and lighthearted moment.

Vienna Kennedy

Navy Sets Forces for Possible Dominican Republic Action

U S Naval units head for the Caribbean with two attack carriers and support ships backing Marine ground forces. Planes aboard Shangri la and Intrépide could shift to close in on shore targets or evacuation duties if ordered. The move follows the Trujillo assassination, with Ramey and Roosevelt Roads bases nearby and a 2,000 Marine flotilla typical in Caribbean waters.

Washington U. S Caribbean State Department Defense Department Marine Corps 2Nd Division Camp Lejeune N. C Shangri-la Jacksonville Fla Intrepid Northampton Providence R.I Dominican Republic U.S Puerto Rico Roosevelt Roads Naval Anchorage San Juan Ramey Air Force Base Ramey Ciudad Trujillo Puerto Rican

Barron Sets June 14 Extra Session Agenda

Gov. Barron issued a proclamation calling a West Virginia special session for June 14. Nine items are listed including participation in federal aid for dependent children of the unemployed, funding mechanisms, and welfare department reforms. The session also addresses tax extensions and redistricting provisions.

Charleston Barron West Virginia Department of Welfare Department of Public Assistance

Chain Store Executive Shot To Death By Son

A&P executive Robert Woodruff Besch Sr. 42 was killed during a struggle with his 14 year old son in Millburn New Jersey after the son shot at him with two pistols and later killed himself. The boy, a Newark Academy ninth grader, had been undergoing psychiatric treatment and was questioned by police before being sent to a youth facility.

Millburn N.J Robert Woodruff Besch Sr A&p Robert Jr Essex County Newark Newark Academy

Kennedy and Khrushchev wrap first day of talks

President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev closed day one talks described as frank courteous and wide ranging. Also reports of a Paris B 58 crash a Dominican crisis alert naval units and other national news items.

Kennedy Khrushchev

Bluefield Man Dies After East River Mountain Crash

Jesse Everett Boitnott a 47 year old Bluefield Virginia man died on arrival at Bluefield Sanitarium after a single vehicle crash on East River Mountain during a return trip from Bland Virginia. He was a salesman for a gal garment supply firm in Atlanta and is survived by his wife Nellie Louise and three children Norma Jean Bill and Ronald along with his mother and four brothers. Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Va handles funeral arrangements.

East River Mountain Bluefield Bluefield Sanitarium Jessee Everett Boitnott Virginia Ave Bureal Atlanta Bland Mercer County East River Jerry Call Tommy Clark Mercer Funeral Home Virginia Cincinnati College of Embalming Old Fellows Lodge First Methodist Church Nellie Louise Boitnott Norma Jean Bill Ronald Boitnott Dolly Boitnott Newcastle Reece Boitnott Howard Tom Boitnott Roanoke Ray Boitnott Boones Mill Dudley Memorial Mortuary

Khrushchev Plans Return to Moscow Monday

A Soviet spokesman said Khrushchev will leave for Moscow at 9 a.m. Monday. The statement ended speculation he would travel to Berlin to discuss East Germany with Walter Ulbricht and Kennedy in Vienna.

Vienna Khrushchev Moscow Berlin East Germany Communist Party Walter Ulbricht Kennedy

Overtime Parkers To Be Reimbursed

Morgantown resident Harry Smith offers to reimburse motorists for June overtime parking fines. The Westover merchant will credit violators up to $2 on purchases at his hardware store with receipts of the fines.

Morgantown Parkers Harry Smith Westover Smith

Tragedy in Hampton: ex Bluefield couple slain by husband

In Hampton Virginia early Saturday Alvin Rose 32 a shipyard welder killed his wife Betty L Rose 30 and daughter Cathy 3 1/2 in their home after shooting his wife and daughter the killer then fatally shot himself The couple had lived in Hampton and Newport News four years The 17 year old niece who survived told police Rose attacked them after drinking Friday night The niece a high school graduate did not have her hometown released The victims bodies to be moved to Bluefield for funeral services The tragedy ends with Rose dying by his own hand at the scene

A&p Minnie Wrightson George Huntington Hartford Stephen Quinton Lorraine Short Hills Christa A. Walter Besch Robert Bosch Paul Tighe Bluefield Hampton Alvin Rose Betty Jane Litz Betty L. Rose Cathy Rose Rose Newport News Tennessee Newport News Shipbuilding and Rufus Rose Connecticut

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Frank Slate Fa At Lande Khrush West United States UPI Ku Klux Klan Buchanan Kennedy Caught Mrs. Khrushchev Navy Tigh Air Force Paris California Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon Rafael Trujillo Jr Freedom Sherlock New York Carry Back Hampton, Va Jesse Boitnott Lambert Jesse Everett Boitnott Roger Woods
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