Fire devastates South Bluefield home in cigarette blaze
A cigarette in stuffed furniture sparked a fire at 2500 Mountain View in South Bluefield. Two rooms were gutted with extensive interior and furnishings damage pegged at 25 000 dollars. Fire Chief E L McClure cited intense heat and smoke from the flames origin point and noted the den and dining room were total losses. Firemen arrived about 5 30 p m and contained the blaze soon after. W T Williams Jr was away at the time.
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McClure
Williams
Mountain View
E. L. McClure
Pravda Attacks Nixon as Hypocrite and Demagogue
Pravda in Moscow accused Vice President Richard Nixon of hypocrisy and demagoguery in a column by Observer. The article attacked his Southeast Asia Treaty Organization speech urging firmness, calling Western policy bourgeois and Nixon’s rhetoric hypocritical.
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Pravda
Nixon
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Washington
State GOP Re-Elects Leaders Harman Blue Retained
In Charleston the State Republican Executive Committee kept its leaders for four more years. Daniel L. Louchery as state chairman and Walter Hallanan as national committeeman were unopposed. Perle Harman won reappointment as national committeewoman 413 with Becker opponent. Large meeting moved to Daniel Boone Hotel delaying start. Keynote speaker Underwood slated for Chicago convention.
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Charleston
Republican Executive Committee
Clarksburg
Daniel L. Louchery
Walter §. Hallanan
Perle T. Harman
Bluefield
Frederick P. Becker
Fairmont
Harman
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Kanawha
Daniel Boone Hotel
GOP
Cecil H. Underwood
U. S. Senate
Harold Neely
Underwood
Chicago
Sally B. Armstrong
Herman Newman
Wheeling
J. 8. Carter
Logan
Hallonan
Neely
West Virginia trio to seek federal poll oversight
Logan doctor Luke Combs school teacher Sam Hatfield and attorney Ned Grubbs plan to present a petition to the Justice Department in Washington to demand federal policing of the November general election. They say about 1500 names will sign and cite ballot stuffing and vote buying in the May 10 primary.
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Logan
West Virginia
Washington
Justice Department
Tagan
Luke Combs
Dr. Combs
Sam Hatfield
Ned Grubbs
Sen
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Chapmanville
Clyde Freeman
Combs
Government of
United States
Invective by Disgusts Herter Over Khrushchev Jibe
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter said he was disgusted by Nikita Khrushchev’s ill tempered attacks on President Eisenhower. He accused the Soviet leader of trying to degrade international relations and to confuse the Paris summit conference collapse. The State Department released the statement as the U S response to Khrushchev’s remarks at a Moscow news conference.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Herter
Khrushchev
Paris
State Department
U. S
Moscow
United States
West Point
N. Y
GOP
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Wear
Nixon Receives All But 4 Votes In WV Delegation
West Virginia's GOP delegation to the National Convention voted to back Nixon with 18 of 20 delegates present. One Rockefeller supporter among absentees was Morgantown attorney Kermit R. Mason. The group named Underwood chair, Louchery vice chair, and Blue secretary, with Seibert Hill Highland and Hoblitzer Backer heading key committees. The national convention opens in Chicago on July 25.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Kermit R. Mason
Morgantown
Cecil H. Underwood
Daniel L. Louchery
Clarksburg
Fred C. Blue
Bluefield
Johnson backers claim 64 votes in call for convention
supporters of Lyndon B. Johnson announce 64 Tennessee and Kentucky votes at the Democratic nomination gathering. Gov Bert T. Combs of Kentucky and Gov Ford Ellington of Tennessee named as vice chairmen of the Citizens-for-Johnson National Committee. Combs to head Kentucky 31 delegate slate to Los Angeles, with most likely to back Johnson. Ellington to lead Tennessee delegation under unit rule.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Bert T. Combs
Buford Ellington
Citizens-for- Johnson National Committee
Oscar Chapman
Johnson
Chapman
Interior
Harry S. Truman
Wiliam C. Doherty
John P McGrath
Edwin L. West
New York City
Combs
Los Angeles
Earle C. Clements
Clements
Senate
Ellington
Jet Bomber Crashes Near Lubbock West Texas
A Convair B38 Hustler bomber crashed during a thunderstorm about 40 miles east of Lubbock Texas. Deputy Sheriff Bob Hale reported no survivors and a possible parachute sighting while a farm near Ralls was the crash site. Convair declined to confirm crash details.
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Lubbock
Tex
Here
Texas
Strategic Air Command
Convair
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Bob Hale
Crosbyton
Baa
Ralls
Hale
U2 inquiry faces uncertain Senate report next steps
In Washington the U S Senate Foreign Relations Committee debates a report on the U2 spy incident as Khrushchev’s public criticisms loom. Senators Mansfield Church Gore weigh whether findings should name Eisenhower or stress administration responsibility and agency coordination.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Nikita Khrushchev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Frank Church
Idaho
Khrushchev
Albert Gore
Tenn
Gore
Russia
State Department
Aboutdace
Exiled Bolivian Forces Plot Invasion Ahead of Vote
Interior Minister says about 200 exiles led by two former army colonels and an air force officer gathered at Tartagal on the Argentina border ready to attack Bolivia and disrupt the presidential election. Kreiler Ri vero faction also planned departures from Paragua San Simon Bahia del Oriente and Huanchaca aboard various airstrips.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Carlos Morales Guillen
Tartagal
Argentina
Alfonso Kreiler Rivero
Paragua
San Simon
Bahia del Oriente
Huanchaca
Saic
Kreiler
Falange
FSB
Mario Gutierrez
Pioneer V Reaches 14 Million Miles From Earth
Washington reports the U S space probe Pioneer V is now more than 14 million miles from Earth on Saturday. The milestone marks continued journey of the early spacecraft launched to study interplanetary space.
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Pioneer V
Washington
U.S
Earth
US Protest Against Castro Regime Returns Slur Charge
Washington reports that the United States lodged a formal protest with Cuba accusing Fidel Castro’s regime of an intensified campaign of slander. Daniel Braddock delivered the complaint to Havana, citing nine anti US incidents ahead of the Soviet Nikita Khrushchev announcement.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
U. S
Havana
Daniel Braddock
U.S
Nikita
State Department
Castro Government Rejects U S Protest In Cuba
Havana reports the Fidel Castro government categorically rejected a U S protest against American activities in Cuba. The foreign relations ministry said the protest was rejected and that a reply would be made to nine specific U S complaints in due time.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Anl
Cuba
Castro
Ministry of Foreign Relations
U. S
Khrushchev Visit to Cuba Raises U.S. Concerns
U S officials noted Khrushchev’s invitation to visit Cuba as evidence of Cuba’s ties with the Communist bloc. The State Department protested Cuba’s disregard for international law, unpaid American claims, and the subsidized sugar program, highlighting tensions in U S Cuba relations and Soviet ties.
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Khrushchev
Cuba
U.S
Washington
Havana
Castro
Ernesto Guevara
Soviet Union
Eisenhower Says Khrushchev Kindled Western Unity at West Point
At a West Point reunion Eisenhower praised Western unity amid Khrushchev’s rocket remarks calling the Soviet leader’s averred threats dangerous and stressing the United States will defend freedom. He noted advances in science and military might and recalled cadet days with his classmates.
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United States
Eisenhower
Rockland County
Republican Organization
Katharine St. George
Urany
Bear Mountain
Ian
Khrushchev
West Point
Europe
Lana Turner’s Daughter Cheryl Cries for Freedom Again
Cheryl Crane 14, Lana Turner’s daughter, ran away from a girls’ home with two other youths. Police found them after an eight hour joyride with three unidentified men who released them in Beverly Hills. The three teens were taken to Juvenile Hall while authorities weigh future placement.
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Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Cheryl Crane
Beverly Hills
Cheryl
Cheryhan
Ellethre
San Vernando Valley
Johnny Stompanato
Stormpanato
Willoony Brunette
Marthe Johnson
Sun Valley
Sheila Copeland
Bell
Cop Wounds Davy Man at Corner Lunch
Johnny Blevins, a year old man from McDowell County, was shot in the stomach at 4 p m Saturday at the Corner Lunch in Davy as a new officer James Richard Stinson fired. Blevins remained critical at Grace Hospital Welch. Stinson, on the force since the month began, said the shooting was accidental and planned a signed statement at State Police Headquarters. No charges were filed pending investigation.
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Grace Hospital
Welch
Davy
Johnny Blevins
Blevins
James Richard Stinson
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