Auditorium Use in Bluefield Reflects City Recreation Role
The city auditorium hosts a wide range of events in 1960 and into 1961, with 468 openings in 1960 excluding the restaurant and over 100000 attendees that year. Recreation programs, dances, sports, and meetings are held, with rent from groups and subsidies noted, amid local political debate over funding and future.
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YMCA
Health Club
Amateur Athletic Association
Auditorium Commission
Lester Carper
SRC Support for Boulevard Through Bluefield Urban Renewal
City Manager Randolph G. Whittle indicated State Highway Dept support for a boulevard through Bluefield as part of the Urban Renewal Project. He met with State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers who advised seeking federal bureau participation. Project estimated at 1.2 million dollars with potential cost sharing among Road Commission and Federal Bureau.
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State Highway Department
Bluefield
Princeton
Randolph G. Whittle
Road Commission
Federal Bureau
Whittle
Road Department
Federal Agency
Seven more Freedom Riders jailed in Jackson Mississippi
Seven more Freedom Riders, five whites and two Negroes, were jailed after an attempted attack on segregated bus terminals in Jackson. In City Court Judge James Spencer imposed four months jail with two months suspended and a $200 fine for each, part of an escalating pattern that pushed total jailed to 72 as integration efforts continue with more groups expected.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Tuesaday
James Spencer
Freedom Riders
Trailways
New Orleans
Newell Weber
NATO Would Use Nuclear Weapons If Attacked
Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric reaffirmed U S policy that NATO would retaliate with nuclear arms if attacked by Communist forces. The statement echoes Eisenhower era doctrine and long held position by Gen Lauris Norstad as supreme Allied commander.
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Washington
NATO
Pengaton
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Defense Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Alliance
Kennedy reports sober Vienna talks with Khrushchev
President Kennedy said the Vienna conference was immensely useful but produced no concessions or major decisions. He noted Khrushchev spoke of peaceful conquest but did not discuss war and warned the Soviet veto blocked a test ban. Kennedy called the trip safe and valuable as talks on Laos and world communism continue.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
London
Harold Macmillan
Underwood Denies Seeking WVU Presidency
Former Governor Cecil H. Underwood says he is not a candidate for the presidency of West Virginia University. He notes he has remained in West Virginia with Island Creek Coal Co and would consider an offer only under certain circumstances.
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Underwood
Salem College
WVII
Island Creek
Raymond E. Salvati
WVUI
Salvati
U. S. Senate
West Virginia
Dominican Dictator Trujillo Assassination Tied to Foreign Plot
Reports from Ciudad Trujillo indicate a foreign nation linked to the assassination of the Dominican dictator. A doctor’s apparent self harm attempt and shifting theories point to an international conspiracy as the new government prepares an OAS inquiry team arrival.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Diaz
The
Organization of American States
OAS
Rafael Trujillo
Kennedy reports sober but useful Khrushchev meeting
President Kennedy told the nation in a radio television address that his talks with Premier Khrushchev were sober yet productive. Khrushchev spoke of the peaceful triumph of Communism, Kennedy said. A separate brief notes a grand jury indictment of six U.S. manufacturing firms for price fixing.
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Kennedy
Khrushchev
UPI
Hodges Presses Antitrust View In Senate Hearing
Secretary Luther Hodges told the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee that big business enforces employee discipline under antitrust laws, citing communication gaps as a flaw. He called price fixing a sign of corporate failure and urged sharper managerial responsibility.
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Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
America
Kennedy urges new laws to curb racketeers and crime
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked Congress for strong new powers to crack down on hoodlums and racketeers aided by legal loopholes. He told the Senate Judiciary Committee that restricting interstate communications could deal a severe blow to organized crime and urged passage of six proposals, stressing two measures.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Six Hardware Makers Indicted for Price Fixing
Six leading hardware manufacturers controlling over 75 percent of eastern electrical transmission equipment were indicted by a federal grand jury in Milwaukee. The firms face price fixing charges with potential penalties up to fifty thousand dollars fine. The action involves firms including Oliver Electrical Manufacturing, Hubbard and Co, McGraw Edison, Joslyn, A B Chance, and Utilities Service Co with total annual sales exceeding thirty million dollars.
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Mil
Milwaukee
Wis
Rocky Mountains
U.S
Oliver Electrical Manufacturing Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Utilities Service Co
Allentown
Hubbard & Co
Chicago
McGraw-Edison Co
Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
Illinois
Joseph Dean
McGraw-Edison
Marshall S. Delavan
Hubbard and Co
Robert Dolan
Joslyn Manufacturing
Rebels Shell Village In Laos
Rebels shelled the Padong village near Xieng Khouang as a cease fire frays. The Royal Lao Army and Meo fighters defend a 1,000 man garrison supported by howitzers and mortars under Lt. Col. Vang Pao, with no casualty details available.
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Laos
Padong
Xieng Khouang
Vang Pao
Princeton Vote Light Elect 4 To City Council
Four members were elected to Princeton City Council in a light voter turnout. Ward 1 Thomas M. Jones received 188 votes, Ward 2 J. W. Marshall 241, Ward 3 Willie J. Reece 143, and Ward 4 Hode White 267. Five candidates ran in Ward 1, two in Ward 2, three in Ward 3, and two in Ward 4. Ward 2 was the closest race.
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Princeton
Thomas M. Jones
J. W. Marshall
Willie J. Reece
Hode White
Jones
W. N. McClaugherty
Herbert Bowling
F. B. Wimmer
Walthall Jr
Reece
Harold W. Herring
M. B. Penn
C. O. Stafford
Carl G Jung Dies in Zurich Amid Noted Psychiatrist Career
Carl G Jung, 85, a founder of modern psychiatry and former Freud associate, died in Zurich. Born July 26, 1875, in Kesswil, he studied medicine, helped redefine key psychiatric concepts, and authored memoirs before retirement marked by privacy. He valued gardening and practical aims over publicity.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Carl Gustav Jung
Psychiatran Enes
Jung
Sigmund Freud
Chegn
Hwy Jung
Kesswil
Lake Constance
Bleuler
Basel
Burghoelzli
Eugen Bleuler
Eichmann Wax Figure Removed From Berlin Waxworks
A life sized wax statue of Adolf Eichmann removed from a Berlin fairground exhibit after local complaints. The figure had been shown as part of a murderers and freaks display while Eichmann is on trial in Israel for Nazi era murders.
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Berlin
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
No Word Yet From Fidel On Swap Deadline Today
New York AP reports no reply from Fidel Castro on the proposed exchange of 500 American tractors for 1 200 prisoners captured in last month’s Cuban invasion. The citizens committee deadline is 1 p m EDT Wednesday, with possible telephonic next steps if Havana does not respond.
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Fidel Castro
New York
Citizens Committee
Havana
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Cochairman
Committee
Detroit
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milton S. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reuther
Joseph M. Dodge
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Castro
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Pocahontas Electrica! Institute
SRC
Jackson, Miss
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Juan Tomas
Five-Nation
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Bob Kennedy
Philadelphia
Marshall
White
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Carl G. Jung
Modern Psychiatry
E. W. Anderson
J. C. Crockett
Amos Beam
Althoff
Hugh A. Knox
Quentin Whaley
J. Luther Mayhew
John Fanning
R. E. Dangerfield
Jack Pate
McDowell County
Floyd Jones
Cleve Atwell
Lloyd Hinkle
Stanley Rose
Anna Bell Radford
Nathan Hale
Epp Staten
Donald Dunnel
David Buchanan
Republican Council
M. S. Carpenter
Dr. S. Alston
Henry Meyer
Ernest G. Law
Edwin D. Tunnell
Anawalt
People’s
Ee McDowell County
Tuesry
Marvin McCormick
Joe Barta
Ottis Newsome
Joe Donchatz
Recorder
Carl E. Sage
Lee Goff
Carl Jones
James Lee
Pedro Witten
Walter Presley
Roy A. Ball
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Marvin Heffling
L. E. Whitman
Oakvale
Mercer County
A. E. Watson
Wade Lee Elmore
Eichmann
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