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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
1
A Charleston citizens committee will meet on June 23 to review claims from 10 people for a 35000 reward linked to West Virginia’s largest cash theft. Earl Hayes Mathews' 1960 vault heist sparked the case. he is jailed at Huttonsville.
In Geneva the U S delegation refuses to rejoin the 14 nation talks until a satisfactory Laos cease-fire holds. The Padong capture by Communist led rebels raises hopes and fears as Andrei Gromyko ships in with possible Kremlin instructions.
Adlai Stevenson relayed that Argentina urged the United States to take a live and let live stance toward Cuba and avoid punitive action against Fidel Castro. Argentine officials indicated unanimous support for such action would be unlikely, with regional leaders preferring nonconfrontation as Stevenson continues his South American tour focused on economic and social aid.
In Washington, Attorney General Robert F Kennedy urged vigorous policing without regional bias or political slant. He cited Alabama racial troubles and noted 600 federal officers were deputized to protect interstate travel and restore order. Kennedy addressed 70 FBI Academy graduates, 67th class, stressing officers’ oath to enforce the law.
In Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann fidgeted and twisted while witnesses described the seven stages of hell at Auschwitz. Dr Aaron Berlin testified about torture of inmates as the trial presses toward its final stages with prosecutor Gideon Hausner asserting Eichmann bore full responsibility for the deaths.
Detroit based Tractors for Freedom Committee pauses after Castro proposes terms for trading 500 tractors for 1,200 prisoners. Walter Reuther says a reply will come while considering a Cuba delegation. mentions Franklin D. Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower as possible leaders.
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker told Parliament Canada will provide its own grain unloading machinery to land wheat and barley sold to Red China to avoid a U S ban on Illinois equipment. He said the U S may apply a loan to Roamelens firms without Canadian subsidiaries but Canada will fulfill its pact to deliver 217 million bushels of wheat and 58 million bushels of barley over two years.
Congress faces rising pressure on a $4.8 billion five year foreign aid bill led by Secretary of State Rusk and Senate Majority Leader Mansfield. Rusk urged long term development and a unified Agency for International Development under State control while Mansfield framed support as a test of Kennedy's international policy. Critics warned the five year authority repeats past proposals and risks tying aid to one plan.
President Kennedy spoke at the U S Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis urging vigilance and devotion as keys to national security He mixed wit with solemnity noting his own naval career never reached the perfection of an Annapolis graduate and praised the graduates led by Joe Smith Jr of San Diego Kennedy arrived by helicopter from the White House and spoke to distinguished graduates about commitment and service.
Dr. James E. Baugh disclosed at the Brunswick Rotary Club that negotiations seek a shorter term for imprisoned U2 pilot Frances G. Powers. He offered no specifics and spoke about Powers and his wife while confirming the inquiry.
A Radford College commencement lists Elizabeth Hinote of Hampton among the graduates, highlighting her as a music major in the event coverage.
Micamold Corp of Virginia in Tazewell becomes part of General Instrument Capacitor Division. The move touches four plants, aims at a 300 million market, and promises limited immediate job changes with possible permanent staffing stabilization and machinery shifts.
Rep. Adam Powell a Baptist minister and head of the House Education and Labor Committee urged including church related schools in the Defense Education Act. His move follows a White House conference and signals administration strategy to push parochial aid while the public school bill awaits action.
Washington AP reports three unattended microwave relay stations on the Utah Nevada border were sabotaged May 28. Senate hearings say the act was by professionals, not amateurs, with AT T and Defense Department officials warning of possible future disruption and urging stiffer penalties for attacks on military civil defense facilities.
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