Beatrice Pocahontas Mine Planned for Buchanan County
Island Creek Coal Company and Republic Steel to form Beatrice Pocahontas Company to develop a new coal mine near Grundy Virginia in Buchanan County. The project will employ about 400 people, produce 1 200 000 tons annually, cost millions, and be served by the Norfolk and Western Railway.
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Buchanan County
Island Creek Coal Company
Republic Steel Corporation
P. S. Patton
Republic Steel
R. E F. Salvati
Island Creek
Theso
Beatrice Pocahontas Company
Grundy
Norfolk and Western
Bolivian Government Cracks Down After Communist Plot
Bolivian authorities announced the arrest of 600 leftist union leaders amid a state of siege and martial law. Notable detainees include Ireneo Pimentel, Federico Escobar, and University of Oruro rector Felipe Inique, with internment camps created for detainees as miners plan a March rally.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Andes
Ireneo Pimentel
Federico Escobar
Mine Workers Union
Felipe Inique
University of Oruro
Communist Party
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Bids On Trucks Stir Up Fuss in West Virginia
Purchasing Director Boyd Horner Jr contests a Charleston Daily Mail claim that the State Road Commission bought 109 pickup trucks from a Buckhannon firm at a fourth low telegraphed bid. He says J D Moore Inc and Mullens Motors were rejected for specific reasons, making B and R Ford Sales the lowest valid bid at 1590.13 per unit.
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Charleston
Boyd Horner Jr
Buckhannon
Horner
Charleston Daily Mail
State Road Commission
B. and
R. Ford Sales, Inc
The
Daily Mail
Underwood
J. D. Moore, Inc
Mullens Motors
Parkersburg
Stuckey Motors
Martinsburg
Laos Talks Postponed as Fighting Halts Geneva Negotiations
The 14 nation Laos conference halted indefinitely due to fighting near P and Xieng Khouang. President Kennedy said the United States would not abandon efforts to negotiate. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko returned to the talks but offered no new instructions, noting only a possibility for agreement if all parties cooperate. Rebels pressed attacks after the May cease fire as Geneva efforts stall.
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Geneva
Laos
Soviet Union
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Gromyko
Khrushchev
International Control Commission
Padong
Xieng Khouang
Wreck Fatal To Wythe Countian
A 40 year old Wythe County man Onyx P Jones Jr of Crockett Virginia died at Wytheville Hospital after a two vehicle crash at 515 PM on Route 21 eight miles south of Wytheville The other vehicle was driven by Herbert Shumate of Warrensville North Carolina State police say the exact cause remains under investigation by Trooper J A Farthing.
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Wythe County
Wytheville Hospital
Wytheville
Onyx P Jones, Jr
Crockett, Va
Herbert €. Shumate
Warrensville
N. C
J. A. Farthing
Freedom Committee to Ship 100 Tractors to Cuba
Detroit based Freedom Committee says it will ship 100 tractors to Cuba within two weeks. Other items note Kennedy's Palm Beach weekend for back treatment, a Discoverer rocket failure at Vandenberg, and Laos peace conference recess.
Advance votes and absentee ballots for Bluefield primary
Twenty six residents had signed affidavits in the Bluefield City Clerk office stating they would be out of state for the June 13 primary and voted in advance. Six absentee ballots were mailed to residents away from Bluefield who will be absent through June 13.
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Bluefield
Maxine Holm
Governor Barron to Hold Strategy Talks Over Key Program
Governor Barron plans a high pressure meeting with legislative policy makers and his financial advisers at 1 p.m. Monday to salvage parts of a program to be presented to a special session next Wednesday. The talks follow a conference with Public Assistance Director W. Bernard Smith on welfare proposals requiring about 7 million dollars in state funds and face border county opposition to extending the 3 percent higher sales tax.
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Charleston
Barron
Senate
House Rules Committees
Smith
W. Bernard Smith
Border
Three Boys Die Trapped in Home Freezer in Concord NH
In West Concord, Keith Loughry six Glen Loughry four and neighbor William Anderson four suffocated after becoming trapped inside a newly placed home freezer. Investigators note an inside light dangled from the void as neighbors searched and the lid was raised to reveal two boys in one compartment and a third in another. The trio had been inside the freezer about one hour when found.
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Concord
N. H
West Concord
Keith Loughry
Glen Loughry
William Anderson
Loughry
Beverly Egounis
Gary Cooper Will Filed For Probate In LA
Los Angeles AP report states Gary Cooper died May 13 of cancer and left his widow the bulk of an estate estimated above 1 million dollars. The will provides 10000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund 5000 to brother Arthur Cooper 5000 to nephew Howard Cooper and niece Georgia Burton 1000 to Our Lady of Gethsemane Abbey Louisville Kentucky.
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Los Angeles
Gary Cooper
Screen Star
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Arthur
Indio
Calif
Howard Cooper
Georgia Burton
Marion
Ohio
Our Lady of Gethsemane Abbey
Louisville
Kennedy back strain prompts rest and overseas meetings
President Kennedy suffers a back strain from lifting a spade in Ottawa on May 16. Doctors say the ailment is a strain of the lower back joint and should heal with rest. Kennedy continues with a planned European trip and will rest in Palm Beach with Dr. Travell overseeing treatment.
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Palm Beach
Fla
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Janet Travel
Salinger
Ottawa
Government House
Canada
Travell
Senate Reverses Housing Provision Victory
Washington AP Kennedy administration wins a dramatic victory on a 6.09 billion housing bill by reversing an earlier decision to drop the moderate income family provision. Lawmakers completed action after an extended session.
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The
Senate
Washington
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Gore
Albert Gor
Tennessee
Tractors for Freedom Committee Seeks Cuba Trade and Red Cross Role
The Tractors for Freedom Committee told Fidel Castro it could ship 100 tractors within weeks with a six member technical group to travel to Havana, seeking Castro's approval. The group urged the Red Cross handle release details for 1,200 prisoners in exchange for 500 tractors. Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower signed the communique.
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Detroit
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Casro
International Red Cross
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton S. Eisenhower
Walter P
Committee of Private Citizens
Tractors For Freedom Group
Satellite Fails To Orbit At Vandenberg
A Discoverer satellite roared aloft at Vandenberg Air Force Base California but failed to achieve orbit. Telemetry failed after first and second stages, with officials unsure if the second stage ignited. Seven Douglas Aircraft workers replaced a pad arm and a cotter pin before liftoff, after which the rocket achieved a perfect takeoff.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Calif
Air Force
West Coast
Douglas Aircraft
Polar Orbit
Communist Party defies Supreme Court on membership lists
New York AP report says Ameri can Communist Party will not comply with a ruling to reveal its members. Gus Hall, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Benjamin J. Davis defend the decision, pledging further legal and political action to overturn the decision and protect the Bill of Rights.
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Communist Party
Gus Hall
New York
Supreme Court
U. S
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
United States
UPI
American Communist Party
Hall
National
Benjamin J. Dave Is
Congress
Moscow
YMCA hotel holdup suspect cites income tax urge
Everett Jackson a 25 year old truck driver seized after a $1000 holdup at a Chicago YMCA hotel told police he never did such a thing before but said I needed $111 in a hurry to pay my income tax The report notes the motive cited by the suspect in the crime.
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Chicago
Everett Jackeson
French Farmers Seize Town In Mutiny Over Low Prices
French Breton farmers converged on Morlaix seizing the governor office and blocking streets in a daylong protest over potato prices. Rioters stormed the town hall as riot police arrived, demanding government purchases for Algeria to lift earnings amid a 15 percent harvest rise.
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Morlaix
France
Brittany
Jacques Seron
Paris
Algeria
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