Virginia UVA 198 Graduates Hear Shannon Inauguration
Charlottesville Virginia The University of Virginia awarded 198 degrees to 865 graduates from 32 states the District of Columbia and 10 foreign countries. President Edgar Finley Shannon Jr spoke as the first president to confer degrees since his October 1959 inauguration. Local area graduates include Ward Richlands White Giles McNabb Pauley Williams Drewry Williamson Rader Rakes Heron Richmond and Dunns.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
District of Columbia
Edgar Finley Shannon, Jr
Shannon
John Wells Ward
Wytheville
Joseph William White
Richlands
Catherine Kelly Giles
Freeman
Mary Louise McNabb
Bluefield
Winifred Joycelyn Pauiey
Ronceverte
Gaylord Stone Williams
Lyman Aubrey Drewry, Jr
Thomas Garnett Williamson
Eugene Kenton Rader
Rae Raymond Rakes
Narrows
Harris
Mt. Heron
Thelma Ruth Richmond
Dunns
Jet flights cut New York to Lisbon to six twenty
The travel time for passenger service between New York and Lisbon is now six hours and twenty minutes.
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New York
Lisbon
Biggest Of All Espionage Nets
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Sino Soviet bloc runs an espionage network of about 300 000 trained officers across 27 services. He noted the Soviet Union has built the largest intelligence machine with global agents and cited 360 convictions in 11 free countries for Soviet espionage.
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Washington
Congress
Intelligence and Security Services
Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Senate
Sen
J. William Fulbright D-Ark
Paris
Herter
Free World
Ben
West Virginia Ohio planners set for centennial meeting
West Virginia and Ohio Civil War Centennial Commissions will meet in Parkersburg to plan a joint observance of the 1861 summer campaigns. Ohio and West Virginia will mark the first land battle at Philippi with a May 31 to June 3 event and map battlefield sites for tourists. Chairmen William S. Carson and Dr. E. E. Myers lead the commissions as they outline plans centering on Philippi and the Tygart and Kanawha valleys.
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Parkersburg
Ohio
West Virginia
Philippi
Tygart
Kanawha
William S. Carson
State Court Grants Hearing On Plea To Nullify 295 Ballots
State Senator Herbert Traubert seeks to nullify ballots from Hancock County after a close Democratic primary. The case centers on 2% ballots marked sample instead of official ballots in Precincts 14 and 4. The state supreme court will hear Traubert's request to throw out the disputed votes.
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Charleston
Herbert Traubert
Supreme Court
Hancock County
Traubert
Follawsbee
Senate
Brooke, Hancock
Ohio
Bert
Donald Chaney
Chester
Protests Filed In Rate Hearing In West Virginia
Public Service Commission chair Myron Renick postponed the rate hearing to July 5 to allow staff to audit C P books. Protests come from Huntington Morgantown Charleston Wheeling and other municipalities plus the West Virginia League of Municipalities. The company seeks authority to raise rates by 5.6 million dollars in annual revenue for 331000 customers.
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Charleston
Aston
Myron R. Renick
Public Service Commission
Huntington
Morgantown
Wheeling
Lagan
Grafton
Fayetteville
Nitro
Buekharinen
West Virginia League of Municipalities
PSC
West Virginia
White Slave Ring Broken Up In Rome
Rome police say they have broken up a ring trafficking in slaves. Authorities reported the headquarters was a bird shop on Via Tor dei Schiavoni near the Tower of Slaves.
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Rome
Tor Dei Schiavi
Tower of Slaves
Isolated Revolt in Argentina Fails
AP report describes a brief mutiny in western Argentina as President Frondizi departed for Europe. Rebels led by an antiaircraft group in San Luis seized the province, but the uprising collapsed after six hours with no outside support. Gen Gomez was captured and Gen Giovannoni reportedly fled, while Frondizi handed power to Jose Maria Guido and departed on a multinational trip.
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Argentina
Arturo Frondini
Europe
Peronists
San Luis
Midnigh
Obers
Interior Ministry
Loyal Trans
Mauricio Gomez
Fortunato Giovannoni
Provisiona
Santiago
Frondizi
Senate
Jose Maria Gally
Lef
Conixtent
Guide
Prowdtin
Narment
Rodolfo Larcher
Census Taker Shot Kill In Mexico Reported
A census taker was shot and killed in a Mexican village while asking questions of a resident. The incident occurred last week, with delayed reports from Durango and Puebla noting the fatal attack.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Durango
Puebla
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Don Chaffin
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Vimmy's Restaurant
Buenos Ames
Peron
Virginia Ann Jewelry
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Bluefield, Ve
Mr CS
Mi Constant Sai
Flat Top National Bank
Ford Dealers
America
Ford Galaxie
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Andy Clark Ford Inc
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, West Virginia
Mercer Motor Company
Princeton
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