Elected Officials Win in Bluefield and Surrounding Towns
City treasurer P. E. Goodman wins Bluefield Va election with 644 votes, defeating James T. Higginbotham. W. W. McGlamery and Earl Perry win East and West Ward council seats, with several incumbents returning. Mayors Hammitt at Poca and Williams at Cedar Bluff secure re election amid active contests.
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P. E. Goodman
Bluefield
Goodman
C. P. Painter
Tazewell County
W. W. McGlamery
Earl Perry
James T. Higginbotham
M. W. Charton
Ernes E. Powman
Charles Tate
McGlamery
Claude L Simpson
G. H
A. V. Sproles, Jr
James K. Sult, Jr
Harry
Wyrick
Morrissette
Hammitt
Newcomer Council
Leslie C. Brown
Jack Tothi
Posey Eades
C. W. Gilmore
James Lawson
A. B. Johnson
W. R. Williams
Cedar Bluff
James P. Edwards
Williams
D. Altizer
Arnold Goodwin
J. K. McFarlane
Bernard Nearhood
James Peery
John Scott
Edwards
Powers writes wife from Moscow captive letter details condition and fate
Francis Gary Powers in a six page letter to Barbara Powers describes postponement of home plans and a hoped return. Dr James Baugh read a statement noting the pilot is well fed and treated well while facing a Soviet espionage trial with possible seven years to death.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Barbara
James Baugh
Mrs. Powers
Milledgeville
Manteen Brown
Baugh
Powers
Oliver W. Power
U.S
Washington
Demonstrations in Japan as Kishi government faces unrest
In Tokyo and across Japan, protests against Prime Minister Kishi and the US alliance expanded with injuries reported in clashes. Officials plan airtight security for President Eisenhower’s arrival, while leftist groups reconsider mass anti American demonstrations and seek orderly opposition ahead of the treaty implementation.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Japan
Eisenhower
An Thoritis
Hamamatsu
Eration Zengakuren
White House
James ©. Hagerty
Inejiro Asanuma
Tie
C and O Seeks to Control B and O in Stock Exchange Plan
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize acquiring control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad through stock exchange or affiliate structure, preserving B and O during a transitional period to protect credit. Offers mailed to B O shareholders propose one C and O common for one B O preferred and one C and O common for 21/2 shares of B O common.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
B & O Preferred
Technician Killed as Titan Missile Explodes at Cape Canaveral
A Titan missile test at Cape Canaveral injures nine others and kills technician Joseph G. Sibole, 24, of Cocoa Beach. The accident marks the first missile-facility fatal in nearly a decade during preflight checks ahead of a scheduled test firing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Air Force Information Office
Joseph G. Sibole
Cocoa Beach
Bardot Quits Then Resumes Film Career in One Day
Paris fans read morning pledge that Bardot would quit cinema forever, then an afternoon bulletin saying she would quit shooting movies only when old. She left for a 15 day break with Jacques Char, while others expected a swift return to work.
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Paris
Brgitte Bardot
Miss Bardot
Bardot
Jacques Char
Clouzot
Wreckage Spotted After Airliner Vanishes Over Alaska
An emergency search found wreckage on Mt Gannett after a Pacific Northern Airlines Constellation disappeared from Cordova to Seattle. Fourteen aboard included Corrine Golom wife of Milton W Odom of Anchorage and Capt Richard Chamberlain. Elmendorf AFB dispatched a helicopter and search planes scoured the Gulf of Alaska route with no trace yet.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cordova
Seattle Anchorage
Gulf of Alaska
Chugach
Corrine Golom
Milton W. Odom
Odom
I Se Ateant Phoenic
Tucson
Ariz
Joan Figman
Mark
William
R. A. Mathews
Whitter
Calif
Alfred Anderson
Portland
Ore
H. L. Costelloe
Okleland
James Lucas
Lewis
Wash
Richard Chamberlain
Duane Easterly
Stew- Jo Ann Saylor
Nanmi Lee Marts
Seattle
Larry Stevenson Reaton
Bluefield Stores Set New Evening Hours Next Fall
The Bluefield Retail Trade Division of the Chamber of Commerce approved new closing hours to start September 12, 1960. Stores will stay open until 8 99 p.m. every Monday and close Saturdays at 5 p.m. The schedule has one Monday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Officers will be elected at the July meeting after a nominating committee chaired by Rey Browder Clyde Stephens and J K R Michelson is named.
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Bluefield
Rey Browder
Clyde Stephens
J. KR. Michelson
Dickenson Man Killed In Dante Auto Accident
Roger Phillips Vanover 21 of Clintwood Va died instantly when the car he borrowed overturned on a wet Dante lintwood Road. Trooper J T Francis Lebanon said the vehicle left the road and struck a rock after overturning, throwing Vanover as it landed on its side against a tree. The car belonged to Donald Lambert of Cleveland Va.
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Dickenson
Dante
Roger Phillips Vanover
Clintwood
J T Francis
Lebanon
Vanover
Lintwood
Donald Lambert
Cleveland
One Blue Angels Aviator Killed In Jet Crash
A member of the Navy Blue Angels, Anton M. Skip Cwie, died Tuesday in an FH jet crash at Pensacola Florida. The incident ended the precision demonstration team’s routine practice.
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Navy
Blue Angels
Pensacola
Fla
Anton M
C Wie
US Japanese Pact Approved for Ten Year Ally Status
The US Japan pact aims to place Japan with the free world as a US ally for ten years plus one more year. The Senate has not opposed ratification, and a closed door vote sent the measure to the Senate with 140 in favor and some absentees. The treaty sparks political tension amid Eisenhower’s visit and Socialist calls to dissolve the Japanese Parliament to block ratification.
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Japan
Free World
United States
Senate
Wayne Morse
Eisenhower Parade Draws Manila Overflowing Welcome
A vast throng greeted President Eisenhower as he rode through Manila streets on his return tour. Officials estimated large crowds, with teenagers commandeering a fire engine for part of the procession. Some signs questioned U.S. aid and Philippine independence while the president praised the United States and reaffirmed friendship.
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Manila
Eisenhower
United States
Eco
U. S
Japan
De Gaulle Promises Free Algerian Referendum Process
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle pledged a free referendum on Algeria's future. He said rebels could participate in arranging the vote, with formal stance to come after discussions on guarantees and conditions. Rebels reacted preliminarily and unofficially.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Connecticut Supreme Court upholds parochial bus transport law
The Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors ruled the state law allowing towns to provide transportation to pupils in nonprofit private schools on public funds is constitutional. The decision, with four justices agreeing and one dissent, cites keeping children safe and aiding parental choice without compelling church support. The case involved St. Rose’s School in Newtown, with prior transport starting a month after opening in 1938.
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Hartford. Conn
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
St. Rose's
Newtown
Ainess
Samuel Mellitz
Raymond E. Baldwin
Mellitz
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