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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1964

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Take Trip To Jail In Florida Over Desegregation Spat

In St Augustine Florida a day of desegregation clashes left about 120 arrests in six days. Negroes blocked a motel restaurant and churches while Dr Martin Luther King Jr was released on bond after arrest at a segregated restaurant. White and Black marches endured heavy police presence and tense silent processions through Negro and white sections.

ST. Augustine, Fla James Brock Martin Luther King Jr Rubber Manuey C. T. Vivian Atlanta

Khrushchev Begins 18 Day State Visit to Scandinavia

Soviet Premier Khrushchev departed Moscow with Nina and officials for an 18 day tour through Denmark Norway and Sweden. Crowds greeted him at Byelorussia station as he left for Kaliningrad then Copenhagen with aims to ease North Atlantic defense tensions and push for a Baltic sea of peace.

Moscow Khrushchev Scandinavia Byelorussia Denmark Norway Sweden Nina Baltic Kaliningrad Copenhagen Kremlin Soviet Union Hungary United Arab Republic North Atlantic Treaty Organization Scandinavian Germany NAT

Beauties Claim Pageant Contests Won By Advances

In London the 20 year old Paula Williams Miss North Wales alleges beauty contests are partly fixed by judges advances. She says she refused offers and notes instances where two rivals who accepted won over others who did not. Williams cites a Wales television interview and says other queens agree.

London Paula Williams Sunday Mirror Miss Williams

Rough Rider Langdon Offers Cuba Solution at Las Vegas Reunion

Jesse D. Langdon, 84, a surviving Rough Rider, proposes creating a Cuban state to avert trouble, arguing the United States mishandled Cuban policy since the Spanish American War. He and fellow veterans Frank Brito, Charles Hopping, and Arthur Tuttle gather in Las Vegas, New Mexico, annual reunions dating to 1899.

Las Vegas N.M Rough Riders Jesse D. Langdon East Rockaway N.Y Teddy Roosevelt Las Vege Langdon U.S Cuba Frank C. Brito Las Cruces Charles Hopping Long Beach Calif Arthur L. Tuttle Salinas New Mexico Teddy Roosevelt San Juan Hill

Cyprus Stay Seen Three Months By UN Troops

Adlai E Stevenson said the UN Security Council would likely order continued UN forces in Cyprus for at least three months. United States pledged 2 million dollars and Britain 1 million to fund the mission, with UN Secretary General U Thant seeking about 5 million total. Stevenson called the Southeast Asia crisis a grave matter and noted his potential VP candidacy.

Washington Adlai E. Stevenson Security Council United Nations Cyprus United States Britain U.N U Thant Sum. Stevenson U. N Southeast Asia Democratic Party Johnson

Thief Grabs Church Collection During Richmond Service

A thief entered Trinity Lutheran Church in Richmond Virginia during Sunday worship and took a bank bag containing about $300 in checks and cash. The bag had been stored in an unlocked closet by church officers after collection.

Richmond Trinity Lutheran Church Donald Machow

Governors and Mayors Plowed Into Civil Rights Push

Senator Hubert Humphrey urged governors to convene post passage conferences and asked the U S Conference of Mayors to seek ways to apply the civil rights law. He said national action and community support are needed, with focus on education poverty housing and economic conditions.

Washington Hubert H. Humphrey D-Minn Senate United States Conference of Mayors Humphrey Johnson Minnesota

Mercer County Home Looted of 1200 Dollars

State police in Princeton report a Mercer County residence was looted of 1200 dollars from locked boxes beneath a bed. The couple, Sam Shrewsberry and his wife, were away from Sunday June 7 to Saturday June 13. No forced entry noted. police suspect an insider knew of the money.

Mercer County Princeton Sam Shrewsberry Rt. 1 Rock Spanishburg William Johnson Shrewsberry Johnson

Beatles welcomed by huge crowds in Melbourne

Police and troops faced a massive crowd as the Beatles arrived in Melbourne from Adelaide. About 50,000 fans on the ground and as many as 250,000 in the city greeted the group, with 300 officers guiding the reception.

Melourne Australia Beatles Adelaide L. M. Patterson

Self-Styled Scientist Murders Moscow Official

A man from Kuibyshev traveled 450 miles to Moscow and shot V. G. Karitsky in the Commission of Spectroscopy building. The 37 year old Osokin, a legal adviser by trade, claimed his late night scientific work justified the killing and was arrested after the June 9 murder. Izvestia reported no remorse and said he believed his discovery misunderstood.

Teddy Moscow Sapunov Street Commission of Spectroscopy Academy of Sciences V. G. Karitsky Vacheslav Nikolayevich Osokin Osokin Kuibyshev Izvestia Nyet Karitzky

Scranton Takes Lead Bid as GOP Moderates Rally

Gov William W Scranton of Pennsylvania announced his entry into the Republican presidential race citing party moderates' disheartened mood after Barry Goldwater's California victory. He aims to build a campaign to curb Goldwater at the July 13 convention in San Francisco and says he could support either Goldwater or Rockefeller if not nominating himself.

Scranton William W. Scranton Pennsylvania Sen Barry Goldwater California San Francisco American Broadcasting Co Goldwater Associated Press Rockefeller Issus

LA Drivers Strike Paralyzes Los Angeles Transit System

In Los Angeles, 2,500 bus drivers walked out, six days after talks stalled with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Eight cents separate the sides on a proposed pay raise as 500,000 daily riders face long waits and overcrowded freeways across four counties. Pickets appeared at twelve terminals with no incidents reported.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Brotherhood of Railroad Los Angeles County Orange Riverside San Bernardino MTA

Steel firms and unions unite for racial equality pact

Eleven steel companies and the United Steelworkers Union announced a joint pact to promote racial equality in the steel industry. The agreement follows individual signings of the plans for progress with the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity by firms including U. S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Jones and Laughlin, Armco, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Inland Steel, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Wheeling, Great Lakes, and Pittsburgh Steel.

Pittsburgh United Steelworkers Union

Five Are Injured In Two Car Wreck

Five persons were hurt Sunday night in a two car collision near Kanawha Falls Fayette County. Four people in one car, including Richard Underwood 28 his wife Noma 27 Elizabeth Underwood 16 and Cynthia Underwood 1, were injured all except the baby in serious condition in a Montgomery hospital.

Montgomery W.va Kanawha Falls Fayette County Richard Underwood Lockwood Noma Elizabeth Underwood Craigsville Cynthia Underwood

Goldwater Poised Ahead of Texas Montana Delegates

Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater gains momentum as 618 first ballot delegates boost him toward the 655 needed for nomination. Scranton’s rise introduces a contest to hold or shift delegates in the run up to the July 13 convention in San Francisco.

Goldwater Arizona Barry Goldwater GOP Texas Rockefeller Scranton Lodge Nixon Washington Montana San Francisco Associated Press Nelson A. Rockefeller William W. Scranton Henry Cabot Lodge Margaret Chase Smith Richard M. Nixon

Goldwater Rejects Radio-TV Debates

Sen. Barry Goldwater declined a CBS invitation to a two hour face-to-face radio television debate with rivals Nelson Rockefeller and William Scranton. He said he prefers debating President Johnson and suggested he does not want to help opponents gain public attention. The invitation aimed for next Sunday night.

Washington Barry Goldwater Arizona Johnson Columbia Broadcasting System Goldwater Nelson A. Rockefeller New York William W. Scranton Pennsylvania

Surgery Successful For Siamese Twin In Mississippi

A three day old infant separated from her Siamese twin was reportedly nourished Sunday at Greenwood Leflore Hospital in the Mississippi delta. The baby, born Friday to Elnora Moore, 33, was taking about a quarter ounce of formula every three hours.

Greenwood, Miss Greenwood-Leflore Hospital Mississippi Delta Elnora Moore

Parked Auto and Trailer Hit in Shawnee Bottom Shooting

A speeding car fired bullets at a parked auto and a house trailer at Shawnee Bottom in Mercer County about 1 a.m. Sunday. Woodrow Blankenship and his family were asleep inside the trailer when bullets entered the bedroom area. Investigators believe more than two people shared in the attack and bullets struck five times plus a shotgun blast.

Shawnee Bottom Mercer County William Johnson Woodrow Blankenship Johnson Blankenship

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