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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1963

Page

2

Talks With Negroes End In Maryland

In Cambridge Maryland the mayor and City Council broke off all negotiations with Negro leaders and urged Governor Tawes to keep National Guard troops on duty indefinitely. The group cited breach of faith and threats by Negro representatives as reasons to end talks and to maintain martial law conditions.

Cambridge, Md J. Millard Tawes National Guard Dorchester County House of Delegates Tawes John Wesley Lord Washington, D.C Viborac Dorchester Junior High School 115Th Infantry Cambridge Annapolis Salisbury

Help Coming Vowed by Danville Negro Leaders

In Danville Virginia Negro leaders vow to carry on mass demonstrations despite arrests and city restrictions. Rev Lawrence W Campbell says a noon Monday demonstration will proceed with help from other states while figures from SCLC and ACLU plan legal support for those arrested.

Danville Virginia Lawrence W. Campbell High Street Baptist Church Campbell High Street Wyatt Tee Walker Atlanta Walker Southern Christian Leadership Conference Martin Luther King Jr William L. Kuntsler American Civil Liberties Union The Ghandi Society Kuntsler Corporation Court Danville, Va

Four Negro Women Enter White Church in Jackson

In racially tense Jackson four young Negro women entered St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and remained through the service. Negroes were turned away at Central Presbyterian and First Christian churches as NAACP plans remained undisclosed after Medgar Evers funeral and a violent parade.

Jackson, Miss Jackson St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Medgar Evers Meridian Arlington National Cemetery Washington, D.C Evers National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peole Rile Fr NAACP St. Andrew's Central Presbyterian Church First Christian Church Central Presbyterian

Two Children Feared Drowned in New River near Thurmond

Rescue teams dragged the New River near Stone Cliff Bridge in Fayette County for the bodies of 12 year old Sammy Howington and 8 year old Elizabeth Howington. The siblings, children of Herbert and Mrs Howington of Greentown near Oak Hill, reportedly fell in while Elizabeth played with friends and Sammy went to save her.

Oak Hill W.va Stone Cliff Bridge Thurmond Fayette County Sammy Howington Elizabeth Howington Elizabeth Sammy Herbert Howington Greentown

Order Restored In Viet Nam Riots

Saigon forces used tanks and barbed wire to quell antigovernment riots that swept through the capital. Tear gas clubs and gunfire followed demonstrations by Buddhists, fracturing an accord with President Ngo Dinh Diem. A 15-year-old boy died from a gunshot, with injuries reported among monks and followers and 109 demonstrators arrested. Police reported injuries to 30 officers in the clashes.

Saigon South Viet Nam Ngo Dinh Diem U. S United States

Macmillan Seeks Backing in Parliament Sex Scandal Debates

Prime Minister Harold Macmillan returns to London buoyant as Parliament opens a critical debate on the government sex scandal. Aides report cabinet unity and a plan to pressure for the vote he seeks, with talks of dissolving Parliament and calling a new election if defeated.

London Harold Macmillan Labor Party Macmillan Aso Ian Orr-Ewing the Admiralty Macmillan

Three Boys Swept Away by Utah Flash Flood

A flash flood in northeastern Utah's Unita National Forest swept three young campers from bed as debris filled the river area. Rescue crews battled to save the Lander dam in Wyoming while heavy rains and hail caused damages across Denver and Colorado fronts.

Utah Wyoming Lander Rockies Montana Idaho Unita National Forest Duchesne River Forest Service Stockmore Pope Agie Mel Hallam Hudson Riverton Denver Colorado South Carolina Texas Panhandle Waco Tex Florida

Red China Demands Violent Revolution Policy in Moscow Talks

Red China attacks Khrushchev era policy of peaceful coexistence and insists Moscow accept revolutionary methods to topple capitalism. It criticizes the Soviet Union Britain and its Laos handling and warns US attempts to restrain Pathet Lao and North Vietnam will fail. A letter from the Chinese Communist Party sets conditions for settling Sino Soviet differences and hopes July talks start productive negotiations.

Tokyo Khrushchev China Moscow Kremlin Peking Soviet Union Britain Pathet Lao Red China Viet Nam Peking- Moscow Chinese Communist Party New China

Inside Abby Add Years Classified Comics Editorials

The fragment presents a newspaper navigation line with section headers such as Inside Abby, Classifieds, Comics, Editorials, and Society, plus sports and weather. It signals page structure rather than a complete story and lacks identifiable people or events to summarize.

Abby Princeton Society

Portrait Of Whistler’s Father In Sidelit Fame

Washington Post reports on Maj. George Washington Whistler, father of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, whose unsigned portrait is believed to be an early work. The major died in Russia in 1649 while supervising a railroad project. The father’s painting sits in a Freer Gallery storage room.

Washington Russia St. Petersburg Moscow Whistler United States England Louvre Paris Freer Gallery of Art

Hoover in fragile condition as heart action irregular near 88

Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remains in serious condition in New York with irregular heart action and a low fever after a week of illness in his Waldorf Towers suite. Doctors report no new gastrointestinal bleeding in 36 hours, and Hoover is resting quietly with only his sons visiting.

New York Herbert Hoover Waldorf Towers Manhattan Ralph H. Boots Rudolph N. Schullinger Fordyce B. St. John Hoover Allan Herbert Jr Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Featherbedding Issue Discussed in Rail Negotiations

Washington AP reports negotiators for rail unions and management met with Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz after Kennedy’s scolding to pursue a settlement on featherbedding. A status quo until July 10 or until agreement kept, as unions and railroads weigh eliminating about 40 000 firemen positions amid technology shifts and possible future legislation.

Washington Willard Wirtz Wirtz Kennedy

First woman cosmonaut in space Valentina Tereshkova and Bykovsky orbit Earth

MOSCOW AP The worlds first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and her Russian partner Bykovsky orbited Earth Sunday with talk of a possible link up in orbit. Officials said both crafts had slight altitude loss and a boy and girl rendezvous seemed unlikely as Tereshkova was not a trained pilot. Tereshkova, 26, communication with Bykovsky continued half an hour after launch.

Moscow Valentina Earth Valentina Tereshkova Soviet Union Tereeshkova Valery Bykovsky Miss Tereshkova Bykovsky Khrushchev Pavel Popovich Andrian Nikolayev Nikolayev Popovich Tass Vostok V Seagull Seaegull

Nixon Urges Unity to Solve U S Racial Problem

Richard Nixon urged leaders across parties in Spain to unite to settle the U S racial issue and remove it from politics. He warned against spreading the view that Negroes and whites fight nationwide and called it a national and world problem. He praised Kennedy as moving the issue out of political wrangling.

Madrid Spain Richard M. Nixon U.S United States Portugal Europe Nixon Kennedy

Prison Inmate Stabbing Claims Life at West Virginia Penitentiary

State Police report inmate David Poole, 37, of Inwood Morgan County, was stabbed to death Sunday on the prison walkway after breakfast. Suspect Leroy Hitchcock, 22, of Huntington, is charged with the slaying. Poole’s weapon was a kitchen knife remade into a blade. Poole served time for unlawful wounding while Hitchcock served time for breaking and entering.

Moundsville David Poole Inwood Morgan County Leroy Hitchcock Huntington Povle Poole Hitchcock

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