Dinner Meeting Launches Drive for Mercer Centennial
Mercer Countians pledged to meet the $50 000 quota for the Mercer Centennial campaign at a West Virginian ballroom dinner chaired by E G Otey and Essie F E Bailey The event featured Governor Barron and ex Governor Okey L Patteson as the highlight with the drive aiming to raise 1 million from private sources alongside a 400 000 state appropriation The governor praised West Virginia efforts and cited progress in Logan Mingo and Wyoming counties as example of county support and unity
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E. G. Otey
Okey Patterson
Ray Barnett
Essie Bailey
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Bailey
Princeton
William Wallace Barron
West Virginia
Essie FE
Okey L. Patteson
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Anchorage
Alaska
Logan
Mingo
Wyoming
Virginia
Ness
Air Crew Cuts in Four to Three Plan Stall in Three Airlines
Washington AP reports flight engineers agreed on a four to three crew reduction formula with Trans World Airlines but Eastern Air Lines and Pan American balked at terms. A New York union meeting will map next steps as Labor officials deem no major change. The deal, pushed by the Kennedy administration and Goldberg, keeps a strike threat in limbo while negotiations on wages and conditions continue.
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Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
TWA
New York
Labor Department
Flight Engineers Inernational Association
Eastern
Pan Am
Air Three Lines
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Malcolm A. Macintyre
Afl-Cio
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Time
Labor Dept
Japanese Volcano Mihara Erupts Spewing Ash and Smoke
Mt Mihara on Izu Oshima Island erupted sending a 3000 foot column of dark smoke and volcanic ash into the sky. No casualties were reported. Mihara stands on the small island 75 miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific.
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Tokyo
Mt. Mihara
Central Meteorological Agency
Mihara
Pacific
Rusk Denounces Berlin Wall on West German Visit
Secretary of State Dean Rusk called Berlin's Wall an affront to human dignity and vowed to find a way to break it down during a fence mending swing in Bonn. He travels with the allies to ease ties amid global Cold War strains.
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Dean Rusk
Berlins
Red Wall
Bonn
Abby Classifieds and Society Notes Feed Local Readers
Inside Abby section details twelve people adding years in Princeton society waves. The page lists classifieds, sports, crossword, editorials, stocks, movies, weather, obituaries and a stargate bass feature.
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Abby
Princeton
Stargate Bass
Five Hurt In Giles County Two Car Crash
Five persons were injured in a two car collision in Giles County Virginia near Bluff City. Victims include William A. Miller 41 Ruth Miller 35 and Bonnie Jean Miller 16 from New Regal and Robert Lee Brooks 61 plus Earl L. Jackson 61 of Pearisburg. All were hospitalized under treatment.
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Giles County
A. B. Heck
William A. Miller
Ruth Miller
Bonnie Jean Miller
New Regal
Robert Lee Brooks
Earl L. Jackson
Pearisburg
Miller
Giles Memorial Hospital
Pearlsburg
Heck
William C. Miller
U. S 460
Brooks
Jackson
Last Obstacle Removed For Laos Coalition
Gen. Phourni Nosavan, a right wing strongman, capitulated, clearing the last hurdle to a three party Laos coalition led by Souvanna Phouma as neutralist premier and Phoumi as defense minister. The three factions agreed to empower King Savang Vathana to install the new government, with inauguration expected Saturday.
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National Assembly
Vientiane, Laos
Phourni Nosavan
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Phoumi
Savang Vathana
Pathet Lao
National Congress
Four East German Soldiers Flee Across Border
Four members of an East German engineer unit escaped across the East West German border on Thursday. The group included one corporal and three privates assigned to border fortification work, according to West German border officials.
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Brunswick
Germany
East
West Germany
Freeman aides sought letters to thwart Estes probe
Two Republican senators accused Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman of backing a search of department files for correspondence with Senators Mundt and Curtis since 1953. An aide said the effort aimed to aid Freeman before the McClellan subcommittee hearings into Billie Sol Estes and possible political influence in farm programs.
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Billie Sol Eests
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
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Billie Sol Estes
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Agriculture Department
Department
Thomas R. Hughes
Estes
Texas
Mundt
Department of Agriculture
Hughes
China massing forces opposite Formosa sparks White House concern
Washington reports a puzzling buildup of Communist Chinese air and ground troops along the Fukien Province coast opposite Nationalist Formosa. Officials cite fear of invasion and possible aims at Quemoy Matsu or Formosa, with U S policy unchanged and no Soviet involvement evident.
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White House
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Fukien
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsu
Pierre Salinger
State Department
Lincoln White
Salinger
Record X15 flight hits 250000 feet over California desert
Veteran X15 pilot Robert M White reached 250000 feet in the research rocket plane, stating the craft met design limit height and could fly higher. He predicted 280000 feet in July as the program probes heat and re entry stresses.
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Robert M. White
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
California
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joe Walker
White
Rogers Dry Lake
North American Aviation
House Debates Farm Bill Ended By Major Defeat
In Washington Republicans and disaffected Democrats defeated Kennedy's farm bill 215 to 205. The measure would have imposed mandatory acreage reductions and national marketing quotas on feed grains and wheat, aiming to curb surpluses costing the government billions. Democratic leaders sought a recanvass, but McCormack refused, stating the vote was not close.
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Kennedy
Washington
House
Harold D. Cooley
Dn.c
Agriculture Committee
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Secretary of Agriculture
State Road Deaths Rise in West Virginia This Year
State Police at Charleston report 182 deaths on West Virginia highways to date this year, up from 140 at the same point last year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pocahontas Man Killed In Mine
A 53 year old man from Pocahontas Virginia John Odham died after injuries in a mine accident in Upland McDowell County at about 3 PM He was en route to Bluefield Sanitarium where he died around 3 20 PM Odham a former Pocahontas Police Department member will be at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements
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McDowell County
John Odham
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Odham
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Moonshine Raids Seize Still and Arrest Pair in Stuart
Federal and state officers raided a moonshine operation in Stuart Virginia Thursday afternoon. They seized 70 gallons of illegal whisky 650 gallons of mash and a 250 gallon submarine still. Arrested were Quentin Roosevelt Conner 42 and James Carlton Ashburn 25 of Rt 1 Patrick Springs charged with manufacturing whisky released on $500 bonds each.
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Stuart, Va
Quentin Roosevelt Conner
James Carlton Ashburn
Rt. 1
Patrick Springs
Rusk defies Berlin wall as he seeks talks with Soviets
Secretary of State Dean Rusk called Berlin’s wall an affront to human dignity and said a way will be found to break it down. He pledged to continue seeking negotiations with the Soviet Union to resolve the fate of the divided city and reassured West Berliners of U.S. commitment to their freedom.
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Dean Rusk
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Iron Curtain
Rusk
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East Germany
Bonn
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Wall
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