Five Bluefield officers under arrest in long probe
The Mercer County prosecutor said five Bluefield police officers face charges in a years-long burglary investigation. Capt. C. P. Cregger Lt. Charles Fox Sgt. C. E. Kirk Sgt. Robert Gibson and Patrolman Robert Lee are named. Some suspects faced lie detector tests. indictments could come from the July grand jury.
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Bluefield
Robert Gibson
W. 9. Bivens
Robert Lee
C. P. Cregger
Charles Fox
C. E. Kirk
Mercer County
Gibson
J. C. Penney
Lee
Marvin Brooks
Rabbitt Martin
Ira Mathena
Houston Howington
Marvin Shorter
Princeton
Brooks
Martin
Howington
Shorter
Bivens
Mercer
Rabbit Martin
Bowman's
Fox
Penney
Coal crisis debate at West Virginia conference
Labor leader John L. Lewis accused President Kennedy of未 fulfilling coal promises for West Virginia miners saying unemployment and hardship persist while officials offer only talk. He faulted Eisenhower tariffs and urged action alongside Byrd Randolph Bailey and other West Virginia Democrats at the Barron-hosted industry labor conference.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Kennedy Monday
Joiness Coal Maude’s
West
Virgina
Lewis
West Virginia
Kennedy
Conference of Labor, Industry and Government
Sens
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Cleveland Bailey
Harley O Staggers
Elizabeth Kee
Ken Hechler
Arch A. Moore Jr
R-W.va
Stephen F. Dunn
The
National Coal Association
Air Labor Deadlock Spurs Talk of New Law
Senators weigh federal action as Eastern Air Lines strike continues and Pan American faces potential shutdown. FAA demands powerplant license in cockpits while officials debate a binding board to settle airline job disputes.
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Washington
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pan American
New York
Goldberg
Af Eastern
Flight Engineers Union
Federal Aviation Agency
Engineers
N.E. Halaby
FAA
Trans World Airlines
Salan Faces New Charge Of Treason In Prison
Paris reports Raoul Salan former French general and life term treasonist is charged with directing further treasonable acts from prison. Prosecution cites a letter ordering funds to Bidault and a Black Monocle contact with 100 million old francs for a successor.
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Paris
Raoul Salan
Salan
Lifer
Andre Canal
Secret Army
Canal
George Bidault
Bidault
Columbia Broadcasting System
France
National Council of Resistance
Tourist Center Gets Big Boost Near Sugar Grove
The Area Redevelopment Administration awards 1.477 million dollars for a Sugar Grove West Virginia tourist center at the Big Ear radio telescope site. Total project cost about 2 million with Navy exhibits and outer space sound effects. Completion expected 1963 with operation in 1964, part of the state parks system.
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Washington
Area Redevelopment Administration
West Virginia
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
John M. Slack
D-W.va
ARA
Big Ear
Outer Space
Mount Palomar
Navy Department
Slack
State Department of Natural Resources
System of State Parks and Forests
Supreme Court Rules Public School Prayer Unconstitutional
The court declared that any government backed prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause. Justice Black warned that official government support for religion pressures minorities to conform, even if the prayer is neutral or voluntary. The ruling follows related decisions limiting religious instruction on school property and supporting parental reimbursement for transport to parochial schools.
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Hugo L. Black
Black
New York Board of Regents
Potter Stewart
GOPers Pick Meeting Sites for Mercer County Delegates
Mercer County Republicans set mass meetings next Monday at 7 30 p m in five districts to elect 65 delegates for the Aug 4 State GOP Nominating Convention in Charleston. Delegates statewide total 2200 with sites listed Beaver Pond Bluefield Munici pal Building East River Princeton Courthou se Jumping Branch Martin store Plymouth Whites store Athens Rock Spanishburg and the listed chairs. Blue replaces Shaffer as county chairman and Jesse White and Mrs Carl Carper fill vacancies left by Lilly and Dick ens.
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Mercer County
Charleston
Mercer
Harold Neely
Republican Executive Committee
Princeton
Beaver Pond
Bluefield
Abner Davis
East River
Helen H. McFarland
Martin
Camp Creek
Lem Martin
Plymouth
Joseph C. Shaffer Jr
Fred O. Blue
Shaffer
Jesse White
Carl Carper
Donzie Lilly
M. §. Dickens
Athens
Ole Miss Ordered to Admit Black Applicant Meredith
The U S fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered an injunction to admit James H Meredith to the all white University of Mississippi. The ruling says his admission was denied solely because he was Black, marking the first federal desegregation order in Mississippi.
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New Orleans
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
Jackson, Miss. State
U.S. Diset
Sidney Mize
Jackson
Mixs
Mize
Hinds County
Attala County
Kosciusko
Ole Miss
Freeman Reprimands ASCS Official Over Estes Report
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman issued a formal reprimand to Thomas H. Miller, acting Southwest area director of the ASCS, for failing to tell investigators he wrote a report urging cotton allotments linked to Billie Sol Estes to stand for 1961 and later years. Miller disagreed with the memo but acted under a superior’s direction and disclosed he cooperates fully with the department and FBI as the Estes inquiry continues.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Department
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Thomas H. Miller
Southwest Area
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Estes
Emery E. Jacobs
ASCS
Agriculture Secretary
Agriculture Department
House
Commercial Solvents Corp
Pecos
Tex
Miller
Agriculture
Jacobs
Texas
FBI
Billie Sol Fstes
Loren and Ponti Ordered to Trial for Bigamy
Italian actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti face trial on bigamy charges after a 22 month inquiry into their Ciudad Juarez marriage. If convicted they could receive up to five years in prison.
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Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Rome
Italy
Ponti
Mexico
New York
Carlo Pontd
Giulio Franco
Miss Loren
Ciudad Juarez
Giuliana Fiastra
Forged Notes Sought By Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard warns at seaside resorts to guard against a flood of forged bank notes hitting holiday crowds in Britain.
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Scotland Yard
London
Britain
Top News In Summary and Court Ruling Dominate Page One
John L. Lewis attacks Kennedy and Eisenhower over jobless coal miners at a Washington conference called by Gov. Barron while claims corporate taxes hamstring business. The Supreme Court rules public school prayer violates the Constitution 6 to 1 with Black delivering the majority opinion. Five Bluefield policemen face burglary inquiries and will be shelved before the July Princeton grand jury. Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti face Italian trial for bigamy with possible prison time. Secretary Free man rebukes a department official who backed Billie Sol Estes. A magician denounces the Guild of Variety Artists as a dues scam and warns of abuses in the industry.
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Randolph
Byrd
Bailey
Canada
Mexico
Federal Power Commission
Santa Barbara
Calif
Flight Engineers Association
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Monroney
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Goldberg
Brown Shoe Co
G. Kinney Co
Earl Warren
Italy
Ponti
New York
Miss Loren
Franco
Rome
John L. Lewis
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Lewis
Washington
Gov. Barron
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Frankfurter
White
Stewart Potter
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John Michaels
Wessen
W. W. Barron
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dillon
Politicos
Chaiman
National Coal
Edmond Jouhaud
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Roger A. Hart
Norman C. Hanson
Lofty
Himalays
Katmandu
Nepal
Kumjung
Khumjung
Hart
Tufts University
Medford
Mass
Hanson
Boston
Justice Black
Neavar
John M. Harlan
Felix Frankfurter
Byron R. White
America
U.S
McClelland
Sophia
Guild of
Variety Artists
Abby
Princeton Comics
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