Man Sought For Murder Kills Himself
In Parkersburg a man sought for the murder of Dolores Sams, 29, a mother of four, killed himself as police closed in. Danny Kimble, about 34, was found dead in a swamp with a bullet wound to the temple and a note saying he loved her. He had $6725 in his pockets and three bullets remaining in his revolver.
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Kimble
Dolores Jean Sams
Oasis Club
Baltimore & Ohio
Vienna
Here
B. R. Adams
Clifford Duffy
Robert J. Barrows
George Fox
Ohio
Adams
G. B. Schwartz
Kermit Burdette
Burdette
Sams
Nick
Juliana Street
Camden Clark Hospital
Cakle
Hearing Waived In Serious Public Safety Incident
A 20 year old Bluefield man Ronald M McGhee will face Mercer County Criminal Court on a charge of serious case ing his mother's common law husband James Matthew Stevenson 33 Stevenson died after a .22 caliber shot to the head McGhee confessed to Bluefield Police Captain Cregger and waives preliminary hearing before a judge He was sent to Mercer County Jail to await grand jury action The incident at the Bluefield Avenue Apartment involved McGhee his mother Pearlie Elizabeth Roman a step sister and Stevenson with the 14 year old witness present Survivors include Stevenson’s family and a son recently connected to a new Army Reserve Center plan
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Ronald M. McGhee
Bluefield Ave
Mercer County Criminal Court Jury
McGhee
Charles Cregger
Tim
James Matthew Stevenson
Bluefield Avenue
Stevenson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Squire Lewis Perdue
Mercer County
Princeton
Pearlie Elizabeth Roman
Ena
Army Reserve Center
Bluefield High School
Huttonsville
Mercer County Man Dies After Sunday Auto Wreck
Daniel Harry Neely, 38, of Serena, Mercer County, died in Hinton hospital after a Route 20 crash near Pipestem Sunday. He was un married World War II veteran and church member. Funeral plans set in Pipestem with Elder A L Neely officiating.
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Summers County
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Serena
True Road
Pipestein
Neely
Mercer Scunty
Primitive Baptist Church of
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Moose Lodge
Beckley
Mona Mann Neely
Lerona
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Raymond Neely
Glen Robert Neely
Princeton
A. M. Ganstetter
Edgewater
John Settle
Allen Waltz
New Orleans
E. D. Whitty
Richmond
W. E. Dressler
A. L. Neely
Wyrick Cemetery
E. M. Meadows
World and U S Briefs Highlight Cold War Tensions
Secretary of State Rusk says no U S discussions on recognizing Red China. Vice President Johnson vows not to flee Berlin under Soviet threats. UAR opposes Iraq's Kuwait plan. Harriman returns from Geneva Laos talks to report to State Department. De Gaulle orders French division back from Algeria. Maritime strike talks in New York. 13 men indicted in nationwide horse race betting ring. Bipartisan push to approve about 43.6 billion for military next year.
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State Rusk
U. S
China
First regular show of Honey in the Rock draws crowd
Beckley reports the opening night at Grandview State Park Cliffside Theater drew about 450 attendees for the Civil War drama Honey in the Rock. The outdoor performance ran Tuesday evening to a sizable audience.
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Cliffside
Grandview State Park
U.S. Debts Reach Trillions as Ceiling Hike Debated
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon told the Senate Finance Committee that total U.S. debt exceeds one trillion dollars, with state local corporate meat and federal components. He sought quick approval to raise the debt ceiling to 198 billion while warning of auto‑reversion to 285 billion if Congress delays.
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U.S
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Federal Jury Indicts 13 In Betting Setup
A federal grand jury in New Orleans indicts 13 men over a nationwide horse race betting network using illegal long distance calls. Officials say the scheme linked 10 cities from New York to Los Angeles and concealed taxes and AT&T toll charges.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
New Orleans
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
U.S
Brouphy
Atty
Kennedy
Baton Rouge
Las Vegas
Atlantic City
N.J
Miami
Biloxi
Newport Ky
Cincinnati
State Couple Burn To Death In Parkersburg Fire
Chester P. Backus a 54 year old bank bookkeeper and his wife Jessie Backus 53 were burned to death in their Parkersburg home. WTAP news director Glenn Wilson discovered the fire en route home after covering a fatal shooting. Backus was found in an upstairs closet and Mrs. Backus in a rear room. Police say a smoldering cigarette may have started the blaze. The couple left a daughter and a son who were away at the time.
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Parkersburg
Chester P. Backus
Jessie Backus
Glenn Wilson
Wtap Television
Backus
Parkersburg National Bank
Conferees Approve Multibillion Housing Bill For Kennedy
A Senate House conference committee approved a 5.5 billion housing bill, delivering most Kennedy requests. The measure expands urban renewal grants, college dorm loans, elderly housing, mass transit aid, and low rent public housing. It includes a 35 year mortgage term with 3 percent down for homes up to 15,000 and a new 4 year construction loan program for cooperative and non profit housing.
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Senate House
Kennedy
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Congress
Sparkman
House
FHA
Fatal Fall At Matoaka Under Investigation
A 70 year old Mercer County man, Clayton Mills of Lashmeet, died after a fall at the Moose Lodge in Matoaka on Tuesday. State police probe possible foul play as Mills tumbled about 45 stairs from the second to the first floor. He died en route to Princeton Memorial Hospital. Mills leaves two sons and several daughters and siblings. Funeral services are planned at Rich Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Lashmeet.
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Clayton Mills
Lashmeet
Moose Lodge
Princeton Memorial Hospital
R. L. Mozingo
Mills
Egeria
Raleigh County
Okey Mills
Beckley
Ordie Mills
Jacksonville
Fla
Vera Jamison
Ortha Donahue
Youngstown
Emerson Mills
Odd
Isle Mills
Kegley
Thorval and Albert Mills
Rock
Jim Mills
Berwin, Woodrow
Wilder Mills
Clarion Mills
Caretta
Baxter Mills
Arthur
Oakley Mills
Hialeah
Monnie Chepman
Hollywood
Charmco Hunter Shot During Groundhog Hunt Incident
LEWISBURG WV AP George W Richmond 43 of Charmco was accidentally shot in the head while holding a dead groundhog for videotaping a hunt by four vacationing coal miners on a farm west of Charmco. His brother was present as two other miners William Gale Wells 29 and Joe Bishop both of Quinwood in Greenbrier were nearby.
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Charmco
Richmond
Here
William Gale Wells
Joe Bishop
Quinwood
Greenbrier
Cane
Richardson
No licensure planned for oral polio vaccine this polio season
U S Surgeon General Dr Luther L Terry said tests of the Sabin strain oral vaccine would not be completed until next fall and there is no chance it will be licensed for general use this year He noted indications point to a low polio year in New York
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Luther L. Terry
U.S
Terry
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wesley Powell
New Rockefeller
Powell
Injunction Seen Likely to End 12-Day Seamen Strike
A government board of inquiry in New York labors to broker a peace in the 12 day seamen strike affecting 150 ships in 30 ports. AFL-CIO leaders warn of a possible Taft-Hartley injunction as unions press for crew and vessel rights aboard US owned ships with foreign flags.
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New York
David L. Cole
Kennedy
White House
Unity House
Paul Hail
Seafarers International Union
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Johnson pledges no retreat on Berlin to governors
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told governors in Honolulu that the United States will not retreat under Russian threats over Berlin. He urged unity with Kennedy's foreign policy and warned against any peace concession while urging decisive action to defend freedom. Governors debated racial discrimination as Republicans pressed for affirmative action.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Berlin
Johnson
Russia
America
Kennedy
Space Spending Proposal Oked
The Senate Space Committee unanimously approved a $1.7843 billion space program for the next year. The proposal aims to beat the Soviet Union in space with faster satellite development and broader space resources for national economy and security.
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Kennedy
Senate Space Committee
Soviet Russia
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
Senate
House
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