Gunfire in Berlin as Ulbricht rejects four power talks
East German leader Ulbricht refused four power talks to ease shootings along Berlin’s wall. A 17 year old refugee was fired upon while swimming a canal to freedom and reached West Berlin unharmed. Western powers dispute East German authority in the crisis.
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United States
Britain
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West Berlin
Convicts on Water Tower Sitdown Protests Continue
In Pittsburgh two of thirteen inmates atop a water tower left the structure, while the rest stayed on the 100 foot catwalk protesting alleged brutality at Western State Penitentiary. Warden James Maroney denied abuse but said ammonia gas may be used to quell disturbances.
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James J. Pletcher
Alfred Nardi Jr
Nardi
Pletcher
Arthur T. Prasse
State Bureau of Corrections
Harrisburg
Payne
Water Tower
James Maroney
Suspensions Appealed By Three Bluefield Officers
Three Bluefield police officers facing charges in a theft probe will appeal suspensions to the Police Civil Service Commission, with Capt. Charles Cregger and Sgt. Eugene Kirk filing appeals and Patrolman R E Lee planning to do so. The case ties to a $100,000 theft ring and a 55 foot reservoir dive search that yielded no evidence.
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Bluefield
Charles P.cregger
Eugene Kirk
Police Civil Service Commission
Jerome Katz
EK. D. Wells
R. BE. Lee
Wells
Lee
Cregger
Kirk
Mercer County
W. J. Bivens Jr
Charles A. Fox
Robert R. Gibson
Katz
Princeton
F E. D. Bazzie
Ada Dam
Bazzie
Civil Service Commission
Agriculture Official Slams Eisenhower Team at Estes Hearings
A Agriculture Department official denounced the Eisenhower Administration as Senate investigators opened hearings into Billie Sol Estes operations. Horace D. Godfrey said he joined the Kennedy Administration to fix eight years of neglect, while witnesses criticized bureaucratic inefficiency in farm program oversight amid Estes transfers of cotton allotments and legal action.
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Senate
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Horace DD
Godfrey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kennedy
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations
Paul E. Kamerick
Kamerick
FBI
Subcommittee
Orville L. Freeman
H. L. Manwaring
Department of Agriculture
Ike
Sen
Mundt
McClellan
Prayer ruling stalls conferees on college aid bill
Supreme Court’s 6 1 ruling against daily school prayers slows Senate and House conferees as they seek a unified college facilities bill. Morse calls for careful study before next conference week of July. House plan would give 180 million in grants and 120 million in loans. Senate version offers 300 million in loans only.
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Supreme Court
Congressional
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
House
Morse
New York State
New York
Falls Church Man Struck By Car on Princeton Road
Joseph H. Tilehurst, 66, of Falls Church Virginia, remained in satisfactory condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after being struck by a car on Princeton Road at 1 30 a m on Wednesday. Denny F Peters, 20, of Bluefield, drove away damaged but no charges were filed.
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Falls Church
Bluefield Sanitarium
Princeton Road
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Tilehurst
Denny F. Peters
Bluefield
Adkins
Kennedy court prayer ruling seen as family prayer cue
A White House view ties the Supreme Court decision banning school prayers to expanded home prayer as families adjust to the ruling. President Kennedy urged support from the public and emphasized continuing prayer in homes and with children.
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Washington
Kennedy
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Inside .22 Princeton . .22 Society . 20 Sports . 23 Stargazer . 22 Stocks MN . 22
Inside the Princeton issue the magazine highlights society notes sports briefs and market updates. Readers find concise items on campus clubs university teams and local stock movements with brief context and dates.
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Princeton
Society
Schirra Selected for Six Orbit Space Flight
Navy Cmdr. Walter M. Schirra Jr., 39, named as astronaut for a possible six orbit earth mission aimed to end in the Mid Pacific. Backup Air Force Capt. L. Gordon Cooper, 36, stands by. Flight could be four to six orbits with nine hours total if completed. Takeoff at Cape Canaveral, with Pacific landing for longer mission. late August or early September target.
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
Pacific
U.S
Walter H. Schirra Jr
New Jersey
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
U. S
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Glenn
Atlantic
Midway Island
Midway
Schirra
Drowning Tragedy In Coal River Sees 14-Year-Old Die
In St. Albans West Virginia a 14-year-old Kanawha County boy Daniel Lee Cyrus of Clendenin drowned while on a river outing with his aunt. Firefighters searched the Coal River for over five hours after he fell from a boat despite an inner tube rescue attempt.
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W.va
Kanawha County
Coal River
Here
South Charleston
Daniel Lee Cyrus
Clendenin
Arthur Cyrus
Charleston
Five Day Forecast Sees Mild Normal Temps Ahead
The outlook shows average lows near 56 in the north and 63 in the south with highs around 82 in the north and 87 in the south. Slightly cooler Thursday and Friday, warmer over the weekend, with rainfall totaling half to three quarters of an inch mainly on weekend days.
Soblen Vanishes Before Life Term For Spy Conviction
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, convicted wartime Soviet spy, disappeared on the eve of his life sentence. FBI hunted him as a fugitive with Cuba as a possible destination. his lawyer says he may be ill or dead. Soblen, 62, suffers leukemia and faced surrender by Thursday after Supreme Court refused to review his 1961 conviction.
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New York
Robert A. Soblen
FBI
Cuba
William B. Herlands
Dr. Soblen
Soblen
Dina
Washington Heights
Upper Manhattan
U.S. Supreme Court
Jack Soble
Office of Strategic Services
U N General Assembly OKs Independence for Rwanda and Burundi
The United Nations General Assembly voted 93 to 0 with 10 abstentions to grant independence on July 1 to Rwanda and Burundi from the Belgian trusteeship of Ruanda Urundi. The resolution, urged by the Trusteeship Committee, called Belgium to withdraw troops by Aug 1 without affecting Rwanda and Burundi sovereignty. The Soviet bloc abstained on the final vote after opposing a separate amendment for troop withdrawal. Burundi seeks troop withdrawal, Rwanda has not stated its preference before independence.
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U.N. General Assembly
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Burundi
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