State Launches $4 Million Improvement Drive Across 40 Counties
West Virginia conservation chief M. Lane unveils a $4 million program touching 40 counties to expand tent camping areas in six state forests and three parks. The plan creates about 1,200 jobs, adds six new fire towers, and funds extensive park and forest repairs, campgrounds, and facility upgrades through the 1960 Legislature budget.
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Charleston
M. Lane
West Virginia
Lane
Underwood
Clendenin
Kanawha County
Mingo
Putnam
Cabell
Boone
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Seneca
Cooper's Rock
Panther Creek
Kumbrabow
Babcock
Babeach State Park
Blackwater Falls
Bluestone
Cacapon
Grandview
Mont Chateau
North Bend
Lost River
Tygart Lake
Watoga
Logan County Recreation Area
Cabwaylingo State Forest
Camp Creek
Panther
Brooke
Fayette
Marshall
Tyler
Wood Counties
Hardy
Monroe
Wyoming
Barbour
McDowell
Sleepy Creek
Berkeley
Morgan Counties
Romney
Buckhannon
Congo Gains Independence Amid Royal Ceremonies in Leopoldville
Leopoldville marks independence as Congo becomes the Republic of Congo under President Kasavubu with Prime Minister Lumumba forming a coalition. King Baudouin attends ceremonies, and a rare sword theft attempt interrupts the royal drive as Belgian-Congolese treaty talks aim for mutual support across government, military, economy, and education.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Republic of Congo
Stanley
Livingston
Baudouin
Congo
Belgium
Joseph Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Kasavubu
Wyoming State Flower Indian Paintbrush Bloom
The state flower of Wyoming is the Indian paintbrush a spreading red blossom noted for its vivid color and regional symbolism.
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Wyoming
Castro attacks U.S. sugar policy and warns of nationalization
Castro denounces Congress sugar act as immoral and criminal and pledges retaliation if U.S. quotas are cut. He says the United States pays Cuba two cents a pound above world price, threatening to seize one of the 36 American‑owned sugar mills per pound cut. American mills worth 100 to 200 million dollars supply a third of Cuba’s sugar.
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United States
Castro
Congress
Eisenhower
Cuba
Millis
Psychiatrists Rule Killer of Two Girls Mentally Sick
Henry Clay Worth 29 was found mentally ill by two psychiatrists at Weston State Hospital after confinement of 86 days. The report to Judge Winters prompted defense to seek commitment. prosecutor Daughterty vows to pursue trial as Worth faces indictment for the rifle slayings of Linda Qualls 12 and Penny Qualls 3.
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Russell Daughterty
Warth
Linda Qualls
Penny Qualls
Eisenhower Signs Bill Funding Agriculture Department
President Eisenhower signed a bill providing 3.994 billion dollars to operate the Agriculture Department for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The package includes 577 million dollars in new loan authority, chiefly for rural electric and telephone programs, about 210 million more than his request.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Truman resigns as delegate fueling convention turmoil
Truman announces he will not attend the Missouri Democratic convention and resigns as a delegate. The move prompts reaction from supporters of Johnson and Symington as AP polls show Kennedy leading, with 761 votes needed for nomination. Truman remains a potent force in the contest.
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Truman
Symington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sen. Johnson
Roosevelt
Adlai E. Stevenson
Independence
James T. Blair
Missouri
Blair
Glacier National Park
Montana
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Kennedy
Johnson
Price Daniel
Texas
Associated Press
Averell Harriman
Stevenson
Elkhorn Banker Thomas Miller Dies at 88
Thomas Miller of Elkhorn died Wednesday at Bluefield Sanitarium age 88. He founded Northfork Land Co Northfork Realty Co and First Clark National Bank at Northfork. He served on boards including Superior Sterling Coca Cola Bottling Bluefield Telephone and Upland Coal and Coke Co. Survivors include his wife three sons three daughters ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at Northfork Methodist Church 2 30 p.m. with Rev Eldon Cupper officiating. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers named.
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Thomas Miller
Elkhorn
Bluefield
Berkeley Springs
Northfork Land Co
Northfork Realty Co
First Clark National Bank
Northfork
Superior Sterling Co
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Bluefield Telephone Co
Upland Coal and Coke Co
Northfork Methodist Church
Eldon Cupper
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluewell
Pineville Couple Hosts Open House for New Home
Open house Saturday at the Pineville home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Phillips and daughter Brenda with hostesses Mrs. Paul England and Mrs. Ross Withrow. Guests listed include Mrs. William Lewis, Ed Croppleman, Lewis Campbell, Jimmy Lyons, Jack Shipman, and many others. Refreshments were served.
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Jack Phillips
Brenda
Pineville
Paul England
Ross Withrow
William Lewis
Ed Croppleman
Lewis Campbell
Jimmy Lyons
Jack Shipman
E. M. Curry
E M. Wilkinson
Robert Bailey
Charles Stone
Junior Harmon
E. M. Noble
Bruce Howard
Trial For Powers Reported Postponed
In Moscow sources say the trial of U2 pilot Frances Gary Powers on espionage charges has been postponed from early July to an unspecified later date. Officials cite a flood of applications from the United States Britain France West Germany and other nations seeking attendance at the trial. Powers was captured after his plane was downed May 1 deep inside the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Frances Gary Powers
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Powers
Soviet Union
Bluefield Kiwanis Key Club Members To Attend Boston Meet
Five Bluefield Key Club members head to Boston for Key Club International at Boston Mass from July 34. William Noell vice president will deliver a keynote address July 5. The four day gathering includes election of 1960 61 officers and remarks by notable speakers.
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Kiwanis Key Club
Bluefield
Tion
Key Club International
Boston
Mass
William Noell
Ray Ratliff
Thomas Lilly
Dick Gross
Marshal Miller
Noell
Kiwanis International
United States
Canada
C. Wiliam Nelson
Melbourne
Florida
Nelson
Toronto
Gary Demarest
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Inc
John H. Furbay
TWA
Air World Education
Albert J. Tuily
Mobile
Alabama
Astor Estate Valued Over 127 Million dollars
Poughkeepsie New York Captain Vincent Astor who died February 3 1959 left an estate valued at more than 127 million dollars per a state tax commission appraisal filed in Dutchess County Surrogate Court. The widow Mrs Brooke Russell Astor and the Astor Foundation are primary beneficiaries. Net estate after bequests was reported at 772.49 dollars with a state tax of 27876 dollars. Legal fees of Carter Ledyard and Milbury in New York City were 500000 dollars.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vincent Astor
State Tax Commission
Brooke Russell Astor
Astor Foundation
Dutchess County
Federation of Music Clubs Meets Today
Mrs. Vernon L. Manuel of Front Royal Virginia urges Virginia Federation of Music Clubs executive committee and board of directors to convene June in Charlottesville at the Thomas Jefferson Inn. Sessions run 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Plan formation and federation business on the agenda.
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Vernon L. Manuel
Front Royal
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson Inn
Symington Says He's Still Running Hard for President
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri reaffirmed he is running hard for the Democratic presidential nomination with full support from former President Harry S. Truman. He spoke amid questions raised by Truman not attending the Democratic National Convention.
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Symington
Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Harry S. Truman
Truman
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook With Heat Threat
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be mostly sunny and hot on Thursday with scattered storms mainly in the south and highs in the 90s. Friday turns slightly cooler north with little change in the south. Virginia faces hot conditions Thursday with 80s in the mountains and scattered storms mainly in the south, then sunnier and less humid on Friday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Lana Turner Atpremiere Scene Stir Over Editorials
Hollywood AP report describes Lana Turner at a post premiere party for Portrait in Black where her boyfriend Fred May lunged at columnist Mike Connolly over an article about Turner's parenting of her daughter Cheryl Crane. Crane, 16, is in a county home after running away twice and having been a ward of the court since the 1958 Stompanato case.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Lana
Fred May
Cheryl
Ross Hunter
Romanoff
Romanoff's
Mike Connolly
Hollywood Reporter
May
Connolly
Daugher
Cheryl Crane
Johnny Stompanato
Deaths and Funerals Notices for Mullins and Brunty
Isaac Mullins 83 of Tarpon Virginia died at home Tuesday afternoon. Survived by two sons Alfred Mullins Clintwood and Tom Mullins Clintwood five daughters Marcella Ford Lara Branham Cora Bowman Alora Bian sette Armina Hall a sister Anna Large and more. Services Thursday 2 p.m. Gilbert Cemetery. Clintwood Colley Funeral Home in charge. John Brunty 80 of Mullensville died Tuesday night in Welch Hospital. Survived by daughter Maysel McCarty and sister Anna Morgan. Services Friday 11 a.m. Workman Cemetery. Evans Funeral Home Oceana in charge.
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Isaac Mullins
Tarpon
Dickenson County
Alfred Mullins
Burks
Tommy Mullins
Clintwod
Marcella Ford
Lara Branham
Cora Bowman
Springfield
Alora Biansette
Gainesvilles
Armina Hall
Pontiac
Mich
Anna
John Brunty
Mullens Ville
Welch Emergency Hospital
Maysel McCarty
Anna Morgan
Oceana
Workman Cemetery
Jessee
Evans Funeral Home
Khrushchev To Begin Eight Day Visit To Austria
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Vienna for an eight day stay described as coexistence era. Talks on trade are expected to be brief while he tours the country by luxury bus. Government officials anticipate no major clashes with the West though Austria’s Catholic bishops urged caution toward communism.
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Vienna
Austria
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Julius Raab
Public Works Bill Funds Area Projects Including Flood Controls
Senate approves Public Works Appropriations with area projects totaling 1.054 million dollars. Princeton flood control 350000 Summersville reservoir 400000 Fae Rainelle project 404 Williamson flood control 300000.
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Public Works
Senate
Princeton
Fae Rainelle
Uproar Forces Stuyvesant High School Graduation Canceled
In New York City the Stuyvesant High School commencement for about 700 graduates ended in an uproar of jeers and boos. Principal Leonard J. Fliedner halted ceremonies and sent 1,490 parents and spectators home as graduates were told to return for diploma pickup. The disruption followed a prior incident at a suburban school and involved criticism of an American Legion citizenship award.
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New York
Stuyvesant
Leonard J. Fliedner
First Avenue
Lith Street
Lower East Side
Fliedmer
Westbury
N. Y
Stephen Bayne
Legion
Bayne
Martin McKnealy
Legion National
National Education Assn
Los Angeles
Washington Square Post
American Legion
Raymond Frey
U. S. Naval Academy
Greenwich Village
Seventh Avenue
12Th Street
Fry
Fliedner
Board of Education
Va Liquor Tax Hike Takes Effect Friday
Richmond Va Th last day to buy liquor from ABC stores without a 10 percent tax as the new levy approved by the General Assembly starts Friday. The beer tax rises half a cent per bottle and some whisky prices may exceed 10 percent due to rounding to the next nickel. Tobacco tax begins August 1 with potential price reductions from distillers.
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Richmond
Alcoholic Beverage Control
General Assembly
ABC Board
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