Texas school bombing kills six at Houston area
A man threw a suitcase bomb on a Poe Elementary School playground in South Houston, killing seven including three children Dusty Orgeron seven, William Hawes Jr seven, John Fitch Jr eight, and adults Mrs. Jennie Kolter fifty four and the bomber Paul Orgeron forty nine. Seventeen or more injured, principal Mrs. R E Doty said the bomber registered a child for second grade before the blast. Police identified Orgeron by fingerprints from a hand found near the scene and recovered explosives, detonators, and a note threatening further harm.
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Houston
Tex
Pat Johnson
Paul Harold Orgeron
Carl Shuptrine
Orgeron
Poe
Rice Institute
R. E. Doty
Dusty Orgeron
James Montgomery
Mrs. Doty
William S. Hawes Jr
John Cecil Fitch Jr
Jennie Kolter
Louisiana
Texas
Grant
N.M
Betty Jean Orgeron
William Appelt
Edgar A. Poe
Four Bluefield Board Members Face Recall Petition
A petition alleging malfeasance and misconduct targets Mayor Tanner and Directors Henry Goforth Joe Eaton and L C Fowlkes with six charges. City Clerk has ten days to verify signatures, with 635 valid names needed to trigger a recall election and a special vote to be set within 30 to 40 days after sufficiency is confirmed.
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Bluefield
Tanner
Henry Goforth
Joe Eaton
L. C. Fowlkes
L. M. Carper
Perdue
Phil Lilly
Lilly
Board of Directors
Board Denies Vacancy On Bluefield City Board
Bluefield city directors vote four to one that no vacancy exists on the Board after considering a petition to declare Mayor T Courtney Tanner’s seat vacant. City Attorney Lilly had ruled it a legal matter and the board postponed action until a quorum was present. Director L M Carper cast the sole vote in favor of the petition.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Auditorium
W. L
T. Courtney Tanner
South Bluefield
City Board of Directors
T. Courtney i Tanner
Tanner
South
Phil Lilly
Lilly
Board of Directors
L M. _ Carper
Technical Bugs Halt Vanguard Satellite Launch
Technical difficulties Tuesday postponed the U S efforts to launch a 100 pound Vanguard satellite and to send biological specimens into space from Cape Canaveral Florida AP.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.ap
U. S
Vanguard
Amere Seeks Increase In Area Towns
Amere Gas Utilities Co seeks higher rates affecting 18800 customers in Southern West Virginia. The Public Service Commission has not set a hearing yet. Larger towns involved include Beckley Mullens Lewisburg Ronceverte White Sulphur Springs Princeton and Athens. The company projects about 592000 extra annual revenue and a 6.75 percent return.
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Charleston
Amere Gas Utilities Co
West Virginia
Amere
Public Service Commission
Beckley
Mullens
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
White Sulphur Springs
Princeton
Athens
S. W. Woodyard
Beckley-Mullens
Princeton - Lewisburg
Long Seeks No. 2 Post In Louisiana Primary
Gov Earl K Long abandoned plans for another term and filed for lieutenant governor on James A Noe s ticket. Noe 68 and a former Huey P Long ally filed for governor as 12 candidates seek the December 5 primary. Long said he would rather be lieutenant governor with the right man. The party urged his resignation before filing for governor amid opposition to a fourth term bid.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
James A. Noe
Noe
Huey P Long
Democratic State Central Committee
Long
Silent Protests Mark Khrushchev Arrival Across U S
The Khrushchev arrival triggers quiet demonstrations nationwide with upside down flags at Holyoke and Buffalo, bells in Washington, a skywritten cross, and a protest mass in Richmond Maine. Georgetown students were escorted from the White House for displaying a sign.
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Associated Press
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Holyoke
Mass
Khrushchev
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Buffalo
N.Y
Edmund J. Britt
Washington
White House
Capital
New York
Georgetown University
USA
Paul Wisner
Chicago
Peter Reiss
Sheboygan
Wis
Alton L. Smith Dies at 77 Co-Founder of West Virginia Armature
Alton Lester Smith 77 co founded West Virginia Armature Co in Bluefield died Tuesday at home after a long illness. Former VP and GM of the firm he was born in Salt Sulphur Springs Monroe County attended Hinton schools and worked as electrician for Pocahontas Fuel. Survivors include his wife Lula Mae Crowe Smith and three daughters.
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Alton Lester Smith
West Virginia Armature Company
Bluefield
Salt Sulphur Springs
Monroe County
Hinton
Nuttall
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Maybeury
W. A
Pocahontas
J. Carter
West Virginia Armature
Bland Street
Congress Ends Long Session Ahead of Khrushchev Visit
Congress adjourned after an eight month session and six hours before Khrushchev’s arrival. The Senate logged long hours as leaders approved Civil Rights Commission funding and foreign aid totals, setting up a likely clash over civil rights legislation in the next session.
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Washington
R RP
Congress
Nikita Khrushchev
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
Pres- Eisenhower
House
Curiosity Shown In City As Khrushchev Arrives
Thousands in Washington watched Khrushchev arrive for his U S visit amid curiosity and apathy. The Soviet leader's greeting at Andrews Air Force Base drew a few smiles, while Eisenhower offered a formal welcome and Khrushchev teased with his hat and a butterfly.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Blair House
Khrushchev and Eisenhower Plan Three Camp David Talks
Premier Khrushchev and President Eisenhower will hold three days of secluded discussions at Camp David on September 25 to 27 to pursue peace and thaw Cold War tensions. Their White House meeting established the plan after Khrushchev’s arrival in Washington.
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Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Blair House
Camp David
Washington
Presmier
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
America
White House
Moscow
Russia
Andrews Air Force Base
U. S
Berlin
Germany
U.S
Laos
India
China
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Des Moines
Pittsburgh
Air Field
Judge Says Girl Must Stand Trial
In Pomona a judge ruled that 22 year old Carole Tregoff must stand trial on charges she aided her lover in murdering his estranged wife Dr. R Bernard Finch and Barbara Jean Finch 33 at the Finch home in West Covina July 18.
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Pomona
Calif
Pretty Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Finch
West Covina Hast
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