Death Threat Proclaimed In Katanga Amid Battles
In Elisabethville Congo Radio Free Katanga announced that ten U.N. prisoners would be executed for every Katangan killed. U.N. losses included Irish troops and civilians while gendarmerie fought through Jadotville and Elisabethville. A state of emergency and curfew were imposed.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Radio Free
India
U.N
Katanga
United Nations
Hans Germann
Tshombe
Will Vermuelen
Jadotville
Jadotville-Elisabethville
Lufira
Cease-Fire Urged By Britain Over Katanga Crisis
Britain and Rhodesia pressed for a rapid cease-fire to halt United Nations Katanga fighting as Ireland sent its foreign minister to probe U.N. troop roles. France challenged Hammarskjold’s mandate while Sir Roy Welensky urged the free world to demand an immediate halt to hostilities.
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London
Britain
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
Leopoldville
Swallows Anger
Harold Macmillan
U.N
State Department
Washington
Foreign Office
Lord Lansdowne
Dag Hammarskjold
Denzil Dunnett
Elisbethville
Dunnett
Moishe Tshombe
Hammarskjold
Bluefield to Host 2nd WV Motor Trucking Convention
Bluefield will host the West Virginia Motor Truck Association convention on September 29 and 30 with Governor Barron Col Burchett Burl Sawyer and Calvin D Johnson among speakers. Activities include a luncheon, tours for ladies, a banquet and elected officers and directors. J E Wagner Jr of Bluefield chairs the convention committee.
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West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Bluefield
W. W. Barron
W. E. Burchett
West Virginia
Bluefield Country Club
Barron
Colonel Burchett
Council of Safety Supervisors
Sawyers
Johnson
J. E. Wagner Jr
Scaffold Collapse Traps Three Men in Chicago Fall
Three workers died after a scaffold collapsed from a downtown Chicago construction project. The tragedy occurred Friday when the scaffold gave way, sending the men 43 floors to their deaths.
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Chicago
Summers Countain Convicted Of Murder
HINTON AP A Summers County Circuit Court jury convicted Edgar Leisure 42 of Jumping Branch of second degree murder for the fatal shooting of his wife last April 16. The shooting followed an affair involving a Beckley minister. Sentencing set for Sept. 21. second degree murder carries five to 18 years in prison.
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Hinton
Summers County
Edgar Leisure
Leisure
Beckley
Ulbricht Eyes Prestige Gain In Air Hassle
East German Chancellor Walter Ulbricht told a TV audience he would grant transit rights across East Germany for Western powers if they recognize his regime and deal directly with it. He warned the Soviet Union would back East Germany and that a signed peace treaty would give Berlin and West Germany full control over land and air corridors.
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Berlin
Walter Ulair
West Berlin
Toby Ody Apech Ten Boe
Soviet Union
East Germany
Khrushchev
Ulbricht
West Germany
Europe
United States
United States resumes nuclear testing after 3 year ban
President Kennedy announces the United States will conduct a series of low-yield underground nuclear tests in Nevada, resuming atomic activity after a long suspension and after the Soviet Union began testing. The move aims to strengthen defense while seeking a broad test ban agreement.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
Free World
Nevada
America
Soviet Union
Pierre Salinger
Geneva
Beaten Sailor Admits Attack In Huntington Missing Minister Case
A 13 year old sailor Willard Graham of Patrick South Carolina admits beating Rev J H Keaton and leaving him for dead after abducting him near Huntington. Investigators say the minister disappeared August 11 while en route from Huntington to Princeton. The search resumes with the boy in custody at Raleigh County jail.
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Willard Eugene Graham
Patrick, S. C
Princeton
Cabell County
Larry Stephens
Stephens
Harry Frankel
Graham
Mercer County
Julius Keaton
Huntington
South Carolina
Keaton
West Virginia
Beckley
U.S. 21
Oak Hill
Patrick
S. C
Raleigh
J. H. Keaton
Harold Frankel
Frankel
Cabell
Princeton Airport
Chesterfield County
Don Hill
Chesterfield
Charleston
W. Va
Sheriff Hill
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Catlettsburg
U. S
Hill
Mercer
U. S. 21
Minister Keaton Missing After Car Ride Incident
Huntington minister J H Keaton 70 disappeared after giving a hitchhiker a lift. A. W. Keaton, his brother, said Keaton often helped travelers and traveled widely in West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and even California. Police and volunteers searched a wooded area near Princeton while a sailor in South Carolina claimed Keaton had given him a ride before the assault.
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Princeton
W. Va
J. H. Keaton
Huntington
A. W. Keaton
Keaton
South Carolina
Primitive Baptist Church
Catlettsburg
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Russell
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
California
Kennedy Says US Will Meet Force If Used Against Us
President Kennedy stated the United States is prepared to meet force with force if the Reds use force against the United States over Berlin. The White House announced the first US atomic test in three years as four foreign ministers met for strategy talks. Kennedy sent the letter to Sukarno and Modibo Keita after neutrals urged a Khrushchev meeting to avert nuclear war.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Berlin
West Berlin
White House
U.S
Sukarno
Mali
Modibo Keita
Belgrade
Neutrals
Khrushchev
ExTurk Premier Adnan Menderes Faces Death Sentence
Turkey's ruling junta upheld death sentences for former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and two ex-cabinet members for violating the constitution during a decade of rule. The court commuted life terms for former President Celal Bayar and 11 others. Menderes collapsed before sentencing and remained hospitalized as the verdicts were announced.
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Yassiada
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Celal Bayar
Sion
Ankara
Marmara
Rustu Erdelhan
Refik Koralan
National Assembly
Ibrahim Kirazoglu
Agah Erozan
Assembly
Hanwbi Sancar
Nusret Kirizcioglu
Bahadir Dulger
Emin Kala
Bayar
Menderes
Berlin crisis assessed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay in Washington
General Lucius D. Clay, Kennedy’s Berlin envoy designate, tells AP that the Berlin crisis can be resolved without war. He warns against overestimating Soviet strength and urges recognizing differences among Communist nations while noting grim prospects ahead.
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New York
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Clay
George Patton
Associated Press
Russia
Clergymen In Mississippi Desegregation Protest Fined
In Jackson Mississippi Judge James Spencer found 15 Episcopal clergymen guilty of breach of peace after they attempted desegregation at Trailways bus terminal. Each man received a 200 dollar fine and four months in jail. among the defendants was Rev. Robert L. Pierson, son in law of Gov. Rockefeller.
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Jackson, Miss
James Spencer
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jackson
Spencer
Robert L. Pierson
New York City
Evanston
Ill
Rockfeller
Pierson
Mississippi
Protestant Episcopal Church
J. L. Ray
Ray
Trailways
New Orleans
Detroit
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Hassan Polatkan
Bayer
Bayard
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Nichols
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