Berserk Rifleman Holds Bronx Square In Gunfire
Roy Fair a 40 year old jobless air conditioning mechanic fired at will from a fifth floor Bronx apartment. Police contained the scene for an hour with no injuries. More than 1 000 spectators watched as Fair pulled his weapon across Nelson Avenue. He later was subdued and taken to Bellevue Hospital in a body bag.
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Berserk
Roy Fair
Bronx
New York
Fair
Bellevue Hospital
Wavides
West Virginia to Seek Federal Aid Hike and ADC Program
Gov. Barron calls extraordinary session June 14 to push a bill enabling the state to claim matched federal funds, join the ADC program, and align with emergency employment plans. The measure would empower the state to requisition county general relief funds to be matched by federal dollars for welfare, foster home payments, and county public assistance, with funds still earmarked locally.
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Gov. Barron
Barron
W. Bernard Smith
Department of Public Assistance
Department of Welfare
Smith
Ajin Barron
Nine Kanawha County towns vote for mayors and council
Voters in nine Kanawha County municipalities prepare to elect mayors recorders and councilmen. Turnout expected above average with issues such as sewers recreation and streets. Voting opens 6 30 a m and closes 7 30 p m with machines used except Pratt.
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Kanawha
Pratt
St. Albans
Dunbar
Chesapeake
Marmet
Cedar Grove
Clendenin
East Bank
Glasgow
Averil L. Ramsey
Sidewalk Eddie
McConshay
George Buckley
James Clendenin
Jesus Painted in Jetters on Seventh Ave Building
A two story business building on Seventh Avenue bears three foot high letters spelling Jesus in red paint across its side. The sighting notes the bold church related message on the storefront and its impact on the block.
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Jesus
Seventh Ave
Kennedy to Report on Talks With Khrushchev on TV
President Kennedy prepared to address the American public tonight about his talks with Premier Khrushchev following the Paris Vienna London missions. He left London after a Buckingham Palace banquet and a close accord with Prime Minister Macmillan on East West relations and Laos.
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London
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Lord Home
U. S
David Bruce
Britain
Washington
David Ormsby - Gore
Buckingham Palace
Racial Clash Erupts at Trinity Grill North Carolina
State troopers aided Randolph County deputies to quell a racial unrest incident at a Trinity grill after Black patrons confronted white youths demanding service. A white teen suffered a minor cut. others fled or drove away in vehicles from nearby states.
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Trinity
Parks
Gel J
Trinity Grill
Randolph County
Robert
Parris
South Carolina
North Carolina
Bobby Joe Chapman
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
City approves $2 million sewer revenue bonds for Charleston project
Charleston council votes by voice to issue $2,000,000 in revenue bonds to continue the sewage construction program. The plan follows 1952 authorization and aims to complete four projects including Elizabeth Street relief sewers and Kanawha Blvd interceptor. A public hearing precedes formal adoption in mid July.
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Charleston
West Virginia Water Resources Commission
Legal Council For
Sanitary ‘Board of
Sewage System
Elizabeth Street Relief
Ers & Park Avenue
Kanawha Blvd
Ruffner Ave
Greenbrier St
Kanawha City
Morris Harvey College
37Th St
WVU to Seek New President After Stahr Resigns
WVU Board of Governors accepted the resignation of Elvis J. Stahr Jr as university president. Acting president Clyde L. Colson will oversee operations while a national search begins with no clear successor named. Stahr, 44, had led since August 1954 after leaving to become Army secretary.
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Elvis J. Stahr Jr
K. Douglas Bowers
Beckley
West Virginia University Board of Governors
WVU
Clyde L. Colson
Stahy
Stahr
Kennedy
Jack Davis
Morgantown
West Virginia University Board of ‘Governors
Army
Department of the Army
WVII
Washington
Clyde Lb. Colson
WVU College of Law
Beer i
Army Secoretary
Stahir
WWE
Nixon to write views on major issues in The Charleston Gazette
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon will publish a ten month series in The Charleston Gazette presenting his perspectives on major domestic and international issues. The column aims to offer a liberal audience a balanced view amid the GOP’s broad spectrum. Local readers will gain insights relevant to the 1962 and 1964 elections.
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Charleston Gazette
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Gazette
Nixon
California
Latill
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Republican Party
Ularly
the Gazette
The
Trujillo Masses Ordered After Assassination
A Dominican church official ordered Requiem Masses across the La Vega diocese for Rafael Trujillo. Retired Gen Diaz and one conspirator were killed the night before. remaining plotters, including Imbert Barreras and Estrella Sadhala, are at large. The act signals church state rapprochement as Balaguer steps forward.
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Trujillo
Joaquin Balaguer
Juan Tomas Diaz
Plaza Independencia
Diaz
Antonis de la Maza
Lius Amiaml Tie
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Cesar Estrella Sadhala
Francisco Panal
la Vega
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Pality
Peoples Party
Ramsey
Citizens Party
Frank Oliver
Democratic Party
Dale Long
J. D. Payne
Earl Brown
Buckley
Hoot Michaelson
Progressive Party
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Jackie
Page & Col
Mrs Kennedy
Princess Lee
Mrs. Kennedy
Radziwell
Buckingham Place
Page
Col
N.C
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Los Angeles
Wheeling
North American Aviation, Inc
William JA. Steele
America
Barry Goldwater
Rartz
the Gacetic
Ciudad Trunllo
Dominican Republic
Cri— Ia
Rafael L. Trujillo
OAS
Dominica
John XXIII
Goren
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