Kennedy to Meet Britain's Chief on Whirlwind European Tour
President Kennedy announced from the Kitty Hawk that he will meet Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on June 23 as he tours Europe including Germany Ireland and Italy. He then planned a Hawaii stop and a Los Angeles appearance before returning to Washington with renewed national pride.
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Douglas B. Cornell
China Lake
Calif
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Mobile
White House
Killy Hawk
Los Aneles
Hawaii
Pierre Salinger
Macmillan
Europe
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Point Mugu
Washington
United States
Comedy Star Zasu Pitts Dies of Cancer
Hollywood mourns Zasu Pitts at 63 after a hospital death from cancer. The Pasadena resident and former wife of John E. Woodall gained fame in Mack Sennett comedies and later radio stage and television work.
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Zasu Pitts
Hollywood
Caner
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pasadena
John E. Woodall
Miss Pitts
Liza
Susan
Mack Sennett
Gale Storm
Susanna
Braxton County wrecker delays raft event on shallow waters
Burl Frame of Flatwoods, a member of the Gasaway American Legion Post, reports the raft trip railed by water shortages and shallow depth. The group planned to reach eat log cemetery by Friday evening near Clendenin and Elkhurst but were halted seven miles below. Charleston reported.
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Kennedy
Elk River
Braxton
Charles
Clay
Braxton County
Elkhurst
Burl Frame
Flatwoods
Gassaway American Legion Post
Charleston
Lloyd Butcher Garage
R. T. Nicholaster
Butcher
Vatican
Rome
United States
Rail Tunnel Walls Fall and Man Is Rescued in Parkersburg
Rescue crews freed Arthur Boggs after rock collapsed in a Baltimore and Ohio tunnel near Walker Parkersburg. Foreman aided pain relief while another worker, Harry Nichols, was missing and presumed dead. Crews battled knee deep mud and icy drainage as they stabilized the 9,800 foot tunnel during a daylighting operation.
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Parkersburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Awathan Whiting
Arthur Boggs
Hugh
Boggs
Harry Nichols
Bartlett
Ohio
J Langenfield & Sons, Inc
Baltimore
Nicholson
Lof Parkersburg
Walker
Robert Airhart
Rirhart
Pope John XXII Final Illness Warns Family Humility
Vatican opens nine days of mourning as Pope John XXII’s humility shines in a letter to his brother Dec 3 1961 and a physician interview. Doctors say a gastric inflammation fueled by a stomach tumor and peritonitis led to his death. The pope urged relatives to avoid fame and to help with charity, noting some ailment troubled him.
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Tom Ochiltee
Vatican City —ii
John Nxii
John
Zaverio Roncalli
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romana
Haly
Milan
1 Giorno
Antonio Gasbarrini
John XXII
St. Peter's
Mantova
Ialy
Rome
Pericle Felici
The
Ecumenical Council
Race Riot Tension in Lexington After Fatal Clash
In Lexington North Carolina tension rose after a Thursday race riot left one white man dead. About 500 whites and 100 Negroes clashed. seven Negroes and two whites are jailed on open charges. Police prepared for another night of trouble as 200 state troopers were held in reserve.
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Marjorie Hunter
New York Times
Lexington
N. C
Nori Caroelina
C. V. Schenck
Fats Domino
Greensboro
Fortain
First Electric Price Fixing Settlement Approved in Chicago
In Chicago a settlement approved by Judge Edwin A Robson ends the first of 226 damage suits against more than 200 electrical equipment makers. Interstate Power Co of Dubuque Iowa led 39 million in purchases from 1956 to 1961. The suits claim overcharges from a price fixing conspiracy under the Sherman Act. Other utilities joining Interstate Power include Iowa Southern Utilities Co Center Ville Joway Lake Superior District Power Co Ashland Madison Gas and Electric Co Northern States Power Co Minnesota Wisconsin Northwestern Public Service Co and Wisconsin Power and Light Co. The case follows 1961 convictions of GE and Westinghouse and a prior 87.47 million GE settlement.
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Chicago —i
Chicago
U.S. District Court
Edwin A. Robson
Interstate Power Co
Dubuque
Iowa
Philadelphia
General Electric
Westinghouse
Interstate Power
Towa Southern Utilities Co
Center- Ville
Joway Lake Superior District Power Co
Ashland
Wis
Madison Gas and Electric Co
Madison
Northern States Power Co
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Northwestern Public Service Co
Huron
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Jed
Bunche Views Racial Problem Sunday Preview
Sunday preview highlights Dr. Ralph Bunche discussing the racial problem and U S diplomatic image abroad. Also notes West Virginia Centennial Train tour and graduation speech by Henry Steele Commager on the Current Affairs page. Students seek summer jobs as June influx rises.
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Ralph Bunche
Dr. Bunche
United States
U. S
Bunche
Sunday Gazette Mail
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Henry Steele Commager
Aea
Gazette-Mail Business Age
Clay County Man Drowns in Elk River
A Clay County man Franklin Reedy 20 of Bickmore drowned in Elk River near Elkhurst after crossing the river with three companions He called for help a rescue boat responded and he drowned His body remains unrecovered as the Clay Fire Department continues dragging the river for him.
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D. R. Perry
Sutton
Braxton County
Elk River
Clay
Clay County
Elkhurst
Franklin Reedy
Bickmore
O. A. Reedy
Clay Fire Department
Hady
Pickets Block School Buses In St Louis
Pickets blocked Dozier elementary bus routes affecting about 500 students in St Louis as the Committee for Parents of Transported Pupils vowed to continue protests to end segregation in school transportation. School officials denied discrimination, citing overcrowding and scheduling as reasons for bus transfers. Police reported 100 plus demonstrators including Clyde X observing the action.
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St. Louis
Dozier Elementary School
Yan Assembly Point
Dozier Areca
Voss
Jlo
Daniel L. Schlafly
Board of Education
Clyde X, Chhieftain
Bernard X
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Dundon Bridge
Carl Holmauist
Desert Test Station
White Sands
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Elk "River
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Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Richard Cardinal ‘Cushing
Boston
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Alery Wise
Nichols
Glenville
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York
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