Fire destroys Bluefield bakery and damages nearby buildings
A Sunday blaze in Bluefield destroyed the Griffin Pie Co. bakery and damaged a trucking warehouse and Bill and Bob's Grill as flames spread to the three story building facing Bluefield Avenue. No injuries reported as about 40 firefighters fought the fire for two hours.
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Bluefield
Griffin Pie Co
N&w
Bill
Bob
James Gillespie
City Warehouse, Inc
Bluefield Ave
Norfolk & Western Railway
E. L. McClure
C. E. Huff
Huff
Chick McClure
Dominican General Admits Plot In Trujillo Assassination
Maj. Gen. Jose Roman Fernandez former defense secretary confessed involvement in the May 30 Trujillo assassination plot. Word of his admission followed reports he was questioned after being fired from his cabinet post. The government plans to release further details while denying rumors of suicide.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Jose Roman Fernandez
Rafael L. Trujillo
Roman
Rafael L.porate Jr
Tragic Falls Incident Reported By Canadian Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Artman of Murrysville Pennsylvania and a Canadian cousin described witnessing a tragedy at the brink of a falls. They saw seats and a woman’s body swept over the falls and a girl in shorts and a powder blue blouse carried away. John Cooper of Sherkston Ontario reported a capsized outboard marked Pink Lady dropping over the falls along with a man in dark trousers and a white T shirt attempting to grasp an old barge above the rapids.
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Brink
James C. Artman
Murrysville
Artman
John Cooper
Sherkston Ont
Beckley Man Named as Ninth District Senator Possible
George C. Porter of Beckley a first term House of Delegates member is expected to be named Ninth District senator by Gov. Barron filling the Nuckols vacancy created March 11. The Raleigh County seats open include Harmon’s editorial post likely to Woodrow Kinzer and the Porter seat to Charles L Lewis Jr. if nominating committees align.
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George C. Porter
Beckley
House of Delegates
Barron
Jack A. Nuckols
Nuckols
Porter
Raleigh County
Roy Lee Harmon
Wayne County
Harmon
Woodrow Kinzer
Charles 5
Lewis Jr
Democratic Executive Committee
Kinzer
Dale Covey
Glen Daniel
Merchant
A. David Abrams
Clint Meadows
Potter
Senate
Lewis
Ninth Senatorial District Committee
the Gazette
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Guv Underwood
Marland
Peace Parley Revived On Laos Cease Fire Appeal
Geneva report says the 14 nation Laos conference reopened after Soviet British agreement to appeal again to warring Laotians to stop fighting. U S spokesman noted a message to the ICC would be sent. Harriman declined to comment on U S course.
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Carl Hartman
Geneva
Laos
U. S
United States
International Control Commission
ICC
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Home
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Lord
Tomore
Laosenjating
India
Canada
Poland
Britain
Soviet Union
Kennedy Misses Mass in Fla on Crutches
President Kennedy sat out Sunday mass at St Edwards Church in Palm Beach as back problems linger. White House aide Hatcher said Kennedy will use crutches on return to Washington for several more days and may meet Italian Premier Fanfani after a London conference.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
White House
Washington
Andrew T. Hatcher
St. Edwards Roman Catholic Church
Hatcher
Moscow
Tass
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Vienna
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Fanfand
Salt Lake City
FBI
Florida
Colorado
South Carolina
Georgia
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Ilinois
Mlinois
Union Pacific
Kansas
U. S. Conference of Mayors
World Conference of Local Governments
National Conference On International Economic and Social Development
Ottawa
Canada
Janet Travell
Bomb Blast Wrecks Sheriff Car in Mississippi
In Mississippi Mississipp i City a bomb damaged the private car of Sheriff Curtis Dedeaux as he avoided the vehicle incident by staying home. The blast at 2 am damaged three other cars and a nearby house, with investigators noting a possible time bomb using up to six sticks of dynamite. Dedeaux attributed the attack to revenge for police actions. Stevenson hailed talks with Brazil's President Quadros as easing U S Brazil tensions over Cuba and trade. He said improved living conditions are key to countering extremism and urged greater bilateral cooperation.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Adlai E. Stevenson
Janio Quadros
United States
Cuba
Kennedy
Quadros
Stevenson
Mississippy City
Miss
Cap
Curtis O. Dedeaux
South Mississippi
Abot
Kussler Air Force Base
Tedeaux
U.S. Highway 90
Dedeaux
Jagaist
Missisna Dew Datn
Peace talk terms hit as Germans unite reject Soviet plan
Berlin Western leaders denounced Khrushchev proposals for a peace conference without German reunification. Adenauer Brandt urged self determination for all Germans and warned of renewed eastern pressure. Mende doubted Russians would trigger armed conflict over Berlin. Vienna memorandum cited as evidence of Soviet aims to consolidate postwar Europe.
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West
Khrushchev
Hitler
Munich
Konrad Adenauer Besid
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Sians
Hannover
Brandt
Poont
Erich Mende
Free Democratic Party
Germany
East Germany
Kennedy
Viena
Adenauer
Vienna
Tass
Europe
Geremany
Adolf Hitler
Bonn
Rusk Says US Disagrees With Soviet Berlin Proposals
Secretary of State Dean Rusk stated the United States obviously disagrees with the Soviet memos on Berlin after Khrushchev’s meeting with Kennedy. He said the U.S. would consult allies before replying and noted Kennedy’s strong interest in the Berlin issue. Rusk spoke at Washington National Airport during Amintore Fanfani’s visit.
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Wallington
Dean Rusk
United States
Bertin Rusk
U.S
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Rusk
Berlin
Washington National Airport
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
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