Security breach over U S ICBM test shocks leaders
Washington reports an apparent leak revealing a non workable intercontinental ballistic missile.Sen. Henry Jackson says Russia likely tracked the Florida Atlas launch and warns of a serious breach. Sen. Hickenlooper calls for investigation if breach confirmed and if Russians gleaned weapon details.
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Ruth Montgomery
Washington
INS
Russia
U. S
Henry
Scoop) Jackson
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Florida
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Page & Cal
Youth Tosses Live Snake From Bus Triggering Panic
An unidentified youth threw a live green snake from a Charleston Transit bus at the Chandler Drive intersection, scaring passengers and nearly causing a stampede as driver Burl Smallwood stopped. Police seek the boy for questioning.
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Charleston Transit, Co
Burl Smallwood
Chandler Dr
Smallwood
Revived U S federal building project eyed in Charleston
U S General Services Administration plans reactivate a Charleston site for a new federal building to replace the present Capitol Street court building. A seven block area east of Summers Street is the favored location with bids to determine exact placement near the Kanawha River. Post Office needs and long range requirements remain under review as Congress considers additional funding.
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Thomas F. Stafford
The
Gazette
Charleston
General Services Administration
Washington
Federal Court
Capitol ‘St
Neithin
Summers St
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Federal
Congress
Eisenhower
Post Office Department
Byrd
GSA
Summers
Kanawha
Bourges-Maunoury Confirmed France Premier in Crisis End
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, 42, of the Radical Socialist Party, was confirmed as France’s premier by the National Assembly after a three week political crisis. Vote reported 242 to 163 with opposition by the Communists and abstentions from the Popular Republicans shaping a coalition cabinet of 13 ministers.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Maurice Bourges - Maunoury
Radical-Socialist Party
France
Bourges-Maunoury
Christian Pineau
Robert Lacoste
Guy Mollet
Popular Republicans
Bourges - Man
Poury
Mollet
Felix Gaillard
Mayor Fires New Barrage In City Employes' Battle
City firemen accuse Mayor Copenhaver of trying to seize control of the Charleston Fire Department in a long running feud. IAFF Local 317 says he ignores the chief and endangers service while police consider similar action. Both departments push for pay hikes as salaries are labeled starvation levels.
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James A. Hut
The
Gazette
Copenhaver
Star
International Association of Fire Fighters
Loesl
C. E. Boggess
Charleston
Fire
Order of Police Lodge
IAFF
Sanford R. Stallard
Charles B. Robinson
Stallard
Fire Fighters Union
Robinson
Woman killed in U S 60 wreck near South Charleston
Blanche Stegner 39 of 508 1-2 C St. died when her car crossed a traffic island and collided head on with Richard Little 36 of 1112 Highland Dr. St Albans. Little was treated for serious head injuries and listed in fair condition. Trooper D L Rinehart investigated. cause of Stegner loss of control not determined. Stegner survived by two sons and a daughter. service at Snodgrass mortuary.
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U. S. 60
South Charleston
D. L. Rinehart
Blanche Stegner
Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Halits
Rinehart
Richard Little
Highland Dr
St. Albans
Little
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Stegner
Clinchport
I l
Jack
Harry Vaughn
Jean Bishop
George Lark
Dewey
Norton,Va
Mary Got ‘Polly Lark
Kingsport
Enti
Snodgrass Mortuary
Two Chiang Jets Shot Down Over China Coast Clash
Reports from Hong Kong say two Chiang Kai-shek era jets were shot down near Swatow as Communist batteries along the coast fire on Nationalist air sorties. The U S Navy Hornet carrier and escort ships, on a routine training flight, were fired upon eight miles off the China coast but returned to the carrier with minor damage and no injuries. The incident occurred amid broader Navy patrols in Formosan waters as Peiping accuses Hornet aircraft of entering Chinese territorial airspace.
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Hong Kong
Amoke
China
Stow
Washington
U.S. Navy
United States
Formoea Patrol
Peiping
Navy
China Coast
U.S
Formosan Strait
Japan
Pelping
Definition of Boy drums for peace on earth
A playful definition describes a boy as a child who drums to create peace on earth and blows a small horn. The concise line captures a child's simple, musical gesture as a symbolic act of harmony.
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Earth
West Virginia Ranks Low in Public Aid for Aged and Disabled
Federal figures show West Virginia has the nation’s lowest monthly aid for aged and blind persons, with high dependent children caseloads and relatively low per case costs. State totals include 7.8 permanently and totally disabled per 1000 adults 18–64 and 5.7 percent of the population on aid.
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John G. Morgan
The
Gazette
West Virginia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Federal Bureau of Public Assistance
U. S
Louisana
Arkansas
Georgia
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Red China
the Gazette
P. W. Newton
Clarence W. Hudson
BL. Sharp
Euse
L. L. Smith
Sai
Chiang
Red Ching
Hornet
Ling Waters
Paralite Pi Oece
Hancock County
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