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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1961
Page
11
RELIABLE sources said the plot had been building up for over a month. For the last four days police and paratroopers have roared through Leopoldville in jeeps and trucks, examining identity papers and rounding up suspects. Those arrested include a young Official of the Indian Embassy.
Gen Joseph Mobutu claimed he broke up a foreign inspired plot to poison or kidnap leaders of President Kasavubu's government. Police paraded prisoners through Leopoldville streets as soldiers were beaten. over 40 Mobutu soldiers arrested amid arrests of a Hungarian diplomat and a Dutch journalist. Authorities cited Lumumba supporters and foreign embassies as instigators, with minimal details given at a news conference.
An eastbound auto on U S 60 struck a parked Cunningham Funeral Home ambulance at Daniel Boone Park entrance. Driver Thomas McGregor 4 Marion Ind and Wayne Hess 17 of 181 Norton Ave were hospitalized. McGregor charged with drunken driving. damage about 2000 dollars. Hess treated for back injuries and released.
Funeral services and burials are scheduled today for several residents. Names include Robert Gerald Wrens, Mal Burchett, Rens May Igoins, Wiknath Burgess Hodge, Lovell C Houchin, Idamme Hunter, Turpin Alvon, Ada Ayak, and Lydia Florence Meltona with churches and cemeteries across Blount, Lewisburg, Rayford, Marmet, Parkersburg, Beckley, Alvon, Madison, Oak Hill, Charleston, and Spencer. Burial details follow each service.
James Kenton Leach 14 of 4010 Kirby St South Charleston died Friday at University Hospital Columbus Ohio after a seven month illness. He was a ninth grade student at Spring Hill Junior High School member of First Presbyterian Church of South Charleston and survived by a brother Christopher and maternal grandparents James G White Weston. The body is at Snodgrass Funeral Home South Charleston.
Las Vegas gambler Lonnie Joe Chadwick plans to sue the U.S. government for return of $18 000 in chips seized from Harolds Club in Reno. IRS claims Chadwick broke tax rules by ending his taxable year. Chadwick and attorney Virgil Wedge vow court action to contest the seizure and demand tax year reinstatement.
Dutch documentary maker Jeris Ivens arrived this week in Havana to work under contract with the Cinematographic Arts Institute. He has produced several films about the Castro revolution and will base his operations in Cuba.
Virginia State Association of Freewill Baptists and UMWA mourn a family of Williams, including four sons Jodie David George of Charleston and Cecil of Cinco, three daughters Violet Ruth Margaret, a brother Rev Arch Williams South Charleston, two sisters Lula Gullian Charleston and Ruth Mooney Rumble, 30 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Service at 2 p m Sunday Kanawha Fork Freewill Baptist Church Loudendale led by Rev Arnold Barker and Rev Fleetwood Chapman. Burial Comer Cemetery. Body moved from Cunningham Funeral Home to church an hour before service.
Atlanta health officials announce 300000 Sabin oral polio vaccine doses rushed to the area to avert a possible 200 to 600 paralyzing cases this summer. Sabin donates 300000 doses, with 50000 more available, to be flown to Atlanta by Monday and used free for under 15, with older children and adults charged for Salk in eligible clinics.
Lois Jane Zatek, 34, newly licensed driver from Nankin township, attempted to cross stalled tracks in a Livonia station wagon as an eight car Chesapeake and Ohio freight hurtled toward her car. She and two of her six children died, others survived. Engineer Duane Schwalm of Saginaw testified he could not stop in time.
West Berliners lit bonfires to mark the June 17 uprising in East Germany eight years ago. The event drew West German and Allied cautions as East German authorities warned against border proximity while recalling brutal reprisals. Mass rallies and speeches promoted freedom and reunification amid Communist propaganda and Red Army presence.
Cmdr. Charles Brendler of Washington will retire after 48 years in Navy service, 20 years leading the Navy Band. He will be succeeded by Lt. Cmdr. Anthony A. Mitchell of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, as leader.
Eight Soviet citizens were convicted of operating a foreign currency black market in Moscow and sentenced to prison terms from six to fifteen years. The sentences show the authorities’ resolve to stamp out a scandal that has troubled Moscow for years.
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