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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
18
Five teenagers fled from Dunbar and Charleston police in a weekend spree that included apartment break ins robberies and assaults. Officers pursued from Saturday night into Sunday morning before apprehending the youths.
PPOMATTOX Virginia six teenagers died and five were injured in a head on crash on U S 460 five miles east of Evergreen near Appomattox County. The westbound car carrying six youths tried to pass on a hillcrest and struck an eastbound vehicle with five occupants. Six victims named include Jane and Cornelia Southall and Kay White survived. The article details a night of partying and subsequent juveniles’ thefts and gas thefts leading to police pursuit and confessions.
The National Maritime Union proposed negotiating with the 74 shipping companies involved in the three coast strike over seamen wages and foreign flag issues. Curran and Casey clashed over representation rights and good faith talks while other unions joined in pressuring for a swift resolution to the three day walkout affecting 85,000 crewmen and nearly 1,900 vessels.
The National Safety Council reported at least 33 deaths and nearly 200 injuries from karting in 1960 and 1961. More than half the fatalities were under sixteen, with ten under ten. Officials oppose underage driving and call for parental awareness of risks in all settings.
Eight climbers killed in weekend Austrian Alps incidents raise this year’s death toll to 47. Victims include five West Germans and three Austrians in falls and an avalanche on Wiesbachhorn. An Austrian tourist also died in Styrian Alps near Innsbruck.
Rich mond Va and Rev Harmon B Ramsey pastor First Presbyterian Athens Ga named secretary of the Christian Education Board Teaching Division He will lead the program serving about 900000 Presbyterians in 4000 churches Ramsey has sat on the board for 12 years holds Th D from Union Seminary and Doctor of Divinity from Arkansas College He has preached in Prescott Little Rock and Bluefield and was moderator of West Virginia Synod in 1947.
A chanremaker at the laundromat on 1217 Washington St. W. made change for a slug worth $52 Saturday night. Charles B. Bailey, the owner, found copper slug coins woven into change and reported the incident Sunday. Police are investigating the case.
Work has begun near Ponce on a locally financed 2.3 million dollar plant to produce caustic soda and chlorine.
A head on collision on U S 40 near Grantsville Utah killed Sandra J Arpaia 21 bride of Morton Downey son of the actor Don Downey 28 of Jacksonville Fla and seriously injured Downey and two hitchhikers. A sailor in the other vehicle died at the scene at Tooele Valley Hospital.
Harold Graves 49 of 831 Chappell Rd fell from a truck on Kanawha Blvd while fixing the derby ramp. He fractured his right hip and was listed in good condition at Charleston Memorial Hospital. Two passengers Marvin Clapp and Billy J. Moneyhan were in poorer condition at Tooele Hospital. A 63-year-old Utah man Daniel David Graves died of a heart attack at the scene.
The New China News Agency reports heavy rains and floods across provinces south of the Yangtze during early June, threatening 500 422 acres of farmland. Dikes are reinforced as floodwaters disrupt rail traffic and droughts or storms persist since March.
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