Brew Riot Renewed In Durban
In Durban South Africa women renewed protests over home-brewed alcohol clashing with saloons. Four Africans were killed in earlier violence as police and troops restrained rioters, while 40 women beer hall pickets were arrested and police used fire hoses. The minister said the unrest targets municipal beer halls not the government, as 400 police and reserve troops faced rioters with three armored vehicles on standby.
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South Africa
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Nkan Nel
South Africa Senate
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Nel
African National Congress
South African Broadcast Corp
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Indian Ocean
Long May Resumes Bid for Free Self
Baton Rouge faced a fresh bid by Gov. Earl K. Long to obtain legal counsel while hospitalized. Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar acted as governor, marking an historic step as the state weighs Long’s capacity and ongoing habeas corpus action from Galveston.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Lether Frazar
Act ‘Ing
Jesse Bankston
Jare
Long
Galveston
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Mayor Hopeful Library-Type Zoo Proposed For North Charleston
Mayor Copenhaver voiced optimism about a lending library style zoo at the new North Charleston park. The idea, tied to the Children’s Museum of Charleston, would create quarters and a small animal zoo to broaden cultural and educational offerings for Kanawha County and southern West Virginia. Talks with museum directors and Lee Kenna are preliminary and no decisions have been made.
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Don Marsh
Copenhaver
Zoo
New Park
North Charleston
Children’s Museum of Charleston
Direcers
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Lee Kenna
Kenna
Name Was Hot Issue West Virginia Is 96 Years Old Today
West Virginia marks its 96th birthday on a Saturday though the name is older by a year and a half. Lincoln proclaimed statehood effective June 20, 1863, with Wheeling as capital. The first Wheeling convention opened November 26, 1861 and debated the name, finally choosing West Virginia by a 30 9 2 1 vote tally.
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West Virginia
Charles R. Lewis
Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Wheeling
Virginia
Prize Crossword Jackpot Grows to 577.50 This Week
There were no winners in last week's 13,172 entries of the Sunday Gazette Mail Prize Crossword Contest. This week's prize pool rises to 577.50 dollars, composed of a 525 dollar base plus a 10 percent bonus for a top entry on a card.
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Gazette-Mail
Jury Criticizes Law Enforcing In June Grand Jury Report
The Intermediate Court term jury completed its deliberations and criticized county law enforcement for poor investigations and misdirected arrests. City detectives Crouse and Warwick were praised for solving a $20000 furniture theft. 40 indictments were handed up including 28 felonies.
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Bob Crouse
Warren Warwick
R. H. Kyle and
Lee Furniture Companies
Department of Public Safety
Crouse
Warwick
Jail Misconduct Decision Awaited in Kanawha Case
The fate of Sheriff T H McGou ran and four deputies cited for contempt will be announced at 9 30 a m Wednesday by Judge William J Thompson. Bruce Unrue pleaded guilty to escorting prisoners for money and the others Ned Atkinson William Mickey and Joe Whittington faced contempt charges as court heard how jail operations were tainted by payments for prisoner escorts.
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T. H. McGouran
William J. Thompson
McGov Jrant
de J
Bruce Unrue
Thompson
Ned Atkinson
William Mickey
Joe Whittington
Charles Walker
McGowran
Atkinson
Mickey
Whittington
Annue
Ferrell
Albert Nelson
Huttonsville
Nelson
Fire safety and reform urged at Kanawha child shelter
A county court examiner urges new supervision and staff from the sociology department to improve Dunbar shelter oversight. Fire danger and sexual perversion risks are cited as triggers for urgent changes and about $7,500 in safety upgrades are proposed. County Commissioner S Grover Smith Jr backs rapid action.
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Kanawha West Virginia State College
L. Wallace Hoffman
Dunbar
S. Grover Smith Jr
Hoffman
Auto Sticker Expiration Notice For 1957 58 Vehicles
State Police warn all 1957 58 auto mobile inspection stickers expire by July and cars must be re inspected under the new period starting July 1 1959. Exempt vehicles include house trailers semi trailers under 2000 pounds antique cars and similar equipment. The 1959 60 sticker may be used only after July 1 and goes in the lower left corner.
West Berlin Deadlock Persists As Big Four Recesses
Geneva reports state the West rejected a Soviet plan for an 18 month Berlin deadlock pause and talks among the Big Four. The three week recess aims to allow both sides to study the stalemate while keeping West Berlin's freedom and access routes intact. The Western powers warned the Soviet Union could take unilateral action after the pause.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Soviet Union
Andrei‘ A. Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
Gromyko
Grom
Sunday Preview Highlights Diverse Gazette-Mails Sections
The Sunday Gazette-Mail promotes a wide array of features from student views on segregation and teenage car ownership to polio eradication projects in Parade and an analysis of the 1960 Presidential derby. It also offers Hollywood nostalgia, a battle between communism and democracy, and a USS West Virginia history.
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Gazette-Mail
Ramon Novarro
State Magazine
West Virginia
Bill Blizzard
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