Eight Missing Miners Traced as 14 Bodies Recovered
Clinchfield Coal Co reports 14 bodies found in Compass No 2 Mine near Hanna, W Va, from Thursday explosion. 8 miners remain trapped 1.5 miles in, with rescue crews advancing through drifts 2,000 feet farther in. State mines director says victims were about 1.5 miles from shaft when explosion hit.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Clinchfield Coal Co
Compass No. 2
Lhanmennneraundlhanna
Harry Chapman
Chapman
Felice and Coal Company
Leonard Timms
Defenders Claim Havana Refinery Bombing Report
Former photographer Alexander Rorke Jr. testified at an anti-Communist seminar that four men flew over Havana oil refineries Thursday night and dropped five bombs, but no damage occurred. He described bombs as 100 pound explosive and napalm types, calling them defensive. The White House and State Department offered no confirmation. NBC denied Rorke’s NBC representative claim and said he worked only as a freelance cameraman.
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Washington (Ap
Alexander Rorke Jr
Cuba
Havana
Appare
Rorke
State Department
U.S
National Broadcasting Co
Fidel Castro
NBC
New York
Worke
Soviet Leader Affirms Laos Neutrality Accord
In Moscow Khrushchev and Harriman issued a joint communique confirming full support for Laos neutrality and peace after a three and a half hour Kremlin meeting. Khrushchev assured United States backing on the Laos accord.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Laos
Kremlin
Harriman
Kennedy
Council of Ministers
Vienna
U.S
Fay Kohler
Andrei Gromyko
House OKs Bill Opposing Patrol Planes
The North Carolina House approved a measure to bar the State Highway Patrol from using airplanes to spot speeding and other violations. Rep. I C Crawford of Buncombe led the bill, with Crawford voting against it. The action follows brief debate and aims to curb aerial speed enforcement.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Rep
I. C. Crawford
Buncombe
Crawford
Kennedy warns moderates urged to curb extremism rise
Atty Gen Robert Kennedy warned that without moderates uniting Americans could see a growth in militancy on civil rights issues. He asserted progress in Georgia and denied labeling Black Muslims subversive while meeting Southern officials and noting no presidential bid plans. A Maryland postman William L Moore was slain in Alabama on Tuesday night.
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Atlanta, Ga
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
U.S
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
Massachusetts
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Maryland
William L. Moore
Alabama
Marine claims forced discharge over aiding body disposal
William A. Szill says he was ousted from the Marine Corps for helping Captain Arthur J. Jackson dispose of the body of a Cuban described as a known spy slain abroad. Szill, 31, says he signed a statement accepting fines and imprisonment, faced employment and medical cost hardships, and sought restoration to duty while contacting lawmakers and officials.
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Philadelphia
William A. Szill
U.S. Marine Corps
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bulletin
Arthur J.jackson
Szill
Washington
Marine Corps
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Herman T. Schneebels
Secret Service
Genevieve
Szili
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Loldest
Navy
Korea
States
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Schoo
Jackson
Szills
Norristown
Duvalier Bodyguards Killed Near Haiti Palace
Port au Prince Haiti AP reports gunmen killed the driver and two bodyguards protecting President Francois Duvalier as he and his two children were en route to school. The children Jean Claude and Simone 12 and 14 were uninjured. Soldiers killed motorists and surrounded the area as tanks moved to the palace gates.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Dune
Jean-Claude
Simone
National Palace
Duvalier
Kaiser steelworkers in Fontana share $312000 cost savings
Kaiser's Fontana plant distributed a $312000 bonus from March savings to 3930 workers, averaging about $80 with some under $200. Kaiser plans two thirds of March savings as company bonus and one third to employees, based on job type, in a program watched by the steel industry.
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Fontana
Calif
Kaiser Steel Corp
Kaiser Steelworkers
D. D. Prazee
Riverside
Kaiser
Khrushchev Admits Aging But Won’t Rule Forever
Moscow dispatch says Premier Khrushchev, age 69, acknowledged aging and that he cannot hold all party and state posts indefinitely. Western observers debated whether he will resign titles at upcoming party meetings while naming possible successors Kozlov Mikoyan Kosygin.
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Nikita
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Kremlin
Frol A. Kozlov
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Alexei Kosygin
Souvanna Warns Reds Endanger Laos Neutrality
Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma accuses the Communists of endangering Laos neutrality and defends U S efforts to preserve it. He denies West aims to destroy the neutralist regime as Cease-fire at Plaine des Jarres collapses amid Pathet Lao shelling and counter accusations.
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Laos
Harriman
Gromyko
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Kong le
International Control Commission
Plaine Des Jarres
London
Antoine Yared Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Sinkapo
Souvanna
Pathe Lao
United States
Asser ‘Tions
Repeal proposed for Safe Driver Plan in auto rates
Raleigh AP report notes Rep. Sam Whitehurst of Craven filed a bill to wipe out the Safe Driver reward plan, allowing insurers to set rates below the Insurance Commissioner and claiming the plan harms the compulsory law. Other items include NC State College name debate and highway safety measures in the Senate.
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Raleigh
Sam Whitehurst
Craven
Whitehurst
Senate
House
North Carolina State College
State College
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina At
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina
H. J. Hatcher
Burke
Highway Safety One
Bennett Place
Durham
Rachel Davis
Lenoir
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Nelson Rockefeller
Margaretta Fitler
White House
Pierre Salinger
Marine
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