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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1961

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Baby Girl Left With Auto Parts Clerk At Kingsport Store

A young woman left a two month old baby girl with Bob Harrison at Automotive Service & Supply Co. on East Market Street and fled across Market Street. The infant, described as blue-eyed with red hair, appeared to have diaper rash but otherwise healthy. Police were notified.

Kingsport Auto Parts Bob Harrison Automotive Service & Supply Co E. Market St Harrison Market Street Sullivan Street Sullivan Auto Pads

Byrd fights aid bill amendment as Senate screens plan

Washington indecisive Senate faces first showdown on a 4.33 billion foreign aid bill. Byrd leads a fight to constrain long term loans, while administration allies seek victory. Fulbright proposes committee notification. GOP backs limited veto. Debate timed to seven hours with a late vote expected.

Washington Senate Byrd Congress J. William, Fulbright D-Ark Fulbright GOP Sens Leverett Saltonstall R-Mass Keneath B. Keating R-N. Y House

New American Space Shot Set By UPI at Cape Canaveral

United States expected within weeks to attempt an unmanned Mercury orbital flight switching from Redstone to Atlas. An earlier monkey idea is dropped. a chimpanzee may fly later before a human mission. NASA weighs a possible suborbital manned test before a full orbital attempt this year. Officials acknowledge Russian cosmonaut momentum as a challenge while stressing readiness for the orbital goal.

AL Kuetiner Cape Canaveral Fla UPE United States Earth U.S

Negros Charged With Mistreatment In Police Picket Fight

In Nashville two whites and several Blacks faced city court on charges tied to a bi racial picket line Saturday night. Diane Nash Ruby Smith and Matthew Walker were convicted of disorderly conduct. Walker testified of police beating. Larry Hunter and Joe McDonald were found guilty of vagrancy and loitering after denying employment.

Nashville Charles Cardwell Andrew Doyle Tvo Doyle Diane Nash Focal Student “Nonviolent" Movement Ruby Smith Matthew Walker Walker Miss Nash Miss Smith Larry Hunter Atlanta Joe McDonald Nassau College New York Hunter McDonald

U.S. Proposes Laos Troop Withdrawal Accord

In Geneva UPI reports the United States formally offers to withdraw all U.S. military personnel from Laos and calls for concurrent pullouts by other foreign forces including Vietminh. Ambassador Harriman signs the pledge as part of the Laos peace talks, aiming to ease Southeast Asia war tensions.

Geneva UPI United States Laos U. S W. Averell Harriman Pueblo Colo

Woes of Kingsport Civil Defense in Sunday's Times-News

Local feature by Jerry Alley examines the nearly non existent Kingsport Civil Defense program as part of the Times-News Sunday package. Paula Gilliam previews Miss Kingsport Miss Sullivan County pageant with a photo spread. The sports section forecasts fall gridiron season at Church Hill High School. The Times News Magazine reflects on the Powers spy trial conviction a year later.

Kingsport Jerry Alley This Sunday Times-News Paula Gilliam Sullivan County Church Hill High School Times News Family Weekly Francis Gary Powers

Probe Of Crawford Death Continues In Tennessee

There were no new developments today in the investigation of the death of Guy B. Crawford, with his auto and body found about 12 feet apart at Cherokee Lake a week ago. An autopsy was ordered by District Attorney Howard S. Witt as investigators pursue unusual circumstances. lab results to determine exact cause of death are pending. A pathologist ruled against natural death and not drowning. three agents remain on the case with local sheriffs and Witt.

Guy B. Crawford W. LE. Hopton Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Crawford Cherokee Lake Howard S. Witt Hopton Congress House Senate Commerce Committee U.S Pit AB

Titov lands from Voskhod II after 25 hour orbit

Maj Gherian Titov disclosed at a Moscow University news conference that he was lifted from Voskhod II last Monday and returned to Earth by parachute after a 25 hour spaceflight. He said he could have landed manually but used automatic controls and landed at a low altitude. He described the automatic landing test and that parachute deployment saved him after the ship brake and landing systems operated. Titov noted space weightlessness affected his inner ear and appetite but left no lasting harm.

Henry Shaprio Moscow UPI Gherian Titov Vostok II Earth Costenant Moscow University Titov Russia Vostok Yuri Gagarin

Street Scenes of Market and Broad Streets

A little girl dressed as an adult in her mother's high heels plays on Market Street while a boy, unhappy, trails behind on Broad Street. A shopper declines to buy another toy in a dime store as a man loosens his hat and tie and rolls up his sleeves before entering a nearby oven area.

Market Street Broad Street

UAW Leaders To Decide On Strike Vote

UAW officials meet to decide if a strike vote should be sought from 120000 Ford workers as Ford ends Aug 31 contract, same date as GM and Chrysler. Ford talks recessed for UAW Ford negotiating committee meeting.

UAW Detroit UPI United Auto Workers Ford Motor Co Ford General Motors Chrysler International Union of Electrical Workers IUE TUE Chicago New Brunswick Dayston Warren Ohio Rochester UAW -Fordy

House Moves To Penalize Aerial Piracy

Congress eyes new crimes to curb hijacking with a death penalty for deadly weapon cases. Senate approves measure 92 to 0, but current hijackings fall outside its reach due to timing of acts. Airlines tighten security as border patrols are ordered on select flights.

Juanamen Senate State Department United States Cuba Sis

Khrushchev threatens U S bases in war warning

In Moscow Khrushchev warned allied states that the Soviet Union would crush Western bases if war starts, while offering to negotiate Berlin. He cited threats against bases in Italy Greece Denmark Norway and other nations and urged unity of the Communist bloc. He pressed that in a worldwide Communist society man will be brother to man and rejected Western terms.

Moscow UPI Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev Kremlin Italy Greece Denmark Worway Berlin Gheorghe Gheorghiu- Dej Hallam Amintore Fanfani Soviet Union U.S Fanfani U. S Taly Acropolis

Reds Plan to Tighten Control Across Berlin Border

East German parliament authorizes measures to curb refugee flows and safeguard the GDR amid reports of Ivan Koniev taking command of 22 Soviet divisions in East Germany. Ulbricht vows defense readiness as Khrushchev pressures for a peace treaty and wider Soviet military posture near Berlin.

Joseph B. Fleming Berlin UPI Easts Gavelshal Ivan Koniev Com Chaitlinunist West Berlin East Germany NATO West Germany German Democratic Republic Lothar Bolz Nikita Khntshchev Role Koniev Leon Trotsky Walter Ulbricht East Berlin Ulbricht People’s Army Nikita 5 Khrushchev Red Red Parliament U.S.S

Congress Approves Kennedy Defense Budget and Civil Defense Funds

Congress backs President Kennedy with a defense bill totaling about 45.4 billion to deter Soviet aggression. The vote was 387 to 0 in the House and a Senate voice vote, with 93,000 Army draft notices planned for next month to boost manpower, planes, and missiles.

Washington UPI Congress Kennedy Pentagon House Senate Nikita Khrushchey Rj East Germany

Damage Suits Filed In Deaths In Kingsport Traffic Crash

Damage suits totaling 340000 have been filed in Law Court against the Community Fire Department after a June 1 traffic crash on US Highway 23 that killed two people and injured two others. The suits name the fire department and driver Bradshaw in separate actions, with multiple estates seeking 100000 to 60000 totals for damages. The fire department operates as a private firm serving Kingsport suburbs.

Community Fire Department Kingsport Fred Mayberry James Mayberry Fire Department R. B. Braidshaw Millard Leonard William’ Can Flossie Mayberry Tate Sproles Sife Inez C Sproles Mayberry Bradshaw US Highway 23 Holston Valley Community Hospital

Satellite Echo anniversary marks milestone in orbit

Washington reports NASA scientists now expect Echo to survive beyond one year as the giant aluminum balloon nears its seventh orbit anniversary. Echo has traveled over 1.5 million miles, reflecting radio signals and helping test space communications. In Hong Kong and Macao reports claim a disease epidemic link to space tech, but no confirmation from authorities.

Washington UPI Echo North Star Space National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Tit Sas Hong Kong Macao Hong South China Kwangting Asln Canton Kong com+j Soviet Union Gloua Network Ter Radlin Tele Macap Goyvision Edin Kwanglime Eisenhower

Weather update from UL Weather Bureau at AL TréFitins

Kingsport and vicinity report partly cloudy skies with a low in the upper 60s. Warmer, humid conditions continue with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs in the upper 80s yesterday and today.

AL TréFitins Kingsport Riga

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