Berlin murder trial unfolds with teen suspects testimony
Testimony shifted as J Grubb described a midnight May 7 shooting near Yuma Va. and Morrison City. Taylor and Stapleton, both 18 and from Yuma, face murder charges and counts of felonious assault after a fatal shot killed Bragg and wounded Collins.Witnesses recount a noisy confrontation as Beavers and Falls testified and statements were read.
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Jerry Alley
Blountville
Sanwel J. Grubb
Grubb
Taylor
Lynn Garden
Morrison City
Southwest Virginia
Buck
Howard Jack
Robert Perry Stapleton
Yuma
Donald Taylor
Wayne Brace
Brage
White
Butch White
Staple
Hueton
Tennessee
C. Melntuctf
A.n
Broyles
Bragg
Frooper Beavers
Stapleton
Yuma Raiders
Falls
Automhite Club
Hal Carr
Howard (Buck) Witt
Stapleton and
MeInturff
William 5
Todd
Lynn View High School
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
Collins
Sgt
Barger
Gate City
Virginia
Sayleton
Sullivan County
D. C
Tex) Akard
Akard
Gale City High School
Launching Time Rescheduled 6 A.M. Friday
NASA postponed the Mercury mission after bad weather delayed liftoff. Grissom remained in Liberty Bell 7 for hours as forecasts fluctuated. officials planned a 6 am Friday attempt if conditions permit. Weather had previously scrubbed the launch on Tuesday and again today. Cape Canaveral crews faced a fog of clouds and uncertain skies.
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Alvin B. Webber
Cape Canaveral
UPI
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
Redstone
Alan R. Shepard Sr
E. A. Amman
Amman
Cape
Grissom
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepatd
Mercury
Alan
B. Shepard Jr
Kennedy vows new Berlin steps and security drive
President Kennedy announced plans to address the nation next Tuesday on steps to strengthen US defenses over Berlin and the Serlin crisis and to ask Congress next Wednesday for measures to counter mounting Soviet threats. He spoke after a National Security Council meeting and NATO consultations, warning of grave risk if the Soviet Union persists, and said his talk would cover US security in 1961 beyond Berlin. He will skip the Montevideo conference due to Congress, sending a delegation led by Secretary Dil. He hinted at possible defense spending tax questions, defended freedom riders, and voiced confidence in Undersecretary Bowles. The remarks came before a record newsman turnout as he reflected on six months in office and the ongoing Cold War challenges.
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Alvin Spivak
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Serlin
Congress
Chase
National Security Council
NATO
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Europe
United States
Mikhail Menshikov
Menshikov
U. S
Russia
Montevideo
Uruguay
Ees
Douglas Dilon
House of Representatives
House Rules Committee
South
Chester Bowles
Nikita S. Kheushchev
Grant For Kingsport Sewer Project Okayed
City Manager Charles K. Marsh announced a federal grant of 119000 toward a Highland Park sewer system. Aldermen noted telegrams from Sen. Bales and Sen. Albert Gore confirming approval. The grant will help the project cover about 110,000 to 200,000 in costs, with price differences due to trade‑in allowances and later model trucks. Budget details show the city ranked eighth on the list, with work to extend sewer service possibly beyond city limits for future annexations. The session also approved a water system expansion, parking meters on Clay Street, three street lights, and bids for a hospital water meter, venetian blinds for the Safety Building, and new police equipment.
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Bill Barnett
Charles K. Marsh
Highland Park
Marsh
Albert Gore
Clay St
West Center
Press Sts
400
Soo
Dale Steent Alley
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Ution
Baisey Venetian Factory
Bristol
Anderson Ford
60 Reported Dead In Plane Crash
In Argentina an Argentine Airlines DC6 with numerous aboard crashed and burned in flooded grasslands between Azul and Las Flores. Police said all aboard were reported dead. The scene lay 1160 miles south of Buenos Aires with floods hindering access as fires raged and patrols mobilized.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Azul
Las Flores
Miras Monte
Pardo
Socialite An gier Biddle Duke dies in plane crash
New York socialite Mrs An gier Biddle Duke wife of the State Department chief of protocol and descendant of Spanish nobility dies in a Beechcraft Bonanza crash near a Southampton home during takeoff. Also killed are Mrs Arthur G Altschul 29 wife of a major investor Mrs Stanley Metcalf 57 and pilot Paul Du Buke 29.
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New York
UPI
Angier Biddle Duke
Southampton
N.Y
Maria Luisa
Maria Luisa Duke
Arthur G. Altschul
General American Investors Co
Slanley Wit Metcalf
Columbian Rope Co
Auburn
Pila
Paul du Buke
East
Hampton
Weather Forecast For Kingsport Area
The text describes variable conditions with clouds and showers expected in the late afternoon. Mention of possible storms on Thursday and Friday with scattered activity and high temperatures around 24 degrees.
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Kingsport
Fergeraiere
Gajty
Both Sides Rest Case In M. E. Gibson Trial
In Gate City Va defense rests in murder trial of Melvin Eugene Gibson as prosecutions rests earlier. Witnesses include court reporter Edna Davidson and co defendants Delp and Deary with evolving statements about motives, timing, and involvement in the Duffield grocer J L Hill beating and robbery.
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Jack Jeelms
Gate City
Melvin Eugene Gibson
Edna Davidson
Charles Delp
Loman Deary
Duffield
J. L. Hill
Deary
Gibson
Delphmt Deary
McFalls
Hill
Wade
Hill Jay
Theman
City Property Now Available for Lease in Kingsport
Kingsport offers city owned sites for industrial use the former garage building and adjacent house are vacant with risk of collapse. City Manager C K Marsh said the structures need tenant repairs or teardown to fit a new user. Council authorized advertising for lease and potential demolition if required to protect the public.
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Kingsport
Marine Firma
C. K. Marsh
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Marsh
Two Indiana cave explorers found dead after flood
In Orleans Indiana two Indiana University students Ralph Moreland Jr. and Thomas Arnold both 25 died in a cave collapse after being trapped since Sunday. Rescue teams led by Arthur Davis and Robert Armstrong recovered the bodies at a 1 am, ending a 63 hour search.
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Arthur Davis
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong
Indianapolis
Moreland
Arnold
Indiana University
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Hugh Barger
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Spt. Barger
Young Bragg
Fred Collins
AP Wireptaley
Virgil Grissom
Santa Monica
Calif
Camden Dr
Center Street
Tragh
Sen
Bales
Jane
Axe
Pisarton
T.ae Snensve
Tamara
Tomrcht
M. E. Gibson
Commonwealth
K. J. Darnell
Willian A. Wiley
William Harrison
Harrison
Duffield Grocer
Keren
Shaut
U.S
Russial
Lara
Tena
U.S. Bureau of Standards
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