Probe on Highway Program Put Off Until Elections
United Press International reports that a House subcommittee has postponed further hearings on alleged fraud in the interstate highway program until after the November elections. The delay aims to avoid politicizing the probe as investigators widen inquiries across New England, the Deep South, the Southwest, and the Midwest, and seek post election authorization for three hearings and a closed briefing.
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David Surnham
United Press Interchattonat Washington
UPI
Progam
John A. Unik
de Minn
United Pite
Fernidionn
Blatnik
Widespread Invest
New England
Deep South
Southwest
Midwest
Tut Blatnik
Kennedy Seeks Negro Baptist Backing in 1960 Race
Democratic candidate John F Kennedy aims to win the support of Negro Baptist ministers led by National Baptist Convention president Joseph H Jackson. A Kennedy aide called the meeting tentative and noted Jackson’s Republican leanings, while praising California Governor Edmund G Brown after a convention in Los Angeles. Bowles, Kennedy foreign policy adviser, said he would consider serving the next president if asked, but would remain in Congress if re elected.
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Joseph H. Jackson
Chicago
National
Tapas, Convention
U.S.A
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Edmund G. Brown
California
Los Angeles
Baay
Congress
United States
Bowles
Nixon Sees Surprising Deep South Support Rise
Washington based reports indicate Vice President Nixon gains unexpected backing from Deep South Democrats. Campaign teams note scattered field counts show approval in Georgia Mississippi and South Carolina. A Texas group forms to rally dissident Democrats in Dallas led by Cave Collins.
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Washington
UPI
Richand A. Nixon
4Eld
Ceorgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mavc Leen van Hdent Ali
Florida
Virginia
Tennesee
North
UN Forces Reach Katanga Capital Amid Mixed Welcome
Dag Hanmar skjold led two UN military units into ElisabethvilleKatanga Province as the first group landed at 1:19 pm. A Katangese army officer escorted them from the linerport amid a chilly reception with Europeans shouting support for Tshombe and the UN.
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Alisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPT
United Nations
Dag Hanmarskjold
U.N
Katurg
Wes
Elisabethville Fom
Negroes Call For Boycott Of Trailways Bus Co
In Petersburg Virginia Reverend Milton Reed urged a nationwide boycott of Trailways Bus Co to protest segregated restaurants at station facilities. He urged civil rights groups and others to join until the company ends segregation. Last week forty seven Negroes were arrested during sit down demonstrations at the white restaurant in the Petersburg Trailways station. Twenty eight juveniles were convicted of trespassing in juvenile and domestic relations court with Judge Benjamin Campbell set to dispose of the cases on September 1.
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Petersburg Trailways
Benjamin Campbell
City Man Taken In Claiborne
TAZEWELL Roax David of 161 Walker Lane is held in Claiborne County for Poter authorities by Sheriff Lisle Ray for possession of moonshine. Ray said he stopped Davis on Highway 235 near Patterson’s Crossroads and found seven gallons of moonshine in the rap. Lloyd P Baker Jr of Middleshoro was in the car with David. Judge Vubert Brooks released Baker after Davis admitted the moonshine was his. Federal authorities from Knoxville were to pick Davis up this morning.
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Walker Lane
Claiborne County
Lisle Ray
Ray
Davis
Patterson
Tay Sale Lloyd P. Baker, Jr
Middleshoro
David
Vubert Brooks
Baker
Knoxville
Obituary for Frank Reece of Tazewell Tennessee
Frank Reece age TI of Tazewell Tennessee died Thursday at his home after a long illness. Survivors include wife Mia and daughters Mat tia Reece and Bessie Heece of Tazewell and Me a of Corrylea sister Nancy Raby of Tazewell seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday at 10 a.m. at Howertons Church with Rev Claude Lurber officiating. Interment in Cunningham Cemetery. Reece Funeral Home Nev Tarewell in charge.
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Frank Reece
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Tazewell
Tenn
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Mia
Mattia Reece
Fazewell
Mes
Bessie Heece
Ten
Mea
Anni Aine Hoomard
Corrylea
Howertons Church
Claude Lurber
Cunningham
Reece Funeral Home
Nev Tarewell
New Steel Strike Seen As One Ends
Pittsburgh reports a three day rail strike ended this morning after a settlement between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Monongahela Connecting Railroad. The stoppage idled the J and L works and threatened major U S Steel operations. A deadline looms for nonoperating Union Railroad workers as talks continue. USW sought higher wages and benefits, exceeding a recent contract with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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U.S. Steel Corp
Brotherhood of Hailroad
BRT
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Union Railroad
U. S. Steel
United Steelworkers Union
Unio Railroad
Fay
Okie
USW
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Loyal Electors Voted by La
Louisiana Democrats affirmed allegiance to the national party by voting 31 to 49 to name loyal electors for the November presidential ballot. They defeated Gov. Jimmie Davis and segregationists who sought uncommitted electors.
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Baton Rouge
Questions Answers on Dem Wage Bill
A Senate analysis explains the Fair Labor Standards Act wage extension. About 23.7 million workers are currently covered, with 4,977,000 new workers affected. The minimum hourly wage would rise to 1.25 by 1964, with varying overtime rules. Retail, chain stores, hotels, laundries, transit, seamen, and seafood processing would gain coverage, many with no overtime.
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Wallington
Senate
Congres
Tillien
Chitin
Asher Protests in Pineville Petition on Morris Case
Asher recounts countywide sign petition against Morris and calls for state safety review. He names officials including Governor and County Judge and alleges police actions against him. He says relocation from Fort Worth to Pineville.
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Sia
Glenn Lover
Lovern
Saéulongat
Morris
Aster
Lover
Asher
Ge Taw
Bawwel
Pinevilla
James
Wilson
Milotte Morrist
Pineville
Ashen
Pinevile
Fort Worth
Texas
Ile
State College hears dismissal case of two Ky professors
In Frankfort Kentucky State College regents heard testimony on the dismissal of two faculty members Arthur Norman and Robert Hoy amid campus demonstrations linked to CORE. Attorneys argued over authority and due process with a board vote expected next week and possible reinstatements for some expelled students.
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Arthur Normay
Robert
Stey
Tufts B. Alwood
Board of Regents
Rovond
Norman
Hoy
Uons
McAlpin
Woo
Atwood
School Tax Value is Up in Jefferson County
FRANKFORT, UP I State Revenue Commissioner William Scent Heporteal Thursday set the value of property assessed for school taxes at 4,170,301,731 dollars, about six percent higher than last year. Heporteal chairs the Tax Commission and oversees property assessments for school taxes in 211 county districts. The final valuation for school taxes last year stood at 3,989,520,874 dollars, with Jefferson County’s three school systems accounting for 28.39 percent of the state’s taxable property.
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Lucky ‘Tiss
Department of Education
Conmon Schoo
Jetterson County
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Jennings Visits Bristol in 32 County Tour
Visits by United States Representative Jennings, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 32nd district, toured Bristol and planned meetings with party leaders. He announced five county and city campaign managers, including J. T. Dann and Norton businessman Weadlaw Barrell, as he campaigns against Republican E Summers Shelley.
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Bristol
W. Pat Jennings
Jennings
E. Summers Shelley
Abinadon
Willian Fugate
J. T. Dann
Bland Hemey B. Ellis
Norton
Weadlaw Barrell
Lebanon
G. R. Stuart
Abingden Attorneys
Joseph C. Smickley
Wise
Clinch Valley College
Dorton Spotlight Highlights Priscille as Dancer and Host
Priscille Dorton describes herself as an accomplished dancer preferring modern styles. She notes performing for over ten Tri-State area organizations and enjoying room decoration, though dancing remains her main focus. Her brother Homer once drum major of Middlesboro Land and won a top trophy at the Southeastern United States Band Festival in Bristol among sixty nine bands.
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Page Que
Priscille
Priscilla
Tri-State
Tay
Prisellin
Homer
Middlesboro Land
Bristol
Back to School Market Glows For Retailers
A new folder titled Back To School A Profit Story Worth Repeating notes the back-to-school retail market has risen 83 percent since 1950, driven by higher enrollments and price adjustments. It targets department stores, clothing, footwear, and family stores, with a four-step ad plan and family spending breakdown to guide August September promotions.
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Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
U. S
Canada
Middlesboro
Middlestate Daily News
Young Rogersville farmer killer confesses murder
An 18 year old, Paul Reeves, confessed to murdering Neal Lyons, a Rogersville farmer and livestock dealer. He shot Lyons with the farmer’s .22, dumped the body in a pond, then stole Lyons’ car and $42, driving for two days. Reeves was arrested near his father’s home after failing to resist. authorities linked a possible tie to Clarence Raby, but Raby remains at large.
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Rogersville
Tenn
Uri
Neal Lyons
Paul Reeves
Luther Reeves
Reeves
Lyons
Ing.ey
Thavssing
Desperado
Clarence Raby
Knox-Anderson County
Raby
East Tennessee
Cemetery denies burial for U S Indian veteran
The Nash family sought a grave next to his wife at Troy area cemetery but was refused because Vincent Nash, a World War I veteran and American Legion member, was an American Indian. The cemetery later returned his casket to the hearse after services and directed funeral plans toward Perry Mount Cemetery. Local Legion officials called the action disgraceful and unjust.
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Whitt Chapel
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Pollution Charge Aired In Kingsport Conference
The Public Service will hold a conference September 28 in Kingsport to investigate charges that the Olin Mathieson Co. of Saltville Virginia releases more than a million pounds of salt per day into the Tennessee River. State officials say the waste, a mix of coal chloride and chlorides, harms private citizens and industry. Water users include Morristown, Kingsport, and two districts below Change Dam.
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Tranusgee
Virgina
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Olin Mathieson Co
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Ematics
Tennessee
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Melyton Ordnance
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Knoxville
Harlan Considers Medical Aid for Mining County
County Judge Cac Smith reports plans to draft a plan for medical aid in Harlan County to offset rising hospital cases. A fiscal court meeting with civil clubs and church groups is to be scheduled. He notes annual tax loss between 30 000 and 35 000 dollars and new United Mine Workers rules worsen the issue. Unemployed miners have had free benefits revoked, though no date has been set for the officials meeting.
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Harlan County
Cac Smith
Smith
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UMM
Vat cleaners suffocate in New York tank incident
Two tank cleaners died Thursday night in a pint Teer vat at Rapparl Brewery. Hugo Armand, 3, and Jozeph Pelster, 51, were found inside a tank reported to be 100 feet in and 45 in diameter.
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New York
Rapparl Brewery
Hugo Armand
Atel Jozeph Pelster
Grade a Year Plan Studied By Judge
Federal Judge Robert Taylor in Knoxville heard arguments for and against the city school board desegregation plan. The plan would desegregate one grade each year starting with first grade in fall and complete all 12 grades in a year, with seventy Mississippi Negro children eligible to enter that fall. The judge noted delays due to an era of lawlessness and asked for an advisement on timing and faith.
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Knoxville
UHS
Robert Taylor
Taylor Salt
Taylor
Eimilac
Powers Plan Nikita Plea
London reporters say Francis Gary Powers parents Oliver and Ida Powers arrived from New York to seek leniency for espionage trial. They hope to meet Soviet officials and persuade Premier Khrushchev to help, planning a midnight flight to Moscow before Powers’ trial opens next Wednesday on his 31st birthday.
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UPD
U-2
Francis Gary Neos Rester
Moscow
Fay
Oliver
Ida Powers
Norton
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Powers
Sloviet
Nikita Khrushchevy
Santern Bartara
Kran
Knox Calves Bring $27.50 at County Stockyards sale
At Knas County Stockyards in Bourville last Wednesday buyers paid top prices for calves led by heavy calves at 27.50 per hundredweight. Dutcher calves sold around 24.50, stock steers 13.40 to 18, cows 10 to 16, misc calves 38.50 to 49 per head, cows and calves 141 to 3164 per pair, and hogs and shoats 5 to 99.25 per head.
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Biebourville
Othey
Dutcher Ipalves
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