U S Launches Navigation Aid Moon Transit 1B
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP United States launched a navigation aid satellite into successful orbit at 7 03 am The space messenger with military potential was fired from the missile testing center and tracked by stations in Las Cruces New Mexico and Austin Texas confirming the flight as it rose into orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Space Messenger
Washington
Navy
Las Cruces
N. M
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Tear Gas Ends 30 Hour Siege as Hostage Freed
In Pulaski Virginia police used tear gas to end a 30 hour siege during which 18 year old Jackie Jennings held his sister in law Barbara Butts hostage. Barbara escaped unharmed as Jennings surrendered and was taken to a mental hospital. The ordeal began when he attempted to flee jail for unauthorized use of his father in law s car and lasted through negotiations and a final assault. Barbara described no terror and Jennings offered no resistance after police moved in.
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Pulaski
Eimai
Harless Hardin
Jackie” Jennings
Jennings
Barbara Butts
Barbara
Marion
Barsgara
Virginia
Maryland
Jackie
Charles A. Zeller
Ray Carnay
Dallas
Tex
Blaine Huff
Jack
Huff
Stratton Wins ill. Primary to seek third term
Gov William G Stratton clinched nomination for a third term in Illinois Republican primary as Otto Kerner won the Democratic bid to challenge him. In the presidential race Richard Nixon led the field in Illinois with a smaller total than Eisenhower’s 1956 Illinois tally, while Samuel Witwer won the Republican U S Senate nomination in a tight race and Paul Douglas secured a Democratic third term.
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Chicago
William G Stratton
Otto Kerner
Stratton
Kerner
Richard J. Daley
Richard M. Nixon
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Illinois
Samuel Witwer
GOP
U. S
Paul Douglas
Nixon
Hayes Robertson
West Virginia Weather Outlook For Tonight And Thursday
Weather forecast for West Virginia shows showers likely tonight with a low near 60. Thursday will be mostly cloudy, warm and humid with additional showers and scattered thunder. Extended temps expect to run 4-8 degrees above normal through Monday, with mixed river conditions noted in Greenbrier and cloudy skies overall.
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W. Va
Oak Hill
Aalee
Court Member Accuses Bower Over Court Funds
Indignant Wyoming mayors and officials denounce Charles H. Bower's insinuations that funds from the county court for community recreation were misused. Mullens Mayor Cook and others defend records and question Bower's motives, citing prior conflicts over court aid and Bower's son’s Mullens playground job. The report notes disputes dating to 1958 and a suggestion to reemploy the younger Bower in a supervisory role.
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Mullens
RNS
Charles H. Bower
Wyoming County Court
Cook
Bower
Anoth
D’antoni
Kidnapers Grab Peugeot Grandson From Paris Suburb Playground
Police chase a dark haired man who snatched 4 year old Eric Peugeot from a country club playground in St. Cloud near Paris. A ransom note demanded 100000 francs with a warning not to warn police and threats of death if refused. Eric is son of Jean Pierre Peugeot, heir to a major French auto works.
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Paris
Jean - Pierre Peugeot
Peugeot
Peugeot Auto Works
France
Eric
Roland Peugeot
St. Cloud
Beverly Radland Testimony Sparks Call for Inquest
Beverly Radland admitted lying about a boyfriend killing himself after a nude struggle, prompting Stanciu family requests for an inquest while police deem the shooting accidental. The 17 year old, a nightclub singer, testified under a lie detector and maintained Stanciu forced entry, disrobed her, and raped her at gunpoint. Stanciu died Sunday on his 21st birthday. Beverly remains in Juvenile Hall as relatives push for formal inquiry.
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Los Angeles
Beverly Radland
William Stanciu
Errol Flynn
Stanciu
Beverly
Hollywood
George W. Drucker
Florence Stanciu
Kenneth
Verly
Florance Radland
Flynn
Stancia
Medic Demands Curbs On Drug Sale Practices
A Princeton physician urged strict federal laws to curb aggressive drug sales and misleading advertising. Testimony was prepared for Senate hearings into drug pricing and practices. The subcommittee heads Kefauver investigations into profiteering and monopolistic activity in the industry.
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Washington
Princeton, N. J
A. Dale
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Console
Squibb Laboratories
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Hans Popper
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York City
Governor Signals Support for Neely in GOP Primary
Charleston AP Governor Underwood told state department heads he backs Harold E. Neely in the Republican primary for governor. The disclosure came at a dinner for about 35 officials this week. Underwood has not publicly stated his choice between Neely and Revercomb, though his aide hinted “where there’s smoke, there must be a little fire.” Graney, Revercomb ally, was absent. the two families are linked by marriage. Neely formerly served as a commissioner in Underwood’s administration.
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Charleston
Underwood
State Department
Harold E. Neely
Associated Press
Charles N. Straughan Jr
Neely
Vnsur
Titler replies to editor over unemployment relief in Raleigh
George J Titler of Raleigh County addresses the Raleigh Register in Raleigh West Virginia. He criticizes the editorial stance and asserts union trustees would violate the Labor Management Act of 1947 if they paid unemployment relief. He claims to be the sole “elle corpee” in the area.
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Welfare Fund
Elle Corpee
Raleigh
Geo. J. Titler
Woman Doctor Joins Trans U S Walk Across Nation
Dr Barbara Moore, 56, Russian-born wife of a British sculptor, follows two sergeants starting a 3032 mile hike from San Francisco to New York along U S 40. She carries 13 pairs of shoes and juices, seeks truck support and lodging as reporters cover the cross country trek.
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San Francisco
United States
New York
Barbara Moore
U. S. 40
Dr. Moore
Hotel Corp. of America
UMW Neutral For Humphrey in West Virginia Primary
The United Mine Workers stay officially neutral in the West Virginia Democratic primary but district leaders privately favor Hubert H. Humphrey. A spokesman said John L. Lewis did not back Humphrey publicly and has not endorsed Kennedy, though he is unfavorable to Kennedy's nomination.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
UMW
Humphrey
John L. Lewis
Massachusetts
Lewton
Lewis
Kennedy
Bragging About Money Provokes Sheriff’s Relative Tale
Sherwood Glutz condemns braggers who boast about wealth while critics struggle. He recalls an uncle in the penny- teachery who supposedly made a sizable sum once, comparing it to a tiny token and lampooning the boasting.
Tornado hits Sunnyside Texas 3 dead 32 hurt
A tornado slammed Sunnyside Texas killing three and injuring 32 as it tore through the farming community between Amarillo and Lubbock. A warning by a churchwoman saved many at a storm shelter while roofs, a church, store, and grain elevator were destroyed or damaged. The storm also affected Friona and near Muleshoe.
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Amarillo
Tex
West Texas
Sunnyside
Lubbock
C. M. Rogers
Marl Rogers
Skellytown
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Humphrey Sees JFK Win West Virginia Nomination Hope
Sen Hubert Humphrey said JFK could clinch the Democratic nomination on the first convention ballot if he wins the West Virginia primary, though Humphrey expected to win himself. Six killed in Aliquippa Pa crash. another child critically hurt. Western ministers discuss Germany Berlin in Washington. Chou En-lai begins South Asian tour to mend fences after Tibet and border disputes. House subcommittee probes informal talks between FPC members and gas firm lawyers. Project Ozma begins hopeful search for signals from intelligent life. New York police ban Easter Parade advertising along Fifth Avenue to curb overt commercialism.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
West Virginia
Humphrey
Aliquippa
Germany
Berlin
Chou En-lai
China
Tibet
Burma
India
Nepal
House
Federal Power Commission
Legislative Oversight Committee
FPC
United States
Outer Space
Green Bank
W. Va
National Science Foundation
Sit-Down Broken By Bomb Scare
The Associated Press reports a segregation protest at McLellan's in Nashville ended when police and firemen evacuated customers after a bomb threat. No bomb was found. The incident led to arrests of two white individuals and five Black protesters amid scattered racial clashes.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
McLellan’s
New Satellite Facts Transit 1B Details
Washington AP reports Transit 1B is a 36 inch sphere weighing 265 pounds launched by Thor Able Star with a restartable second stage engine. It will orbit nearly circular at about 500 miles with two oscillators for radio navigation at fixed frequencies and a 50 year expected life.
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Thor-Able- Star
Saellite
Transit 1B satellite launched by Thor-Able-Star
The United States launched Transit 1B to test global navigation via a 265 pound spherical payload. Johns Hopkins receiving station in How County Maryland and stations in Newfoundland Argentina Newark tracked the signals as Thor-Able-Star placed the satellite into a 500 mile orbit. The test aims to provide precise position plotting for ships planes and submarines within one tenth mile. The mission follows recent space milestones including Pioneer V and a planetary communication system.
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Newfoundland
England
Germany
Johns Hopkins Univerisity
How County
Navy
United States
Soviet Union
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Argentina
Braxton County Smith Campaign Names Co-Chairmen
Incumbent Sheriff Cecil Facemire of Sutton and former Braxton County Sheriff Robert Carr of Gassaway will co chair the Braxton County Citizens for Smith unit. An advisory committee of county residents is being formed and committee members will be announced soon. Headquarters will be in Sutton.
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Braxton County
Citizens For 9
State
Citizens For Smith
Beckley
Cecil Facemire
Sutton
Robert Carr
Gassaway
Smith
Citizens For
What’s the Color of Your Old School Tie
An appeal urges alumni to support their alma mater amid rising crisis. It calls for increased enrollments and solicitations to Higher Education in Times Square, New York, urging public service collaboration with advertising art in a booklet.
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Harvard
Times Square Station
New York
N.Y
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