Riots in Seoul Press Demands Rhee Resign Second Martial Law Declared
In Seoul crowds chant for President Rhee and Vice President Lee Ki-poong to quit as tear gas and gunfire erupt again. Martial law tightens, tanks deployed, and clashes injure demonstrators while reports of deaths surface and fade amid conflicting briefings. Meanwhile Lar Iran suffers a devastating earthquake with official 1,200 to 1,500 dead and up to 3,000 unofficially. rescue teams pull bodies and aid flows in.
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Beckley Armory Civic Center to Open Civic Use Space
Beckley Raleigh County gains a combined armory and civic center on land donated by the state near Pinecrest Sanitarium. National Guard review approved bids to be invited Tuesday with openings May 13 in Charleston. Project cost estimated at 1.2 million dollars with about 360 thousand from the federal government and the rest from state, local, and school funds. Groundbreaking hoped before June 30 with completion targeted by October 1, 1961.
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Spring Storms Roar Across Great Lakes and Texas
Severe weather disrupts Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with up to eight inches of rain swelling rivers. Odanah residents evacuate as Bad River floods, and Gov. Nelson declares a disaster, sending National Guards. Hurley faces threatened Montreal River bridges, while Terrell Texas endures fierce winds and property damage near Dallas. Farther west near Fort Worth, five inches of rain floods two homes in Richland. A Cheyenne dustup injuries a driver in a small Wyoming twister.
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West Virginia Weather Outlook With Warm Tuesday and Showers
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the west and a low around 57 to 66. Tuesday remains warm and humid with afternoon showers and thunderstorms, followed by cooler midweek conditions and a warmer finish to the week. Temperatures tonight through Saturday run about 25 degrees above normal, with scattered showers on Tuesday and again near Saturday totaling about 0.75 to 1 inch. River and lake conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, New River gauge at 2.2 feet.
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Explosion Kills Bakery Employee in Kanawha City
Charleston AP reports 18 year old James Rowe of Meadow Brook Road died at Charleston Memorial Hospital after a garden sprayer in the Conlon Baking Co plant garage exploded. Rowe, a handyman, reportedly attached a high pressure line to a six inch diameter sprayer, causing the tank to burst and fatally injure him while preparing lawn spray.
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Living costs reach new March record, food up
Washington AP reports March living costs rose to 125.7 percent of the 1947 49 index, with food prices up for the first time in six months. February to March prices rose 0.1 percent, 1.6 percent higher than a year earlier, and rail workers gain a one cent hourly wage boost for about 800,000 employees.
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Biloxi Race Violence Leaves Dozens Injured
Racial clashes erupted as African Americans attempted to swim at segregated Biloxi beaches leading to gunfire and 14 wounded including eight Negroes and six whites. The violence centered on several beach confrontations and later shootings in Biloxi Mississippi with arrests in the aftermath.
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Eminent City Banker Dies at 78 in Beckley
Grover C. Hedrick, 78, a leading Beckley and Raleigh County banker, educator, and developer, died at Raleigh General Hospital after a long career. Born Sept 23 1881 in Barn Mercer County he rose from farm lad to president of the Raleigh County Bank, helped found Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association and Beckley College, and served as Beckley mayor and Republican organizer. He is survived by his wife.
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Judge Drowned Autopsy Clears Path to Seat
CHICAGO AP The death of Judge W. Parkinson 57 whose body was found in Lake Michigan six months after he disappeared has been ruled a drowning Autopsy evidence dispels most doubt over his fate He was last seen near Chicago and Miami reports linked sightings His glasses and umbrella handle were found near a subway walk to Oak Street Beach investigators theorize he walked into the lake during a period of illness and agitation An extensive skindivers search failed to recover further remains
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Glutz laments broken promises and shifted fortunes
Sherwood Glutz complains that campane promises equate to no real money. He says he would own 14 Cadillacs and a two week vacation in the south if promises paid, but notes promises cannot turn into cash like ginseng on possum hides. He predicts only two weeks of luck on Bluestone Dam.
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Graney Declares Independent Political Stance
State Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney said the agency will operate on individual merit and integrity, not employee preferences in the GOP gubernatorial primary. He disclosed support for Chapman Revercomb but emphasized he has not pressured workers and that the commission should stay out of politics.
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Smith Plans Southern W Va Campaign Tour
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hulett C. Smith of Beckley will campaign mainly in southern West Virginia this week. He will address a 7:30 p.m. rally at Greenbrier County Court House in Lewisburg, then campaign in Monroe and Greenbrier counties, Logan, Kanawha, Mercer, McDowell, and Wetzel and Marshall counties. He is slated as a panelist for a Kanawha County Young Democratic Club program at Charleston Civic Center Wednesday night.
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Third Lane Maintained Despite SRC Ruling
Raleigh County bus driver faces ongoing issue as third left turn lane onto Virginia Street remains in use despite a December 1959 State Road Commission ruling that the highway is too narrow for a third lane. City Attorney Sayre sought reconsideration in January and April 20, citing emergency traffic relief from Rt 16 construction. he notes the lane would be unnecessary after Oakwood Avenue relocation.
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De Gaulle Urges Global Nuclear Ban to Save Humanity
French President Charles de Gaulle told Congress that the destruction of nuclear weapons under international supervision is the only hope for humanity. He warned the United States and Soviet Union to renounce atom weapons, or France would arm itself, risking a domino effect. He urged restraint on Berlin and warned against forcing settlements in Europe.
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Attorney Slays Divorcee's Banker Escort in Durham
Durham banker and Durham team president Charles S. Allen 60 was shot to death on his front porch after escorting his date Mrs. Pollard to a dinner. Forrest Alfred Pollard 53 former husband of the date is accused of killing him after an argument at Allen's home as his two teenage children waited inside.
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