First Shots Fire As Cruiser Repels Algerian Rebels
Paris reports that a French light cruiser loyal to de Gaulle fired on insurgents attempting to seize Mers el Kebir naval base near Oran. Rebels claimed control of Algiers Constantine and Oran, while Paris tightened defenses with tanks and civilians aiding. Debre announced the navy’s action to slow the entry of troops and the government prepared extreme measures to safeguard the nation.
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Anthony Austin
United Press International Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Mers el Kebir
Michel Debre
Oran
Algeria
Toulon
Mediterranean
Cease-Fire Agreed On In Laos Conflict
Britain and the Soviet Union urged a cease-fire in Laos as both the royal Laotian government and Pathet Lao accepted the appeal. Vientiane pledged to seek an immediate halt to hostilities ahead of a May 12 Geneva peace conference, while front lines and supply efforts continued amid unsettled communications. Four American advisers were missing, with unclear fate despite reports from Pathet Lao radio claiming a capture.
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Michael T. Malloy
Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
Vang Vieng
U.S
Pathet Lao
Kennedy to brief Rockefeller on Cuban crisis role
President Kennedy prepared to tell New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller about the U.S. role in the Cuban crisis and to reassure him the administration is not blaming the GOP. Rockefeller would receive the briefing at the White House after other Republican leaders, following NA. The dispute included Nixon and Goldwater accusing aides of shifting blame to Eisenhower, while Kennedy claimed full responsibility.
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Alvin Spivak
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
GOP
Rockfeller
White House
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Cuba
Hillary sets Makalu base camp for 27790 foot peak
Sir Edmund Hillary plans a base camp for a Makalu ascent as news reaches Katmandu. The global press notes the Everest conqueror aims for the world’s fifth highest summit. President Kennedy and Sukarno discuss West New Guinea, proposing UN trusteeship options and ministerial talks for peace. Greek PM Caramanlis returns content after talks with Kennedy. Senate leader Scott calls for a top Republican foreign affairs adviser. The Supreme Court allows states to bar lawyers who refuse to state if they are Communist. Kennedy to skip a White House news conference this week due to a crowded schedule. West Virginia Gov Barron touts 100 day progress with beer wholesalers association remarks. Six Wayne County jail escapees remain at large.
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Edmund Hillary
Mt. Everest
Mt. Makalu
Katmandu
Nepal
Kennedy
Indonesia
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Sukarno
United Nations
Constantine Caramanlis
U. S
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Christian A. Herter
Henry Cabot Lodge
Great Britain
John Hay Whitney
Supreme Court
White House
Statewide West Virginia swelters in near 90 degree day
In Huntington and across West Virginia the temperature rose to 89 degrees marking the warmest spell since last summer. Most areas topped 80 as Wheeling recorded 77 on a day that could yield late afternoon showers and thunderstorms. A cool air mass north of the state may push highs back to the 70s midweek with overnight lows around 58 to 72.
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Huntington
UPI
West Virginia
Wheeling
Weather Bureau
Martinsburg
Flat Top
Charleston
West Virginia Weather Update With Showers and Thunderstorms
Considerable cloudiness with showers and scattered thunder storms today and tonight. Highs in the 80s, tonight lows 57 to 62. Wednesday brings less warmth with more showers mainly east. Beckley yesterday 84, low 66. Oak Hill 87, tonight 63. Greenbrier river normal and slightly cloudy. Lake normal and slightly cloudy. gauge at 3.4 ft.
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Beckley
Ccesees
Ovinetl
Bogay Csecrederseree
Coessecaee Pie
Oak Hill
West Virginia superintendent quits before start
Emerson Waldo, principal at Gauley Bridge High School, resigns from a July 1 appointment as Wirt County school superintendent to take a similar post in North Carolina. Coal output dips across Williamson, Kanawha, and Logan fields by thousands of tons in the latest weekly report. Emery W. Smith Jr. of Concord College earns a Princeton University summer fellowship for faculty study, among 10 selected.
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START
Elizabeth
UPI
Wirt County
Emerson Waldo
Gauley Bridge High School
North Carolina
Williamson
Williamson, Kanawha
Logan
West Virginia
Kanawha
GETS
Athens
Emery W. Smith Jr
Preery W. Smith Jr
Concord College
Princeton University
Berserk Elephant Kills Circus-Goer in Texas
In San Angelo, Texas, 67 year old John Orr approached an elephant named Henryetta at a circus setup. Henryetta lifted Orr by trunk, slammed him to concrete, and crushed him under a cart. trainer Earl Tillman was injured trying to intervene. the elephant was to be examined and possibly put down.
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San Angelo
Tex
John Orr
Orr
Henryetta
Earl Tillman
Committee Eyes State Stamp Plan
A special legislative committee will study a statewide food stamp plan and the current surplus food distribution system. It will also review Oregon’s public assistance and West Virginia adoption laws, with findings due by December 1, 1962. W Burl Van Horn of Hamlin hired as committee clerk to manage stats.
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Charleston
UPS
Oregon
Carl Gainer
D - Nicholas
West Virginia
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Gainer
DPA
W. Burl van Horn
Hamlin
Russians Ship Thousands of Tons to Cuba Amid Shortages
Soviet shipments reached Havana docks within 24 hours totaling tens of thousands of tons. Oil, trucks, tractors, jeeps, and industrial equipment were among items listed. The largest consignment was 30,000 tons. Havana broadcasts described aid from socialist countries to Cuba as relief during shortages.
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James R. Whelan
Miami
UPI
Cuba
Hava‘na
Havana
Jet crash in Tokyo leaves 120 unharmed
A Japan Air Lines DC8B jet arriving from the United States overran Tokyo International Airport runway and crashed in a ditch but all 120 aboard escaped unharmed. Pilot blamed brake failure as four engines and wings were damaged beyond repair and landing gear tore into the fuselage. Flight 801 from San Francisco via Honolulu and Wake carried 11 crew and 109 passengers, mostly Americans.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan Air Lines
United States
JAL
San Francisco
Honolulu
Wake
In Havana Bombings Stir Cuban Loyalties for Castro
Quotes from Harold A. Dolansky in Havana describe the bombings as devastating to the Cuban people. Those not aligned with Castro are claimed to be with him now fully.
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New York
Harold A. Dolansky
Montreal
Havana
Castro
CAB Blames Psychoemotional Stress in 1959 Charlottesville DC3 Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board faulted Captain George Lavrine for a navigation error on October 30 1959 near Charlottesville Virginia that killed 26 people. Lavrine had years of psychiatric treatment and emotional strain raising questions about flight duty while under treatment. The report notes drugs used earlier but could not confirm drug use before the crash and cites failure to follow instrument approach procedures as contributing factors.
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Robert J. Serling Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Piedmont Airlines
Charlottesville
George Lavrine
Congress
Lavrine
Capt. Lavrine
Charlottes‘ville
Comptroller Browning resigns SRC post in Charleston
Henry L. Browning comptroller of the SRC submits his resignation to take a job with a Morganton manufacturing firm. Browning, 37, Indianapolis native and Indiana University graduate, joined the SRC in May 1957 after work in Roanoke Virginia. Burl Sawyers to announce successor.
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Charleston
UPI
Henry L. Browning
Browning
Morganton
N. C
Indianapolis
Ind
SRC
Roanoke
Indiana University
Burl Sawyers
You Win, Girls: CAB Suggests More Luggage On Flights
The Civil Aeronautics Board recommended Monday that airlines allow women to carry more luggage on domestic flights. The CAB argued women weigh less than men and require more baggage, and new planes can handle the extra weight.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
Barron Receives Patriotic Record in West Virginia
Gov. W. W. Barron received the first of 1,000 patriotic phonograph records aimed at promoting respect for the American flag in West Virginia. Presented by Mel Burka of Charleston Radio Station WTIP, the record features a 37 second speech urging proper flag respect. The West Virginia Broadcasters Association distributed the disks to churches schools and other groups.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Mel Burka
WTIP
West Virginia Broadcasters Association
Barron
Man Who Scuffled With Trooper Dies
Ern est F. Mallory of Davis Creek Kanawha County died of a pistol wound in a Huntington hospital after a scuffle with State Trooper W R Dyer. Mallory and John W Trent escaped Barboursville State Hospital and were spotted near Gilbert before Mallory was shot in the neck as he grabbed for the trooper s pistol.
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Huntington
UPI
Ernest F. Mallory
Davis Creek
Kanawha County
West Virginia
W. R. Dyer
Mallory
John W. Trent
Barboursville State Hospital
Trent
Gilbert
Dyer
Malllory
Capsule Saved As Rocket Blew Up During Flight
Cape Canaveral reports a UPI account of a space capsule carrying a mechanical astronaut that was saved by an emergency escape system after the booster exploded. The incident ends the U.S. attempt to place the capsule in orbit. The White House is weighing a Cuba shipments embargo, with no decision made. President Kennedy told French President De Gaulle the U.S. would aid Algeria crisis efforts if needed. Paris reports the Mediterranean squadron of the French fleet left Toulon at 4 p.m. local time. details of strength or destination were not provided.
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Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
Algeria
Mediterranean
de Gaulle
Defense Ministry
NATO
Michel Fourquet
Fourquet
Havana
Kennedy
Cuba
Cape Canaveral
UPI
U. S
Washington
White House
U.S
United States
Toulon
Navy Ministry
House Expected To Stamp Latin Aid Okeh Today
Lawmakers prepared to approve a 500 million dollar Latin American development fund with 100 million for Chile earthquake relief. The bill, urged by former President Eisenhower, moved toward passage as subcommittee vote was unanimous and Cuban tensions influenced debate.
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House
Okeh
Washington
UPI
Appropriations Subcommittee
Chile
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Bogota
Defense
Defense Department l
AF Nurse Dies In Plane Crash
An Air Force officer and a nurse from West Virginia were killed when their single engine plane crashed while attempting an emergency landing in a muddy cow pasture near Oxford Massachusetts. The dead are 1st Lt Nelson Sanborn 25 pilot from El Paso Texas and 2nd Lt oe Schubert 23 from Welsburg. Hospitalized are 1st Lt Carol Trasher 23 of Salem Massachusetts and 2nd Lt Mary Sue Webb 23 of Rockingham North Carolina. All four were assigned to Blytheville Air Force Base in Arkansas.
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Oxford
Mass
UPI
Air Force
West Virginia
Nelson Sanborn
el Paso
Tex
Oe Schubert
Welsburg
Aes
Carol Trasher
Salem
Mary Sue Webb
Rockingham
N. C
Blytheville, Ark
Bas
Go South Young Man Atlanta Census Note on Sex Ratios
The U S Commerce Department field office in Atlanta reports 842000 more females than males in the South and about a million more single women than bachelors, based on latest statistics. The figures highlight a regional gender imbalance and dating patterns.
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Atlanta
Ypi
U.S. Commerce Department
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