Coup Fails As French Move Against Algerian Revolt Leaders
French authorities announced arrest of key revolt ring leaders at Zeralda near Algiers and said they will be tried by a military tribunal with possible death by firing squad. President de Gaulle tightened dictatorial powers as loyal forces stabilized Algiers and thousands of European settlers massed in the capital amid a tense, unsettled situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis ‘Terrenoire
Paris
Terrenoire
Maurice Challe
Santa Prison
Gibraltar
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
Jean Olie
Algiers
Foreign
Algeria
Mount Hope Girl Wins National Merit Scholarship
Fifteen West Virginians are among nearly a thousand students nationwide named four year National Merit Scholars. Ann Callaway of Mount Hope is the tri county area’s sole recipient and valedictorian of Mount Hope High School with a 4.00 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston, Tr
UPI
West
Sandra K. Hale
Logan
Bethany College
Edward S. Arnott
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Ann C. Callaway
Mt. Hope
Agness Scott College
Judith Stanley
Nitro
Indiana University
Robert C. Finch
Parkersburg
Harvard
Richard Bird
Princeton
Penelope Grimm
Vienna
Wood County
Western Reserve
Robert F. Hull
Welch
Millgan College
Marta C. Haake
Wheeling
Ohio University
Ann Callaway
Tri-County
H. R
Jack’’ Callaway
Chestnut Circle
Mount Hope
Ann
Mount Hope High School
Alpha Omega Honor Society
Thespian Troupe
Future Business Leaders of America
Panhandle Rainstorm Ravages Northern West Virginia
Severe flooding and damage plague the Northern Panhandle as up to five feet of water floods basements near Wheeling. Roads along the border with Pennsylvania, including U S 40 and West Virginia 2, are buried by four feet of water. Triadelphia and Follansbee suffer heavy impacts from nearby streams while multiple towns report slides, debris clogging sewers, and rescues. One death occurs in eastern Ohio as Pete Carson of Adena falls into Short Creek. The deluge disrupts traffic, with no total damage estimate yet. McMechen records about $5,000 in street damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
West Virginia
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
Triadelphia
Follansbee
Moundsville
Weirton
Ohio
Pete Carson
Adena
Short Creek
U. S. 40
W. Va. 2
Victor Mojzer
McMechen
Weather Bureau
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Observations
The West Virginia forecast calls for showers and scattered thunderstorms today with highs near 70 to 75 and partly cloudy conditions tonight into Thursday with lows around 45 to 50. Temperatures will average near normal 67 to 40 north and 73 to 46 south, cooler Thursday, then warmer Friday and into the weekend with rain totals around three quarters of an inch. Record daily highs and lows are noted for Beckley and Oak Hill, with river gauges and lake levels reported as normal and clear, five to six gate openings and a new gauge reading 2.4 feet.
GOP Leaders Back Kennedy Tough Cuba Policy
GOP Congressional leaders voiced support for Kennedy if he chooses hard action against Communism in Cuba but demand maximum consultation before any move. They align with Nixon and Eisenhower in backing a strong stance while hesitating to fully advocate a get tough Cuba Laos approach. Rockefeller joined in urging unity behind the president after last week's Cuban invasion fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
GOP
Kennedy
Cuba
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Laos
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Congo Arrests Tshombe At Airport During Summit Exit
Congolese central government troops grabbed Katanga Province President Moise Tshombe at the airstrip as he tried to board a plane to Elisabethville after threatening to quit the summit. European advisers were seized with him, while Tshombe demanded Kasavubu denounce a UN army reorganization pact and protest UN actions over a Kabalo incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katanga
William Anderson Coquilhatville
The
Congo
UPI
Katanga Province
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Central Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Justin Bomboko
Kasavubu
United Nations
U.N
Kabalo
Souvanna Seeks Cease Fire Talks In Rebel Territory
Former Laotian premier Souvanna Phouma urged formation of a provisional coalition government and proposed talks in Communist controlled territory to work out a Laos cease fire. He invited Neo Lao Haksat and Savannakhet delegates to meet in Xieng Khouang to discuss his plan amid mixed reactions from Vientiane and concerns over Royal Lao Government acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael T. Malloy
Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Britain
Soviet Union
Xieng Khouang
Prince Boun Oum
Chao Sopsaisan
Atlas Failure Dims Hopes For Astronaut Shot
Atlas missile failure destroys an off course test shot and ends UPI reports of an orbital flight this year. An escape system saved the capsule moments before booster destruction, preserving prospects for a shorter Redstone mission next week. The test carried a robot astronaut surrogate and aimed for an Atlantic orbit, but the Atlas veered and was destroyed 41 seconds after launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin B. Webb
Cape Canaveral, Fla
UPI
America
Atlantic
United States
Castro Silent On Executions Sparks Invasion Debate
Miami dispatch notes growing belief that Fidel Castro's firing squads quietly liquidate captured invaders and anti revolutionaries as Havana Radio reports 1 000 prisoners captured. Despite 700+ announced executions since 1959 only five since Thursday and trials in Matanzas with fate of 53 prisoners unclear. Regional leaders including Brazil's Kubros and Peru's Pra urging clemency amid mass execution concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. McCarthy
Miami
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana Radio
Matanzas
Roof bolts donated for New River Park exhibition mine
Huntington firm Connor Steel Division of H. K. Porter Co. donates roof bolts for the exhibition mine at New River Park West Virginia. Blair Hill of Blair Mine Supply Inc. visited Beckley with Street Commissioner D. E. Warden as work resumes after winter stoppage. Mayor Cecil L. Miller praises the donation and notes plans for tourist traffic by mid summer and possible coal museum room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Park
Blair Hill
Blair Mine Supply
Jay Philpott
The
H. K. Porter Co
Huntington
Connor Steel Division
H. K. Pointer Co
West Virginia
Blair Mine Supply Inc
Lumberport
Porters
Beckley
Exhibition Mine
D. E
Cecil L. Miller
State Department of Mines
Hill
W. W. Callender
Callender
Gorge Tour Slated for Prince to Thurmond Route
A proposed Prince to Thurmond auto tour through New River Gorge grows toward 100 cars. Efforts by Hinton lawyer Frederick W. Sawyers and Explorer Post 230 map the route and push for a federal highway. Beckley AFL-CIO labor council backs the project and will help organize a May 7 tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Thurmond
New River Gorge
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Mercer
Hinton
Frederick W. Sawyers
Sawyers
Burl A. Sawyers
Prosperity Explorer Scout Post
J. L. Pennington
Hintonian
Explorer Post
Pennington
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Obscene Mail Deluge Hits Kennedy findings
White House receives an unusually heavy volume of threatening and obscene mail directed to President Kennedy. The Secret Service logs over 2,000 such letters monthly, with 2,300 in February and 3,200 in March. Causes include Kennedy’s popularity, recent U.S. setbacks, and heightened public awareness via TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
Kennedy
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
United States
Eisenhower
U. S
Laos
Cuba
Escapees Returned To State Hospital
Escapees Buster Smith Mabscott and James Allman were arrested in Mabscott this week and returned to Huntington State Hospital from Raleigh County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Buster Smith
Mabscott
James Allman
Huntington
Huntington State Hospital
Raileigh County
Behind Scenes Dispute Over Cuba Invasion Failure
UPI report details a public feud among high level officials over why the failed Cuba invasion sunk in the Cuban swamps. Some insist intelligence miscalculations, others blame stronger Castro forces and populace control. President Kennedy ordered a Taylor study to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Donald May Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U.S
Castro
United States
Maxwell D. ‘Taylor
Survivor recalls Cuban invasion like Dunkirk
A 36 year old Cuban survivor recounts last week’s anti Castro landing in Cuba, aboard a merchant ship in the Gulf of Mexico. He says about 1,500 men participated, 350 in his group, three days of fighting ended with only four companions and himself escaping on a rubber raft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Castro
Kennedy
Gulf of Mexico
United Press International
Fidel Castro
Batista
Fidel
Havana
Cuba
Cochinos Bay
Dunkirk
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France
Alain Raymond
Foreign Legion
Zeralda
Vircinia
Reccoversners
Oak Hill
Jfk
Janio Quadros
Manuel Pra
Little Liz
Roy Miller
D. E. Warden
Blair
Explorer Post 230
Prosperity
Adult Advisors
Stretcher Neck Tunnel
Junior Gouldin
Cecil Bowyer
George Lowe
John James
Robert Meador
Jimmy Pennington
Freddie Rochelle
Wilbur Bowyer
Larry Adkins
Larry Woolwine
Henry McGuffin
Cuban
Manuel Penabaz
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