28 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1961
Page
1
A sign on the courthouse lawn corner at Main and Heber streets proclaims Now Is The Time For All Good Men To Come To The Aid Of This Tree. The message, titled Help Help, signals a call to arms by a narrator described as a nature lover or possible prankster, with the sign attached to a free early tadaw.
Virginia area forecast calls for cloudy skies with scattered showers mainly in the afternoon, highs in the 60s, and cool nights with lows around 36 to 44. Five day outlook shows midweek warmup, then rain chances next week. In Beckley river gauges show normal conditions. a large downtown oak tree dispute continues as County Court stalls felling pending trimming to avoid obstructing views of a clock and sign atop local stores.
Long wire report summarizes Senate actions and White House civil defense drill with Conelrad. Reports note Cuban missile crisis testing, air defense prep, and the capture of Brigadier San Roman. Brando divorce case also listed with child custody dispute details.
Fidel Castro's Cuba alleged imminent U S armed aggression in a pre dawn diplomatic note broadcast by Radio Havana. Osvaldo Dorticos said Cuba would negotiate yet would fight to the last drop of blood if attacked, condemning U S military plans and recent invader actions by anti Castro refugees.
Communist backed forces press the Plain of Jars area as Muong Sai falls under mortar and infantry attack. Western powers urge a Laos cease fire, with Britain France and the United States pressing Russia while fighting sides exchange terms and airlift supplies continue.
In Austin Texas Speaker James Turman’s secretary draws attention as Sergeant at Arms B L Parker and eight assistants attempt to shift a frightened mouse from the office near the Texas House chamber. The incident highlights a rare disruption in the high visibility area.
Paris reports five more generals who supported the Algiers insurrection have been arrested and brought to Paris. They are not among the three top generals led by Maurice Challe, who is held awaiting trial that could carry the death penalty. Arrested include Infantry Gen. Andre Petit, Gen. Gouraud, and air force Gen. Bigot among others.
The Mercury space capsule was launched on a 25 foot Little Joe rocket from Wallops Island Virginia for a final safety systems test. The test checks the cabin escape equipment under severe atmospheric stress and could determine if an astronaut rides in a similar capsule next week from Cape Canaveral on a 115 mile downrange flight.
Dr. Wallace M. Alston of Agnes Scott College in Decatur Georgia was elected Thursday as moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the denomination's highest post, at the Assembly’s opening. Other nominees included Dr. James A. Jones of Union Seminary in Richmond and Dr. William Childs Robinson of Columbia Seminary in Decatur. Alston has served pastorates in Lexington Kentucky Charleston West Virginia and Atlanta.
Pamela Garroway, 37, wife and personal manager of TV star Dave Garroway, was found dead in a pill cluttered bathroom of their luxury townhouse. An immediate autopsy and toxicology were ordered as investigators noted a phone call to her doctor minutes before death and no suicide note. Dave Garroway was notified and rushed back to the city from Long Island after the death.
President Kennedy meets former President Hoover and Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the Waldorf Astoria while Laos fate details unfold. He plans a lunch with Dag Hammarskjold and Adlai Stevenson before a Chicago fundraising speech, then to rush back to Washington by jet for possible Saturday crisis talks.
President Moise Tshombe of Katanga Province agreed to return to the Congo conference, ending a standoff that had unsettled Leopoldville. The move followed reports from UPI that Katanga would rejoin ongoing talks.
Don Oakley describes America's Mercury Redstone plan to launch a man in a capsule from Cape Canaveral to an Atlantic splashdown. The 16 minute flight tests weightlessness, capsule control, and reentry with parachutes and rescue, paving the path to orbital flight and the hazards and glory ahead.
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