U S expands testing area in Pacific
The United States expanded its atomic testing zone in the Pacific and prepared a third atmospheric shot near Johnston Island, 800 miles from Hawaii. Two earlier tests near Christmas Island occurred this week as ships and planes were warned to avoid Johnston Island.
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U.S
Washington
Upi
United States
Pacific
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Christmas Island
U.s.held
Harold Brown
Defense Department
Air Force screens atomic unit personnel for safety
Air Force commanders must screen personnel at least every six months to prevent accidental nuclear blasts. The Feb regulation targets mentally disturbed airmen and bans duty for those without high school graduation. Army and Navy will follow. The plan names 31 categories including pilots, missile and nuclear officers, and some MPs. The regimen is supported by a Human Reliability manual from Georgetown University psychiatry under contract to the Air Force.
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Washington
APS
Air Force
Army
Navy
Georgetown University Psychiatry Department
X15 Sets Altitude Record For Manned Flight
Test pilot Joe Walker piloted the X15 rocket plane to 46 miles above Earth, reaching 245000 feet after launch from a B52 at 1 23 a m EDT. He reported being on the way and later noted the hard landing, surpassing the previous 40 mile record for manned aircraft and signaling potential for 100 mile climbs.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
API
Joe Walker
Walker
Freedom Buses Planned by New Orleans Integrationists
The Greater New Orleans Citizens Council plans freedom buses to New York Chicago and Los Angeles to demonstrate its northward movement project amid hoax accusations. Five Negroes depart Chicago today 100 head to New York 12 45 p m ET and 25 to Los Angeles by train tonight with 15 children among them.
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New Orleans
UPI
Greater
Chicago
Continental Trailways
New York
Los Angeles
Singelmann
California
Citizens Council
Toll in West Virginia Rises to 122 This Weekend
United Press International reports four West Virginia deaths from weekend highway accidents, including Pvt. James A. Keeny of the 150th Armored Cavalry at Fort Meade. Other victims: Walter Harris of Winona Fayette County on US 19 near Piney View, Delbert Brunty of Huntington on US 60, and Philip Withrow of Ansted on nearby road. The state road toll climbs to 122 this year versus 94 a year ago.
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United Press International
West
Ollie Gilchrist
Harper Heights
Raleigh County
Delbert L. Brunty
Huntington
U. S. 60
Brunty
Charleston
Philip J. Withrow
Ansted
Fayette County
Withrow
Pvt
James A. Keeny
Sharon
Kanawha County
Keeny
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Meade
Fisher to headline Cocoanut Grove show May 22
Eddie Fisher signs for first public appearance of the year at the Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles. Hotel general manager Elliot A. Mizelle announced the new show will run with Fisher as the headliner starting May 22.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Eddie Fisher
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Elliot A. Mizelle
Fisher
Snow and Heat Levels Sweep U.S. Weather Map
Snow blankets Rockies with thunderstorms in the west while heavy rains hit the Middle Atlantic and Northeast. Record heat dominates the Northeast as frost warnings rise in the northern plains. Duluth tops 37, Buffalo hits 81 for a record, and Ohio reports new highs. Multiple cities report rain totals from one to over an inch and a half.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Middle Atlantic
New England
South Carolina
Plains
Lake Superior
Duluth
Minn
Colorado
Denver
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Baltimore
Norfolk
Atlanta
Buffalo
N.Y
Harrisburg
New York City
Galveston
Tex
Ohio
Rotary Assembly Opens In Beckley With 50 Attendees
The Beckley Rotary Club hosts the annual West Virginia Rotary District 755 Assembly at the Beckley Winn Hotel. About 50 members from 37 clubs register at 9 a m for an all day event with a coffee break before the 9:30 a m business session. Kennedy tells the U S Chamber of Commerce that business and government must unite to build a stronger economy and curb inflation while avoiding price setting for individual goods.
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Beckley
Emmett Pugh
Beckley Club
Frank McKenzie
Bluefield
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
America
Chamber
Rotary Assembly
J. W. Stokes
Hinton
Wallace Bennett
Oak Hill Club
Walter Brown
Officials Agree No Early Summit in View of Berlin Deadlock
Washington officials discount any early summit with Khrushchev despite Kennedy and Macmillan offering to meet if warranted. The deadlock over nuclear testing and Berlin pressure argues against near term talks, while they leave room for future contact and possible Moscow trip if success prospects rise.
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Stewart Hensley
Washington
UPD
U.S
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Berlin
Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Robb Attacks Birch Society at Camelback Inn
UPI dispatch from Phoenix reports syndicated columnist Inez Robb said she was embarrassed after being asked to leave the Camelback Inn hotel for denouncing the John Birch Society as fascists during a Saturday lunch. Her husband Addison Robb also was ordered to depart within minutes.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Inez Robb
United States
Arizona Association of Deans of Women
Raely
Robb
John Birch Society
Jack Stewart
Satellite launched from Vandenberg details withheld
U S launches a satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base toward a polar orbit using a Thor Agena B booster. The Air Force withheld launch details but confirmed the satellite is possibly part of the Discoverer series and released minimal information.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
UPSD
Air Force
French Withdraw Troops From Oran Amid Tense Stand
In Oran, French troops and police partially pulled back from downtown as the army prepared a possible campaign against the OAS. Armored cars moved out, traffic was banned, and security remained tight while killings continued across the country, with 11 dead and 2 wounded on the day.
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Algiers
UPI
Oran
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Algeria
Joseph Katz
France
Tlemcen
Soviets Award Lenin Peace Prizes To Noted Figures
The Lenin Peace Prize went to Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah artist Pablo Picasso and three others Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiza Chilean Olga Poblete de Espionosa and Istvan Dobi. The awards praised Nkrumah for leading Africa’s national liberation and opposing colonialism while Picasso was lauded as a humanitarian and a weapon in the fight against the enemy.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Pablo Picasso
Faiz Ahmad Faiza
Olga Poblete de Espionosa
Istvan Dobi
Lenin Prize Committee
Nkrumah
National Liberation Movement of
Africa
Picasso
Spain
France
Airlines Begin Penalty Plan for No Show Passengers
Major U S airlines will impose penalties starting May 1 to curb no shows and flight oversales. Passengers who cancel or fail to use a reservation face fines from five to forty dollars or the ticket price, while airlines that confirm space and then deny boarding due to overbooking will also be fined. The six month trial covers continental U S flights with ten carriers named including American Braniff Continental Delta Eastern National Northeast Northwest Trans World United and Western.
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Washington
API
Continental
United States
American
Braniff
Delta
Eastern
National
Northeast
Northwest
Trans World
Iunited
Western
West Virginia Regions Shift To Daylight Saving Time
UPI reports that the Northern and Eastern panhandles and several West Virginia communities moved to Daylight Saving Time Sunday morning. Morgantown and Kingwood also switched to fast time while Charleston Beckley Bluefield Clarksburg Elkins Fairmont Huntington South Charleston Welch and Williamson stayed on Standard Time.
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Charleston
UPI
Panhandles
West Virginia
Panhandle
Morgantown
Kingwood
Beckley
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Elkins
Fairmont
Huntington
South Charleston
Welch
Williamson
After a shopping trip the average woman is exhausted
A brief note observes that after shopping a typical woman feels drained and tired, illustrating common feelings of fatigue following a shopping spree.
Pinball machines ruled not gambling devices by AG
Raleigh County prosecutions for multi coin pinball machines halt after Attorney General's opinion that the devices are not gambling. Sparacino says he will abide by the ruling and continue to rely on AG guidance, while other counties plan to press charges. Disposition of the case remains in Raleigh County Criminal Court.
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Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Tony
Raleigh
Sparacino
State Supreme Court
Robertson
Raleigh ‘County Criminal Court
C. Donald Robertson
Cabell County
Russell Dunbar
Wood County
William R. Pfalzgraf
McNamara to visit South Vietnam on NATO trip itinerary
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said he will inspect South Vietnam on his way back from NATO talks in Athens Greece. He will also visit Thailand during the tour and plans to depart for London tonight then Athens then Bangkok and Saigon arriving May 9 with return May 11.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
NATO
Athens
Greece
Honolulu
U.S
Viet Nam
Thailand
McNamara
London
Bangkok
Saigon
South Vietnam
United States
Escapees At Large From Huttonsville Prison
Two inmates fled Huttonsville Medium Security Prison in a pickup truck on Saturday and remained at large. Warden Frank B. King said no trace of custodial workers Raymond N. Crist and Dean Garner had been found. Crist, 41, from Ohio County, was serving 1 to 10 years for grand larceny. Garner, 47, from Marion County, for forgery.
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Huttonsville
UPI
Frank B. King
Raymond N. Crist
Dean Garner
Crist
Ohio County
Garner
Marion County
West Virginia Units Get Release Dates in Berlin Crisis
The Defense Department announced release dates for National Guard and Army Reserve units from West Virginia called to active duty during the Berlin crisis. The 366th National Guard Ordnance Co. of Pt. Pleasant will be released Aug. 11, while the St. Albans Headquarters Troop of the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 812th Ordnance Co. of Ripley and 868th Adjutant General Postal Unit from Huntington are set for Aug. 9.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia National Guard
Army Reserve
Berlin
Defense Department
366Th National Guard Ordnance Co
Pt. Pleasant
Department
St. Albans
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
812Th Ordnance Company
Ripley
868Th
Adjutant General Postal Unit
Huntington
Meal Sack Fashion At Agriculture Exhibit In Washington
S-I- Washington reports that Mrs. Orville Freeman modeled a dress made from meal sacks at a Department of Agriculture "Research on Parade" exhibit. The display also featured a corn cob fiber bikini along with advances like wool that mimics cotton and two way stretch diapers.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Agriculture Department
Frank L. Teuton
Wife Visits Eichmann Cell
Mrs Vera Eichmann the wife of condemned mass murderer Adolf Eichmann visited her husband in Ramle prison near Tel Aviv on Sunday and then left for an undisclosed destination. She arrived in Israel on Sunday for a three to four day visit from Geneva and was escorted by an aide to her husband’s defense attorney. Eichmann awaits his death sentence appeal as Israel maintains maximum security precautions at Ramle prison.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Vera Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Eichmann
Argentina
Ramle
Here
Israeli Supreme Court
Rusk Pushes CENTO On Ending Nuclear Tests
London UPI Dean Rusk told CENTO ministers the United States will do everything to end nuclear testing. He said negotiations must continue until testing is ended and noted Christmas Island testing aligns with free world security. Home urged firmness and conciliation as the alliance endures the Communist challenge.
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Rusk
Lord Home
West
Berlin
Lightning Strikes House Near Daniels
Lightning hit the six room house of Hubert Cochran near Daniels at 8 10 a m Mrs Cochran ill summoned the Beaver Volunteer Fire Department which arrived five minutes after the call and remained until 9 05 a m to inspect for fires from wiring or appliances Damages included a burned receptacle in the bedroom and blown fuses at the meter
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Hubert Cochran
Daniels
Ramp Festival Honors Sneaky Vegetable In Tennessee Pasture
More than 5,000 people gathered in Cosby Tennessee for the ninth annual ramp festival as Interior Secretary Udall paid tribute but did not sample the odoriferous vegetable. Sen Estes Kefauver and gubernatorial candidate Carl Fry tasted only modestly while North Carolina official Thad Eure praised ramp readers. Local sponsors hire ramp hunters to gather crates of ramps from mountain caves near the Great Smoky Mountains edge.
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Lowry Bowman Cosby
Tenn
UPI
Luther Valentine
Stewart Udall
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Carl Fry
Tennessee
Lilly
North Carolina
Thad Eure
Eure
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cosby
Udall
Harry Truman
Raritan Club
National Park
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