Stanaford Girl Shoots Mother in Kitchen Tragedy
A 15 year old Stanaford girl shot her stepmother with a 16 gauge shotgun in the family kitchen. Isetta Jewell Little, 33, was in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital. The girl, Sandra Kay, a Woodrow Wilson High School junior, claimed self defense during ongoing beatings. State Police held the girl as officers reviewed the case with the Raleigh County prosecutor and judge amid ongoing inquiries.
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Stanaford
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Isetta Jewell Little
Sandra Kay
Sandra
New River Co
Stamford
Raleigh
Anthony J. Sparacino
Harry L. McCreery
Little
Three State Troopers Quit and a Radio Operator
State Police Supt Hazen Fair announced resignations of three troopers and a civilian radio operator. Trooper W A Hayhurst, enlisted from Mannington six years ago, will leave tomorrow after a transfer to Co B in South Charleston. W C Roach of Huntington and P B Lane of Charleston resign August 14 and 19 respectively, with Lane planning to return to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway work. John L Conrad, radio operator at Shinnston Co A, resigns due to ill health.
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Charleston
Hazen Fair
W. A. Hayhurst
Mannington
Co. B
South Charleston
West Union
Doddridge County
W. C. Roach
Huntington
P. B. Lane
Princeton
Department
Fair
Lane
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
John L. Conrad
Co. A
Shinnston
It Was Hot All Across West Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginians endured a hot night with temperatures in the low 70s in at least six cities. Overnight lows ranged from 64 at Flat Top to 74 in Wheeling, with thunderstorms and high humidity making conditions uncomfortable. Martinsburg hit 95 during the day, with other highs including Huntington 92 and Charleston 90. The weather bureau expects August to bring slightly cooler and wetter weather.
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Associated Press
West
Weather Bureau
Martinsburg
Huntington
Parkersburg
Charleston
Morgantown
Wheeling
Bluefield
Elkins
Flat Top
West Virginia Weather Forecast Snapshot
Partly cloudy and hot with humidity. Thunderstorms likely Thursday and possibly this afternoon and tonight in northern areas. Today's high in the low 90s, tonight's low around 70. Temperatures tonight through Monday near normal. north 84/62, south 66/63. Thunder showers Thursday and Saturday total 0.25 to 0.50 inch. Beckley and Oak Hill area reports of highs and lows. Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier conditions normal and clear. river gates open 2.6 at the gauge.
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Beckley
Yesterdaow
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Reds Push For Global Boycott Of U N Disarmament Meet
United Nations diplomatic efforts show Soviet bloc urging a general boycott of the August 15 U N Disarmament Commission session. Nine Communist delegations visit Asian African and other missions, promoting a summit proposal for all eight U N members during the September General Assembly. U S officials insist the commission meeting will proceed even without Soviet participation.
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United Nations, N. Y
Soviet Bloc
U. N. Disarmament Commission
United States
U.N
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Disarmament Commission
Commission
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
White
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Pickets Resume Picketing At Local Construction Projects
Pickets returned to the Beckley area construction sites after a failed AFL-CIO meeting with local contractors. Three firms faced union action: Wipperman Construction Co. Foley Construction Co. Basile N. Meadows. A Raleigh County Bank remodel project was spared due to nearing completion and union wage workers. A Thursday meeting could resume picketing depending on decisions. Lee Schultze noted most workers honored lines that day, though activity continued at several sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Afl-Cio
Wipperman Construction Co
Foley Construction Co
Basile N. Meadows
Raleigh County Bank
Lee Schultze
Afl-Cio Group
Charleston
North Korean Defects With MIG15 To South Korea
A young North Korean airman Lt. Chung Nak hyun, 24, defected to the South in a MIG15 jet at Taipori on the east coast. He said he longed for freedom after landing the Soviet designed fighter on a sandy airstrip near the truce line.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Nakhyun
Taipori
Jailbreak at Raleigh County Jail Prompts Hearing
William Knighting, 21, of Charlottesville Virginia, escaped Raleigh County Jail after visitors and an unlocked door allowed him to slip out. He had been jailed for unlicensed driving and contributing to a minor's delinquency plus possession of stolen goods. Knighting was fined 10 dollars and sentenced to 30 days for permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
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Raleigh County
Dodge
William Knighting
Charlottesville
Raleigh
Knighting
Boyd Hutchinson
Mabscott
Cotton White
Grand Jury
Okey A. Mills
Frank Lemon
Virgil Keaton
Mills
Knight
Promises and Taxes Mark Election Year Claims
In the election year both parties promise much including pie in the sky. The speaker notes extra taxes will be avoided as they are unpopular. The taxation art is to pick the goose for feathers without making it squawk loudly.
Patrolman Loses Uniform After Car Theft
Philadelphia report says patrolman Thomas Kelly reported for duty Tuesday out of uniform after his car was broken into and his shirt stolen. The incident prompted police to urge vigilance and review of access to patrol gear.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Kelly
New two lane highway planned between Crab Orchard and Sophia
The State Road Commission will let a new two lane highway with four lanes in spots between Crab Orchard and Sophia in December. Work likely starts next year. The route via Green Valley shortens the trip, but requires relocating some water mains in Green Valley and about 60 meters in Crab Orchard. Rights of way funding and utility relocations vary by whether a new road or improvements on an old road. Crab Orchard Water Co. oversees Crab Orchard water facilities, Sophia owns its water system, both purchase water from Beckley Water Co.
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Crab Orchard
Sophia
State Road Commission
Commission
Green Valley
Road Commission
Charleston
Crab Orchard Water Co
Clifford E. Lilly
Beckley
Beckley Water Co
Nixon Opens Hawaii Campaign Flight to Honolulu
Nixon and Pat Nixon flew to Hawaii to begin his presidential campaign with a dawn departure from Los Angeles. He lands in Honolulu around midday local time and becomes the first presidential candidate to seek votes in Hawaii. At Whittier College he appeals for peace through strength and firm but nonaggressive policy.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Hawaii
Pat
Nixon
mid-Pacific Islands
Honolulu
John F. Kennedy
Alaska
Whittier College
Whittier
Eisenhower
America
United States
Demo Counterpart Claims GOP Lied Over Raleigh Delegates
Mills, Raleigh County Democratic Executive chair, charges Republican chair Sayre with falsehoods about undisclosed conventions. He admits not paying for legal ads and delaying notices but defends conventions as democratic and properly organized by district committeemen. He disputes rigging and notes delegates are largely local, with half never having served as delegates before.
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Okey A. Mills
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman L. Sayre
Register
Mills
Sayre
Truman Sayre
Democratic Party
UAW Chief Backs LBJ as Democratic VP Ticket
Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, announced organized labor’s support for Lyndon B. Johnson as vice president after a talk with John F. Kennedy at Kennedy’s Hyannis Port home. Reuther, a Kennedy backer, said labor will make its stance clear soon, noting conventions shape preferences.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Lyndon B. Johnson
Reuther
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson
Organized Labor
Nixon plane bomb hoax suspect seized by FBI in Reno
FBI agents in Reno arrested Leonard Dale Sage, 34, for falsely reporting a bomb on Vice President Nixon's campaign plane. The scare delayed takeoff to Hawaii and led to a thorough search. Sage, a former wrestler known as Johnnie Savage, has prior arrests dating back to 1942. The offense carries a $1,000 fine or up to one year in prison.
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Washington
FBI
Reno
Nev
Richard M. Nixon
Hoover
Leonard Dale Sage
Sage
Johnnie Savage
California
Texas
Michigan
Castro's Treasurer Asks Asylum In U S
Rau Chivas, treasurer of the Cuban revolution and railroad administrator in Fidel Castro's government, fled to the United States seeking political asylum. He arrived in Key West by a small boat, with no immediate reason given for the defection.
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Key West
Fla
Rau Chivas
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
West Virginia Crime Commission Expenses Under Scrutiny
Charleston AP reports Del George A Rairden asks Attorney General to review payment of commissions members expenses. The 10 member panel has been paid 25 dollars a day, raising questions under constitutional limits on legislator emoluments.
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Charleston
West Virginia Crime Commission
Del
George A. Rairden
R-Mason
Attorney General's Office
Katanga Mobilizes as U.N. Forces Face Entry
Premier Tshombe announced Katanga will mobilize all able bodied men to oppose a scheduled U.N. entry, pledging no initial aggression but warning that U.N. landing would be an act of aggression. Belgian officials doubted Katanga could mount real resistance.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Tshombe
Katanga
U. N
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
Hammarskjold
Smallest Tax Load Vienna Sets Budget Boosts Per Capita Tax
Vienna West Virginia maintains the state’s lowest per capita tax load after a population upturn. City Council approved a 1961 budget of 77,831, up from 60,149, yet the tax per person fell from 9.99 to 7.80 with the 1960 census showing about 10,000 residents.
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Vienna
West Virginia
Shortening the News from Wire Dispatches
A digest of assorted international and domestic items. Topics include the death of Little Jumbo the elephant in Turin, Eisenhower returning to Washington, Niger gaining independence, South Africa's potential republic vote, a Miami lung cancer verdict linking smoking to causation, Tampa evacuation plans along the Hillsborough River, an Ohio probate judge charged with drunken driving, Typhoon Shirley's toll in Formosa, invaders alleged against Guatemala, Fidel Castro's movement, a Labor Department employment forecast, and money bags found near Youngstown with a prior Erie bank robbery context.
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Little Jumbo
Elphant
Hannibal
Alps
Turin
Italy
Eisenhower
Washington
Newport
R. I
Niger
France
Hamani Diori
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Miami
American Tobacco Co
Edwin Green
National Guard
Hillsborough River
Tampa
Fla
Ohio
S. Craig Cranes
Guernsey County
Muskingum County
Zanesville
Formosa
Shirley
Manuel Ydigoras
Guatemala
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
Labor Department
Erie
Cleveland
McKelvey Lake
Youngstown
Union National Bank of Erie
Until U2 Pilot Released U.S. Dealer Cancels Soviet Autos Sale
Syracuse AP report notes dealer Robert Castle suspends sale of 10,000 Moskvitch cars until Soviet Premier Khrushchev frees U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Fewer than 100 cars reached the U.S. with orders for about 500 more canceled after the summit collapse.
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Syracuse
N. Y
United States
Francis Gary
Powers
Robert Castle
Moskvitch
Nikita Khrushchev
Castle
They Quenched Two Fires
About 400 men returned to Portland's Skid Row after more than a week of forest fire fighting in eastern Oregon. More than a third were in jail the morning after, as they turned up in taverns having endured days of smoke and water rations. Some carried up to 180 dollars. They lined up six deep for relief.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Kennedy Plans Major Campaign Speech In West Virginia
In Charleston AP report Sen John F Kennedy will return to West Virginia this fall for a major campaign address. A S Barksdale Jr Bluefield Democratic campaign chair says Kennedy will appear in the state though date and site are not set. The announcement marks both major presidential candidates visiting West Virginia with Nixon already slated to campaign there. Kennedy previously won a sweeping victory in the state.
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Charleston
John F. Kennedy
West Virginia
A. S. Barksdale Jr
Bluefield
Robert Kennedy
Barksdale
Philadelphia
Underwood
Nixon
Kennedy
White Arrested For Abduction In Harpersville
In Columbiana a white man Emmett V. Leverette, 42, was arrested on a kidnaping warrant for abducting two Black men from Henry Jones's yard in Harpersville. Henry Jones, 20, and his 13-year-old brother David were taken to a nearby woods where Henry was whipped with belts and ropes. the younger brother was unharmed. Sheriff C. P. Walker gave few details on other possible warrants.
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Columbiana
Ala
C. P. Walker
Emmett V. Leverette
Henry Jones
David
Henry
Harpersville
Walker
Leverette
Jones
Coosa County
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Columbus
Ind
Pete Bruno
Whitesville
Andy Averson
Averson
Zolton
Diana
Raleigh Register
W. Va
Reds
North Korean
Sherwood Glutz
Sophia Highway
GOP
Lied
Mitteewoman
UAW
U.S
John T. McLaughlin
W.va
Beckleey Post-Herald
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