Air Force Captain Kittinger Makes Record High Parachute Jump
Tularosa New Mexico AP Captain Joseph Kittinger jumped from 102,200 feet in an open gondola balloon flight setting a record for manned balloon descent. He landed at White Sands Missile Range after a 13 minute 8 second descent and 4 minute 38 second free fall. He opened his chute at 17,500 feet and underwent immediate medical checks before talking to newsmen.
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Tularosa
N.M
Air Force
Joseph Kittinger
New Mexico
Desert
Kittinger
Holloman Air Force Base
White Sands
News Briefs Mix Child Neglect and Space Plans
Lillian Fratantonio, 29, mother charged with neglect of two sleeping daughters, seeks seclusion with husband and infant. both other children recover in Cleveland hospital after barbiturate exposure. Laos forms new government under Souvanna Phouma to end civil conflict and pursue neutrality. defense and foreign affairs kept. Explosion on Texaco Delawar tanker in Portland harbor kills two. 360,000 gallons of gasoline contained. U.S. Ambassador Lodge urged a speedy resumption of disarmament talks at the U N. Monsoon floods several central Luzon provinces, 42 dead. In Union Mississippi white protesters warn against a Negro college move. Rocket scientist von Braun outlines a Saturn rocket with double payload. possible larger version to reach the moon. Gas buildup blamed for Houston plant explosion killing three, injuring 11. Dancer Sally Rand, 54, wins divorce from Fred Lalla, 38. Goldwater comments on Republican gains in politics.
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Lillian Fratantonio
Bernadette
Venita
Cleveland
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Pathet Laos
Defense and Foreign Affairs
Texaco Delaware
Portland
Ore
Harbor
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Luzon
Union
Miss
Wernher von Braun
Houston
Tex
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Sally Rand
Las Vegas
Nev
Fred J. Lalla
West Virginia Weather Summary and river conditions
A compact weather update reports cloudiness sun and warm spells with highs around 74 to 82 across counties Beckley Oak Hill and surrounding areas. It notes a cooler night forecast with 55 to 62 degrees and Wednesday increasing cloudiness westward. River Greenbrier remains normal and clear with lake levels normal and a new gauge at 2 feet.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Powers Trial Seen as Soviet Propaganda Show
Associated Press analyst William L. Ryan argues Powers faces a likely conviction as a spy, with a Moscow trial serving as a propaganda display. He notes Soviet courts subservient to the Communist Party and explains pretrial stages including a defense lawyer, while American counsel remain observers.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Communist Party
United States
Britain
Powers
U.S
Mikhail I. Griniov
Griniov
Kidnapped Boy Graeme Thorne Found Dead in Sydney
Graeme Thorne eight year old who vanished July 7 on his way to school was found dead in Seaforth bound and gagged. Police say ransom demand of 25000 pounds followed the abduction, with the family unable to arrange contact. The case marks Australia's first child kidnapping for ransom.
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Sydney
Australia
Graeme Thorne
Seaforth
Graeme
Thorne
Powers Family Trusts Soviet Lawyer To Aid Pilot
The Powers family from Virginia express confidence in Mikhail Grimov, the Soviet lawyer presiding over the U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers espionage case, saying he will do his best to help. Grimov met with Powers and family in an executive session after a conference with Barbara Powers, the pilot's wife, and Richmond lawyer Alexander W. Parker.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Soviet Union
Mikhail Illich Grimov
Judicial Council
Legal Aid Societies
America
Grimor
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Alexander W. Parker
Richmond
Barbara
Grimov
Parker
Newsmen
Virginia
Transfusion Saves Girl Against Parents’ Objections
Karen Kemline, nine, was saved after a blood transfusion despite her parents opposing it. She severed a major arterial wound in a fall, was rushed to Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Walnut Creek, and doctor Byron Zaharias Compliance with a court order saved her life.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
Karen Kemline
Karen
Allan R. Kemline
Albany
Kaiser Foundation
Zaharias
Superior Court
Taylor
Greenbrier Probe Set to Open in Greenbrier County
The West Virginia Crime Commission will begin two days of hearings in Greenbrier County on conditions surrounding the Greenbrier Hotel. Co chairs Sen Clarence Martin Jr. and Del J C Cruikshank gave little detail on topics or witnesses. Also noted were past probes in Clay County and the Northern Panhandle, with potential indictments for false swearing pending in Kanawha County.
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Charleston
West Virginia Crime Commission
Greenbrier County
Greenbrier
Clarence Martin Jr
del. J. C. Cruikshank
Martin
Commission
Clay County
Panhandle
Road Commission
Clay
Kanawha County
Intermediate Court
Northern
Panhandler
Unemployed miners mock aid debate in Senate talk
Sherwood Glutz says unemployed coal miners won’t celebrate a Senate plan to give Latin American nations 10 billion dollars in aid. He laments senators never visited West Virginia where conditions are harsh, likening it to a boarded house steak.
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Senate
West Virginia
Stanaford Teen Charged With Murder In Stepmother Killing
Sandra Little the 15 year old Stanaford girl faced a murder charge for the Aug 3 shooting of her stepmother Eretta Jewell Little 33 at their home. The weapon was fired at close range as the stepmother allegedly struck the girl with a stick. Mrs Little later died at Beckley Memorial Hospital. The juvenile will be treated as an adult and held in jail awaiting bond. Nine children were in the home during the shooting and state police were continuing the investigation under Prosecuting Attorney Sparacino.
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Sandra Little
Stanaford
Eretta Jewell Little
Sandra
Stamford
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Soviet Tensions at OAS Meeting Spark Security Concerns
In San Jose Costa Rica foreign ministers met as a 250 page Inter American Peace Committee report warned the Soviet Union was inflaming Caribbean tensions. Police braced for possible Communist demonstrations timed to Herter arrival. Costa Rica acts deterred Cuban delegates during hotel detentions.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Soviet Union
Hemisphere
Caribbean
Inter-American Peace Committee
Organization of American States
OAS
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Auto Crash Kills One Near Buckhannon
A Harrison County woman died from head injuries after a two car collision at the U S 19 and West Virginia 20 intersection seven miles north of Buckhannon. Ova Jane Byrd, 59, of Mount Clare, was killed in Buckhannon hospital. the other driver, Andrew Chebil of Hampstead New York, was hospitalized for lacerations.
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Buckhannon
Harrison County
U. S. 19
W. Va. 20
C. E. Dorsey
Ova Jane Byrd
Mount Clare
Andrew Chebil
Hampstead
N. Y
Chebil
Earl's Pearls: Punny truck signs spark smiles
An electrical contractor markets his business with playful lettering on both sides of the truck. One panel reads Watts My Line and the opposite VoltsWagon, a humorous take that draws attention and reinforces the trade.
Newport to be marketed by Chrysler in 1961 model year
Detroit AP reports Chrysler Corp will market the Newport in five body styles with a V8 engine using regular grade gasoline. The Newport will replace the Chrysler Saratoga series, which carried a price around 3,900 dollars in the medium-price range.
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Detroit
Newport
Chrysler Corp
Senators Start Voting On Wage Amendments
The Senate opens voting on a minimum wage bill as Democrats push to raise the wage floor to 1.25 in steps and extend coverage to about five million workers. Senator Kennedy spearheads the bill while Majority Leader Johnson calls for extended sessions to advance key tests.
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Washington
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Secretary of Labor
Holland
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Upshut Man Scott Dies by Own Hand at Tennerton Home
AP reports 57 year old Har old T. Scott committed suicide with a shotgun at his Tennerton home last night. Scott ran a local garage and had been in failing health, recently an inmate of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Clarksburg. He leaves a wife, a son, a daughter and his mother.
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Buckinnon
Harold T. Scott
Tennerton
Scott
Veterans Administration
Clarksburg
Congo Crisis Forces Lumumba Clash With U.N. in Leopoldville
Premier Lumumba’s police swept Leopoldville arresting Europeans and U.N. personnel while U.N. undersecretary Bunche secured the release of two officers. Lumumba demanded U.N. troops enforce his authority, prompting Hammarskjold to seek new Security Council instructions as Katanga moves claimed independence.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
United Nations
U. N
Ralph Bunche
U.N
Congo
Ghana
Tissmnesmeb
Onan
Wulluiwa
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Council
Armand Berard
France
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Democratic Picnic Kickoff Set in Raleigh County
Sheriff Okey Mills announced the annual Democratic picnic to launch the fall campaign in Raleigh County. The event will be at Raleigh County Four Camp on September 3 from 3 to 6 p.m. Free food and drinks, wieners, watermelon, soft drinks, and coffee. W. A. Barron, attorney general and governor candidate, will attend briefly after a White Sulphur Springs visit. The program will include brief talks by party leaders and candidates with musical entertainment.
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Okey Mills
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Mills
W. A. Barron
Barron
White Sulphur Springs
Contractors Winning Trade Council Fight
The Southern West Virginia Building and Construction Trade Council AFL-CIO appears to be losing in its dispute with Beckley contractors. Pickets were reduced, with three on duty at the Armory Civic Center site while other projects like the Johnstown Road recreation plant show full force. Contractors insist they will not establish a hiring hall and claim they are paying union wages, maintaining management belongs to contractors.
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Southern
F Construction Co
Route 3
South Fayette St
Armory Civic Center
Bob Edwards
Beckley
Edwards
Johnstown Road
Raleigh County Bank
Register
Armory-Civic Center
Trittino Brothers
Wipperman Construction Co
Eisenhower taps Lemnitzer as Joint Chiefs chairman
President Eisenhower selects Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer for the top Pentagon post to succeed retiring Gen. Twining, subject to Senate confirmation. Lemnitzer, a highly decorated Army general, would become JCS chairman after serving as Army chief of staff.
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Washington
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Lemnitzer
Air Force
Naeee Oe
Twining
Army
Congress
Free World
Allied
London
North Africa
Mark W. Clark
Mediterranean
Italy
Cyprus Gains Independence Vividly Marked by Fireworks
Cyprus celebrates independence from Britain with a 21 gun salute and crowds in Nicosia cheering as the island is declared free at midnight. Greek Cypriots express disappointment over Zurich London terms denying unification with Greece and granting near equal status to Turkish Cypriots. Sir Hugh Foot warns against pessimistic commentators predicting interethnic strife.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
Zurich
London
Hugh Foot
Hugh
Street Scene Man Near State Liquor Store On Prince Street
A man in Bermuda shorts and a warm sweater paces back and forth outside the state liquor store on Prince Street at 7 30 a m. He appears tense as he moves along the sidewalk in the early morning hours.
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Prince St
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