Top Sleuths Lead Massive Hunt For Cash Robbers
Boston dispatch reports the UPI story: the U S Postal Inspector Henry B Montague brought a 10 man team, vowing to mobilize up to 1000 agents if needed, to pursue the Plymouth cash heist depriving the nation of 1 5 million dollars The hijackers used detour signs and a phony police officer to pull off the banditry near Plymouth Massachusetts Local and federal agencies including FBI and state police intensified the search with strong suspect leads and distributed descriptions of five men and a woman involved the absence of an escort car for mail trucks was noted as a major factor in the crime.
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Jack V. Fox
Boston
UPI
Postal Department
U. S
Henry B. Montague
William F. White
New England
Washington
Pittsburgh
New York City
Detroit
Florida
Montague
White
Post Office Department
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Michael J. Cullinane
Randolph
Mass
Edmund L. McNamara
FBI
Massachusetts State Police Detective Bureau
State Police
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Wyatt Earp
Congressional Record speed fuels calls for better appearance
Washington notes the Congressional Record prints overnight transcripts of House and Senate debates. A House vote eyed a 50 000 study to improve appearance and usability, including a proposed table of contents and easier binding.
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Washington
UPI
Congressional
House
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Edith Green
D-Ore
1,000 Teamsters In Street Fight in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, about 1,000 Teamsters clashed outside Local 107 headquarters injuring two policemen and 12 union members. Shots were fired, ten cars damaged, and 12 baseball bats seized. Insurgent “Voice of Teamsters 107” members plus loyalists sparred amid a broader work stoppage at trucking terminals. Charles F. Meyers led a dissident faction calling for a demonstration against Hoffa and Local 107 leaders Cohen and Schulty.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Teamster
Local 107
Voice of Teamsters 107
Voice
Charles F. Meyers
James Hoffa
Ray Cohen
Pete Schulty
Stock Averages at Noon Mixed as Trades Steady
Dow Jones Industrial average stands at 607.88, up 1.12 points at noon. Rail average at 121.30, down 0.04, Utilities at 119.19, up 0.36, and the general average at 209.88, up 0.35. Total sales reach 1,310,000 shares by noon.
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Dow Jones
Indus
West Virginia Weather Report Becomes Scenic and Showery
West Virginia forecast calls for scattered showers and partly cloudy skies, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s to 80s and lows around 56 to 64. Be with Beckley and Oak Hill city readings showing yesterday’s highs near 80 and morning temps in the 60s, river conditions normal with gauge near 1.9 feet at Hinton.
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Beckley High
Nceuscenes
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Soviet Space Twins Claim Greater Soviet Space Power
Soviet defense minister Rodion Malinovsky urged the world to note the military significance of the space twin flights. Nikolayev and Popovich, praised by Tass and Khrushchev, faced medical tests after their marathon journey while a celebration plan for their return to Moscow loomed.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UPI
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
Russia
Malinovsky
United States
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Nikolayev
Popovich
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Red Square
Venus
Mars
Tass
Russian Feat A Baby Step Toward Moon
U.S. space leaders maintain the first Moon landing will be American despite Russia's cosmonaut accomplishment. NASA head James E. Webb calls it a baby step and says only a Saturn booster or sizable funding would quicken pace, but not drastically. He notes the effort is not a crash program and warns extra billions could impact other projects.
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Ronald H. Nelsen
Washington
UPI
U.S
Russia
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Webb
NASA
Brainerd Holmes
Manned Space Flight Office
Gov Barr announces multiple West Virginia board appointments
Gov W W Barr announced several appointments and reappointments including John C Ailes to the State Water Resources Board to fill J Kenton Lambert as term runs to June 30 1966. Samuel R Pancake was reappointed to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin and Beverly B McCord to the State Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses. Other actions include reappointments to the West Virginia Board of Accountancy and the West Virginia Veterinary Board with terms through 1965 and 1967 respectively.
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Charleston
API
John C. Ailes
Romney
State Water Resources Board
W. W. Barr
Ailes
J. Kenton Lambert
Parsons
W. W. Jennings
Lewisburg
Samuel R. Pancake
Interstate Commission
Potomac River
A. Renick McNeill
Moorefield
Paul F. McNeill
Beverly B. McCord
Anne H. Gardiner
Martinsburg
State Board of Examiners
Barron
Harry R. Howell
West Virginia Board of Accountancy
Harry J. Fallon
Huntington
West Virginia Veterinary Board
Coal Mixtures Hinted as Roadbuilding Material
Washington UPI The Senate Public Works Committee heard federal officials say coal products may become quality materials for highway pavement. Rex Whiton of the Bureau of Public Roads noted limited experiments with a powdered bituminous coal binder, but it cannot yet replace asphalt cement. Further study is planned on coal mixtures for roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
State Gets $1 Million To Help Halt Pollution
Charleston West Virginia HEW awards 1,412,100 for stream pollution control. Warden M Lane Natural Resources Director says funds will fund interceptor sewers and sewage treatment plants in Logan St Marys Rowlesburg Fairview Smithers Charleston Montgomery with state priority for grants. HEW totals exceed 7 million in pollution abatement since 1956.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
M. Lane
HEW
Lane
Mountain
Logan
St. Marys
Rowlesburg
Fairview
Smithers
Montgomery
Landlord Sues U Thant For Riotous Disorder
New York UPI landlord William Whaley filed in state Supreme Court claiming U Thant caused $6,447 in damages at his upper East Side Manhattan apartment. The suit, tied to rent controls, asserts Thant hosted large gatherings with liquor and food, allowed many to sleep on the floor, and caused furniture and carpets to be damaged. Whaley says Thant has paid $1,074 and agreed to cover the remaining balance of $150 per month.
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New York
UPI
U Thant
State Supreme Court
William Whaley
U.N
Upper East Side
Manhattan
Whaley
Thant
Robert Herman
MacArthur Meets Kennedy Optimistic on US World Role
Gen Douglas MacArthur emerged from a one hour meeting with President Kennedy completely optimistic about the United States future world role. The two former comrades discussed world situations and their Pacific war memories during 55 minutes at the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Douglas A. MacArthur
Kennedy
United States
United States of America
White House
South Pacific
MacArthur
House
Capitol Hill
Bandits Rob Charleston Market of 2000 Dollars
Four men robed an all night market in Kanawha City Charleston taking a cash register and fleeing in a waiting car. The lone attendant fired two shots. The abandoned car was found about 40 minutes later. Police linked the vehicle to a prior attempted break in at Allen Creek near the Kanawha Lincoln line.
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Charleston
UPI
Kanawha City
Guy Thomas
Thomas
Allen Creek
Kanawha
Lincoln County
State Parks Attract Two Million Tourists
Charleston based United Press International reports West Virginia state parks and monuments drew 2,204,848 visitors in the 1961 62 fiscal year. Parks chief Kermit McKeever noted gains of about 300,000 from the prior year with Hawk’s Nest topping at 292,675 and Tomlinson’s Run at 253,675. Blackwater Falls saw 249,700 visitors while Morgan-Mogan drew 970. McKeever urged Virginians to visit these scenic facilities to help accommodate even more guests.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Kermit McKeever
Department of Natural
Morgan-Mogan
Hawk’s Nest
Tomlinson
Blackwater Falls
McKeever
West
Pa Officials Move To Halt Polio Outbreak
Patton Cambria County health officials plan mass immunization with Sabin oral vaccine Friday and Saturday to stop polio spread after four confirmed cases emerge, including one fatality of a 9 year old. Tests at Harrisburg lab identified polio, with three paralytic cases. about 25,000 doses were planned for roughly 11,000 residents.
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Patton, Pa
UPI
Cambria
Patton
Pennsylvania
State Health Department
Harrisburg
Health Department
USAF Jet Reported Shot Down Over Laos Territory
A neutralist official claims an American Air Force F101 jet fighter was shot down over Laotian territory in the Khang Khay area near the Plain of Jars. The U.S. Embassy had no information and the U.S. Air Force did not immediately comment.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
U.S
Air Force
Khang Khay
Plain of Jars
Injunction Sought Over Moon Rocket Strike
In Huntsville Alabama contractors at space construction centers sought a court injunction to end a strike that halted work on the giant rocket for America's manned flight to the moon. About 40 projects, mainly space related, stopped as 1,500 workers refused to cross picket lines by 150 members of Local 558 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL CIO.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
America
International Brother Road of Electrical Workers
Aflcio
Holdings Didn't Influence Him Humphrey Says
George M. Humphrey told the Senate subcommittee that his Hanna Co stock did not influence his actions as secretary of the Treasury. He said he kept stock after Cabinet confirmation, noting selling could have changed his bank deposits and that committee approval guided his decisions. He asserted the government pushed stockpile contracts before his tenure began and defended his earlier disclosures.
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Washington
UPI
Clared
Treasury
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
M. A. Hanna Co
Subcommittee
Hanna Company
Court Averts Immediate Rail Strike Threat
A three man panel of U S appeals court judges blocked the immediate threat of a nationwide rail strike. They refused to lift a temporary injunction blocking 180 railroads from imposing anti featherbedding work rules that would have cut about a third of train crews. Five on train unions with 210000 members threatened strike if rules took effect. The injunction had been issued by Judge Joseph Sam Perry to delay rules for an appeal. The railroads sought to overturn Perry's order, arguing lack of jurisdiction.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
Appeals Court
Joseph Sam Perry
US Circuit Court of Appeals
Perry
West New Guinea Pact Ends Dutch Rule by UN Plan
United Nations sponsored accord transfers West New Guinea to Indonesia with UN administration starting October 1 and sovereignty to Indonesia on May 1. A cease fire takes effect this Saturday, ending a 13 year dispute after heavy Dutch marine and Indonesian paratroop clashes.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPD
Netherlands New Guinea
Indonesia
Southwest Pacific
Netherlands
West New Guinea
U.N
United Nations
Sukarno
West Irian
Editorial Demands End to Harassment of Editor
An editorial calls for stopping the harassment campaign against the Post-Herald editor. It notes no injuries but property damage and anonymous calls, urges Democratic Party leaders and police to act, and argues the campaign harms Beckley and the county while benefiting the Republican Party. It questions tacit party approval and urges decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post-Herald
Elinor Hurt
Sheriff's Office
Beckley
Republican Party
American Newsman Expelled From Russia
In Moscow the Soviet Foreign Ministry canceled Newsweek bureau chief Whitman Bassow's accreditation, the first expulsion since censorship was lifted. Tass cited his crudely slanderous dispatches and violation of foreign correspondent standards in the USSR.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Newsweek
Whitman Bassow
Tass
Bassow
U.S.S.R
Turkish Air Defenses Foil Iraqi Air Raid Near Border
Istanbul Turkey reports two Iraqi jets attacked the village of Biskan. Four Turkish fighters chased them and opened fire. One Iraqi plane forced to land in Iraq near the border. a spokesman said it did not crash. This was the second Turkish air space violation in 24 hours.
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Istanbul
UPI
Biskan
Defense Ministry
Iraq
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