Powers Tells Reds Hes Sorry
Francis Gary Powers told a Soviet military court he was sorry for his U2 flight over the Soviet Union. The 31 year old American pilot pleaded guilty and described himself as a $30,000 a year spy who disliked the job and knew little about the camera gear. He testified he believed the mission was safe and that a superior officer assured safety before the May 1 flight. He reflected that the flight may have prevented the summit and jeopardized President Eisenhower’s visit, and expressed sincere remorse for the act.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Roman A. Rudenko
Mikhail Grimov
Fisenhower
Soviet Supreme Court
Eisenhower Rejects Soviet Trial Claim In Powers Case
President Eisenhower denounced Soviet claims that the United States is on trial with U2 pilot Francis Powers. He said the charge distorts facts and noted Powers has not shown brainwashing evidence. He criticized Moscow for denying U.S. officials access to the reconnaissance flyer and emphasized a foreign accused person’s right to counsel.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Francis G. Powers
U.S
Soviet Union
State Police Boss Testifies At Hearing on Greenbrier Raids
State Police Supt Hazen H Fair testified at a Crime Commission hearing he has no definite knowledge of gambling or illegal activity in Greenbrier County beyond what raids uncovered. He said his department acts only with definite proof and substantial evidence for a complaint, while senators pressed for specifics on raids and records.
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Charleston
Hazen H. Fair
Greenbrier County
Fair
West Virginia Crime Commission
Commission
F. Dean Nicholas
Greenbrier
Senate
Clarence E. Martin Jr
Berkeley
J. Horner Davis II
D-Kanawha
Colonial Club
White Sulphur Springs
Davis
Martin
Hancock, Brooke
Ohio County
Nichols
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Soviet Union
Red China
Jefferson MacHamer
Santa Monica
Calif
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Czestachowa
Subcontracts Named for World’s Largest Radio Telescope
The Columbus division of North American Aviation announces subcontracts for work on the Salt Sugar Grove West Virginia reflector. Mason and Isabel will clear grounds. Taylor and Gaskin fabricate and erect panels. The George F Hazelwood Co will supply foundation and utilities. Stacey Manufacturing will assemble aluminum panels. The 600 foot dish will be used by the Naval Research Laboratory and cover over six football fields. In Huntington the six week search for extraterrestrial life at Green Bank, West Virginia, yielded no evidence yet, though data remain unanalyzed. Dr. Frank D. Drake noted improvements to search methods are planned. The Green Bank facility had previously detected Jupiter radiations and mapped the center of the earth’s galaxy.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
North American Aviation, Inc
Sugar Grove
W. Va
Naval Research Laboratory
Outer Space
Mason and Isabel Inc
Taylor and Gaskin, Inc
Detroit
Mich
George F. Hazelwood Co
Ashland
Stacey Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Huntington
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
Frank D. Dranke
Marshall College
Drake
Pocahontas County
Green Bank Observatory
Jupiter
Earth
First Snow Falls in Colorado Caps Passes and Roads
AP reports the season's first snow in Colorado closing Trail Ridge Road, with light snow on US 6 over Loveland Pass and US 40 over Berthoud Pass about 50 miles west of Denver. Trail Ridge Road, crossing the continental divide near Estes Park, was shut for the night.
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Denver
Colorado
Loveland Pass
Berthoud Pass
Trail Ridge
Continental Divide
Estes Park
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Readings
Partly cloudy in West Virginia with highs near 78 to 86 and lows 65 to 70. Temperatures remain steady Thursday, rainfall under half an inch with showers and scattered thundershowers likely weekend. Beckley high 85, low 62. Oak Hill high 87, low 59. River conditions: Greenbrier and Lake at normal, lake with 3 gates open.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Oak Hill High
State Sets Simplified Inheritance Tax Goal
Charleston AP report notes State Tax Department officials and the West Virginia State Bar collaborate to simplify inheritance tax procedures by about December 1. Tax Commissioner Carman aims to reduce computation complexities while the tax yields 2.12 million to 2.12 million dollars in annual general revenue.
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Charleston
State Tax Department
West Virginia State Bar
Donald C. Carman
Alert Out For Rapist In Hazard Kentucky
State police broadcast a statewide alert for Luther Hacker a 30 year old man accused of rape and attempted murder. He allegedly beat a 10 year old neighbor girl found near her home in Hazard and she was taken to Hazard Hospital in critical condition. Hacker hitchhiked toward Jackson Kentucky after the assault.
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Hazard
Luther Hacker
Wooten
Hazard Hospital
Robert Dees
Hacker
Jackson
Congo Premier Proclaims Martial Law in Congo
Premier Patrice Lumumba defies the United Nations by declaring martial law for six months as Congo battles dissidents and regional autonomy drives. Lumumba orders action against Belgians and UN personnel while Hammarskjold seeks UN Security Council guidance.
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Congo
Leopoldvilee
the Congo
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Girl Swept Into Culvert Rescued in Charlotte
Linda Kennerley, 3, was swept 55 feet through a 14 inch culvert during a heavy rain in Charlotte. Her father G M Kennerley revived her with artificial respiration and she was treated at a hospital for a head cut. Linda was playing near the culvert when she was sucked in feet first and pulled out by her father and a neighbor as she emerged from the pipe.
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Charlotte
N.C
Linda Kennerley
G. M. Kennerley
Linda
Kennerley
Teacher Word Slip At AFT Convention Provokes Gaffe
Dayton Ohio AP reports at the AFL CIO American Federation of Teachers convention President Carl Megel of Chicago caused a gasp by declaring Teachers of America are to be condemned then correcting himself to say Teachers of America are to be commended.
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Dayton
Ohio
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
Carl Megel
Chicago
Megel
Teachers of America
Politicking Mixes Serious Talk with Friction in R Cities
A local columnist notes the political campaign bleeds dignity yet stalls dialogue as Republicans halt talks with Democrats over issues on vice versa. The writer argues that a gentleman can disagree without being disagreeable, urging civility amid partisan strain.
Countian woman attempts suicide in Crab Orchard home
Margie Smith, 34, a Glen Morgan housewife separated from her husband, slashed both wrists with a razor at Ed Feazell’s Crab Orchard home. Rescuers rushed her to Raleigh General Hospital where she was treated and released. She is the fourth Raleigh County resident to attempt suicide in nine days, with three prior cases involving men. Sheriff Okey Mills said Feazell described the morning incident and the mistaken source of the razor.
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Glen Morgan
Crab Orchard
Margie Smith
Beckley
Raleigh
Okey Mills
Ed Feazell
Smith
Feazell
Bomb Cultists Leave Shelter in Benson Arizona
More than 100 Full Gospel Assembly sect members emerged from 42 days in underground shelters after a nuclear war prophecy failed to materialize. A non-member filed kidnapping charges against two leaders, later dismissed, while Pastor Ann Wiemer voiced continued faith despite unmet expectations.
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Full Gospel Assembly
Richard Meeks
Arizona
Ann Wiemer
Korea Rejects Kim Do Yun for Prime Minister
South Korea's new Parliament rejected economist Kim Do Yun's bid for prime minister, 111 for and 112 against. The vote leaves space for nominee John M. Chang, former vice president, as the top government post requires 114 votes of 227.
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Seoul
South Korea
Kim Do-Yun
John M. Chang
Kim
Yun Po-sun
Syngman Rhee
Earl's Pearls and a Gentleman's Quote
A humorous bit notes it is easy to be a good fisherman by arriving yesterday when fish were biting. It also offers a quip defining a gentleman as a man who leaves the lawn mower where his wife can easily locate it.
Earl Wilson Column Note on Page Four Laughs
A brief pointer to Earl Wilson's humor column with a tease that readers can find more laughs on page four of the newspaper. The note emphasizes entertainment value and directs readers to the page for the full column.
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Earl Wilson
United States pushes nuclear cuts at UN amid Soviet rebuff
The United States unveiled a proposal to cut nuclear stockpiles and offer 30,000 kilograms of U 235 for peaceful use if the Soviet Union does likewise. Ambassadors Lodge and Kuznetsov clashed as the disarmament commission opened, with the U S urging a total cutoff of fissionable materials and Moscow calling for an unconditional ban.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Soviet Union
Lodge
U. S
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Eisenhower blames Congress inaction at news conference
President Eisenhower urged action in Congress before the election, noting past rapid passage of bills and opposing the label do little Congress. He defended U.S. policy on Cuba, backed elderly medical care while opposing compulsory medicine, and described a forthcoming political speech with Vice President Nixon.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Cuba
Francis Gary Powers
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Underwater Channel Attempt Called Off
Blonde Jane Baldasare of New York abandoned her attempt to swim the English Channel underwater off Cap Gris-Nez after breathing trouble. She traveled only four miles in a 20 foot long cage before halting the mission near the French coast.
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Folkestone
England
Jane Baldasare
New York
English Channel
Cap Gris-Nez
Space trip ribbing ends in danville man’s fall
Stan Smoot, a 53 year old Virginian from Danville, slipped while watching the Echo balloon from his roof and fractured a rib. Elsewhere, Beckley residents saw the Echo pass overhead, with another sighting expected around 10 20 p m tonight.
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Stan Smoot
Danville
Incomati
Mozambique
Too Fast Crab Challenge Between Governors
Maryland Governor J Millard Tawes invited Alabama Governor John Patterson to enter a crab in Maryland's national crab derby next month. Patterson replied that their prize racing crab was too fast to catch, joking the conservation director chased it but it got away.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cap
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
John Patterson
Patterson
Tawes
History Making Quarantine Sought in Venezuelan Dominican Rift
Venezuela prepared to seek a history making quarantine of the Dominican Republic at the OAS foreign ministers conference in San Jose Costa Rica. Dominicans pledge counteraction as a sharp split grows over how to handle the dispute. Venezuela accuses the Dominican regime of Rafael Trujillo of planning an assassination attempt on President Betancourt.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Raphael Trujillo
Romulo Betancourt
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