Lumumba Sends Troops To New Tribal Warfare
Premier Patrice Lumumba ordered Congolese troops by air into Kasai province to combat tribal warfare between Lulua and Baluba. More than 600 men were sent to Luluabourg as UN planes had previously been declined. Belgian paratroopers and Belgian planes were alleged as the conflict widened, raising fears of secession in Katanga.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
Air Congo
Belgium
Sabena Line
Luluabourg
Joseph Mobutu
U.N
Lower Congo
Portuguese Angola
Lumumba
Lower
Congo
U. N
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Albertville
Man and Nature Team Up to Curb Western Fires
Firefighters made progress on major blazes across California Nevada and the Northwest. In Sierra Nevada rangers hoped to contain two huge fires while Black Hills South Dakota saw 500 workers using borate bombers and bulldozers to hold three fires. Nebraska 150 firefighters controlled a 3000 acre blaze ongoing since Sunday with winds down and humidity up. Wildlife losses ran high with tens of thousands of acres burned and vast lumber losses valued at over four million dollars. Conservationists planned reforestation while seeds were dropped from planes to stabilize burned watersheds.
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Associated Press
California
Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Black Hills
South Dakota
Nebraska
Sierra
Truckee
Calif
Reno
West Virginia Weather Outlook Fair and cooler week
West Virginia forecasts call for fair, cooler nights with lows around 55 to 60 and daytime highs between 76 and 84. Temperatures over the next five days average near normal, with a gradual warming trend through Monday and a chance of showers later in the week. River and lake gauges show normal levels.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Spire Expansion at St Stephens Nears September Parish House
The report notes the cross will sit 71 feet 6 inches above ground and inches above the church roof as part of St Stephens expansion. A large parish house is scheduled for completion early in September as part of the same program.
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St. Stephens
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Vecellio and Grogan
Overly Manufacturing Co
Greensburg
Senate Moves To Halt Foreign Aid Over Castro
The Senate voted to bar all foreign aid to any country that directly or indirectly arms or funds Fidel Castro's Cuba. The Bridges amendment targets nations aiding the Castro regime, as the foreign aid bill advances amid wage debate and possible adjournment. Kennedy commented on the wage bill prospects and elder medical care plans faced with Social Security funding.
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Washington
Senate
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Sen
Styles H. Bridges
R-Nh
Probe of Leak Sought In Senate Probe
Washington Senator Mike Mansfield called for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiry into possible political motives behind the Potsdam papers leak. Reports claim Truman and Stalin discussed stalling a Japanese peace feeler before the atomic bomb. State Department and papers deny intentional leak. access rules being revised.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Potsdam
Mansfield
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Minneapolis Tribune
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Hiroshima
Stalin
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Beckley Art Group Members Win Blue Ribbons
Two Beckley Art Group members won blue ribbons at the State Fair in Lewisburg on Tuesday. Mrs Holt Kester earned blue ribbons for her oil still life and for water colors, the same painting that won best of show last spring. Mrs K S Lazenby received the blue ribbon in pastels still life.
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Beckley Art Group
Lewisburg
Holt Kester
Kennedy Accepts VFW Address Invitation in Detroit
Democratic nominee John F Kennedy accepted a second invitation to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Detroit. He will speak Friday morning, outlining his views and campaign messages to veterans in attendance.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Detroit
Earl's Peaks Humphs at Russians and Price Games
The column teases Earl Wilson's humor about Russians and their claims. It jokes that people doubt the Russians' discoveries while noting price volatility, saying buying today can feel bad if last week was cheaper and good if next week is higher.
Castro Declares Friendship With Soviet Union and China
Fidel Castro defiantly vows friendship with the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. He denounces the OAS and the United States in a two hour post midnight speech to cheering women’s groups at the Workers' Palace, insisting Cuba will win the fight with or without the OAS.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Red China
Organization of American States
People’s Republic of China
Workers’ Palace
Government of All America
Castro
OAS
United States
Eisenhower Comments on Kennedy and Democrats in Politics
President Eisenhower told reporters Kennedy can secure what he wants from Congress if he unites his Democratic majority. He dismissed Kennedy’s veto fear over Social Security medical care for the aged and insisted Democrats hold a two to one edge in Congress. He cited leadership and a long‑standing program as proof of his own record. The Cuban situation was also discussed with a cautious outlook and possible UN involvement.
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House
John F. Kennedy
Senate House
Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Kennedy
United Nations
Unfair Practice Denied By Union
District 17 of the United Mine Workers denies it uses unfair labor practices against Raymond City Coal and Transportation Corp The denial followed a charge filed with the National Labor Relations Board by Raymond City and Marmet Coal Co They have been shut down since early week with pickets by small mine operators in Kanawha County after coal price cuts from 430 to 375 per ton C E Palmer Raymond City vice president said the charges allege mass picketing threats of violence and coercion to force independent coal operators from doing business The union states the dispute is between two sets of operators and it has no involvement Neal notes some picketers are UMW members and some operators are members but acting without authorization
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Charleston
District 17
United Mine Workers
Raymond City Coal and Transportation Corp
Charles Neal
National Labor Relations Board
Raymond City
Marmet Coal Co
Kanawha County
C. E. Palmer
NLRB
Neal
UMW
Kennedy Defeated On Aged Medical Care Plan
Sen Kennedy’s bid to add broad medical care benefits to Social Security failed 51 to 44 amid Eisenhower veto fears. He urged taking the issue to voters, while a separate 91 to 2 Senate vote sent a limited bill to conference, expanding federal grants to states to cover medical bills for needy seniors near the edge of relief rolls.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Transit Strike Ends in Boston After 41-Year Gap
Boston ends its one-day public transportation strike after 41 years, with workers returning to duties and business leaders calculating the economic impact in millions of dollars. settlement reached shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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Boston
Sophia High Band Leader Al Fair Today at State Fair
Carole Kelley 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Kelley of Sophia, leads the Sophia High School Band at the State Fair near Lewisburg. The group under director Mrs Duke Williams leaves SHS at 8 am and will perform concerts at 12 30 pm and 6 30 pm. Carole has twirling roots since age four and has served seven years as SHS band mascot. She also belongs to Tri-Hi-Y 4 H Club Band Student Council Pep Club Dance Band and attends Sophia Methodist Church.
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Sophia High School
Lewisburg
Carole Kelley
C. C. Kelley
Sophia
Duke Williams
Carole
SHS
Sophia Methodist Church
Red Peril Seen As Castro Faces OAS Pressure
At San Jose Costa Rica AP Herter warned foreign ministers to confront Cuba over Communist influence in the hemisphere accusing Cuba of steering toward the Sino-Soviet bloc He urged resistance and reaffirmation of inter American principles Castro replied in Havana saying he would remain friends with the Soviet Union and China The OAS meeting opened with Latin leaders urging Cuba to abandon ties and restore hemispheric unity and security
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian A. Herter
Cuba
Organization of American State
Herter
Fidel Castro
Havana
Soviet Union
People's Republic of China
OAS
Castro
Organization of American States
Venezuela
Julio Turbay-Ayala
Turbay-Ayala
Americas
Raul Roa
United States
Latin America
Powers' Parents Remain Hopeful
In Copenhagen Francis Gary Powers's parents arrived from Moscow with cautious hope of seeing their son, jailed for espionage after his May 1 U2 flight. Oliver W. Powers of Pound Virginia and his wife Ida spoke briefly before their plane to New York, hoping for a reunion soon. Barbara Powers stayed in Moscow hoping to meet Premier Khrushchev to seek a lighter sentence.
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Copenhagen
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
New York
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Ida
Barbara
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Yalta
Black Sea
Ida Powers
Cabot petitions Supreme Court over PSC rate ruling
Godfrey L. Cabot Inc serving about 19 850 gas customers from Wood to McDowell counties asks the West Virginia Supreme Court to review a July Public Service Commission order. It says the June rate increase falls short by 242 059 dollars of what is needed to cover costs while the PSC allowed an extra 317 272 dollars annually. The company says it is spending more to serve customers than it receives.
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Charleston
Wood
McDowell
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc
PSC
Molotov Seeks Vienna Posting With U N Atoms for Peace
The Austrian Embassy said the Soviet government has applied for a diplomatic visa for V. M. Molotov to travel to Vienna where he has a new job with the U N atoms for peace organization.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Vienna
U.N. Atoms For Peace Organization
Concord College Loan Approved for New Center
Washington AP reports Concord College in Athens West Virginia won a 1.4 million dollar loan from the Community Facilities Administration to build a three story center featuring a cafeteria snack bar bookstore game room lounges and related facilities.
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Washington
Concord College
Athens
W. Va
Community Facilities Administration
Time Is Passing Fast City Council Maps Wildwood Cemetery Takeover
Beckley founders and pioneer families may see Wildwood Cemetery led by the city after a Tuesday night council vote to study municipal ownership and upkeep. Spokesman Hal Scott and four Beckleyans urged city action citing aging relatives and rising neglect. Scott proposed a quit-claim transfer with initial cleanup costs about 1000 to 1200 dollars annually.
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Wildwood
Beckley
Scott
Plane Search Plan Modified Over Oklahoma City Family Missing
Possible leads were checked today near Beckley Buckhannon and Cedar Grove in the search for a plane missing with an Oklahoma City family of four aboard. Civil Air Patrol units and State Police followed a report of a plane in trouble seen near the West Virginia Turnpike on Aug 16 the day the Griffing family vanished. CAP efforts were paused then reopened amid new leads and area checks.
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Beckley
Buckhannon
Cedar Grove
Oklahoma City
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia Turnpike
Henry Griffing
CAP
West Virginia
No Longer Junior Lodge Drops to Full Name on Ballot
Charleston AP Henry Cabot Lodge Jr is now Henry Cabot Lodge and will appear as such on West Virginia's general election ballot Secretary of State Joe Burdett was informed by Thruston Morton that the junior was dropped Burdett awaits official certification that Nixon is the Republican nominee and Lodge for Vice President. unsigned certificate naming Lodge with junior prompted further confirmation.
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Charleston
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Henry Cabot Lodge
West Virginia
Joe F. Burdett
National Republican
Thruston Morton
Lodge
Burdett
Richard M. Nixon
Secretary of State
Nixon
Cowgill Named To Succeed Col McLaughlin At Kanawha ANG Base
Lt Col Ralph R. Cowgill of Clarksburg was named base commander of the Air National Guard installation at Kanawha Airport succeeding Col James K. McLaughlin who resigned to enter private business. McLaughlin remains chief of staff to the adjutant general for ANG affairs. Cowgill has led the 130th Troop Carrier Squadron since Oct 10 1958 and will also command the SA 16 squadron. He is a WWII Navy carrier pilot who served on multiple ships and HMS Victoria. He is a graduate of Victory High School and Salem College.
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Charleston
Ralph R. Cowgill
Clarksburg
Air National Guard
Kanawha
Adj
William E. Blake
Cowgill
James K. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Adjutant General
130Th
130Th Air
Blake
Air Force
McLauglin
ANG
Long Island
Tripoli
Victoria
Victory High School
Salem College
406Th
Manston
Eny
Echo Timetable for Charleston West Virginia
Echo sightings are listed for today at 5 36 p m 7 47 p m 9 54 p m and 11 59 p m EST The NASA timetable projects the week with daily times including early morning and evening windows across Friday Saturday and tomorrow with multiple echoes and gaps in the schedule.
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Charleston
Echo
West Virginia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glutz Gulch Rally Reported By Radio Yard Caller
In a cheeky radio remark Sherwood Gluttz questions why supporters of Fido Castro are active in the United States. He jokes that Castro’s backers convene in a telephone booth, lampooning political theater with a homegrown critique.
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Glutz Gulch
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