Soviet Troops Escort Under West Berlin Tensions Rise
UPI report from Berlin notes U S Army escorted Soviet troops in three personnel carriers into West Berlin amid Soviet charges that recent bus stonings were staged. In separate convoys along the East German autobahn, hundreds of troops moved without incident as Moscow warned of necessary measures to protect its personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Fleming
Berlin
UPI
U. S
West Berlin
Russia
U.S
Red Army
Moscow
West
Soviet War Memorial
War Memorial
East Berlin
West Germany
Red
Red Army War Memorial
Friedrichstrasse
U.S. Army
Pravda Demands West Berlin Out of Four Power Rule
Pravda reports Moscow demands that Western Allied forces leave Berlin and Berlin become a free demilitarized city. The paper blames West German militarists for rising tension and notes the abolition of the Soviet commander post as a step toward a German peace treaty and end of Western occupation rights.
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Moscow
UPI
Berlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Washington
West Berlin
Kremlin
Germany
S. Vishnevsky
United States
Court Upholds Deportation of Soblen
London UPI High Court judge ruled Soblen may be deported to the United States. Soblen appealed, as did his counsel, with potential moves to the Court of Appeals and House of Lords pending. The ruling kept Soblen in Brixton Prison and left the deportation order active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
John F. Stephenson
Court of Appeals
Britain
House of Lords
Sephes
Solomon Kaufman
Brixton
Stephenson
Home Office
Big Three Urge Berlin Talks in Four-Power Meeting
Western Big Three called on the Soviet Union to meet with the Allies in Berlin to discuss preventing incidents in the divided city. Notes delivered to the Kremlin reiterated four-power consultation and a meeting in Berlin, without specifying level, as tension over Berlin's four-power status continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
LBJ In Iran For More Talks
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders over withdrawal of some U S military aid funds. He traveled with his wife and daughter from Beirut aboard a presidential jet. In Tehran he met Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and officials including Premier Alam and Foreign Minister Abbas Ali Am, and planned meetings to discuss U S aid and Iran's independence. Johnson began a two week goodwill tour starting in Beirut with leaders Fuad Chehab and Rashid Karame before heading to Turkey and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Beirut
Middle East
Mediterranean
Mehrabad
Mahmoud Reza
Shah
Assdolah Alam
Abbas Alam
U.S
Julius Bolmes
Johnson
Alam
Aram
Imperial
Farah Dibah
Lebanon
Washington
Fuad Chehab
Rashid Karame
Turkey
Jacobs Denies He Gave Order To Favor Estes
Washington UPI reports Emery E. Jacobs denied ordering a report to whitewash Estes cotton allotment dealings. He testified before the Senate committee, countering Thomas H. Miller who claimed Jacobs sent him to Texas for a biased report. Jacobs said the goal was factual and objective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
Estes
Washington
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Department
Emery E. Jacobs
Senate
Thomas H. Miller
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Miller
College Station
Tex
Texas
Charles S. Murphy
McClellan
Va Cabbie Robbed Slain Near Covington Bridge
Covington, Va. A taxi driver, Robert Rae, was robbed and shot in the back of the head in his cab two miles west of Covington near the Hump Back Bridge. Police seek two youths who rode in on a westbound bus. roadblocks extend toward the West Virginia line. State police and sheriff’s deputies traced suspects to Roanoke, where bus officials reported two men matching the descriptions bought tickets to Covington yesterday. Rae usually carried about $4 or $5.
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Covington
UPI
Here
Robert Rae
Rae
West Virginia
Max Swoope
Roanoke
Don't Need The Publicity Billie Sol Arrested On 2 Road Violations
Billie Sol Estes, indicted and bankrupt farm financier, was stopped by police after running a stop sign in Abilene. He denied driving and claimed little need for publicity while being escorted to the station. Estes pledged respect for the law as officers questioned him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denne Freeman
Abilene, Tex
UPI
Don Slatton
Slatton
Sol Estes
Estes
West Virginia Weather Forecast Says Mostly Fair Conditions
The region expects mostly fair skies this afternoon with some cloudiness and highs in the upper 80s to 90 in the west. Tonight remains mostly fair with scattered thundershowers favoring the west, lows 60s to 70s west and 50s to 60s east. Saturday will be partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers and highs 82 to 92. Temperatures average near normal with little rainfall, mostly as showers late Saturday into Sunday. River gauges show Greenbrier and New rivers near normal and clear. Hinton gauge 1.9 ft.
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Seckley
Jak
Hinton
Senate confirms Norstad retirement as full general
Washington UPI reports the Senate approved the retirement of Gen Lauris Norstad former NATO supreme allied commander with full general rank. He was recently succeeded by Gen Lyman Lemnitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Norstad
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Casali Returns To BNC Printing As General Mgr
Odi Casali of 110 Lewis Street returns to Beckley Newspapers Corp as general manager of BNC Printing, a role he held for three years before. His career spans Welch Daily News, chemistry degree from Davidson College, Army service 1941 to 1947, and later years as a printing salesman in Charleston, Montgomery, Bluefield, Princeton, and Welch. He is married to Lila Ashworth, with two sons Blaine and Harold and a daughter Susan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odi Casali
Lewis St
Beckley Newspapers Corp
BNC Printing
Welch Daily News
Davidson College
United States Army
Casali
BNC
Charleston
Montgomery
Bluefield
Princeton
Welch
Lila Ashworth
Blaine
Harold
West Virginia University
Susan
Beckley
Thant To Confer With Khrushchev In Moscow
Acting Secretary General Thant leaves for Moscow for eight days of talks with Premier Khrushchev that could decide his bid for a full five year term. He will also visit Prague and Warsaw before returning via Vienna and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Libera
United Nations
UPI
Thant
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist East Europe
Prague
Warsaw
New York
Vienna
Khrushchev
U.N
West Berlin
Kremlin
Dag Hammarskjold
Russia
Troika
General Assembly
Hammarskjold
U. S
Adlai Stevenson
Roger Seydoux de Claussone
U. N
T. C. Crowe
County Teachers Meet Opens 1962 63 Term at Woodrow Wilson
More than 800 teachers gathered at Woodrow Wilson High School for the Raleigh County Education Association led event. The theme Togetherness In Teaching for Tomorrow guided sessions as newcomers and veterans began the school year. Woodrow Wilson girls escorted attendees with majorettes Judy Meadows Janet Holstein Janie Howery Judy Bolash Vicki Shumate Sparkle George Tina Oscar Wanda Biggs Linda Underwood. Shady Spring High School Band conducted by Alan Staton provided music during an all day program with a lunch break at 11 30 a m and afternoon session to resume at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County Education Association
Paul J. Vennari
Judy Meadows
Jan
Ice Holstein
Janie Howery
Judy Bolash
Vicki Shumate
Sparkle George
Tina ‘Oscar
Wanda Biggs
Linda Underwood
Shady Spring High School
Alan Staton
Local educators highlighted at Raleigh County teachers association event
Mrs. Glenna Hatch er Richmond and Mrs. H O Arnott Prosperity were introduced by Rachel Williams to share career insights. Arnott, with 30 years of experience, will teach fifth and sixth grades at Helen Elementary while Richmond begins as a math instructor at Stoco High School. Both pursue further studies at West Virginia University this summer.
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Michael
Glenna) Hatcher
Richmond
Shady Spring
Rachel Williams
Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association
H. O
Car
Rie
Arnott
Prosperity
Helen
Stoco High School
West Virginia University
Cop killer Dukes dies in chair after Plato quote
Chicago reported that James Dukes, 37, condemned for a 1956 Chicago police slaying, died in the electric chair at 1:07 a.m. EDT. His final message quoted Plato, and three physicians pronounced him dead after the procedure.
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Chicago
UPI
James Dukes
Plato
South Side
Cook County
Aidan Potter
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Paul Crump
Dukes
Socrates
Athens
Slayer Of Williamson Cop Dies In Hospital
Mose Blackburn aged 58, accused of fatally shooting Williamson police lieutenant Garnet Richmond, 43, died at 2 15 a.m. in Williamson Memorial Hospital. Blackburn suffered wounds from a gunbattle and injuries from leaping from a third floor hospital window July 29. He had not been arraigned and lacked a police guard at death. Richmond died during an attempt to break up a fight between Blackburn and his wife outside a restaurant.
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Williamson
UPI
Mose Blackburn
Garnet Richmond
Williamson Memorial Hospital
Blackburn
Richmond
Eisenhower Urges Allies to Stay in Berlin
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said Western Allies must remain in Berlin and assert their rights. He warned that retreat from principles would encourage the other side and ruled out the likelihood of war, noting leaders would not be foolish enough to start one. He spoke during a European vacation before sailing for New York.
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Dublin
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Berlin
Eisenhower
New York
Berlin
State Officials At Smith Rites
Gov W. W. Barron to be represented by Richard Kyle at the funeral of Joe L. Smith at Beckley Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. today. Aides and state officials including C Donald Robertson and Denzil Gainer expected. Commerce Department attendees listed with Paul Boiarsky Tracy Starcher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barron
Richard Kyle
Department of Commerce
Joe L. Smith
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Kathryn Cale
Smith
Hulett C. Smith
C. Donald Robertson
Denzil Gainer
Paul Crabtree
Washington, D. C
Robert Mollohan
Washington
Clarence CC. Elmore
Osher C. Parsons
Commerce Department
Beckley
Paul Boiarsky
Tracy Starcher
Brutal Laos captivity revealed for two U.S. POWs
Maj. Lawrence Bailey and Sgt. Orville Ballenger, released from Pathet Lao captivity, endured severe abuse including a year in total darkness and a rope ordeal. Bailey, malnourished with parasites and malaria, was kept in a pitch black cell with few outdoor moments, while Ballenger faced equally brutal treatment. Both were flown to Andrews and to be treated at Walter Reed, with no interviews until recovery.
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Washington
UPI
Pathet Lao
Laos
Lawrence R. Bailey
Leuvel
Orville R. Ballenger
Spring Lake
N.C
Andrews Air Force Base
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Bailey
Ballenger
United States
Yeggs May Have Set $70,000 Fayette Fire
Authorities suspect safecrackers started a blaze that destroyed the Cannelton Coal Co. store and post office. Police found two holes drilled in the safe but it remained unopened. Damage was estimated at $70,000.
Byrd seeks speed on funds for Justice Reservoir
Sen Robert Byrd urged budget director David Bell to push a favorable Army report for the Justice Reservoir on the Guyandotte River in Wyoming County The plan aims at flood control recreation and water quality benefits with a $300000 funding request in this Congress session Destructive floods have repeatedly damaged homes businesses and industry hindering local growth
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Army
W. F. Schaub
Justice Reservoir
Chief of Engineers
Guyandotte River
Byrd
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