Assailant Fires On Hoffa During Trial in Nashville
In a Nashville federal courtroom Jimmy Hoffa faced a shooting attempt as a man in a trench coat fired a pellet gun. Hoffa dodged, knocked the assailant down, and federal marshals beat him and dragged him away. The judge called a recess for a full report on the incident.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
William Miller
S.O.B
Miller
U.S
Elmer Disspayne
Britain is Struck by Killer Smog as Death Toll Rises
London reports at least 32 deaths since Monday as dense fog blankets the British Isles. Planes grounded and visibility near nil. Health officials urge masks for outdoor workers and staying indoors for the vulnerable while smokeless fuel is advised to curb pollution.
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London
UPI
British Medical Association
England
Scotland
Birmingham
Weather Bureau
West Virginia Weather Sees Rain and Snow Across Regions
Weather report for West Virginia notes rain in western areas spreading east this afternoon with highs in the 40s west and 48 to 54 east. Tonight rain changes to snow, lows 25 to 32, then Thursday mostly cloudy and windy with possible mountain snow. Temperatures near normal in the south and north with a mixed precipitation pattern into the weekend and early next week. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and muddy, Lake at 2% feet above normal with 16 gates open, new gauge at Hinton at 5.5 feet.
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Oak Hill
Cseerseers
Hinton
Mild spell ends as UPI notes cooler nationwide
A slow moving cold air mass ends a week of mild weather across much of the nation. Early readings ranged from the 40s and 50s in many areas, with Butte Montana at 10 above and southern Texas in the 70s.
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United Press International
Butte
Mont
Mercury
Texas
Beckley Memorial Hospital Plans Expansion Despite Transfer Talk
Beckley Memorial Hospital will not transfer to another sponsor and will grow its operations. Fund director Miss Josephine Roche and executive medical officer Dr. Warren Draper stated no immediate transfer plans, with continued fund support and care for miners. Dr. Wilder noted expansion aims to maintain standards, with residencies and research continuing as the Welfare Fund gradually relinquishes control.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
T. S. Wilder
Washington
Wilder
Josephine Roche
Warren D. Draper
UWM Welfare and Retirement Fund
Miners Hospital
Beckley Hospital
Regional Medical Board
Steve Soltis
Warner Laqueur
Roger Wilcox
Walter Klingensmith
U. S. News and World Report
Kentucky
Draper
U.S Plans Criminal Charge Vs Barnett
The Justice Department plans to file criminal contempt proceedings next week against Gov. Ross Barnett over the University of Mississippi integration riot of Sept. 30. The action follows Fifth Circuit orders and could outlast Barnett’s term, with potential charges against him as a former governor. Paul Johnson is also named in the proceedings, though not central to the main charge of failing to maintain order.
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UPI
Justice Department
Ross Barnett
Uni
Mississippi
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Barnett
U.S
Theron Lyndh
Forrest County
Miss
Paul Johnson
Cam
Petrillo Ousted in Chicago Musicians Local Vote
Chicago UPI Petrillo, longtime music union czar, appears defeated in the local 10 election by Bernard F. Richards by 186 unofficial votes. Richards led the rebel faction Chicago Musicians for Union Democracy accusing Petrillo of one man rule. Outcome could trigger a recount. the winner claims control of the 11,000 member Local 10 and its $5 million treasury.
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Chicago
UPI
Musicians Union
James Caesar Petrillo
Labor
Bernard F. Richards
Petrillo
Chicago Federations of Musicians Local 10
Richards
American Federation of Musicians
Chicago Musicians For Union Democracy
Union
Treasuries
Stevenson deniesKnowing Kennedy will back him on Cuba
Adlai Stevenson defended his role in the Cuban crisis on NBC Today saying he does not know if President Kennedy will make a public statement supporting him. He denied resigning, called a Saturday Evening Post article by Alsop and Bartlett an example of irresponsible journalism, and stated he supported a naval blockade while opposing an invasion in the National Security Council executive committee.
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New York
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Saturday Evening Post
Stewart Alsop
Charles Bartlett
National Security Council
Cuba
Missile explosion at McGregor Range kills French lieutenant
A Nike Hercules missile exploded during a NATO training mission at McGregor Range 20 miles north of El Paso. A French lieutenant died later at William Beaumont Hospital. Four others were wounded, including two French sergeants and two Americans. An investigation was ordered.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
McGregor
William Beaumont
NATO
Girl Editor Reprimanded For Stand
At the University of Mississippi the student governing body reprimanded Sidna Brower, editor of The Daily Mississippian, for failing to uphold student rights amid a crisis caused by federal forces on campus. The Campus Senate, in a 62 to 27 vote, urged her to take steps to better represent fellow students on vital issues. Brower retains her editor role and a $100 monthly elective post.
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Oxford, Miss
UPI
University of Mississippi
Sidna Brower
Memphis
Tenn
West Virginia Firm to Build Sutton Plant With 1.3 Million Loan
The Area Redevelopment Administration announced a 1 320 500 dollar loan to West Virginia Forest Products Co. to establish a particle board plant in Sutton Braxton County. The project will create 350 jobs at the plant and 150 in logging and trucking, funded with 1.32 million ARA dollars and additional state and local support totaling over 2.13 million.
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Braxton County Redevelopment Corp
West Virginia
Steel firms cut prices by one dollar per ton
UPI reports US Steel Co and Alan Wood Steel Co cut hot and cold rolled sheet steel prices by $1 per ton. Alan Wood president Harleston R. Wood cites competitive market in the Philadelphia area. US Steel had pushed a 3.5 percent price rise last April, halted by White House pressure.
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Philadelphia
UPI
US Steel Co
Alan Wood Steel Co
Harleston R. Wood
Alan Wood
Conshohocken
U. S. Steel
White House
Convicted Killer Ends 40 Day Fast in NH
Russell J. Nelson Jr. halted his 40 day hunger strike after his parents pleaded with him. He drank milk prune juice and beef broth, ending the fast that began Oct. 26 to force truth serum tests in the Gagnon murder case. He lost 75 pounds and faces a February 9 execution. co-defendant Martineau awaits execution.
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N.H
UPI
Russell J. Nelson Jr
Providence, R.I
Russell Nelson
Nelson
New Hampshire
Maurice A. Gagnon
Lincoln, RI
Nashua
Rhode Island
Martineau
Parker Hancock
Russell
Wesley Powell
Powell
Richard Leonard
William Maynard
State House
Leonard
Maynard
Body Identified Tentatively in Berkeley County woods
In Berkeley County the body found by deer hunter Henry O. Michael ten miles south of Berkeley Springs is tentatively identified as 80 year old David T. Barnes. Deputy Batt said Barnes' name appeared on a card inside a billfold carried by the body. Barnes had been missing since June 29, 1959.
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Sombrero Key
Marathon
Florida Keys
Sally
No Name Key
Key West
Berkeley
W. Va
UPI
Here
David T. Barnes
Berkeley Springs
Henry O. Michael
Sleepy Creek
James T. Batt
Barnes
Worker Dies In Fall At Westinghouse Lamp Works
A Marion County construction worker, Thomas Eddy, 39, from Rivesville, died after a 35 foot fall while on a new building at the Westinghouse Fairmont Lamp Works. He was knocked to the ground by a beam and died at West Virginia University Hospital after transfer from Fairmont General Hospital.
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Fairmont
UPI
Marion County
Westinghouse
Fairmont Lamp Works
Thomas Eddy
Rivesville
West Virginia University Hospital
Fairmont General Hospital
USSR Presses UN For Cuba Wrap-Up
United States predicts the Soviet Union will announce a halt to all nuclear tests starting January 1 to push for an uncontrolled moratorium on underground blasts. Ambassador Arthur H. Dean said the pledge may come from the highest level, possibly Khrushchev, and would mirror a prior Cuba crisis move. U.S. and Soviet exchanges over verification and removal of offensive systems from Cuba continued as the U.N. faced a Congo costs dispute with France and Russia challenging General Assembly authority on assessments.
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UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Arthur H. Dean
Nikita Khrushchev
Dean
Caribbean
Russia
Cuba
United Nations
France
Congo
General Assembly
Mingo Mine Still Closed After Picket Blockade
In Williamson West Virginia the Island Creek Coal Co operation near Red Jacket remained shut as about 50 cars carried United Mine Workers pickets who blocked entry for miners reporting to work. About 200 company miners voted to return but were kept out by pickets while other nearby mines stayed closed to enforce a contract provision requiring 40 cents per ton to be deposited into the UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund.
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UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Kefauver predicts Medicare bill will pass Senate next session
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee said on Tuesday the Medicare bill will pass the Senate in the next Congress session after several changes made it more acceptable. He noted the bill would be accepted by colleagues after a close fight.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Congress
Kefauver
Kennedy to spend weekend at Crosby home in Palm Desert
President Kennedy will pause on a West Coast tour to visit the Palm Desert home of Bing Crosby though the singer will not be present. The stop is part of a broader swing visiting atomic and missile sites in the West.
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Kennedy
Bing Crosby
Palm Desert
Calif
Crosby
Cleveland
U. S
U. S. Capitol
Picketing by UMW Continues in Eastern Kentucky
In Hazard Kentucky UMW members expanded picketing of coal mines amid a radio appeal by District 30 chief C E Beane urging an end to the walkout at large rail mines and the drive to close down non union truck mines. Police counts show hundreds of pickets in Floyd Pike Perry and Letcher counties with more than 2000 in caravans roaming the coalfields Tuesday. Beane warned that continued action destroys the union and urged participants to cease activities while leadership seeks to limit the protests.
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UPI
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Kentucky
C. E. Beane
District 30
Beane
Floyd - Pike County
Perry County
Letcher County
Leatherwood No
Blue Diamond Coal Co
Bethlehem Steel Co
Dean
Pikeville
Marrowbone
Abner Mountain
Virgin
Here
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
West Virginia
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