Lumumba Death Sparks Congo Civil War Fears
The Congo crisis deepened as Katanga announced Patrice Lumumba and two aides were killed by natives after a reported escape from a farmhouse jail. Katanga cited identification beyond doubt and buried bodies, while U Thant urged global inquiry and restraint. The UN Security Council prepared to address Lumumba's fate as violence loomed.
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UPI
Russia
Belgium
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U. N
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U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Zorin
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Godefroid Munongo
Maurice Mpolo
Senate
Joseph Okito
United Nations Security Council
New York
Munongo
Moise Tshombe
Thysville
United Nations
Soviet Space Probe Hurtles Venusward
Soviet space probe launched from a mother satellite hurtles toward Venus in what may be mankind's first mechanical reach to a planet beyond Earth. Officials say the system shows advanced guidance and powerful rockets, with a three month journey to the Venus area expected. Khrushchev returned to Moscow for celebrations as Pravda hailed a new space conquest stage. The flight center tracks the ship as it transmits from 922.8 megacycles, with no clear outcome yet.
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UPI
Venus
Earth
New York
San Francisco
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Pravda
N. Barabbashov
Kharkov State University Observatory
Flight Center
Hunt Country Unmoved By JFK Presence
A quiet Middleburg Virginia town, population under 800, saw little curiosity as President Kennedy leased the 400 acre Glen Ora estate for a year. He planned a Sunday church visit and a public Mass at the town center, with wife Jacqueline and Caroline arriving a day earlier. A small crowd watched Kennedy arrive by helicopter at the local fuel station.
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UPI
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West Virginia Weather Five Day Forecast Summary
West Virginia forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with warm nights and temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal. Northern highs around 44 and lows 21, southern highs near 49 and lows 28. Precipitation about half an inch mainly rain Thursday or Friday. Beckley highs around 54, Oak Hill around 66, river and lake levels normal with ice patches, New gauge at 2.1 ft. Oldtown Maine record low 11 below zero, Laredo Texas high 84.
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New York
UPI
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Laredo
Texas
Duosile Bank Break-In by Kids Sparks Patrol Action
In Pittsburgh a seven year old girl and her eight year old brother triggered a bank raid scare at the Mellon National Bank Manchester branch. Police and FBI surrounded the empty building after the kids claimed others urged them to enter. They found $3 in a desk drawer. The children were placed in Juvenile Court custody, then returned to their parents.
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UPI
FBI
Manchester
Mellon National Bank
Juvenile Court
Impatient Solons At Early Congress Lull
Washington report notes Rep. Stratton and Rep. Johansen criticizing the slow start of the 87th Congress as it nears the seventh week. Leaders planned a brief delay awaiting Republican return from Lincoln Day speeches, with little floor action expected yet. The House faced a rules committee fight, while the Senate moved on to cabinet confirmations.
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Washington
UPI
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Kennedy
Congress
Stratton
Capitol Hill
August E. Johansen
Rmich
Senate
House
Labor secretary Goldberg on economy outlook
PITTSBURGH Labor secretary Arthur J. Goldberg says the administration is confident it will overcome great difficulties and restore a healthy economy. WATERVILLE Maine Mrs Eldora Brackett remarks on her 97th birthday I dont feel so good as I did 50 years ago. LONDON Prof Jan H Oort reacts to Russia rocket to Venus calling it fantastic. MOSCOW Tass reports Venus rocket launch calling it the first path to the planets of the solar system.
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Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Ahealthy
Waterville
Maine
Eldora Brackett
Sation
London
Jan H. Oort
Russia
Venus
Moscow
Tass
Barron to Sign West Virginia Tax Bill Today
Governor W. W. Barron is slated to sign the West Virginia income tax bill this afternoon after a 3:45 p.m. news conference. The bill was enacted by the Legislature last Friday and will be signed at that time. Barron will also unveil plans for a tour by leaders across government, business, labor, and civic groups to highlight unemployment in the coalfields.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Don Hardman
Hardman
Barron
State Search On For Bank Robber
Police pursue John Carl Trivett 35 in connection with the January 27 armed theft of a Chicago savings bank. Louis Lee Scott 30 and cousin Juanita Harper 20 were arrested at Sands Siding after a house raid. about 1700 dollars found. Harper charged with harboring a fugitive. both jailed in Huntington.
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Scott
Trivett
Marquette Park Savings and Loan Association Bank
Chicago
FBI
Matewan
Legislature Focuses On Drink Issue And Tax Bills
West Virginia lawmakers, after enacting Gov. Barron’s 15 million income tax, turn to liquor-by-the-drink resolutions and Barron’s 2.5 million gross sales tax increase. The package aims to fund a new Commerce department, tax reforms, road work, and property reappraisal, while budget gaps persist for elderly care and surplus foods.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Barron
House
Senate Temperance Committee
State Department of Commerce and Industrial Development Authority
State Tax Department
Donald Carman
Damages 6000 In Two City Accidents In Beckley
Six Beckley Manufacturing Corp employees were injured when a car collided head on with a Greyhound bus on Harper Road at 7 25 am. A second crash a short time later damaged the Dias Floral Co storefront on City Avenue but caused no injuries. One victim released. others hospitalized. Names include Ruth Massey Mary Rose Allen Nina Lambert Ramona Dillon Betty Walker Audrey Faye Barker. Bus driver J W Cranor reported icy road caused the skid.
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Glen Daniel
Beckley Hospital
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Nina Lambert
Lester
Raleigh General Hospital
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Beckley
Fair
Betty Walker
Fairdale
Audrey Faye Barker
Eccles
J. W. Cranor
Winston-Salem
N.C
Cranor
Harper
Castro Speech Dashes Hopes Of Better Relations
In Havana Premier Fidel Castro told factory workers he will export revolution in a weekend challenge to the Inter American system, signaling a possible push to seize Roman Catholic schools and cemeteries. Rumors say Cuba may cut water to the U S Navy base at Guantanamo, after the water company was taken over by the regime. Navy says no concrete information yet but cannot rule out the move.
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Fidel Castro
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New Bill Will Take Biggest Bite From West Virginia Taxpayer
West Virginia lawmakers enacted a 15 million dollar state income tax, described as the largest single tax bite in a first year yield. Budget officials note earlier taxes such as the gross sales tax and the consumer sales tax yielded less initially, with long-term increases. Senate figures and finance staff say no comparable tax in first-year revenue is on record, though records are incomplete and hard to compare.
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Charleston
UPI
Statehouse
Department of Finance and Administration
Capitol
Denzil Gainer
Sen
J. Horner Davis
D-Kanawha
Charles Evans
Department of Finance
Evans
Drown As Car Goes Into River Near Vandalia
A Lewis County father and son, Alpha Lough 57 and Glenn Lough 20, died when their car veered off a secondary road and plunged into the West Fork River near Vandalia. State Police reported the weekend deaths bring West Virginia's highway toll to 30, down from 36 a year ago.
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Weston
UPI
Lewis County
West Fork River
Vandalia
Alpha Lough
Glenn Lough
West Virginia
Goldberg Plans On The-Spot Study Of Unemployment
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg, back from a five state tour, said he will conduct on the spot unemployment studies in additional areas within the next month. He will report to President Kennedy on his 2300 mile weekend swing through Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He expects to visit West Virginia, Massachusetts, the Mesabi range in Minnesota and several southern and western states. He believes the “do something” policy will bring help and may urge faster construction work and housing programs to combat the recession. He said the 5.4 million jobless are in hard times but he is confident results will follow. He noted Kennedy telegraphed mayors to speed slum clearance and housing projects. He also planned town meetings.
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UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Mesabi
Minnesota
Goldberg
Kennedy
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kkennedy
Pittsburgh
Washington
Father Charged In Son's Death in Pikeville Kentucky
In rural Pike County Kentucky a 4 year old boy died after a long sharp splinter penetrated his head when his father Hillard Newsome 46 fired a shotgun into the wall of their home State Police said no pellets struck David Newsome and Newsome was charged with murder The wife told police he had previously done the same thing in SAGSe Manne et Ele Se ore.
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Here
David Newsome
Hillard Newsome
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