Algerian Unity Threatened by Oran Gun Battle
Violent gunfire shattered Oran’s independence celebrations as clashes erupted in the port city. Reports claim seven to thirty dead with many wounded. curfews were imposed and European quarters were sealed off. In Algiers, demonstrations were put to an end as political factions clash for power ahead of Ben Youssef Ben Khedda and Mohammed Ben Bella.
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Algeria
UPI
Oran
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Mohammed Ben Bella
Beckley Garment Plant Move Cited As Pressure Tactic
Raleigh County residents call the plan to relocate a New Kanawha Industrial Corp garment factory a pressure tactic. Harrison Ash complains Beckley failed to raise 100000 dollars, prompting the NKIC board to abandon Beckley site and pursue other counties. Local businessmen had pursued stock subscriptions with a July 25 deadline.
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Eve Breck
Harrison 0
Ash
Raleigh County
Beckley
New Kanawha Industrial Corp
N Kic
Striking Saskatchewan Doctors Signal Surrender
Regina reports Saskatchewan doctors, who halted office work to oppose socialized medicine, showed signs of yielding amid mounting criticism. A protest march at the legislative buildings was postponed to Monday, with estimates saying at least 30 of 900 doctors had signed to practice under the care act, prompting Save Our Doctors officials to concede a loss but vow renewed effort.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Save Our Doctors’ Committee
Bert McKay
Barron Proposal To Be Taken Up By Dixie Chiefs
West Virginia Governor Barron plans a $500000 Appalachian regional study by the ARA but will wait for the Southern Governors Conference in Hollywood Florida next fall before discussion. Kentucky Governor Combs said the proposal would be reviewed at the fall meeting. Barron seeks conservation flood control and power projects from Pennsylvania to Alabama. State official Bur Sawyers cited I-79 as a potential industrial development focal point for West Virginia. See Barron Page 16.
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Hershey
UPI
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Appalachian
Area Redevelopment Administration
ARA
Hollywood
Fla
Barron
Kentucky
Bert Combs
Appalachian Group
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Bur] Sawyers
Morgantown
Charleston
Sawyers
Kohler to Get Moscow Post
President Kennedy announced the appointment of Foy D. Kohler as the new U S ambassador to Russia. Kohler, 54, will succeed Llewellyn E. Thompson who has served five years in Moscow and will return to Washington after Kohler's confirmation. Kennedy also nominated Henry L. Giordano as narcotics commissioner succeeding Harry J. Anslinger.
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UPI
Kennedy
Foy D. Kohler
U.S
Russia
Kohler
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Thompson
Senate
Henry L. Giordano
Harry J. Anslinger
West Virginia Weather Clears With Pleasant Conditions
Pleasant conditions prevail across West Virginia with high temperatures in the 70s to lower 80s this afternoon. North and central areas stay fair while the far south remains mostly cloudy tonight into Friday with lows in the 50s to 60s. Friday remains pleasant as River Greenbrier runs normal and Lake is muddy with gates open.
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Beckley
Wogat
Ssdcsaedees
Oak Hill
Gm Cory
Hinton
Kennedy aims to recoup losses from Eisenhower cotton program
Agriculture Secretary Freeman testified before the Senate investigations subcommittee resuming Estes inquiry. He said the Kennedy administration will seek to recover improper losses tied to the Eisenhower era cotton program. The panel also set aside elder care debate to discuss sugar quotas and Alliance for Progress nations.
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Orville L. Freeman
Senate Investigations
Billie Sol Estes
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Senate
United States
Alliance For Progress
De Gaulle and Adenauer push European political union
In Paris, President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urge a political union for Europe. They call for rapid talks to extend economic gains into politics and back Britain’s Brussels market talks, agreeing on German reunification within a peaceful framework.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
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Brussels
Britain
Record July Fourth Traffic Toll Surges Past 150 Deaths
United Press International reports a final tabulation of 155 traffic deaths over a 30 hour Independence Day period, surpassing the prior 137 mark from 1956 and marking a second straight year of record high tolls for a short holiday. The toll also surpasses the worst July Fourth and summer holiday highway loss previously recorded.
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United Press International
United
West Virginia Fourth of July toll marked by crash and drowning
A 30 hour Fourth of July holiday in West Virginia saw one highway death and a drowning. William H. Cowger, 24, of Hackers Creek Upshur County, died in a two car crash on W Va 20 south of Buckhannon. Edward J. Gregory, 28, Arlington Upshur County, had minor injuries. An elderly Raleigh County man, Lewis C. Webb, 70, drowned in a rain swollen creek near Beckley. Webb’s body was recovered the next day. The toll for the year rose to 208, 48 more than a year ago.
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United Press International
West Virginia
William H. Cowger
Hacker’s Creek
Upshur County
W. Va
Buckhannon
Edward J. Gregory
Arlington
Raleigh County
Glen Daniel
Beckley
Lewis C. Webb
Holiday traffic toll tops 244 deaths countrywide
Press International reported 244 traffic fatalities during the 30 hour period ending midnight Wednesday. California led with 23 deaths, followed by 14 in New York and 10 in Texas. Missouri offered free drinks to none. The worst crash occurred in Eveleth Minnesota with seven dead.
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Kennedy and Dillon confer on possible tax cut plan
President Kennedy returned to Washington for a meeting with Treasury Secretary Dillon and Council of Economic Advisers chair Walter Heller, signaling discussions on an immediate across the board tax cut. The White House session followed a July 4th stop at Camp David and precedes a nationwide news conference. References to tax relief proposals have come from Humphrey, Reuther, and the Chamber of Commerce.
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UPI
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Walter Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
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D-Minn
Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Two Testify On Bluefield Cops Burglary Probe
PRINCETON UP I Mercer County Prosecutor William O Bivens presented two witnesses to the grand jury today in evidence against six Bluefield policemen tied to 1954 burglary investigations. Cpl. Mozingo and Marvin Brooks testified with Mozingo linked to an $18 000 Michaels home robbery and Brooks arrested in Los Angeles. The grand jury planned a partial report Friday on about 40 cases, with August 6 as the next recess date.
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UPI
Mercer County
William O. Bivens
Grand Jury
Bluefield
Cpl
R. L. Mozingo
Marvin Brooks
FBI
Los Angeles
Mozingo
Fairmont
John Michaels
Marvin
Michaels
Flood Devastates Coal Mountain Area and Damages Homes
A flash flood washed a five room Emory Kennedy residence from its foundation and destroyed an 84 foot business under construction in Coal Mountain. The entire area 24 miles below Baileysville is submerged and impassable with one way traffic on secondary road 9 near Wyoming. Downed power poles and washed lines delayed service restore until 3:30 a.m. Five homes lack power while crews plan immediate repairs.
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Coal Mountain
ANS
Emory Kennedy
Kennedys
Baileysville
Wyoming
Appalachian Power Co
State Road Commission
Princeton
Mollohan Named Junior Governor At Moose Convention
Former West Virginia congressman Robert H. Mollohan of Fairmont was elected junior governor, the second highest post, during the closing section of the international Moose convention. About 6,000 Moose Lodge delegates attended in Atlanta, with final sessions moved to near Jacksonville after the meeting.
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Jacksonville, Fla
UPI
West Virginia
Robert H. Mollohan
Fairmont
Mollohan
Moose Lodge
Atlanta
Moose
Nixon Leaves Copenhagen After Danish Visit
Former Vice President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon depart Copenhagen by plane for New York ending a Danish tour marked by their attendance at the Rebild festival and a July Fourth speech in Jutland marred by the death of another speaker.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nixon
Pat
Jutland
Checchi urges promoting Gorge tourist musts with three resorts
Checchi and Co report under an Area Redevelopment Administration grant for New River Gorge proposes three resorts at Stephens Plum Orchard and Bluestone Lakes as bases for side trips across Fayette Raleigh Mercer Summers counties. It emphasizes expanding outdoor drama Honey In The Rock and adding side trips such as a scenic tourist train and fishing trains to lengthen stays.
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Checchi and Co
New River Gorge Development Corp
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Plum Orchard
Bluestone Lakes
Checchi
Fayette-Raleigh-Mercer
Summers County
Grandview State Park
Honey
New River
84 Carat Harvard Diamond Stolen
Cambridge Massachusetts UPI reports professional burglars cracked a safe at Harvard University’s mineralogical museum and stole about $50,000 in gems. About 50 stones were taken including an 84 carat diamond. thieves also removed gems from five display cases. Harvard said the stones are mainly for scientific research and their value is scientific, not monetary.
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Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Mineralogical Museum
Stock Averages Report At Noon Dow, Rails Rise
Dow Jones noon averages show gains with 30 Industrials up 0.75 at 580.23 and 20 Rails up 0.07 at 122.19 while 15 Rails adds 0.67 to 112 and 65 Stocks climb 0.46 to 201.81. Volume to noon stands at 1,400,000 shares.
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Dow-Jones
Indus
Little Liz Then a Man’s Foot on Furniture Sparks Trouble
A quirky item notes that a man may be disciplined when his wife catches him with his foot up on the furniture, reflecting domestic humor of the era.
Kennedy calls for concrete Atlantic partnership with Europe
President Kennedy, addressing 90,000 in Independence Square Philadelphia, urged a concrete Atlantic partnership linking the United States and Europe into an economic and political alliance. He spoke of interdependence, a nucleus for union of free peoples, and a deterring, law-based world, noting unity won’t finish in a year.
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Europe
Independence Square
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
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Hawaii
Puerto Rico
White House
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Timms Reappointed To State Mines Post In Charleston
Gov. Barron reappointed Leonard J. Timms of Havace Mc Dowell County as director of the State Mines Department. The reappointment, effective last Sunday, runs a new four year term to June 30 1966.
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UPI
W W. Barron
Leonard J. Timms
Havace
McDowell County
State Mines Department
Timms
Beckley Chamber President cites July 25 date for $100,000 salvage plan
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce President R L Webb spoke presstime about money availability and a July 25 target. He noted New Kanawha Industrial Corp directors favor July 2 as the deadline and expressed effort to salvage the Raleigh County plant. Webb argues the industry suits the county due to satellite plants and the ability to bring jobs to residents.
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Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Webb
New Kanawha Industrial Corp
Raleigh County
Ash Move Aims Plant Site In Fayette Mercer Counties
Subscription holders resent payment demand and Ash says the plant may be located in Fayette County or McDowell or Mercer County. He has offered the plant to Princeton Chamber of Commerce president H. C. Arnold for 200000 dollars, with Mercer County Projects Committee to decide, likely after the July 12 meeting.
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Ash
Fayette County
McDowell
Merleer County
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
H. C. Arnold
Arnold
Mercer County Projects Committee
Teens admit robbery linked killings in Kentucky
Two Louisville hitchhikers Kenneth Woodward and Jerry Anfinson confessed to killing James Impellizzeri aged 14 and James Benningfield aged 17 during a robbery that yielded $3. Both teens, held without bond, described drinking spree and the murder during reenactments after missing boy Scout camp outing.
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Louisville
UPI
Kenneth Woodward
Jerry W. Anfinson
James Spencer Impellizzeri
James Benningfield
Jefferson County
Impellizzeri
Benningfield
Bullitt County
Anfinson
Woodward
Jones Hollow
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