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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1960
Page
1
Tshombe, 42, a member of a wealthy plantation and business family, declared in a Elisabethville radio broadcast that his Katanga government intends to form an economic community as a step toward an independent state separate from the central government in Leopoldville.
Tshombe said he would welcome aid from other free world countries if Belgium does not back his bid to secede from Patrice Lumumba's central government in Leopoldville, signaling a cold war era clash over Congo governance and foreign involvement.
On 4s the United Nations was urged to help regain control of a mutinous native army as Tshombe accused Lumumba of using Communist tactics and promoting chaos in The Congo. Continued on page two.
The White House accused the Soviet Union of a deliberate and reckless attempt to create an international incident after the RB47 reconnaissance plane was shot down on July 1. Press secretary James C. Hagerty said the aircraft was over international waters and never over Soviet territory or air space, rebuking Khrushchev's claims.
The State Board of Education planned to reveal locations for additional area vocational schools to aid the unemployed as part of a post legislature program. The plan offers free courses to men and women to replace losses from the coal downturn, with a second list to be presented by vocational education director Sherrill D. McMillen.
Washington reports June unemployment rose by nearly one million as summer job seekers flooded the labor market. Employment climbed to 68,579,000, a record high, with total labor force at 2,300,000 higher, largely due to boys and girls aged 14 to 19. The jobless rate rose to 5.5 percent from 4.9 percent after seasonal adjustment.
Fair conditions prevail with valley fog returning tonight. Low temperatures range from 58 to 65 with Wednesday forecast to remain fair and warm. Beckley highs yesterday reached 72 with a 62 low. Oak Hill saw a 62 degree low and 77 near the lake readings. Greenbrier River is normal and clear with Greenbrier Lake normal and clear at 2.4 gates. gauge now 2.3 feet.
Secretary of State Herter cancels Canada trip to focus on Congo trooper request. A U.S. C47 mission plane missing in the Andes with seven of ten aboard. Mexican leaders briefed on Cuba policy dissents. Mexico neutral toward Castro-U.S. dispute. Hurricane Abby passes harmlessly in Caribbean waters. A Mace B missile first-launch at Cape Canaveral with 1200 mile range to base in West Germany and Okinawa. Four more French territories sign independence pathway. Eisenhower prepares speech for the Republican National Convention. Sunset Beach drag‐net called off as 15 year old spectator James Ackrman found safe.
Sherwood Glutz predicts on the Democratic convention broadcast that Kennedy will be the presidential nominee with Bob Friend as running mate. He notes no violence occurred as the broadcast was viewed on television.
The Democratic National Convention faced a civil rights struggle with Sen. John F. Kennedy in a strong position to secure the presidential nomination. Lyndon B. Johnson supporters prepared a last hour push, while Missouri's Stuart Symington weighed second place versus a continued presidential bid.
West Virginia delegates flirt with a Snead nominating bid as a lighthearted jab at Eisenhower golf. Staggers touts Snead while Kennedy's strength remains dominant among the delegation. Byrd places Kennedy around 15 votes with Johnson contending, as Kennedy later claims the nomination cinch.
The Kentucky Supreme Court ordered Logan County Court to exclude 18 absentee ballots from the May 10 Democratic nomination contest for Logan Circuit Court and certify prosecutor Claude Joyce the winner. The decision, 4-0, left Joyce at 6,661 to 6,657 over incumbent C. C. Chambers. The court said absentee ballots were valid but the county board of canvassers lacked authority to count them.
Vatican City AP report states Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi, age 87, prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, died today leaving a long clerical career and leadership in Catholic missions.
Los Angeles AP Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson challenged his rival Sen. John F. Kennedy to a debate before the Massachusetts and Texas delegations. He urged a joint caucus and debate on major issues to be acted on by the delegations later this week.
AP reports eighty American airmen died or went missing in cold war incidents over the last decade. The heaviest toll came on Sept. 2, 1955, when a turboprop transport was shot down in Soviet Armenia after veering off course toward Turkey. Russia returned six bodies, while the U.S. cited a larger crew count. On July 29, 1953, a B50 bomber was shot down by MIGs over the Sea of Japan, adding to the losses.
Hagerty dismisses any connection between the present flight and last May U2 incident. Washington plans a formal reply to the Soviet protest note delivered in Moscow while officials withheld public comment pending a government report. Eisenhower ordered silence as he seeks full information, contrasting with the earlier U2 episode when Moscow drew the U.S. into a trap.
Wayne AP ten Jenny's Creek election officials are set for Circuit Court trial August 1 over alleged May 10 primary irregularities. They face obstruction charges for moving polling from a special building to a school over a mile away without notice. Indicted: Sam K Marcum Missouri Marcum G F Marcum Earl Marcum Ezra Marcum Leonard Stroud Max Stroud Mary Allen Lonnie Spaulding Martin Dillon.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned that resuming American U2 spy flights over the Soviet Union would raise tensions to a boiling point and risk war. He cited the RB47 shootdown as proof U.S. policy seeks conflict and said the two surviving RB47 crewmen would face Soviet courts. He also signaled possible action at the United Nations, though no decision was made.
A 30 year Raleigh County educator resigns as Mark Twain High principal to teach mathematics in New Castle Delaware. C E Walker will earn $1,000 more annually, end principal duties, and be joined by his wife Doris Rakes Bowling who becomes an elementary teacher there. Resignations await Board approval at the July 26 meeting. more departures likely before school opens. Walker leaves after 18 years as Mark Twain principal, said to be in good standing.
London reports rising British demand for full consultation with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's government over American reconnaissance flights from British bases. Khrushchev accuses Britain of direct participation as Britain faces questions in Commons about the May Day U2 shootdown and the RB47 incident at Brize Norton.
Picket lines spread as AFL-CIO unions clash with Foley Construction and local contractors in Beckley Princeton and nearby areas. Projects halted include a $150000 Raleigh County remodeling job and a $750000 Johnstown Road recreational plant. Union official vows to push the dispute, with support pledged from Southern West Virginia builders council allies.
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