Congo Cabinet appeals for Soviet troops for order
Congo Cabinet decisions push Lumumba to seek Soviet assistance and invite support from Bandung nations including Red China. Aimed at peaceful Belgian troop evacuation, aiding UN order, and preventing foreign aggression, the move shocks Washington while UN and Belgian withdrawals proceed. Dag Hammarskjold to visit Congo, Security Council to receive a progress report. Tunisia seeks faster Belgian troop withdrawal.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Soviet Union
Bandung
Indonesia
Red China
Patrice Lumumba
Washington
Lumumba
State Department
U. S
Bunche
United Nations Security Council
U.N
African Republic
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Tunisia
Pierre Vigny
Ike Announces 1.1 Billion Surplus
The Eisenhower administration reports a 1.1 billion dollar budget surplus as outlays total 77.3 billion, 1.1 billion below forecast. Government income falls about 20 million dollars from the January forecast, largely due to reduced corporate earnings tied to the 1959 steel strike.
Collision kills 11 as Collett hits Ammen at sea
In fog off Long Beach the destroyer Collett sideswiped the Ammen, causing 11 Navy deaths and 20 injuries. Bow lookout Patrick Medeiros 19 from Honolulu survived with a bruised thigh as Ammen unloads explosives before collision. Ammen headed to deactivation at Seal Beach. both ships could have exploded. Cmdr A T Ford ordered reverse while Ammen captain Zaven Mukhalian ordered stop engines. Damage control secured watertight doors as the Ammen’s crew worked below. Continued on Page 3.
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Long Beach
Calif
Patrick Medeiros
Collett
Medeiros
Ammon
Boneyard
Honolulu
Navy
Ammen
San Diego
Seal Beach
Cmdr
A.T. Ford
St. Petersburg
Fla
Zaven Mukhalian
Rockefeller Aims Nomination Blitz At GOP Convention
Chicago AP Rockefeller strategists push to place Nelson A Rockefeller’s name in nomination at the Republican National Convention. They anticipate a convention stampede similar to Stevenson’s Democratic push, aiming to rally around 300 first-ballot votes while Nixon’s backers express doubt as 1,100 of 1,331 delegates appear publicly committed.
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Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Los Angeles
Stevenson
Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
Three named to rule on $35000 reward claims
Charleston reporters note three men will judge the $35000 reward for solving the Motor Vehicles Department theft. The Maryland Casualty Co says $300000 of $351828 recovered with Earl Mathews arrest will be insured. Eight claimants include Mathews' wife. Mathews admitted breaking into the department office last June 1920 and stealing the money, later recovered in his car trunk.
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Insurance Company
Mathews
Motor Vehicles Department
Lawyer Named To WVU Board Appointment at WVU Board
Charleston attorney Charles C. Wise Jr., a WVU graduate, was named by Gov. Underwood to the WVU Board of Governors to fill the nine year term, replacing Dr. Thomas L. Harris. Wise has served as a State Bar president and earned his law degree from WVU in 1933.
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Charleston
West Virginia University
WVU Board of Governors
Charles C. Wise Jr
Underwood
Wise
Thomas L. Harris
Parkersburg
WVU
State Bar
West Virginia Weather Forecast Updates and Temperatures
Partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon. Highs in the 80s and nights in the 60s, with Thursday mostly fair and continued warmth. Temperatures tonight through Monday run 2-3 degrees above normal, with scattered showers totaling up to half an inch after Thursday. Beckley and Oak Hill observed highs in the mid 80s to 70s, rainfall modest, Greenbrier River slightly cloudy, Lake normal with 1.8 to 1.9 gauge feet.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Bogor
Hit Back Policy Endorsed By Ike For U S Replies
President Eisenhower supports a policy of swift hard responses to Soviet propaganda. The Newport meeting with Secretary of State Herter set the course, with U S actions to be waged mainly through the United Nations and also via direct statements. State Department officials labeled Moscow’s Congo withdrawal demand as desperate and frantic.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kremlin
United States
White House
Newport
R.I
Christian A. Herter
United Nations
U.S
Herter
U.N
Soviet Union
State Department
Congo
Lincoln White
Moscow
Reshaped Italy Government Likely Under Fanfani
Former premier Amintore Fanfani expected to head a new Christian Democratic government in Italy after Fernando Tambroni’s resignation over Communist threats. In other news, Nepal accuses Chinese troops of border trespass, and two American visitors gain approval to visit relatives in China. Four died when two jets collided at Shaw AFB in South Carolina, as Eisenhower heads to Denver after the Republican convention. The Los Angeles city attorney weighs charges against Frank Sinatra amid a parking dispute. The Republican Resolutions Committee awards applause to critics of a welfare state trend as it drafts its platform.
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Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democratic
Italy
Fernando Tambroni
Nepal
Red China
William C. Walsh
Cumberland, Md
Mary V. Downey
New Britain
Conn
China
Shaw Air Force Base
S. C
Eisenhower
Denver
Colo
Chicago
Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra
Republican Resolutions Committee
Smith Calls Demo Executive Meeting
Democratic State Chairman Hu lett C. Smith has notified members of the State Executive Committee of a meeting on July 22, 1960, at 1 30 p m EST in the House of Delegates Chamber Capitol Building Charleston. The business will be to elect a candidate for auditor to appear on the General Election ballot Nov 8 to fill a vacancy due to the death of Edgar B Sims and to consider other business.
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Hulett C. Smith
State Executive Committee
House of Delegates
Capitol Building
Charleston
Smith
Edgar B. Sims
Kennedy Forms Citizens for Kennedy Campaign Org
Sen John F Kennedy announced a new campaign group to attract independents Republicans and Democrats away from the regular party. The body called Citizens-for-Kennedy will be led by Byron White who will build units in every state. The move follows a strategy meeting at Kennedy's vacation home as strategists map launch timing and a coast-to-coast voter registration effort. Rep Frank Thompson Jr was named director of the National Registry.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
New York
Democratic
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Salinger
Citizens-for-Kennedy
Byron White
University of Colorado
White
Rep
Frank Thompson Jr
National Registry
What Is Jack Really Like Kennedy Faces Two Big Questions
A three part profile on John F Kennedy addresses his Roman Catholic faith and his age as potential handicaps in a presidential bid. The piece notes how he confronted doubts by inviting audience questions, proving his appeal in primaries such as West Virginia, and seizing key campaign moments to speak directly on these issues.
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John F. Kennedy
West Virginia
Helicopter Rescues One From Burning Brownfield Elevator
In Brownfield Texas a gravely injured man clung to a burning grain elevator window for hours as explosions razed the 180 foot structure. A helicopter lowered a cable and a former steeplejack descended to rescue him. Three men died and another was missing. Five injured. Helicopter came from Reese Air Force Base.
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Brownfield
Tex
Paul Aiken
Royce Lawhorn
Henry Nix
C. L. Burden
W. N. Lewallen
Burden
Phillip Reeves
Cotton Valley
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Here
Donald Ethington
Two Bruno Boys Drown In Guyan River
Two Bruno boys ages nine and ten drowned Tuesday afternoon while swimming in the Guyan River near their homes. The bodies of Dannie Ray Johnson and James Pack were recovered about midnight, found 20 to 30 feet apart in murky water after a search by local fire departments and residents.
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MAN
RNS
Bruno
Guyan River
Dannie Ray Johnson
Raymond Johnson
James Pack
Corbett Toler
Man Police
Bill Bostic
Pen Ramee Ln Pans DB
Ine Famiuies
We Pays
Logan
Guyan
Luke Allen
Ed Ward
Belgian Plane Crash Kills 34 in Congo Defense Detachment
A Belgian transport plane crashed in the Congo near a volcanic peak north of Lake Kivu, killing 34 soldiers and wounding seven. The C119 Flying Boxcar carried an airfield defense unit en route to reinforce Belgian bases, with scene tied to violence in the eastern Congo.
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Brussels
Belgium
Congo
Goma
Lake Kivu
Welfare Cutback Protest Hits Logan Miners At Work
Miners at four Logan County coal mines refused to work in sympathy with protests over a welfare benefits cutoff. Pickets appeared at the Sharples operation Monday, with the Boone County Coal Corp. and Island Creek Coal Co. pits idling. A 14 miner delegation met with UMW trustees in Washington, including former President John L. Lewis, who said the cut is unavoidable due to low coal royalties funding the welfare and retirement fund.
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Logan (Ap
Logan County
Boone County Coal Corp
Sharples
Kelly
Island Creek Coal Co
Logan
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
UMW
Washington
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Dewey Thompson
5817
Holden
John L
Sokola Quits Protest Group Chairmanship
Steve Sokola of Sophia resigns as president of the Disabled Miners Association of West Virginia after about 17 hours in office. He was elected at Glen Morgan after a second meeting by disabled miners protesting the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund ruling that cut hospital and retirement benefits.
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Steve Sokola
Sophia
Disabled Miners Association of
West Virginia
Sokola
Glen Morgan
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
United
Counterfeit Ring Busted Near Mahoning Trumbull Line
Federal agents raid a Liberty Township house near the Mahoning Trumbull county line halting a large counterfeit operation. A 38 year old man named Hugh Lynn was arrested after authorities seized a printing press paper and ink. The note hoax involved phony $20 bills with about $100000 printed, per Secret Service chief Michael Burger. Arrests nationwide followed in Cleveland Akron Detroit Indianapolis Steubenville Wellsburg and Jacksonville among others.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Mahoning-Trumbull
Secret Service
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland
Michael P. Burger
Akron
Detroit
Indianapolis
Steubenville
Wellsburg
W. Va
Jacksonville
Fla
Burger
Hugh Lynn
Lynn
Liberty Township
Trumbull County
Barron Attacks State Police Morale in Bluefield Speech
A. P. report recalls Barron the attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial candidate charging the State Police morale hit an all time low under the Republican administration. Supt Hazen Fair countered by accusing Barron of gathering loose straws.
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Associated Press
W. W. Barron
Bluefield
Department
Hazen Fair
Barron
Mercer County
E. D. Bazzie
Fair
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Bazzie
Harold Neely
Governor Ill Skips NG Trip Due to Illness
Governor Underwood canceled a planned trip to West Virginia Air National Guard personnel in Georgia after a sore throat and sinus trouble. He stayed at the executive mansion while 540 guardsmen train at Travis Air Force Base. The brief two day visit would have included West Virginia Army guards from Beckley Charleston and Huntington at Fort Bragg.
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Charleston
Underwood
West Virginia Air National Guard
Georgia
Executive Mansion
Travis Air Force Base
Savannah
West Virginia Army National Guard
Beckley
Huntington
Fort Bragg
Navy fires Polaris from submerged submarine off Cape Canaveral
The nuclear powered George Washington launched a Polaris missile from underwater about 30 miles off Cape Canaveral marking the first such submarine launch. The underwater test demonstrates a new capability for the U S Navy as it cruises submerged.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Navy
George Washington
Cape Canaveral
Beatnik convention in Greenwich Village blooms with personalities
New York AP reports a loose coalition of beatnik delegates gathering for a convention at The College of Complexes in Greenwich Village. They tout independence, reject formal rules, and debate platforms while eyeing a national candidate to challenge Democrats and Republicans. Miss Beatnik of Chicago emerges as a leading figure along with Gnomi Gross.
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New York
Miss Beatnik
Chicago
College of Complexes
Greenwich Village
Maurice Fisheimer
Fisheimer
Bill Smith
Gnomi Gross
Telco push for higher rates draws PSC scrutiny
Sherwood Glutz notes the telephone company sought a rate hike, then another, while the case sat before the Public Service Commission. He warns that talk is no longer cheap as the company presses for increases and public concern grows.
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Tellyphone Company
Public Service Commission
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