Raleigh Baptists denounce Byrd Kennedy Catholic endorsement
The Raleigh Baptist Association adopted 16 resolutions at Beckley condemning Senator Robert C. Byrd for endorsing Senator John F. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, for president. The group also criticized the American Baptist Convention's ties to the National Council of Churches and urged churches to sever links. The resolutions, approved by 48 churches and about 3,000 members, were drafted by Rev. Hulbert A McClung, Rev. E. P. Cochran, and Rev. Dewey Wilson.
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Robert C. Byrd
John F. Kennedy
Raleigh Baptist Association
Raleigh Baptist Ministers’ Council
Byrd
Kennedy
West Virginia
Raleigh County
C. E. Walker
Association
American Baptist Convention
National Council of Churches
Council
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
Walker
Hulbert A McClung
E. P. Cochran
Dewey Wilson
Nixon Plunges Into Campaign
Vice President Richard M. Nixon accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the convention and pledged to build a better America. He named Henry Cabot Lodge as running mate and vowed to tell the people what they need to hear. Nixon moved to unite the GOP, meet reporters, and press leaders while facing cautious state reports on Kennedy’s Democratic bid.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
America
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Nikita Khrushchev
GOP
National Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
John F.kennedy
Massachusetts
Peemier-Man
Laymen Split Over Baptist Edict on Byrd Kennedy Stance
Raleigh Baptist Association censured Senator Byrd for Kennedy support, prompting mixed local reaction. Dr Alvin J. Cook urged caution, while several Baptists said religion should not enter politics. Editorial farm editor John S Phillips declared no church should issue political statements and rejected church leaders' public involvement.
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Raleigh Baptist Association
Robert C. Byrd
John F. Kennedy
The
Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
First Baptist Church
Cook
Raleigh
Shirley Donnelly
G. C. Porter
House of Delegates
Kennedy
Bob Byrd
Hubert H. Humphrey
West Virginia
Roy Lee Harmon
Raleigh Register
Justice of the Peace
Trap Hill
Louis Gall
United States
Madison Lowry
Slab Fork
W. W
Jackie” Withrow
Buzzy Bowling
Constable
Withrow
John S. Phillips
Raleigh Register Farm
Global dispatches mixed with Cold War era events
United States and world leaders report on Cuba’s leftist clash with Soviet influence while Lumumba plans to visit Washington with aid pledges. Powers faces espionage trial with no U.S. lawyers expected. Eisenhower congratulates Lodge and Nixon as Republicans brace for November. Executions and accidents claim lives in Oklahoma and Texas. West Germany and Britain conduct high level talks and appointments. Nuclear subs Scorpion and Seadragon noted, while Congo UN support and Queen Elizabeth II opens parliament. New York sanitation crews end work stoppage.
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Cuba
National Bank
Ernesto Guevara
Argentina
Fidel Castro
Western Hemisphere
Patrice Lumumba
Washington
U. S
Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
North Pole
Nautilus
Skate
Sargo
Soviet Union
Congo
United Nations
Britain
New York City
Ballot Box Violence Rocks South Korean Election
In Masan area near Sam Chon Po port, more than 2000 protesters seized and burned ballot boxes during the first free National Assembly election in a decade. Police considered troops as students cut power and clashes injured over 40 officers. results showed Democratic party leads in 15 of 233 seats, with Liberal party candidate Lee Jai Hyon leading in Masan.
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Seoul
South Korea
Masan
Syngman Rhee
Liberal Party
National Assembly
Sam Chon Po
Pusan
John M. Chang
Democratic Party
Lee Jai Hyon
Rhee
West Virginia Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds and Showers
The forecast shows cloudiness in the west and mostly cloudy conditions in the east with showers in the far east today and tonight. Clearing is expected Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures, high near 80 in the east and upper 80s in the west, lows around the upper 60s. The extended outlook calls for normal to slightly below normal highs, mid 80s north and upper 80s to near 90 south, with cooler days Sunday and Monday and a return to warmth later midweek. Scattered showers are possible Sunday and Wednesday totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
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W. Va
Mother Keeps Three Children Hidden 11 Years
TECUMSEH Ont AP a mother admits hiding three of her six children indoors for 11 years to shield landlords and friends from her large family. The teenage children two girls and a boy are retarded in growth. Hospital officials say they are in bad shape. The children are identified as Gordon Dickerson 15 Connie 16 and the younger sister of Shirley Leach's previous marriage.
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Connie
TV Debate Set For Nominees
In New York AP report Kennedy accepts NBC invitation for a four program prime time discussion with Nixon in Hyannis Port and Chicago aides say debates likely. CBS NBC and ABC ready to offer peak air time but federal equal time rules may block. Senate backs a change to permit such debates.
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New York
Hyannis Port
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Robert W. Sarnoff
National Broadcasting Co
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Sarnoff
Nixon
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
CBS News
Sig Mickelson
U. S. Senate
House
Leonard H. Goldenson
American Broadcasting Paramount Theaters, Inc
Kennedy
Congress
Burke Miller
NBC
Unclear political statement from Sherwood Glutz
Fragmentary text critiques Republicans and Democrats in a dated political barrage. Mentions Nixon Lodge Johnson Kennedy and Mass with admonitions about presidential prospects, media presence, and living location influence. The piece reads as a satirical or rhetorical broadcast rather than a reportable event.
Unmanned Mercury capsule explodes in Atlas booster test
Cape Canaveral launch of the unmanned Project Mercury capsule ended in disaster when the Atlas booster seemingly exploded shortly after liftoff. The one ton capsule and rocket sank 4 to 12 miles off shore as NASA studied telemetry. Project Mercury director Robert Gilruth said recovery chances were slim.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Atlas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Projlect
Robert Gilruth
Project Mercury
Graney cites lack of funds for road program
Charleston AP. Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney says the Legislature did not provide enough money to implement the highway construction program unveiled two years ago. He received an award from the National Highway Users Conference for detailing the SRC plan. An 18-month audit by the Legislative Auditor examined SRC revenues and expenditures through June 30, 1959.
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Charleston
Patrick C. Graney
Graney
State Road Commission
National Highway Users Conference
Arthur C. Butler
SRC
Legislative Auditor's Office
Office of Legislative Auditor
C. H. Koontz
Nixon Faces Spotlight in 1952 Checkers Debate
Richard Nixon delivers his famous 1952 “checkers” speech on television from Los Angeles, detailing his finances and past expenses to a national audience amid questions about the $18,000 Nixon fund. He asserts no personal gains from contributors and outlines his career, finances, and family, including the Checkers dog.
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Richard Mill Hous Nixon
Richard Nixon
California
Ard Nixon
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
Politi
Cal
Morton Retained as GOP National Chairman
CHICAGO AP Sen Thruston B Morton of Kentucky was unanimously re elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. A special committee led by Meade Alcorn reported Nixon and Eisenhower favored keeping Morton, who has led the committee since April 1959 after succeeding Alcorn.
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Chicago
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Morton
Richard M. Nixon
Meade Alcorn
Connecticut
Nixon
GOP
Eisenhower
Alcorn
National Committee
Belgium to Withdraw Troops From Congo
Belgium will begin pulling back its forces in the Congo with about 1500 soldiers to be brought home soon. The move follows U N pressure as Belgium maintains roughly 12000 troops in the former colony alongside 9500 U N command. Premier Gaston Eyskens' government announced the plan.
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Congo
Gaston Eyskens
U. N
U. N. Security Council
NASA Outlines Multibillion Space Program
NASA outlined a multibillion-dollar plan featuring Apollo orbiting the Moon, Aeros stationary satellite, Prospector and Surveyor lunar vehicles, and Rebound passive communications satellites. George Low said Apollo will be flexible for lunar missions and Earth orbit lab use, built on a modular three-part design.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Aeros
Prospector
Surveyor Moon
NASA
George M. Low
Manned Space
Apollo
Saturn
Moon
Low
Chicago Teens Gang Clash Leaves One Dead in Vengeance Fight
Police quell West Side street battle between Egyptian Cobras and Vice Lords as gunfire erupts. Richard Parks, 16, dies from chest wound. Sammy Mitchell, 16, shot in shoulder. Robert Lewis, 15, arrested with a .22 rifle after alleging retaliation for an earlier brick attack. Remaining details uneasy due to fragment.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Richard Parks
Sammy Mitchell
Vice Lords
Robert Lewis
Lewis
Parks
Zsa Zsa Gabor life story reveals romantic turmoil
AP reports Zsa Zsa Gabor mailed friends excerpts from her life story detailing a series of romances and high society exploits. The book traces her rise from beauty queen to wife of diplomats and heiresses, with candid accounts of weddings, affairs, and glitzy circles.
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Hollywood
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Conrad Hilton
Blackstone
Chicago
Connie
Conrad
Golly
Porfirio Ru
Birosa
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Barbara
Palm Beach
Zsa Zsa
Arizona
Rubirosa
Rubi
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Rome
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Cooperative Christianity
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Seventh Day Baptists
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Edward Leon
Pete) Williams
Oklahoma State Prison
Tommy Cooke
Tulsa
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Odessa
Tex
Oriente Mountains
Camaguey
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Earl of Home
House of Lords
William E. Potter
Panama Canal Zone
New York World's Fair Corp
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Seree Renee
Oak Hill
Greenbrier Lake
Sherwood Glutz
Reepublicans
Johnson
Texas
William B. Connoley
Clifton A. R. Mc
Daniel
Washington Ave
Roger Farmer
S. Kanawha St
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Saul Pett
Los Angeles
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Belgium
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James Bacon
Hilton
George Sanders
Sanders
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