Five Soviet Cosmonauts Dead In Space Race Claim
Indianapolis commentator Frank Edwards in Fate magazine asserts at least five Soviet cosmonauts died in space flights. He lists Terentiy Shiborin 1959 Piotr Dolgov 1960 Massikevich Zavadosky 1961 and a doomed man and woman moon team in May 1961, plus two more graduates missing.
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Chicago
UPI
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Edwards
Edwards
Terenity Shiborin
Piotr Dolgov
Massikevich Zavadosky
Internal jazz cycle notes by jazz observer Dick West
Washington UPI columnist Dick West explains jazz toward the people-to-people festival. He notes jazz moves in cycles and mocks critics, suggesting audiences resist new sounds while musicians fear widespread enjoyment.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Lawrence Welk
Lambert Named PSC Assistant
Joseph E. Hodgson announced Harold Lambert of Charleston as administrative assistant to the Public Service Commission. Lambert replaces Paul Skeeter, who resigned to lead the Mountain State Visitors Bureau. Former Raleigh County Board of Education member, Lambert has led public relations for the West Virginia Education Association for five years. He previously headed education for the old State Conservation Commission.
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Charleston
UPI
Joseph E. Hodgson
Harold Lambert
Public Service Commission
Lambert
Paul Skeeter
Mountain State Visitors Bureau
Raleigh County Board of Education
West Virginia Education Association
Old State Conservation Commission
West Virginia Weather Forecast Promises Showers and Warm Weekend
Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening in northern and southern West Virginia with partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday. Highs in the 80s today, 55 to 60 overnight, cooler Saturday. Five day forecast calls for near normal temps, rainfall over three quarters of an inch this weekend and midweek. River levels steady with Greenbrier and Lake conditions noted. gauge at Hinton 2.9 feet.
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Beckley High
OAK Hill High
Greenbrier
Hinton
HI LO
New York
UPI
U.S
Eichmann Hanged in Israel for Nazi Crimes
Adolf Eichmann was hanged at Ramle prison near Tel Aviv. His body was cremated and ashes scattered in the Mediterranean within hours. He remained defiant to the end, insisting he obeyed wartime laws and blaming other leaders. The execution drew mixed reactions, with Israel calling the punishment insufficient against the Holocaust.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Mediterranean
Supreme Court
Eichmann
Stock Prices Leveling Off On Wall Street Session
NEW YORK gains eased as stock prices leveled in the windup session of a volatile week on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading at 11 am showed 1,170,000 shares, with declines in U S Steel and IBM among others. Dow Jones industrial average fell 4.41 to 608.95. S&P 500 stood at 59.17, down 0.46. Trading was lighter than Thursday and selective.
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UPI
New York Stock Exchange
U.S. Steel
Ness Johns Manville
International Business Machines
American Telephone and Telegraph
Standard & Poor
Stock Averages at Noon Dow Drops Across Sectors
Dow Jones noon figures show 30 Industrials at 608.29, down 5.07. 20 Rails at 127.57 down 1.89. 15 Utilities at 112.44 down 1.10. 65 Stocks at 209.29 down 2.01. Volume to noon reached 2,320,000 shares.
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Dow Jones
Symington Warns of Bigger Stockpile Losses Than Estes Case
Sen Stuart Symington chairman of a Senate subcommittee said disclosures in the stockpile probe would dwarf the Billie Sol Estes case in taxpayers losses. He cited an $11 million cryolite inventory and millions in windfall profits to stockpile suppliers. Investigators reported high level decisions causing government losses and two conflicts of interest. An OEP consultant, John D Morgan Jr, was fired over stockpile ties.
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Jerry Landauer
Washington
UPI
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Billie Sol Estes
Symington
Senate
Investi
Office of Emergency Planning
OEP
John D. Morgan Jr
Woodland Show Display by H A Harvey Unveils Root Wood Craft
Unusual Woodland Show display by H A Harvey Hin ton reveals artistic talent and craftsmanship in root-wood works. Harvey’s collection exceeds five hundred pieces, all crafted from natural root formations and finished with polish and varnish.
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H. A. Harvey
Hinton
Harvey
FBI probes DC area for source of jetliner bomb
FBI agents chase leads in suburban Kansas City area amid claims of murder for profit in the May 22 Continental Airlines 707 crash that killed 45. Investigation targets dynamite thefts and explosive suppliers as CAB cites strong evidence of foul play.
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UPI
FBI
Here
Continental Airlines
Unionville
J.B. Hodgdon
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Alan Boyd
Senate
Washington
Thomas G. Doty
Doty
Naomi
Continental Casualty Co
Geneva Fraley
Historic Showboat Goldenrod Destroyed by Fire
A riverfront fire destroyed the Goldenrod showboat in St. Louis at 3:30 am. The 1904 vessel, largest ever built, carried 1,400 patrons and had docked permanently in 1937. Captain J. W. Menke, 81, and staff escaped with only nonfatal injuries. insured ownership and fate remain unsettled as plans to rebuild are discussed.
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UPS
Mississippi River
Goldenrod
Flufos
J.W. Menke
Charles
Olathe
Kan
Blanche Forbes
Menkes
Godust
Mississippi
Ohio
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Beckley invites Lyndon B. Johnson to speak at mine dedication
Beckley Mayor Miller extended a personal invitation to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to address the June 16 dedication of the Beckley Exhibition Mine at New River iPark. The mine showcases coal mining eras, offers underground rides, and aims to draw Southern West Virginia tourists.
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Miller
Lyndon B. Johnson
New River iPark
Johnson
United States
Washington, D. C
Raleigh County Memorial
Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
West Virginia
Global Short News Roundup From War to Space Race
Early world reaction on Eichmann execution shows belief he deserved his fate. South Vietnamese troops chase Communist guerrillas who seized a leper colony and kidnapped three American missionaries including a woman doctor. Paris rumors place France joining the space race with Diamond One satellite next year. Dulles hospital stay leads USC to award him an honorary degree in absentia. David Dubinsky reelected ILGWU president to 11th term. ICC deadline extended for C&O stock control bid of B&O to June 5. Six U.S. scientists head to Russia to study Soviet mental retardation treatment. Secret Army bombs damage an unoccupied girls’ school in Algiers. Algiers sees 30th attack in a week. An explosion at a chemical plant in Orbassano, Italy buries 18 workers. six dead, eight injured, four missing. Rep Walter Judd reverses retirement plan and will run again.
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Paris
France
Allen W. Dulles
University of South Carolina
Central Intelligence Agency
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International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio ‘Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
U. S
Seymour Ketty
Department of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins University
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Algiers
Orbassano
Italy
Walter WH. Judd
R-Minn
Inconsistent conduct draws interest among some girls
A fragment hints at concern over girls lacking principle drawing attention. The note implies social judgments about behavior and the way inconsistency attracts interest, without detailing individuals or events.
Russia Hikes Dairy Prices and Farm Reforms Clash
Moscow reports meat prices up 30 percent and butter 25 percent as state outlets push agricultural reforms. Premier Khrushchev admitted farm output gaps, while Pravda promises temporary increases and sugar and fabric price cuts. Shoppers express resignation as Americans blame defense needs for the shift.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UPI
Russia
United States
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Junta Cracks Korean Plot Targeting Uprising
South Korea’s military junta said it foiled a civilian plot to trigger a national uprising and kill leaders, arresting former Seoul mayor Kim Sang Don and 40 others on anti state charges. The case marks the fifth known attempt since Gen Park Chung Hee seized power last May.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
South Korea
Kim Chong Pil
South Korean
Central Intelligence Agency
Kim Sang Don
Park Chung Hee
John M. Chang
Khrushchev Worried by Trade Plan Says Rusk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Khrushchev's call for a worldwide trade organization may reveal Soviet anxiety about the European Common Market. Rusk, at a news conference, rejected the suggestion and urged Western unity toward economic integration without being diverted by Khrushchev’s idea.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Nikita Khrushchev
Rusk
Khrushchev
Job Picture Brightens in 3 WV Labor Areas
West Virginia’s February to April employment shows gains in Parkersburg 16.4 percent drop in unemployment to 2,760, Montgomery-Oak Hill 15.5 percent drop to 2,670, and Bluefield 8.9 percent drop to 2,340. Welch area sees unemployment rise to 2,800 though still 34 percent below 1961, with overall Welch employment steady at 14,150.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Welch
State Department of Employment Security
Department
Parkersburg
Montgomery - Oak Hill
Bluefield
Montgomery Oak Hill
Montgomery-Oak Hill
West Virginia Chamber notes sustained economic climb overall
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reported 15 of 22 indicators rising as the economy advanced since March. Coal activity showed declines but was expected. April earnings and production dipped slightly from March. Overall indicators outpaced 1961, with coal and crude oil up 18.8 and 23 percent respectively, and employment dipping slightly yet remaining brighter than prior months.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Chamber
Berserk patient shot dead by riot squads at VA hospital
Pittsburgh UPI report says police riot squads using tear gas armor shields and armored car gunned down a berserk mental patient at a Veterans Administration Hospital after he shot and killed a doctor and wounded a police officer.
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UPI
Veterans Administration Hospital
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