New 5000-Ton Mine Planned at Herndon West Virginia
Eastern Associated Coal Corp announces a new slope mine near Herndon Wyoming County WV with a 5000 ton per day capacity and a modern coal preparation plant. The operation will employ about 300 workers, target limited operation by April 1966, and connect via Norfolk and Western Railway Co. The project expands Keystone production and may grow with future expansion if coal remains competitive abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EACC
Herndon
Eastern
Associated Coal Corp
Wyoming County
Slope
West Virginia
E. H. Shaw
Beckley
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Roberts and Schaefer Co., Inc
Chicago
Raleigh County’s cold cases haunt six decades of deaths
A Raleigh County legacy of unsolved killings from 1940s to 1950s remains open in police records. Notable cases include the Country Club murders near Beckley, the Adams, Jin-Sing, Miramontez, and Hylton deaths, plus multiple suspects and reopens with no convictions. Nearby Congo reports describe a massacre of 75 white hostages near Buta, raising fears and signifying one of the Congo’s bloodiest episodes in recent memory.
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Raleigh County
Stratton High School
Margaret Adams
Stratton Stadium
Carlie Jin-Sing
Beckley
Leroy Shadrick
Jin-Sing
Ohio
Shardick
Harry S. Truman
Adams
Andrew Garcia Miramontez
Miramontez
Charles Woicehovice
Joe
Country Club
Nellie Mae Rand
E. Ray Bailey
Rand
Bailey
Rand-Bailey
Celestia Hylton
Sprague
Whitestick Creek
OAS Deploys Troops to Neutralize Dominican White House
The Organization of American States sends inter American troops to encircle the Dominican White House in Santo Domingo at 11 a.m. to halt fighting between junta and rebel forces. A three nation mediation panel led by Ellsworth Bunker will also be appointed.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Organization of American States
White House
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Mora
Washington
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ilmar Penno Marino
Brazil
Ramon Clairmont de Cuenas
el Salvador
Moore to Run for Randolph Senate Seat in 1966
Morgantown reports Congressman Arch A. Moore Jr. plans to seek the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Jennings Randolph in 1966. Moore, West Virginia GOP national committeeman, says he has his campaign organization formed and discussed the bid with Randolph, who he says agrees to a high level campaign.
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Morgantown
UPI
Arch A. Moore Jr
Morgantown Dominion-News Today
U.S. Senate
Jennings Randolph
Moore
Walter L
Bill) Hart
Hart
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Sen
Randolph
North Vietnamese Down 2 U S Jets in Viet Nam War Losses
North Vietnamese antiaircraft guns shot down two U S Navy planes killing all five crewmen in the heaviest single air loss since raids began. A government spokesman said the Communists carried out three ambushes that killed or wounded 160 government troops near Pleiku, with two American advisers killed. The Defense Department identified the two Americans as Maj. Bernard W. Dibbert of Fayetteville North Carolina and M Sgt Hugh M Robbins of Lawton Oklahoma. U S advisers said naval bombardments stalled a Red attack near Quang Ngai. The first American pilot was killed when his A4 Skyhawk from the carrier Midway was shot down.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Viet Nam
le Thanh
Pleiku
Defense Department
Army
Bernard W. Dibbert
Adelia E. Dibbert
Jamestown Ave
Fayetteville
N.C
Hugh M. Robbins
Alta A. Robbins
Pollard Ave
Lawton
Oklo
Quang Ngai
7Th Fleet
Midway
Boldest U S venture space shot set to go
McDivitt and White, college chums chosen for Gemini 4, relax before liftoff from Cape Kennedy. After medical clearance and a check of the 7,200 pound capsule and Titan-2 booster, weather looks favorable for a 9 a.m. EST Thursday launch on a four day, 1,650,000 mile mission. Flight plans are reviewed with Kraft and Gilruth as countdown begins.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Cape Kennedy
UPS
U. S
James McDivitt
Edward White
Space
Russia
Hitches
McDivitt
White
Special Weather Bureau
Space Flight Advisors
Christopher C. Kraft
Houston Manned Spacecraft Center
Robert R. Gilruth
Kraft
Houston
Federal Space Agency
Weather Warm And Breezy Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley and vicinity expect partly cloudy warm and breezy conditions with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. High near 84 with a low around 62, then upper 70s Thursday. River Greenbrier and Lake remain normal and clear with a new 2.2 ft gauge at Hinton. High 103 in Presidio Texas and low 32 in Greenville Maine. Five day WV temperatures near normal with scattered showers tapering to more general rain by Sunday. total rainfall around one inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Presidio
Tex
Greenville
Maine
West Virginia
Profile Of An Astronaut Ed White Spaceman With Sense Of Humor
CAPE KENNEDY UPI Ed White known for wit among Gemini astronauts stands out as a talkative partner to Jim McDivitt in Gemini 4 plans. Born in San Antonio and a West Point graduate, White earned a master’s in aeronautical engineering and joined NASA in 1962. He and McDivitt, younger by a year, share a Texan humor and a family with two children. White, piloting Gemini 4, earned the chance to become America’s first spacewalker by opening the hatch and standing up to look at space.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Ed White
Standee
U.S
White
Jim McDivitt
McDivitt
San Antonio
Edward H. White
St. Petersburg
Fla
West Point
MecDivitt
University of Michigan
Patricia Eileen Finegan
Washington, D.C
Edward
Bonnie Lynn
America
George E. Mueller
Space Agency
White's Space Walk Risks and Intrigue in Gemini Four
UPI reports from Cape Kennedy describe Edward H. White II preparing for a potential space walk during the Gemini 4 mission. Vivid details of Earth from space, the Titan-2 launch stage, and the dangers posed by meteoroids and suit depressurization frame a step-by-step, cautious approach to this historic event.
Pearl Buck Birthplace Opens to Tourists on June 7
Jim Comstock announces the Pearl Buck birthplace at Hillsboro Pocahontas County will host public tours starting June 7. The site will display all of Miss Buck's books including foreign translations with the Museum of the Hills moved to the Pearl Buck house and outbuildings. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm weekdays and 2 to 5 pm Sundays.
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Pearl S. Buck
Hillsboro
Pocahontas County
Jim Comstock
Comstock
the Hillbilly
Richwood
Buck
Miss Buck
Museum of the Hills
Pearl Buck
Elliott Roosevelt elected Miami Beach mayor wins seat
Elliott Roosevelt son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the Miami Beach mayoral race defeating incumbent Melvin Richards. Other briefs note U S stockpiling nuclear weapons in Europe amid Soviet buildup and CAB rejection of an in flight entertainment ban. Lyndon B Johnson visits the Virgin Islands on vacation while LW Abel sees a possible steel contract before September 1. Rockefeller signs death penalty repeal. Eisenhower hosts White House dinner. Luci Baines Johnson distributes mementos at graduation. Alfred K Hays named deputy beer commissioner. a Wheeling Steel board reorganization occurs in California. Republican leaders push for measures to counter Communists in South Viet Nam amid tax cuts and civil rights protests.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami Beach
Melvin Richards
United States
Europe
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Board
International Airlines
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virgin Islands
Caribbean
Washington
United Steelworkers
LW. Abel
House Committee On Government Operations
James Kee
D-W.va
Jennings Randolph
Senate
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sing Sing
Johnson
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Coordinating Committee
Luci Baines Johnson
National Cathedral Episcopal Girls’ School
Helen Linde
South
Viet Nam
House
Congress
Mississippi
Jurors Excused in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Raleigh County Circuit Judge Knapp announced that all jurors summoned for jury service on Tuesday are excused and need not report until June 14. All cases set before that date have been disposed of.
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Raleigh County
Knapp
Stock Market Glance at Noon Dow, Rails, Utilities Slide
Dow Jones at 905.02, down 3.51. Rails at 201.18, off 1.98. Utilities 159.09, down 1.00 with 65 stocks at 311.54, off 1.83. Sales to noon reach 2,610,000 shares.
Johnson orders 2000 Marines pulled from Dominican Republic
President Johnson announced during his 43rd news conference that 2,000 U.S. Marines would be withdrawn from the Dominican Republic while warning that a strong and sustained peace effort remains. He noted a reduced force level from a peak after last April and cited ongoing Communist influence and propaganda concerns as justification for continued U.S. backing of OAS efforts for a peaceful settlement. He outlined two tasks: form a broadly based government under OAS leadership and begin reconstruction. He also mentioned requesting an $89 million special appropriation.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Caribbean
Jose A Mora
Organization of American States
OAS
Mora
White House
Congress
Small Mines Bill Approved by House Amid Debate
The U S House approved 335 to 43 a bill extending the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act to small mines with 14 or fewer workers. The measure expands inspector authority to shut down dangerous operations, enlarges the safety board, and authorizes 500000 dollars in matching funds for a state coal mine safety education program.
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Washington
Federal Coal Mine Safety Board
United Mine Workers
Memorial Day Toll Reaches 490 in Traffic Deaths
A final count from the National Safety Council shows 490 people were killed in traffic accidents during Memorial Day weekend. The council called the toll tragic proof that many Americans lack driving skills for today’s heavy traffic conditions.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
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Kopperston
Helen and Herndon
W. B. Ross
J. J. Ketz
Stotesbury
Karen Wickline
Register
Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
UPL
Buta
Paulis
Stanleyville
REP
Arch Moore
D.R
Boldest
Bank of Raleigh
F.D.L.C
AL Rossiter Jr
Earth
Edward H. White II
Pearl Buck Home
Alfred K. Hays
Parkersburg
State Beer Commission
Julius George
Charleston
Paul Clair Yoho
Walker
Wood County
U. S. 52
Carroll County
Virginia
Robert M. Morris
Wheeling Steel Co
Fullerton
Calif
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