Pope John XXIII Was a Humble, Open Pontiff Who Bridged Eras
Pope John XXIII, the Italian peasant’s son who led half a billion Catholics, was warm and human, breaking tradition by inviting friends to meals. He summoned the Second Vatican Council, issued Pacem in Terris, and earned the Balzan Peace Prize for pushing peace and church reform in the modern era.
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William Sunderland
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Nikita Khrushchev
Alexei I. Adzhubei
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Pope John XXIII: Life Summary and Vatican Years
The article recalls Pope John XXIII born Angelo Roncalli in Sotto il Monte near Bergamo in 1881. It notes his rise from peasant son to spiritual leader, his many travels outside the Vatican, his openness to change, and his readiness for death. It highlights his early seminary training, ordination, and family background.
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Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
Sotto Il Monte
Under the Mountain
Bergamo
Italy
Giovanni Battista Roncalli
Marianna Mazzola Roncalli
Saverio
Alfredo
Giuseppe
Assunta
Sesto San Giovanni
Milan
Adda
Angelo
Rome
Pontifical Seminary
Nine Days Of Requiem Rites For Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII lay in regal attire in the Vatican Palace as cardinals and diplomats paid final respects. The nine days of requiem rites will begin with a procession to St Peter's Basilica after a solemn wake and declarations of mourning by Italian officials and the Holy See.
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William F. Sunderland
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Pontifical Library
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Machinery To Pick New Pope Set In Motion
In Rome, cardinals began preparatory congregations to arrange a conclave after Pope John XXIII died. Four leading candidates are Montini of Milan Agaianian Urbani and Lercaro. Cardinal Aloisi Masella ordered 82 cardinals to Vatican City to attend within 15 to 18 days. Voting starts on the second day in the Sistine Chapel.
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Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Milan
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Venice
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro
Bologna
Benedetto Cardinal
Aloisi Masella
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Apostolic Palace
World Mourning Crosses Religious and Political Lines
United presses report on Pope John XXIII's death shows a global outpouring. Leaders from Catholic, Protestant and other faiths, plus politicians and citizens, mourn a figure seen as a symbol of peace. Tass praised his efforts to end the cold war while Radio Warsaw and RFE noted varied reactions under communist regimes.
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Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
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Warsaw
Radio Free Europe
Munich
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RFE
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Adolf Schaerf
Willem A. Visser t’Hooft
World Council of Churches
Lord Fisher
Lambeth
Church of England
Fisher
Canterbury
Missing Plane Mystery Deepens As Bag Recovered
In Gulf of Alaska a bag is recovered from stormy seas linked to Northwest Orient DC7 Flight 293 missing with 101 aboard chartered by the Military Air Transport Service. Husky search hampered by squalls as Hosei Maru and Andrew Foss aid scene details.
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Military Air Transport Service
Pacific
Doctor Brooke resigns UMW Hospital post in Beckley
Dr. Deane F. Brooke, longtime area medical administrator for the United Mine Workers of America and Retirement Fund, resigned his duties effective June 1 and now lives in Samoa, Calif. Dr. Allen N. Coplin of Birmingham, Alabama, is appointed to the post and set to arrive in Beckley on June 20. Mrs Brooke also left for Samoa. she had served as director of Voluntary Service for the Raleigh County American Red Cross.
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United Mine Workers of America and Retirement Fund
Samona
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Allen N. Coplin
Birmingham
Ala
Beckley
Brooke
Samoa
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Missing Light Plane Seen At Summersville
A two person light plane en route from Roanoke Virginia to Alliance Ohio was sighted over Summersville Monday evening. Pilot Vernon Pelizaari of Sebring Ohio, flying a blue and white Bellanca, reported being lost with two hours fuel remaining and radio contact until 9 30 p m. CAP planned a search as weather improved.
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Excise Tax Extension Advances in House Ways & Means
Washington conservatives pushed a one year renewal of federal excise levies on liquor cigarettes automobiles telephone calls airline tickets and the corporate profits tax. The plan aims to preserve wartime rates with a July 1 sunset if Congress does not act.
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Hoffa faces charges in $20 million pension loan scheme
Indicted in Chicago on a 28 count federal case with eight men including Teamsters President James R. Hoffa. Accused of fraudulently obtaining loans from the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas pension fund and diverting over $1 million for personal gain. Names include Benjamin Dranow Abe Weinblatt S George Burris Herbert Burris Samuel Hyman Calvin Kovens Zachary Strate Jr. The fund serves more than 177,000 union members across 20 states.
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Zachary A. Strate Jr
New Orleans
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Teamsters’ Union
Woman Killed In Hinton Wreck
In Hinton near Talcott Road Audrey Vas cia Folmer 7 of Peace Springs Summers County died when her 1957 car left the highway and plunged over an embankment at 845 p m. Alphonso Mann and J E Mann of Talcott survived while Alphonso suffered a head injury. Police blamed excessive speed and noted prior area incidents including a Kroger crash and a courthouse area wreck that left one jailed for reckless and drunken driving.
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Peace Springs
Summers County
Talcott Road
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J. E. Mann
Talcott
Ronald Meadows
C. B. Dye
John Angotti
Kroger
Hinton Hospital
R. E. Webb
Hugh Frederick Sweeney
Summer St
First Avenue
Sweeney
Gardener Sherwood Glutz laments garden woes
Sherwood Glutz notes gardening used to be fun but now feels like self torture due to bean bugs. He jokes that aging makes a cast iron back with a hinge the real tool a gardener needs.
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Mary
Senior LL World Series Relocated From Beckley
The 1963 Senior Little League World Series will be moved to a new site away from Beckley. National Little League officials, including public relations director Robert Stirrat, said no new location has been chosen yet but Beckley is excluded due to racial problems connected with the local Elks Little League.
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Register
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Beckley
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Four West Virginia traffic fatalities raise toll to 144
West Virginia recorded four traffic deaths within 24 hours, bringing the year’s highway toll to 144, 18 fewer than a year ago. Basil E. Huddleston, 62, died in a Mason County wreck on W V 62. Mary Virginia Linn, 69, died after a car veered into her yard on a Fairmont street. Audrey V. Folmer, 47, perished in a W V 3 crash near Hinton. Joseph F. McNeel, 40, died when his car went over an embankment on W V 4 near Heaters.
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Basil E. Huddleston
W. Va
Mason County
Mary Virginia Linn
Fairmont
Robert Elliott
Fairmont East
Audrey V. Folmer
Peace Springs
Hinton
Joseph F. McNeel
Charleston
State Health Department
Heaters
Braxton County
Castro Returns From 37 Day Soviet Tour
Premier Fidel Castro arrived in Havana aboard a Soviet airliner after a 37 day tour of the Soviet Union. He said on his return that he would have a lot to say about the trip, which had been kept secret until landing in Cuba after departing April 26.
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Husbands Must Get Wife's Note To Choose Colors
A London decorators shop posts a window notice warning that husbands selecting paint colors must present a note signed by their wives. The quirky rule reflects a playful take on domestic color decisions and marriage dynamics in the capital.
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London
UPI
Harris, Patton and Gardner eliminated in British Amateur
Presstime Bulletin reports Labron Harris Jr. of Stillwater Oklahoma the U S amateur champion losing 2 and 1 to Lionel Smith of England in the British Amateur golf championship. Also eliminated are Billy Joe Patton and Bob Gardner.
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England
Billy Joe Patton
Bob Gardner
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