Vatican sets June 19 Conclave to pick pope successor
Mourners fill St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Pope John XXIII lies in state. Vatican announces College of Cardinals will meet June 19 to begin selecting his successor with voting to start the next day and continue until a two thirds majority is reached.
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John XXIII
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Catafalque
Christendom
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St. Peter
College of Cardinals
John
Paper Asked To Drop Discrimination Issue in Beckley
Raleigh County centennial leaders urge The Register to stop reporting racial problems in Beckley Elks Little League to persuade National Little League headquarters to move the Senior Division World Series back. Stirratt and Bradford defend the move citing atmosphere and alleged sponsor tensions, while officials say no discrimination was found and Beckley remains integrated.
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Donald Meadows Register
George B. Chambers
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Sid Larrick
The
Elks Lodge
Register
Elks Little League
Chambers
Larrick
John Hodel
National Little League
West Virginia
Frank Barksdale
Little League
National Headquarters
Stirratt
Marv Bradford
Stirrat
Beckley
Elks Club
Racial discrimination at Beckley Little League sparks call for action
Editorial urges focus on stopping racial bias in Beckley Little League rather than debating hosting the world series. It cites Rabbi Izzy Wein, Rev. J. A. Richards Jr., and the Human Rights Commission demanding a meeting with Little League sponsors, while noting only one Negro boy has reached tryouts in years and urging immediate correction.
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Little League
Beckley
Register
Izzy Wein
J. A. Richards, Jr
Human Rights Commission
Post-Herald
Robert H. Stirratt
Little League, Inc
Associated Press
George Springer
Charleston Gazette
George McLaughlin
Toynbee warns of population rise at world food meet
Historian Arnold J. Toynbee, speaking at a 100 nation food conference in Washington, says even after conquering pestilence, war and crop failure, humanity will face a fourth peril the thundering tramp of overpopulation. He proposes a worldwide agency to manage global food production and distribution.
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Washington
World Food Congress
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Toynbee
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Weather and weather talk from Beckley area
Mostly cloudy with showers and thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Highs 70s, tonight partly cloudy with lows 56 to 60. Thursday mostly sunny and warm. Temperatures last 24 hours show 69 noon, 57 overnight, rising to 62 at 12:30 pm. Also notes on Oak Hill and Powe Worts weather, river conditions, and regional temperature outlook. World food talk quoted from FAO conference with Toynbee and Freeman on food production and abundance.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Wort Ioc
Rioting Erupts In Iran After Religious Leader Arrest
In Tehran and other cities violent anti government clashes left eight dead and at least 30 injured as rioters set fire to government buildings and vehicles. Police and troops used machine guns and tanks while authorities claimed control.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Rouhollah Khomenini
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Jehangir Taffarelli
United Press International
Helicopter lands in Paris after 35 hour Atlantic flight
A US Air Force Sikorsky CH38B helicopter completed a 3975 mile 35 hour flight from Otis AFB Massachusetts via Labrador Baffin Bay Greenland Iceland and Scotland to Le Bourget Airport Paris arriving at 12 50 p m 7 50 a m EDT The craft on display at the 25th International Salon and Air Show of Aeronautics and Space June 7 16 The flight followed a July 1952 transatlantic hop by two UH-19s from Westover Massachusetts to Wiesbaden Germany.
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UPS
le Bourget
Atlantic Ocean
U. S. Air Force
Westover
Mass
Wiesbaden
Germany
Local Mass For Pone Scheduled Thursday
Requiem High Mass will be sung at 8 a m Thursday in St Francis de Sales Church for Pope John XXIII with Father Sylvester Staud as celebrant. A service of the dead will follow and there will be an absolution of the corpse. Such services are being held in Roman Catholic churches worldwide.
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Roman Catholic
Pope John XXIII
Sylvester Staud
Unkle Nabob Declines Graveyard Fence Donation
Sherwood Glutz reports Unkle Nabob refused a Salvation Army plea to fund a graveyard fence. He joked about Santa Claus and Santa’s drum while noting locals cannot access the yard and no one can enter.
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Salvation Army
Soviets Plan More Manned Space Shots in 1963
At a COSPAR meeting in Warsaw, Prof. Anatoly Blagonravov outlined new Soviet spaceman launches for 1963 after a 10 month gap, with two unmanned flights toward Venus and Mars and more small satellites. U.S. plans include 10 satellites this year and a further manned flight within 18 months, with Gemini postponed.
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UPI
Anatoly Blagonravov
Department of Technical Sciences
U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
International Committee For Outer Space Research
Cospar
Richard Porter
U.S
Blagonravov
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Blagonrayov
Venus
Mars
Porter
United States
Explosion Not Ruled Out In Disaster Anchorage Crash
Wreckage and human remains from a Northwest Orient DC7 crash in the Gulf of Alaska were expected to reach Ketchikan aboard the Coast Guard cutter Sorrell. Investigators will begin operations at Annette Island to determine cause, with Coast Guard officials noting the blast or extreme impact could explain the sudden disappearance of all 101 aboard. No survivors found. debris spotted by Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Anchorage
Cmdr
Owen Siter
Coast Guard
Ketchikan
Siler
Royal Canadian Air Force
Kennedy presses business leaders on desegregation pace
Washington UP I reports President Kennedy hosted 100 executives from firms with southern outlets at the White House. Att y Gen Kennedy and Vice President Johnson joined in urging rapid voluntary desegregation to counter rising Negro demands. Executives from Drug Fair Stores Redstone Management and Lintz Department Stores expressed broad support. They noted cities such as Dallas Chicago Philadelphia and New York as problem centers and discussed possible legislation to enforce equal facilities.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Milton L. Elsberg
Alexandria
Drug Fair Stores
Kennedy
Sumner Redstone
Redstone Management
Boston
Joseph E. Chastain
Lintz Department
Dallas
Tex
Chastain
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Ole Miss Admits Second Negro Student Today
United Press International reports the University of Mississippi admits its second Negro student today with federal troops on campus. Gov. Ross Barnett may visit Oxford to urge the student to turn back, though sources say he won’t block entrance. Enrollment actions also touch Chattanooga and Alabama, where demonstrations and court rulings loom amid ongoing desegregation tensions.
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United Press International
University of Mississippi
Bayonet Point
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Oxford
Miss
Barnett
Cleve McDowell
James H. Meredith
University of Chattanooga
Birmingham
Ala
Seybroun H. Lynne
Alabama
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Jackson
Sidney Mize
Biloxi
UMW Hospital Sale Talks Stall Over Price Dispute
Negotiations to sell 10 United Mine Workers hospitals to the United Presbyterian Church stalled after the UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund refused to justify its 9.5 million price. Under Secretary Roosevelt urged the Miners’ Fund to be present as a party or observer, delaying a plan to fund the purchase with an Area Redevelopment Administration grant. Hospitals at Man and Beckley, West Virginia, and Beckley are operated at a deficit by the union.
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UPI
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United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Presbyterian Mission
Area Redevelopment Administration
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
UMW
Roosevelt
Miners’ Fund
Man
Logan County
Beckley
Union
Doctor K joins ranks as West Virginia GP of the Year
Dr Vernon L Dyer a Grant County physician since 1919 in Petersburg is named General Practitioner of the Year by the West Virginia State Medical Association He will receive the award at the 96th annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs August 22 24 Dyer helped found Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg and has long served Rural Health Committee and led Potomac Valley Medical Society as president and secretary
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UPI
Grant County
Petersburg
West Virginia
Vernon L. Dyer
State Medical Association
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia State Medical Association
Dyer
Grant Memorial Hospital
Potomac Valley Medical Society
Methodists Open Annual Meeting in Buckhannon
The Methodist Church opened its five day West Virginia Conference in Buckhannon with over 1,200 delegates and 300 guests. Delegates will study reports from 48 church groups including the Board of Christian Social Concern pushing Negro church integration within the conference.
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The
Methodist Church
West Virginia
Board of Christian Social Concern
Unopposed Mayor Candidate Beaten in Clark County Balloting
Municipal Elections highlight cross 160 towns in Clark County. Mid dlebourne saw John Cline defeat write in rival Cunningham 81 to 62. Tyler County towns elected councilmen Weekley Spencer Jamison Carpenter McHenry. Welch approved a 50 000 bond for streets with 405 to 5 against. Grafton rejected annexation but elected Hill Murray Lansperry. Wheeling incumbents held four of 11 seats. Clarkburg and Bridgeport re elected officials and approved library levy.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Clark Cunningham
Middlebourne
John Cline
Cunningham
Tyler County
Landis Weekley
Justus Spencer
Paul Jamison
Robert Carpenter
Tim McHenry
Welch
Grafton
Bill Hill
William Murray
Albert Lansperry
Wheeling
James L. Rogers
Harry J
Dubie) Dailer
Charles L. Shienfeld
J. Joseph Gilligan
Verne V. O'Leary
Frank
Phil) McKown
Jim QO. Smith
Albert D. Howe
Fred A Meredith
Fred A. Grewe Jr
Thomas X. Gallaway
McKown
Mae A. Hughes
Council
Grewe
Frank A. ‘O’brien
Charles A Schnerlein
Smith
Howe
Albert L. Winters
Clarksburg
Richard Lynch
William Lear
Bernard Berry
Bridgeport
Amos Morgan
Gene Cottrill
Phil Sheets
Richard Stutler
Kenneth Williams
James Alfred
Paul Hawkins
A. W. Edmundson
Buckhannon
J. D. Hinkle Jr
Myron B. Hymes Jr
Charles Poundstone
Howard Gaston
Gibson Memorial Library
Incumbents Ousted in Four Area Towns Fitful Mayoral Races
In four area towns voters ousted incumbents in Tuesday elections. Sophia chose O. A. Phillips as mayor with 231 votes, Mabscott elected B. C. Sisk, and Rhodell picked Sam Lilly, all new mayors starting July 1. Lester kept Mayor Charles E. Cook as Citizens won with only 63 voters. Unofficial results show mixed incumbents and newcomers across the ballots.
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Mabscott
Rhodell
Lester
Citizens Party
O. A. Phillips
Sam Lilly
B. C. Sisk
Charles E. Cook
Raymond Rose
Ernest Nichols
Arden Doss
Tony Romeo
Raymond Polk
Troy Martin
James Salyer
James B. Deck
Fred X Williams
Donald Stone
W. F. Tolliver
John D. Branham
C. C. Ryles
John C. Gravely
Earl Arbaugh
Everett Godbey
Fred Davis
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