Red China boycotts Soviet bloc COMECON summit
Moscow reports China will not attend the COMECON conference with Albania barred from the talks. The absence signals a Moscow Beijing rift over destalinization and West policy. Leaders from the bloc states attend a closed Kremlin plenary to discuss economic issues and wider tensions, while China stays as an observer or distant participant.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UP1
China Today
Albania
China
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
East Germany
Kremlin
Council For Mutual Economic Assistance
Comecon
Soviet Bloc
Berlin
Germany
Yugoslavia
Peiping
Comecom
Liu Shiao
Mysterious witness under FBI guard in Hoffa probe
David Probstein, an Indianapolis attorney, reappeared in federal grand jury proceedings after seven years in hiding. He is under protective custody as the grand jury continues its probe into the State Cab Co. run with Hoffa era funds. Probstein had vanished after a loan from Hoffa and could have been legally dead at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
David Probstein
FBI
Probstein
State Cab Co
Indianapolis
Hoffa
Grand Jury
U.S
Names Matter Less Than They Seem in Public View
Column discusses how names carry meaning and potential impact, citing examples from Billie Sol Estes to a legal name change. The writer muses on given names' power, noting that even Rebecca’s meaning "firm" misfits her questioning nature, and jokes about alternative names like Sincere Determination or Spear of Fame.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Louisiana
Joe Joseph Josephs
Rose
Julie Lee Marsh
Julia Lee
America
Joan
Roger Blough
U. S. Steel
Spear of Fame
Roger
Rebecca
Billie Sol
Two-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Coal River
In Whitesville, two-year-old Cathy Carr was found dead in Coal River near her Maxine home. The child wandered off while playing with a dog. search efforts by ADC, sheriff deputies, and volunteers were hampered by mud, and her body was recovered from under a log about a quarter mile from home at 8:30 a.m. The body awaits funeral arrangements at Valley Funeral Home.
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Whitesville
RNS
Cathy Carr
ADC
Maxine
Eloise Carr
Sheriff's Deputies
Carr
Mobster Bufalino Cleared For Deportation
Russell Bufalino, 58, of Kingston Pennsylvania, an alleged Apalachin Gang member arrested in 1957, won no relief as Judge Edward A. Tamm denied his appeal of the deportation order. He entered the United States as a child from Italy, had been ordered deported in 1958 for re entering without documents after a Bahamas fishing trip and failing to file an alien address card. His attorney said the ruling would be appealed and a stay sought pending appeal.
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Washington
UPI
Russell Bufalino
Kingston
Edward A. Tamm
Bufalino
Immigration Service
Italy
U. S
Bahamas
Tamm
Woman Gives Birth To Second Son At Same Time
Mrs Gloria Clark of Utica Michigan was patient No 5359 at St Joseph Hospital Mount Clemens on Wednesday at 447 am she delivered a son matching the time and date of last year's birth. Her husband John 22 works for Fisher Body GM to keep production on schedule.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Gloria Clark
Utica
St.Joseph Hospital
John
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Jury Urges Zeller to Fire Lakin Officials
A Mason County grand jury urged State Mental Health Director Charles A. Zeller to dismiss lax administrative officials at Lakin State Hospital. The 16 member panel cited a State Police probe and its own observations showing lax operation and maintenance. It praised Zeller’s work but urged removal of problematic staff and recommended continued investigations.
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PT. Pleasant
UPI
Mason County
Grand
Charles A. Zeller
Lakin State Hospital
James Lee Baimer
Yoo
Zeller
Erages
Huttonsville
State Public Institutions Department
West Virginia Weather Outlook For Today And Friday
Mostly sunny and pleasant with highs of 75 to 81 degrees. Clear and cool tonight with lows in the 40s to 50s. Rivers near normal. new gauge at Hinton records 2.5 feet.
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Rye Oak Hill
Peel
Goa
Hinton
Beckley First Stop On Nationwide Farm Tour
Beckley will be the initial stop on a 2,600 mile farm tour led by Forest Harmon. From Winston Salem area, two bus loads of farmers will visit Grandview State Park Beckley Farmers Market and New River Livestock Market on July 7 meeting H B Thomas. The itinerary covers Beckley Cincinnati Chicago Des Moines Topeka Omaha Kansas City St Louis Louisville Knoxville and Asheville with stops at potato fields of Minor Scott and Jim Bob Beatty.
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Beckley
Winston-Salem
N. C
H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
Forest H. Harmon
Winston- Salem
Thomas
West Virginia Turnpike
Grandview State Park
Beckley Farmers Market
New River Livestock Market
Scott
Jim Bob Beatty
Table Rock
Charles Hodel
Harmon
Cincinnati
Chicago
Des Moines
Topeka
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Louisville
Knoxville
Asheville
State Dunned For $800,000 Right-of-Way Repayment
Beckley Parkersburg and Oak Hill projects face repayment to the U S Bureau of Public Roads after the agency found missing documentation on right-of-way costs. SRC will hire appraisers to recheck valuations in hopes of reversing the demand. If required this year, the repayment reshapes the state road program.
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Beckley
Parkersburg
Oak Hill
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Burl A. Sawyers
SRC
Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Sawyers
Oakwood Avenue
Garfield Avenue
Bureau
Sawyers fires three in right of way department
Charleston UPI Burl Sawyers State Road Commissioner announces dismissal June 15 of Edwin J. Upton right of way supervisor and James Alfred Taylor III assistant director to legal and right of way chief Henry C. Bias Jr. Also notes May 22 firing of Quenton J. Sparkes head of cemetery relocation. No evidence of official misconduct found. Upton and Taylor worked on programs investigated by a congressional committee and the Bureau of Public Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Burl A.sawyers
SRC
Sawyers
Deen
Edwin J. Upton
James Alfred Taylor III
Henry C. Bias Jr
Upton
Taylor
Quenton J. Sparkes
Congressional Committee
Bureau of Public Roads
Dooley Medal Presented by Kennedy in 1963
President Kennedy awarded the Congressional Medal posthumously to Dr. Thomas A. Dooley III in a White House ceremony. The medal went to Dooley the elder Mrs. Thomas E. Dooley II of St. Louis received the gold medal at the Chief Executive's office. The same report notes other 1963 events including Stuart T. Saunders joining labor policy advisory post, bids scrutiny in Philadelphia, Betancourt's Venezuela support, Sgt. Alvin C. York leaving hospital, McCloskey named ambassador to Ireland, May auto sales record and Eisenhower's Normandy anniversary observation.
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Kennedy
Thomas A. Dooley III
Thomas E. Dooley II
St. Louis
Stuart T. Saunders
Norfolk & Western Railway
Philadelphia
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Alvin C. York
Nashville
Pall Mall
Tenn
Matthew H. McCloskey
Democratic National Committee
U.S
Ireland
E. Grant Stockdale
Grace abandons return to Hollywood with Monaco duties
Princess Grace of Monaco announced she will not return to films, saying she may never act again. In Nice Matin she explained schedule issues led her to drop plans to appear in Hitchcock's Marnie, adding that filming would interfere with her official duties in Monaco.
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Monte Carlo
UPI
Monaco
Grace
Hollywood
Nice Matin
Marnie
Alfred Hitchcock
OAS Resumes Conflict Ensuing Fire in Algiers
In Algiers three Moslems were killed and another injured as university buildings burned after OAS gunmen struck. In Oran security forces surrounded central areas while searching for a clandestine transmitter. The OAS ended its cease-fire, then bombs hit Hussein Dey post office and a bar gunfight left seven OAS members dead. Overall Algeria incidents raised fatalities to nine and injuries to seven, amid renewed hostilities. France-linked police operations continued in Oran and Algiers as authorities reported daily clashes.
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Algiers
UPI
Secret Army Co
OAS
Oran
Hussein Dey
Hussein-Dey
Algeria
Centennial Chairman Presses Name Change for West Virginia
Centennial Commission Chairman Charles Hodel declares serious intent to rename the state from West Virginia to Lincoln, seeking a distinct identity apart from Virginia. He outlines procedures and plans another release while acknowledging citizen approval is required. Governor Barron questioned seriousness as Morgantown Post and Fairmont Times weigh in.
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Barron
West Virginia
Lincoln
Centennial Commission
Charles Hodel
Virginia
Union
Hodel
Morgantown Post
Fairmont Times
Democratic
National Spelling Bee narrows to two finalists
The 35th National Spelling Bee trimmed contestants to Nettie Crawford of Roswell New Mexico and Michael Day of Hardin Illinois after 661 words were read. Eight spellers were eliminated in round 15 leaving two fighters for the crown as 10 boys and 21 girls remained on day two. Mary Ellen Brewer of Mt Healthy Ohio erred on defilade by adding an extra letter. A separate Estes probe setback saw Robert Manuel fired for leaking confidential information as tensions rise over farm operation inquiries and witness Dr James T Ralph was removed for Estes long distance billing.
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Mary Ellen Brewer
Mt. Healthy
Ohio
James T. Ralph
Agriculture Department
Estes
UPI
Manuel
James Naughton
Majority
NKIC Rocket Material Open Arrives for Government Contract
NKIC announces arrival of materials in Tulsa for the $1.7 million government contract to manufacture rocket tube containers at the Oak Hill Plant. Glenn G. McCarroll says government inspectors have approved the materials and preliminary production tubes will be ready for testing within 2 3 days. The Army Chemical Corps will conduct drop humidity fungus and leakage tests after samples are prepared. A further contract of about $500,000 for containers is expected to be awarded within days per NKIC president Harrison O. Ash.
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New Kanawha Industrial Corp
Tulsa, Okla
Oak Hill
Glenn G. McCarroll
McCarroll
McCarroll Disc
Army Chemical Corps
N Kic
Harrison O. Ash
Bs Oe
Nancy Walker Enjoys Fun Day After Spelling Bee
Regis ter’s tri county spelling champ Nancy Walker spends hours at an amusement park with finalists Becky Richardson Judy Smith and Roberta Thomas. Nancy and Becky win a pizza eating contest and the group plans a Mount Vernon tour and banquet with prize money for all spellers. Nancy reacts calmly to her Bee fate and looks forward to home.
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Washington
Register
Nancy Walker
Nancy
Becky Richardson
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Judy Smith
Covington
Roberta Thomas
Orlando
Heaven
Becky
Peggy Kessinger
Roberta
Judy
Central America
Honduras
Mount Vernon
Baltimore
The
National Bee
Ested
Prince
States Copter Pilot Killed At Fort Hood
The body of SP 5 Glen Elkins of Kenova, a three time father, will be returned from Fort Hood Texas for burial after a burned Army helicopter accident. An unidentified man from Cleveland died with him when the helicopter became entangled in high tension lines at Fort Hood.
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Huntington
UPS
Glen
Stock Averages at Noon Dow Up But Utilities Fall
The Dow Jones industrial average reached 604.20, up 0.29 points at noon. The 20 rail averages stood at 126.87, up 0.19 while the 65 stock index slipped 0.07 to 208.71 and the utilities average was at 113.56, down 0.46. Volume reached 1,080,000 shares.
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Dow Jones
Farmer Uses Split-Second Courage To Save Neighbor Girl
White Rock South Dakota farmer Norman Doll father of ten acted in seconds when a bank gave way sending his son Dennis 11 and neighbor girl Judy Lehman 14 into swollen Creek. Doll swam to the girl and pulled her to shore before tragedy claimed his son as the water swept him away.
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White Rock
S.D
UPI
Norman Doll
Doll
South Dakota
Dennis
Judy Lehman
Untitled terse note about a job and illness
A brief line notes someone getting sick and the others involved in the work. The exact details about who, where, and when are unclear in the fragment.
Centennial Visitors To See Iris Display
West Virginia Centennial Commission announced a display of the world's outstanding tall bearded iris collection in Charleston next Monday. Local American Iris Society members plant the exhibit around an Adena mound along the Kanawha River between Dunbar and Nitro, featuring more than 500 iris varieties, many not yet commercially available.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Five Arab Nations Sign Economic Unity Pact in Cairo
In Cairo on Wednesday five Arab states the United Arab Republic Syria Jordan Kuwait and Morocco signed an economic unity pact. It creates a joint economic council to remove tariff barriers speed labor and capital movement and provide free harbor use.
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Cairo
UPI
United Arab Republic
Syria
Jordan
Kuwait
Morocco
Joint Economic Council
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Lowell, Mass
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Peebles
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