Armed Man Questioned Man Dead in North Carolina Riots
A white man died and a news photographer was hurt during a racial riot at a Lexington intersection in North Carolina. About 2,000 whites advanced on 50 Negroes, throwing rocks and bottles, prompting state troopers to restore order. One gunshot killed Fred Link, 24, another hit photographer Art Richardson. a man named William Tate was detained for questioning. Nearby cities saw related desegregation tensions and arrests.
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United Press International
Lexington
N.C
Fred Link
Art Richardson
William Tate
North Carolina
Greensboro
Wallace Eyes Collision with Federal Authority Over Enrollments
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Governor Wallace defies a federal injunction to block two Negroes from University of Alabama enrollment. Federal troops could be sent if Wallace blocks entrances. Wallace vows to keep his covenant while late registration for the summer term continues this week.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala
UPI
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Washington
Wallace
Huntsville
Montgomery
Seybourn Lynne
Alabama
Federal troops may be used to integrate Alabama
Washington reports the federal government is prepared to use troops to integrate the University of Alabama next week if Gov. Wallace resists. Officials say marshalling troops is a last resort and that the decision rests with Wallace, with Clemson cited as a peaceful precedent. The administration plans civil rights legislation to empower the Justice Department to sue in civil rights cases.
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Washington
UPI
University of Alabama
George Wallace
U.S
Alabama
Clemson
Clemson College
South Carolina
Wallace
Congress
Justice Department
Death of Judge Watkins May Delay Court
UPI reports death of U S District Court Judge Harry Watkins at 64 from a heart attack in Fairmont after addressing Marion County Bar Association. He served since 1937, born 1898 in Watson, WV, taught at Fairmont State, WVU law grad, WWI veteran, survived by wife Margaret Lehman and daughters Mrs. Robert B. Point and Mrs. Kacy I. Rice Jr. Funeral plans incomplete. The Kanawha County reapportionment suit may not be significantly delayed, per Judge John Field Jr. and anticipated replacement Judge Charles F. Paul.
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Wheeling
Watkins
Jurist
Watson
Monongah
Jesse T
Molly R. Watkins
Fairmont State Teachers College
West Virginia University
United States District Court
West Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fairmont
13Th Service Co
U. S. Signal Corps
Margaret Lehman
American Legion
U. S. Judicial Conference
Robert B. Point
Kacy I. Rice Jr
Martinsburg
Police Threatened For Making Raids In Allegheny County
Ten Allegheny County police officers were ordered to halt unauthorized raids or face suspension or dismissal. Their attorney Rolf Larsen threatened a grand jury probe into the department, noting the commissioners’ order to stop all activities without explicit superior consent.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny County
Rolf Larsen
Quarter Sessions Court
Larsen
Civil Service Commission
Commission
William D. McClelland
John E. Mc
Grady
Allegheny Countty
Shockey Resigns as Mount Hope Coach Over Duties
Mount Hope High School coach Jack Shockey steps down from all sports after leading the Mustangs to a 10 0 regular season record in football and strong showings in basketball and track. He cites duties too great and says an agreement to drop one sport couldn’t be worked out. He plans to teach another year and may stay at Mount Hope if a solution is reached.
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Tim Massey
Register
Jack Shockey
Mount Hope High School
Shockey
The
Register Today
Blaine Tanner
Mustangs
Mount Hope
President Kennedy Ships to California Dem Dinner Tour
President Kennedy continues his Navy demonstrations after an overnight cruise aboard USS Kitty Hawk. He flies to China Lake, then Beverly Hills for a closed Democratic donor dinner, urging continued contributions to the party war chest. He cites sea power as essential to security and plans more political events in Los Angeles.
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Kitty Hawk
UPI
Kennedy
Mojave Desert
California
China Lake
Naval Ordnance Testing
Calif
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Beverly Hills
President’s Club of
Los Angeles
Democratic Party
Cuba
Santa Monica Beach
Peter Lawford
Hawaii
National Conference of Mayors
Nine Day Funeral Rites Begin For Pope John XXIII
Vatican City observes nine days of services in St. Peter's for Pope John XXIII who died at 81 from a suspected stomach cancer. His body lies entombed in the basilica grottoes as the College of Cardinals prepares a secret conclave to elect his successor. More than a million mourners viewed the papal remains, and calls for sainthood emerge amid tributes to his brief yet impactful reign. Stefan Wyszynski and Mindszenty attendances are noted while non‑Italian papal prospects gain attention.
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Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
St. Peter’s
Christendom
Sacred College of Cardinals
John
St. John
Papa Santo
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Rome
Europe
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Poland
Joszef
Mindszenty
Hungary
U.S
Budapest
Hadrian VI
Gregory Peter Cardinal Agagianian
Armenia
Soviet Union
Queen Declines Profumo Bid in Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II declined to meet John Profumo and allowed his request to cancel the Tuesday protocol call at Buckingham Palace as he surrenders seals of office. In a separate court ruling, Aloysius Gordon was jailed for three years for assaulting Christine Keeler, whose affair with Profumo sparked Britain’s major political furor since the abdication crisis.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth II
John Profumo
Profumo
Buckingham Palace
Aloysius
Lucky) Gordon
Christine Keeler
Britain
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Prominent Sophia man Jess Attili dies in road crash
Jess Attili, 49, owner of the Sophia Meat Market, was killed when his car collided with an unlit bulldozer on Airport Road between Bluefield and Princeton. His wife Julia, son Leo, and siblings-in-law Dino Brugnolia and Mrs. Andonia Sylvester were injured and hospitalized. police suspect vandals moved the bulldozer onto the highway amid fog. Leo Attili, driver of the demolished 1959 car, recently graduated from West Virginia University College of Law. The family was returning from viewing the body of Mrs. Attili’s brother, Diro Thornhill, who died Tuesday with funeral set at Craven's Funeral Home. Born July 1914 in Switchback, Attili was the son of Nick and Sidalmi Attili. The inquiry notes reference an obituary column on page 2.
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Jess Attili
Bluefield
Princeton
Attili
Julia
Leo
Atti
West Virginia University College of Law
Attill
Diro Thornhill
Thornhill
McComas
Craven
Montcalm
Switchback
Sophia Man
Nick and
Sidalmi Antillio Attili
Oper
Weather Cloudy, humid, with scattered showers forecast
Beckley area expected cloudy and warm with showers this afternoon and tonight. Low 60 to 66. Saturday cloudy with more showers and thunderstorms. highs in the 70s. Recent temps show highs near 72 today and lows around 60s, winds from the north at 4 mph. River gauges at Greenbrier normal, Lake Bluestone normal with 2.7 gates open, new gauge at Hinton 2.6 ft.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Hinton
Thresher Probe Report Is Due
A Navy court of inquiry has reached its secret decision on what caused the Thresher to sink. Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin will hand a three part report to Admiral Harold Page Smith in Norfolk for review before it is sent to Secretary Korth in Washington for public disclosure. The probe into the April 11 disaster that killed 129 men has lasted eight weeks and concerns a $45 million nuclear submarine.
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Navy
Thresher
Bernard L. Austin
Naval War College
Newport
R.I
Norfolk
Harold Page Smith
Bible Reading Squabble Heats Up at National Council
NEW YORK UPS A special committee of the National Council of Churches may revise a controversial pronouncement on Bible reading in public schools to avert a split. The Greek Orthodox Church threatened withdrawal over the stance aligning with the Supreme Court ruling against the Regents prayer. Archdiocese rep warned the statement could be seen as a repudiation of God.
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New York
UPS
National Council of Churches
Greek Orthodox Church of
North and South America
Council
U.S. Supreme Court
God
Rare native chestnut tree nears maturity on Plumley farm
A solitary native chestnut tree on Robert Plumley’s farm near Abraham, survivor of the 1920s blight, has grown to about 30 feet tall with a 20 inch circumference. It bore several nuts last year. Plumley’s sons Jerry Ray, Robert Jr, Jerrell Lee stand beneath its spreading branches with cousin Charles Smith Beckley shown nearby.
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Longfellow
Robert Plumley
Abraham
Plumley
Jerry Ray
Robert Jr
Jerrell Lee
Charles Smith
C. C. (Smitty) Smith
Beckley
Editorial calls for George Chambers to resign as Centennial chair
The Raleigh County Centennial chairman George Chambers should resign for suppressing Centennial Parade coverage during the Register’s stance against segregation in the Elks Little League. He and Syd Larrick visited the publisher to stop further light on segregation tactics, a rare coyness in publicity.
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George Chambers
Raleigh County
Register
Elks Little League
Marge Rhodes
Chambers
Syd Larrick
Stop the Register
the Elks
Little League
Chambers Should Resign Over Press Muzzling Remarks
The letter urges Chambers to resign for attempting to muzzle a free press with Larrick and criticizes his conduct in a telephone exchange about a Pennsylvania drum and bugle corps for the Centennial Parade. It condemns segregationist attitudes and calls for inclusive Centennial leadership for all West Virginians.
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Larrick
Chambers
Miss Rhodes
Pennsylvania
Little League
West
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