Viet Army Barracks Hit In South Vietnam Air Strikes
U S and South Vietnamese aircraft bombed two North Vietnamese camps, claiming several direct hits on army barracks. U.S. pilots reported 52 planes and nearly 100 sorties against the Communists as ground fighting left dozens of guerrillas killed and wounded near Da Nang. A large Chinese weapons cache was found on a Hue beach near the Viet Cong supply route.
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Saigon
UPN
U.S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South China Sea
Bien Hoa
Bon Homme Richard
Midway
Vinh
Hanoi
Chap le
da Nang
Hue
Dong Hoi
Gemini 4 astronauts recover in Atlantic after four day flight
Space Center Houston reports James McDivitt and Edward White were recovered in the Atlantic at 1:12 p.m. EDT after a four day mission. They declined pep pills, faced a computer failure, and were picked up by helicopter rather than awaiting the carrier Wasp.
Klan Parades Through Atlanta Upheld by Civil Rights Crackdown
United Press International reports the Georgia Ku Klux Klan held a silent parade on Peachtree Street in Atlanta with about 500 participants including two Klansmen linked to a white woman’s death. Grand Dragon Calvin Craig said the group will organize in Crawfordsville to oppose civil rights actions as a Hart Park rally drew roughly double the crowd.
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United Press International
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Calvin Craig
Crawfordsville
Traffic Mishaps Kill Four Over Weekend
Four persons died in West Virginia traffic accidents over the weekend. Roger Farmer of Volyn Logan County died when the car he rode in lost control on Section 14 near Logan and hit two trees Sunday. Jesse James Conrad 50 of Orlando Lewis County died in a one car crash on U S 60 near Rainelle Saturday. Noah S. McCumber 50 of Gip Braxton County was struck by a car while walking along West Virginia 16 near Arnoldsburg in Calhoun County Friday night.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Roger Farmer
Volyn
Logan County
Sec. 14
Logan
Jesse James Conrad
Orlando
Lewis County
U. S. 60
Rainelle
Noah S. McCumber
Gip
Braxton County
W. Va. 16
Arnoldsburg
Calhoun County
Weather Warm And Humid Beckley And Vicinity
Beckley area forecast calls for variable clouds with a 75 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, and 30 percent Tuesday. Gusty winds, high today near 81, tonight low around 62, Tuesday highs in the low 80s. River conditions Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear. new gauge at Hinton 2 ft. Five-day WV forecast: temperatures about 3 to 6 degrees above normal, warm humid period with rainfall around one inch mainly later in the period.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Blythe
Calif
Cut Bank
Kalispell
Lewiston
Mont
West Virginia
Judy Holliday dies of cancer after Oscar win
Judy Holliday, the intellectually brisk star who won an Oscar for playing a dumb blonde, died in New York at Mt. Sinai Hospital after a five year cancer battle. She would have turned 42 June 21. Survived by her son Jonathan Oppenheim and mother Helen Tuvim. divorced from David Oppenheim. Her acting career rose from The Revuers to Bells Are Ringing and Born Yesterday, earning the 1950 Academy Award.
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New York
UPI
Judy Holliday
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miss Holliday
Arnold Krakower
Judith Tuvim
Mt. Sinai
Jonathan Oppenheim
Helen Tuvim
David Oppenheim
Orson Welles
Mercury Theater
Broadway
Betty Camden
Adolf Green
Hollywood
Billie Dawn
Jean Arthur
OAS Checks On Junta Reprisals
SANTO DOMINGO UPI A trio of inter American peace mediators from the OAS will visit the interior to investigate reports that junta forces reprisals against Dominican rebel supporters. The mediators Ellsworth Bunker Il mar Penna Marinho and Ramon De Clairmont Due nas met diplomats at the Embajador Hotel in an exchange of ideas on reconciling rival factions. Previous OAS missions failed and the latest effort shows no clear progress. The scheduled interior visit was postponed to Tuesday with no reason given. Rebel leader Col. Francisco Caamano Deno and Junta head Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera remained stubborn in their positions.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ilmar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
el Salvador
Embajador
Woman Jumps From Bridge Into Ohio River
Wheeling Ohio County coroner reports Mrs. Gertrude E. Rothermund a 54 year old woman died after jumping from a bridge into the Ohio River. She left a note citing poor health as the reason for her suicide and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio River
Ohio County
Adolph Namick
Gertrude E. Rothermund
Two Anxious Families Await Splashdown
Seabrook Texas deepened the moment as Gemini 4s parachute opened and the ocean splash was seen. Pat White and Pat McDivitt waited four days in prayer while their sons Eddie and James faced the public vigil and church services in the aftermath of the mission.
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Seabrook
Tex
API
Texas
James McDivitt
Edward White
America
Earth
Pat White
Pat McDivitt
Seabrook Methodist Church
Supreme Court reverses Estes swindling conviction for TV trial
The Supreme Court overturned Billie Sol Estes 1962 swindling conviction after part of his trial was televised, ruling it a misinterpretation of First Amendment rights. Estes continues serving a 15 year federal term for mail fraud and conspiracy at Leavenworth Kansas, while the Court had previously declined to review that conviction. Justice Tom C Clark delivered the opinion stating the televised courtroom coverage did not affect the current imprisonment.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court Today
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Leavenworth
Kan
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court strikes down birth control ban and labor rule
The Supreme Court invalidated Connecticut’s 1879 anti birth control statute in a 7 to 2 decision with Justice Douglas leading the majority. Separately, the court invalidated a federal provision prohibiting Communist party members from serving as union officers in a 5 to 4 ruling.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Connecticut
William C. Douglas
Communist Party
High court weighs televising courtrooms for fairness
The court discusses extending the right to news media to televise from courtrooms while preserving absolute judicial fairness. It notes this is the first high court examination of TV coverage in criminal cases. Federal courts ban telecasts, with state permission varying by judge in Colorado and Texas.
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High Court
Colorado
Texas
Supreme Court Rules Antitrust Claims On UMW Coal Pact
The Supreme Court ruled that antitrust laws would apply to an agreement between the United Mine Workers and major coal companies if the pact aimed to drive small firms out of business.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
UMW
Racism Involved HRC Probing Putnam Knifing
The State Human Rights Commission investigates possible racial motives in a Putnam County tavern stabbing that left 20 year old Martin Dickerson of Poca dead. David Coleman of Ashland Kentucky is jailed for murder and Billy Joe Bagley is held as a witness as police note racial tensions between Cherokee Indians Negroes and whites in the case.
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Charleston
UPI
State Human Rights Commission
Putnam County
U. S. 35
Midway
Opha Stone
Stone
Poca River
Red House Hill
Martin Edward Dickerson
Poca
David Coleman
Ashland
Winfield
Billy Joe Bagley
Pennsylvanian Wins West Virginia Rifle Titles
Ray Hoover of Johnstown won the West Virginia state open rifle championship in Kingwood. Leonard Skidmore of Dunbar captured the state resident title and reserve and guard champion honors went to Maj. Robert E. Martens of Charleston. The events were sponsored by the West Virginia Rifle and Pistol Association.
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Kingwood
UPI
Ray Hoover
Johnstown
Leonard Skidmore
Dunbar
Maj
Robert E. Martens
Charleston
West Virginia Rifle and Pistol Association
U S Aims to Break Last Soviet Space Record in Aug
UPI reports the United States plans a Aug 9 launch to beat Valery Bykovsky's 119 hour 6 minute orbital endurance. Gemini-5 with Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad may attempt a week in space and a simulated docking with an Atlas Agena rocket.
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Charles
Pete) Conrad
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Cooper
Conrad
Cape Kennedy
McDivitt
White
St. Louis
Bloodiest Modern Bank Holdup Hunted Killer Pope
Duane Pope, 22, a Kansas college graduate and former football hero, faces federal bank robbery charges for the Big Springs Neb bank slayings. FBI nationwide alert issued as Pope, described as dangerous and possibly armed, is sought after the Farmers State Bank robbery left three dead and a fourth wounded. Funeral services for victims Andreas Kjeldgaard, Glen Hendrickson, and Lois Ann Hothan held as authorities pursue Pape.
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North Platte
Neb
UPI
Duane Pope
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pope
Chappel
McPherson
Kan.) College
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
American Bankers Association
New York
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glen Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Roxbury, Kan
Space Monopoly Gone Russia Now On The Defensive
ALVIN B. WEBB JR. argues the Soviet space program faces unprecedented pressure as the Gemini mission reveals U.S. space capability. He notes Russia’s past dominance and warns that a single bad decision under pressure could cost cosmonauts lives, reflecting Cold War space race dynamics.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Yuri Gagarin
Moon
Russia
U. S
U.S
America
Vanguard
Target Shooter's Stray Bullet Kills Brother
Grantville police report a 16 year old, Roger Davis, died when a stray 22 caliber bullet from his brother Donnie, 13, struck him in the head. The shooting occurred while Donnie was target practicing at tin cans about 150 feet away.
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Grantsville
UPI
Roger Davis
Donnie
Re-Entry Timetable for Gemini 4 Landing
The document outlines the Gemini 4 re entry timetable with key timestamps. Maneuvering rockets aim to place the craft in a low orbit for safe re entry even if main braking rockets fail. Four reverse rockets begin de orbiting over the southwestern United States. Gravity rises fourfold as the capsule enters dense air. Drogue chute deploys at 50 000 feet followed by main parachute at 10 600 feet. The capsule lands in the Atlantic about 380 miles east of West Palm Beach Florida.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
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