R R Champ Still in Race
Nancy Dickson of Regis and Tri County leads a field of 69 in the National Spelling Bee after six rounds as twenty five contestants are eliminated by noon. Donnie Feehan from Houston, Phyllis Kaplan from Bay Side and Carol Woodward from Carlisle fall early on difficult words.
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Washington
Nancy Dickson
Register
Nancy
Brenda Green
Elim
Jean Waycaster
Mary Ann Milano
Jerry Stewart
Nancy Walker
Donnie Feehan
Houston
Tex
Donnie
Phyllis Kaplan
Bay Side
Long Island, N.Y
Phyllis
Carol Woodward
Carlisle
Mass
Prairie
Mercury Program Ended Ends Mercury Era and Gemini Plan
Space Chief James E. Webb announced the Mercury program is closed and NASA will pursue a two man Gemini flight as the next U. S. manned space endeavor. Webb testified before the Senate Space Committee signaling the shift away from Mercury and rejecting pleas from Mercury astronauts.
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Washington
UPS
James E. Webb
U. S
Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate Space Committee
Mercury
Nancy Dickson wins Tri-County Spelling Championship in yellow dress
Nancy Dickson, tri county spelling champ, wore her lucky yellow dress at the Tri County Spelling Championship and again for the National Spelling Bee finals in Washington. She toured the capital with 32 state champions, viewing the tomb of the unknown soldier, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Capitol, expressing a wish to become a legislative page.
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Marye Rhodes
Washington
Nancy Dickson
Register
Mayflower
Nancy
Tomb of the Unknown
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac River
Weather Update Beckley and Vicinity Forecast
Cloudy and cool this afternoon with a high near 66. Tonight clear and cooler with lows around 49. Thursday mostly sunny and a bit warmer. Yesterday highs reached 75 at 6 PM with a low of 41 at 8 AM. River conditions Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 2.3 feet gauge at Hinton. Five day WV forecast shows cooler than normal highs around 80s in north and mid 80s in south, with rainfall expected about half to three quarters of an inch mainly as showers.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Clear Lake
Hinton
West Virginia
Bloodhound Faces Test After Trainers Escape
West Virginia Penitentiary officials plan to use the dog Duke today to aid in tracking down two escapees from Camp Fairchance. Inmates Harry B. Allen and Clyde Shears Jr. had been training Duke when they fled with the animal, which was found near the camp the next day still wearing its collar. Both men were serving 1 to 10 year sentences for grand larceny and are believed to remain in the vicinity.
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Moundsville
UPS
West Virginia
Duke
Camp Fairchance
Luke McGee
Harry B. Allen
Kanawha County
Clyde Shears Jr
Harrison County
McGee
Eisenhower Calls Moon Race Nuts At GOP Breakfast
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged restraint on the Kennedy space effort at a breakfast with about 160 Republican lawmakers. He said spending 40 billion dollars for national prestige in a moon race is nuts and drew sustained applause from attendees.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
NASA shifts to Gemini as Apollo precursor
Webb outlined NASA will focus on Project Gemini, the two-man orbital phase intended to test long flights ahead of the moon landing. Gemini aims for two men in orbit for up to two weeks, with Apollo still years away and Mercury retired as budgets seek a $5.7 billion appropriation.
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Webb
NASA
Gemini
Reds Ready To Orbit Woman In Soviet Space Bid
Moscow sources say the Soviet Union plans to launch the first woman into space possibly within days. No official confirmation is given, flight length uncertain though eight days is hinted. Candidates include two women, one possibly a back-up. blastoff could occur before June 24.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Slain NAACP leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi
Medgar Evers, 37, top NAACP integration strategist in Mississippi, was shot to death by a sniper early today while returning from a civil rights rally. FBI assistance requested, neighbor says Evers spoke briefly before dying, wife Myrlie and three children at home.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi
Medgar Evers
Kennedy
South
Baltimore
William L. Moore
Gadsden
Ala
Fred Link
Lexington
N.C
Evers
Myrlie
Darrell
Denise
Vandike
NAACP Chief Responds to Medgar Evers Slaying
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary, condemns the Jackson Mississippi murder of Medgar Evers. He calls the crime a display of blind hatred and notes the loss of a brave civil rights leader and a man who believed in America and its principles.
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New York
UPI
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Jackson
Miss
Medgar Evers
Medger W. Evers
Movement For Human Rights
Medgar Evans
America
Martin Luther King Jr
Kennedy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kennedy Calls for Golden Rule in Civil Rights Push
President Kennedy urged national backing for a racial Golden Rule to end segregation from lunch counters to polling places. He announced forthcoming legislation to enshrine race neutrality in law, as Alabama National Guard was federalized to enforce integration. Key leaders hailed the speech while southern lawmakers warned of a likely filibuster.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
UPI
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement
Birmingham
Ala
New Orleans
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U. S
Byrd
Two Negroes Start Classes at Alabama Campus
At the University of Alabama federalized National Guard troops maintained strict campus control as Vivian Malone and Jimmy Hood began classes amid state police roadblocks. Governor Walace faced possible contempt charges but did not arrest. a third Negro, Dave McGlathery, planned to enroll in Huntsville extension while Wallace remained in Montgomery.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
UPI
University of Alabama
Vivian Malone
Mobile
Jimmy A. Hood
East Gadsden
George C. Wallace
Hood
Miss Malone
Montgomery
Dave McGlathery
Huntsville
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Wallace
Eastern Shore City rocked by riots five hurt
In Cambridge Maryland a night of gunfire fires Molotovs and bricks injured five men and damaged three stores amid racial protest violence. State police prepared to quell any renewed outbreaks as no arrests were reported.
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Cambridge
UPI
Jerome Shenton
George Todd
William Cusick
Shenton
Trawler Strikes Iceberg Off Iceland Calls For Aid
A 1763-ton French trawler named Alex Pleven struck an iceberg 40 miles off Iceland's northwest coast and sent for immediate assistance. Coast Guard said three freighters Merra BFM Keppel and Maria Julia were en route to aid the 250-foot vessel from St. Malo. Crew count not yet known.
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New York
UPI
Iceland
Coast Guard
Alex Plevn
St. Malo
Merra
B.F.M. Keppel
Maria Julia
Alex Pleven
Rasputin the high school snake missing after sunning
Rasputin, a 53 inch nonpoisonous boa constrictor owned by MHS biology instructor T C Wyatt, vanished during a sun break with student Dickie Thompson. Wyatt appeals not to kill it and asks anyone who sees the snake to call him or Dickie.
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Thelma Stover Mullens
Rasputin
Mullens High School
Dickie Thompson
T. C. Wyatt
MHS
Wyatt
Dickie
W. H. Thompson
Circle Drive
Thompson
Tater’ Hill
Y Organization Given Go Ahead
Members of the YMCA Steering Committee voted to organize a YMCA at the Armory Field House on Eisenhower Drive. Total memberships reached 158 with 11 Family, 7 adult, 22 Children and Student, 4 Sustaining, and 14 Founding Father memberships. Revenue pledged and cash stood at 11,865 with expenses projected at 9,888.45 for five months. A board of directors and a constitution will be presented for approval at tonight’s 8 o'clock meeting. all members will have voting rights.
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YMCA
Armory Field House
Eisenhower Drive
The
Fifteen Firemen Injured In St Marys Lab Blaze
In St Marys Pennsylvania a $125000 blaze at the Stackpole Carbon Co laboratory exploded after a fire broke out injuring fifteen firemen. Seven released, six in good condition, two in fair condition at Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital. Fire units from St Marys Ridgway Johnsonburg and Fox Two fought the fire four blocks from the business district as the roof blew off and walls collapsed.
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ST. Marys, Pa
UPI
Electrical and Chemical Laboratory
Stackpole Carbon Co
Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital
St. Marys
Ridgway
Johnsonburg
Fox Two
Cabinet backs Macmillan amid scandal threat in Britain
London UPI report says Prime Minister Harold Macmillan received solid cabinet support for his handling of the scandal threatening to topple his government. The backing aimed to shore up leadership and deter calls for his resignation.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Britain
Search For Light Plane Called Off
West Virginia search for a light plane missing with two aboard since June 3 has been called off by the Civil Air Patrol. Maj E H Chieves said only leads with merit would be checked and urged new leads to contact CAP. Aboard were Ernest Pelizari 51 of Sebring Ohio and Edward Beltrami 30 of Alliance Ohio.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
E. H. Chieves
Roanoke
Alliance
Ohio
Ernest Pelizaari
Sebring
Edward Beltrami
Cleo Opens Tonight for Record-Setting Broadway Premiere
New York reports that Cleopa tra, deemed the most costly film ever produced, debuts on Broadway with a $100 per ticket world premiere. Officials anticipate a New Year's Eve scale crowd in Times Square and heightened publicity for the production.
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New York
UPI
Broadway
Times Square
UMW Hospital Sale Negotiations Resume
Negotiations resumed between the federal government and the United Mine Workers Union over selling ten hospitals to the United Presbyterian Church U S A for 9.5 million dollars. The church would operate them on a non profit basis with aid to cover costs, with a tentative deal previously reached in May.
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Alabama
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South America
Clifford Cook
Mullens
Marshall University
UMW Hospital
Lion
Roosevelt
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