Truman To Be Guest Of Ash At West Virginia Lodge
Former President Harry S. Truman, 78, is expected to visit the Minden Lodge in West Virginia, run by New Kanawha Industrial Corp founder Harrison C. Ash, from Thursday to Saturday for rest and informal social time after appearing in a Charleston celebration of the state's 99th birthday. Ash said Mrs. Truman will not accompany him. The visit was arranged through mutual friend Joseph Stephens of Kansas City. Ash outlined expansive plans for the lodge complex including a clubhouse, swimming pool, steam bath, riding trails, thousands of trees, seven stocked lakes, and a piano for Truman to relax with.
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New Kanawha Industrial Corp
Harrison C. Ash
West Virginia
Charleston
Ash
Truman
Kansas City
Joseph Stephens
Gustin- Bacon Corp
Stephens Associates
Stephens
Ash Lodge
Minden Lodge
Lombardo Sees Exile Quietly After White House Touch
Washington columnist Dick West reports on Guy Lombardo, longtime inaugural ball performer, now in a Washington engagement at the Shoreham Hotel after Kennedy administration shifts. Lombardo smiles despite exile and jokes about a future International Corn Festival to boost culture and reassure business leaders.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Guy Lombardo
Lombardo
Schmaltz
Heaven
White House
Executive Mansion
Shoreham Hotel
Washington
Lawrence Welk
Los Angeles
Welk
West Virginia Weather Turns Warmer With Fog and Thunder risk
Fair and warmer conditions predicted across West Virginia with highs in the 70s this afternoon and near normal ranges in southern and northern zones. Night fog expected, lows 46 to 54, then Saturday remains fair and warm. By midweek temperatures hover near normal, with scattered thundershowers possible Monday or Tuesday, potentially totaling about a quarter inch. Beckley Greenbrier and Lake regions noted as normal and clear, with Hinton gauge at 3.2 ft.
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Beckley Greenbrier
Hinton
Plateau Seen in U S Soviet Ties by Kennedy
President Kennedy said the Laos settlement hints at a new plateau in U S Soviet relations but a summit is far off. He noted Khrushchev’s pledge to back a neutral Laos and cited Vienna agreements on neutral Cambodia and Burma as a pattern. Kennedy warned over Poland and Yugoslavia aid limits and potential lobbying by Kennan.
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UPI
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Burma
Berlin
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White House
U.S
George P. Kennan
Washington
Congress
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Kremlin
Algiers Hospital Bombed By OAS
OAS commandos bombed Algiers largest hospital Mustapha targeting four Moslem sections including the children’s operating room. No injuries due to advance warning as hundreds were moved out. French troops used Geiger counters to check for radioactivity after the blasts.
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Algiers
UPI
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Mustapha Hospital
Prisoner Escapes From Moundsville Penitentiary Camp
UPI reports Mike Evkov serving 240 to 10 year sentence for forgery in Kana wha County escaped Thursday from the Moundsville Penitentiary honor camp workshop and fled into the hills. Two of five other escapees from the camp remain at large.
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Charleston
UPI
Mike Evkov
Kanawha County
Moundsville Penitentiary
State Public Institutions
Chauncey Browning Jr
Evkov
Penitentiary
Commercial Solvents Chief Denies Inside Info Charge
Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp and Estes ally angrily denied obtaining inside information from the Agriculture Department on any farm program credits. Wheeler called the charge reckless preposterous and unfair as Congress probes Estes tangled affairs. Wheeler spoke as a House subcommittee investigates the case and the West Texas financier faces fraud indictments.
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ESTES
Maynard C. Wheeler
Billy Sol Estes
West Texas
Ut Estes
Europe
Brazil
House
Washington
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Commercial Solvents Corp
New York
House Intergovernmental
Wheeler
Khrushchev Toasts Texas Pianist Van Cliburn in Moscow
Pravda reports Premier Nikita Khrushchev praised Van Cliburn after an unexpected appearance at the pianist’s second sellout Moscow concert. The Pravda tribute says Cliburn has grown as an artist since his 1960 Moscow visit, and the dinner party followed the performance.
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Tpi
Texas
van Cliburn
Pravda
Nikita S. Khrushchev
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Khrushchev
Communist Party
Summersville Firm Submits Lowest Bid on Reservoir Wells
HUNTINGTON (UPS) The district office of the Army Corps of Engineers says Nicholas County firm L. J. Hughes & Sons Inc of Summersville is the apparent low bidder for a Sut ton Reservoir project on Elk River. They bid 6245 to drill three observation wells. The only other bidder Mott Core Drilling Co Huntington bid 6925.
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Nicholas County
Sutton Reservoir
Elk River
Centralia
Braxton County
L. J. Hughes & Sons Inc
Summersville
Mott Core Drilling Co
Prophet predicts space travel signals Christ’s return
Dr. Harold Richards, head of the Voice of Prophesy, told the 62nd West Virginia Seventh-day Adventists conference that space travel plans fulfill Bible prophecy and indicate Jesus Christ will soon return. He warned man may reach the moon or other bodies, but God will not yet grant access to other inhabited worlds. He called interstellar vastness a possible divine barrier against human arrogance.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Voice of Prophesy
Jesus Christ
Harold Richards
Los Angeles
West Virginia
Ebert Memorial Park
Richards
Kennedy seeks economic divorce until 1964 election
President Kennedy aims to separate politics from the economy until the 1964 national election. He argues Republican business attitudes cloud issues and calls for cross party help on key matters. He also criticizes a flight engineers strike stance and warns of risks in Southeast Asia.
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UPI
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Washington
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Tter
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Senate
Congress
Nikita S. Khrushchevy
United States
Russia
India
Ford Plants To Shut Down Across Nation
Ford said assembly plants nationwide will shut for at least a week due to a strike at the Cleveland stamping plant. The Ohio stoppage caused a parts shortage and could extend beyond one week as company and union officials continued negotiations over a workers dispute.
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Dallas
UPI
Henry Ford II
Ford Assembly
Cleveland
Bogus Bill Turns Up In Treasurer's Office
The State Treasurer's office in Charleston found a counterfeit $20 bill in a deposit from the State Tax Department. It had likely originated in the Beckley area where several bad bills were found in Beckley National and Raleigh County Banks. Officials say no others have been discovered since. The bill was detected by a departmental employee and the state reimbursed with a genuine note before notifying the FBI for pickup.
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Beckley
Beckley National
Raleigh
John Kelly
State Tax Department
Kelly
FBI
Stock Prices Drop To New Lows For '62
Stock prices plunged to a 1962 low as the Dow Jones average hit a four year low, wiping out 6.2 billion in paper values. All of the 15 most active NYSE stocks fell, with volume at 6.24 million shares. Blue chips electronics and office equipment led the slide amid inflation concerns raised by President Kennedy.
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Jesse Bogue
UPI
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones Noon Stock Averages Report
Stock averages show mixed moves at noon with the Dow Jones Industrial Averages at 560.74, down 2.26 as rails and utilities edge higher while broader index figures slip. Second hour sales reach 1,070,000 by noon and total 2,160,000 for the period.
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Dow Jones
NLRB Hearing Set Locally
A National Labor Relations Board hearing on a petition by District 50 of the United Mine Workers to represent Peerless Packing Co. employees will be held at 10 a.m. June 28 in the Raleigh County Courthouse courtroom. About 17 to 18 workers have joined Workers of America, and District Director Reid P. Davis notes the company refused recognition as bargaining agent, prompting the NLRB petition. Dolly Sorensen of Peerless Packing declined comment.
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National Labor Relations Board
District 50
United Mine Workers
Peerless Packing Co
Raleigh County
Cincinnati
Ohio
NLRB
United Mine Workers of America
Reid P. Davis
Davis
Dolly Sorensen
Peerless Packing
Miner Blows Sell Up MONTGOMERY
Charles H. Akers 55 of Bell Creek died in a basement explosion at his home when he ignited blasting powder with a flashlight battery. Akers was a timberman for the Bell Creek mine of Union Carbide Metals Co.
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Montgomery
UPS
Charles H. Akers
Bell Creek
Akers
Union Carbide Metals Co
Coal production rises in week across nation
Washington report cites National Coal Association figures showing bituminous coal output at 8,265,000 tons last week, up from 7,495,000, with year to date soft coal totaling 188,181,000 tons versus 168,740,000 in the prior year period.
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Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
Organized baseball as proving ground for young men
Organized baseball remains a space where young men can carve their own path, proving their skill and resolve on the field. The sport offers opportunity, competition, and potential advancement through dedication, teamwork, and personal discipline.
30 Arrested In New Plot Vs. De Gaulle
VESOUL France UPI Charles de Gaulle pressed on with his eastern France tour as police disclosed a Secret Army Organization plot to kill him In depart ments Jura Doubs Haute Saone 30 suspects were arrested with six seized near Vesoul where the president stayed overnight This marked the second alleged plot against his life in a month with details kept secret and the previous conspiracy revealed May 21 after a central France swing.
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France
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Jura
Doubs
Haute- Saone
de Gaulle
Thursay
Quotes From Leading Figures On World and US Politics
United Press International reports quotes from Senator Clark on Senate attendance calling the chamber a myth. President Kennedy foresees a calmer Laos and possible reasoned solutions. British critic Marks laments American shows dominating London TV. Allegretti testifies about taking the Fifth before the Rackets panel. Pianist Van Cliburn calls Khrushchev’s visit a family affair and unexpected.
Border Guard Kills Boy in Berlin Garden Strip
West Berlin police say a 12 year old East Berlin boy, Wolfgang Gloede, was shot through the slungs by a Vopo and died en route to a hospital after bleeding in a garden border area opposite the U S sector. The incident followed a U S Army readiness exercise across Berlin.
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West Berlin
U. S. Army
Berlin
Mighty Bomb Test Slated Next Week
The United States plans a megaton range nuclear test over Johnston Island in a high altitude burst scheduled between 11 p.m. Monday and 2:30 a.m. Tuesday Hawaiian time. Officials estimate the blast to equal at least 1 million tons of TNT, noting it would require about 20,000 freight cars to transport that amount and create a rail line about 189 miles long.
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UPI
United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Johnston Island
Inunction Ordered In Jet Strike At Republic Plant
President Kennedy ordered an 80 day back to work injunction to halt a 11 week strike by about 9 000 machinists and other workers at Republic Aircrafts jet fighter plant in Farmingdale New York The action aims to remove a peril to national safety and involves unions including machinists plumbers electricians carpenters and operating engineers The Justice Department will file the petition in federal court to stop the strike which idled thousands and touches wages job security seniority and other issues.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Republicae Corp
Marmingdale
N.Y
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Republic
Long Island
U.S. A
White House
Justice Department
Pierre Salinger
Attorney General
Report Due Next Week In Prison Death Probe
CHARLESTON UPI A routine investigation into the fatal shooting of Billy Mason 21 of Parkersburg at Hut tonsville Medium Security prison and the wounding of guard Kessler F Ware is expected next week State Institutions Commissioner Chauncey Browning Jr said the inquiry started shortly after the May 29 incident Witnesses described Mason wrestling the guard striking Ware with a hoe grabbing the pistol and firing a abdomen shot Mason s grandfather Floyd L Mason of Parkersburg urged a probe saying embalmed body wounds reportedly not from the fatal shot may exist
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Charleston
UPI
Billy Mason
Parkersburg
Huttonsville
Chauncey Browning Jr
Mason
Kessler F. Ware
Ware
W. W. Barron
Floyd L. Mason
Kennedy may seek new powers if flight engineers strike
President Kennedy warned that he would need new authority from Congress to handle a walkout by flight engineers at Pan American Eastern and Trans World Airlines. He suggested seizure or compulsory arbitration as possible options, but noted Congress would likely resist in an election year. The Engineers Union pursued a keep-em-guessing stance as leaders consider backing Kennedy’s plea for arbitration. The union planned a 2 p.m. press conference to respond to the truce bid.
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UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Administration
Pan American
Eastern
Trans World Airlines
Union
Ron
Recount Sought In Mullens Mayoral Race
In Mullens the Citizens Party requests a recount of the mayoral election after a 663 to 657 result for W. F. Staats over Luther Kerns. The canvass will be at 1 30 p m Monday in City Hall and recounts will begin thereafter. The four man commission includes Pete Andrews and Leland Harless from the Peoples Party and Tracy Hylton and J C Allen from the Citizens Party.
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Mullens
RNS
Citizens Party
W. F. Staats
Peoples Party
Luther Kerns
Staats
Kerns
City Hall
Pete Andrews
Leland Har‘less
Tracy Hylton
JC. E. Allen
Wreck Victim Dies in Upshur County
BUCKHANNON UP I Glen Woody 35 of Tennerton Upshur County died in a hospital today from injuries suffered in a car train collision earlier this evening about seven miles south of Nere.
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UPI
Glen Woody
Tennerton
Upshur County
Nere
Farm Boy Robs Bank With Pa's Gun in Pillowcase
SENATORIA Miss. UPI reports a neatly dressed 14-year-old farm boy, Larry Hawkins, robbed the town bank of 8245 with his father's pistol, stuffing the cash into his mother's pillowcase. He fled in a stolen car but was captured seven hours later by a sheriff's posse near his home. He admitted the robbery saying he planned to go to Memphis and then California. He comes from a good family and attends church regularly. He awaits formal charges in Tate County Jail.
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UPI
Larry Hawkins
Hankins
Mississippi
California
Carolyn Crawford
Larry
Memphis
Tenn
Here
Bill Williams
Tate County
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