Vault robbery hits Motor Vehicles Dept in West Virginia
Thieves broke into the West Virginia Motor Vehicles Department vault during the annual license rush and stole an estimated quarter of a million dollars in cash, with some checks also taken. The exact total is not yet known. The break occurred after midnight on a holiday observed as West Virginia Day. Janitor Ferguson Meadows found the breach at 6:20 am. Loot was confined to cash boxes in 12 wall lockers adjacent to the main vault. Coins and smaller bills were scattered, larger denominations favored. The department remained open for license applications despite ongoing police inquiries.
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Comb
Holcomb
West Virginia
Washington Street
State Capitol
Ferguson Meadows
MVD
Nation’s Largest First Aid Meet Planned in Beckley
Beckley hosts the fifth annual Tri County First Aid Meet with about 35 teams from West Virginia and southeastern Virginia. Events are sponsored by United Mine Workers of America United States Bureau of Mines and local chambers. The meet includes a possible mine rescue contest and combines with Miner’s Day celebrations.
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Chester Webb
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia Department of Mines
United States Bureau of Mines
Fayette - Raleigh - Wyoming County
West Virginia
Virginia
Joshua Smith
Tri-County League
Beckley Chamber
Smith
James Leeber Jr
Fayette High Schools Discontinued in Population Decline
Economic decline in Fayette County forces the discontinuance of high schools at Pax and Kingston. tenth to twelfth grades will be cut, with Pax students sent to Mount Hope and Kingston students to Collins in Oak Hill. Declining enrollment and loss of facilities led the board to close the upper six grades, ending long local pride in Pax and Kingston basketball programs.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Pax
Kingston
Board of Education
Mount Hope High School
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Ish Pax High School
Ansted
Death Penalty Asked In Mingo
George Dotson Jr. 37, charged with the murder of Opal Harmon 40, in Mingo County. Prosecutor Ersel Slater plans to seek the death penalty, the first such request in 28 years. Harmon’s body was found in his car after a February 27 shooting linked to a love affair between Dotson’s wife and Harmon.
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State Road Commission
Vicion
Dotson
Weather outlook West Virginia fair and warm pattern
West Virginia weather shows fair skies and cool tonight with lows in the 50s. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warm with northern areas cooler and southern areas around 73. Brisk warmth continues through Wednesday and Thursday with a slight chance of rain by Saturday. River conditions noted.
Eisenhower completes Far East tour amid cheers
President Eisenhower ends his Far East voyage after visits to South Korea and the Philippines and a canceled Japan stop due to rioting. He pledged to ensure U.S. aid is wisely used, praised Korean democratic reforms, and urged continued freedom and opportunity for Koreans while noting strong public support from millions across Asia.
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South Korea
Eisenhower
Honolulu
Japan
Algerian Rebels Press for Paris Talks on Cease Fire
The Algerian rebel government-in-exile offered to send Premier Ferhat Abbas to Paris to discuss the revolt with France. Talks would cover only a cease-fire and weapons disposition, with a referendum on Algeria's future possible after. De Gaulle signaled safety guarantees and the potential meeting with Abbas in Paris.
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Ferhat Abbas
Abbas
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Alabama Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing On Gulf Oil Rights
Alabama asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its May 31 ruling that limits Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi to 3 percent miles from the Gulf coast for submerged lands. The petition argues for a 10 percent statute mile boundary and broader rights for Alabama to oil and other resources.
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Alabama
Supreme Court
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Florida
Gulf
Gulf States
Louisiana
Mississippi
Japan Premier under pressure over US security pact
Premier Nobusuke Kishi faces a fresh showdown as Liberal Democrats ally with leftists to delay the exchange of documents sealing Japan's new security pact with the United States. Parliament approves modifications to align laws, while Socialist opposition boycotts persist amid nationwide strikes and student demonstrations.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
United States
America
Kishi
Liberal Democrats
Sohyo Labor Federation
Zengakuren Student Federation
Tony Armstrong-Jones Wax Figure Stolen From Waxworks
London AP reports Tony Armstrong-Jones, husband of Princess Margaret, was recovered at Tussaud's Waxworks after his life-size effigy was stolen Friday night. The damaged dummy, found in a telephone booth at 2:30 a.m., had a green Welcome Home placard. A Rolls-Royce was seen taking three people away. The figure will be recolored and public appearances awaited until midweek.
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London
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Tussaud
Roy Lane
Princess Margaret
Leonard Edwards
Armstrong-Jones
Margaret
Lane
30 People Return From 12 by 20 Shelter Test in Pittsburgh
Thirty volunteers, including men women and children, emerged from a two week stay in a 12 by 20 foot bomb shelter in Pittsburgh. Officials from the American Institute for Research praised the test as a success designed to study psychological and sociological reactions to shelter conditions for the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization. Miss Laura Ellis, 72, was the oldest participant.
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Pittsburgh
American Institute For Research
Office of Civil Defense Mobilization
Laura Ellis
Birthday Hymn for a Dying State in Eccentric Verse
A quirky verse recalls a nearly dead state now aged ninety seven. The speaker blends irony and affection, noting summer hills and green air while delivering a grim punchline about being the liveliest corpse ever seen.
Weekend tragedies claim three victims in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports eight weekend deaths in West Virginia including four car crashes three fires and one drowning. The latest victim Joe Hill 60 of Boissevain Va died after a car struck a utility pole in Bluefield. A Buckhannon crash killed Everett Latten 23 and two Buckhannon residents, Mrs. Freda Crites 33 and Mrs. Maxine Hinkle 33. Audrey Wheat and her two young daughters perished in a Kanawha County house fire.
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Joe Hill
Boissevain
Bluefield
W. Va
Buckhannon
Everett Lee Latten
Weston
Freda Crites
Maxine Hinkle
Ivanhoe
Audrey Wheat
Kanawha
Jack Wheat
Death by car carbon monoxide claim shocks Pennsylvania
A passerby found Rep. Douglas H. Elliott dead from carbon monoxide poisoning near his summer cabin in Chambersburg Pennsylvania less than two months after taking office. A deer skin covered his head and the exhaust pipe end was visible. The separation of strike settlement follows a lengthy Bethlehem Steel shipyard labor dispute with a 25-cent hourly wage increase over three years, per a Federal Mediation Service tentative agreement. Emmy Awards telecast set for NBC with Astaire and Godfrey as co hosts. The Mali Federation marks independence from France with Dakar parades and dances. A Boston kidney transplant story ends in tragedy as the donor father laments the failed life saving effort for his son. 24 die in East Germany typhoid outbreak. TV film writers approve a six year contract.
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NBC
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Arthur Godfrey
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Robert
East Germany
Kennedy named acting dean at WVU College of Education
Dr Eddie C Kennedy was appointed acting dean of the WVU College of Education, replacing Dean E K Feaster on July 1 as Feaster becomes president of Fairmont State College. Kennedy, a Gilmer County native, will serve until a permanent replacement is found.
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Eddie C. Kennedy
College of Education
West Virginia University
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
Kennedy
E. K. Feaster
Feaster
Fairmont State College
WVU
Orton
Gilmer County
Glenville State College
College For of Philosophy
Indiana University
Stahr
Dean Feaster
Fairmont
Dancer Bunny Ware Arrests Spark St Louis Cape Charge
Dancer Bunny Ware cooperated with Det. Robert Green as police arrested her six times in three nights on lewd performance charges. Bail was set at $1,000 for each arrest, paid by the nightclub owner. Ware pledged to continue performances as long as costumes and funding remained.
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Robert Green
St. Louis
Bluecoats
Bunny
Nrtery
Pilots End Work Stoppage Tapers But Flights Remain Hit
Eastern Air Lines pilots resumed duty at several hubs as a ten day strike ends, yet New York and Miami schedules stay crippled. Pan Am faces widespread absenteeism with 115 pilots calling in sick, clouding which flights will operate as the action began last Friday.
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Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
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Pan Am
Eisenhower Set for Warm Aloha Welcome Home
Honolulu Hawaii awaits President Eisenhower as he returns to U S soil from a Far East tour. Gov William F Quinn declares a half day holiday 11 am to 3 pm to allow state workers and many businesses to join the celebration. Eisenhower will rest and golf at Kaneohe Marine Air Station before a public appearance yet to be announced while Syngman Rhee resides nearby in seclusion with his wife after leaving Seoul.
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Eisenhower
Hawaii
Rae
U.S
Far East
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William F. Quinn
Quinn
Stene
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station
Korea
Kaneohe
Oahu Island
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Seoul
Rockefeller to Lead Nationwide Tour for GOP Candidates
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller announced a nationwide tour to stump for Republican party candidates in the November election. The Senate voted today to extend the 10 percent federal tax to be kept in force for this month but a local committee urged the tax to die at month’s end. The item is datelined Rochester New York.
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Senate
Rochester
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Party
End Of Term Joke Op Oxford Girls Pregnancy Insurance
Oxford students faced an alleged prank as Somerville College circulated a pregnancy insurance plan offering five pounds per year for secrecy. About 210 undergraduates reportedly received identical letters outlining the policy and payments, prompting proctor notification and police inquiry.
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England
Jenal
Somerville College
iEvery
Somerville
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