Sherman Adams Book Says Ike Okayed U2 Flight Plan
Sherman Adams asserts in Firsthand Report that Eisenhower personally approved the U2 reconnaissance flight used to justify a summit dispute. The former aide says Ike believed Khrushchev planned to sabotage the Paris talks and that the overall story may differ from public understanding, with timing and decisions tied to intelligence policy.
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New York
UPI
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Khrushchev
Adams
Harper and Bros
Ike
Francis Gary Powers
Russia
Moscow
U.S
Camp David
India
Safe Stolen From Crab Orchard Lumber Co
A 1500 pound safe loaded with record books and coins was stolen from Crab Orchard Lumber Co. Tuesday night. Owner G L Meador discovered the theft this morning and reported front door forced entry. Police said the safe contained deeds titles and two coin books and weigh at least 2000 pounds with tracks suggesting removal by vehicle. Beckley state police are investigating.
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Crab Orchard Lumber Co
G. L. Meador
Meador
Beckley State
APC Plans Ultra High Voltage Line Across Region
APC officials outline a project using guyed aluminum V towers and helicopters to build a high voltage transmission line. The line operates at 345 000 volts, with 45 000 volts noted in context, to move large power blocks cheaper and more efficiently to load centers. Appalachian's parent company American Electric Power spurred early 345 000-volt research in 1953 and others have followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodges
Appalachian
American Electric Power Co
Verdict of Innocence in Local Case
Shortening The News reports a verdict of innocent as Judge Murphy states the evidence against two suspects created only vague suspicion not enough to present to a jury. STATE BRIEFS note an outdoor laboratory to test coal field direct power transmission at Pt Pleasant a joint Ameri can Electric Power Co and Westinghouse project aims to prove coal by wire feasible. West Virginia faces an economic renaissance per Sen Jennings Randolph citing a Bluefield Princeton area North American Aviation plant and shipbuilding contracts to a Pt Pleasant firm. Traffic accidents have claimed 141 lives so far this year in WV versus 143 in the 1960 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Electric Power Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Jennings Randolph
Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
Welch
West Virginia
Bluefield
Princeton
Uo A Pt. Pleasant
Murder Inquest Set In Pa Home Shooting
An inquest will be held today into the fatal shooting of Leonard Bywaters 51 a business partner in Arroyo Sand and Gravel Co of New Cumberland West Virginia. Bywaters was killed June 16 in the McDonald Pennsylvania home of Chester Haufman 53 part owner of the New Cumberland firm. A murder charge has been filed against Haufman by state police.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Leonard Bywaters
Chester
W.va
Arroyo Sand and Gravel Co
New Cumberland
Bywaters
McDonald, Pa
Chester Haufman
Haufman
Mrs McLuckey In Poor Condition At Raleigh General
Mrs Colin McLuckey of 123 Dexter Ave is in poor condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted on Monday for treatment.
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Colin McLuckey
Dexter Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Barron Supports Merger of B and O with C and O
West Virginia Governor Barron endorsed the proposed B&O and C&O merger as a path to accelerate economic growth and job creation. He argued affiliation would secure railroad employment and attract related industries while aiding coal transportation critical to the state and national supply.
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West Virginia
B&o
C&o
B&oo
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & O
Summer fun and youth sporting events in Beckley area
Summer activities begin with baseball and youth leagues as Beckley area communities plan a busy season. Raleigh County Horseman's Show runs July 15-16 at Bradley Showgrounds, Beckley hosts the Seneca District Scout Camporee August 14-16 and West Virginia Young Democratic Convention August 24. Community fairs round out a calendar of summer events for locals.
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Nedy
Raleigh County
Bradley Showgrounds
Beckley
West Virginia
Explosion injures two men in tower blast
Daniels in doorway of upper tower portion bore the brunt of the blast and flames that surged up the passage. Horne, asleep at 9 30 p m Sunday, was hurled from his bunk at the tower top due to the explosion.
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Daniels
Horne
President's Committee Honors Sen Randolph for Service
Washington Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia received a distinguished service award from the President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped. He coauthored the Randolph Sheppard Act allowing vending stands in federal buildings for the blind and was honored by Bnai Brith on the 25th anniversary of the legislation with a bronze plaque for his humanitarian work.
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Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Randolph
B'nai Brith
Beckleyans Graduate Two From Northwestern University
Beckleyans Frank T. Wheley and Marion H. Brooks were graduated at Northwestern University during the 108th annual commencement on June 18. Wheley received a Master of Science, Brooks earned a Doctor of Medicine. Delbert Whitt, 13, was treated at Beckley Hospital for a left arm injury sustained while playing ball.
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Beckley
Northwestern University
Frank T. Wheley
Virginia St
Marion H. Brooks
Route 3
Delbert Whitt
Wirt Whitt
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Saboteurs Fight Nev Extradition In Relays Bombings
Two Americans Bernard Brous and Dale Jensen, linked to the American Republican Army, fight extradition to Las Vegas for May 28 bombings at microwave relay stations in Wendover Nevada and near Delle Utah as they seek removal hearings. Confessions cited. July 7 set for the hearing before U S Commissioner Betty M Graydon.
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Dale Chris Jensen
Bernard Brous
Utah
Nevada
Robert Bortoli
Button
Reno
Brous
Minnie
Ensenada Mexico
FBI
San Diego
Calif
NEA Telephotos
Las Vegas
Nev
Bernard Jerome Brous
American Republican Army
U.S
Betty M. Graydon
Brous and
Jensen
Wendover
Nevada-Utah
Salt Lake City
Cedar Mountain
Delle
Knolls
Strike Among US Shippers Ties Up Longshore Labor
A United States strike with more than 5,000 passengers aboard five ships including the Queen Elizabeth and Kungsholm left ports without longshoremen. The origin contract dispute among five unions led by the National Maritime Union and shipowners of the 946 ship merchant fleet remained unsettled. Capt. William V. Bradley of the ILA called the situation the most complicated strike he has faced. The New York Shipping Association warned it would seek court action and hold the ILA liable for damages if the shutdown proceeded.
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United States
Queen Elizabeth
Kungsholm
National Maritime Union
American Merchant Marine
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
William V. Bradley
ILA
Bradley
Interunion
New York Shipping Association
William Tell style shootout ends in fatality at landfill
A witness testified that Murphy and Seleeman, lifelong friends, drank at Murphy’s sanitary landfill office. Murphy taunted Seleeman to shoot his hat for bragging rights. Seleeman fired, striking Murphy in the head and killing him. Murphy claimed the rifle went off as he moved to grab it.
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Seleeman
Murphy
Here
Robert Glass
United States Leads World Coffee Imports
The United States imports more coffee than any other nation, exporting a sevenfold lead over France, the second-largest importer. The contrast highlights the U S market's dominant demand and global trade role in coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Talks on Geneva Arms Talks Return Conditional on Progress
State Department press officer Lincoln White said his return would hinge on talks with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk and whether there was forward motion at Geneva or further backward motion. American officials stressed the U S would not break off Geneva talks, which had shown little real progress in nearly three years, but might delay sending its chief negotiator until there was hope of real progress.
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State Department
Lincoln White
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Geneva
United States
Laos Moves Toward Unified Military Front
Three princes, meeting Thursday, aim to seal a coalition uniting royal Laotian government forces with Communist backed rebels. Souvanna Phouma, who speaks of my government, is favored to become premier as cabinet makeup tops the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Has
Souvanna Phouma
Two Miners Hurt In Slate Fall At Island Creek Mine
A 7 a.m. slate fall at the Island Creek Coal Co. Wyoming mine left two miners injured and taken to Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. James Elwood Cook suffered back and foot injuries, Everett Tildon Graham had undetermined injuries. Rescuers freed them after more than two hours. the men were three miles underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Wyoming
Island Creek Coal Co
Stevens Clinic
Welch
James Elwood Cook
Everett Tildon Graham
Suit Stems From Note In Raleigh County Circuit Clerk Office
A suit was filed today in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office to collect 280 from Joyce Asbury of MacArthur on a promissory note payable to the Bank of Raleigh. The note was endorsed by A P Phillips, a MacArta resident.
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Raleigh County
Joyce Asbury
MacArthur
Asbury
Bank of Raleigh
A. P. Phillips
MacArtina
Free Street Parking For Beckley Bargain Days
Beckley announces free street parking on Beckley streets during Old Fashioned Bargain Days from June 26 to July 3. A Beckley Business Bureau committee urged merchant employees to car pool and leave spaces for shoppers. The event, expanded from three to eight days, will feature WOODEN NICKELS with Honey in the Rock and Old Fashioned Bargain Days inscriptions as souvenirs.
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Bargain Hunters
Beckley Streets
Beckley Business Bureau
Jurors Selected To Hear Hawkins vs Shumate Trial
In Raleigh County Circuit Court jurors were chosen to hear the suit of Betty Z Hawkins against Virgil Deck Shumate based on a 1950 note and deed of trust for 4500. Chosen jurors include Lonnie Gunter Jr Luther L Marks Kermit Daniels Mrs James Lowe Clifford Meadows Mrs Otho Hager Nolan Gunter Mrs Thelma Bales Edgar C Brammer Miss Martha DICKinson Tyrus Simmons Clinton Martin. Others excused until 9 am Monday.
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Betty Z. Hawkins
Virgil Deck Shumate
Raleigh County
Shumate
Ned H. Ragland
James M. Henderson
Hawkins
Lonnie Gunter Jr
Luther L. Marks
Kermit Daniels
James Lowe
Clifford Meadows
Otho Hager
Nolan Gunter
Thelma Bales
Edgar C. Brammer
Martha Dickenson
Tyrus Simmons
Clinton Martin
Czech agent paid for fake espionage materials tale emerges
The United States charged that Nacvalac paid Karel Hlasny in six installments totaling 1700 dollars for what he believed to be espionage material. Hlasny, an Army language school instructor in Monterey, reported the contact to the FBI and said the material included bogus mobilization plans and names of language school graduates in Europe. He noted the Czechs let his fiancé come to the United States, who is now his wife. Clayton Fritchey warned Czechoslovakia might recall Nacvalac, a common tactic to dodge charges.
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Nacvalac
Karel Hlasny
Hlasny
Army Language School
Monterey
Calif
San Francisco
United States
FBI
Europe
Clayton Fritchey
U.S
United Nations
Czechoslovakia
Fritchey
Recluse Snidow Surrenders After 14-Man Standoff
A 14-man posse held off recluse Snidow for over two hours at his home before an armored truck arrived. He surrendered calmly after police say he admitted killing Cumbee, claiming high powered voices urged him to eliminate the man. Sheriff Hopkins cited no remorse and noted Snidow believed others should be eliminated as well.
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Snidow
John Hopkins
Cumbee
Hopkins
Driver 17 Charged After Two Car Collision
A 17 year old Beaver driver was cited by State Police after a two car crash this morning causing about 200 dollars in damage. The Beaver teen pulled onto the highway from Harry's Market lot and struck a car driven by 35 year old Silas Tedder of Sophia. No injuries were reported. the incident occurred at 10 20 a.m.
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Beaver
Donald Skelton
Harry’s Market
Silas Tedder
Sophia
Final rites set for Linda Ward four at Sprague church
Death notices for Linda Faye Ward four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Ward Sprague state funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Freewill Baptist Church Sprague with Rev Ernest Barley officiating Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Surviving siblings number eight sisters and three brothers and paternal grandmother Mrs John Ward of Sprague The body will be moved to the grandmother's Sprague home at 3 p.m. Thursday and placed in church an hour before services.
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Linda Faye Ward
Charles Ward
Skelton
Freewill Baptist Church
Sprague
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Charles D
Thomas E
Rodney D
Frances Marie
Joanne
Judith Patricia
Janelle
Jacqueline V
Pamela R
Karen K
Terry Jane
John Ward
Rose and Quesenberry
Agnes Ray Rites Held At Oak Hill
Funeral services for Mrs Agnes Ray 71 of Oak Hill were held at 3 30 p m in the Oak Hill Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C S Donnelly in charge Burial followed at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died at her home Tuesday Survivors include son Clarence Ray Hampton Va four brothers Charles S Lansing Co Cdr Beckley J I Jacksonville Fla Fred Thomas Richmond Va sister Mrs Grace Maxey Richmond Va and two grandchildren
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Agnes Ray
Oak Hill
Funeral Home
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Clarence Ray
Hampton
Charles S
Lansing, Co. C
Beckley
J. I
Jacksonville
Fla
Fred Thomas
Richmond
Grace Maxey
Ward funeral services set for John Gilbert Ward in Pittsboro
Funeral services for John Gilbert Ward of Pittsboro North Carolina formerly of Raleigh County were held at 2 p m today in Pittsboro. Ward died Monday after a long illness and was born March 1 1878 on a Beckley area farm. Survivors include three sons six daughters three brothers and a sister. The body remained at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope until one hour before the service.
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John Gilbert Ward
Pittsboro
N. C
Raleigh County
Pittsbor
Ward
Beckley
Gilbert and
Mary Fitzpatrick Ward
C. M. Ward
J. E. Sophia
William
Pennsylvania
Clyde
N.C
Preston Markman
Walter Fletcher
Frank Howard
Elwood Jones
Clinton Cooke
William Sorrell
Durham
French
Beaver
Albert
James
Cary
Cary Gravely
West Newton
Alice Lovelace
Rt. 1
Ernest
Prosperity
Henry
Pontiac
Mich
Frankie
Charles
Baltimore
Robert
Ronald
Wayne
Johnny
Roger
Kenny
Joann Ellison
Phyllis Kinder
Norfolk
Ora Lovelace
Mt. Hope
Ray
Death of Albert J Halstead in Beckley V A Hospital
Albert J. Halstead of 30010 Elkville Drive Charleston died at 1 05 a m Tuesday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital The body is at F H Bartlett Funeral Home Charleston pending completion of arrangements
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Albert Jackson Halstead
Elkville Dr
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
F. H. Bartlett
Funeral services for E. D. Jarrell in Charleston
E D Jarrell of Charleston and formerly Beckley died last Tuesday after a heart attack. Funeral services were held Friday in Charleston with burial at Cunningham Memorial Park in St Albans. He worked 32 years for Appalachian Power Co. Survived by wife Mrs Thomas Carroll Jarrell and sister Mrs J T Jarrell of Beckley.
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E. D. Jarrell
Charleston
Beckley
Cunningham Memorial Park
St. Albans
Jarrell
Appalachian Power Co
Thoma Carroll Jarrell
J. T. Jarrell
Haven Hutchens Final Rites Held in Princeton
Haven B Hutchens 61 of Princeton died Monday en route to a hospital from a heart attack. Final rites were at Kee Street Methodist Church with Rev Crickard and Rev Crawford. burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Vada, son Jack, three brothers Leo Lester Paul, sister Roy Tabor, and one grandchild.
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Haven B. Hutchens
Princeton
Kee Street Methodist Church
Richard L. Crickard
Norman G. Crawford
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Hutchens
Virginian Railway
First Christian Church
Thorntown
Ind
Ira
Eva Bishop Hutchens
Vada Gautier Hutchens
Jack Hutchens
Beckley
Leo
Danville
Lester
Rockville
Paul Hutchens
Cascade
Colo
Roy Tabor
Columbus
Ex-Beckleyan Attending Young GOP Convention
Jerry A. Lilly of Concord College formerly Beckley has registered to attend the Young Republican National Convention opening today in Minneapolis at the Radisson Hotel. More than 1200 delegates and alternates from all 50 states Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are expected to attend the conclave.
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Jerry A. Lilly
Concord College
Beckley
Minneapolis
Radisson Hotel
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Optimists to Continue Midget Football Project
Beckley Optimists Club members voted to sponsor midget football again this fall. President Keith Lipscomb urged all to attend the next session at 6 30 p m on June 27 at Bowl Wick to discuss further plans for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Optimists Club
Keith Lipscomb
Bowl Wick
Paper Worker Hurt at Ohio Bakery Plant
Henry Weinberger of Worthington Ohio an employee of Pollock Paper Co injured his left hand on a wrapping machine at Purity Maid Bakery Tuesday. He received treatment at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Weinberger
Worthington
Ohio
Pollock Paper Co
Purity Maid
Beckley Hospital
Graveside rites for Gordon Elswick in Stephenson Cemetery
Gordon Elswick, 31, of Summersville, was killed in a slate fall at the D and W mine in Enon Tuesday morning. Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Stephenson Cemetery in Clay. He is survived by his wife Fonda Adkins Elswick, two daughters Wanda Kay and Kathryn, his mother Mrs. Georgia Adkins Elswick, Stephen son of Summersville, sister Mrs. Goldie Parsons of Mount Hope, brothers Donald of Zela and Arlon of Gilboa, two half sisters Mrs. Helen Bragg and Miss Inez Joyce Stephenson, and five half brothers Bernard, Virgil, Billie, Dallas, and Arthur Stephen son, all of Clay.
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Gordon Elswick
Summersville
Stephenson
Clay
Elswick
D and W
Enon
Fonda Adkins Elswick
Wanda Kay
Kathryn
Georgia Adkins Elswick Stephenson
Goldie Parsons
Mount Hope
Donald
Zela
Arlon Elswick
Gilboa
Helen Bragg
Inez Joyce Stephenson
Bernard
Virgil
Billie
Dallas
Arthur Stephenson
Final rites for Mrs Goldie Facello at Maple Fork church
Mrs Goldie Facello 47 of Maple Fork dies at home unexpectedly at 420 am Tuesday. Final rites are at 2 pm Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church Maple Fork with ministers Calhoun Garten Barley presiding. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Surviving include her mother Mrs
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Goldie Facello
Maple Fork
Freewill Baptist Church
S. C. Calhoun
Midway
L. A. Garten
Mabscott
E. E. Barley
Bradley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Soviets OK Pacifist Display In Red Square
NEW YORK UPI The Soviet Union permits a group of US pacifists to demonstrate against both Russian and American nuclear weapons in Moscow’s Red Square. The Committee for Nonviolent Action said Soviet Peace Committee assurance allows the walkers to protest in Red Square when they reach Moscow in October. The group plans meetings against the arms race during a 1000 mile walk through Russia and will urge Russians to pursue unilateral disarmament. Members include 19 Americans and seven Europeans who joined in London after being turned back at Le Havre June 13. The French government has banned all demonstrations since the Algerian crisis.
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New York
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Red Square
Committee For Nonviolent Action
San Francisco
Europe
Russia
London
France
le Havre
Rabbi Bamberger Attacks Civil War Centennial
New York UPI reports Rabbi Bernard J. Bamberger, a leading rabbi, denounces the Civil War Centennial as blasphemy and a disgrace at the Central Conference of America Rabbis convention. He calls the celebration a romantic pageant and urges ending legalized racial discrimination by 1965, tying the issue to the Negro’s full equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Bernard J. Bamberger
Bamberger
Central Conference of America Rabbis
Rabbi Bamberger
Central Conference
Smathers Eyes Cuba Debate as U S Faces Choice
UPI briefs quote Sen George A Smathers urging a decisive stance toward Cuba amid potential U S action. Other items include Rep Porter W Hardy Jr criticizing Cambodia road work and Sen John Sherman Cooper calling for broad public support on Berlin policy. Paul de Meyer notes a sales idea acceptance rate of 62 percent after repeated exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porter W. Hardy Jr
D-Va
U.S
Cambodia
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Berlin
Congress
Jaycees Meet Tonight In Beckley Chamber Event
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce holds a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in El Chico. Members are urged to attend as schedule or agenda details are discussed.
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Jaycees
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
el Chico
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