Inflation Watch: Economists Weigh Signs and Risks
Washington reports that administration economists see inflation as a key risk alongside recession. Despite signs like a 0.3 percent April price rise and higher costs for tires and copper, experts expect only gradual price gains, with fears of a war in the Far East or steel contracts potentially altering the outlook and Treasury Secretary Fowler urging further tax cuts to sustain the economy.
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Washington
UPI
Bill Martin
Treasury
Gardner Ackely
Council of Economic Advisers
Martin
Federal Reserve
Far East
Henry H. Fowler
Smith Reviews State Economy At N Y Fair
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith addressed the state's 102nd birthday at the New York World's Fair, reviewing two years of economic growth and record employment. He cited progress, natural beauty, the Progress Corps, and the fair pavilion as factors boosting tourist and industry prospects. He planned to sign bonds in New York for a Huntingdon bridge project.
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New York
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
John F. Kennedy
Charleston
Smith
Progress Corps
New York Bank
Huntingdon
Thieu Succeeds Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State
Suu praised Thieu as a young enthusiastic general and hoped the new regime would restore peace and order. Viet Nam officials staged transfer ceremonies at Gia Long palace with Ky in attendance.
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Thieu
Gia Long Palace
Suu
Thieu Thieu
Phan Khac Suu
North Viet Nam
South China Sea
Honest Social Outcast Truth Teller
A social outsider is described as an honest person who always speaks the full truth and nothing but the truth, emphasizing unwavering candor in all statements.
Killers Confess to Six More Murders Across Nation
York and Latham, young army deserters, were arrested at Grantsville Utah and confessed to six additional killings and one failed attempt across the nation. They had traveled from Ft Hood to Louisiana and beyond, committing robberies and strangulations from Texas to Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee, Colorado, and Kansas, ending with Zeigler's murder in Kansas. A Russell County jury found them guilty on November 7, 1961, after seven hours of deliberation.
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Kansas Road
Grantsville
Utah
York
Jacksonville
Fla
Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Ft. Hood
Stockade
Texas
Louisiana
Edward J. Guidroz
Mix
West Baton Rouge
Guidroz
Althea Ottavio
Patricia Ann Hewitt
Valdosta
Tennessee
Tullahoma
John Wittaker
Troy
Ill
Wittaker
Albert Reed
Litchfield
Mississippi River
Martin Drenovac
Granite City
Kansas
Ziegler
Craig
Colo
Rachel Moyer
Russell County
Zeigler
Mississippi march to church site follows civil rights killings
Eighteen white men including Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price face federal charges of conspiring to violate civil rights after three slain integrationists. The march of about 50 Negroes and a few white workers headed to a church ruins site, with CORE leader James Farmer urging continued action as authorities pledged cooperation and escort to the site.
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Neshoba
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Justice Department
Here
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
George Raymond
Rankin County
Highway Patrol
Beach rally ends after rock grows and weapons seized
Police battled a crowd of cyclists on the beach as ringleaders shouted encouragement while officers reported many department workers hurt. Chief Harold E. Knowlton said rocks the size of grapefruits flew at officers. Police confiscated bull whips, chains, brass knuckles, clubs, knives, machetes and other weapons.
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Laconia
Harold E. Knowlton
Insect Blamed In Motorbike Death Of Girl
State Police blamed an insect that flew into the eye of motorcyclist Henry Morris Campbell for a crash on Grandview Road at 9 30 p m Saturday. Carolyn Sue Darlington 22 Glen Morgan died in a Bluefield hospital at 5 25 p m Sunday. Campbell was uninjured after losing control. Darlington was removed to hospital and later died. The fatality raised the year toll to 189 versus 213 a year ago.
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Glen Morgan
Grandview
Carolyn Sue Darlington
Bluefield
Henry Morris Campbell
Sullivan Road
Darlington
Sino Soviet Rift Deepens as Pravda Urges Chinese Unity
The Soviet Union hinted it would strike back at China in the ongoing Sino Soviet dispute. Pravda urged China to join in fighting American imperialism in Vietnam and warned that refusal would threaten the unity of the Communist movement. It was the first time in eight months Moscow named Beijing directly.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Pravda
Viet Nam
Orgiastic Scene Sparks Controversy in Moses and Aaron
London UPI A wild scene in the biblical opera Moses and Aaron at the Royal Opera House unsettles cast. Forbes Robinson as Moses notes the sequence resembles a public orgy with animal sacrifice and nude embraces. Stage blood buckets ordered for 230 performers.
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London
UPI
Moses
Aaron
Lane under discussion as natural resources chief exit looms
Gov Hulett C Smith told reporters the reappointment of Natural Resources Director Warden M Lane remains under discussion and a possible exit appears likely. He cited slow progress of the state's park program and said the status is not satisfactory.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Natural Resources
M. Lane
Lane
Deaths And Funerals Carolyn Darlington Remembered in Glen Morgan
Funeral services for Carolyn Sue Darlington 22 of Glen Morgan will be held at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel at 2 30 p m Tuesday with Rev Henry Smith officiating Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park She died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital from a motorcycle accident on Grandview Road late Saturday Born March 22 1943 in Forest Hill she was a 1961 Shady Spring High School graduate and secretary for Beckley News Company Survivors include her mother Mrs Hude Mann Darlington of Glen Morgan a brother Ralph three sisters Mrs Billy Peters Mrs Ray Akers and Mrs John Farrow and paternal grandfather Mason Darlington Friends may call after 4 today Pallbearers are Fred Be bbett John Davis Ernest Meadows John Albert Campbell Timmy Campbell and Danny Ward
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Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Henry Smith
Sunset Memorial Park
Darlington
Bluefield
Grandview Road
Shady Spring High School
Hude Mann Darlington
Mason Darlington
Forest Hill
Tilden
Services for Mrs Viola Skaggs Held at Fayetteville
Funeral services for 81 year old Mrs Viola Skaggs of Route 2 Fayetteville were conducted at 2 p.m. today at Dodd Payne Funeral Home with Rev William Dreger officiating. Burial followed in McVey Cemetery at Victor. She died Saturday night in a Weston hospital after a long illness. Born March 1 1884 at Mount Lookout she was a daughter of the late Ed and Fannie Evans Champe. A Baptist church member she is survived by three sons Jess Bellburn James Victor and Aubrey Richwood two daughters Mrs Vernon Hardy Oak Hill and Mrs Gertrude Rudd East Rainelle two sisters Mrs Maggie Rudd Oak Hill and Mrs Annie Newton Harvey 24 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. She was a United Mine Workers of America Local 7086 member. Pallbearers named were Melvin Richmond Bert Biggs Charles Criddle Harold Dick Bill Bonner and Less Weiss.
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Route 2
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne
William Dreger
McVey
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Jess
Bellburn
James
Aubrey
Richwood
Vernon Hardy
Oak Hill
Gertrude Rudd
East Rainelle
Maggie Rudd
Annie Newton
Harvey
United Mine Workers of America
Funeral Services For Fred J Thompson In Oak Hill
Fred Jackson Thompson 64 of Dothan died Saturday morning after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Fred Jackson Thompson
Dothan
Tyree
J O Knapp 4-H pioneer dies at 72 in Morgantown
J O Knapp, 72, longtime WVU Extension Service leader and 4-H organizer, died Sunday after a long illness in Morgantown. A WVU graduate, he served 22 years as county agent and 24 years as extension director, helped establish the 4-H Camp at Jackson's Mill, led the 4-H Foundation, and helped found the National 4-H Club Foundation. He was named W Va Man of the Year in 1954. He is survived by his widow Gladys W. Knapp. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Morgantown.
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UPI
J. O. Knapp
Knapp
West Virginia University Agriculture Extension Service
WVU College of Agriculture, Forestry and
WVII
Jackson’s Mill
W. Va
Lewisburg
Gladys W. Knapp
Funeral services for Lester C. Conner in Raleigh
Lester Curtis Conner 42 of Raleigh dies after long illness. funeral Wednesday at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L A Garten. Burial in Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Survived by mother Artha Lee Conner, wife Addie Marie, three daughters, two sons, four brothers, two sisters. World War II veteran and former miner. Friends may call after noon Tuesday. Pallbearers named.
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Raleigh
Calfee Funeral Home
L. A. Garten
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Conner
Table Rock
Artha Lee Conner
Gordon Lester Conner
Wipperman Construction Co
Addie Marie Conner
Carolyn Marie Meadows
Connie Louise Conner
Catherine Conner
Curtis Ray Conner
Charles Eugene Conner
Dallas
Mabscott
Royal of Oxford
Mich
Kenneth
Union Lake
Robert
Atlanta, Ga
Evelyn Kauff
Daniels
Lois Meadows
Orlando
Funeral services for Hubert M Gwinn in Piney View
Hubert Maynard Gwinn aged 58 of Piney View will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Carl Johnson and Rev. Ralph Green officiating. Burial follows at New Salem Cemetery. He was a World War II veteran and a retired miner last employed in Royal after an extended illness.
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Piney View
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Carl Johnson
Ralph Green
New Salem
Abraham
Gwinn
Royal
Truck Wreck In Ohio Kills West Virginia Residents
Belpre Ohio authorities report Charles Copen 24 of Vienna Wood County West Virginia died when his pickup struck a steel lane divider on U S 50. Passenger David Little 17 of Elizabeth West Virginia suffered cuts and bruises as the vehicle rolled about 220 feet after hitting the median.
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Belpre
Ohio
UPI
Charles Copen
Vienna
Wood County
W. Va
U. S. 50
Here
David Little
Elizabeth
Copen
William H Stewart services for 92 year old Scarbro resident
William H Stewart 92 of Scarbro died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness. Services are set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Secarbro Baptist Church with Rev. David Harper in charge. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park. He was a retired coal miner. He is survived by three daughters Myrtle Sunday of Scarbro and Mrs John Baker and Mrs Marie Thornburg, both of Cleveland Ohio, a sister Nettie Larter of Portsmouth Ohio, 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. The body will be taken to the home of Myrtle Sunday at 5 p.m. today and to the church one hour prior to the service. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill in charge.
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Scarbro
Secarbro Baptist Church
David Harper
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Stewart
Myrtle Sunday
John Baker
Marie Thornburg
Cleveland
Ohio
Clarence B. Gentry Funeral Arrangements Set
Clarence Bartley Gentry 63 of Herndon Heights died at 10 15 a m at his home after a long illness He was born August 15 1901 in Allegheny Virginia a retired miner son of Riley and Ada Walton Gentry Surviving are his wife and other relatives
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Herndon Heights
Allegheny
Riley
Ada Walton Gentry
Chicago Leaders Demand Meeting Over School Segregation
Civil rights leaders urge a Katzenbach meeting and condemn Chicago for entrenched school policies. They accuse the superintendent of prioritizing neighborhood schools, fostering public school segregation. Harlem Rep Adam Clayton Powell proposes a House Education and Labor probe with fall hearings.
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Katzenbach
Chicago
Anti- Willis
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Gomulka Gravely Ill Report From Warsaw
Western diplomatic sources said Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka is gravely ill. Government leaders and Politburo members have avoided questions about his protracted absence from public view. He last appeared May 30 to vote in the national elections.
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Warsaw
Poland
Louvin Brothers Member Killed In Highway Crash
The two car collision on interstate 70 near Williamsburg killed Louvin 41 and four others. Louvin along with his brother Charles formed a top country sacred vocal group in the 1950s with hits and Grand Ole Opry ties. Billy Barksdale and his wife Adell also died in the crash. Franklin and Luther Daniels, both of St. Louis, died when their car collided with Barksdale’s vehicle.
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Grand Ol’ Opry
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Billboard Magazine
Billy Barksdale
Fort Payne
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Missouri Highway Patrol
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Dominican unions call general strike amid election talks
Leaders of CASC and the Dominican Workers Federation said a general strike would not derail negotiations to end the eight week dispute begun April 24. Caamano urged a peaceful democratic settlement and warned against voices seeking confusion while the OAS proposed a technical advisory commission to aid election setup.
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OAS
Santiago
Confederation of Christian Unions
CASC
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Senate Expected to Soften House Stand On Bases
The Senate Armed Services Committee planned to delete a House veto over base closings from the $1.9 billion military construction bill and may insert language showing congressional interest in base actions. Rep. L Mendel Rivers championed the veto as Congress and McNamara clash over base shutdowns. The House previously approved both chambers veto power over base closings.
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UPS
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rivers
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The
Peanut Butter Manufacturers Association
Baruch’s later life and public service legacy
The article chronicles Bernard Baruch’s career from firing cabinet posts to acting as presidential adviser and troubleshooter with no formal portfolio. It notes his WWI War Industries Board chairmanship, Versailles peace advisory role, WWII reconversion adviser, and U.S. representative to the UN Atomic Energy Commission, plus his wealth, philanthropy, and famed bench meetings in Lafayette Park, St. James Park, and Central Park where a memorial bench stands. Funeral plans were to be announced.
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War Industries Board
American Peace Commission
Office
U.S
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lafayette Park
White House
St. James’ Park
London
New York
Central Park
Unrest in Algeria Amid Resistance Reports
Reports from Humanite claim organized armed resistance to the new regime across nine outlying Algerian regions. Observers link the movement to Sino-Soviet tensions as Moscow signals a hands-off stance while Pravda publishes the Algerian Revolutionary Council communiqué without comment.
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Humanite
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Ben Bella
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
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