Agadir Earthquake Death Toll Soars Over 3000
Survivors streamed from Agadir as Red Cross officials estimated more than 3000 killed and over 5000 injured. U S Air Force figures called the loss conservative with aid planes and military trucks moving into the disaster zone. King Mohammed V reportedly ordered razing remaining damaged buildings and rebuilding the city. A hundred bodies were placed in a single open grave near the airfield as workers prepared more coffins.
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Agadir
Morocco
Red Cross
Albert A. Rainhard
International Red Cross
Geneva
U. S. Air Force
State Man Escapes Quake with Daughter in Morocco
Lt. Gerald Martin of St. Albans West Virginia recounts escaping the Saada Hotel collapse with his year old daughter while his wife remains missing. He describes hearing his wife scream and being separated by a steel girder as the building fell. Evacuation planes carried Martin and his child as search teams continued for his wife and other victims buried in debris.
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Agadir
Morocco
Saada
Gerald Martin
St. Albans
W. Va
Martin
Quake and Tsunami Strike Atlantic Coast Resort
Cue workers probed the ruins for survivors and bodies as a massive airlift moved injured north to hospitals in other African cities. Europe America and North Africa mobilized aid after Monday night’s earthquake and tidal wave shattered the Atlantic Coast resort. Roads leading north were blocked.
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Cue
Europe
America
North Africa
Atlantic Coast
March Weather Outlook Calls For Snowy Conditions
The Weather Bureau forecasts an eight day period with below normal temperatures across most regions except the extreme Northeast and Southeast. The western half faces the coldest conditions while precipitation rises over the southern half and the northeast with heavier snow than usual for March. Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains expect below normal precipitation.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Plains
Eisenhower Ends South American Tour In Uruguay Visit
President Eisenhower arrived in Montevideo on the final stop of his four nation tour. Local officials welcomed him and praised his friendship crusade as crowds gathered at Carrasco Airport amid heightened security and memories of Nixon’s previous visit.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Eisenhower
Benito Nardone
National Council
America
Carrasco
Santiago
Chile
Nardone
Uruguayan
National University
Richard M. Nixon
Bowery News Seeks Aid for West Virginia
Bowery News, the paper calling itself The Voice of Society's Basement, plans a charity plea for West Virginia readers. Editor Harry Baranian said the next issue will urge donations of food and clothing to help those in need.
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Charleston
Bowery News
Voice of Society
West Virginia
Harry Baranian
New York City
The
Dutch radio operative Van Rie found not guilty in Boston
Willem van Rie a Dutch radio operator on the Utrecht was acquitted by an all male jury after 15 hours of deliberation in Suffolk Superior Court. The 31 year old denied beating Lynn Kauffman and said the death was by her own action. His wife Nella sobbed as the verdict was read.
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Boston
Willem van Rie
Lynn Kauffman
Suffolk Superior Court
Nella
Netherlands
Utrecht
New York
van Rie
Chicago
Holland
Bernard G. Roetering
Radio Holland
Air Force cancels 9000 mile Atlas missile test
Plans to launch a Super Atlas from Canaveral toward Africa over the Indian Ocean were canceled. Reported reasons include the President's objection and timing during a Latin American tour. The Atlas already operates at Vandenberg with a typical range near 6000 miles.
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Washington
Air Force
Camp Canaveral
Africa
Indian Ocean
Eisenhower
Canaveral
State Department
U. S
Central Asia
Pacific Ocean
Soviet Union
United States
Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Stevenson Favored for Delegate-at-Large in Regional Poll
The Register canvassed candidates for delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention and found Adlai Stevenson preferred by most respondents. Lyndon Johnson, flagged by Byrd’s poll, drew no support among the surveyed candidates. Several lawmakers and attorneys named Stevenson, while one remained undecided, and another indicated no Johnson backing.
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The
Register
Ferris A
Oak Hill
Stevenson
Byrd
John G. Fox
Fayetteville
House of Delegates
Beatrice Burns Harvey
Lewisburg
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Florida
Johnson
Forbes Denies Morning Paper Misquote On Railway Agent
Lawrence T. Forbes, general agent for the Norfolk and Western Railway at Beckley, says The Post Herald misquoted him claiming Raleigh Pocahontas Mining Co. bought Lillybrook Coal Co. and would reactivate Lillybrook No. 3. Forbes states he did not say it and was embarrassed by the error, noting his recent move to the N and W after leaving the Virginian Railway.
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Lawrence T. Forbes
Norfolk and Western Railway
Beckley
The
Register
Post- Herald
Post-Herald
Forbes
Raleigh Pocahontas Mining Co
Lillybrook Coal Co
Lillybrook
B. T. Shaw
U. S. Agriculture Department
Shaw
Oregon
Washington
Noted Educator Urges Recruiting Exceptional Students Like Athletes
Dr James B. Conant, former Harvard president, told the National Association of Secondary School Principals that academically talented students should be encouraged with athlete like zeal. He urged guiding counselors to push elective math and science, with flexibility for artistic talent, while cautioning against pressuring unsuitable career tracks. He noted parental pressure in affluent suburbs to push all children toward college careers regardless of ability.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Portland, Ore
James B. Conant
Conant
Harvard University
National Assn
Seven Known Dead In Santa Fe Train Oil Rig Crash
A Santa Fe passenger train collided with an oil rig trailer near Bakersfield, California, killing at least 12 people including seven passengers, the engineer, fireman, and the oil rig driver. Sixty-eight were injured with 45 still hospitalized as crews battled fires across the burned wreckage.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Santa Fe
NATO plans unified nuclear forces with multinational battalions
General Lauris Norstad announced NATO will form a mobile unified force armed with nuclear and conventional weapons. Each member nation will contribute a battalion to be commanded centrally, with units rotated for training. Bonn pledged no bases outside West Germany without NATO approval amid protests in Britain and beyond.
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Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Norstad
NATO
Bonn
West Germany
Spain
Britain
Escapees Break Out of West Virginia Penitentiary
State Police hunted two escapees from the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville after a stolen station wagon crash near Grantsville Maryland. A third convict, Emmett R. McCarthy aged 22 of Cabell County West Virginia, was captured. The trio fled disguised in guards clothing on snow covered Negro Mountain and along U S 40, marking the penitentiary’s first break in 11 years.
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Grantsville
West Virginia
Moundsville
Negro Mountain
Maryland
Pennsylvania
U. S. 40
Here
Emmett R. McCarthy
Cabell County
W. Va
Senate Leader Ralph Bean Accused by Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz claims Ralph Bean caused poor legislation during his senate presidency. Bean quit the gubernatorial race, Glutz argues voters would have punished him further in the primary election.
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Ralph Bean
Senate
Bean
Big Sandy Power Plant Planned
President Philip Sporn announced American Electric Power Co and Kentucky Power Co will build a 265000 kilowatt station on the Big Sandy River near Louisa Kentucky. The $39 million plant will burn 750000 tons of coal annually from Eastern Kentucky, with construction starting around June 1 and completion expected in fall 1962.
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Frankfort, Ky
Philip Sporn
American Electric Power Co
Kentucky Power Co
Big Sandy River
Louisa
Sporn
Kentucky
F. M. Baker
Kentucky Power
Big Sandy
West Virginia
Fallsburg
Hewlet, W. Va
Too Tough To Handle Gilfol Stuns Robbers In New Jersey
Frank Gilfol, 84, shot a fleeing bandit after a liquor store hold up in Irvington New Jersey Tuesday night. Police followed a blood trail as the bandit became the latest victim in a history of six prior robberies without a theft. Gilfol keeps a gun and club within reach behind the counter and has tallied one bandit killed, two wounded and three disarmed.
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Irvington
N. J
Frank Gilfol
Gilfol
Filibuster Persists as Civil Rights Vote Delayed
A procession of Southern Senators maintained a lengthy filibuster in the Senate, aiming to block or stall civil rights legislation. The nonstop session entered its third day with no sign of breaking the deadlock, likely delaying action until next week.
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Washington
Senate
Citizens-For-Smith Invites 12,000 to Monday Rally
About 12 000 residents received invitations to the Citizens-For-Smith rally at the Raleigh County Courthouse Monday at 7 30 p m. Becket Beckley candidate Hulett C Smith is backed by John McCulloch state treasurer. Ned Ragland will preside Ed Ratcliffe is master of ceremonies all political candidates urged to attend refreshments planned party headquarters opened in Beckley residents urged to visit Clark 2 6201.
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Citizens-For-Smith
Raleigh
John McCulloch
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
West Virginia
Ned H. Ragland
Citizens-For-Smith Group
Ed Ratcliffe
Smith
Washington
McCulloch
Citizens-For-Smith Committee
Bair
Lipstick Hearing Sheds Light on FDA Color Tests
The FDA faces a key hearing on 14 coal tar dyes used in lipsticks after rat toxicity tests. Experts insist tiny daily exposure is harmless, while the agency moves to halt colors if proven dangerous. Housewives and FDA specialists attend, yet public attention remains low as the hearings near closure.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
William J. Risteau
Risteau
Federation of Homemakers
America
Cranberry Mine Not To Reopen
Bourland of New River Co states Cranberry mine will not reopen. Three workers are salvaging scrap material for sale and no plans for future production are in place.
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Bourland
New River Co
Radio Free Europe Urges Continued Support
A letter from Poland proclaims Radio Free Europe as the link with the Free World and urges continued financial support to keep transmitters announcers and news analysts on the air behind the Iron Curtain. The appeal stresses dollars are needed to prevent Red silencing of truth.
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Poland
Radio Free Europe
Reds
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