Khrushchev Offers U S Space Coop Under Disarmament Link
Premier Khrushchev told President Kennedy the Soviet Union is ready to work with the United States in space exploration including joint rescue missions for emergency landings and even moon missions, but only if disarmament advances. He sent a note outlining the proposal to Kennedy.
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Robert J. Korengold
Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Supermarkets Enter the Literary Field Sparks Debate
Washington columnist notes supermarkets pricing best sellers and adding book counters between groceries. He raises concerns that bold jacket blurbs on books sold in stores may mislead shoppers and questions if such labeling should fall under food and drug law scrutiny as part of deceptive packaging hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Coya Knutson Granted Divorce After Turbulent Marriage
Minnesota's first congresswoman Coya Knutson, famed for the 1958 "Coya come home" contest, will not be coming home today as a district judge grants her a divorce from Andy Knutson. She testified he began drinking after their 1941 marriage and documented periods of mistreatment and financial strain.
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Oklee, Minn
UPI
Minnesota
Coya Knutson
Knutson
Andy
West Virginia Weather Update with Rain and Wind
Windy mild today with heavy rain at times and scattered thunderstorms. Highs 55 to 65, north and south zones. Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a few showers in the north. Low 30s. Thursday partly cloudy and cool. Beckley: high yesterday 58, low 24. Oak Hill: high 63, low 46. Greenbrier River muddy, rising. Lake normal and cloudy. 11 gates open. gauge 4.4 ft at Hinton.
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Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Piedmont's Ai Routes Expanded
A Civil Aeronautics Board decision in Washington on Tuesday grants Piedmont Airlines expanded Southeast routes from Raleigh County Memorial Airport effective June 18. New routes include Baltimore to Atlanta, with two North South paths and a Charleston Atlanta link via Asheville and the Tri-Cities area. The order increases access to the South and Baltimore while Beckley’s direct service remains undetermined.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
CAB
Baltimore
Atlanta
Piedmont
Beckley
Winston- Salem
N. C
James S. Keith
Virginia
North Caro
Kennedy Asks Coal Pipeline Legislation
President Kennedy urged Congress to grant eminent domain to builders of interstate coal pipelines to bypass state authorizations. The plan would allow a northern West Virginia to East Coast slurry pipeline by federal public convenience and necessity ruling, amid mixed state reactions and coal industry debates.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Kennedy
Congress
West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Co
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Delaware
Virginia General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Interior
One Day Meeting On West Virginia Centennial Plans
A Cedar Lakes session of the West Virginia Centennial Commission will discuss numerous centennial events for the 1963 observance. Alfred Stern leads panels on spectacles, exhibits train, queen contest, Forum of the Future, fireworks, boy scout camp, tourism, and commemorative stamp and medallion with speakers Hulett C. Smith, Joseph Marsh, Rex Smith, and Warden Lane. The two-day meeting runs 2:30 p.m. Thursday to Friday morning, with joint sessions of the commission and committee chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett C. Smith
Concord College
Joseph F. Marsh
Rex M. Smith
M. Lane
Commission
Junior Miss Pageant Enters Second Round
Misses Alabama California Pennsylvania and Rhode Island lead 47 contestants into the second round of the national Junior Miss pageant in MOBILE Alabama. Judy Short Birmingham Jean Leslie Allen Providence Cheryl Ann McMinn Media Glenellen Cooper Garden Grove won preliminary events Tuesday night in the opening round of the four day contest as the search for the favorite American teenage girl continues toward Friday night final. Christina Adkins Huntington West Virginia also competes in the event.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Alabama
California
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Judy Short
Birmingham
Jean Leslie Allen
Providence
R. I
Cheryl Ann McMinn
Media
Glenellen Cooper
Garden Grove
Calif
Mary Fran Luecke
St. Louis
West Virginia
Christina Adkins
Huntington
Feds Nab Trainer of Girl Commando Unit
FOLEY Ala UPI The training of 23 telephone operators into a uniformed proficient machine gun unit was called a hobby by May or Henry Carson of Gulf Telephone Company boss John Mc Clure Snook 42. Snook surrendered eight automatic weapons after missing proper registration. He claimed the women employes were trained for an armed democracy. federal authorities hold the guns under the National Firearms Act. The group wears military style uniforms and trained at a firing range. Snook says they could defend the Gulf Coast in a war scenario.
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Carson
Snook
Delaware County
Ohio
South Alabama
U. S. Army
Mobile
U. S
Atty
Vernord R. Jansen Jr
Federal
Grand Jury
Gulf Coast
War hero Alfred Smith owes U S 405 for enlistment bonus
Alfred E. Smith, illiterate but decorated with the Silver Star and Purple Heart for Korea, faces a $405.14 Army refund claim related to an enlistment bonus after his discharge and a failed sergeant promotion in Europe. He re enlisted in 1954 and later sought honorable discharge due to literacy issues.
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Washington
UPI
Alfred E. Smith
Korea
Pork Chop Hill
Europe
Army
Smith
Jackie Arrives In Pakistan In Lahore Welcomed
Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Lahore Pakistan by plane from New Delhi and received a rousing welcome from throngs of Pakistanis. She was met at the airport by President Ayub Khan and U.S. officials including ambassador William MacConnaugh. The motorcade passed under arches with banners as petals filled the streets.
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Lahore
Pakistan
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
New Delhi
Kennedy
Ayub Khan
U.S
William MecConnaugh
Ayub
Beat Generation Echoes in Modern Youth Identity
A reflective comment on generational labels notes the term beat persists despite upheaval. The remark suggests younger generations resist or redefine old tags while asserting their own cultural stance and pride in autonomy.
Venus Oxygen Found In Upper Atmosphere Report
Vladimir Prokofyev of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory claims Tass reports oxygen in Venus atmosphere upper layers. Kennedy press conference at 4 p.m. EST to be televised live. Geneva disarmament talks show no progress as Berlin demands remain tough per Dean Rusk. Johnny Weissmuller, 57, sued for divorce by Allene Gates Weissmuller. Rex Harrison wed Rachel Roberts in Genoa. Al Ritz in fair condition at Southern Nevada Memorial after illness on Las Vegas stage. Israel Cabinet meets in emergency session over border shooting with Syria. Second round of steel talks in Pittsburgh continues without progress. Lt Col William Douglas to return to Air Force duty midyear. space officials say it is not due to NASA disagreement.
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Vladimir Prokofyev
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Venus
Tass
Kennedy
Geneva
Dean Rusk
Ameriica
Russia
Berlin
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Allene Gates Weissmuller
Rex Harrison
Genoa
Italy
Rachel Roberts
Harrison
al Ritz
Ritz Brothers
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas
Israel
United Nations
Syria
Sea of Galilee
Pittsburgh
William K. Douglas
U. S
Douglas
Deck Pleased By First Interviews For Training Program
James B. Deck reported from Mercer County that his first 27 interviews with high school dropouts for a summer pilot job-training program showed favorable interest. He, a former Cranberry Grade School principal, noted no beatnik attitude and that each student and parent demonstrated sincerity, with reasons for leaving school often tied to unmentioned factors.
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James B. Deck
Mercer County
Deck
Cranberry Grade School
Raleigh
Wchs-Tv
Cabinet resignations ease Argentine crisis
Buenos Aires reports civil members of President Frondizi's cabinet quit under military pressure as generals demanded a coalition cabinet. Frondizi agreed to form a national unity cabinet while career military officers remained in charge of war navy and air forces. The austerity program continues despite the political shakeup.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
National Union
War Ministry
War
Navy
Air Force
Worker Dies After Fall From Bridge Under Construction
A Putnam County steel rigger identified as Donald Legg, 35, of Eleanor, fell to his death Tuesday from an Interstate 64 bridge under construction over the Kanawha River. He landed on steel and cranes aboard a barge anchored in the stream.
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NITRO
UPI
Putnam County
Kanawha River
Here
Donald Legg
Eleanor
Newsman To Assist Gore In State Finance Office
Truman E. Gore of the State Department of Finance and Administration appoints Carter B. McDavid of Charleston as administrative assistant. McDavid, 34, Kentucky graduate, previously worked for UPI bureaus in Charleston and Louisville. He will help prepare reports for Gov. Barron, legislators, and others interested in state financial operations.
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Charleston
UPI
Truman E. Gore
State Department of Finance and Administration
Carter B. McDavid
McDavid
University of Kentucky
Louisville
United Press International
Gore
W. W. Barron
Jothers
Test Tube Substances Imitate Living Matter Says Fox
Dr Sidney W Fox of Florida State University reports creating proteinoids in a test tube that resemble proteins and act like enzymes. The work suggests possible steps in the origin of life on primitive Earth. Fox notes the artificial enzymes break down mitrophenyl acetate and form long amino acid chains in a random arrangement.
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Washington
UPID
Sidney W. Fox
Florida State University
Earth
Fox
Chemical Society
New Sputnik A Spy London Mirror Claims Satellites Spy
The London Daily Mirror science editor said Russians may be spying on America with the new Sputnik launched last weekend. The Pentagon is giving it careful thought. The space vehicle could carry television cameras similar to those used to photograph the far side of the moon. The editor noted Russia is unusually secretive about the satellite.
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London
UPI
London Daily Mirror
America
Pentagon
Ronald Bedford
Khrushchev Rebuts Kennedy On Joint Space Effort
The Soviet premier replied to Kennedy suggesting joint space exploration, saying cooperation hinges on progress in disarmament talks in Geneva with little advancement. Kennedy had urged joint space venture in his inaugural and State of the Union, following Lt Col Glenn’s orbital flight.
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Tass
Kennedy
Geneva
John F. Glenn
Khrushchev
U.N
RFK proposes harsher rules to convict police brutality
Justice Department officials outlined a civil rights measure to tighten penalties for police brutality and third degree interrogations of prisoners. Attorney General Robert F Kennedy urged Congress to close loopholes in the federal ban, seek stiffer fines and longer jail terms, noting only three convictions in 12 prosecutions over two years. Burke Marshall said four cases remain pending awaiting court action.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Burke Marshall
Dynamite Wielding Bank Robber Nabbed in Louisiana
A pudgy New Jersey ex-convict entered a Baton Rouge bank with a lighted stick of dynamite and took $8,294 before escaping. Police captured George Perno, 36, of Camden, N.J., after he refused to turn a corner. The dynamite was harmless with no detonator cap.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
New Jersey
George Perno
Landsdawn Ave
Camden
N.J
Bryan Clemmons
Lent prayer invitation from Mr and Mrs Charles Hurd
A weekday Lent appeal invites readers to join a private prayer by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurd. They express gratitude for life and seek strength to live rightly, acknowledging human frailties and the aim to be worthy of blessings through guidance.
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Mrs
Charles Hurd
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