Space Shot Postponed for Safety at Cape Canaveral
NASA postponed the first manned space flight of Project Mercury citing cloudy skies and overcast weather. Alan B. Shepard Jr. remained the lead astronaut with John H. Glenn Jr. as backup for the next launch targeted for Thursday at Cape Canaveral. Forecasters warned conditions might clear, but officials chose delay to protect the crew amid squally weather.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape
Atlantic
East Derry
N.H
Mercury
John H. Glenn Jr
New Concord
Ohio
Castro seizes private schools and bans foreign priests
Fidel Castro declared Cuba would take over all private schools and ban foreign priests hostile to the revolution. He warned of a third world war if the U S attacked and denounced elections as corrupt, saying the regime is socialist. He spoke to over a million on May Day, praising the people's government and criticizing outside influences.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
U.S
New York City
Hiroshima
Rodion Malinovsky
Tex Paper Wins Pulitzer Public Service Award
Tex. paper the Amarillo Globe Times wins the Pulitzer Prize gold medal for disinterested public service. The award honors exposing a local law enforcement breakdown and a reform effort that removed tax officials from office. Other prizes include local reporting honors and national and international coverage.
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New York
UPS
Amarillo
Tex
Globe Times
Columbia University
Grayson Kirk
Kirk
Sandio de Gramont
New York Herald Tribune
Leonard Warren
Metropolitan Opera
Edgar May
Buffalo
N.Y
Evening News
New York State
Edward R. Cony
Wall Street Journal
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Congo
Africa
William J. Corvillier
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Star
B47 bomber crashes near Hurley two survive
A Strategic Air Command B47 crashed in a ball of flames 12 miles southwest of Hurley Wisconsin early today leaving four crew aboard. At least two survivors were located by search planes ground parties gave first aid. One crewman had minor injuries and another a broken leg. The crash occurred near the site of a February 24 Forbes B47 crash that killed four men.
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Hurley
Wis
UPI
Strategic Air Command
Here
Air Force
Duluth
Minn
Forbes
West Virginia Weather Update and River Conditions
Variable cloudiness and cool conditions prevail this afternoon with highs 54 to 60. Night will be cooler. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and cool. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and cloudy, lake level 10 ft above normal with 3.8 gates open. gauge at 38 ft. Oak Hill reports high yesterday 55 and rain gauge near 63 inches? drip.
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Ssscseerers
Oak Hill
Cssseeeerrs
Ree Haee Fk
Astrochimp Ham and plans for astronaut checkup
United Press International reports at Freeport Grand Bahama Island Captain Hugh E May discusses the base plans as Ham the astrochimp is brought for a postflight checkup after America's first spaceflight. Also notes Tom Stith's optimistic recovery from tuberculosis and Robert Frost's White House poetry event remarks.
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U.S. Pat
United Press International
Court Outlaws Railway Merger Job Protection
Supreme Court rules 8-1 that workers may be discharged after a merger if they are adequately compensated. The Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western merger prompted ICC job protection precedent. Justice Douglas dissented.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
William O. Douglas
Erie Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railway Unions Executive Association
Baltimore and Ohio
Trains Kill 2 in Charleston and Perry Mine
A Chesapeake & Ohio locomotive struck an automobile at a Charleston crossing, killing 19 year old James L. Keatley after the car was pushed a mile. The wreck halted traffic about 30 minutes. In Clarksburg, 60 year old William L. Gorby was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio Freight train while seated on the tracks near Perry Mine. the engineer warned with a whistle.
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Charleston
UPI
Chesapeake & Ohio
James L. Keatley
Keatley
Clarksburg
Willliar L. Gorby
Anmoore
Harrison County
Monnday
Perry Mine
Gorby
Baltimore & Ohio
Israel Refuses Safe Conduct To Four German Witnesses
In Jerusalem today Israel refused to grant safe conduct to four German men named Eberhard von Thadden Max Merten Franz Six and Herman Krumey who sought entry to testify for Adolf Eichmann. The defense said they would testify Eichmann lacked authority to order the Holocaust but the court said it could not grant safe conduct. The attorney general said the four would be arrested and tried if they came. An American Jew described a Nazi forced grave-digging ordeal at a concentration camp.
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UPI
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Germany
Robert Servatius
Eberhard van Thadden
Max Merten
Franz Six
Herman Krumey
Eichmann
Hausner
Leon Wells
Edwin Ave
Fort Lee
N.J
Struck Airline Halts Operation
The International Association of Machinists went on strike against National Airlines, prompting a complete shutdown. About 1,100 workers including machinists cleaners and stock clerks began leaving after midnight, leading to cancellation of flight schedules and mass layoffs as negotiations collapsed at 4:15 p.m. EST Monday.
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Miami
API
International Association of Machinists
SAM
National Airlines
Lew Dymond
National
Young executive demands desk phone answered
A brief note reports that as soon as the young executive gets a phone on his desk he wants someone to answer it for him. The statement highlights expectations of immediate handling and desk etiquette in the office environment.
King Hussein to wed British girl Toni Gardiner
King Hussein of Jordan announced plans to marry Toni Gardiner, a 20 year old British courted by the monarch after a long romance. A national holiday was declared as crowds celebrated outside the royal residence with military bands and dancing in Amman. The king later said he would marry Mouna Al Hussein, a Muslim but not Arab, in a special national broadcast.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Hussein
Toni Gardiner
W. P. Gardiner
Royal Corps of Engineers
Miss Gardiner
Mouna al Hussein
Road Deaths Hike Toll To 97
West Virginia highway deaths for the year rose to 97 after two Monday fatalities in Ritchie and Lincoln counties. The victims were Gladys R Carrell, 57, of Cairo, who taught at a local one room school, and Clifford Farmer, 29, Holden, whose car left W V 10 and hit railroad tracks. Earlier, Allen G Wilfong, 21, of Boyer, Pocahontas, died when the car crashed into a tree near Cass.
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Charleston
UPI
Ritchie County
Lincoln County
West Virginia
Gladys R Carrell
Cairo
Clifford Farmer
Holden
Logan County
Carrell
Farmer
W. Va
Allen G. Wilfong
Boyer
Pocahontas
Cass
Khrushchev Bear Killed After Sheep Predation Near Cheat Mountain
Elkins reports a 400 pound bear nicknamed Khrushchev was killed by five Northern Panhandle men led by Wheeling hunter Emery Swecker. The team pursued through 6 to 8 inches of snow over two days after a farm in Cheat Mountain area requested help to stop the sheep killings.
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Elkins
UPS
Khrushchev
Here
Panhandle Area
Cheat Mountain
Emery Snecker
Wheeling
State To Make Full Use Of Aid Measure
West Virginia Governor Barron says the state will fully use the low in spirits areas bill signed by Kennedy. The Commerce Department plans to receive aid under the four year 451 million program, with reports due June 1 on Webster and Logan counties. Eligible areas include Charleston Huntington Ashland Wheeling Beckley Bluefield Clarksburg Fairmont Logan Morgantown New Martinsville Oak Hill Montgomery Pt Pleasant Gallipolis Ronceverte White Sulphur Springs Welch.
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West. Virginia
Huntington
Ashland
Wheeling
Beckley
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Logan
Morgantown
New Martinsville
Oak Hill-Montgomery
Pt. Pleasant-Gallipolis
Ohio
Ronceverte
White Sulphur Springs
Welch
Laos Front Halted Cease Fire Narrowly Reached
On the Luang Prabang road in the Vang Vieng area a cease fire took effect at 5 30 p m and was to be broadened to other fronts. Pathet Lao troops advanced northwest despite peace efforts. Harriman affirmed U S neutrality aims and noted possible Communist aid from North Vietnam.
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Laos
UPI
Cyy
Chao Sopsaisana
Luang Prabang
Vang Vieng
Pathet Lao
U. S
Averell Harriman
U.S
Viet Nam
Laos Not Written Off Yet
Democratic congressional leaders told Kennedy at a White House breakfast that Laos is not written off and praised the President’s likely approach to the Southeast Asia crisis. They discussed sending UN observers or SEATO action, with decisions pending events and allied consultation. Also debated Cuba policy as Rayburn warned the Americas to unite.
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UPI
White House
Kennedy
Laos
Southeast Asia
United States
United Nations
SEATO
U.S
America
National Security Council
Democratic House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Cuba
Rayburn
Americas
DPA Warns Vs. False Claims
State Public Assistance Director W Bernard Smith warned of action against fraudulent claims for federal surplus commodities. He announced county by county checks with State Police and attorney general's office on Bluefield area applications, focusing on residency and income eligibility for 120 striking workers at the National Electric Co. plant. Potential warrants and prosecutions were noted for falsified residence or other disqualifying facts.
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Charleston
UPI
W. Bernard Smith
Smith
Bluefield
Virginia
National Electric Co
Beckley Mfg Putting In New Assembly Line
Beckley Manufacturing Corp., Skelton, begins a new assembly line this week adding about 25 jobs. The line brings total plant employment to 11 as the firm expands operations and hopes the expansion will be permanent, says manager S F Caseino.
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Beckley Mfg
Beckley Manufacturing Corp
Skelton
S. F. Caseino
Caseino
Fire destroys Bolton social club. 19 dead
A fourth floor Bolton social club fire kills 19 people, including eight young girls, with many leaping from windows as flames engulf the dance. Four others are seriously hurt and some firefighters are injured before the blaze is controlled after about three hours.
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Bolton
England
Elpirata Cofresi
Cofressi
National
Ginn Testifies GE Chief Paxton Ignorant Of Fix
Former GE top executive William S. Ginn testified before the Senate anti trust subcommittee that GE President Robert Paxton did not know of or condone price fixing. Ginn said he met monthly with rivals to divide government contracts since 1946 and that Paxton was more Adam Smith than conspirator, while noting sales staff were isolated from engineers and production.
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Jerry Landauer Washington
UPI
General Electric Co
Robert Paxton
William S. Ginn
Paxton
Senate
Ginn
Adam Smith
Transformer
Pittsfield
Mass
Subcommittee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Episcopal Churchwomen Hold Beckley Meeting Today
The Episcopal Churchwomen executive board meets at 10 a m before the 69th annual ECW gathering in Beckley through today and Wednesday led by Bishop Wilburn C Campbell with ECW president Mrs Paul B Barwood and past president Mrs Randolph M Valz. St Stephen's rector Rev Joseph A Richards Jr is also pictured.
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Episcopal Churchwomen
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
ECW
Wilburn C. Campbell
Paul B
West Virginia
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