Shepard Receives Distin guished Service Medal at White House
America's first spaceman Alan B Shepard Jr receives NASA's top honor from President Kennedy in the White House rose garden. Shepard is escorted by a cheering crowd along Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues as a throng salutes the hero. Louise Shepard greets him at Andrews Field then joins the ceremony on the south lawn.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
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White House
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Constitution Avenues
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Andrews Air Force Base
Grand Bahama Island
Lyndon B. Johnson
Distin
Rose Garden
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White House South Lawn
Shepard's Ride Signals New Space Era
CAPE CANAVERAL UP I dispatch notes a pivotal moment as Alan Shepard's May 1961 suborbital flight echoes Wright brothers innovation and Gagarin's orbit a month earlier. The piece reflects on space age pioneers, cold war pressures, and future encyclopedia-worthy milestones in human space exploration.
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UPI
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Wright Brothers
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Congress Moves to Send Six Civil Rights Bills Today
In Washington Democrats plan to introduce six Kennedy requested civil rights measures in Congress. The proposals include constitutional amendments to end poll taxes and literacy tests for federal elections and require desegregation plans from racially segregated school boards by June 1964. The package would strengthen the civil rights commission, empower civil injunctions in federal courts, and push fair employment remedies.
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UPI
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D- Pa
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D-N.y
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Truman Turns 77 With Televised Birthday Party
Former President Harry S Truman marks his 77th birthday in Kansas City with 200 guests including JFK and Jack Benny. A White House–to–Hotel Muehlebach telecast will connect Truman for a brief concert with Benny. In a UP exclusive, Truman laments youth knowledge of government and vows to engage youth to study history and participate in politics.
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John L Takes Witness Stand In Antitrust Suit
In Knoxville Tennessee UPI John L Lewis 82 year old retired UMW president planned to testify for the United Mine Workers union in a federal antitrust case against the union and the UMW Welfare Fund He arrived over the weekend to testify as a member of the UMW board of trustees The Phillips Bros Coal Co of Scott County accuses the UMW and the fund of conspiring with large coal operators to monopolize the local bituminous coal industry and drive small firms out of business
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UMW Welfare Fund
UMW
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Scott County
Tightsqueeze to Fairview Name Change in Virginia
In Pittsylvania County hamlet Tightsqueeze residents vote to rename the town Fairview to sound more prosperous. The name originated from its location on a narrow road and reflects local community status.
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UPI
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Fraud Reported Found In Food Applications
West Virginia investigations show evidence of fraud in surplus food handouts. State Attorney General C Donald Robertson warned that wrongdoers face prison or fines while officials noted some Bluefield strikers used Virginia addresses. The probe, spanning the state, targets falsified claims and potential criminal activity.
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UPI
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Robertson
Bluefield
Doles
Evi
National Electrical Coil Co
Virginia
Department of Public Assistance
DPA
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Attorney General's Office
Laos Rebels Seek New Frontline Truce Meeting
Pro Communist Pathet Lao called for another frontline truce session as government negotiators flew to Hin Heup. Western officials fear delay tactics amid reported rebel advances toward Luang Prabang, with ICC personnel en route from New Delhi to verify the cease fire.
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Slammin Sam Coal Salesman Visits Japan for Coal Orders
White Sulphur Springs UPS The visit by Sam Snead to Japan aimed to boost orders for West Virginia and Kentucky coal. C&O Vice President Gregory S Devine said Snead played golf with Japanese steel men to thank them for coal purchases and to secure further orders. Japan expected to import more coal than Europe, with 1965 imports near 11 million tons. A news conference with railroad, government, and coal leaders accompanied a West Virginia and Virginia mines tour by National Coal Policy Conference Inc.
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Virginia
National Coal Policy Conference Inc
Appalachian Governors Draft Plans For Kennedy Visit
Eight Appalachian region governors met to outline proposals to reduce unemployment and boost industry. They aim to present to President Kennedy at the White House lunch, seeking action under the new 394 million low income areas program and considering a Region Commission under Commerce. Proposals cover highways water resources education forestry and federal aid for education and access roads to attract industry.
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UPI
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Bert Combs
Kennedy
White House
Congress
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Gov. Combs
Eerie
Whisman
Commerce Department
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Space hero welcomes pared down in New York and Washington
Officials scrap ticker tape parade for Astronaut Alan Shepard, limiting a Washington welcome to a single day so he can return to Mercury project work. President Kennedy accepts Bourguiba invitation to Tunisia. Gary Cooper birthdays pass quietly as illness deepens. Dean Rusk outlines U S space and NATO plans in Oslo amid policy review. Norfolk and Western Railway merger plan to be approved by stockholders, along with Nickel Plate Wabash and Sandusky lines.
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Gary Cooper
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Move To Buy West Virginia Coal Stirs UK Debate
In London, Britain's Steel Company of Wales seeks an import license for coal from West Virginia, claiming prices $2.25 to $2.80 per ton cheaper than domestic supply including transport. The move, amid a miners' strike threat and questions about state efficiency, highlights cost differences between English depths and newer U S mines and the partial mechanization of Britain's coal industry.
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Woman Nazis Shot Testifies Vs Eichmann
A Jewish woman, Rivka Vasilevska, testifies after a heart attack, recounting Nazi killings near Minsk in 1941. She recalls German soldiers using the synagogue, forcing Jews from a village to a shallow grave where 150 were shot, including her family as she was compelled to undress.
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Celebrity quotes from space to politics across the nation
United Press International reports on quotes from Alan Shepard during NASA flight as if in an easy chair, former President Truman on his 77th birthday campaign stance, Ernest Borgnine and Katy Jurado denying public quarrels but revealing private tensions, and Eunice Hauser describing a paddle-wheel boat sinking near Buckeye Lake with relief it did not occur at night.
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Buckeye Lake
Ohio
Eunice Hauser
Cincinnati
Castro Seen Silent Liquidation Of Foes In Cuba
Miami reporters from Havana cite continuing executions as Castro cracks down on opposition. Travelers say interior killings rose, though verification is unavailable due to curbed Cuban news. Others note Americans detained in Cuba, with flights to the U.S. booked into mid July amid war footing rhetoric.
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Kennedy says Cuba story not yet ended despite reverses
President Kennedy told about 5000 at the National Association of Broadcasters that the Cuba story is not yet finally ended, offering no detailed plan for overturning communist control but voicing hope for a future upset.
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UPI
Kennedy
Forces of Freedom
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Tornado Alerts Posted Across Seven States As Death Toll Rises
Tornado alerts were posted across seven states hardest hit by weekend violence. The U S Weather Bureau warned of worsening floods in the central and lower Mississippi Valley as communities counted dead and damage ran into millions. Oklahoma reported 16 deaths from tornadoes striking Howe and Reichert, with Arkansas Missouri Indiana and Illinois also reporting fatalities. The latest storms hit Plano Texas near Dallas with no new deaths but five figure damage. Floods followed in Arkansas Illinois Indiana Kansas and Missouri with Harrison Arkansas bearing heavy losses and 80 percent of the town’s business district ruined. Kansas City Missouri faced a threatened surge as Walcott Kansas was unduly damaged and river flooding forced evacuations along several rivers. The second wave of tornadoes destroyed homes and barns, hospitalized a 67 year old man and left residents in fear as the menacing weather continued.
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Timber Hill
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Dene Hester
Walcott
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Kansas City
Mairais Des Cygnes
Wolcott
Virginia Weather Forecast Warns of Showers and Warm Humidity
The weather bulletin reports cloudy warm and humid conditions with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Highs near 75 to 80, lows 53 to 60, with a cooler Tuesday and some showers, then warmer later in the week. Five day outlook shows near normal to three degrees below normal highs in the south and 70s in the north, with total precipitation around half an inch. Beckley and Greenbrier areas note muddy conditions and lake levels above normal with several weather-related gauges active.
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Sheriff Ends Practice of Letting Prisoners Work at Officers’ Homes
Raleigh County Sheriff C A Slim Thompson bans letting prisoners leave the jail to paint, mow, or garden at homes of local law officers. He cites risk of escape and injury and notes he would face liability if a prisoner were harmed. He mentions recent officer requests but will stop the practice.
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