Lukens Family Members Named in Reported Absence
State Department records list 905 West Mount Airy Avenue Philadelphia as the home of Lukens and his mother, with his wife Mary Ann Richardson Lukens born March 25 1927. The text also mentions two children, Elizabeth Day born February 2 1955 and Edward, as part of the Lukens family. Lukens himself was reportedly not aboard.
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State Department
Washington
West Mount Airy Ave
Philadelphia
Edward C. Lukens
Mary Ann Richardson Lukens
Elizabeth Day
Edward ( Hearn
Laos government stalls Geneva talks amid cease-fire stalemate
VIENTIANE Laos The royal Laotian government has not named a delegation for the Geneva conference because there is still no verified cease-fire while Communist forces press to take control. Gen Phoumi Nosavan said the rebels attacked Pak Ou near Luang Prabang and continued raids in Xieng Khouang Province.
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Laos
UPI
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United States
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Luang Prabang
Savang Vathana
Pak Ou
Red
Xient Khouang
Muong Sing
Yunnan
Savang Va
International Control Commission
Pedong
ICC
Xieng Khouang
Woman's Death Ruled Murder Near Maysville
Petersberg dispatch reports coroner's jury ruled the death of 33 year old Catherine R. Brogan a murder. Shotgun wound in the leg outside her Grant County home near Maysville led to her death after being found in a truck Friday and dying Saturday at Keyser hospital. State Police and Grant County authorities are coordinating the joint investigation under an unknown assailant.
Five Day Forecast for Beckley and North Carolina Region
Clearing this afternoon and cooler with highs near 58 to 65. Tonight fair and cooler with frost possible in northern areas and lows 35 to 44. Thursday fair with little temperature change. Five day forecast shows normal highs around 76 in the south and 71 in the north, cooler Thursday then warmer Friday and Saturday, then cooler again by Sunday or Monday. Showers likely Saturday or Sunday totaling about half an inch. River conditions Greenbrier normal and muddy. lake normal and clear. gauge at 4 feet.
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Beckley
Local businessman Roy Shackelford dies at 55
Roy Alden Shackelford co owner of E M Payne Department Store in Beckley died unexpectedly at 10 15 am Tuesday from a heart attack at his home 803 Woodlawn Ave He was born in Kentucky son of the late R B and Maude Shackelford He moved to Beckley in 1937 after serving as executive president of Payne firm and had earlier been general store manager for Winding Gulf Collieries Co He was a Methodist Temple member and active in Beckley commerce and state trade groups He held past leadership roles in the Beckley Merchantile Board and Mountain Lodge 156 AF and AM.
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E. M. Payne Department
Beckley
Shackelford
Woodlawn Ave
Kentucky
R. B
Maude Baker Shackelford
Winchester
Payne Firm
Winding Gulf Collieries Co
Winding Gulf
Methodist Temple
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Merchantile Board
State Industrial Stores Association
Mountain Lodge 156
Seismic ship afire off Louisiana coast
A seismographic survey ship named The Janice Walker was reported afire in the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles south of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. The Coast Guard said the crew had likely transferred to the second vessel and sent an amphibian plane and an 82-foot patrol boat to keep other ships away. Both ships are operated by General Geophysics Corp.
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UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Janice Walker
Vermillion Bay
Louisiana
General Geophysics Corp
Tornado Kills 22 in Dacca East Pakistan
A violent tornado struck the coastal belt of East Pakistan Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and devastating about three thousand homes in Dacca as the storm swept the city for six hours. The disaster prompted relief efforts as investigators assess the damage and casualties.
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Dacca
E. Pakistan
UPI
East Pakistan
Helicopter Hired To Spray Power Co Right Of Way
Beckley district adopts helicopter spraying for 46 kv transmission line right of way to boost brush control and efficiency. Bartlett Tree Co. leases the helicopter, with two mobile bases supplying water spray and fuel for the operation.
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Spray Power Co
Appalachian Power Co
Beckley
W. C. McMann
Virginia
Tshombe indicted amid delayed treason trial in Congo
Katanga president Moise Tshombe faces eight treason counts as officials say the case may drag on. charges seen as endorsement of his arrest. Alan B Shepard Jr receives tribute with a Dot Records single That Shepard Man sung by Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Sousa preservation bill introduced in House. Vice President Johnson ends Hawaii stopover en route to Southeast Asia. House subcommittee blasts Pentagon for long bridge height decision. Cardinal Spellman rests after retina operation. six weeks for progress. Dillon cites $25 billion tax underreporting. seeks 2,300 tax agents. Nixon escalates attack on Kennedy era self censorship claims. Argentine diplomat claims Bormann’s postwar whereabouts. Eichmann capture noted. State Briefs: Deuterium Corp bids for Morgantown plant. GSA deadline set.
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Tshombe
Coquilhatville
Alan B. Shepard Jr
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Keely Smith
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Carroll D. Kearns
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Detroit
Martin Bormann
Adolf Hitler
Argentina
Brazil
Adolf Eichmann
Nixon urges Kennedy Khrushchev face to face meeting
UPI quotes Nixon suggesting Kennedy and Khrushchev should meet in person to stop perceived world domination. Casey, D-Tex., on House adjournment: he seeks distraction free weeks with his nine kids. Weather Bureau describes Antarctica as a treasure house of fabulous riches. Flat Earth Society secretary on Gagarin's flight says he traveled in an ellipse parallel to the earth.
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Bob Casey
D-Tex
Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
Antarctica
London
Samuel Shenton
Flat Earth Society
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
France-Evian Peace Talks Set For May 20
Paris reports the French government will open peace talks with Algerian rebels on May 20 in Evian-Les-Bains. Talks were delayed from April 7 due to the rebel government’s demand to speak for itself and with no other Arab group. The brief note did not state if that dispute is resolved.
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Paris
UPI
Evian-Les- Bains
Evian
France
Flat Earth Society Says Earth Disk Not Round Orbit Impossible
London based Flat Earth Society rejects orbit and round earth theory. Cmdr Alan Shepard and Maj Yuri Gagarin are cited as thinking the world is round only through illusion. Secretary Samuel Shenton claims ships dip below horizon by perspective and the moon is transparent.
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London
UPI
Flat Earth Society
Cmdr
Alan Shepard Jr
United States
Maj
Yuri Gagarin
Christopher Columbus
Samuel Shenton
Shepard
Shenton
Gagarin
Jacqueline Kennedy Plans Separate Canadian Tour Itinerary
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy will have a distinct schedule on the Canada trip with President Kennedy. She will visit the National Gallery in Ottawa and inspect the Royal Canadian Mounted Police riding academy at Rockcliffe, join official luncheons and dinners, plant a tree at Government House, and attend parliamentary addresses with her husband. The 31-year-old First Lady will also manage wardrobe changes for two formal state dinners.
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UPI
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Canada
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Ottawa
Riding Academy
The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rockcliffe
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Nixon Urges Kennedy Khrushchev Meeting
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged President Kennedy to meet Nikita Khrushchev face to face to show the Soviet leader he is dealing with a man who cannot be pushed around. Nixon said such a summit could negate Communist beliefs that U.S. diplomacy is weak and help avert war by proving Wold power ready to risk limited conflict if needed. He spoke in Detroit at a Republican fund raising show before about 9,500 listeners.
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Detroit
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Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
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UPI
Socret
Nixon
Eisenhower
United States
Kennedy to fly to Palm Beach for rest weekend
President Kennedy plans a Palm Beach weekend rest before his upcoming trip to Canada and France. The White House announced the trip will begin Thursday with air travel to Florida.
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UPI
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Fla
Canada
France
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Sparring Partners Ideal Marriage One Big Fight
Two psychiatrists from the Menninger Foundation reported at the American Psychiatric Association meeting that seemingly turbulent marriages often endure to provide sparring partners. They described couples as comfortable staying together for social reasons, not for children, and noted the partners often fit “bully” and “shrew” or “henpecked” types. The study covered 12 marriages over 45 years, finding many couples are “made in heaven” despite frequent conflict.
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Chicago
UPI
Marietta Houston
R B. Forman
Topeka
Kan
Menninger Foundation
American Psychiatric Association
APS
Forman
Miss Houston
Nationwide Educational TV Proposed By HEW Secretary
Secretary Abraham Ribicoff said the administration will ask Congress to fund nationwide educational television. He cited educational TV as an adjunct to classrooms and a way to spotlight music arts literature and drama. Ribicoff urged commercial stations to boost public service programming and echoed FCC chair Newton Minow on public service.
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UPI
Congress
Abraham Ribicoff
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
Ribicoff
Newton Minow
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Ribi
First Land Battle Homecoming Week details urged by commission
The Virginia civil war commission asks descendants of veterans from the first land battle to attend a homecoming observance at the Philippi site in Philippi West Virginia. The Battle of Philippi reenactment is set for June 3 and marked a key moment in securing Union control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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UPI
Virginia Civil War Commission
Philippi
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
NATO vows to defend Berlin and deter Soviet drive
Oslo dispatch reports NATO foreign ministers pledging to block Communist expansion and safeguard Berlin freedoms. The communique states Western powers can meet the challenge as the U.S. pledges Polaris submarines to bolster defense, with missiles under U.S. final control and not tied to other allies’ purchases.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
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U.S. 6Th Fleet
Allied Commander For
Europe
Lauris Norstad
Two Dead In West Virginia Turnpike Wreck
A man and a woman were reported killed in a Turnpike crash near Milepost 18 on the West Virginia Turnpike at about 11 10 a m today. Names and details were unavailable at presstime. A wrecker operator said a south bound car with New York plates struck a Turnpike sweeper. the operator could not confirm injuries on the sweeper or any presence on it.
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West Virginia
Seaver Funeral Home
Princeton
Bill Whittaker
New York
Bluestone
Whittaker
Oppose Scenic Highway Plan in New River Corridor
O Smith Jr. of Raleigh County voices strong opposition to a proposed scenic road from Hinton to Prince. He argues funds should fix needed roads first, questions tourist value, predicts costs and limited local benefit, cites coal-land access, and notes State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers' reluctance. He urges prioritizing essential roads and safety before any scenic route.
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Summers County
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Sullivan Mountain
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Grandview State Park
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