Radar Trouble Delays Cooper 22 Orbit Flight
L Gordon Cooper’s plan to orbit Earth 22 times was postponed at least 24 hours due to a Bermuda radar failure vital for safety and tracking. The delay came after a diesel engine problem affected the service tower, with weather favorable and Cooper in good shape awaiting the next launch window.
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Senate
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Kearsarge
Midway
Soviets decline European TV hookup for Cooper flight
London UPI reports the Soviet Union refused to join a European television relay planned to beam astronaut L Gordon Cooper’s launch to about 40 million viewers. Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary East Germany were to connect. Britain France West Germany and other nations participated. U.S. servicemen followed via radio and local TV.
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Soviet Union
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Poland
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Hungary
East Germany
Spain
Finland
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Andrian Nikolayev
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Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Denmark
Netherlands
Hoffa Denounces Kennedy Vendetta Amid Bench Warrant
James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, charged Attorney General Robert Kennedy with a personal vendetta as he appeared to answer a Nashville bench warrant. Hoffa, released on $10,000 bail, waived a hearing in U S District Court and said the indictment on jury tampering was part of a harassment campaign.
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UPI
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Teamsters Union
Robert F. Kennedy
Nashville
Tenn
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U.S. District Court
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U.S
Edward Faria
Hoffa
Kennedy
Hatfield Feud Figure Joseph D Hatfield Dies at 80
Former Logan County Sheriff Joseph D Hatfield son of Devil Anse Hatfield died at a hospital at age 80 after a long Republican political career. He survived by his widow a son and a daughter with funeral services planned for Thursday and burial in the Island Creek family cemetery.
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Logan County
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Island Creek
West Virginia Weather Outlook and River Readings
Weather brief notes scattered showers and thunderstorms possible with highs 75 to 82 and lows in the 50s tonight. Wednesday looks fair with highs 72 to 77. Regional reports list Beckley Boone Oak Hill and Greenbrier River conditions in normal, clear status with 2 gates open and a new gauge at Hinton at 2.1 feet.
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Rail Talks Urged To Avert Strike
A presidential emergency board urged railroads and unions to negotiate within 30 days to avert a nationwide strike over featherbedding. After five weeks of talks, the board reported progress toward genuine negotiation and urged both sides to re-examine responsibilities to the nation as they pursue settlement of disputed work rules affecting about 200000 operating employees. The panel, created by Kennedy, noted Supreme Court backing for management rights and asked the President to discuss the report with members.
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Kennedy
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Samuel J. Rosenman
U S May Send Dictator Home To Face Trial
Washington reports Secretary of State Dean Rusk may act within 60 days on a Supreme Court ruling about extradition of former Venezuelan ruler Marco Perez Jimenez. He faces murder embezzlement and fraud charges after a 1958 regime overthrew him. Perez Jimenez appeals extradition as political offenses. His attorney says they will seek reconsideration and urge Rusk not to extradite. Perez Jimenez is detained in a Miami jail after bail denial.
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UPI
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Venezuela
Marco Perez Jimenez
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Supreme Court
Perez Jimenez
David Walters
Miami
Earl Warren
Perez Jiminez
United States
State Department
U.S
George W. Whitehurst
Whitehurst
Judge Salary Bill Questioned in State Supreme Court
Charleston dispatch reports that Cabell and Wyoming County Courts asked the West Virginia Supreme Court for writs of mandamus to compel approving 1963 64 levy estimates. They seek salaries of 4000 and 3000 respectively, arguing local shares exceed limits set by the new bill. The act sets a 20000 maximum with state shares 14000 for large circuits and 12500 for small, but two exceptions reduce Cabell and Wyoming shares to 2000 and 1500, which the counties contest as unconstitutional.
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UPI
West Virginia
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Cabel County
D C Schools Okeh Paddling
Washington lawmakers back a disciplinary package to allow measured paddling of unruly students and, if needed, suspension or expulsion. Bills moved from the House Committee on the District of Columbia to the Senate as officials seek to curb disruptive, mostly unruly pupils in the integrated public schools.
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Sherwood Glutz on Portraying Wealth to Avoid Debt
Sherwood Glutz warns that pretending to be rich is an easy path to poverty. He notes many try to keep up with the Joneses and fall behind on bill collectors. He says you cannot be what you are not and advises against wasting energy on appearances.
Chrysler Unveils Turbine Car at Roosevelt Raceway
Chrysler introduces a turbine powered four seat car styled by Ghia of Italy at Roosevelt Raceway. About 200 motorists will test the vehicle over a year, with 4,000 orders on record but none honored. The 130 horsepower turbine weighs around 400 pounds and supports a 3,000 pound car, yet accelerates slowly and uses more fuel. Chrysler plans one car a week this fall, aiming to collect broad consumer feedback.
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Robert Anderson
Six Die In Three-Vehicle Collision Near Sudlersville
Six persons are reported killed in a three-vehicle crash on U S Route 301 two miles west of Sudlersville Maryland. Victims were burned beyond recognition with five being New York residents. The crash involved a car with New York plates a Florida truck and a tractor trailer. The incident occurred just before 83 am EDT near Queen Anne County with probable gas tank explosions on impact.
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Farm Leaders To Visit USSR
A group of West Virginia agriculture leaders will travel 21 days in England Belgium Germany Poland Hungary and the Soviet Union this summer under the Goodwill People-to-People Travel Program. Led by William T. Mille son of Springfield Hampshire County the delegation aims to study farming methods and promote democracy while countering communist propaganda. The trip departs New York City July 20 and returns August 9.
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USW Board Convenes in Pittsburgh for Talks
The Executive Board of the United Steelworkers meets in Pittsburgh today for discussions that could lead to re opening of contract negotiations in the nation’s basic steel industry.
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UPI
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Traffic jam defined as surplus cars over highway miles
A traffic jam occurs when the number of cars exceeds the available highway miles, creating congestion as vehicles crowd limited road space and speeds slow.
UPI Editors Elect Wittpenn As President
Earle V. Wittpenn editor of the Weirton Daily Times was chosen as president of the UPI Editors Association of West Virginia at its seventh annual spring meeting in Wheeling. C. H. Hardison was named vice president and J. Richard Toren was reelected secretary amid reports on wire service coverage and policy.
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Earle V. Wittpenn
Weirton Daily Times
Wittpenn
Sutton Sharp
Parkersburg Sentinel
Association
C. H. Hardison
Welch Daily News
J. Richard Toren
Wire Service
Statehouse
Housing For Honey In The Rock Cast Seeks Rentals
Beckley rental providers are urged to offer furnished apartments houses or rooms for about 50 cast and crew members arriving the June weekend to rehearse Honey in the Rock. Most are college students with some families. two to three room units with cooking facilities preferred. Contact Honey in the Rock offices 9 am to 5 pm.
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Honey
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Perry Futterman
John Howard McCullough
Rock
Birmingham Crisis Deepens as Violence Sparks Federal Troops
In Birmingham two white youths were slashed and a Negro shot as patrols and a troops observation post were deployed amid ongoing tensions. Martin Luther King Jr urged nonviolence at a mass meeting while President Kennedy discussed the crisis with Senate leaders and defended his authority to deploy troops.
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Lester Pearson
Hyannisport
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Ala
UPI
Alabama
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Richard Hite
Hite
Prince Green
Green
Telephone Pact Talks Opened in Charleston West Virginia
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of West Virginia and the AFL-CIO Communications Workers opened contract talks to replace a pact expiring June 26. CWA represents about 3,000 operators and workers. Union chair J. J. Klauer seeks substantial wage gains and better health life insurance vacations pensions and job classifications. L. A. Martin leads the company bargaining team.
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L. A. Martin
Nashville segregation clash as Negro students protest
About 150 Negro students clashed with white hecklers and police during an anti segregation march in downtown Nashville. Injuries were reported and at least three people were arrested as demonstrations continued despite a truce. Mayor Briley said progress followed a meeting with business and community leaders.
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