Khrushchev Booed by Paris Crowds on Summit Fallout
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev faced boos in the streets of Paris as Western officials blamed him for blocking progress toward reviving the Paris summit. President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan planned farewell meetings, while de Gaulle hosted talks with Khrushchev. Western diplomats warned disarmament talks were in jeopardy as East West tensions rose. The entourage toured the city, with the Big Four preparing for departing ceremonies and a potential new Berlin crisis looming.
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Four Top Democrats Back Eisenhower At Summit
Four leading Democrats backed President Eisenhower after the abortive summit. They sent a cablegram urging him to convey to Soviet Premier Khrushchev their view that postponing the conference until after the U.S. elections should be reconsidered. The message was disclosed today.
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Two Russian Spies Nabbed During Khrushchev Speech
In Syracuse, AP reports Vice President Nixon announced two Russians with diplomatic status were arrested in Massachusetts during Khrushchev's UN peace address. They were suspected of seeking secret information. Nixon initially claimed Illinois but an aide corrected to Springfield, Massachusetts. No official Washington comment followed.
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Democratic leaders urge Khrushchev views of opposition
A message from Senate Speaker Sam Rayburn Lyndon Johnson Adlai Stevenson and other leaders urges Premier Khrushchev to convey the opposition party views. The text lists Rayburn Johnson Stevenson Fulbright as signers, framing a Democratic appeal to the Soviet premier.
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Temperatures
Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs 70 to 76. Tonight fair and cooler, lows 45 to 52. Thursday fair and slightly warmer west in after noon. Extended WV forecast shows temperatures three to six degrees above normals through Monday. warmer Thursday afternoon to Saturday, cooler Sunday and Monday with occasional showers Friday into Saturday totaling one-half to one inch. Beckley region reports highs near 84, low around 58 last night. Oak Hill and River Greenbrier area show normal clear conditions. New River gauge about 3 ft.
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State Development Plan Aims to Boost West Virginia
Gov. Underwood announced a statewide financing corporation to activate a 1959 law and boost the state's economy. Speaking at the West Virginia Industrial Development Conference near Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge, he said he would invite top executives from banking, electric, gas, rail, and other firms to support the project.
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Negro pickets jailed in Bluefield theater injunction case
Three African American men from Bluefield were jailed in Mercer County on contempt charges for violating a court injunction limiting pickets at the State Theater in Bluefield. The injunction caps picketers at two, requires 20 feet apart and eight feet from the door.
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Exchange Visits To Be Continued
Washington reports the United States will press ahead with its people to people exchange program with the Soviet Union despite the summit blow up. The State Department will suspend the program if American opinion turns hostile. Top officials see no current signs of anti American sentiment or hostility toward visitors to the Soviet Union. A delegation of American railroad experts is due to depart Thursday for a Soviet tour.
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Malinovsky Emerges as Power Figure in Red Struggle
Western observers view Marshal Rodion Malinovsky as a potential kingmaker in Kremlin politics amid tensions with Khrushchev. The army officer corps resents cuts tied to Khrushchev’s peace drive, possibly aligning with opponents of his foreign and domestic policy at the Paris summit.
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Western Europe Angered By Summit Meet Collapse
London AP reports Western Europe anger and disappointment over the summit collapse. Khrushchev faces sharp Western criticism while calls for Allied firmness and unity grow. Soviet propaganda blasts U2 flights. Dutch minister Luns urges steadfast unity amid Khrushchev pressure. Eisenhower gains prestige from the Paris crisis. Britain’s Daily Mirror praises calm Western conduct.
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Khrushchev Disrupts Paris Summit Session
A Raleigh County correspondent recalls Khrushchev’s disruption of the Paris summit and laments the difficulty of doing business with the Reds. The column uses rural colloquial imagery to critique diplomat performance and policy.
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Hail 18 Inches Deep Strikes Johnstown Area
Heavy hailstorm pounds western Pennsylvania in Franklin and Conemaugh, reaching up to 18 inches in depth. Golf ball sized hail shatters about 50,000 panes at Johnstown Cut Flower Co. in Lower Yoder Two, causing extensive property damage.
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Year Man Underwood appoints Dr Carl Prutton as aide
Underwood named Dr Carl Prutton of New York City as a dollar a year special assistant for industrial development effective June 1. Prutton, retiring as EVP of Food Machinery and Chemical Corp, will serve as a West Virginia representative for out of state industry contacts while spending substantial time in the state.
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Nixon labeled aggressor by Red China in Tokyo report
AP dispatch from Tokyo says Communist China calls Eisenhower a warmonger and accuses Nixon of using aggressive language over U S espionage flights. Radio Peiping claims Khrushchev pressured Mao to drop a West summit and China moves war materiel toward Formosa while Quemoy tensions flare. LIU NING-YI blasts U S imperialism as warlike, deeming Eisenhower not a peace messenger.
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Barr Accepts New York Job
Brantley F. Barr, commercial manager for Beckley C and P, will become sales promotion supervisor for American Telephone and Telegraph in New York City effective June 1. Barr joined Beckley in October 1958 after working with C and P in Charleston and at the Washington headquarters.
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West Virginia Governor backs state finance body for industry
Governor Underwood urged creation of a state development corporation to aid private capital in industrial growth. He criticized current private funding limits, citing a 1959 act and a need for state leadership to attract small and mid sized industries. He noted 86 percent of loans in six states funded small plants and proposed broad financing for plants, working capital, modernization, moving expenses, and site options. He also planned to designate a week as West Virginia Appreciation.
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Reds Increase Jamming Over London Broadcasts
The BBC reported a notable rise in jamming of its Russian language service as Moscow intensified efforts after destroying a U S spy plane on May Day. The action followed increased Russian interference with Voice of America broadcasts targeting outgoing programs.
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Kennedy wins Maryland primary in landslide for 24 votes
Sen John F Kennedy extends his primary streak with a 3 1 edge over Morse in Maryland, tallying 200252 to 49225 and securing 24 national convention votes toward nomination. Other items note church tax lien in Baltimore, Ohio River rights talks, FPC compliance remarks, Broadway contract dispute, and UMW trial reset.
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Summit At A Glance By The Associated Press
Paris officials planned to depart Thursday as Khrushchev faced booing crowds. Eisenhower drew cheers at Notre Dame while NATO prepared a Thursday report on summit tensions. In East Berlin Communists planned a rally for Khrushchev and potential calls for a German peace conference and a separate Soviet treaty with East Germany. In Washington senators urged calm reappraisal amid fears Khrushchev could trigger nuclear war. Tokyo denounced Nixon as a warmonger over U.S. reconnaissance flights.
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Khrushchev Threatens Berlin Troop Exit After Separate Treaty
Premier Khrushchev at Paris news conference accused Eisenhower of subterfuge over U2 flights and warned Western troops in Berlin could be withdrawn once Moscow signs a separate peace with East Germany. He said such a treaty would be signed when the time is ripe and blamed the US for the summit collapse.
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Khrushchev Complains of U.S. Jet Noise in Paris
In Paris Khrushchev says American jet planes ruined his sleep after spending a night at the Soviet ambassador's summer home near Orly Airport. He returns to Paris and sleeps at the Soviet Embassy. He notes the U.S. espionage plane as a trigger and mentions Orly's busy airfield with many commercial jets.
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Khrushchev Appears Before Large Palais de Chaillot Crowd
About 1,500 newsmen packed the Palais de Chaillot as Khrushchev arrived in an open car with hat off and a tight smile. He was booed previously but cheered at the driveway entrance, then appeared on a dais under floodlights amid the glare of television.
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Splinter In Foot Kills Young Girl
Five year old Patricia Dianne Williams of Beckley died in a Charleston hospital after a splinter in her foot. Her parents, Snowden and Mrs Williams, noted the wound seemed healed before she became ill with a suspected infection and later tetanus. She was a twin and among 13 children featured in a Sunday Mother's Day edition.
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Nixon Seeks to Be Seen as Best to Handle Khrushchev
Vice President Nixon tells a New York audience he is the man best qualified to deal firmly with Khrushchev. He portrays himself as a strong leader ready to defend the free world, arguing surrender of rights is too high a price for peace and noting Khrushchev faces pressure from Stalinists and Chinese Communists. He defends Eisenhower’s wartime role amid a summit that failed.
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