Carpenter's Aurora-7 Mission Nears Liftoff
Cape Canaveral reports the Atlas 107D booster and Aurora 7 craft are in go condition for a Thursday launch. Carpenter, 37, will orbit 100-150 miles high at 17 500 mph for about five hours with experiments to aid future spaceflight. If successful, a longer six to seven orbit mission may follow later this year.
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Cape Canaveral
API
Scott Carpenter
Space Agency
Carpenter
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Navy
America
Multipurpose designs win big in Pennsylvanian contest
The design contest showcased versatile items from bridal gowns convertible to cocktail wear to a three in one bomb shelter unit. A clock radio barometer offers music weather and time while a golf scooter doubles as a lawn mower and more. The items fuse practicality and novelty to appeal beyond single use.
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Five Day Forecast
Variable clouds with scattered showers and storms this afternoon and tonight. Lows in the 60s. Showers end Thursday with cooler temperatures. Five day outlook shows average highs 3 to 7 degrees above normal in south and north regions, then warmer over weekend and cooler again Monday. Rain total around one half to three quarters inch. Beckley and Oak Hill temperatures and river conditions noted.
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Beckley
Gen Clay's Son Wounded In Viet Nam Action
Lt Col Frank B Clay son of Gen Lucius D Clay was wounded in action on the Plain of Reeds near Saigon. He sustained non serious arm and leg injuries from fragments as his helicopter took fire. A master sergeant was wounded by a land mine while leading rangers northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Frank B. Clay
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Berlin
Plain of Reeds
Kieng Phong
Clay
Reds
ADCU Program Faces July 1 Expiration Key to WV Jobs
Washington reports the federal state public works ADCU program with about 12,600 West Virginians on payroll will expire July 1 unless Congress extends it. A five year extension tied to aid to dependent children has passed the House and awaits Senate review. If blocked, $3 million in state funds could revive the old EEP but would employ far fewer workers. The bill allows Barron to allocate the $3 million to continue ADCU or a potential public works program, with 70 percent federal support for ADCU and 50 percent for the public works option.
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Washington
UPID
West
Barron
6 Bodies Still Missing In Navy Plane Disaster
In Bavaria, U S and German teams comb a six mile wooded area for the remaining 6 of 26 Americans killed when a Navy transport plane crashed after radar devices disintegrated in flight. The craft carried 22 Navy men and four soldiers as part of the global air defense system.
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Munich
Germany
UPD
U. S
Army
Navy
Marshall Inquiry Hushed? Aide says death of Henry Marshall ruled suicide
Agriculture Department investigators concluded last summer that Henry Marshall was murdered, but the inquiry was halted after they failed to gain cooperation from Texas officials who ruled the death a suicide. The probe, tied to Billie Sol Estes and Marshall's Texas connections, was not forwarded to the FBI. Senate investigators led by Sen. McClellan pursue the case.
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Roy McGhee
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Henry Marshall
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Marshall
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Department
Estes
Justice of the Peace
FBI
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
Autopsy hints at murder in Estes case
Preliminary autopsy findings indicate Henry H. Marshall was murdered, shot from behind and front. Pathologist Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk reports signs of a struggle and additional injuries. Texas Rangers and FBI renew probe tied to Billie Sol Estes scandal as a grand jury investigates possible connections.
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William Clayton Franklin
Tex
UPI
Henry H. Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Joseph Jachimczyk
Marshall
Manley Jones
Jones
Henry Marshall
Texas Rangers
FBI
Jachimczyk
Estes
Washington
John McClelland
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
William E. Miller
Wreckage in storm leaves 45 dead in two states
Continental Air liner Flight 11 disintegrates in a violent electrical storm near Unionville Missouri. Forty four others die at the scene, one survivor later dies in Appanoose County Iowa. Rescue teams found wreckage strewn across a small valley with bodies and luggage scattered for miles.
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Centerville
Iowa
Nakano
Takehiko
Northwestern University
Japan
Unionville
Here
Appanoose County
Missouri Highway Patrol
Continental
Chicago
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Dan Foster
John Heaps
Oceana Gas Co. Employee Cited For Rescue Medal
Eugene W. Snider of Oceana was awarded the McCarter Medal by the American Gas Association for saving three year old Charles Brumfield during a convulsion incident. Snider, a Hope Natural Gas Co. field man, performed mouth to mouth resuscitation at the Brenton home until the child regained breathing, then was treated at Stevens Clinic in Welch. The award was presented by Hope President E Wayne Corrin at a Clarksburg luncheon attended by Snider and his wife Pauline and son.
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Eugene W. Snider
Oceana
McCarter
American Gas Association
Charles Brumfield
Lewis Brumfield
Brenton
AGA
Snider
Hope Natural Gas Co
Pineville
John Sepko
Brumfield
Sepkos
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Hope
E. Wayne Corrin
Clarksburg
Pauline
Soviets Hold Up Berlin Convoy
Soviet troops halted a U S Army convoy for six hours as it left West Berlin for West Germany. Babelsberg officers claimed no notice. the convoy waited from 6 15 a m to 11 53 a m before protests at Soviet checkpoints allowed passage.
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Karlshorst
East Berlin
Beckley Business Development Corp Loses Tax Exemption Claim
The Beckley Business Development Corp and similar groups face loss of tax exemption for industrial development property after a state attorney general ruling. A. David Abrams, president of the BBDC, says the decision does not affect past transactions and notes the group never used the exemption widely.
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Beckley Business Development Corp
West Virginia
A. David Abrams
BBDC
Hulett C Smith
Frank M. Ellison
Abrams
Intuition Guides Woman Accusing Li Thr Liz
A fragmentary OCR note asserts intuition reveals a woman has erred before any plan is understood, reflecting speculative judgment. The sentence is incomplete and lacks verifiable details about people or events.
Committee Votes Cut In Alliance Funds
Washington reports the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to reduce Kennedy's Alliance for Progress aid to Latin America by 20 percent, from 3 billion to 2.4 billion over four years. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a foreign aid bill totaling 4.622 billion, keeping 3 billion for Alliance but trimming 216.5 million elsewhere.
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Washington
UPI
Iouse Foreign Affairs Committee
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stock Averages at Noon Dow, Rails, Utilities Slide
The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 633.91, down 2.43 points at noon. The 20 rail averages fell to 134.08, down 0.65. utilities at 120.11, down 0.48. and the general list at 219.78, down 0.90. Trading volume reached 2,130,000 shares by noon.
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Dow Jones
Quotes From United Press International Roundup
A UPI supplied round of quotes from Centerville Iowa Alger Algeria Washington Canton Ga. centering on a Continental Airlines crash cleanup estimate a doctor fleeing war a Kennedy message to refugees and a Georgia moonshine raid with remarks on post crash recovery civil conflict and law enforcement challenges.
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United Press International
Centerville
Iowa
Curtis Green
Continental Airlines
Mild chiropractor turns bank robber in Ozark shootout
Eugene S. Gault, 43, of Prattville, Alabama, robbed the Bank of Ozark, killing executive vice president Fred Flowers and teller David Jackson, then shot Troy Officer J H Youngblood and wounded another officer. Cornered in a churchyard by police, Gault was killed. Robbery suspect taught as a quiet neighbor, the case details describe a daylight heist with multiple fatalities.
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Ozark
Ala
UPI
Eugene S. Gault
Prattville
Bank of Ozark
Gault
Mr. Flowers
Jackson
Flowers
Alabama
Clio
Bill Roberts
Roberts
Chase Youngblood
Troy City
Troy
Conner
Ted Gault
Youngblood
Shortening The News Dispatches From Wire
Prosecution seeks death for former Gen Raoul Salan in secret army activity. Gavalda hopes de Gaulle commutes sentence. Australia and New Zealand to send forces to aid Thailand borders. Kennedy orders study to aid hungry refugees from Red China. Weaver says he will not run for New York senator or HEW secretary. Egypt bans the belly dance and vice squads enforced. French troops clash with OAS in Algiers. 15 killed, 5 wounded. House leaders defer repeal of 10 percent ticket tax to Jan 1. Richard Tucker in fair condition. West German Parliament cuts auto import duties in half. Kennedy news conference to be broadcast today.
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Raoul Salan
Secret
Andre Gavalda
Charles de Gaulle
France
Australia
U.S
Thailand
New Zealand
Kennedy
United States
Red China
Robert C. Weaver
New York
Algiers
OAS
Democratic House
Washington
Richard Tucker
Long Island Jewish Hospital
NBC Television
Light To Save A Life Campaign Planned Again
West Virginia Safety Council announces a reprise of the Light to Save a Life campaign to promote daytime low beam use during holiday periods including Memorial Day May 29 to May 30, July Fourth, and Labor Day. Charles Hopkins urges motorists and truck drivers to travel with lights on and stresses visible safety for all on the road.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Safety Council
Charles Hopkins
Governor’s Committee On
Hopkins
N Highway Meeting Set in Sharon Pennsylvania
Erie-Pittsburgh West Virginia Freeway Association meets in Sharon to discuss Interstate 79 plans. West Virginia Pennsylvania group reports progress on the major route while Park Martin outlines Pennsylvania four-lane expressway program. Officials from West Virginia Pennsylvania Freeway Association and Upper Monongahela Valley Association attend.
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Sharon
UPS
Erie-Pittsburgh- West Virginia
Charles A. Montgomery
West Virginia-Pennsylvania Freeway Association
Norman Laughlin
Upper Monongahela Valley Association
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Park Martin
Pennsylvania Organization
Erie
Charleston
W.va
Curtin Fills In For Ailing Diva In Salome
Detroit reports met Opera scene as Phyllis Curtin, a West Virginia native, substituted on one hour's notice for Brenda Lewis in Salome. Curtin, who had not sung the role with the Met, delivered a praised performance amid a reunion atmosphere, receiving ten curtain calls and recalling nerves about the staging.
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Diva
Detroit
UPI
Metropolitan Opera
Phyllis Curtin
West
Virginia
Richard Strauss
Salome
Miss Curtin
Brenda Lewis
Vienna
Salt Lake City
Miss Lewis
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U.S. Committee For Refugees
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