Tri County Champ Enters National Spelling Bee
Tri County Champion Jerry Stewart arrived at National Spelling Bee headquarters to become an official entrant for the contest. He shares a room at the Mayflower Hotel with a TV and a daily plan for tours, messages to family, and meeting fellow contestants as 49 girls and 24 boys prepare to spell for the national title.
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Jerry
Tri-County
Peggy
Washington
Jerry Stewart
Pineville
Ted Kessinger
Washington, D. C
D.C
Mayflower
Raleigh Register
Hawaii
Linda Kobayashi
Honolulu
Prince
Beckley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Smithsonian Institution
Mrs. Clar
Ence Stewart
C. C. Farley
Soldier's Wife To Be Grilled In Tots' Deaths
In Athens Greece police prepared to question 28 year old American housewife found stabbed in the neck at home. Her three children ages 8 1 and 7 were bludgeoned and strangled with parachute cord. Her husband U S Air Force Sgt Joel Baker from China Grove North Carolina discovered the scene when he returned home at 1 am. A note alleged he had gone out with other women and a Bible with adultery markings lay open nearby. Mrs Baker was hospitalized in shock along with her husband. she was expected to recover.
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Athens
Greece
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Joel Baker
China Grove
N.C
Baker
Piper Airplane Heir Missing in New York Flight
Dan Piper, 17, grandson of Piper Aircraft founder William T. Piper, missing after a flight from Boston in a red and white Piper Comanche. Wreckage and a body were sighted about 25 miles southwest of Kingston, New York, after he departed Worcester and last spoke at 6:34 p.m. He was returning from a trip related to college entrance exams.
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Lock Haven
UPI
Dan Piper
Boston
Wurtzboro
N.Y
Kingston
Young Piper
Worcester
Mass
New England College
Howard Piper
William T. Piper
The
Piper Plane
Judge Disqualified Lias Deportation Trial Postponed
Washington based update reports the deportation trial of West Virginia gambler William G. Big Bill Lias was postponed at least until June 26 after Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy recused himself citing prior involvement. Special U.S. attorney E Riley Case said no other judge is available until the 26th, and the trial is not expected to exceed three days once underway.
Weather forecast and river conditions for local area
Cloudy tonight with lows 50s. Tuesday brings mixed sun and clouds and warm temperatures. Beckley reported 75 yesterday, Oak Hill 76. River at Greenbrier normal and clear with lake level normal and two gates open. gauge 2.2 ft.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Shortening The News Shortening The News
Cape Canaveral faces a potential wildcat strike that could halt missile and space launches as action requests reach President Kennedy. Elvis J. Stahr to receive an honorary degree at the University of Pittsburgh’s June commencement. Dirksen and Halleck urge Kennedy to press Khrushchev for good faith ahead of their looming talks. Jeff Chandler remains critically ill after abdominal operations in Culver City. Maria Fris dies by suicide at the Hamburg State Opera in Germany. Castro may host a U.S. envoy in Havana for tractors-for-prisoners talks. Tshombe in Leopoldville amid a potential treason trial and a 5,000-strong welcome. Paul Myers of WWVA dies. Gov. Barros urges West Virginia graduates to stay. Kenneth White collapses and dies while fishing under a Kanawha City bridge.
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Cape Canaveral
Kennedy
Army
Elvis J. Stahr
University of Pittsburgh
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Charles A. Halleck
Khrushchev
Russia
Jeff Chandler
Culver City
Calif
Maria Fris
Hamburg State Opera
Opera House
Fidel Castro
Havana
Moise Tshembe
Katanga
Leopoldville
Paul A. Myers
WWVA
Wheeling
W. W. Barron
Marshall University
West Virginia
Kenneth White
Charleston
Kanawha City
Memorial Day traffic toll climbs to record highs
United Press International reports a grim start to the holiday weekend with more than four traffic deaths per hour and a total near 300 after 64 hours. California leads with 26 traffic deaths, while Michigan and New York follow. Safety officials warn drivers to slow down and be cautious as projections suggest up to 415 traffic fatalities for the four days.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
United Press International
Michigan
New York State
Illinois
North Carolna
Texas
Kansas
Kentucky
Pennsyllvania
Minnesota
New Mexico
Tennessee
Pyle
The
West Offers Plan to Cut Inspections in Test Ban Talks
The United States and Britain proposed reducing on-site nuclear inspections from 20 to 12 per year at a stalled test ban conference in Geneva. The plan scales inspections by underground disturbances, with 12 minimum yearly inspections and one extra per five new disturbances. The Russians called the plan not important, while Dean hailed it as a major step forward ahead of Kennedy and Khrushchev's Vienna summit.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Britain
Dean
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Three Communications Stations Hit in Six States Sabotage Seen as Professional
FBI and state authorities probe three Utah sabotage blasts at Knolls Wendover and Cedar Mountain near Salt Lake City. Guards stand watch at AT&T facilities across Utah Idaho Colorado Nevada Wyoming and New Mexico amid fears of wider outages. National defense links rerouted to alternate routes as investigators label the act deliberate and highly planned.
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Keith Vallentine
Salt Lake City
UPS
FBI
Utah
National Guard
Knolls
Wendover
Cedar Mountain
Lyle Hyatt
Utah Highway Pa
Trol
National
American Telephone & Telegraph
Idaho
Colorado
Nevada
Wyoming
New Mexico
California
Michigan
Arkansas
Illinois
Denver
Maine
National Defense
2-Party Texas elects GOP Senator Tower
Republican John G. Tower won the U S Senate seat in Texas over Democrat William A Blakley to become the first GOP senator from the state since Reconstruction. Tower led by about 8 099 votes with 7 800 ballots left to count finishing with 444 718 votes to Blakley 436 610.
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Dallas
Tex
UPI
John G. Tower
U. S. Senate
William A
Blakley
Texas
Tower
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Election Bureau
Sen
Bandits Kill Attendant and Cop in Maryland Robbery
In Ellicott City Maryland a filling station attendant Charles Gallion 33 was fatally shot during a robbery. Patrolman Randolph Brightwell 33 was killed moments later when he stopped the bandits car for a traffic violation. Two suspects aged 25 and 28 were arrested in Catonsville. Brightwell left a wife and two children.
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Ellicott City
UPI
Charles Gallion
Howard County
Randolph Brightwell
Brightwell
Gallion
Catonsville
Kennedy Birthday Weekend With Planed Paris Talks
President Kennedy spent Memorial Day weekend in Hyannis Port as he prepares for talks with French President de Gaulle in Paris and Soviet Premier Khrushchev in Vienna. He turned 44 at home with family and faces a Boston fundraiser before a New York meeting with Ben-Gurion and a flight to Idlewild for a Paris departure. Mrs Kennedy remains at Middleburg with the children.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Nantucket Sound
Notre Dame
Kennedy
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Vienna
Nikita S. Khrushchev
London
Harold Macmillan
Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Boston
Cape Cod
New York
Plane Crash Kills 13 In Singapore
An RAF Hastings four engine cargo plane caught fire and crashed in Singapore today killing 13 people. Police call it among the worst in local history. Five crew members and eight British soldiers died with no survivors.
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Singapore
UPS
RAF
Khrushchev to meet Eastern Europe leaders before Vienna talks
Khrushchev plans a Prague or Bratislava stop with Eastern European Communist leaders before his summit with President Kennedy in Vienna. He travels by train to Vienna for talks with Kennedy set for this weekend. The party includes his wife Nina, Foreign Minister Gromyko, and U.S. ambassador Menshikov.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eastern Europe
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Prague
Budapest
Bratislava
Nina
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Mikhail Menshikov
Cousin Killed En Route To Meet Jacqueline
A 19 year old cousin of Mrs John F Kennedy Danielle Bouvier was killed in a highway accident in Lyon France while reportedly en route to Paris to meet Mrs Kennedy The Kennedys were due in Paris Wednesday and President Kennedy planned conferences with Charles de Gaulle The crash occurred shortly after departure as authorities investigated the scene
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Lyon
France
UPD
John F. Kennedy
Paris
U.S
Kennedys
Danielle Bouvier
Kennedy
Bouvier
Charles de Gaulle
Jacqueline Kennedy to Visit Greece After Paris Trip
The White House says Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy will tour Greece after accompanying President Kennedy to Paris Vienna and London. She will visit Athens and sail to nearby Aegean islands as guest of Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
UPI
White House
Jacqueline Kennedy
Greece
Kennedy
Paris
Vienna
London
Athens
Aegean Islands
Constantine Caramanlis
Pierre Salinger
French road crash injures Danielle's father and others
Before dawn on Route Nationale 6 between Saint-Georges de Renevne and Belle Ville a car collision left Marcel, Danielle's father, seriously injured and driver Restin d'Amboise also hurt police said. The Bouvier family from Pont-Saint-Esprit planned a Paris visit seeking a brief glimpse of Mrs Kennedy during a three day stay in Paris.
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Saint-Georges de Renevne
Belle Ville
Danielle
Marcel
Restin d’Amboise
Explosion at Omar mine kills two workers
Two men, Walter Crum aged 38 and Ora Neace aged 56, were killed in a blast at Omar Mining Co No. 5 mine in Omar. About 15 others were in the mine. one foreman suffered facial burns. The explosion occurred at 3:45 a.m. EST. officials said the blast was localized and not extensive as inspectors from state and federal agencies began investigation. The mine employs 223 people on three shifts.
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LOGAN
UPI
Omar Mining Co
Omar
Walter Crum
Ora Neace
Wheeler Smith
West Virginia
E. C. Workman
Omar No. 5
U. S. Bureau of Mines
James Whalen
Trial begins for 2 revolt leaders in Paris
In Paris two of four French generals, Maurie Challe and Andre-Marie Zeller, went on trial before a high military tribunal for alleged illegal seizure of command and leading an insurrection in Algeria. Both were stripped of ranks by Charles de Gaulle after the abortive uprising. The court is expected to issue a swift ruling with possible death sentences.
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Paris
UPI
Algeria
Maurie Challe
NATO
Central Europe
Andre - Marie Zeller
Palace of Justice
Charles de Gaulle
Man Who Started Frisco Fire Dies
Ray mond T. Gorman, 62, who vowed to quit drinking after a hotel room fire he started killed 20 people, died in the drunk tank. Autopsy cited cirrhosis of the liver and pneumonia. The blaze at the Thomas Hotel began when a cigarette was dropped in Gorman or by a visitor during a drinking bout.
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San Francisco
UPI
Raymond T. Gorman
City Prison
Gorman
Thomas Hotel
Four Die On State Roads During Memorial Day Weekend
West Virginia highway deaths rise to at least four during the long holiday weekend as state police urge safer driving and daylight driving lights. Victims include Gerald Pack 22 of Fitzpatrick Raleigh County and 14 year old Donald Thompson of Beverly Barbour County. A Keyser driver John Spitzer 19 faces six month jail for negligent homicide.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
United Press International
West
Bluestone
Hinton
Gerald A. Pack
Fitzpatrick
Raleigh County
Therman R. Fike
Keyser
John A. Spitzer
Spitzer
James Nicholas
Layland
Fayette County
Charles L. Cole
Cox’s Mills
Gilmer County
W. Va
Glenville
Donald Ray Thompson
Beverly
Randolph County
Barbour County
Laos Conference Postponed At Geneva After Deadlock
The 14 nation Laos conference at Geneva was suddenly postponed for at least one or two days. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Pushkin and co chair Malcolm MacDonald had agreed to resume sessions earlier, but a blocking move halted plenary talks and plunged the talks into new crisis.
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Geneva
Georgi Pushkin
Pushkin
Britain
Malcolm MacDonald
Supreme Court Upholds Blue Laws in Three States
WASHINGTON UPI The Supreme Court today upheld blue laws of Massachusetts Maryland and Pennsylvania regulating Sunday retail sales. WASHINGTON UPI President Kennedy asked Congress today for legislation to permit retraining of unemployed workers.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Congress
Tavern Murder Hearing Waived in West Virginia
Robert E. Bare of MacArthur waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate W A Burke and was sent to Raleigh County Jail to await Grand Jury action on a murder charge. Bare allegedly shot Fred Duncan at the Miners Inn in Crab Orchard after a dispute over money. Duncan died at Beckley Hospital. Police said the shooting followed an argument during a drinking outing with Duncan and others. a car fight ensued and Bare reportedly flashed a pocket knife. The tavern owner was cut during the scuffle.
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Robert E. Bare
MacArthur
W. A. Burke
Raleigh
Grand
Bare
Fred Duncan
Crab Orchard
Duncan
Beckley Hospital
Willie P. Duncan
Donald Brown
Lester
Brown
N. Gallo
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Reds
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Arthur H. Dean
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Jacqueline
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Logan Hospital
Laos
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