Beatnik Narcotics Ring Busted by undercover Cops
In a month long operation, five detectives disguised as beatniks led raids from Harlem to Greenwich Village arresting over 100 people and seizing about one million dollars in narcotics. Suspects included Bill Bailey and James Stewart among a diverse cast of beatnik figures.
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New York
Harlem
Greenwich Village
Georgeous George
the Sailor
Jamie
Bill Bailey
Pearl Bailey
New York University
James
Foots) Stewart
Stewart
Hearings on self policing moview and publishing industry voices
Rep Kathryn E Granahan to chair House Post Office subcommittee hearings early next year to gather views from the movie and publishing industries on self policing against overemphasizing sex and obscenity. A bus rammed a southbound trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike injuring 29 soldiers. Maria Callas canceled two Dallas Opera appearances and heads to Brescia for a court hearing in her separation suit with Giovanni Meneghini. Actress Joan Caulfield, divorced from Frank Ross, gave birth to a boy, with no reconciliation planned. Columbus, Ohio to see first Columbus Citizen Journal edition but mail strike halts most sales. Police identify a hunter-found body as Amos Welton Walker. A fire destruction case centers on nine million tons of rubber stored in a Kentucky warehouse. Ohio River boundary talks convene in Cincinnati with officials from five states. Clara Hamilton dies at 81 after a heart attack in Newark.
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Kathryn E. Granahan
Dpa
House Post Office
New Jersey
Maria Callas
Dallas Civic Opera
Brescia
Italy
Giovanni Battista Meneghini
Joan Caulfield
Frank Ross
Moorefield
Amos Welton Walker
Elkton
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Clara Hamilton
James L. Hamilton
Island Creek Coal Co
Newark
N. J
West Virginia Weather Forecast Faces Cloudy Week
Partly cloudy today with highs 48 to 54 west and 45 to 50 east. Tonight fair with lows 25 to 30 east and 30 to 35 west. Tuesday wills bring more cloudiness and a bit warmer. Extended outlook cooler Friday and warmer Saturday with overall precipitation around 4 inches, mainly Thursday and Saturday. Beckley highs yesterday 44, lows near 7, today around 60s. Oak Hill highs near 43, lows near 16, today around 21. River notes show Greenbrier normal and clear, Bluestone normal and clear with gauge 2.6 ft.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Oak Hill
Dockside Explosion Claims Eighth Life on Tanker Amoco Virginia
In Houston a tanker fire aboard the Amoco Virginia killed eight, including fireman D H Chandler who drowned aboard. Captain R R Combs and six crewmen perished as 25 injured. over 300 firefighters fought flames that blasted from the 540 foot vessel at Hess Terminal. Investigators from FBI Coast Guard American Oil Hess Terminal probed buckled plates and cause amid ruins.
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Houston, Tex
Amoco Virginia
D. H. Chandler
R. R
Combs
Chandler
FBI
Coast Guard
American Oil Co
Hess Terminal
Albany
N. Y
Joseph R. Daley
Seattle
Lake Charles
R. R. Combs
Kill
Devil Hill
N. C
Texas City
Civil Defense
Texas State Guard
Galena Park
Gulf Coast
Seamen Daley
Robert E. Dippel
Brooklyn
Edward John Wells
Houston
Daley
Channel
George Davis
Rudolph Ozol
Lebanon
Maine
Ozol
China proposes border withdrawal and talks with Nehru
The New China News Agency and Peiping radio reported Premier Chou En-lai proposed border withdrawal and a meeting with Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi. He urged civilian administration and unarmed police remain, but warned clashes could resume if no solution is found. Nehru's cabinet met late to discuss the plan amid India’s sharp prior notes accusing China of aggression.
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New China News Agency
Peiping Radio
Chou En-lai
New Delhi
Nehru
Chou
Cabinet Defense Committee
Army
K. S. Thimayya
Peiping
Red China
India
Space Capsule Fails To Eject Over Pacific
At Vandenberg AFB California the Discoverer VII satellite launched Saturday failed to eject its 300 pound capsule Sunday due to a power failure in the electrical system. The satellite also tumbled rather than following a steady orbit and was expected to stay in orbit about two more weeks.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Pacific
Earth
Hawaii
Rec Board To Meet At City Hall Tonight
Beckley Rec reation Board schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting today in City Hall.
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Rec
Beckley Recreation Board
City Hall
Three Vehicle Crash Injures Two Men At Beckley Intersection
Two men injured in a morning crash at First Avenue and Second Street when a 1957 car driven by Kenneth Marshall 20 of Rock Creek with defective brakes rammed a 1955 car driven by James Leo Lamb 46 of Crab Orchard on Second Street. Lamb’s car then struck a 1957 pickup driven by Carl Connelly 42 of Beckley. Lamb treated at Beckley Veterans Hospital for leg injury. passenger John Lewis Lamb 42 of Crab Orchard treated for forehead lacerations. Marshall charged with defective equipment.
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First Avenue
Second Street
Kenneth Marshall
Rock Creek
Institute Elementary School
Marshall
James Leo Lamb
Crab Orchard
Lamb
Carl Connelly
Beckley
Beckley Veterans Hospital
John Lewis Lamb
Beckley Hospital
Japanese Mountain Climbing Party Safe
The Japanese expedition missing in the Himalayas is safe, according to Nepalese Foreign Office. A party of 32 climbers will return to Kathmandu soon, the statement said.
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Katmandu
Newal
Himalayas
Ex-Director Advises Caution In NR Policy
Former West Virginia conservation director Carl J. Johnson urged a cautious go slow reorganization to replace the State Conservation Commission with a Department of Natural Resources. He proposed a gradual shift over five years, keeping policy work within the Commission initially, and favored a bachelor plus master level director with five years admin experience and merit tenure safeguards. Johnson spoke to the joint House Senate interim committee on Natural Resources and noted contracts now require the director's signature. The committee recessed and plans a 1961 written report to the Legislature and Governor.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Charleston
Carl J. Johnson
West Virginia
Department of Natural Resources
State Conservation Commission
Joint
House
Senate
Commission
Conservation Commission
Forestry
Johnson
Forestry Commission
Clarence Arthur
Beckley
Plot to Return Peron to Power Reported Afoot
A police raid on an armed mountain camp near Tucuman uncovered a plan by followers of Juan Peron to wage a Fidel Castro style guerrilla campaign and restore the exiled dictator. Three youths captured said their chief was “The Tiger” and that there were more camps and conspirators in the area as arms thefts fueled the plot.
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Tucuman
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Buenos Aires
Peronista Recuperation Movement
Arturo Frondizi
Peron
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
the Tiger
Andes
No. 15
First Small Shipment Marks Steel Production Restart
Major producers began small shipments of finished steel into pipelines two days after the Taft-Hartley injunction ended the long strike. Thousands of laid-off workers were recalled, but customers still faced shortages. Big firms started heating blast furnaces and open hearths while awaiting fuller production in coming weeks. The Supreme Court upheld the injunction, and labor talks stalled with unions seeking wages and benefits while companies push for managerial contract changes.
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Pittsburgh
Taft-Hartley
U. S. Supreme Court
United Steelworkers Appeals
James P Mitchell
Ance
Congress
Mitchell
Eisenhower
State Ponders Tourist Bureau
Charleston AP report notes West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission meeting to discuss forming a state Tourist Bureau. Proposed require ments include a decisive leader, a $25 000 startup fund, and an aggressive marketing program. An 18 member steering committee was to attend.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
C. Frohman Johnson
Commission
Heroic Hearse Driver Rescues 3 From Icy Bay
Phil Olivier an ambulance driver and student mortician from Lafayette Louisiana dived into icy waters after the tanker Amoco Virginia exploded off Houston killing seven. He pulled three men from the stern one by one as flames drifted and water froze. Sheriff deputy Hugh Irby also entered the waters to save a crewman despite chemical burns.
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Houston
Tex
Phil Olivier
Amoco Virginia
Phil
Lafayette
Olivier
Chest hair fakes debut at barber show
At a National Barber Show opening session, chest hair tapestries for men were unveiled. Diana Tessler, head of a hair firm, says bald, scrawny men seek them. brown shade is preferred and real imported hair is used for the rugs.
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Joe
Diana Tessler
Miss Tessler
Behan Stages Through 100 Proof On TV Show
AP TV writer notes Brendan Behan appeared on CBS Small World in a drunken, rambling performance that dominated the segment. Gleason teased Behan about being “100 proof” while critics bemoaned the Irish mob and Behan vanished after the middle break.
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New York
Brendan Behan
Dublin
Jackie Gleason
Gleason
Behan
Political tensions and oil fears in Sherwood Gulch rumor
Sherwood Glutz warns that enough Democrats are running for governor or starting rival lodges. Some have not filed, yet claim to speak rightly and act friendly as kin after oil is found nearby. Expect potential clashes as factions arm for control.
Auto Accident Victim Listed In Poor Condition
Blaine Lewis Sisson, 22, of MacArthur, is in poor condition at Beckley Hospital after an early Sunday crash on Harper Road. He was the sole occupant of a 1957 car that ran off the road, struck a fence and two trees, leaving $1,400 in damages. Sisson, treated for concussion, a fractured left arm, and two broken ribs, was not charged.
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Blaine Lewis Sisson
MacArthur
Beckley Hospital
Harper Road
Sisson
Beckley
Fairview Avenue
Oil Man Probes Coal Push In Markets Lost To Oil
Frank M. Porter of New York, president of the American Petroleum Institute, charges the coal industry is waging a high pressure campaign to use legislation to reconquer markets it has lost to oil and gas. He notes the public has shifted from coal to oil and gas for convenience and efficiency.
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Chicago
American Petroleum Institute
Frank M. Porter
New York
Porter
U N Secretary General Hammarskjold to visit Laos
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold will depart Tuesday to Laos to learn firsthand about the Indochinese kingdom’s troubles with Communist rebels. He plans to return toward the end of next week.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Laos
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