Thant to brief on Katanga secession and reunification
United Nations Acting Secretary General Thant convened the Congo Advisory Committee to review steps to end Katanga's secession and push reunification. A Gardiner report alleges Katanga built an air force with European mercenaries. Tshombe may keep 115 mercenaries, 20 to 50 pilots and technicians. Diplomatic sources foresee a possible Security Council session in mid-October if progress stalls.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Thant
Congo
Katanga
Robert K. A. Gardiner
Ghana
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Leopoldville
Security Council
U.N. Congo
World Series Postponed By Coast Storms And Winds
The sixth World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees was postponed by violent winds and heavy rain. Frick doubted play could resume Saturday due to a soggy Candlestick Park outfield as storms swept from California to the Rockies.
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UPI
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San Francisco Giants
New York Yankees
Frick
Candlestick Park
United Press International
West Coast
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Rockies
New York City
East
Midwest
Plains
New York
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Michigan
Washington
Klamath
Scott
Gold Beach
Oregon
Moffett Naval Air Station
Sunnyvale
Calif
Oakdale
Ukiah and
Burney
Binghampton
N.Y
Cascades
Sierras
Popcorn Snafu Fatal for 20-Month-Old Boy
In Parkersburg a 20 month old boy from Tuppers Plains Ohio strangled at a shopping center after popcorn lodged in his throat. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Powell.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Weather forecast for West Virginia with showers possible
Cloudier conditions with scattered showers mainly in the north this afternoon and tonight. Lows 52 to 57 in the north and 55 to 60 in the south. Saturday partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs 66 to 72 in the north and 72 to 80 in the south. Five day forecast shows near normal highs and lows, cooler weekend, warmer early next week, with more showers Friday night and around Tuesday. Beckley and Oak Hill temperature reports included with river and lake conditions noted as normal and clear.
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Ceeeeeeens
Rcceesereees
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
Prisoner Release Talks Stalemated in Havana Mission
U S attorney James B Donovan arrived in Miami after eight days in Havana and two long talks with Fidel Castro awaiting Castro's reply on next steps for freeing 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners. Donovan hoped Castro would accept the ransom aid offered by the Cuban Families Committee and stressed negotiations have not broken down, only unresolved points remain.
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Miami
UPS
New York
James B. Donovan
Fidel Castro
Donovan
Havana
Castro
Cuban Families Committee of
Rudolf Abel
Francis Gary Powers
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
R-N
Ole Miss Riot Leaders Singled Out
Oxford Mississippi UPI reports James Meredith completes a second week of classes under heavy guard at the University of Mississippi amid possible delays in prosecuting seven alleged riot leaders including six students. State authorities may act, while Justice and Defense Departments disclose campus presence of students from 13 colleges and additional National Guard deployment.
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Oxford, Miss
UPI
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
John D. Williams
Joe Patterson
Patterson
Williams
Justice Department
Joe Dolan
Mississippi State
Defense Department
Mississippi National Guard
University Won't Expel Meredith
WEST POINT MISS. UPI Tom Tubb chairman of the state College Board said he told Gov Ross Barnett the board would not expel Negro James Meredith from Ole Miss under any circumstances The board does not expel students and action would have to originate with the university He noted the board worries about accreditation and political interference if Meredith were expelled or deemed mentally incompetent by a psychiatrist
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West Point, Miss
UPI
Tom Tubb
State College Board
Ross Barnett
James Meredith
Ole Miss
Tubb
United Press International
Barnett
Meredith
Man Electrocuted at Valley Bend Church
ELKINS UPI George D Conte about 50 of Elkins was electrocuted Thursday while working at the Valley Methodist Church at nearby Valley Bend. Authorities said the accident occurred when a ladder Conte was carrying touched a high voltage line.
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UPI
George D. Conte
Valley Methodist Church
Valley Bend
Conte
Kennedy backs Morgen thau in Rockefeller bid for New York
President Kennedy campaigns for Robert Morgen thau to unseat Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, a potential 1964 GOP presidential candidate. A cattle truck collision on U S 40 near Aberdeen, Maryland, fatal bus crash injures many as a New York Trailways bus rear-ends a truck. The British Foreign Office condemns attacks on British shipping and urges restraint on Cuban exile actions toward Cuban ports.
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Kennedy
Robert M. Morgenthau
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
U. S. 40
Aberdeen
United States
Cuba
Glenn to open 1962-63 lecture series in Philadelphia
Col John H Glenn will open the Philadelphia Geographical Society 1962 63 lecture series next Wednesday and receive the Elisha Kent Kane medal. Edward R Murrow, ill with pneumonia, arrived in New York and rests at his Pawling farm. AFL CIO forms task force to push 35 hour week. Police search Phoenix for Winnie Ruth Judd as she remains at large. Dr Edward L Tinker to receive American Foundation Award for fostering affection and music.
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John H. Glenn
Philadelphia Geographical Society
Elisha Kent Kane
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Tehran
New York
Pawling
N.Y
Afl-Cio
Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Ariz
Edward L. Tinker
Americas Foundation
Stubborn Old Men Block Adjournment of Congress
Senate and House delay adjournment as Kerr and Smith clash over roughly six river and harbor projects in a 2.3 billion pork barrel bill. Mansfield calls the outlook for finishing the session reasonably good but cautions it may fail. The bill, already passed by both chambers, adds about 50 projects from the Senate.
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Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Kerr
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
France and Monaco in tax talks collapse at deadline
Paris sources report talks between France and Monaco over taxation broke down hours before a midnight deadline. France warns of border blockade and possible annexation of Monaco, pressing for a tax pact that would tax foreign residents and companies. Prince Rainier’s representatives reportedly refused to meet demands on tax shares amid concerns over tax avoidance.
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Paris
UPS
France
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Grace
Riviera
Prince Rainer
Charles de Gaulle
Quai d'Orsay
Mediterranean
Armco Strike Ends at Armco Steel in Ashland
About 4,000 workers returned to their jobs at Armco Steel Corp in Ashland Kentucky ending a two day wild cat strike. United Steelworkers Local 1865 said the walkout began with the steam power department and others refused to cross picket lines. The grievance behind the stoppage was under arbitration.
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Ashland
UPI
Armco Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Steam Power Department
Beckley Finds Gold in Old Coal Mine Tourism Boosts Beckley
Beckley and nearby attractions are drawing visitors as the Honey in the Rock exhibit and Stotesbury Museum spur tourism in southern West Virginia. The Southern Region Restaurant Association notes growing restaurant business while the area relies on relics of its coal past to lure sightseers. Census-like data show employment plummeting from 11,100 in 1952 to 3,150 in Raleigh County, with high unemployment. Experts say tourism could reshape the region’s economy as federal and state support is pursued, per Phillip E. Norton.
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Beckley
The
Wall Street Journal
Phillip E. Norton
Journal
Stotesbury Museum
Southern Region Restaurant Association
West Virginia
Turnpike
Natalie Austin
Norton
Raleigh County
Okey L. Patteson
Patterson
Raleigh County Bank
Charles Hodel
Iberia Plane Crash Kills 18 Near Seville
An Iberia Airlines jet crashed near Seville today, killing all 18 people aboard, an airline spokesman said. The disaster marks a fatal air incident in Spain with no survivors.
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Seville
Spain
Nehru orders troops to drive out Chinese in NEFA clash
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ordered armed forces to remove Chinese communist troops from the NEFA border area after heavy fighting near Dhola outpost and Thang Lha Ridge. He cited nearly 100 Chinese casualties and confirmed Indian losses, though exact numbers were not given.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Northeast Frontier Agency
NEFA
Tibet
Dhola
Thang Lha Ridge
Godfrey Testifies In Liggett Chesterfield Cancer Trial
Federal court in Pittsburgh recessed the Liggett & Myers smoking Cancer suit retrial of Otto Pritchard after depositions from Liggett president Benjamin Few, radio figure Arthur Godfrey, and Dr W J E Carroll. Pritchard seeks 1.125 million alleging Chesterfield cigarettes caused his cancer. Godfrey claimed he may have said Chesterfields were killing him though he did not recall it clearly. The trial resumes Monday with testimony on whether smoking Chesterfields caused cancer.
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Pittsburgh
VPI
Otto Pritchard
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
John L. Miller
Benjamin F. Few
Liggett
Pritchard
Liggett & Myers
Godfrey
Chesterfield
Carroll
Miller
Third
U. S. Circuit Court of
Philadelphia
Soviet Expels U S Diplomat In Retaliation Clash
Moscow ordered the expulsion of U S Embassy Political Officer Kermit Midthun amid a week of retaliatory moves after Lt Cmdr Raymond Smith was expelled from the United States. The U S denied espionage charges and described Smith as a victim of a physical assault in Leningrad during a routine visit.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
U. S
Kermit Midthun
Midthun
John McSweeney
Foreign Ministry
McSweeney
Cmdr
Raymond Smith
U.S
Leningrad
United States
Montana
San Francisco
Calif
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Izvestia
Midzhun
U.N
United Nations
New York
Smith
Ready To Begin Work On Scenic Highway
West Virginia awaits starting signal to plan a 160 mile scenic highway project. State officials say Congress has passed a highway bill, clearing the way for planning and development.
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SRC
Charleston
UPI
Burl Sawyers
West Virginia
Congress
Louvre paintings slashed in $400000 damage incident
Nine paintings valued at 400000 dollars were slashed at the Louvre last Sunday night. Notable works cited include Portrait of a Man by De Vries and The Hunt Breakfast by Van Loo. A guard found the damage Monday morning as staff were instructed to remain silent, with Culture Minister Andre Malraux agreeing. No arrest announced.
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Paris
UPI
Louvre Museum
de Vries
van Loo
Louvre
Andre Malraux
Jarrell wins $15,000 libel award from Daily Mail
Charleston jury awarded H. L. Jarrell, former Lon don District justice of the peace, $15,000 in his libel suit against the Charleston Mail Association publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail. He sought $100,000 over a June 2, 1959 story claiming he resigned while on an extortion trial. A later ruling on a defense motion to set aside the verdict will be heard.
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Charleston
UPI
Common Pleas
H. L. Jarrell
London
Charleston Mail Association
Charleston Daily Mail
Jarrell
Daily Mail
Dennis R. Knapp
U.S. Jobs Rise to 56.2 Million as Sept Harbors Growth
The United States added 500 000 jobs in September reaching 56.2 million. Labor Secretary Wirtz cited gains mainly in schools and auto industry. About 400 000 positions came from state and local governments, many teachers. Auto production expanded by 125 000 as 1963 models began.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
W. Willard Wirtz
Princeton Man Killed In Wreck
CHARLESTON. Robert Wilson Brown of Route 2 Princeton was killed when the car he rode in wrecked at a downtown Charleston intersection. He was being driven by Benjamin F. Davis to Huntington hospital for a physical exam. Davis and the other driver, John Berker, 35, an engineer for WCHS-TV, Charleston, had minor injuries. A traffic control box was struck, lights out briefly, and two other cars collided with only minor damage. Davis was charged with negligent homicide.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert Wilson Brown
Princeton
Brown
Benjamin F. Davis
Huntington
Charleston General Hospital
Davis
John Berker
Wchs-Tv
Beckley Centennial Fund reports progress at two booths
Fund drive totals rise to 326.92 at Main and Neville Street booths with 6.67 added Thursday by Royal Neighbors of America Beckley Court 10658. Centennial Go-getters, Beckley housewives, staff the booths today as treasurer W M Shanklin notes deposits at 744.79, excluding Thursday receipts and a 25 dollar check. Half of a 5000 dollar contribution from Centennial Commission Chairman Charles Hodel is to be credited to Raleigh County.
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Main
Neville Street
Royal Neighbors of America
Beckley Court
Beckley
W. M. Shanklin
County Centennial Fund
Centennial Commission
Charles Hodel
Raleigh County
Third Commandment Changes Bible Translation Reveals Moses Not Crossing Red Sea
The Jewish Publication Society unveils a new English Pentateuch translating directly from Hebrew. It features an altered Third Commandment and asserts Moses and Israelites did not cross the Red Sea. Seven scholars worked eight years, with critique praising accuracy and style.
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Moses
Red Sea
Philadelphia
UPI
Jewish Publication Society of America
Israel
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