Hammarskjold Wins Nobel Peace Prize Posthumously
Dag Hammarskjold, deceased UN secretary general, is awarded the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize posthumously for his Congo mission. The 1960 prize goes to Albert Luthuli. Prize money totals Swedish Kroner 250,232.88 for 1961 and 225,986.76 for 1960.
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UPI
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
South Africa
Albert Luthuli
Nobel Institute
Nobel Committee
Norwegian National Assembly
Albert John Luthuli
Congo
Hammarskjold
Superbomb explosion eyed as Khrushchev promise
United States officials expressed skepticism that the Arctic blast was Khrushchev's 50 megaton weapon. Swedish and French seismological stations reported a very powerful atmospheric detonation near Novaya Zemlya, with AEC and White House awaiting further confirmation.
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Newport, R.I
UPI
White House
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Andrew Hatcher
Atomic Energy Commission
United Press International
Arctic
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Khrushchev
Sweden
Uppsala University Seismological Institution
French
Atomic Energy Agency
Uppsala
Novaya Zemlya
Kennedy
AEC
Las
Uppsala University
Soviet Union
1962 Seen As Boom Year
New York United Press International reports that 316 economists surveyed by F W Dodge Corp foresee 1962 a record year with rising consumer and wholesale prices. They predict total output reach 565 billion dollars by late 1962 and industrial production at 122 percent of the 1957 average, up from 112 percent. Federal defense and other government outlays are expected to boost stimulus into 1962.
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New York
UPI
F. W. Dodge Corp
Federal Reserve Board
Churchill S had chill at Chartwell home in Sunday visit
News round up notes Churchill as ill with a slight chill. Other items report Yuri Gagarin canceling India visit due to illness and a Moscow report. Blondes Tina Livanos and the Marquess of Blandford wed in Paris. A cadet from The Citadel dies after a parachute accident. An execution date set for Arthur Schuck. Deer hunters stranded by snow in Idaho and Utah. Cambodia’s parliament authorizes breaking relations with Thailand amid regional tensions.
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William Presser
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Yuri Gagarin
India
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Livanos
Aristotle Onassis
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Blandford
Britain
Princess Margaret
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Frank W. Cayce Jr
Florence
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Walterboro
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Arthur G. Schuck
Rockview
Beaver County
Mensa
Rockies
Idaho
Utah
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
Payoff accusation over West Virginia interstate route
Rep. Gordon H. Scherer charged the Kennedy administration with a political payoff in allocating 120 miles of interstate highway to West Virginia. He linked the action to West Virginia’s presidential primary results and Kennedy’s nomination effort. WV officials announced 180 miles approved for a link near Washington, not including Washington Pa.
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UPD
Gordon H. Scherer
Ohio
Kennedy
West Virginia
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House Public Roads Subcommittee
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Montgomery
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Washington, Pa
Skeleton of ex Summersville man found in Pennsylvania
Edinboro state police found the fully clothed skeleton of a man walking his dog in a wooded area in Erie County. The body was on Dean Swift’s property in Washington Township and tentatively identified as Frank A. Alderson formerly of Summersville West Virginia. Police estimate the death occurred about a year ago.
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Edinboro, Pa
UPI
Edinboro
Erie County
Thomas Lloyd
Dean Swift
Washington Township
Frank A. Alderson
Summersville
W. Va
Work To Start On North End Of I 79 In West Virginia
Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers said priority for initial I 79 work in the Morgantown to Clarksburg area is likely. He noted a Benton's Ferry bridge project near Fairmont and two contracts under a 50-50 federal state plan may be let by early spring. Planning is advancing for the Weston to Charleston segment with routing studies stepped up.
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Benton's Ferry
Fairmont
Benton’s Ferry
Weston
Charleston
Rainelle Area Still Hard Hit After Snowstorm Damages
Conservative estimate places Appalachian Power Co. damages at 50000 in Beckley District after Friday snowstorm. Rainelle remains largely out of power with 50 percent of customers affected while Beckley reports 90 percent repair progress and Oak Hill area nearing full service. Crews from multiple towns, heli patrols, and a pelican bucket lift aid rapid restoration as officials praise public cooperation.
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Beckley
John Gates
APC
Rainelle
Oak Hill
Wwork Jmen
Roanoke
Williamson
Logan
Clinch River
Charleston
R. H. Bouligny
Brisol
Bartlett Tree
Oak Hl
Gates
Fred Filler
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Richwood
Nicholas County
Monongahela Power Co
William Bryant
Merle White
Summersville
Weather Forecast and Observations for Virginia and Nearby Areas
Clear tonight with frost and freezing temperatures. Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer with daily highs around 61 to 66 degrees. Five day forecast shows above normal temperatures by 2 to 3 degrees, showers Tuesday night and possible rain Thursday totaling about half an inch. River conditions indicate above normal levels and muddy water. Greenbrier and Lake areas falling. Morning low reported at Big Piney and Wink, Texas high noted for Sunday.
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Oak Hill
Greenbrier
U.S. Weather Bureau
Big Piney
Wye
Wink
Tex
Voroshilov Humiliated by Soviets at Party Congress
Moscow reports show Klimenti Voroshilov, once Soviet defense chief and president, publicly denounced at the 22nd Soviet Communist party congress. Dmitri Povlanski and others pressed accountability for anti Khrushchev opponents, while Voroshilov sat silenced as gavel bangs interrupted his reply.
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UPS
Kremlin
Klimenti
Voroshilov
Nikita Khrushchev
Red Army
Dmitri Povlanski
Poylandsky
V. M. Molotov
Freight Train Kills Five In Arkansas Crashes
In two separate wrecks 18 miles apart a Cotton Belt freight train struck a pickup at a crossing killing three occupants and moments later hit a mother and her 2 year old daughter on the tracks, railroader J A Rector who had 36 years without a fatal accident.
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Stuttgart
Ark
UPI
J.A. Rector
Rector
Jones
Hunter Killed by Son in West Virginia Hunting Accident
In McDowell County West Virginia a 410 shotgun discharged when a nine year old boy tripped and fell the blast struck his father Bailey 39 of Panther. The father died at the scene while the boy held the gun for him. Another hunter, Dunbar attorney Philip R Simms, was in critical condition after the same hunting accident. Two other hunters died of heart attacks and about 25 others were wounded during opening week of the season that began October 14.
Prison Break Out of 10th Floor Seattle Jail
Seven prisoners escaped from the County City Building on the 10th floor during a rain storm by sawing bars and tying sheets into a rope. Five were recaptured within four hours. one inmate, Lawrence D. Johnson, was killed after falling ten stories. Still at large are Thomas B. Fasenmeyer Jr. and Arthur St. Peter. They bound staff and used the elevator to reach the second floor before slipping past about 100 officers.
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Seattle
UPS
Lawrence D. Johnson
San Francisco
Thomas B. Fasenmeyer Jr
Arthur St. Peter
King County
Tim McCullough
County City
Gerald Pincus
Pincus
Phil Pelton
East German Guards Relent After US Traffic Rights Showdown
UPI reporting from Berlin describes East German border guards waving American cars through Berlin checkpoints after a U.S. military display of force. Eight MPs led by a lieutenant accompanied diplomat HE Allan Lightner as guards demanded ID, sparking protests from the United States.
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Joseph B. Fleming
Berlin
UPI
U.S
West Berlin
East Berlin
United States
U. S. Berlin
U. S
Allan Lightner
Friedrichstrasse
White Line
Lightner
Iit
Brazilians Begin Six Day Tour of Beckley Area
A five member Brazilian labor leaders team on a six day stay in the United States to study American life arrived in Beckley late last night. Sponsored by the International Cooperation Administration they were welcomed by the Labor Department andInterpreter Sylvia Moraes. The group will meet District 29 United Mine Workers of America tour Beckley Memorial Hospital visit a coal mine at Clifftop and view county public schools.
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Beckley
United States
U.S
International Cooperation Administration
Department of Labor
Bureau of International Affairs
Lorenzo Bergeron
Sylvia Moraes
Cezar Francisco Mueller
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Weekend road crashes kill four in West Virginia
The 1961 weekend toll reached four deaths in three accidents in West Virginia, raising the year total to 298. Victims were John A. Nickels and Clarence A. Grimm in a Logan County two car collision, Ronald Grimm injured, Elizabeth Schoonover killed in Clay County, and Air Force Maj. Thomas G. Sprott killed when a car hit a rock ledge on the Turnpike near Charleston.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Logan County
John A. Nickels
Clarence A. Grimm
Williamson
Grimm
Ronald
Nickels
U. S. 119
Logan
W.va
Valley Fork
Clay County
Elizabeth Schoonover
Clay
Air Force
Thomas G. Sprott
del Rio
Tex
Charleston
Six Electrocuted on Rice Conveyor in Darnell Louisiana
Six men died when a rice conveyor struck a high voltage power line in Darnell. Victims include Douglas Wilson a 40 year old rice farmer and five Negro helpers Shack Calhoun 62 Tommy Calhoun 20 John E. Glover 60 James Glover 25 Willie Norris 35 all of Epps Louisiana.
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Darnell, la
UPI
Douglas Wilson
Darnell
Shack Calhoun
Tommy Calhoun
Pioneer
John E. Glover
James Glover
Willie Norris
Epps
Theater Cave-In Kills Woman In New Orleans
A concrete ceiling collapse at the Nola Theater during a horror film injures 45 and kills 65-year-old Mary Odienet. An unidentified man yelled a warning moments before debris crushed seats and trapped victims. Firemen say most escaped amid dust and chaos.
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New. Orleans
UPI
Nola Theater
Mary Odienet
Public War Fear Comments and Fallout Shelter Mishap
Dr. Jerome Frank warns against desensitizing the public to nuclear war casualties. In New Orleans, 14 year old Sharon Fenney recalls mirror injuries after a theater crush that killed one woman and injured 45 others. In Springfield New York, Mrs. John Gerrity laments a home sliding into an excavation for a DIY fallout shelter.
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New Orleans
Sharon Ann Fenney
Springfield
N.Y
John Gerrity
Psychiatrist Says U S Not Plagued by Nuclear Panic
Dr. Jerome Frank of Johns Hopkins says Americans show concern about world events but not collective anxiety. He notes fallout shelters are a fad and that children are influenced by adults’ behavior more than talk.
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Washington
UPI
Jerome Frank
John Hopkins University
JFK says West Virginia firms considered for defense bids
President Kennedy replied to the Ohio Valley Association of Mayors stating prime contractors have been told to invite bids from several Ohio Valley firms for defense contracts. Mayors had protested the Army's failure to award the West Virginia Ordnance Co. Wheeling a large M 14 rifle contract, citing unemployment concerns. Kennedy said he is aware of unemployment misery and that domestic efforts target reducing joblessness.
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Wheeling
UPI
Kennedy
Ohio Valley Association of Mayors
Ohio Valley
Mayors Association
West Virginia Ordnance Co
Ex-Councilman Beckett Sentenced for Embezzlement
Former Parkersburg city councilman James M Beckett Jr. drew 1 to 10 years in prison for embezzling city lumber used on a motel project. Judge Don ald F Black denied a new trial and probation, ordered jail, and allowed a 90 day appeal window.
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UPID
James M.,beckett Jr
Wood County
Donald F. Black
Beckett
Black
William L. Jacobs
Jacobs
State Supreme Court
Glen O. Evans
Evans
Auto Talks Brighter as UAW and Chrysler Near Settlement
Hope for a peaceful end to new contract talks after a settlement of plant level disputes at nearly half the union bargaining units. United Auto Workers and Chrysler are moving toward an agreement.
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API
Hope Bright
United Auo
Chrysler
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