Two NSA Clerks Defect to Soviet Union in Moscow
Bernon Mitchell and William Martin, both 29 to 31, defect from the U S National Security Agency and say U S policy risks World War III. They accuse Washington of spying on allies and threatening peace while praising Soviet lifestyles and opportunities for women. They appeared at the Journalists Club, described past routes from Ft Meade, and claimed U S cryptographic secrets and covert operations.
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Moscow
U.S
National Security Agency
United States
Bernon F. Mitchell
Eureka
Calif
William H. Martin
Ellensburg
Wash
Soviet Union
Journalists Club
NSA
Mitchell
Martin
U. S. Navy
Ft. Meade
Mexico City
Red China
Francis Gary Powers
Panhandle Crime Hearing Opens in Wheeling
State Police Supt. Hazen Fair denied reprimanding troopers for gambling and liquor raids and said no orders required prior notification. He cited a Jan 16 1957 letter found in files about raid approvals, testifying as the Northern Panhandle commission opened hearings on gambling and liquor violations. Before sessions began, 16 Chester residents appeared at the venue.
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Wheeling
Hazen Fair
West Virginia Crime Commission
Fair
Panhandle
Underwood
R. W. Boyles
Desegregation Problems Mark Early School Year in Arkansas
In Little Rock the third year of mixed classes begins with 12 Black students at two previously white high schools, officials hope for a quiet opening. Across the globe East Germany warns of further steps, while Louisiana’s Earl Kemp Long lies in state awaiting funeral services. Texas Attorney General Wilson rules Houston may integrate without loss of state aid, and Canada reports a Labor Day toll of 55 deaths. Three Syrians convicted of spying for Israel are executed in Damascus. Joan Davis seeks two youths after a fire scare at her Bel Air home and the Finch-Tregoff trial resumes in Los Angeles with Dr. R. Bernard Finch testifying.
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Little Rock
Ark
East Germany
Berlin
Earl Kemp Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
First Baptist Church
Texas
Will Wilson
Houston
Canada
Israel
Monay
Damascus
Comedienne
Joan Davis
Bel- Air
Miss Davis
Finch- Tregoff
Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Probers Belong To Stamp Organizations In WV Legislature
Charleston (AP) The Charleston Daily Mail reports more than half of West Virginia's 132 legislators are members of groups with federal liquor or gambling stamps. Five of the 70 stamp members sit on the Crime Commission hearings in Wheeling into alleged illegal whisky sales and gambling in the Northern Panhandle. Senators Clarence E. Martin Jr., J. Horner Davis, William Moreland, Dell Armistead, and John L. Goshorn are named among stamp holders. 22 of 32 senators and 48 of 100 delegates are on such lists.
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Charleston Daily Mail
West Virginia
the Mail
Crime Commission
Wheeling
Panhandle
Clarence E. Martin Jr
Martinsburg
Senate
House of Delegates
Commission
J. Horner Davis
William Moreland
Morgantown
Dell
Charles Armistead
John L. Goshorn
The
Daily Mail
Hurricane Donna still a threat to U S mainland
Hurricane Donna moved west northwest at ten mph with winds up to 125 mph in a small center area. The storm was about 200 miles east southeast of Turks Island and 800 miles east southeast of Miami, with a path suggesting it may pass east of the Bahamas.
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Miami
Fla
Donna
Atlantic
U.S
Turks Island
Bahamas
West Virginia Weather Report and River Conditions
Mostly sunny conditions with highs in the 80s across the state and lower 90s in the west. Tonight will be fair with 60s lows. Wednesday remains fair and hot. Reading from 3ECKLEY and OAK HILL shows highs near 88, overnight lows around 64 to 68. River gauges on Greenbrier and surrounding lakes report normal, clear conditions with Lake gauge at 18 ft and gates open.
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Oak Hill
Greenbrier
West Virginia Crime Commission Hearings Open in City
The commission hears testimony on Northern Panhandle activities with 100 witnesses summoned and Mayor Ray Collins among eight witnesses called. The hearings, lasting through the week, will probe liquor and gambling law violations as commissioner F Dean Nichols previously toured the region with calls for enforcement.
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Northern Panhandle
Commission
F. Dean Nichols
Northern
Panhandle
Crime Commission
Greenbrier County
Gov. Underwood
Committee To Probe Wonder Drug Prices
A Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee winds up a year of hearings by turning to antibiotic drug prices. The hearings begin Wednesday and run through the following Wednesday, with previous sessions studying other drugs.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Politikal wars echo in welkin mite muddle
Sherwood Glutz comments on current political scene likening candidates to an accordion. He argues that attempts to silence opponents cause more noise than letting them speak, urging readiness and action in the heated debate.
PRR Offers Arbitration Move In Six Day Rail Strike
The Pennsylvania Railroad pressed two unions to accept final and binding arbitration on 23 issues while three others would go to arbitration. TWU head Michael Quill did not immediately comment. Philadelphia Mayor Dilworth urged Quill to stay for negotiations as he planned a cross country tour of the PRR network.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Transport Workers and System ‘Federation
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers
Richardson Dilworth
Quill
TWU
District of Colum
Kennedy charges NATO base aid to Congo planes
Senator John F Kennedy accuses Eisenhower aides of allowing Soviet planes bound for the Congo to refuel at a NATO base in Athens. He demands State Department details, warns NATO bases could become instruments of Cold War aims, and calls for leadership at home to meet global challenges.
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Pocatello
Idaho
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Congo
Athens
Kennedy
Mountain
Pacific Northwest
Christian A. Herter
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations
Africa
State Department
NATO
United Nations
GOP Not Unfair To Organized Labor Neely
Harold Neely, GOP gubernatorial hopeful, said in a Labor Day address that Republicans support labor and oppose overbearing government. He urged pro enterprise policy to boost the economy while avoiding centralization. Other candidates urged labor management cooperation to address unemployment and regional decline. Sen. Jennings Randolph warned against government stalemate as a national risk.
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Harold Neely
Bunners Ridge
Neely
Smithers
Fayette County
W. W. Barron
Jennings Randolph
Underwood
U.S. Senate
Parkersburg
Two American Defectors Smuggled by Soviet Trawler
Washington reports a Soviet trawler secretly picked up two American code clerks in a Cuban port and smuggled them to the USSR. Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin were the defectors named as authorities described how they traveled, with U.S. agencies alerted after Moscow revealed the event.
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Washington
Soviet Union
White House
Pentagon
State Department
Lumumba Seeks Confidence Vote in Congo Power Battle
Premier Patrice Lumumba called an emergency parliamentary session to seek a vote of confidence amid a power struggle with President Joseph Kasavubu. Kasavubu fired Lumumba on air. Lumumba countered by taking over the network and asserting control as UN forces watched.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Lumumba
Kasavuba
Kasavubu
Kasagubu
Congo
U. N
Ghana
Jason Senwe
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Leopoldville
Senate
Joseph Ileo
National Congolese Movement
Forward Youth and Workers of the
UN takes over Leopoldville radio and halts broadcasts
In Leopoldville the United Nations seized control of Radio Leopoldville and banned all broadcasts as part of a peacekeeping mandate amid looming civil conflict. UN Congo command also tightened airport controls, halting civilian air traffic, while Rome reported Herb Elliott won the Olympic 1500 meters by 15 meters, setting an Olympic record.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
The
United Nations
Radio
Leopoldville
U. N
U. N. Congo Command
Rome
Herb Elliott
Wife-Shooter Shot By 'Pappy-In-Law' In Family Feud
Harold Dotson, 28, of Freeburn Kentucky, remained in critical condition at Miners Memorial Medical Center as Pike County deputies and Kentucky State Police patrolled the hospital. His estranged wife Ruby, 23, is hospitalized with a shotgun wound she suffered from Dotson at her parents East Williamson home. Clifford Estepp, the father-in-law, shot Dotson and surrendered after the incident at Freeburn. Estepp was enraged over Dotson shooting Ruby and amputating her left foot.
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Dotson
Estepp
Ruby
East Williamson
Clifford Estepp
Freeburn
Break Looming Between Cuba And Argentina
Havana AP reports a sharp exchange between Fidel Castro's Cuba and Argentina raising predictions of a diplomatic rift. Cuba’s Raul Roa sent a note to ambassador Amosedo after Argentina protested Roa’s OAS remarks supporting Cuba’s right to self rule, while dismissing Brazil’s protest.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Argentina
Raul Roa
Julio A. Amosedo
Arturo Frondizi
Organization of American States
San Jose
Costa Rica
Roa
Brazil
Horacio Lafer
OAS
U.S
Rong U.S
Miss America Pageant Opens Tonight In Atlantic City
The 1960 Miss America pageant begins tonight with 54 contestants from every state plus Canada and several U.S. cities. An illuminated boardwalk parade, bathing suit photos, and rehearsals mark official registration as preliminary competition starts Wednesday night.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Union
Canada
New York
Chicago
Washington
Objects fall in Hartford yard may be Sputnik fragment
Two flaming objects landed in a Hartford apartment yard and will be sent to NASA. Police said the tiny chunks hissed as they struck Sunday night. Prof. Robert L. Brown of Southern Connecticut State College suggested the particle could be from an orbiting satellite, possibly Sputnik IV, which broke apart after launch. A witness saw a brilliant object pass overhead.
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Hartford
Earth
Labor Day Toll Rises Near 400 Mark in 78-Hour Period
Traffic deaths during the Labor Day weekend averaged about one per ten minutes, with final counts rising above 400 after 78 hours. The tally, still awaiting final adjustments, trails the NSC forecast of 460 and the 1951 record. AP tallies show 595 total deaths across traffic, boating, drownings and other causes, as 73 million vehicles were on roads nationwide.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
NSC
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