New Berlin Crisis Arises in Wake of Iron Curtains
Berlin authorities report East German authorities require West German visitors to obtain special passes to enter East Berlin under a tightened division of the city. Ludwig Erhard condemned the move as a breach of law while Willy Brandt scheduled talks in West Berlin. West German diplomats in Washington fear Khrushchev may trigger a new Berlin crisis timed with his UN appearance as the United States denounces the curbs as a violation of the four power agreement. Roads and rail links remained open, but the test of West reaction is under way as the standoff persists.
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Berlin
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Washington
West Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
State Department
Khrushchev
U.S
Bonn
Soviet Union
Greater
Hurricane Donna Threatens South Florida Keys
Hurricane Donna carves a 200 mile wide path near the Florida coast with warnings from Miami to Vero Beach. Forecasters expect stalled movement and possible overflow of tide waters, closing U.S. Route 1 as thousands flee to the mainland or to Key West.
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Miami, Fla
Weather Bureau
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
South Florida
Florida
Vero Beach
Melbourne
Donna
Kay West
Keys
Key West
Creative Approach In Printing Urged At WV Convention
George Warren Hodel of Beckley Newspapers urged a creative approach in printing to distinguish printers in West Virginia as tourism expands opportunities. He warned of population loss and economic shifts and called for aggressive management and sales. The three day convention included workshops on costs, productivity, and profits with a Dutch Treat breakfast and a banquet planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Johnson
West Virginia
George Warren Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
West Virginia Printing Industry, Inc
Beckley Hotel
Ism
Fof
Printing Industry of America, Inc
Joe L. Smith Jr
Flat Top Lake
Johnson
Khrushchev Heads 10 Day Floating Communist Summit
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, leading a large Communist delegation, left Moscow to present Moscow’s line at the United Nations in New York. He sails on the Baltika for a 10 day mission to press Western powers on Congo policy while rallying African support. He secured Guinea’s Sekou Toure behind the Soviet stance and they demanded the immediate withdrawal of aggressive troops from the Congo.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
Baltika
Baltisk
U. N. General Assembly
New York
African Republic of Guinea
U.S.S.R
Congo
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Toure
U. N
Khrushchev
Girl Killed By Stray Bullet in New Jersey Suburb
Elaine M. Gary seven year old girl was killed by a stray bullet while playing on her lawn in Collingswood New Jersey. Harry R. Throckmorton twenty fired six shots from a .22 rifle across the street and said he did not realize bullets passed through the wall. A preliminary murder charge was filed against Throckmorton pending a hearing later today.
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Collingswood
Elaine M. Gary
Elaine
Harry R. Throckmorton
Throckmorton
West Virginia Weather Forecast Friday to Midweek
Partly cloudy Friday with scattered showers or thunderstorms over the west. Night and Saturday see variable clouds with likely showers or storms. Highs 84 to 90, lows 64 to 68. Cooler by Saturday and through mid next week, with average temps near normals 76/56 north and 57 south. Showers expected weekend and Tuesday or Wednesday totaling about three quarters of an inch. Beckley high 82 yesterday, low 69 today. Oak Hill high 85, low 61. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with 2.2 gates gauge.
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West
W. Va
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
PRR Union Nearer Accord Reached in Mediation Session
Philadelphia AP report says progress toward a settlement in the Pennsylvania RR strike. Federal mediator calls joint session with Francis O Neill chair of the National Railway Mediation Board after talks with union officials.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Francis O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Hammarskjold Warns Belgium Over Congo Weapon Shipment
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold warned Belgium against meddling in Congo affairs. He cited reports nine tons of weapons were unloaded at Elisabethville Airport and asked whether Brussels authorized weapons to Katanga authorities, threatening a formal protest if confirmed.
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United Nations
N. Y.ap
Dag Hammarskjold
Belgium
Congo
Security Council
U.N
Hammarskjold
Walter Loridan
Sabena Airlines
Elisabethville
Katanga
Loridan
Brussels
Area Methodists Meet New Bishop
Hundreds of Methodists from three southern districts in the Mountain state welcomed Dr. Fred G Holloway the new bishop of the West Virginia area. Dinners at Beckley churches preceded the bishop and Mrs Holloway addressing a joint Beckley Temple St Marys East Beckley and First Methodist Bluefield audience.
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Methodist Church
Fred G. Holloway
West Virginia
Methodist Tem
Mountain State
Beckley
Fred G. Hol
Methodist Temple
South Kanawha
South Kanawha Street
Lewisburg
St. Mary’s
East Beckley
Bluefield
First Methodist
Heber Street
Jennings Fast
Fast
Beckley Temple
Holloway
Charleston
Crab Orchard Mine Closes Indefinitely
The Crab Orchard operation of Winding Gulf Coals Inc will end today at 3 p.m. due to market conditions. A signed notice posted at the mine says no operations after today’s shift and that paychecks will be ready as soon as payroll is computed. The mine remains closed until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding Gulf Coals Inc
V. Bowman
Bowman
Warth Receives Life Sentence for Double Slaying
Henry Clay Warth of Huntington was sentenced to life imprisonment for the March slayings of two young baby sitters. Judge Ernest E. Winters barred parole or pardon and denied a defense motion for a new trial.
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Huntington
Henry Clay Warth
Common Pleas Court
Ernest E. Winters
Warth
Winters
Buller the boxer dog begins changing sex in London
An eight year old boxer named Buller shocks owners and vets by starting to turn female. Charles Vineall has renamed him Lulu. Surgeons at Royal Veterinary Hospital and RSPCA note the unprecedented change in a mature male dog and treat the case with caution.
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London
Buller
Charles Vineall
Lulu
Vineall
Royal Veterinary Hospital
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Vineau
James Edwards
RSPCA
Edwards
Student Held For Shoplifting
Nawal K. Goel an OSU exchange student from India aged 25 was held by Columbus police for investigation of grand larceny. He reportedly admitted stealing at least 14000 dollars worth of items from F and R Lazarus department store over two years including televisions luggage suits and many other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Nawal K. Goel
Ohio State University
India
Goel
OSU
F & R Lazarus & Co
Joe Seryak
John Donahue
Dr Peale Accused of Blind Prejudice by Ministers
A Liberal party statement by Dr. John C. Bennett and Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr accuses Dr. Norman Vincent Peale of blind prejudice against Roman Catholicism. It cites a Washington meeting of Protestant leaders and notes Peale’s Nixon support while Peale himself warns religion as an issue can be divisive for voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norman Vincent Peale
John F. Kennedy
John C. Bennett
Union Theological Seminary
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union
Liberal Party
Dr. Peale
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy predicts baby boy for Kennedy campaign
In Richmond California Senator John F Kennedy told a rally near his campaign train that his wife is at home and that they are expecting a baby boy in November. He explained why she is not traveling with him on the campaign.
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Richmond
Calif
John F. Kennedy
Opportunity Knocks in an Election Year Sayings
Sherwood Glutz reflects on opportunity in a hangover era and notes campaigns and speeches defineAmerica as a land of promise during election years, suggesting hope persists as promises rise with the season.
Lumumba Wins Guinean Support Over UN Clash in Congo
Premier Patrice Lumumba wins backing from Guinea as he allegedly launches a campaign to invade Katanga Province. Tibou Tounkara, head of the Guinean mission, says Guinea proposes withdrawal of its troops from UN command while President Sekou Toure tours the Communist bloc. The move follows U.N. support for Lumumba.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Katanga
Sekou Toure
United Nations Command
Tibou Tounkara
U.N
Katanga Defies U N Order With Air Force Flights
In Elisabethville the Katanga government defies the United Nations order to close airports by moving military aircraft. Katanga army personnel, including white officers, forced Swedish UN guards to permit two Katanga air force planes to take off in a provocative escalation amid northern invasion threats.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Katanga
U. N
Congo Crisis Escalates Over Kasavubu Lumumba Coup
President Joseph Kasavubu announced a coup to fire Lumumba, who countered by declaring Kasavubu fired. Parliament voided both dismissals and ordered both to remain in office. Invasion plans shifted from Kasai to Kivu, with U.N. Mali troops at Katongo reporting 300 plus Congolese soldiers crossing toward the border.
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Joseph Kasavubu
Lumumba
Kasavubu
Congo
Katanga
Kasai
Kivu
U.N. Mali
Katongo
Underwood to Speak at GOP Fund Dinners in 35 Cities
West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood will be among the principal speakers at Republican fund raising dinners in 35 cities September 29. The program features President Eisenhower Vice President Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge with closed circuit TV linking the cities Underwood acts as lead speaker in Atlanta Georgia
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Washington
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Underwood
Atlanta
Truman mocks Khrushchev trip to UN
Former president Harry S. Truman dismissed Khrushchev's United Nations visit, saying he would sink in the Atlantic as far as he cared. The Security Council eyed a Argentina Ecuador United States backed plan over Soviet authority to override OAS actions regarding the Dominican Republic. Eisenhower arrived at Gettysburg for a quiet weekend, golfing at the Country Club. Fidel Castro admitted guerrilla bands opposed his regime in central Cuba. Robert V. Spears, 65, linked to a Gulf of Mexico crash and bombing case, received 2 to 5 years for abortion in Los Angeles. Miss Utah and Miss District of Columbia advanced in Miss America preliminaries. A vacant racially mixed Chattanooga house burned before sale to Negroes. neighbors reported a booming sound. STATE BRIEFS: West Virginia political education committee listed.
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Harry S. Truman
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United Nations
Atlantic Ocean
U.N. Security Council
Organization of American States
Argentina
Ecuador
United States
OAS
Dominican Republic
Eisenhower
Gettysburg Farm
Washington
Gettysburg Country Club
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Robert V. Spears
Gulf of Mexico
Los Angeles
Chattanooga
Work Stoppage as Unions Step Up Local Picketing
Construction in Beckley slowed as AFL-CIO affiliated unions intensified picketing. Projects affected include Bible School Addition at First Christian Church, Methodist Child Care Center, Raleigh County Health Center, Raleigh County Bank, an Amoco station on Prince Street, Valley Drive, Pine Lodge Nursing Home, and two Texaco stations. A plumbers and pipefitters meeting with 11 crafts planned to push for contract signing with local contractors.
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Beckley
Afl-Cio
First Christian Church
Methodist
Raleigh County Health Center
Raleigh County Bank
Amoco
Prince St
Why Not Cecil Harold Neely Challenges Barron Over Resignation
Charleston AP: W. W. Barron rejects Harold Neelys call to resign as attorney general by turning Neelys logic on Gov. Underwood. Neely quit as public institutions commissioner to seek the Republican nomination for governor. In Parkersburg he urged Barron to resign as attorney general, claiming he is not running on taxpayers money. Barron replied that if he resigns so should Underwood, and questioned if Underwood is aiming for the United States Senate at taxpayer expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. W. Barron
Harold Neely
Neely
Underwood
Public Institutions
Parkersburg
Barron
Jobholders fall in August as unemployment rate edge eases
Washington AP reports the Labor Department showing total employment dropping from 68,689,000 in July to 68,282,000 in August, a decline of 407,000. The unemployment rate declined slightly, with mixed signals from a softer rise in joblessness.
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Washington
The
Labor Department
Probe probes why warrant for Paddock Club not executed
West Virginia Crime Commission questioned why a February 1959 search warrant against the Paddock Lounge in Hancock County was never carried out. Witnesses said gambling and illegal liquor sales occurred at the Paddock and Jockey Club upstairs in the same building on U.S. 30 east of Chester. Justice of the Peace Eugene Allison testified he doubted the warrant’s completeness after it was filled out by Chester attorney William E. Conklin and reviewed by Hancock Prosecutor Frank A. Pietranton, who later said the warrant was defective. The hearing explored responsibility and possible biases in pursuing the case and whether delay tainted the warrant’s validity.
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Wheeling
West Virginia Crime Commission
Hancock County
Panhandle
Jockey Club
U.S. 30
Chester
Justice of the
Eugene Allison
Allison
Lyle Virden
Hancock County Court
Virden
William E. Conklin
Conklin
Hancock
Frank A. Pietranton
Pietranton
Commission
Dean Nichols
Justice of the Peace
Sen. J. Horner Davis II
Dhanawha
J. C. Cruikshank
D-Clay
Del
William Moreland
D-Monongalia
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East Berlin
Francis P. Fisher
James A. Price
Fla
Hodel
Nikita
Evbeoasbo
PRR
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Bishop Holloway
S. A. F. Wagner
Area Methodists
Crab Orchard
Kennedys
Sherwood Glutz
West Virginia Committee On Political Education of the
Cecil
Dry Hill
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