Moon Rocket Fizzle Highlights Cold War Space Race
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The moon remains elusive for US rockets while the Soviet Union leads in lunar exploration Khrushchev says a space man could launch soon The Atlas Able failure doomed this mission, with a 9 to 10 million dollar loss A reserve rocket could be ready in 2 to 3 months NASA officials said The Soviet Lunik programs drew past lunar images and solar orbit data from earlier missions
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Fla
Soviet Union
U. S
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Glen Cove
Long Island
Indian Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Adolph Thiel
United States
Moon
Missing Mogul Found Slain
Paul G. Allison a 57 year old Santa Rosa California manufacturer was found slain in the back of his pickup in Reno Nevada. His body was found under blankets in the camper top after the truck had sat in a downtown Reno lot since Tuesday. He had been stabbed and beaten. His wallet and papers were missing and a three state manhunt was under way. He telephoned his wife from Lovelock Nevada en route to Montana State University in Missoula.
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Nev
M AP
Paul G. Allison
Santa Rosa
Calif
Charles Allison
Denver
Allison
William Beemer
Helen
Lovelock
John
Montana State University
Missoula
West Virginia Weather Outlook and River Update
Fair today with a high near 80 in the west and 0-75 in the east. Clear tonight with valley fog and lows 47 to 55. Tuesday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Extended forecast shows highs near 72 to 78 and rain from Wednesday into Friday totaling about one inch. River conditions: Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier normal and clear. gates open at 1.8. new gauge at 1 ft. station data for Beckley Oak Hill.
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W. Va
Beckley
Oak Hill
S.e
Greenbrier
Idaho Falls Car Crash Kills Cowboy and 11 Cows
A speeding car exceeding 100 mph struck a herd of cattle near Idaho Falls, killing 11 cows and a cowboy’s horse, with two men in the car dead. Five men and one woman were in the vehicle. the casualties include Phil Garner, 26, driver, and Jay Brown, 39. The other four occupants and the horse rider were seriously hurt.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
C. B. Roberts
Phil Garner
Jay Brown
Mother Kills Self And Three Children
ANAHEIM Calif AP no answer to call led Jack Bryden to home where Meredith Bryden 24 and three of their four children lay dead in the family car in the garage a vacuum hose connected exhaust to a rear window a farewell note stated its futility police listed the deaths as triple murder and death by own action
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Anaheim
Calif
Jack Bryden
Meredith
Rooster sites and Nixon Kennedy clash on TV tonight
Sherwood Glutz comments on rooster sites being illegal but notes excitement for a political campaign. Nixon and Kennedy stage a televised clash expected to draw millions, potentially inspiring viewers to vote on election day.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Floor Leader Sees Cold Reception for Gov Special Session
West Virginia House majority floor leader T A Myles predicts the legislature will reject most of Governor Underwood's call for a special session, except for amending the social security law to allow federal medical care for the aged. He argues extra police and park funding would require taxes, and says more state police would not deter liquor and gambling violations. The session opens Monday.
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House of Delegates
West Virginia
Underwood
Congress
Myles
West Virginia Crime ‘Commission
UN Secretary General warns on UN future amid Khrushchev attack
Dag Hammarskjold appeared in the General Assembly to say the UN its future is at stake as Khrushchev seeks to abolish the secretary general post. Khrushchev demanded changes and warned of continued cold war while Eisenhower engages with Nehru and Nasser. Castro criticized U.S. policy in Cuba as top UN debates loom.
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Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
World Organization
United Nations
Hammerskjold
Nikita Khrushchev
Assembly
Hammarskjold
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchevy
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New York
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
China
Soviet Union
Mobutu calls for UN to withdraw Ghana troops
In Leopoldville Col Joseph Mobutu demands immediate UN withdrawal of Ghana troops after Lumumba supporters attack two Mobutu appointees. He cites protection by the Ghana brigade and the Ghana mission in his bid to gain control, at a tense UN Command meeting with Rajeshwar Dayal.
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the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
U.N
Ghana
Congo
Mobutu
United Nations Command
Ghana Brigade
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Damie Kandolo
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Dag Hammar
Plane lands on moving auto in Buford injures none
Four Buford residents escaped injury as a single engine plane crashed atop a moving auto. Pilot Howard G. Dean Jr. and auto occupants Raiford Bagwell Jr. and Mrs. Bagwell’s brother James Brown were unhurt. Dean blamed a wind gust after engine failure. News also notes Castro supporters and foes clashed outside the Cuban prime minister’s Harlem hotel. fifteen arrests reported.
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Buford, Ga
Buford
Howard G. Dean Jr
Atlanta
Raiford Bagwell Jr
New York
Fidel Castro
Harlem
Castro
Theresa
Message From Mars Warns Space Land Prohibited
London AP reports a British Flying Saucer Society convention heard a Mars spokesman via a trance in a message to Earth leaders. The Martian voice warned that Earth must stop hostile posturing or face conflict between 1963 and 1964, with a provisional planetary permission theme. William Mayhew, a lawyer, and 700 members attended.
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London
British Flying Saucer Society
William Mayhew
Mayhew
Britain
Mars
George King
King
West
Kennedy Nixon Debate Tonight Marks TV History
The 1960 White House race features Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy debating domestic issues before a large TV audience. The hour-long discussion begins at 8:30 p.m. EST with CBS and other networks broadcasting, some stations airing later.
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Nixon
Chicago
White House
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
CBS
Nixon Schedules Airport Speech Charleston
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will land at Kanawha Airport tomorrow evening and deliver a brief speech on arrival followed by a longer televised address an hour later. Arrival is set for 7 p.m. EST with 55 reporters aboard the second plane and a 20 minute greeting for Republican leaders led by Gov. Underwood before the Civic Center event.
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Charleston
Richard M. Nixon
Kanawha
Nixon
D. Boone Dawson
Gov. Underwood
You Need CD You Need CD Raleigh Civil Defense Volunteers
A total of 26 men have volunteered for the Raleigh County Civil Defense program. Twenty four more are needed to meet the minimum for a police auxiliary and rescue unit. Call CL 2-6765 or attend the meeting at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the courthouse.
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Raleigh County Civil Defense
Eisenhower lashes deficit spending in Philadelphia
President Eisenhower denounces deficit spending as a threat to American leadership in a Philadelphia speech to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A large Cleveland crowd welcomed Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy after his nomination. Nixon planned a Chicago carpenters’ event amid a joint TV appearance with Kennedy. Japan’s Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko visited Los Angeles aboard Eisenhower’s plane after a San Francisco tour. Elmer Wessell, 95, last survivor of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen founders.
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Philadelphia
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
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Chicago
Sen
Kennedy
Japan
Akihito
Michiko
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Elmer Wessell
Brotherhood of Railroad
Plant To Employ 400 Local Men In The Works
A nationally known industry plans to employ 400 local men by locating in the Raleigh Fayette area. The New Kanawha Industrial Corporation is formed with 2 million dollars authorized capitalization to attract outside industry. Land purchase and a 60 000 square foot building are planned for use by the company. Harrison O Ash of Cincinnati backs civic talks to bring industry, praising the Fayette County area.
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New
Kanawha Industrial Corporation
Industrial Development Corporation
New Kanawha Industrial Corporation
Okey L. Patteson
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
Hulett C. Smith
Bank of Raleigh
Patrick C. Graney
Bank of Mount Hope
Robert E. Kelly Jr
Oak Hill
Fayette County National Bank
Fayetteville
J. B. Long
Long-Airdox Company
C. R. Hill
Merchants and Miners National Bank
H. A. Berry
New River Banking and Trust Company
Frank Love
Charles E. Mahan
Local Development Corporation
Kelly
George E. Ellison
Fayette-Raleigh
Kanawha
Harrison O. Ash
Cincinnati
Fayette Countian
Ash
Nixon Promotes Broad Federal Aid to Education
Vice President Nixon outlines a wide program of federal aid for education including college scholarships and funding for building public school and college classrooms while opposing direct aid to teachers salaries He favors using funds to free local dollars for paying teachers and expanding school facilities The plan draws mixed reaction from Secretary Flemming and Senator Clark who warn it risks rigid control and shifts construction grants away from salaries
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Arthur S. Flemming
Congress
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Eisenhower
Gas explosion traps 13 miners in Momii coal mine
In Tagawa City Fukui Japan a gas blast deep in the Momii coal mine trapped 13 miners today. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities assessed the situation and risks.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Momii
Tagawa City
Skeleton Found In Lake May Be Hurricane Man
A plastic wrapped skeleton found in Lake Washington near St. Albans is believed to be that of a missing Hurricane man who disappeared nine months ago. Sheriff Opha Stone withheld the name pending further investigation as a St. Albans man and his son located the bagged remains while turtle hunting. The body appears adult male with some bones missing and a brown jacket, no pants or shirt. Water levels were to be lowered to recover a dental plate lost with the bag.
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Lake Washington
Opha Stone
Putnam County
Stone
Lake
Washington
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