Khrushchev Visit Reshapes Western View On Peace
An appraisal by James Marlow notes Khrushchev ended a sensational U.S. visit without concessions, yet forged the image of a Soviet leader eager for peace. Western leaders face a psychological test as he appears to shift tactics, with future talks and concessions likely to reveal whether the trip was genuine.
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Khrushchev Returns From U S Visit In Moscow Welcome
Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Moscow after a 10 hour 28 minute flight from the United States to a hero’s welcome. He urged coexistence to prevent a new arms race and spoke to 15,000 at the Sports Palace, praising progress in lowering tensions and noting a prepared joint statement with President Eisenhower renouncing war as a method of dispute resolution.
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Uniformed Cop Checks Dick Tracy Plans at Newsstand
A city police officer pauses at a local newsstand to review next Sundays Dick Tracy edition. The brief check appears routine and uneventful as passersby glance at the popular comic strip.
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Eisenhower Khrushchev See Berlin Threat Ended
President Eisenhower said talks with Premier Khrushchev ended the Berlin threat and conditions for a Summit Conference were met though he did not claim personal assurances. He noted they discussed reopening negotiations for a peaceful solution with all concerned, following Camp David talks. Khrushchev praised the U.S. visit while preparing to return to Moscow.
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Weather Uncertain For Playoff Opener
In Milwaukee County Stadium the Dodgers meet the Braves in a three game NL playoff to decide who faces the White Sox in the World Series. Partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers forecast. game time 2 30 p.m. EST. Managers have not named starters. The second game moves to Los Angeles if needed. ABC will televise today’s opener.
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West Virginia Forecast Warm With Scattered Showers Today
The weather outlook calls for mostly fair and warm conditions in West Virginia with scattered showers in the Ohio Valley today through Tuesday. Temperatures will run upper 70s in the mountains and near 80 elsewhere with nightly lows in the 60s. Extended outlook shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normals, warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler Thursday through Saturday, and totals of about one inch from showers north to south. Beckley yesterday’s high 75 and low 64, Oak Hill top 79 with morning readings around 51.
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Beckley Sky Notes Sun Moon Venus Regulus
Beckley observatory notes sunrise at 6 13 a m and moonrise at 3 05 a m tomorrow. Moon forms a triangle with Venus and Regulus. Regulus, brighter than the Sun, appears dimmer due to distance. New Moon and solar eclipse occur Friday October 2.
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Sherwood Glutz On Sin And Misdirected Energy
Sherwood Glutz argues sin is misdirected energy and notes that the capacity to sin varies among people. He humorously contrasts a short armed fisherman with a long armed one and claims certain traders must tell big lies to survive.
Board To Name Elliott Successor
Raleigh County boards to pick a successor to the late John B. Elliott at a special meeting set for 7 30 p m Tuesday. Seven applications are on file with Sherman C Trail who will not reveal his recommendation until formally presented to the Board. Breach of information noted as trustees had not received official word on the recommendation. At the prior regular meeting Brown H Payne urged a Negro candidate slate naming Vance Bland and John Flipren. Bland teaches at Stratton High School and Flipren lectures at Bluefield State College.
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Bluefield State College
Big 8 Committee To Meet Thursday
The Steering Committee of the Big Eight Development Association will convene Thursday at 10 a.m. in Appalachian Building auditorium. By-laws are ready for discussion and approval, with Okey L. Patteson as chairman. Articles of incorporation drafted and state charter application expected. Standing committees will be named for project phases. members come from eight Southern West Virginia counties.
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Forest Fires Extinguished In Two Counties
Two small forest fires in Raleigh County were quickly contained by district forester Carl Lucas. One near Colcord arose from an old mine fire breaking to the surface, an annual occurrence due to underground fires. A second blaze on Dial Fork of Clear Fork was extinguished by a responding crew. Rain aided control. Lucas notes dry woods and high fire hazard. The fall fire season starts Oct 1 and urges caution. A Fayette County blaze is under investigation, and squirrel hunting season may be postponed if heavy rain fails to arrive by Oct 2.
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Court To Review Water Co. Case in West Virginia
Raleigh County order awarding Elisha Carter a 3850 judgment against the water operator will be reviewed by the State Supreme Court. The appellate court granted George W. Willis' petition for review. Willis runs a water system west of Beckley in a test case addressing several legal questions raised in 18 Raleigh County suits. Carter claimed years of inadequate supply harmed his wife’s health and damaged household use and property value.
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Gracie Turns Threatens Coast As Hurricane Nears
Hurricane Gracie moved toward the U S mainland with warnings likely for portions of northeast Florida Georgia and the Carolinas. The storm centered about 300 miles offshore with a west-northwest drift and a forward speed near five miles per hour.
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Typhoon Vera Deaths, Homeless Count Surges in Japan
Japan faced a staggering toll from Typhoon Vera with at least 2,618 dead or missing and 927,708 left homeless. By noon, 1,161 were known dead, 1,467 missing, and 4,668 wounded as rescuers combed mud for bodies. The disaster damaged crops and soared rice and vegetable prices while many prefectures, including Nagoya and Kuwana, suffered extreme destruction.
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Eisenhower seeks five day desert rest due to cold
President Eisenhower, fighting a cold, said he wants to depart for five days in a desert climate at the earliest opportunity. He also expressed weariness with the steel strike impasse and signaled government plans to act soon to end the 76 day shutdown.
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Eisenhower Khrushchev Camp David Talks Recap
Washington AP reports the Camp David talks yielded agreement on peaceful negotiations to settle disputes and disarmament as the world’s top issue. Khrushchev favored inspections but specifics were not set. They saw common ground on relations, with limited progress on German reunification and planned resumption of talks. Eisenhower’s USSR visit was postponed to spring and exchanges of people and ideas were to expand, with negotiations to reopen the U S claim of 800 million dollars on lend-lease aid.
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Eisenhower to invoke Taft Hartley in steel strike
GOP leaders expect President Eisenhower to use Taft Hartley provisions this week as the 76 day steel strike continues. Delegates from 68 free world nations assembled in Washington to hear Eisenhower outline international finance views. Italian Premier Segni heads to Washington for talks with the president. DISCOVERER V satellite expected to burn up Wednesday after a month and a half aloft. Navy unveils the Zuni rocket costing 400 dollars, a powerful new weapon. Government troops push pro-Communist rebels across the Nam Ma River near North Viet Nam. Two Seattle men die when a freighter cuts their halibut boat in fog near the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A Greyhound bus crash near Nashville kills a Texas woman and wounds 12. A 12 year old boy paralyzed in St Louis suburb from a 25 foot fall. Eleven deaths over weekend from accidents including drownings and wrecks. Coroner to hold Milhorn death in Wheeling. About 300 representat ives gather for Northeastern Area soil conservation meeting at Jacksons Mill. Curtiss-Wright engineers discuss coal base road mix feasibility in Charleston.
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