Chiang Says Air Strike On Mainland Guns Possible
Chiang Kai-shek warned that the Nationalist air force will bomb Communist artillery positions on the mainland if the Formosa crisis reaches a crucial moment. He said the United States would back Chiang if action becomes necessary and stressed China would act to defend its people and troops despite U.S. promises. Respondents noted shortages on Quemoy and Little Quemoy amid ongoing shelling and supply drops.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Moy
United States
Wuemoy
U.S
China
Fanse
United Nations
Defense Ministry
Little Tatan Island
Quemoy
Chiang
Lil’ Dle Quemoy
Liu Hoh-lu
Bachelor King Tops Date List For Margaret's Brussels Visit
Princess Margaret plans a three day stay in Brussels with King Baudouin as the main date. Former suitor Group Captain Peter Townsend remains out of the picture, and no engagement appears likely. Margaret, 28, and Baudouin, 28, are described as stylish, with different tastes in music and leisure, while Townsend already lives in Brussels.
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Margaret
Brussels
London
Baudouin
Peter Townsend
Townsend
Belgium
Marae
She
Private Group Takes Over Four Closed LR High Schools
Little Rock School Board leased four closed high schools to a private group for operation as segregated private schools. The lease runs until June 1 1985, with Board control resumable if legal and federal actions permit. A recall drive targets four board members amid ongoing integration conflict. Private Trinity Episcopal Cathedral classes begin for 23 students. A segregationist mother took a Black woman to an all white church to probe integration.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Omaha
Margaret Jackson
Central High Mothers League
Dale Alford
Orval E. Faubus
Wade Wright Egbert
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Roy T. Morrison
J. Kenneth Shamblin
Pulaski Heights Methodist
Morrison
Shamblin
France backs de Gaulle in decisive referendum landslide
France approved the new Fifth Republic constitution by a landslide with about 17.7 million yes votes to 4.6 million no, a 44.9 percent turnout and a 78.4 percent approval rate. Overseas territories except Guinea backed the measure, bolstering de Gaulle’s bid for strong presidential powers and a reshaped French political system.
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Paris
France
French Guinea
West Africa
Guinea
de Gaulle
Ne Gaulle
Napoleon III
National Assembly
Raleigh County Board to fill vacancy tonight
A special Raleigh County Board of Education meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. to fill the vacancy caused by Carl G. Jarrell's resignation after he filed as a candidate for the unexpired term created by James H. Trail's July death. Strake Walker, who defeated Jarrell in the primary, has been mentioned as a possible replacement. Walker's six year term begins January 1, and he attended Tuesday's board meeting.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Carl G. Jarrell
Jarrell
James H. Trail
Strake Walker
Walker
Mercer Man May Get Judgeship
Walter Burton, a Princeton attorney, is urged by Bluefield and Raleigh County sources as a Republican candidate to fill the vacant federal judgeship in Mercer County after the death of Judge Ben Moore. Raleigh County Bar Association president Fletcher Mann was in Fayetteville In Court, with the local bar yet to meet on the matter.
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Mercer County
Ben Moore
Charleston
Bluefield
Raleigh
Fayetteville
Nuclear Test Device Explodes at Nevada Site
A 10 kiloton nuclear test weapon detonated while suspended from a balloon at 1500 feet above the Nevada proving ground. The blast lit the desert, sent a shock wave across the sands, and produced fallout carried toward observer posts after weather forecasts warned of wind. This second test in the current Atomic Energy Commission series follows two postponements and reaffirms focus on smaller devices for broader military use near Las Vegas.
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Nev
Nevada Proving Ground
Hiroshima
Atomic Energy ‘Commission
Las Vegas
Truman May Help Pick 1960 Nominee
Washington AP Harry Truman aged 74 remains active and influential as he girds for the 1960 Democratic nomination fight. He tours the country backing governors senators and representatives, building goodwill to leverage support for a chosen candidate. The DNC has scheduled eight October speeches expanding his reach to Wyoming Ohio Iowa North Dakota Minnesota and Michigan.
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Harry Truman
Triman
Senate
House
Truman
Wyoming
Ohio
Iowa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Michigan
Pees
Accused Slayer Freed On Bond At Pineville
Gloria Gaye Deskins aged 24 from Hanover was released from Wyoming County Jail Pineville after posting $1000 bond at the Circuit Clerk office. Deskins had been jailed since January on charges of murdering Alex Lester 56 also of Hanover.
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Pineville
RNS
Gloria Gaye Deskins
Hanover
Wyoming County
H. C. Henderson
Miss Deskins
Alex Lester
Country Life Meeting Slated in Summers County
John Harvey a West Virginia University specialist and rural agents from three counties attend a Country Life Meeting at 10 am Tuesday in the Summers County Memorial Building Hinton The session covers project books for the country life program Other attendees include Herb Riggle H B Thomas John J Flanagan C T Shackelford J L Morris George Siehl Jacques Parsons P W Burks and Earl Saider of the Rural Development Council Washington AP The currency controller issues a bank call requiring national banks to report condition as of Sept 2.
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John Harvey
West Virginia University
Country Life
O Bel
Hinton
Summers County Memorial Building
Herb Riggle
Fayette County
H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
John J. Flanagan
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
George Siehl
Summers
Jacque Parsons
P. W. Burks
Rural Development Council
Earl Saider
RDC
Washington
Horror film plan to unmask Sherlock Holmes shocks London
Horror specialist Tony Hinds says the modern public sees Holmes as a fake and aims to strip the mask by adapting The Hound of the Baskervilles for a horror treatment. He portrays Holmes as moody, cocaine-using, egotistical, and at times cruel, with Watson as a capable companion.
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Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Tony Hinds
Hinds
Tie
Arthur Konan Doyle
London
Bus Fares Rise In Three Cities
Bus fares in Clarksburg Fairmont and Parkersburg rose today after a Public Service commission decision. Cash fares increased from 15 to 20 cents with tokens sold at six for $1 in Clarksburg and three for 50 cents in Parkersburg. Fairmont keeps no token rate and school tickets in Fairmont rose from 12 to 10 for $1, matching the level in Clarksburg and Parkersburg.
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TRE Associated Press
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Public Service Postpistin
City Lines, Inc
Bodies Of 200 More Typhoon Victims Found
TOKYO AP Relief workers recovered 200 more victims from mud and debris on the Tau Peninsula 70 miles southwest of Tokyo. The toll rose to 540 dead, with 976 still missing, according to the national police.
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Tokyo
Tau Peninsula
Licht
Reuther Resumes Efforts To Gain Chrysler Pact
DETROIT AP Walter Reuther resumed efforts to secure a quick contract with Chrysler as back to work orders for wildcat strikers at Chrysler and GM continued. He extended GM strike deadlines to Thursday to bring thousands of premature strikers back, aiming for a calmer climate for bargaining while GM reports 45,000 idle at 20 plants and 41,009 returning to work. Union sources expect continued movement and a likely 90 percent production by Tuesday with negotiations ongoing with Chrysler.
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Detroit
Walter Reu
Chrysler
UAW
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Seaton
Ford
Besoco Driver Jailed For Unpaid Fines
J. B. Vencill of Besoco was remanded to Raleigh County Jail today in lieu of fines totaling 75 dollars after arraignment before Magistrate J E Mays. Vencill faced 30 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and 25 dollars plus costs for operating a vehicle without a state license. State Police booked him at 9 10 p m Sunday after arrest.
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J. B. Vencill
Besoco
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Vencill
Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Negro Students in School
The Supreme Court, in a special session, states that the constitutional rights of Negro students are not to be sacrificed to violence or disorder. Chief Justice Warren reads a 17 page opinion affirming Brown v. Board and ruling that states cannot deny equal protection in school admission due to race.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Central High School
Warren
Littl Rock
Alabama halts death penalty for $1.95 robbery
Gov James E Folsom commuted 15 year old Jimmy Wilsons death sentence to life with parole eligibility after a clemency hearing. Wilson, an illiterate handyman, was convicted of robbing an elderly widow of 195 in coins. Alabama law allows death for robbery by force but the governor said he is a fit subject for clemency.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jimmy Wilson
James E. Folsom
Jammy Wilson
Wilson
Alabama
Gover
Fixed Budget Plan Criticized By SRC
Charleston AP report says the State Road Commission criticizes a highway budget pattern as causing numerous delays in the road program. SRC notes emergencies would force three or four special sessions this year for budget changes, replying to a preliminary subcommittee report.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Ito
SRC
Spellman Leads 600 American Lourdes Pilgrims to Malta
Cardinal Francis Spellman arrived in Valletta Malta with about 600 American Lourdes pilgrims. Weather reports show fair tonight with a low around 42, then clouds increase and possible showers in the west by afternoon or evening.
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Valletta
Malta
Francis Spellman
Beckley Skies and Moon Data For Tuesday
The Sun sets at 6 12 p m and rises 6 19 a m on Tuesday The Moon rises at 7 08 p m today and is in Asogee Last year Where Mets pithh wee dy 3 ay River Conditions at Retlepoint Greenbrier Noroyal stage clear Linestone Reservoir Normal stage clear one gate open gauge 1 8 ft A note on planetary motion says Jupiter will appear lower in the evening sky and fade to a morning star late in November.
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Asogee
Mets
Greenbrier
Linestone
Norfolk School Shutdown Idles 10000 Students
Ten thousand Norfolk secondary students entered an indefinite idle period as Virginia closed white public schools rather than comply with federal integration orders. The action affects most of the city’s pupils but leaves Negro high and two junior highs open.
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Norfolk
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Port City
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