Powers Family Moves To Reduce Sentence
Barbara Powers said she will stay in Moscow to help her husband Francis Gary Powers, sentenced to 10 years for espionage. The Powers seek clemency through legal channels and direct appeal to Soviet leaders as they await possible reductions.
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Powers
Moscow
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Gary
Oliver W. Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail I. Grimov
Frank Rogers
Roanoke
Virginia Bar Assn
Rogers
Khrushchev
Pound
Ida
Milk theft inquiry as three locals attend Philly convention
Police seek the person who took a quart of milk left on a Berryville Avenue mailbox last night. Three local men from Bright-Waller Post 183 and Virginia’s 29th Division Association will attend the 29th Division convention in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, with Col. M. B. Clowe Jr. and Henry F. Seal Jr. as delegates and Ike All among as alternate. Tomorrow remains hot and muggy with possible evening showers. Saturn is near stationary. it will move eastward next month like Jupiter but slower.
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Ig Bright-Waller Post 183
Department of Virginia
Division Assn
Philadelphi
Labor Day
Col. M. B. Clowe, Jr
Henry F. Seal, Jr
Ike Allamong
Saturn
Jupiter
Virginia Democrats endorse Kennedy Johnson ticket for November
The Virginia Democratic Central Committee endorsed the Kennedy Johnson national ticket with an active campaign plan. William C. Battle was named to head the state campaign, with an executive committee including Thomas Blanton and Sidney Kellam. Lt. Gov. Stephens urged support despite platform complaints, noting past GOP setbacks and the need for a strong campaign.
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Richmond
Virginia
Democratic Central Committee
Kennedy - Johnson
National Party
William C. Battle
Charlottesville
Battle
Thomas H. Blanton
Sidney S. Kellam
John Garland Pollard
W. Tayloe Murphy
Warsaw
John W. Williams
National Democratic
A. E. S. Stephens
South
Democratic Party
Grade A Year Integration Set in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee a grade a year plan to desegregate public schools will begin with first grade classes on August 31 as ordered by U S District Court Judge Robert L Taylor despite anticipated appeals by Negro attorneys The plan starts integration in the first grade and adds one grade each year until all 12 grades are fully desegregated The Negro parents had no comment on appeals and lawyers argued the pace is too slow
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Knoxville, Tenn
John Burkhart
U.S. District Court
Robert L. Taylor
Medical Aid Debate Opens in Senate Over Social Security Plan
Senate begins debate on medical care for the elderly with a plan to add a Social Security financed health program. Kennedy and Johnson back the proposal while the Eisenhower administration opposes. The Finance Committee bill would start with federal funding of about 190 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisehower
Richard M. Nixon
Latin America
Eisenhower
Nixon
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Cuba
Congo
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Tractor Fire Destroys Farm Equipment at Lake St Claire
A farm tractor overturned on Lake St Claire while clearing land with a brush hog. Gasoline spilled and ignited, nearly destroying the tractor. Gainesboro Fire Company responded to the noon alarm around 12:30 p.m. and battled the blaze.
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Lake St. Claire
Gainesboro
Kennedy To See Truman In Independence Conference
Senator John F Kennedy flew from Washington to Kansas City for a strategy talk with former President Harry S Truman. A 200 strong crowd greeted him at Municipal Airport as rain eased and the pair headed to the Truman Library for a closed session, their first meeting since Truman questioned Kennedy’s readiness for the White House.
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Kansas City
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Municipal
Kennedy
Independence
Truman
Massachusetts
White House
Los Angeles
Senate Unit OKs Lemnitzer for Top Post
Army Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer won unanimous Senate Armed Services Committee approval for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. George Henry Decker was recommended for Army chief of staff to succeed Lemnitzer, and Air Force Gen. Nathan F. Twining was approved for retirement as a four star general.
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Washington
Army
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George Henry Decker
Army Chief of Staff
Lemnitzer
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Decker
West Point
Jaycees Host State Leaders at Winchester Conference
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts State President Dr. John T. Kelly of Bristol for a two day JCC work conference. About 360 Jaycees and 160 wives registered for sessions and events at the George Washington Hotel and Golf Club.
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Winchester
Congo Delegation Arrives as UN Talks Begin
The Congo delegation reaches New York ahead of an emergency Security Council session on the Congo crisis. Prime Minister Lumumba accuses Hammarskjold of blackmail and demands all white troops leave. Nine African members meet daily to back Hammarskjold while resisting Lumumba’s demands as U.N. forces avoid confrontation with Katanga.
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United Nations, N.Y
Congo
Security Council
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
U.N
Hammarskjold
New York
Fri
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Antoine Gizenga
London
Idlewild
Gizenga
Katanga
Leopoldville
Saga of Melvin Miller Captures Laguna Beach Hearts
A Peoria plant worker Melvin Miller becomes centerpiece of a wild Marine prank that blooms into a statewide vacation fund. Capt. Joe Gestson of Camp Pendleton orchestrates calls and gifts from Japan to Cuba, culminating in a Laguna Beach plan to fly Miller to California with a celebratory week and free perks.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Peoria
Melvin Miller
Illinois
Joe Gestson
Camp Pendleton
Here
Gestson
Pendleton
el Toro Marine
Mel
California
Melvin
Japan
Hawaii
Cuba
Joe
Ole Mel
Grant Maxwell
Laguna
Maxwell
Los Angeles International Airport
Sandpiper
Sally
Space Capsule Recovery Marks a Giant Step in Space Flight
The United States Air Force celebrates the first aerial catch of a capsule ejected from the Discoverer XIV satellite over Alaska. The 85 pound capsule and crew returned to Hawaii then to California for analysis, amid remarks on whether future manned spaceflight will follow.
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Honolulu
U. S. Air Force
Space
Pacific
Alaska
U. S
Hawaii
O. J. Rutland
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Los Angeles
Robert Counts
Yuba City
Calif
Lockheed Laboratory
Sunnyvale
Washington
Harold E. Mitchell
Bloomington
Counts
Tech
Louis F. Bannick
Hermiston
Ore
Vancenberg Air Force Base
Mitchell
al Harmon
Wedowee
Ala
America
Pacific Ocean
Emmett O'Donnell
Pacif Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Reginald R. Kearton
Lockheed
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Barbara
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Presidium
Ist Party
Dias
Jessica Hileman
Washington, D.C
Manteen Brown
Milledgeville, Ga
Berryville Ave
Democratic
Knoxville
Tion
County Lake
Golf Club For Wives
Booten Herndon
Jaycee Work
B & M Chevrolet
Cadillac Sales ‘Co
Clarke County Motors
Berryville
Gestion
V.F.W
Hale Harrison
Dr. H.S. Pifer
Rt. 11
Shirkey
House of Good Food
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