West Virginia seeks grant to expand Grandview Park
Gov. W. W. Barron announced a $397 326 grant request to the Area Redevelopment Administration to improve Grandview State Park near Beckley in the New River gorge. Officials say expansion would create about 40 jobs with a $72 000 payroll.
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Charleston
W. Va
Area Redevelopment Administration
Grandview State Park
Beckley
W. W. Barron
New River Gorge
Barron
Natural Resources
Warden Lane
Grandview
Six Polish stowaways flee to Sweden after boat seizure
Six young Polish stowaways overpowered a four man crew on a small trawler near Gdynia and fled to Sweden in a 38 hour Baltic crossing. Police report seven of ten aboard sought political asylum while the skipper and two crew members wish to return to their homeland.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Moerbylaanga
Deland
Gdynia
Man Sought For 13 Years Surrenders
Fran Warren Knuckles, 38, wanted for 13 years in Virginia on a parole violation, surrendered in New York City to FBI agents. Convicted March 25, 1943 in Portsmouth for armed robbery and sentenced to 12 years. paroled to North Carolina April 5, 1948. Parole violation warrant issued June 27, 1949. Knuckles said he turned himself in as soon as agents pursued him.
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Richmond
Virginia
New York City
FBI
Fran Warren Knuckles
Knuckles
Portsmouth
North Carolina
Dulles Airport to be dedicated by Kennedy
President Kennedy will dedicate Dulles International Airport on November 17 with plans for former President Eisenhower to attend. N. E. Halaby said Truman and Hoover may also be invited, and the Dulles family has accepted. The terminal sits 27 miles west of Washington in Virginia and honors John Foster Dulles.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dulles International Airport
Eisenhower
Federal Aviation
N. E. Halaby
Halaby
Truman
Hoover
John Foster Dulles
Here
Virginia
Dulles
38 Americans Among Dead in Viet Nam War
Washington reports 38 U S casualties in Vietnam through August 20 with eight killed in action and 28 dying of wounds plus two prisoners of war. Twenty three more Americans died from accidents and natural causes, including 11 Army, 11 Air Force, and one Navy personnel.
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Washington
U.S
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
Navy
Indian Defense Minister Says China Has 30 Posts
New Delhi AP report: Defense Minister V K Krishna Menon told parliament that Communist China likely has 30 posts on Indian claimed territory since last May. He noted Indian and Chinese troops exchanged fire twice this summer in Ladakh with the Chinese firing first.
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New Delhi
India
V. K. Khrishna Menon
China
Ladakh
U.S. weighs new military aid to Cambodia in Viet Cong fight
U S officials consider sending advanced hardware to neutralist Cambodia to boost its 29 000 strong army against Viet Cong incursions. The plan hinges on keeping Thailand Cambodia and South Vietnam from clashing while noting border volatility and American advisory presence. Prince Sihanouk says guerrillas slip across borders. he orders firing on aircraft violating Cambodian airspace.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
United States
South
Viet Nam
Norodom Sihanouk
Edward C. D. Scherrer
U.S
U. S
Sihanouk
Bar Association Backs Goldberg Supreme Court Nomination
The American Bar Association calls Arthur Goldberg highly acceptable for the Supreme Court, based on an informal review by its committee on the federal judiciary. Robert W. Meserve notes the rating reflects the view of a majority of the committee, done at Attorney General Kennedy's request before President Kennedy announced the nomination.
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Chicago
Arthur Goldberg
U.S. Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Robert W. Meserve
Boston
ABA
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
Goldberg
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Meserve
Bar Association
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