Philippine President Garcia greeted in Chicago on tour
Friday in Chicago 3000 welcomed Philippine President Carlos P Garcia on an 11 day U S city tour. Herbert Bayard Swope 76 veteran journalist and first to win a Pulitzer Prize for Germany dispatches in World War I died in New York. A Vanguard program setback at Cape Canaveral postponed the latest attempt to launch Vanguard II. another try is planned for next week.
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America
Four Story Office Building Planned by Chesapeake & Potomac
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. announced that construction will start immediately on a four story Charleston office building estimated at four million dollars. It is slated for completion in 1960 and will employ about 1,000 people.
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Inmate strike at Leavenworth fades amid rising work eagerness
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary inmates largely stopped work and refused meals Friday delaying until mid afternoon. Meantime a five day marine engineers strike against Fast and Gulf coast shipowners ended in New York, potentially slowing dry cargo and passenger ship movement under the American flag. Adele Julia Addison and Norman Berger plan a June 29 Springfield marriage. Researchers say Salk vaccine shows no brain impact in a Chicago study. Nagata, Nagasaki survivor, sails to Moscow for a year of free medical treatment. State county school superintendents and state colleges officials and West Virginia University wrapped a Morgantown conference after a week.
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Mass
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Frederic A. Gibbs
Chicago
Hisake Nagata
Nagasaki
Moscow
Soviet Union
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Trail daughter injured after Stamford Road collision
Face Sharon Trail, 14, daughter of County School Supt. and Mrs. Sherman Trail of 111 West Virginia St., was struck by a car Friday afternoon on Stamford Road. The vehicle was moving slowly and the motorist was not held. She suffered a slight back contusion and was treated at Beckley Memorial hospital.
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Sherman Trail
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Trail
Misham
Stamford
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Clash ends cease fire in Lebanon amid U N talks
In Beirut gunfire shattered a two day truce as U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met Premier Sami Solh. He favored observation only while Lebanon pressed for a U N Emergency Force to patrol the border with the United Arab Republic. Rebels and government forces fought in multiple city districts. no casualties reported.
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Camille Chamoun
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Mozeitbeh Christian
U.nee
Syria
U S Names Scientists for Atomic Talks with Soviet Panel
Washington AP reports the United States listed seven scientists from four countries to join a Western panel in Geneva talks on methods to police a nuclear test ban. The Western group includes three Americans, two Britons, and one each from France and Canada, amid Moscow’s push for parity. Dulles cautioned that talks on detection should not imply an immediate halt to testing, though progress on an inspection system could ease a ban.
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Weather outlook with cool start to summer in West Virginia
Considerable cloudiness decreases humidity with a chance of scattered thundershowers along the eastern border and highs of 75 to 82 today. Sunday remains fair with little temperature change. The five day forecast calls for cooler than normal readings by 3 to 5 degrees, with a cool weekend, a warmer Tuesday, and a cooler Wednesday. Showers are expected Wednesday bringing 1 to 2 inches of precipitation. Normal highs run 72 in the north and 73 in the south.
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Weather Bureau
New York stocks rebound after steep Thursday losses
New York stock market surged Friday, erasing more than half of Thursday's dramatic retreat as investors rallied. The broad gains reflected renewed buying and drifting optimism across blue chips and trading sectors.
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Watkins Pressures Adams Exit From Eisenhower Team
Senator Arthur Watkins urged Sherman Adams leave his role as President Eisenhower's top aide, saying Adams' usefulness is impaired. White House press secretary Hagerty maintained Eisenhower's position while Adams offered no resignation. Republican House members called for Adams to quit as probes into his ties with Bernard Goldfine continue.
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Eisenhower
Watkins
Adams
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Boston
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Donald E. Tewes
R-Wis
Aides To Truman Get Reprieve For New Trial Bid
In St Louis two ex-Truman aides Matthew J. Connelly and T Lamar Caudle received a reprieve from starting two year prison terms. The stay allows time for a new trial hearing based on alleged new evidence. No hearing date set. Connelly was White House appointments secretary and Caudle headed the Tax Division in the Justice Department.
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Caudle
St. Louis
White House
Truman
Justice Department
Aftermath of Sharples Flood Mine Safety Plan Outlined
In Charleston AP reports a May Sharples Mine No 2A disaster caused by a 57 foot water surge from a settling pond leads to new guard rails. Federal and state officials faulted mine management for ignoring danger and propose pond siting, dual-permit approvals, and strata assessments to prevent repeats.
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Sharples
Logan County
Crawford L
Wilson
State Department of Mines
State Water Commission
Denmark Embassy Stoned By Soviet Demonstrators
In Moscow a crowd of 200 to 300 Soviet demonstrators pressed the Danish Embassy for about two hours. Stones shattered seven windows and banners were thrown inside as protesters chanted anti Danish and pro Hungarian slogans. Danish Ambassador Alex Morch protested to the Soviet government as police remained at the scene after the march.
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Copenhagen
Imre Nagy
Alex Morch
Adamses And Goldfines Bring Solomon Goldfine In Chicago
In Chicago 1951 Adamses and Goldfines pose with Solomon Goldfine’s son. From left are Mrs. Goldfine, Mrs. Adams, Bernard Goldfine, Adams, and a glimpse of the bride during a family gathering.
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Chicago
Goldfine
Adams
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Senate action on travel levy and tax extension bill
The Senate voted to eliminate 710 million dollars yearly in transportation taxes while extending the 52 percent corporate tax rate for another year. It also blocked reductions in excise taxes on new cars and auto parts and prevented cigarette tax cuts, preserving the current levies.
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Washington
Senate
Dennis Kyle Wins U S Miles Crown at Asbury Park
Dennis Kyle of Richwood West Virginia defeated Dick Hickman of Huntington 11 games to 4 to become the national champion in a rain sheltered ring at Ringer Stadium Asbury Park New Jersey Kyle, who had missed two years, overcame nerves and cold to claim the title and a week in Sarasota Florida The victory followed a dramatic semifinal win aided by Ebbie Caldwell and capped by a mayoral crowning with Jeanette Merlino of Yonkers.
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Dennis Kyle
Richwood
W. Va
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Huntington
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Kyle
Ebbie Caldwell
Roanoke
Argie Jeffers
Caldwell
Dennis
Jeffers
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Jimmy Ferguson
Beaver
Billy Sizemore
Mullens
Herold
Jeanette Merlino
Yonkers
Sarasota
Florida
Freddy Brown
Beckley
Youth Day at Beckley Church Convention Closes Tonight
The state Church of God convention in Beckley designates today as Youth Day. Rev J T Roberts will close the meeting tonight with On This Side Or on the Other Side. Morning sermons include Rev Billy Sunday Myers on Youth and Life's Ideals and Rev R L Platt on Youth and Life's Work. At 3 40 p m Rev Cecil B Knight will speak on Youth and Life Witnessing. The Lee College alumni banquet follows at 4 30 p m at the El Chico Restaurant.
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Billy Sunday Myers
South Carolina
R. L. Platt
Lee College
Cecil B. Knight
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el Chico
Eisenhower OKs Federal Pay Hikes
Washington AP reports a 10 percent pay rise was made official for 1,021,072 federal workers with a retroactive lump sum back to January 12. Checks range from 150 to 500 dollars, averaging about 250, costing about 250 million dollars in back pay this year. The increase adds 542 million dollars to the annual payroll long term.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States urges Moscow to free nine American POWs
Washington asked Soviet authorities in East Germany to act at once to secure the release of nine American military men held since their helicopter went down on June 7. The State Department pressed Moscow Friday night for immediate action toward their freedom.
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United States
Moscow
East Germany
State Department
State Cautioned To Cure Its Ills
West Virginians were urged at the fifth annual West Virginia Industrial Development Conference to examine internal shortcomings and seek expert help in development. Gov Underwood and business leaders said success rests on many contributing streams and not only natural advantages. Dignitaries urged railroads electric firms and universities to aid in the development drive and recommended a review of the state tax structure.
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West
Carl Prutton
New York City
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
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Westvaco
South Charleston
Ohio
Apex, Inc
Nitro
E. J. Fox
Union Carbide Development Co
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Fox
Latin Parley Urged For Pan American Policy Overhaul
Rio de Janeiro AP report says President Juscelino Kubitschek urged a summit of American presidents to overhaul Pan American policies. He announced the proposal after letters with President Eisenhower on Latin America, but gave no date or site. The Panama 1956 summit is noted as the last.
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Presidential
Senate votes to repeal transportation taxes in tax bill
The Senate approved removing the 3 percent freight tax and 10 percent passenger travel levy, risking a $2.6 billion revenue loss annually if enacted July 1. The House had earlier passed the bill but opposed dropping the levies. President Eisenhower urged no tax cuts now.
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Five relatives injured in Maryland wreck near Queenstown
In Maryland, five members of two families were injured Friday when a 1958 sedan swerved off US 50 near Queenstown, bending the car nearly in half after hitting a drainage culvert and a tree. Adults Martha Barr and Elizabeth Armantrout along with three children were treated at Easton Memorial Hospital with varying seriousness.
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Queenstown
Clevenger
Easton Memorial Hospital
Martha Irene Barr
RFD 3
Pasadena
Sandra Marie
Elizabeth Armantrout
Mullens
W. Va
Virginia Lee
Della Mae Gassman
Glen Burnie
Cpl
Rioting in St Louis as Patrolmen Clash with Negroes
In St Louis a police riot erupted when 35 Negroes clashed with officers over two arrests for traffic charges. Police cars were stoned and one officer injured. Seven men and a 14-year-old girl among eight arrested. Officer Richard Seeger faced resistance while detaining Lee Lawrence, 17, and Joseph Rodgers, 19, amid a crowd chanting “Little Rock.”
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White County
Richard Seeger
Seger
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Joseph Rodgers
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