Marines Die After Forced March At Parris Island
Five Marines died during a late night forced march into a swamp at Parris Island South Carolina. Sergeant Matthew C McKeon of Worcester Massachusetts is in custody as authorities probe the incident. An official around the base says the march was disciplinary but the exact reason remains unclear.
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Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester
Mass
John B. Heles
Reece
Randolph Pate
Washington
Marine Cee
Isoners
Ralph Wood
Wood
McKeon
Navy
Port Royal Sound
Savannah
Joseph Burger
Beaufort
S.C
Matthew C. McKeef
Worchester
8. C
Britain Refuses Russ Itinerary In Face Of Kremlin Visit
London reports Prime Minister Eden rejected Soviet requests to alter the 10 day program for Bulganin and Khrushchev visit arguing the trip should not become a propaganda event. The Foreign Office denies blocking meetings with Britons while the Kremlin says the schedule limits direct worker contact.
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London
Eden
Britain
Bulganin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Foreign Office
Moscow
Ganin
India
Geneva
Germany
Mideast
Court Upholds Employe's Right
The Supreme Court rules a public employee cannot be fired for asserting Fifth Amendment protection. In a 5-4 decision the court voids the 1952 discharge of Dr. Harry Slochower of Brooklyn College, citing due process and the danger of equating silence with guilt.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry Slochower
New York City
Brooklyn College
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Slowhower
Harry R. Gideonse
New York
Gideonse
Slochower
Justice Clark
Sumae
Army Chaplain Finds Moral Standards High
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Ryan, chief of U S Army chaplains, reported improved morals among American soldiers in Germany during a three week tour of bases in France and Germany. He said the moral tone is higher since his last visit in November 1954 when he found morals inferior in two West German cities. He met with Bishop Otto Dibelius, head of Germanys Evangelical Church.
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Berlin
Germany
Patrick J. Ryan
U. S. Army Chaplains
Ryan
France
U. S
Otto Dibelius
Evangelical Church
Fall Of Bataan Noted By Senate Speaker
Sen Knowland notes anniversary of the fall of Bataan in World War II. He says the heroes’ spirit and stronger U S Philippines ties should inspire liberty loving people to fight communism.
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Bataan
Senate
Washington
Sen
Knowland
California
United States
Philippines
Secretary Hammarskjold heads to Middle East on peace mission
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold flies toward Beirut at the United Nations request to urge implementation of the Rhodes armistice in the Palestine crisis. He carries Papal wishes for success and aims to pressure Israel and Arab states toward a peaceful outcome despite ongoing fighting along the frontier.
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Rome
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Pius XII
Beirut
Lebanon
U. N. Security Council
United States
Hammarskjold
Gaetano
Martino
Legation
Palestine
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Iraq
U. N
Ottthy
Senate Next Expects Social Security Bill
Senate Majority Leader Johnson announced the next major bill after the farm measure will be a Social Security package. The plan, backed by Democrats, would cut retirement eligibility for women from 65 to 62 and create a new benefit system for totally disabled persons starting at age 33 or older, drawing Eisenhower administration opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Dtex
Eisenhower
House
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
Senate House Conference Committee
Rayourn
McDowell County Man Dies After U S 52 Collision
A Bluefield area crash on U S 52 left Lee Brown of Eckman dead six hours after the wreck. Stanley Wishnevsky, also of Eckman, and Elmer Miller of Bluewell were hospitalized. Marvin Tibbs of Bluefield was in serious condition after another Saturday crash on College Avenue. Deputy Sheriff Foster and State Trooper Wynne investigated.
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McDowell County
U. S. 52
Lee Brown
Eckman
J. Fred Wynne
Stanley Wishnevsky
Elmer Miller
Bluewell
Bluefield Hospital
Wishnevsky
Wynne
Bluefield
Berm
Miller
Bill Foster
St. Luke's Hospital
Marvin Tibbs
Tibbs
College Avenue
State Line
Buchanan Jury Indicts Tiller in Child Murder Case
A Buchanan County Grand Jury handed up 20 true bills for the April term in Virginia. Charley Tiller of Council was indicted for the murder of his four year old niece Ariene Tiller found in a barn on the Tiller farm. The panel also charged others with robbery burglary grand larceny and attempted weapons offenses. Brown extradited from Flint Michigan.
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Buchanan County
27Th Judicial District of
Virginia
F. W. Smith
Charley Tiller
Council
Ariene Tiller
Tiller Farm
Ralph Fletcher
Portsmouth
Monroe Turner
Davenport
Burn Owens
Janice
Miles Matney
Bull Mountain
Tyre
Hassell Wooldridge
Page
Joe Cook
Marvin
Glen Cole
Oakwood
Fresh Farm Fight Looms In Congress
In Washington on April 9 Republican leaders pressed a new farm bill battle as a merger of House and Senate measures faced House approval. President Eisenhower opposed the conference report deeming it not a good bill and urged recommittal to craft a stronger measure for farm families and prices.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Johnson
Texas
House
Martin
Knowland
Benson
Film Daily Yearbook Reports Big Rise in Movie Production
The Film Daily Year Book estimates U S capital in the movie industry at 2.739 billion dollars. It projects 351 films this year, up from 305 last year, reflecting a substantial growth in production plans.
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New York
Film Daily Year Book
Congress Asked To Create Civil Rights Commission
The Eisenhower administration asked Congress to establish a federal civil rights commission and a Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. It urged a new law to bar threats or coercion of anyone exercising the right to vote and requested authority for the attorney general to sue on behalf of aggrieved individuals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal
Civil Rights Commission
Justice Department
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Rep
Keating
New York
House Judiciary Committee
House
Sen
George
Criminal Division
Senate
United States
Browne
Canedidates
Dr Wade H St Clair named Man of the Year at Bluefield Jaycees
The Greater Bluefield Jaycees honored Dr Wade H St Clair as Man of the Year at Bosses Night. The 78 year old co founder of Bluefield Sanitarium and chairman of Flat Top National Bank was praised as a pioneer in modern medicine and dedicated community leader. The event featured a new Outstanding Bluefield Jaycee plaque and guest speaker Charles E Hodges of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce.
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Greater Bluefield
Bluefield
Jaycees
Jaycee
J. J. Rodgin
A. R. Modena
Rodgin
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Hodges
L. R
Bob” Coulling
Voice of Democracy
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Lou McNabe
Coulling
W. L. Thornton
J. Hudson Huffard
Dodd Mortensen
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Rhesa M. Allen
Blue Kiwanis Club
W. S. Hendricks
Bluefield Lions Club
George L. Hall
South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
R. D. Baldwin
Preaiien
Bluefield Civilan Club
J. T. “Bundy” Harvey
William Kell
Jeep Crash Fatal To Three Basketballers
In Quito Ecuador a jeep carrying a girls basketball team and other passengers plunged into a 300 foot ravine last night three people were killed and others injured authorities reported the crash occurring on April 9 with the vehicle listed as carrying team members and additional passengers.
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Quito
Ecuador
High School Wrecked By Blaze In Pennsylvania
Fire fueled by fuel oil chemicals gutted Marple Newtown High School in Larchmont Pa as 600 pupils were leaving for lunch. Students formed a single file line escaping through smoke filled halls while a teacher was rescued from a second floor window. Eight firemen were overcome by smoke during the blaze. Authorities suspect a stove or boiler explosion in the basement sparked the fire.
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Larchmont
Marple- Newtown
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