House Leaders Clash Over First 100 Days Accomplishments
In Washington AP report says House leaders McCormack and Albert defend 100 days of Democratic rule. Halleck calls it infinitesimal while noting progress with 33 public laws and six of ten appropriations bills enacted including a $48.8 billion defense package. Senate unchanged in leadership.
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John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congress
Senate
House
Demos
Kentucky Miners to Split $100,000 Back Pay
About 500 miners in Pike and Floyd Counties Kentucky will share a $100,000 payment turned over to the U S Department of Labor for underpaid wages on government coal contracts. The payment follows a Walsh Healy Act civil action against John McCall Coal Co of Baltimore and related firms over 1968 to 1960 contracts.
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Kentucky
Pike and
Floyd
U. S. Department of Labor
LeRoy Katz
Bluefield
Katz
E. West Parkinson
Washington
Pike
Labor Department
Tshombe Returns to Katanga Amid U.N. Praise
Moise Tshombe arrives in Elisabethville after blocking incidents at Leopoldville airport. U.N. forces, including Nigerian troops, fortified the runway as Tshombe’s U.N.-chartered plane taxied for takeoff amid assurances of safety and freedom. Robert Gardiner stated the 14-nation pledge must be honored.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
The
Congo
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Leopoldville
Tshombe
U.N
Robert Gardiner
Ghana
Gardiner
Soviet bid to halt Pacific tests stalls at disarmament talks
In Geneva, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin pressed for Western pledges to pause U S atmospheric tests in the Pacific. U S Ambassador Arthur H Dean rejected a moratorium and urged on-site inspections as the 17 nation conference debates a testing pause ahead of Easter.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
U. S
Pacific
Valerian A. Zorin
Moscow
Tass
Arthur H Dean
United States
Dean
Joseph B. Godber
Zorin
Chrismas
Johnston Islands
Godber
Zorn
Consolidation Okays Merger
Consolidation Coal Co of Pittsburgh wins approval to merge with Truax Traer Coal Co of Chicago. The combined firm will produce about 25 million tons annually with Truax Traer contributing roughly six million tons from Illinois and North Dakota. A Chicago spokesman cited 98.7 percent voting for the merger in Chicago and 99.8 percent in Pittsburgh, with 13 percent against in Chicago.
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Chicago
Truax-Traer Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
Consolidation
Pittsburgh
Truax-Traer
Illinois
North Dakota
Education Board Sets Budgets at Marshall and State Colleges
Charleston AP A two day State Board of Education meeting will finalize operating budgets for Marshall University and other state colleges within 1962 legislative appropriations. The agenda also includes plans for a Bluefield State College student union cafeteria funded by revenue bonds and awarding of ten statewide tuition and registration scholarships from American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars contests.
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Charleston
Marshall University
State Board of Education
Marshall
Bluefield State College
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
L. B. Allen
Donald H. Stark
Mount Hope
Bluefield State
Recall and policy concerns shape postwar Berlin scene
Observers view Marshal Konev's recall as signaling heat in Berlin while U S Gen Clay Page departs May 6. About 500 miners in Eastern Kentucky receive 100000 from Labor Dept after wage hour assessment for coal filling government contracts. Kennedy steel politics draw Republican attack as stock market shows mixed response amid lessons from Kennedy era. West Virginia Centennial Commission revisits a million-dollar budget. The U S Chamber president notes steel price dispute unsettles business, investors.
Pembroke Man Receives One Year Prison Term
Eager Day, 26, of Pembroke was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Lester Meredith, 2, of Pembroke. Meredith died January 1, 1962, after a blow with a stick at Eddie's Grill. Day was sentenced to a year in prison by the Giles County Circuit Court jury after a trial in Pearisburg.
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Eager Ag Day
Pembroke
Lester Meredith
Day
Meredith
Eddie
Bluefield Sanitarium
Giles County
Pearisburg
Allmale
Skybolt Fired From Big Jet in Atlantic Maiden Test
Skybolt air launched ballistic missile completed its maiden test flight from a B52 Stratofortress over the Atlantic near Cape Canaveral. The two stage solid fuel missile dropped 500 feet before ignition and flew forward, with range not disclosed. The orbital guidance system was not yet ready, but the test aimed to prove staging and control.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Can
Averal
Skybolt
David M. Jones
Air Force
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Payments Deficit Declines Sharply in Early 1962
Washington AP reports the U S balance of payments deficit fell to an annual rate under 2.5 billion in Q1 1962 from 6 billion, with official figures due next month. Economists caution the year may still exceed 1961’s 820 million in gold outflow, though optimism remains for a total 1962 deficit near or below 1961. Britain resumes gold purchases, while Japan sees reduced short-term loans early in 1962.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Kennedy
Britain
Japan
Three Soldiers Die as Army Helicopter Crashes Near Camp Peary
An Army H-21 helicopter carrying 20 troops crashed near James River in James City County nine miles east of Williamsburg. The three crewmen, all married, died. two other helicopters landed at the scene with limited help.
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Williamsburg
James River
Selby Jacobs
Dow Chemical Co
Ft. Belvoir
Virginia
Ft. Eustis
Dow
James City County
Camp Peary
Here
P. J. Clemins
the James
Officials See Cooling Off Of End Duties In Berlin Talks
Berlin officials view the replacement of Soviet Marshal Ivan S Konev and retired Gen Lucius D Clay as Berlin envoy as a possible step toward renewed talks on Berlin. Col Gen Ivan I Yakubovski replaces Konev while Clay's departure was announced in Washington.
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Berlin
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Lucius D. Clayis
Kennedy
Germany
Washington
Konev
Ivan I. Yakubovski
East Germany
Clay
White House
GOP Attacks Kennedy Over Steel Price Move
Senate GOP leaders denounce Kennedy for using police-state tactics to force the steel industry to drop a $6-a-ton price increase. They condemn nine administration actions as punitive and heavy handed, threatening basic rights and free government.
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Washington
Senate House Republican
Kennedy
Republian
United States
Three Japanese Fishing Captains Freed on Bail
In Kodiak Alaska three Japanese fishing captains were released on bail after agreeing to leave Shelikof Strait within five days. The captains faced Alaska state fishing regulation charges while claiming the waters are international. A trial date in Anchorage is pending.
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Kodiak, Alaska
Shekilof Strait
Superior Court
James Fitzgerald
Anchorage
Kodiak Harbor
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Alaska Peninsula
Mongo Hanasaki
Banshu Maru
Tadao Higashima
Satoshi Mine
State of Alaska
Eastern Pacific Fisheries Co
Shelikof Strait
Henrico Purchaser Seeks Red Tape for Labeling Machine
Henrico County purchasing agent A. E. Berlinghoff reports a requisition for 12 rolls of red tape. The County Fire Department plans to use the tape in a labeling machine.
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Richmond, Va
A. E. Berlinghoff
Henrico County
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