Legislature Votes For Special Session On Teacher Pay
In Charleston on April 22 a broad coalition signed petitions for a May 9 extraordinary session to address teacher salary raises. Gov. Marhall urged action while House Speaker Flannery opposed a sales tax hike. Senate President Bean supported the session. The tax plan is expected to require about seven million in new revenue plus one million for aid adjustments affecting Kanawha and other counties.
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House of Delegates
Senate
Sayre
R-Jackson
House
Dels. Heisman
Roane
West
Wirt
Mar
W. E. Flannery
Logan
Flannery
J. Horner Davis
Kanawha County
Ralph Bean
Caution Advised In Changing The UN Charter
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt urged the government to delay any full revision of the United Nations charter amid a “very troubled” world. She recommended forming a special committee within the UN to study the charter and suggest changes for easier times. The General Assembly will decide this fall on a revision conference while public opinion is being gauged.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt Gested
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
Eisenhower
Senate
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
Human Rights Commission
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Western Powers Back Russian Bid for Austrian Conference
Western Allies signaled approval for a Russian run conference to restore Austrian independence and Germany’s unity. A note urged a May 2 Vienna ambassadors meeting to set terms for an Austrian treaty and potential early state treaty signing by foreign ministers. A broader destination includes German reunification talks and East West tension in Europe.
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Washington
Russia
Austria
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Vienna
London
Europe
State Department
Ioave
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Isle Revolts In Defending Only Doctor
Bordo Island in the Faeroe Islands rose in revolt against a Danish police expedition to remove Dr. E Halvorsen who had held the post unlawfully for two years. Islanders blocked the harbor with small craft while police prepared to land and restore order. The clash comes after locals celebrated a victory over officials seeking the doctor’s removal.
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Bordo Island
Copenhagen
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Klaksingers
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Bordo
Nehru Warns Conference On Cold War Brink and NATO
At Bandung Nehru condemns both Soviet and Western blocs and urges reducing tensions through coexistence. He criticizes NATO and SEATO as tools of colonialism, calls for staying neutral, and notes India as a leader in peace without choosing sides.
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Indonesia
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Matusow Upsets Red Convictions in NYC Trial
New York April 22 Harvey Matusow’s testimony rebuttal undermined the verdicts of 13 Communist defendants. A new trial was ordered for Alexander Trachtenberg and George Charney while 11 others’ sentences stood. Judge Edward J. Dimock called Matusow a liar and faulted prosecutors for reliance on his perjured statements.
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Harvey Matusow
Alexander Trachtenberg
Communist Party
George Blake Charney
Red
Matusow
Edward J. Dimock
Trachtenberg
Charney
Dimock
Virginia Court Denies Rehearing in Russell Case
The Virginia Supreme Court refused to rehear cases involving a Bristol woman injured in an automobile crash and an estate dispute in Russell County. Louise Goolsby challenged a $7,500 damage award after being found contributorily negligent in 1953. A. J. Owens lost an appeal over his late father's estate accounting.
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Virginia Supreme Court
Bristol
Louise Goosby
Bristol Corporation
Goolsby
Ted Hopson
Supreme Court
A. J. Owens
Russell County
Owens
H. S. Owens
W. C. Owens
Fake City Target For New A-Blast
A mock city will be blasted in a civil defense test near Yucca flat in Nevada. The event aims to study blast effects and life saving measures with 1500 observers including military and media teams, using an A-bomb scale device exceeding Hiroshima.
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Las Vegas
Yucca
Federa Civil Defense Administration
Hiroshima
West Germany Set for Self Rule and NATO Entry
Bonn reports a May 5 sovereignty date for West Germany with NATO entry four days later. Paris rearmament treaties will be deposited May 5, enabling West Germany to raise up to 500,000 troops for Western defense. WEU will oversee rearmament with Britain France and others depositing their agreements in Brussels and Washington.
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Brussels
White House Aide Testimony Halted
Washington April 22 A White House aide testifying before a Senate subcommittee on Corsi’s ouster and refugee admission policy faced a stop in proceedings. Corsi, a New York Republican, was fired after 90 days as special assistant for immigration under Secretary Dulles. Rabb, secretary to the Cabinet, was invited to testify as part of the probe.
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Public Service
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Rabb
Rebb
Lisenhower
Wreck Toll Rises to 150000 on B&O Collision
A head on collision between freight trains on the Baltimore and Ohio main line near Moundsville halted traffic for over ten hours. Damages to two Diesel locomotives are estimated at 150000 with six cars derailed. No injuries occurred as crews cleared the scene and rerouted No. 73.
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Wheeling
J. J. Sell
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Fairmont
Here
G R. Haber
Harley Mason
New Martinsville
Sell
Huntington
Parkersburg
Grafton
Ohio River
W. Va. 2
Carbide Blast Injures Eight At Institute Plant
An early morning explosion at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corps Institute plant in Institute West Virginia injures eight workers. Five remain hospitalized, three are discharged after minor injuries, and seven or eight receive attention at the plant first aid station.
Exploding Carbide Plant Fire Injures Several Workers
A West Virginia carbide plant blast near Charleston injured multiple workers and halted operations in most units. C. H. Atwood reported restoration except Unit 4 as fire raged about two hours. Victims include Gail Smith and Jack Rader with facial burns, Charles Titlow, Donald Edwards, and C. C. Orem among the injured. Officials investigate cause.
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Gail C. Smith
St. Albans
Jack Rader
Clendenin
Charles E. Titlow
M. Charleston
Donald Eugene Edwards
C. C. Orem
South Charleston
T. C. Zirkle
Charleston
Orville Moses
Dunoo
Harold Lee Ash
Kanawha River
Brownell Attacks Racketeering Under Democratic Regimes
Tex April 22 Brownell charges lack of enforcement allowed racketeering in labor union field under past Democratic administration. He cites FPI investigations since 1953 and claims prosecutions rose, contrasting with few cases under earlier eight years. He cites Hobbs Act and Taft Hartley defenses, noting minimal indictments before 1953.
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Lawyers Week
FPI
Mae
Justice Department
White House flags world trade as Eisenhower speech topic
The White House said world trade will be the principal topic of President Eisenhower's Monday speech at the Associated Press luncheon in New York.
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White House
Eisenhower
Associated Press
New York
Federal Reserve Raises Margin Requirement to Curb Credit
The Federal Reserve Board lifted margin requirements from 60 to 70 percent to curb excessive credit use amid a rising stock market. The move follows earlier rate hikes by 10 of 11 regional banks and aims to slow potential boom bust cycles while market nerves and forecasts fluctuate.
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Control Fight Leaves Avery Still MW Head
CHICAGO April 22 stockholders of Montgomery Ward and Co vote for directors at a five hour annual meeting. Avery retained control with over 70 percent of votes despite challenge from Louis Wolfson who said he would try again next year. Wolfson claimed three directors won, opponents six, Avery seven and Wolfson two. Meeting recessed until May seven for preliminary election results.
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Gbewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
Louis Wolfson
Avery
Wolfson
Mayseven
Vaccine Sharing Talks At Parley
Washington reports a closed conference with government and medical officials recommending a voluntary allocation system for polio vaccine. The plan aims to have enough for two-shot vaccinations for all Americans under 10 by August 1 and escalate supply to cover under 20 by year end, with 70 million total vaccinations. President Eisenhower lauded Jonas Salk and Basil O Connor for contributions to the fight against poliomyelitis.
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Ofovernment Medical
Jonas E. Salk
Eisenhower
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Weekend Forecast For West Virginia
The Weather Bureau forecasts a warm weekend in West Virginia with five day temperatures expected to average eight degrees above normal. Normal highs are 52 in the north and 55 in the south. Showers or thunderstorms likely Sunday and possibly Wednesday, totaling half to one inch. A warm Saturday followed by cooler Sunday afternoon and Monday, then warmer again Wednesday is forecast.
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Huntington
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Viet Nam Crisis Discussed by Eisenhower Officials
Gen. J Lawton Collins told President Eisenhower and top officials that South Viet Nam faces a grave situation. A three faction push calls for Premier Ngo Dinh Diem to step down, backed by the French Foreign Office, while U S officials reiterate support for the legal government and seek to strengthen civilian control and defenses amid police under Binh Xuyen pressure.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Eisenhower
J. Lawton Collins
Saigon
White House
Collins
Ngo Dinh Diem
U. S
Viet Nam
Binh Xuyen Society
More Research Urged in Alcoholic Program
Dr. Joseph E. Barrett the state commissioner of mental hygiene urged extensive research to define effective treatment for alcoholics. He told a state commission studying Virginia's rehab program that much current care is trial and error in a field we know little about. He questioned jail or farm confinement as solutions and noted no consensus on a special state facility.
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Richmond
Joseph E. Barrett
Barrett
Sec! Commission
E State
W. C. Elliott
Russell County
Commission
Wold
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