Truckers Eye Strike As Rail Negotiations Bog Down
Nationwide trucking and rail labor disputes escalate as Teamsters vote heavily against a proposed contract. Chicago drivers push a separate demand amid a national shutdown while Congress prepares new action to block a rail walkout and federal officials monitor the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teamsters
Congress
Chicago
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Death of C. J. Cheyney 81 Pioneer Bluefield Leader
Clyde Irwin Cheyney an 81 year old Bluefield business leader died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. He chaired Bailey Lumber Co. after joining Bluefield in 1918. He led the firm as general manager then president and finally chairman as it grew to ten plants in Virginia and West Virginia. He served Bluefield’s first city manager era, hosted weekly WHIS radio talks, and earned the Distinguished Citizenship Award in 1952. He was a longtime director of the National Lumber Dealers Assoc and past president of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and the West Virginia Lumber and Building Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Irwin Cheyney
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bailey Lumber Co
Cheyney
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginia
West Virginia
First City
WHIS
Riley - West Post
American Legion
National Lumber Dealers Association
United States
Repeater Wins Right to Question Jurors in Trial
U S District Judge John D Butzner Jr ruled a state held prisoner tried as a repeater may challenge jurors for cause. Frank Edward Pennington Jr argued he was not given the chance to question jurors in the recidivist charge. The judge held a prisoner's counsel has the right to challenge jurors for prejudice or competence to hear the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
U.S
John D. Butzner Jr
Frank Edward Pennington Jr
Pennington
Roanoke City
Bland County
Butzner
State study may overhaul West Virginia school aid
An eight man subcommittee begins a study of the 1953 era formula for distributing over 90 million dollars annually to 55 county systems. State officials say rising property values from reappraisal shift state aid, prompting a reevaluation of the funding structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Committee On Government and Finance
House
H. Laban White
D-Harrison
Senate Finance
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Rex M. Smith
William K. Hamilton
Fred W. Eberle
Hamilton
Senate
C. H. McKown
D-Wayne
McKown
Soviet Cosmonaut Komarov death may delay moon program
Western experts warned that Komarov's death could set back the Soviet moon plans similarly to Apollo 1 delays. They noted a board review and policy assessment will follow, and that Soyuz 1 may have aimed for a larger, spectacular mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Shelton
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
U.S
Space Agency
Air Force probes South Hill UFO sighting in Virginia
An aide to Dr J Allen Hynek arrived in South Hill to test a reported bullet shaped UFO seen by C N Crowder a fertilizer warehouse manager. Tests on the burned road and surrounding tar are ongoing with Hynek to join if results warrant.
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Air Force
Virginia
South Hill
Western University
Dearborn Observatory
Powers
Evanston
Ill
Hynek
C. N. Crowder
Virginia 47
Crowder
Hyneck
Richmond
Car Michael draws heated protest at Hampton Institute
Black power leader Stokely Carmichael energized about 2,100 Hampton Institute students as he urged defying the draft and ROTC service. A Negro ROTC student shouted that he would shoot Carmichael if ordered to. Carmichael defended free speech and argued prison could serve black liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Stokely Carmichael
Hampton Institute
Carmichael
Vietnam
Virginia Soldier Killed in Vietnam Named Martinez
Washington AP reports the Defense Department list of U.S. casualties in Vietnam includes Army Spec. 4 Donald L. Martinez of Tazewell Virginia, son of Mrs. Sarah E. Collins, Box 11.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Donald L. Martinez
Sarah E. Collins
Tazewell
Bramwell Woman Held For Grand Jury Murder Charge
Mary Geraldine Alilovich twenty four of Bramwell was bound over to the July term of the Mercer County Grand Jury on a murder charge. The preliminary hearing before Magistrate Jim Belcher in Princeton connected her with the Thursday morning shooting death of her cousin Carl F. Epperson thirty eight at her father’s Bramwell home. She remained in the Mercer County Jail in Princeton in lieu of a two thousand dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Geraldine Alilovich
Bramwell
Mercer County
Grand Jury
Jim Belcher
Princeton
Carl F. Epperson
Weekend Cold Snap Expected With Chilly Daytime Highs
Extended forecast shows daytime highs from 5 to 65 degrees and overnight lows from 35 to 42. Rain is forecast midweek and again at week’s end, totaling between one half and three quarters of an inch.
Two Mig Intercept Battles Near Hanoi Reported
AP dispatch says carrier pilots from Kitty Hawk claim two MiGs shot down during first raids on airfields near Hanoi on Kep base. Navy tally reaches 42 MiGs downed in North Vietnam versus 11 U.S. planes lost. Chinese press claims nine U.S. planes shot down with some pilots captured, unconfirmed.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Kep
U.S
Red China
Pentagon
Navy
North Vietnam
Tokyo
First Flight Fatality For Either Nation
Moscow reports Soyuz 1 parachute straps tangled during landing, killing cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on the craft’s maiden voyage. The first spaceflight death for the United States or the Soviet Union, raising questions about the mission’s braking system and the race to the Moon.
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Moon
United States
Russia
Vostok
Voskhod
Soviet Union
Moscow
Earth
Vladimir Komarov
Southwest Forms Group on Improving Education
A 70 member Citizens Committee on Education was announced in Southwest Virginia, seeking local conferences to boost awareness of the need to improve education quality and availability. The panel includes representatives from Bristol Galax Norton and the counties Bland Buchanan Carroll Denkins Grayson Lee Russell Scott Smyth Tazewell Washington Wise Wythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Scott
Smyth
Tazewell
Washington
Wise and Wythe
Bristol
Citizens’ Committee
Public Meeting Planned On WV Marriage and Divorce Law Changes
A legislative subcommittee voted to hold a June public meeting on proposed revisions to West Virginia marriage and divorce laws. New grounds include insanity with two psychiatrists’ testimony and two years of separation. The plan also would allow marriage under 16 with parental or guardian consent if pregnancy exists.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mittee
West Virginia State Bar Committee
State Bar Board of Governors
Sen
W. T. Brotherton Jr
D-Kanawha
Del
Robert M. Steptoe
Berkeley
Bar Committee
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Associated Press
C.J. Cheyney
Cc. I. Cheyney
Cosmonaut
Komarov
AP Aerospace Writer
Tass
Vladimir Kamoray
William Powers
J. Allen Hynek
North
Rockford, IL
Stokely Angels
Mls
James E. Webb
Southwest
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