Johnson Attacks Nixon Over Civil Rights Jury Trial Fight
Senate Majority Leader Johnson accuses Vice President Nixon of leading a propaganda campaign against the Senate jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill. He says final action on the bill could come Wednesday or Thursday with a stronger vote than for the jury trial amendment. A White House veto seems likely if Congress passes the bill in its current form.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Senate
Johnson
D-Tex
Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
Phantom unions probe fuels Senate hearing on Teamsters
Senate Rackets Committee hears from Sam Getlan about phantom locals listed as Teamsters Local 258 president. Testimony ties 42 votes in 1956 New York election to paper locals backed by Dave Beck and James Hoffa. Mundt calls for tougher action by AFL CIO Ethical Practices Committee as witnesses face Fifth Amendment pleas.
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Washington
Sam Getlan
New York
Teamsters Union
Getlan
Senate
Joint Council
Tierney
Dave Beck
John O’rourke
O'Rourke
James R. Hoffa
Beck
International Union
McClellan
D-Ark
Rackets Committee
Hoffa
Teamsters
Max Chester
Chester
Robert F. Kennedy
AFL Auto Workers Union
Johnny Dio
Samuel Goldstein
New York Teamsters Local 239
Teamsters Local 258
Teamsters International
John English
International Jewelry Workers Union
Westchester County
New York City
Frank Costello
Miami
Mundt
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
AFL - Cio
Milton Holt
Ethical Practices Committee
Afl-Cio
Bluefield Chest Adds Golden Age Club and Virginia-Side Red Cross
The Greater Bluefield Community Chest expands its Red Feather agencies to nine with inclusion of the Golden Age Club and the Virginia-Side Red Cross chapter. The goal of 117275 is set for the Oct 1 campaign, with J T Harvey and R R Stuart Jr outlining needs and membership criteria.
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Golden Age Club of
Bluefield
American Red Cross
Greater Bluefield
Red Feather
R. R. Stuart Jr
Finance and Budget Committee
J. T. Harvey
Board For Chest
Red Feather Service
Golden Age Club
Ned Short
Old Davidson
City Park
Red Cross
A. R. Parker Jr
Charles Harrell
Henry S. Euck
Fillmore McPherson
Bluefield Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Carolina Community Home
Salvation Army
Young Men's Christian Assoc
Young Women’s Christian Assoc
Wythe Lad Dies From Wreck Injuries
Ronnie Lander nine, of Cripple Creek Wythe County Va, died at Wytheville Hospital after a pickup bed fall last Thursday. He was three and a half when struck by the truck wheels. The driver Joseph Vaughn 16, did not see him fall. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Ronnie Lander
Cripple Creek
Wythe County
Orman Lander
Wytheville Hospital
R. W. Litton
Pop and cigarettes taxes rise in July 1957
West Virginia tax data show cigarette tax receipts up more than 1542 percent and soft drink taxes up over 12 percent from July 1956. Cigarette collections reached 690,424 dollars, soft drink taxes 386,498 dollars, against prior July totals of 768,672 and 343,099 respectively.
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Charleston
West Virginia
John A. Field Jr
FHA downs payment cut and rate hike to spur home buying
The Eisenhower administration cut the minimum FHA down payment by large amounts and raised the FHA loan interest rate from 5 to 50 percent on new applications. New discount rules for FHA and VA mortgages, plus FNMA pricing changes, aim to channel investment into lower priced homes without inflationary pressure. The changes take effect on new applications tomorrow for the down payment and today for other measures, with specifics on payment levels for various home prices.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Federal National Mortgage Assn
Albert M. Cole
Congress
Eisenhower
FHA
State Board Of Public Works Set To Purchase Korean Bonds
Gov. Underwood defends banking commissioner choice Donald Taylor and hails two new appointments Thomas R. Egbert as DPA director and C. S. Collier Jr. as veterans affairs head. Egbert, 62, Charleston native, long rehab and education background, quoted on rehabilitating public aid clients.
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Charleston
Underwood
Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Public Assistance
Donald Taylor
Parkersburg
H. B. Rowe
First National Bank of
Alderson
Rowe
Taylor
West Virginia
Ralph Bean
Thomas R. Egbert
DPA
C. S. Collier Jr
Collier
Denzil L Gainer
Gainer
Legislative
Clarence Koontz
Ebert
Division of
Egbert
Robert F. Roth
Fairmont
Brooke County
Bethany College
Columbia University
McComas
Princeton
Bluefield
Sen George Laid To Rest In Georgia Funeral
In Vienna Georgia flags fell to half mast as former Senator Walter F George was buried. A simple ceremony at First Baptist Church heard eulogies praising his integrity and humility with Rev L C Cutts citing Micah 6 8.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
First Baptist Church of
L. C. Cutts
George
Cutts
Rev. Cutts
Sen. George
UMW Opposes Wilson for West Virginia Mines Chief
George J. Titler of Beckley urged the West Virginia State Senate to reject Gov. Underwood’s pick Crawford L. Wilson of Beckley as head of the Department of Mines. Titler cited potential conflicts of interest and alleged past mining violations, while Wilson defended his qualifications and cited budget choices.
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UMW
Titler
Wilson
Charleston
United Mine Workers District 29
State Senate
Underwood
Crawford L. Wilson
Beckley
Hweuu Vio
Ueewewe
George J. Titler
Title
UMWA
West Virginia
Crawford Wilson
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Department of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Julius Olzer
Flood Kills 2 In New Mexico
A flash flood northwest of Las Vegas New Mexico swept away three small dams and submerged streets. Rev Emil LaPorte 41 and his daughter Laura 10 drowned when their car was swept from an arroyo. The body of Laura was not found. National Guardsmen assisted in warning residents as floodwaters damaged the West Las Vegas sewer plant.
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Las Vegas
N.M
Here
Emil LaPorte
Laura
Gallinas
Dorothy Tejada
Tejada
Bulganin Excluded From Soviet Delegation to East Germany
In East Berlin the Soviet embassy blamed an economic focus for excluding Premier Bulganin from a Soviet delegation to East Germany this week. The delegation, led by Khrushchev ally Mikoyan in Mikoyan’s absence, is said to center on economic matters and not health concerns.
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Berlin
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Kremlin
East Berlin
Bulganin
East Germany
Bulganin-Khrushchev
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Bulgaria
Ex-Wife Attacks Ex-Husband With Car in Love Rival Frets
Wilma Smallfield rammed her ex-husband Robert with a 1949 model car eight times in Los Angeles after their divorce. She told officers she did it for love and claimed they were reconciled, while Robert described multiple rear and head-on blows and a later 2x4 assault. He seeks to move after reports he rents a room from her. The pair, both 42, were divorced last February and she is jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charges.
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Los Angeles
Robert Smallfields
Wilma
Robert
Smallfield
Smallfields
Wilson says no difference with Eisenhower on budget system
Secretary of Defense Wilson stated there is no difference of opinion with President Eisenhower on a proposed year to year budget system. Reports based on his House Appropriations subcommittee testimony suggested disagreement, though Wilson clarified Hoover Commission recommendations and partial financing of procurement were the topics at issue.
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Washington
Wilson
Eisenhower
Congress
House Appropriations
Hoover Commission
No Action Taken On Appointees In Special Session
The 53rd Legislature adjourned the special session to January 7 while keeping plans to issue 182 million dollars in Korean Veterans bonus bonds within state funds. Bonds at 3.9 percent will be bought by the Board of Public Works for Workmen’s Compensation and Teachers’ Retirement funds, with proceeds from a liquor-store price increase earmarked to retire the bonds. Governor Underwood urged timely action on a 100-name list of appointments, but the Senate and House delayed, setting reconvening for the next day with no business for the House.
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Herb Little
Charleston
Underwood
Senate
House
Board of Public Works
Martin
Berkeley
Workmen's Compensation
Orel J. Skeen
Gov. Underwood
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Wythe Lad
Twin
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State Board of Public Works
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New Mexico
West Las Vegas
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Fred Diddle
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