Steel Price Battle Ends in White House Compromise
A negotiated settlement curbed steel price increases as U S Steel and Bethlehem cut their hikes and Inland Armco followed suit. Prices rise Aug 16 affecting about 60 percent of shipments, with Johnson and economic advisers calling the move a relief from inflation pressure.
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Inland
Armco
U.S. Steel
Texas White House
Johnson
Arthur M. Okun
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
U.S
White House
Kennedy
Republic
United Steelworkers Union
English Woman Killed By Train Near Home
A 50 year old English woman, Helen Mae Smythers, died after being hit by the first Dry Fork Mine run coal train while crossing near her home. She died at Doctors Memorial Hospital from extensive head and body injuries. Police say she attempted to beat the train. the engineer, Larkin W. Buckland Jr., said he saw her start across and tried to stop but was too close. Three diesel engines and five cars passed over her before the train stopped. she was found under the sixth car. Investigating officers are State Trooper M C Kochen derfer and Deputy Sheriff Gerald Smith.
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Welch Hospital
Helen Mae Smythers
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Larkin W. Buckland Jr
Bluefield
M. C. Kochenderfer
Gerald Smith
Moore Turns Down Role Of Favorite Son
Arch Moore refused a offered favorite son role from the West Virginia delegation at the Republican National Convention. He said accepting would not be appropriate at that stage, though he would have considered it earlier. Nixon and Rockefeller supporters were listed among delegates as balloting began.
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Miami Beach
Fla
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Moore
Nixon
Rex K. Bumgardner
Clarksburg
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
U. S
Chapman Peyercomb
Stuart F. Bloch
Wheeling
Davis Filkins
Elkins
John A. Shanklin
Keith L. Arthur
Hartington
William P. A. Nicely
Parkersburs Woo
Ballard IT
Welch
Hugh Ike Shett
Bluefield
Rockefeller
Strangulation Death Of 10 Year Old In Dunbar
A 10yearold Dunbar youth was pronounced dead on arrival at a Charleston hospital after he apparently became ill and strangled on his own regurgitation. The victim was identified as David Allen Sizemore, son of Mr and Mrs William D Sizemore.
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Charleston
Dunbar
David Allen Sizemore
William D. Sizemore
Estranged Husband Shoots Family Then Kills Himself
In Hollywood California 31 year old Fred Chegwin, fired from Metz of California, shot his wife Myrna 24 his father in law Phillip Weinstein 46 his mother in law Rosemary Weinstein 38 and sister in law Debbie 19 then shot himself twice. Jason Scott Weinstein 3, the son from Weinsteins second marriage, was found cowering under a bed as police removed the bodies and the home valued at 100000 dollars.
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Hollywood
Calif
Fred Chegwin
Myrna
Phillip Weinstein
Chegwin
Rosemary Weinstein
Debbie
Weinstein
Jason Scott
Jason
Robert Weinstein
Mercedes Rameric
Miss Rameric
al Goodman
Hollywood Hills
Phil Weinstein
William M. West, Jr
Weinsteins
Davenport
Nixon Wins GOP Nomination
Richard M. Nixon swept to the Republican presidential nomination on a first ballot surge at the Miami Beach convention. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Gov. Ronald Reagan trailed, as Nixon leveraged a disciplined campaign and past comebacks to secure the 58 votes needed in the crucial Ohio delegation.
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Donald Sanders
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
John F. Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Rockefeller
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Hirsam L. Fong
Hawaii
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Ivy Baker Priest
Reagan
Rally Ends Amid Looting After Miami Black Rally
A 12 hour black power rally in Miami's Northwest section dissolved into rock throwing and looting on five streets. Three injured, including a woman hit by concrete near Jackson Memorial Hospital. Police had withdrawn before the rampage and local leaders urged area bars to close and whites to stay out.
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Miami
Fla
62Nd Street
12Th
17Th Avenues
Barbara French
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bob Johnson
U.S. to Free 14 North Vietnamese Sailors in Gesture
Paris AP reports U.S. peace negotiator W Averell Harriman announced the forthcoming release of 14 North Vietnamese sailors held since 1966 after torpedo boat attacks. He urged freedom for more U.S. airmen and cited a humane approach in talks with Hanoi.
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Paris
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
United States
Freedom
North Vietnam
Ture
Hanoi
Harriman
Ha van Lau
Change Of Venue Plea For Barron Overruled
Federal Judge J. Robert Martin refused to transfer the conspiracy trial of former Gov W W Barron and five co defendants from Charleston West Virginia The defendants include Burl A Sawyers Vincent J Johnkoski Truman E Gore and Alfred W Schroath The judge noted venue motions are difficult but no change of venue will occur and the case remains in West Virginia with pretrial hearings continuing
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Charleston
J. Robert Martin
W. W. Barron
Martin
Barron
Burl A. Sawyers
Vincent J. Johnkoski
Truman E. Gore
Clarksburg
Alfred W. Schroath
Eisenhower Condition Remains Unchanged After Major Heart Attack
Washington AP reports former president Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in guarded condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital after another major heart attack. Army doctors describe the outlook as unpredictable in the early period, with Ike on oxygen and a low salt liquid diet. Visiting is limited to Mrs. Eisenhower and their son John.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Walter Reed
John Eisenhower
Battle Near Saigon Foe Clashes in Rocket Belt
U S naval forces and 9th Division infantry clashed 12 miles south of Saigon in the rocket belt. At least 50 enemy were killed as fighting continued at nightfall. Allied losses were minimal with six Americans and three South Vietnamese wounded.
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Saigon
Hue
da Nang
U.S
Mekong
Stassen maintains low gear drive for GOP nomination
Harold E. Stassen, ex-governor of Minnesota, woos eight state delegations with modest, steady style. He predicts nomination by his lone avowed delegate, nephew Robert Stassen, while Paul M. Walter Jr. withholds seconding. Walter will vote for John V Lindsay. Stassen plans an acceptance speech from his Seville Hotel suite.
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Robert Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Paul M. Walter Jr
Ohio
Walter
John V Lindsay
New York
Lou Simmons
Arma
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