Bluefield Judge Grants Stay in $75 License Fight
Seventeen professionals including doctors lawyers and accountants win a round against Bluefield City as Circuit Court Judge F Morton Wagner issues a temporary injunction stopping enforcement of the $75 annual professional license fee ordinance until further order. The case calls for extended briefs and a Sept. 3 return in Princeton.
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F. Morton Wagner
Princeton
City Board of Directors
Arthur Kingdon
Kingdon
Wagner
Labor chiefs claim cynical vote-swapping on labor bill
AFL-CIO leaders allege Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans traded favors to pass strict labor controls and block civil rights legislation. George Meany says no direct proof but strong belief exists after reviewing last week’s House roll call backing the Lanham Griffin measure. Senate-House conferees work to resolve differences between the Lanham Griffin bill and the Senate version as civil rights efforts stall.
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Afl-Cio
Congress
George Meany
Federation
Meany
House
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Senate
Washington
Landrum-Griffin
Halsey Buried as Hero at Arlington National Cemetery
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey was honored with a hero's burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Navy jet fighters saluted as his casket was carried by a horse-drawn caisson, with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz among the survivors present. Halsey, who died at Fishers Island, N.Y., from a heart attack, led carrier air power in the Pacific.
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Washington
William F. Halsey
Arlington National Cemetery
Pacific
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Goodby
Bull Halsey
Halsey
Fishers Island
N.Y
Eisenhower to sign Hawaii statehood and flag order
President Eisenhower to sign Hawaii statehood proclamation at the White House this afternoon and issue an executive order arranging the 50 star flag. He will unfurl the first of the new flags, to become national emblem next July 4, after delaying golf and office visits to greet Mrs. Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Hawaii
White House
Denver
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Doug
Braggart Killer Nash Scheduled For Gas Chamber
Stephen Nash 36 accused killer in two Southern California slayings is set for the gas chamber at 10 am in San Quentin. He claims to have killed at least 11, with police factoring in a long criminal history and a jury convicting him in 1957 for stabbing 10 year old Larry Rice and John Berg. Governor Brown opposes capital punishment and calls for insanity law review.
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Calif
California
Stephen Nash
Nash
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Superior Court
H. Burton Nobe
Los Angeles
Larry Rice
Santa Monica
John Berg
Long Beach
Berg
Carman Named Held Successor in West Virginia Tax Post
Charleston AP reports Donald af Carman 29 year old assistant Field has been named to a new six year term in the $10 000 a year tax post Carman a West Virginia law graduate practiced in Wellsburg where he was born March 17 1990 He will face Senate confirmation in the 1960 legislative session.
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Charleston
Donald Af Carman
Carman
West Liberty State College
West Virginia University
Wellsburg
Tax Department
Senate
Rockefeller Wedding Sparks Massive Publicity in Norway
Kristiansand Norway AP Steven Rockefeller says press focus on his wedding to Anne Marie Rasmussen stems from his father Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York a potential 1960 Republican presidential candidate. He notes no formal commitment while Gov Rockefeller attends the ceremony with Rockefeller family members.
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Kristiansand
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Anne Marie Rasmussen
New York
Associated Press
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Convicts At Large After Route 67 Breakout In Virginia
Two road gang escapees fled a noon break on Route 67 near Richlands and Jewell Ridge Virginia. Police fear they may have escaped the area in a stolen 1955 Ford with tag 03075. Escapees are James Thomas Walker and Richard Eldridge, both serving felony sentences from Martinsville and Richmond respectively.
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Virginia
Richlands
Hobart C. Smith
Smithsonian nixes Durante nose mold for museum display
Hollywood AP reports Jimmy Durante offered his prominent proboscis for a Smithsonian mold to honor the entertainer. Officials say it lacks a proper place in the museum and unlikely to be displayed though the casting measures 77 millimeters tall and about four inches wide.
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Jimmy Durante
Smithsonian Institution
Jimmy
Smithsonian
Washington
Joe Bleeden
Durante
Truman Benny to appear together on TV show
Former President Harry S. Truman and comedian Jack Benny will team up on Benny's CBS television show on October 18. Part of the program will be pre recorded on video tape at the Truman Memorial Library in Independence Missouri. The announcement offered few details on their act.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Jack Benny
Benny
CBS
Truman Memorial Library
Independence
Truman
House Approves Food Disposal Bill With Stamp Plan
The House passed a bill extending a 1954 food surplus program through 1960 and authorizing 2.8 billion dollars of surpluses to be sold or donated abroad while funding a tentative food stamp program for needy Americans. The vote was 305 to 53, with an amendment adding the stamp plan by 272 to 127.
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House
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Great Lakes
Agriculture Department
United States
Rep Reves Sullivan
D-Mo
Haiti Troops Halt Rebel Invasion After Battles
Government troops in Port au Prince say they wiped out a rebel band that landed at Haiti’s southwest tip. Army reports claim 12 killed, with informants saying 25 killed and 16 wounded or captured as units flushed rebels from mountain hideouts. invader nationality uncertain, some identified as Cubans.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Death of Bluefield jail inmate under investigation
Police seek leads in the death of Mildred Coe a jail inmate at Bluefield Sanitarium. Doctors cite possible heart attack or acute diabetes while authorities await postmortem decision. Coe listed in police files. She had been arrested for loitering and sentenced in Municipal Court. Bristol police assisting with identification.
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Merett Funeral Home
Mildred Coe
Herse
Bristol
Tenn
AF Misses In Try At Capsule
Washington AP says a Discoverer VI capsule ejected as planned at 5 27 pm EST but no signals were heard and no visual sighting reported by recovery teams. The search will continue for hours though unlikely to recover the 200 pound capsule containing instruments.
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Washington
Defense Department
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Discoverer VI
Nine Dead In Quake Aftermath In Montana
A woman died in Bozeman hospital raising the quake toll to nine with four more believed dead in Montana. Rescuers hunted among landslides and Hebgen Lake as aftershocks continued and volunteers searched the disaster area.
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Yellowstone Park
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Ray Painter
Ogden
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Rock Creek
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Yellowstone National Park
U.S. Geodetic Survey
Hebgen Lake
Hebgen Dam
Army Engineers Corps
Carey Threatens House Members Over Labor Vote
AFL-CIO Vice President James B. Carey fired blistering letters to 229 House members accusing them of backing a strict labor control bill backed by President Eisenhower. He pledged support to 201 Democrats and Republicans opposing the Griffin-Landrum anti corruption bill. Carey acted with the union’s approval and said the move was not coordinated with Meany.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
James B. Carey
House
Carey
Eisenhower
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Homer H. Budge
Idaho
Edward J. Derwinski
R-I
Griffin-Landrum
International Union of Electrical Workers
George Meany
Meany
Forest Park
Bachelor Princess Margaret 29 Today
Princess Margaret turns 29 and faces a lifelong unmarried label if she remains single. She plans a quiet Balmoral birthday in Scotland with family, with no special events planned per Buckingham Palace.
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Princess Margaret
London
Margaret
Balmoral Castile
Scotland
Buckingham Palace
Kookie Phenomenon Draws Raucous Richmond Crowds
A throng of about 4 000 teenage fans crowded a downtown Richmond street to glimpse Kookie star Edd Byrnes between film and TV projects. An AP reporter spoke with five girls who described adulation, outfits, and obsession, with some hoping for a glimpse of his hotel room.
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Richmond Street
Edd Byrnes
Ste
Associated Press
Exiled Batista Stops In Lisbon
Exiled Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista arrived in Lisbon en route to exile in the Madeira Islands. Police guard him as he stays several days at a swanky hotel before moving on. He left the Dominican Republic after a failed bid to reach the United States, with U.S. involvement disputed by officials.
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Portugal
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Batista
Madeira Islands
U.S. State Department
Washington
Meany Rules Out Khrushchev Invite to AFL-CIO Convention
Forest Park, AP Meany rejects any proposal from any source to invite Soviet Premier Khrushchev to address AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco. He notes Khrushchev’s presence would be barred by two Soviet-bloc states and slave labor conditions. Reuther and Carey say they may meet Khrushchev despite Meany’s stance.
Missing Man Returns Home After Brief Disappearance
A 23-year-old Bluefield salesman reported missing from Frederick Street since Tuesday morning returned home Thursday afternoon. Richard Lynn Cockrell declined comment on the disappearance or the abandoned auto, which was found with a head injury. authorities noted no confirmed amnesia.
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Frederick Street
Richard Lynn Cockrell
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