Oil price rise poses inflationary threat, Florida utility chief warns
McGregor Smith of Florida Power & Light testified before Senate panels that oil industry price boosts could trigger nationwide inflation unless industry pricing is adjusted. He estimated the Europe oil program could cost 114 billion dollars and urged possible emergency controls if voluntary rollback fails. Senator Kefauver pressed for government action if the scheme underperforms.
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Florida Power & Light Co
S. P. Coleman
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Coleman
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Suez
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Florida
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Eisenhower
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
United States
Rioting Prisoners Give Up In Utah State Prison
Defiant inmates at Utah State Prison near Point of the Mountain relinquished their 27 hostages after a 12 hour riot involving 500 of 618 inmates. Governor Clyde refused to bargain without hostage release while the Board of Corrections prepared an impartial probe into 43 grievances. Aiding law enforcement, 200 police and two National Guard units surrounded the prison as officials reported injuries and property damage.
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George D. Clyde
Cotimitlluwwee
Clyde
Board of Corrections
Salt Lake City
M. L. Coleman
Coleman
Alwin Strauss
Domain
Strauss
National Guard
Marcell Graham
Washington
FBI
Graham
Marvin C. Hogensen
Hogensen
Famed Speakeasy Queen Belle Livingstone Dies at 92
New York remembers Belle Livingstone once a toast of Roaring Twenties nightlife. The former speakeasy icon, rival of Texas Guinan and Helen Morgan, died in a nursing home after a long decline, ending an era of bathtub gin and Model T days.
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Belle Livingstone
Miss Livingstone
Texas Guinan
Helen Morgan
Cal” Coolidge
Southern critics attack Ike civil rights plan as Soviet Gestapo claim
Georgia and Alabama witnesses denounce President Eisenhower's civil rights program as a federal gestapo that would probe states and citizens. Alabama Judge C. Wallace vows to resist federal interference and even arrest agents who demand jury lists. Georgia officials cite FBI actions in Cobb County as overreach. Walter Reuther urges Congress to act, praising progress and condemning filibusters.
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R-Ny
Rep
Lanham
Attorney General
Walter Reuther
The
Auto Workers Union
Congress
Reuther
Airliner Makes Crash Landing Near Jackson Mississippi
A Delta Constellation with 72 passengers and a crew of five made a muddy crash landing at Jackson Municipal Airport after circling to burn fuel. One passenger, Mrs. H. B. Mitchell of Atlanta, sprained her ankle jumping clear. The crew praised Captain B. C. Gordon for piloting to a safe ground exit as the plane skimmed the runway on a failed landing gear. The craft earlier reportedly clipped a tree top near Shreveport Louisiana during a foggy approach.
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President Eisenhower plans Georgia visit after Saud conference
President Eisenhower wraps talks with King Saud of Saudi Arabia and aims to depart around noon for a Southern vacation. He may visit Thomasville, Georgia, at Humphrey’s plantation, likely for about a week, with Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. Doud, and Secretary Humphrey aboard Columbine II.
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Columbine II
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Kian Ai
Howard Myder
Red Cross Allocates Funds for Flood Relief
The Red Cross announced an additional 1.4 million dollars for flood relief in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia.
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Four year old Ratliff Electrocuted Near Grundy
Four year old Donald Lee Ratliff of Conaway Virginia near Grundy was electrocuted while playing outside his home after touching a ground wire from a family radio. He died at Grundy Hospital. Older brother Thurman found the body. parents and three siblings survive. Funeral arrangements set for Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Grundy
Curtis Ratliff
Grundy Hospital
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Donald
Arnold Curtis
Mary Jo
Grundy Funeral Home
Princeton Observer Sold to Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Princeton Observer is purchased by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. of Bluefield. Kyle McCormick will devote full time to Mercer County reporting while the Observer continues weekly publication. The sale includes the plant and equipment. the building remains with Luther Hale. Daily Princeton service planned soon.
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Bluefield
Kyle McCormick
Princeton
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McCormick
Mercer County
Princeton Journal
MecCormick
Evening Press
West Virginia
Luther Hale
Flood damage estimates rise for Southwest Virginia highways
State Highway Department boosts flood loss projection from 1.3 million to 2 million dollars with Buchanan County alone jumping from 350,000 to 800,000. Temporary crossings will replace damaged bridges in coming days as road restrictions spread in Fredericksburg, Suffolk, and Richmond districts.
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Suffolk Stauation
State Senate Civil Service Bill Moves Toward Passage
Charleston February 7 Senate approved civil service bill and sends it to House for almost certain passage tomorrow. Amendments 16 in number favored by Majority Leader Myles were adopted along party lines. A key change excludes the state police from coverage under the new system.
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Senate
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Dfayette
Seibert
Rohio
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Underwood
Merit System Council
Civil Service Commission
John F. Sly
Princeton University
Sly
Mountaineer
Department of Finance and Administration
Testimony Points to Ventilation Gap in Bishop Mine Explosion
Eighteen witnesses at a West Virginia hearing explored whether disrupted ventilation created methane buildup in the Bishop coal mine section where 37 miners died last Monday. The probe, led by Julius Olzer, debated air lock door use and whether both doors were opened.
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State Mines
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Pocahontas Fuel Co
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Neing
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Ner
Neil Rutherford
Rutherford
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