Marland names Sawyers SRC head and Donohoe board president
Gov. Marland appoints Burl A. Sawyers of Charleston as state road commissioner and James M. Donohoe of Huntington as president of the Board of Control. Joseph Thomas is named minority member of the Board of Probation and Parole. Donohoe’s term as board president runs to June 30, 1961, with Senate confirmation. Burdett resigns as board president after six years, leaving room for Donohoe. Additional minor appointments accompany the major posts.
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Burl Sawyers
Donohoe
Board of Control
Charleston
Marland
Burl A. Sawyers
James M. Donohoe
Huntington
Joseph Thomas
Board of Probation and Parole
Thomas
Clyde W. Rinehart
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Sawyers
Cabell County Court
Joe F. Burdett
Point Pleasant
Burdett
Leons
Senate
B Sovernas
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Aeronautics Coun
Clarence Cottrell
Glen Rogers
Wyoming County
Board of Dental Examiners
George Richardson Jr
Bluefield
Commission On
Alex B. Mahood
Board of
Archiison, OT
Duke Grad Student and Cousin Rescued From Cave Search
A Duke University graduate student and his 16 year old cousin were found by searchers early yesterday after an all night cave hike near Newport Virginia. Victor Hutchison of Columbus Georgia and John Phillips of Atlanta were located in Dowdey cave after more than 50 people scoured about 19 caves. Hutchison studies cave salamanders at Mountain Lake Biological Station.
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Duke
Newport
Duke University
Victor H. Hutchison
Columas
John Phillips
Hutchison
Dute
Mountain Lake Biological Experiment Station
Bruce D. Reynolds
University of Virginia
Giles County
Dowdey Cave
John H. Reeves
VMI
Death Toll May Hit 380 July 4
The National Safety Council warned the Independence Day weekend could see about 380 traffic deaths over a 78 hour period from 6 pm tonight to midnight Monday. Council president Ned H Dearborn urged motorists to pray for safe travels as some 40 million cars hit the roads and rail and air travel also rises.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Actes As & Means
Beckley Man Free In Murder Count
Beckley coal miner Joe Voicehovich 32 was acquitted of murder in the fatal Oct 5 shooting of his brother in law. A Raleigh County jury found him innocent after deliberations that began at 4 10 p m and ended at 6 10 p m The case had previous mistrials in February and April. The elder Voicehovich died before trial. Miramontez, Nina's husband, is from Lubbock Texas and was stationed nearby at Prince during service.
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Beckley
Joe Voicehovich
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Voicehovich
Charles
Voichovich
Andrew Garcia Miramontez
Nina
Miramontez
Lubbock, Tex
Prince
Three Copper Giants Shut by Nationwide Strike
Denver July 1 three of the nation’s largest copper producers halted operations after a midnight strike. The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers demanded a 20 cent per hour wage rise plus fringe benefits including a modified guaranteed annual wage. a union spokesman urged optimism for settlement within the day.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
House Passes Ike's Military Reserve Bill
The House backed President Eisenhower by confirming a plan to build a trained military reserve to 2.9 million men in four years. A bid to add an anti segregation amendment failed 156 to 105 and a motion to send the bill back to committee failed 161 to 52 as the measure moved to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Chamber
Rep
Powell
National Guard
Nelson
Maine
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Benson Burma relations improve after cordial Burma visit
Secretary Benson mended frayed ties with Burma Prime Minister U Nu after a tense start. A red carpet reception followed U Nu's earlier walkout, and McMillen gained a new role to handle foreign visitors. U Nu urged Burma to help seek a peaceful basis for world security while preserving neutrality.
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Washington
Benson
Burma
U Nu
Mandalay
Agriculture Department
Asst
Robert D. McMillen
Atocol
Beauty Passes Last Chance To Appeal In Death Penalty
Ruth Ellis, 28, a former Mayfair nightclub figure, failed to file a last appeal to overturn her death sentence for the Easter Sunday killing of David Blakely. Her clemency fate rests with Queen Elizabeth II on Home Secretary advice, amid debate over her conviction and motive.
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Beauty
London
Ruth Ellis
Exmedel
Will
Ellis
Home Secretary
Mayfair
Bilis
David
Blakely
Sheffield
Highland
Dixon Yates Plan Faces Senate Fight Over Funding
The Dixon Yates private ore project faces a Senate push to withhold 642 million dollars for a power line to connect the private plant with TVA. Memphis announces it will build its own plant, undermining the project. Edgar H. Dixon and Eugene A. Yates lead the venture, a 107 million dollar plant in West Memphis Arkansas.
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Senate
Dixon-Yates Fund of
Memphis
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon-Yates
Mississippi River
Eisenhower
Dixon- Yates
Edgar H. Dixon
Eugene A. Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Atomic Engey Commission
TVA
Woman Driver Blamed for Ten-Vehicle Times Square Crash
Miss Mary Carolyn McAuley a 24 year old Wyoming teacher received a $15 fine and a suspended 15 day jail sentence after a nine vehicle crash near Times Square. She claimed she pulled aside for fire engines but a taxi driver waved her on. Ten people were injured none seriously.
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New York
Manhattan
Mary Carolyn McAuley
Miss McAuley
Laramie
Wyo
University of Illinois
Times Square
Harry Serper
Stassen Quits Foreign Aid Post in Free Asia Push
Harold Stassen steps down as foreign aid chief urging heavy aid in Free Asia for a long time. John B. Holister succeeds him as head of the International Cooperation Administration. Eisenhower requests 3.27 billion dollars in foreign aid for the new fiscal year as aid functions migrate to the State Department.
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Washington
Harold Stassen
America
Free
Asia
Esenhower
John B. Holister
Eisenhower
Hollister
Cincinnati
Sen. Taft
International Cooperation Administration
Foreign Operations Administration
Stassen
State Department
Congress
House
Senate
Sweeney Named New Commander of the Eighth Air Force
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Sweeney Jr., former commander of the 15th Air Force, will assume leadership of the Eighth Air Force on August 8. The unit, based at Carswell AFB Texas, will relocate to Limestone AFB Maine as Maj. Gen. John B. Montgomery resigns. Sweeney is a Wheeling West Virginia native born July 23 1909 and a United States Military Academy graduate.
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Washington
Air Force
Walter C. Sweeney Jr
15Th Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Sweeney
8Th
Carswell Air Force Base
Texas
Limestone Afb
Maine
John B. Montgomery
Wheeling
W. Va
The
United States Military Academy
Lost Airmen in Pacific Search Continues
A Marine airman Alan M McAneny was found dead in the wreckage of a Fury jet on Mt Mihara O Shima 65 miles south of Tokyo. The hunt for three other airmen continued with at least 12 planes and 13 ships criss crossing a 16000 square mile area. The missing pilots include Lt James R Day and Lt Con H P Montague.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Here
Air Force
Marine Coein
Alan M. Me
Yonkers
N.Y
Con. H. P. Montague
J. Miss
David Winton Bell
Minneapolis
Defense Department
Washington
James R. Day
Rollin F. Dayee
Idandare
Mt. Mihara
O Shima
Island
Japan Air Lines
1Sl
McAneny
Leonard G. McAneny
Glenwood Gardens
Bradley C. Barnard
Lisher
Rome
Sentinel
Margaret
Atsugi Air Base
Yokohama
Bell
John R. Kimberly
Josephine Ee
Home of Friends
Patent Ark Comp
Neenah
Wis
Charles H. Bell
General Mills, Inc
Mass Jet Crash Kills Eight Pilots En Route To Portugal Show
Eight Portuguese Thunderjet pilots died in foggy mountain crash while en route from Ota base to Coimbra air show. Debris scattered over the Sierra dos Carvalhos as rescue teams moved bodies to Carabinhos chapel. The disaster was labeled Portugal's worst air force accident. the show was canceled.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Ota
Coimbra
Rangel de Lima
Lucky Lima
Parron
Sierra Dos Carvalhos
Carabinhos
Ponte Rodrigues
Sweden
Lake Glottern
Congress Works On US Spending
Congress moved on a multi billion dollar spending package including a Senate Appropriations Committee public works bill of 1.377 billion and a 2.357 billion global military construction program. The House sent a compromise State and Justice funding bill to the Senate which was approved, then sent to the White House for President Eisenhower's signature.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
State
Justice Departments
White House
Eisenhower
Commerce Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Department of Interior
Reclamation
Army Engineers
Everene
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Army
CIA
Steel Strike Ends As Workers Get 15 Cent Pay Rise
The 12 hour U S Steel walkout ends as U S Steel and the CIO United Steel Workers sign a contract raising hourly wages by 11 1/2 cents. Bethlehem Steel and other Big Six firms quickly follow with similar boosts. Union leaders hail the deal as critical to resuming production and preventing further losses in shipments to steel customers.
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U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steel
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
No. 2
Republic Steel Co
Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel Co
Pittsburgh Steel
David J. Mea
McDonald
U. S
Clifford F. Hood
Ona
Hood
Co: Corporation
McDonsald
John A. Stephens
Capital Transit Franchise Crises Amid City Traffic Jam
A Senate move to revoke Capital Transit's franchise follows a citywide strike that crippled the capital’s transit system. Traffic swelled 25 to 40 percent as police redirected resources and federal workers were urged to take leave. The Amalgamated association seeks arbitration for wage hikes and contract improvements, while Capital Transit demands a fare increase and tax relief before any raises.
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Washington
Capital Transit Co
George C. Kene
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Morse
Congress
Capital Transit
Metropolitan Police Department
Evry
Mark Co
APL Amalgamated Assn. of
July Weather Outlook Splits East West Temperature Forecast
The Weather Bureau projects cooler than normal conditions in the western United States in July with above normal rainfall. The eastern half should see above average temperatures, with drier conditions from the Middle Atlantic into Alabama and Mississippi. Precipitation is expected to exceed normal in most of the West and Upper Mississippi while the Southeast may see near normal rainfall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
East
Middle Atlantic
Alabama
Mississippi
Bureau
Gulf Coast
Plains
Intermountain
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Health Officials Wait See On New Polio Vaccine Idea
Health officials in Washington say it is too early to judge a proposed method for large scale polio vaccine production using human amnion cells from after birth. California researchers report virus growth in amnion cells comparable to monkey kidney cells, but officials stress the work remains in the research stage and requires more data.
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Washington
Iaridice
Public Health Service Intethod
California
The
Health Service
University of California
Elsa M. Zitger
State Included In Plan For US Flood Control
The Senate Appropriations Committee proposed a 56542 million dollar appropriation to plan and build flood control and navigation projects for the current fiscal year. The total exceeds House votes by about 45 million and surpasses Eisenhower’s budget by about 10 percent, with funds added for planning and small sewer projects under 150000 dollars. New items include 46 projects and increases for nine others, notably Hildebrand Lock and Dam in West Virginia at 1,000,000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Ellender
D-La
Army Civil Functions Appropriations
Senate
West Virginia
Hildebrand Lock
Weather Bureau Predicts Wet Holiday Weekend
The Weather Bureau issues a five day forecast with scattered thundershowers over the weekend and midweek. Temperatures are expected to run two to five degrees above normal in southern West Virginia and the northern part of the state. The period may bring wet conditions Monday and Tuesday.
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Huntington
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Parthenal
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Keslers Cross Lanes
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National Press Club
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Southeast Asia
Halloway Prison
New York State Supreme Court
Hamilton Ward
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