Court Test May Follow Pike Firing
The article reports Gov. Marland’s removal of Turnpike Commission chairman D Holmes Morton of Charleston and member Hugh F Hutchinson of Lewisburg. It notes possible court challenges to the dismissals, discusses succession plans including general manager Okey L Patteson, and outlines reactions among Democrats, with references to other commission members and political context in West Virginia.
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Charleston
Marland
Turnpike Commission
D. Holmes Morton
Hugh F. Hutchinson
Lewisburg
Morton
Hutchinson
Statehouse
John G. Fox
Okey L. Patteson
Turnpike
Patteson
Ray Cavendish
Tteson
Keith Griffith
Lee Kenna
Greenbrier
Princeton
Frank S. Easley
Bluefield
Good Roads
E. J. Flaccus
Wheeling
William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
CIO Union Strikes Goodyear Tire Plant Network
A United Rubber Workers executive board member said CIO unions struck Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron and Cincinnati area, affecting 30,000 workers across 10 plants after breakdown in company union negotiations. Rus sell Davis identified the walkout as the reason for the strike.
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Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers’ Executive Board
CIO
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Russell Davis
Cincinnati
CIO Chem Workers Ignore Presidential Plea Strike At Two Uranium Plants
CIO Chemical Workers walked out at two uranium 235 plants in Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky despite President Eisenhower's plea to stay on the job. About 3 500 workers at Oak Ridge and 1 000 at Paducah struck over wage demands while production continued with supervisory staff. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co operator said full production would be maintained and cited a retroactive 6 cent offer. Police reported orderly picketing and no incidents.
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CIO Chemical
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Eisenhower
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Joseph Joy
CIO United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
Carbide
Acy
Washington
United States
Churchill Returns to Commons Promising Washington Policy Briefing
In London July 74 Prime Minister Churchill, aged 79, was cheered as he returned from Washington. He pledged a Monday statement likely outlining Britain and United States policy differences on Indo Chinese settlement, while Eden and Churchill briefed the cabinet. Attlee pressed for a Washington report as Cruickshank hinted at Monday remarks.
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London
Churchill
Washington
House of Commons
United States
Britain
Anthony Eden
Eden
Clement Attlee
Harry Cruickshank
Salem housewife burns from fire in dress at fireplace
A Salem housewife, Mrs Earl Canfield, was treated for first and second degree burns after a fire started in the back of her dress near a fireplace. Firemen arrived in time to douse the flames as she stood in front of a fireplace.
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Salem
Ore
Earl Canfield
United States to Continue Nuclear Tests in Pacific
U S delegation officials said tests will continue indefinitely on Eniwetok and Bikini, with regret over injuries in the Marshall Islands. Mason Sears affirmed U S rights to conduct tests and that affected Marshall Islanders and U S personnel have recovered, as the U N Trusteeship Council discusses Pacific island administration. Frank Midkiff echoed that it is difficult to fix a return date for residents of the trust territory.
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United Nations
N.Y
U. S
Eniwetok
Bikini
Marshall Islands
U.N. Trusteeship Council
Pacific
Mason Sears
Council
United States
U.S
U. N
Mendes-France Mulls Draftee Send to Indochina If Geneva Fails
Premier Pierre Mendes-France told the National Assembly forbidden Indochina draft duty would be used only if Geneva talks fail to halt fighting. He plans to brief parliament and may lead France’s delegation at Geneva, promising to reshape the military situation and seek a cease-fire by July 20.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
National Assembly
The
Geneva
Mendes-France
Indochin
Assembly
Blinded Korean War Veteran Honored For Rescue Heroism
New York July 8 Charles Vines twenty two a blinded Korean war veteran received a gold watch with braille face from the American Foundation for the Blind for rescuing three others from the Pascagoula River at Lucedale Mississippi on June twenty seven The watch bears an inscription recognizing Vines a former Marine who lives in Mobile Alabama.
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New York
Charles Vines
American Foundation For the Blind
Pascagoula River
Lucedale
Miss
Vvec Vines
Mobile
Ala
Air Force jet crashes in Kansas City killing four
An Air Force F84F crashed in a residential district near downtown Kansas City injuring nine others and killing four, including pilot 2nd Lt. John H. Kapeles. Three residents, teachers Gertrude Lankford and Edna Hoffman, and 54 year old Ural Redwine died as flames consumed homes.
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Kansas City
Kan
Air Force
9Th St
Nebraska Ave
Central Air Defense Force
John H. Kapeles
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Casper
Wye
Gertrude Lankford
Edna Hoffman
Ural Redwine
Vietminh Cracks New French Line Near Hanoi
Regular Vietminh units pushed inside the Red River Delta defense line as three divisions moved toward Hanoi from the south and three more flank the west and north. The rebels threaten to close a pincer and cut off Haiphong as Phu Ly Nam Dinh Ninh Binh areas fall under Vietminh influence.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River Delta
Dien Bien Phu
Thai Binh
Bamboo Canal
Vietminh
Phu Ly
Nam Dinh
Ninh Binh
Haiphong
Eisenhower Defends China Stance At UN and Goes Slow on Withdrawal
President Eisenhower asserted United States opposition to seating Red China in the United Nations and urged slow moves toward withdrawal. He called Red China an aggressor and enslaver, insisting U N membership carries solemn obligations. Senator Knowland supported a cautious approach, while Eisenhower and allies signaled likely congressional acquiescence if China is admitted. He praised progress on tax and farm legislation and vouched for CIA chief Allen Dulles and General Mark Clark. Atomic-strike concerns at Oak Ridge and Paducah were noted as serious.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
United Nations
Congress
America
U. N
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
United States
Geneva
Korea
Indochina
Assembly
North Korea
Red China
U.S
Senate
U. S
House
CIA
Allen W. Dulles
Mark Clark
Hoover Commission
Len McCarthy
R-Wis
Oak Ridge
Eight Year Old Trapped in Chimney Rescued by Fire Dept
Eight year old Wendell Flood spent a fearful night in a chimney after climbing a roof with friends. Firefighters led by Captain John Gaffey rescued him this morning after a playground director heard his cries for help.
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San Francisco
Wendell Flood
Wendell
Fire Department
John Gaffey
Ousted Guatemalan President Arbenz to face trial
Legal moves began to arrest Jacobo Arbenz Guzman on charges tied to the 1949 murder of Col. Francisco Arana. The tribunal of the ruling junta pressed the case as Arbenz sought refuge at the Mexican Embassy, while Maj. Alfonso Martinez was also charged in the killing tied to land reform.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Francisco Javier Arana
Jose M. Palacios
Arbenz
Mexico
Maj
Alfonso Martinez
National Agrarian Department
Col. Arana
Compromise Building Measure Clears House To Fund Federal Buildings
A compromise bill to start a multi billion dollar lease purchase building program for post offices and federal offices is approved by the House by voice vote and sent to the Senate. It authorizes construction and payment over years as rental installments.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States protests abduction of seven soldiers by Czech border guards
The United States accuses Czech border guards of abducting seven American soldiers near Baernau on July 4. The Americans, a captain and six enlisted men, were on leave and reportedly entered Czech territory by mistake. The United States demands their immediate return, rejecting Czech claims of espionage while the Czechoslovak government cites films and a confessed espionage mission. West German authorities declined a prisoner exchange offer for three Czech refugees.
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Washington
APY
United States
Czechoslovakia
Baernau
Prague
U.S
Germany
United
816Th Field Artillery Battalion
Cerchoslovak
Ceczh
U. S
State Department
Henry Suydam
Suydam
Defense Department
Grow Your Own Drugs Found In Flower Pot At Maryland University
Police and federal agents raided a University of Maryland graduate physics student room in College Park and found two small plants in a flower pot and a seed box, believed to be marijuana. Matthew Rozmarynoswski, 24, of Greensburg Va., was jailed in Upper Marlboro on $3,000 bond facing a Friday hearing.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Matthew Rozmarynoswki
Greensbush
Upper Marlboro
Rozmarynoswki
Vandervort Named to State Agricultural Stabilization Group
Washington July 7 The Agriculture Department announced the appointment of H S Vandervort of Morgantown as a member of the West Virginia State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
H.S. Vandervort
Morgantown
West Virginia
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