Bluefield Poised For New Wood Products Industry Move
Bluefield through the Area Development Corporation appears set to land a major new wood products manufacturer. The firm seeks a New England location, will employ about 800 to 900 workers, and plans a modern one story factory at Hale's bottom on the Virginia side with expansion land and ample parking. Financing support from the community is to be arranged without gifts, aiming for a sound return. Details will be announced after the development board meets.
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Area Development Corporation
The
Development Corporation
Bluefield
New England
Car Organization
Hale’s Bottom
Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Bristol Youth Drowns At Hungry Mother Lake
Glenn Umberger Jr., 14, of Bristol Tennessee, drowned at Hungry Mother Lake near Marion Virginia during a school picnic. His body was recovered after a four hour search by life saving crews and volunteers, found 12 feet from shore in the central swimming area. An autopsy was planned with results pending. the youth could not swim according to a funeral home attendant.
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Bristol, Tenn
Hungry Mother Lake
Marion
Glenn Umberger Jr
R. H. Harrington
Smyth County
John Tyler Wolfe
Bristol
Wolfe
Marion Life Saving Crew
Richmond
Glenn Umberger
Barnett
Leaders wrestle while tire repair delays convoy
In Yugoslavia on May 31, Nikita Khrushchev and A I Mikoyan were not disturbed when a car carrying them from Rijeka to Postojna was stopped by a flat tire. The two leaders stepped into a nearby field for a light hearted wrestling match as mechanics fixed the tire. Khrushchev aged 61 and Mikoyan 60.
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BU MD
Yugoslavia
Nikita
Khrushcchev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
A. I. Mikoyan
Rijeka
Postojna
Khushchev
Mikoyan
Eisenhower Says Polio Vaccination Phase to Finish in Sixty Days
President Eisenhower announced the first phase of a double inoculation program for all first and second graders will be completed before the peak infantile paralysis season in August. He cited vaccine supply, Surgeon General Scheele's assurance, and progress in safety standards and manufacturing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
The
David Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
National Foundation For
Haymes Wins In Deportation Row
Dick Haymes was ruled not subject to deportation by Judge Burnita S. Matthews after determining Hawaii is part of the United States, meaning Haymes never left U S borders on a spring 1953 trip for a singing engagement. The decision blocks the Immigration Service claim he re entered from a foreign port. Haymes is married to Rita Hayworth.
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Washington
Dick Haymes
Rita Hayworth
Burnita S. Matthews
Hawaii
Miss Hayworth
Immigration Service
Haymes
United States
District Court
Matthews
American Samoa
Swains Island
Southwest Pacific
Private Plane Crash Kills Four in Laurel Ridge
Four people died when a private plane crashed in the Laurel Ridge mountainside near Unions Town in Pennsylvania during a thunderstorm. Deputy Coroner Todd Burhans identified the victims as Floyd and Mrs. Gieman, E Lambert, and C Bream, with Bream believed owner of the aircraft. Crews reached the wreckage after a late night air search aided by a bulldozer.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Laurel Ridge
Todd Burhans
Floyd E. Gieman
Hanover
E. Lambert
Gien C. Bream
Bream
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Snow Storm Delivers Record Snowfall in Reno Nevada
In Reno and northern Nevada more than two inches of snow fell today marking the latest seasonal snowstorm in Weather Bureau history. The storm adds to ongoing winter weather in the region with unsettled conditions on May 31.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Weather Bureau
Babbling Man Slays Three in Dayton Bank Shootings
A 47 year old man opened fire in two Dayton banks causing three deaths and four injuries before dying from self inflicted or police gunfire. The gunman Richard Meyers claimed a religious motive and was subdued by officers after a noon time chase. Victims included George Sawaya and Joseph Garo with a city detective investigation detailing his fictitious hotel registration and religious writings. He had worked as a pinsetter at Capitol Bowling Alley.
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Dayton
Ohio
Richard Meyers
Joseph Garro
University of Dayton
Notre Dame
Miami Valley
Cramer
Meyers
Winters
Paul J. Price
Price
Capitol Bowling Alley
Howard Scott
Scott
Rail Rate Cut For Coal Men Now Imperiled
May 31 Pittsburgh report notes 15 major coal hauling railroads told the ICC they will cancel a 35 cent a ton reduction on fine coal for Great Lakes ports. Tariffs filed May 27 to take effect Aug 1, with hearings possible up to seven months. Railroads named include Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, Southern Railway and others. Fine coal fuels much of commercial steam and coke.
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Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lake Ports
Roy S. Kern
Coal, Coke and Iron Ore Committee
ICC
Kern
West
Midwest
Great Lakes
Midwestern and
Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Bessemer & Lake Erie
New York Central
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania, Western Maryland Railways
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Pittsburgh & Shamut
Louisville & Nashville, Southern Railway
Virginian Railway
Nickel Plate Railroad
Erie Railroad
Ford and UAW Sealed Talks With 24 Hour News Ban
Detroit May 31 negotiators for Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers kept talks secret as a strike threat loomed with 140,000 Ford workers at stake. Sessions ran 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. a second extended break until 10 p.m. A 24 hour moratorium on public discussion was announced, leaving workers unsure if a walkout would occur after midnight.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Radio Prague Claims 13 U.S. Spies Taken
Vienna reports Czechoslovak Interior Ministry announced that 13 agents of the American espionage service were arrested in Czechoslovakia. Prague radio said the detainees came from West Germany and carried weapons micro-film cameras and radio transmitters. The Warsaw radio said four spies of the American counter intelligence service were sentenced to hard labor in Szcecin.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovak
Interior Ministry
Czechoslovakia
Prague Radio
West Germany
Warsaw
Szcecin
Stettin
Released Airmen Flown From Hong Kong To Hawaii
Four U S Air Force prisoners freed from China after two years were flown from Hong Kong to Hickam Field Hawaii aboard the Ba aan C34 transport. The crew, including one former MacArthur plane, were greeted by relatives and U S officers as they arrived for a five day stay.
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Gue
China
Hong Kong
Hawaii
Pacific Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
BSI
United States
Ae Douglas MacArthur
Ose
Honolulu
Omaha
Heller
Supreme Court signals gradual integration path in schools
The May 31 1954 ruling returns the segregation issue to local authorities and courts while urging feasible progress and limiting immediate nationwide integration. Southern leaders mostly accept the decision with expectant litigation ahead, and civil rights groups react cautiously to the delay in full enforcement.
Virginia factions claim victory in integration decision
In Richmond on May 31 both sides praised the Virginia segregation ruling. Officials favored a go slow approach while Negro parents’ attorneys hailed it as a landmark in constitutional protection and human rights. Governor and Attorney General offered cautious comments on next steps and timing for further actions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Segrega
Supreme Court Backs Local Steps to End School Segregation
The Supreme Court unanimously leaves setting a deadline to local officials and courts while ordering action "as soon as practicable." It rejects fixed dates and directs local authorities to pursue integration in good faith, with states and districts urged to map plans and timelines fitting local conditions. Public reaction stresses varied timelines for full compliance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
Eisenhower
Break Record In Weekend Deaths
The Associated Press notes a Memorial Day weekend tally of 368 traffic deaths, 130 drownings, and 92 miscellaneous fatalities, totaling a new record of 590. State figures show Maryland 81, Tennessee 13, and West Virginia listings among others.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Tennessee
West Virginia
Queen Proclaims Emergency State to Sustain Lifelines
Prime Minister Eden’s government declared a state of emergency and seized powers to keep rail and sea lifelines open amid a nationwide dock and rail strike. Parliament was summoned for June 9 to cope with the crisis, with 25 emergency regulations to aid distribution of food, fuel, and essential materials.
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London
Eden
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Privyte
Toom Semie
Scott Highland
Rishage
Southern Bell Sues CIO Workers for 5 Million Over Strike Damage
Southern Bell Telephone files a five million dollar suit in Nashville alleging a pattern of violence by CIO Communic Workers of America during a 72 day strike across nine states. Defendants include the union and two officials R B Porch and W E Buttram. Atlanta officials deny the allegations and call the suit bad faith. Company says exchanges closed at Jellico La Follette Maryville and Gat Tennessee Kentucky due to violence.
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Nashville, Tenn
Southern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communi Workers of America
Company D
R. B. Porch
W. E. Buttram
Tennessee
OWA
Atlanta
Mediately
Com
Jellico
la Pollette
Maryville
Boat Sinks In Choppy Lake Drowning Family Tragedy
Police reported three Pittsburgh residents drowned when their 14-foot rowboat sank in Lake Pymatuning near Linesville Pennsylvania. Victims are Lloyd Street 56 a millwright at Jones Laughlin Steel Corp his son Kenneth 30 and wife Eileen 21. Bodies of Street and Kenneth were recovered early.
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Pittsburgh
Pymatuning
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Street
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Kenneth
Jones & Laughlin
Eileen
Street
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