Train Strikes Boulder Kills Engineer Near Parkersburg
West Virginia derailment leaves engineer J C Riley dead and fireman missing after the Baltimore and Ohio Limited hits a boulder entering a tunnel near Parkersburg. Passengers suffer minor injuries. one mail clerk is hospitalized for scalp wounds. Local residents report the crash occurred about 2 30 a m as heavy rains fed runoff that pushed the rock onto the tracks.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Baltimore & Ohio
York
St. Louis
J.C. Riley
Guin
Two Richlands Girls Critically Hurt In Road Crash
Two young daughters of Mr and Mrs Ernest Meade of Richlands were struck by a car on Route 8 in the brickyard area and are listed in critical condition at Mattie Williams Hospital. Joyce six and Bonnie fourteen were along the highway in rain when Bonnie tried to pull Joyce from water, placing them in the car path. Driver E E Nuckols of Richlands said he was traveling about twenty miles per hour.
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Ernest Meade
Richlands
Joyce
Bonnie
Mattie Williams Hospital
Ralph Hawkins
Melvin Lon
E. E. Nuckols
Queen Elizabeth review marked by security for birthday parade
Queen Elizabeth II reviewed troops in London as hundreds of police guarded the procession for potential assassins. Reports said three Cypriot gunmen entered England amid warnings of threats to the Queen while Scotland Yard handled a threatening letter.
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London
Elizabeth II
Cyprus
Mediterranean
England
Des
Duke of Edinburgh
Scotland Yard
Mpeg
Greece
Britain
Athens
Elizabeth
Paul
Demetrius Levides
Red China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Death Penalty Okayed For All Heroin Sellers
The Senate approved a bill to allow the death penalty for heroin peddling by voice vote. It would permit juries to impose capital punishment for sale to teenagers or a third sale to adults, outlaw possession for any purpose, require surrender of all stocks within 120 days, and expand search and seizure powers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower Opens 1956 Campaign With Complacency Warning
President Eisenhower, previewing his 1956 campaign, says the Soviet Union has largely been deterred by force and threat. He stresses a nonintrusive government and vows to run again, canvassing support from Eisenhower campaign groups and emphasizing party loyalty and government integrity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Executive
Laborer Reverses Story Of Slaying Mrs. Clark
In Chicago on Memorial Day Erwin Shipley 31 of Nitro West Virginia admitted killing Juliet Staunton Clark 50 principal owner of the Charleston Daily Mail. He later denied the act but said he could be capable of it and was held for further questioning and a lie test. Detective Sgt. Fisher said investigators would pursue the checking.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Juliet Staunton Clark
Charleston
W. Va
Erwin Shipley
Nitro
W Va
Clark
Charleston Daily Mail
Shipley
Sgt. W. W. Fisher
U N Group Ordered Out Of Korea Over Armistice Concerns
U N command告the four member Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission to leave South Korea accusing Czechoslovak and Polish members of unneutral conduct that masked Communist violations. Gard announced that the truce panel will be pulled back toward the neutral zone within a week as North Korea plans further troop reductions and jet aircraft movements. The note from 16 governments urged Peiping and North Korea to show good faith while warning of consequences for the armistice breach.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. N
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
South Korea
North Korea
Geneva
Ae S
U.N. Soaean
Robert G. Gard
Peiping
Pyongyang
Tokyo
Gard
Truce Commission
North
U.N
Truce Supervisory Commission
Memorial Day Toll Near Council Estimate
An Associated Press tally shows 199 deaths during the Memorial Day holiday period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. Traffic crashes caused 70 fatalities, with 32 drownings and 33 other violent deaths, totaling 174 violent deaths for the period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ose
Nonholiday
Preholiday
Freight Car Loadings Reach New Peak
Peak freight car loadings reported by the American Railroads Association show a 195 percent rise last week, totaling 788,297 cars. The report to New York summarized the surge in rail traffic and capacity utilization.
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Tony
Expectant Father Rewarded by Kind Police Judge
Charleston May 31 Police Judge James A McWhorter dismissed a parking ticket after a note from the accused explaining he was near fatherhood and would have given Officer 42 a cigar. The judge praised the officer in honoring a seven pound boy.
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Charleston
James A. McWhorter
McWhorter
Gruenther Backs Original Budget for NATO Aid
General Gruenther urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to reject a cut in President Eisenhower's 4.9 billion dollar foreign aid budget. He warned that Soviet "smiles" cannot justify trimming aid and said NATO can defeat aggression once West German troops join, a readiness response likely years away. The discussion tied to House cuts and defense funding, with officials noting consequences for arms shipments to NATO.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kremlin
Gruenther
NATO
Theisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
John B
Thane
Modelian
DsArk
McClellan
Senate Appropriations
Cannio
Stormy Holiday Incident Spurs FBI Probe in Buffalo Area
A Crystal Beach to Buffalo excursion steamer riot left at least 50 injured as crowds clashed aboard the Canadiana. FBI opened a full investigation. jurisdiction debated between federal and local authorities amid arrests of white and Black youths for unlawful assembly and disturbance.
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Buffalo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Crystal Beach
Ont
FBI
Us, Dist. Atty
John O. Henderson
Knotty
Henderson
Ontario
Lake Erie
Coal Strike Meet Slated For Today
United Mine Workers officials staged two meetings amid a Western Virginia coal strike affecting Williams No. 98 mine and about 8 000 miners across 30 mines. No conclusive vote emerged and a second Williams only session is planned for ten tomorrow. The walkout disrupted energy supply for Kyger Creek plant and atomic energy projects while Christopher Coal Co seeks alternative suppliers in Monongalia County.
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United Mine Workers
UMW
Williams No. 98
Consolidation Coal Co
W. Va
Williams
Christopher Coal Co
Monongalia County
Kyger Creek
Portsmouth
Ohio
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Christopher
Ohio River
Co. R. Nailler
Tragic drowning at Bramwell Reservoir claims 15 year old
15 year old Robert Orey Jr. drowned at Bramwell City Reservoir while swimming with two companions after school. Grey could not swim and sank at the deepest point. skin diver J. C. Pudge recovered the body in five minutes but revival efforts failed. The 22 foot deep, 200 by 400 foot reservoir had occasional unsupervised swims despite fencing. Body taken to Pocahontas Union Funeral Home for arrangements.
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Robert Orey Jr
Robert Orey
Bramwell
Bramwell City
Orey
Grey
J. C. Pudge
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Mingo Youth Sentenced To Life For Murder
An 18-year-old Naugatuck youth pleaded guilty to the shotgun slaying of Ray Parsley and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Circuit Judge C. W. Ferguson. Hours later he testified as a witness for both state and defense in the trial of Parsley’s widow on the same charge. Freeland Ruble interrupted the trial to plead guilty and wept as the judge pronounced sentence.
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B & O’s National Limited Wrecks
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
National Limited
Bond Creek
Paul R. Hoden
Grafton
William Baum
St. Joseph Hospital
Baum
Hos
Traboden
Logan
Moore
Bridgeport
Margaret Hilkey
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Princess Margaret
Apri
Winston
Citizens For Eisenhower
Reservoir
Rev. M. Kelley
Church Street
Thelma Owens
Irene Johnson
Church St
H. C. Riddle
Kelley
Irene
Thelma
McDevitt
Griff
Ralph Griffith
Knoxville
Bluefield Newspapers
Alfred M. Stnemies
Hisenhower
Richard Jenkins
William Brown
Ralph Green
Green
Welland
Tobias Forestal
Welland County
Ieee
Fillmore L. Hall
Harrison
Marion
Mira Counties
West Vi
Bob Orey Jr
Mingo
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