President Seen Asking Higher Interest Rates
President Eisenhower is likely to ask Congress to authorize higher interest rates on government securities including savings bonds. Reports from top-level financing talks say a presidential message could go this week. The plan may also seek a larger national debt limit, with the debt at a record 226 billion dollars, three billion above the existing ceiling to take effect June 30.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Floods Sweep Through Lexington Area and Washington Talks
Heavy rains flood streams in Rockbridge County washing out driveways and forcing families from homes near Natural Bridge Hotel. In Washington, Dirksen reports Treasury Secretary Anderson supports higher interest ceilings with possible new bond type to aid college savings. Congress cautioned against swift action due to broad economic impact.
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Dirksen
White House
Treasury
Congress
Rockbridge
Gromyko offers alternatives on West Berlin plan at Geneva
In a tough speech at the Geneva talks Andrei Gromyko proposes two options to resolve Berlin tensions. He suggests joint Soviet Western troops or neutral forces, while insisting occupation rights end and West Berlin stay outside a future German state. British Selwyn Lloyd counters that West Berlin rights stem from wartime capitulation and require a peace treaty.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Foreign Ministers
Kremlin
Reich
Gromyko
Palace of Nations
U.S
Andrew Berding
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
West
Germany
Lloyd
Long Declared Mentally Ill Governor Placed in Protective Custody
Galveston Texas AP A judge orders Louisiana Governor Earl K Long held in protective custody at John Sealy Hospital for up to 90 days for observation and treatment. Dr. Titus Harris says the governor is mentally ill and likely to injure himself or others. Hearing required within 14 days. governor may attend with counsel.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Arthur Long
Baton Rouge
Titus Harris
Hugh Gibson
Long
John Sealy Hospital
Texas
Gov. Long
Three Bluefield men receive federal prison terms
Three young Bluefield men were sentenced in Federal Court in Huntington for warehouse theft and assault on an FBI agent. Knox received two years and a $300 fine, while Bone and Gray drew two to nine months each for breaking into the warehouse. The case stemmed from a June 1958 theft at Consolidated Motor Freight Warehouse and a loot pit later found near the facility.
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Bluefield
Huntington
FBI
Don Frederick Knox
Carolina Avenue
Chillicothe
Ronald Bone
Balsam Street
Ashland
Kenneth W. Gray
Cumberland Avenue
Bone
Charleston
Knox
Francis Burke
Consolidated Motor Freight
Richmond Woman Escapes While Charged With Trespassing
A Richmond woman, Mrs. Jesse Rickman formerly of Bedford County near Moneta, appeared in court for trespassing and was granted a restroom visit from which she did not return. Police said she vanished after being led to the courtroom at 11 a.m. and remain at large as the minor-charge case proceeds.
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Bedford
Richmond
Jesse Rickman
Bedford County
Moneta
Kell Resigns Post As Weirton Manager
William L. Kell former city manager of Bluefield and two years as Weirton city manager submitted his resignation at the Weirton location. Weirton has not named a successor and local officials said last night as David T. Frew, a steel company employee, was elected mayor of the city.
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William L. Kell
Bluefield
Weirton
Kell
David T. Frew
Steel Company
debate on defense bill warns of atomic war and subs threat
In House debate on a 38.8 billion defense appropriation Rep. George H. Mahon warned a large-scale atomic war remains possible and noted the United States lags the Soviet Union in missiles and antisubmarine warfare. The panel boosted anti submarine funds and antimissile R&D while Republicans pressed amendments on the Bomarc program.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations
Armed Services
Mahon
United States
Soviet Union
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Army
Marine Corps
Incumbents Re elected in Mercer County Towns Vote Report
Five Mercer County municipalities held light elections with incumbents returning to office. Princeton re elected three councilmen amid a seven candidate slate. Oakvale re elected mayor A F E Watson and recorder Wade Lee Elmore. Bramwell re elected mayor D W McCormick and five councilmen with incumbents plus new faces.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Oakvale
Athens
Matoaka
E. W
Skeeter) Anderson
Amos R
F. B. Wimmer
C. F. Gore
Charles Ray
William R. Reese
Bramwell
J. C. Newbold
Arnold Nowlin
Donald Murphy
Walter Clark
Marvin Tabor
Richard Painter
George Evans Jr
Harmon Sexton
Frank Biggs
W. C. Johnson
A. F E. Watson
C. E. Biggs
Wade Lee Elmore
Ed Smith
Randolph Honaker
Hubert Robbins
Eleven Die In Propane Truck Blast On Route 122
A propane tanker exploded on Route 122 near Schuylkill Haven Pennsylvania killing 11 people and injuring at least 15 as flames swept the highway. Firemen and spectators were within 300 feet when the blast occurred. a tractor trailer driven by Walter Williams of Reading crashed into the halted truck, starting the fire.
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Schuylkill Haven
Earl Klinger
Melvin Clouser
Philadelphia
Walter Williams
Reading
Steel May Sign Without Strike
Washington report says Eisenhower aides see strong chance a new steel industry labor contract can be negotiated before the July 1 strike date. Private appraisal notes bickering but expects give-and-take talks to begin in New York, with talks likely to wrap before the June 30 contract expiration. If a walkout occurs it could last two to three months, with emergency measures under Taft-Hartley considered only after prolonged stoppage.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York
United Steelworkers Union
Bread Sale Leads To Mate-Family Swap
In Oakland California two couples swapped spouses and households after a bread order routine sparked a relationship. Kenneth M Peck and Jack W Cassell moved in with each other’s former spouses and their children after divorcing in Tijuana with a Mexican attorney.
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Oakland
Calif
Jack W. Cassell
Cassell
Kenneth
M. Peck
Peck
Castro Valley
Dorothy Cassell
Tijuana
Mexico
Ricardo Martin
David
Diane
Denise
Patricia Peck
Ronny
Penny
Kimmie
Outer Space Monkey Able Dies During Surgery
Able a female space pioneering monkey died during anesthesia during surgery to remove part of a recording instrument implanted for her rocket journey at Fort Knox Army Medical Research Laboratory. Army officials stressed death not due to space flight. cardiac fibrillation from anesthesia caused heart quivering. Baker the surviving monkey remains at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Able's body sent to Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for study.
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Jerry T. Baulch Washington
Able
Army
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox, Ky
Hillinghorst
Baker
Bluefield Approves Licenses and Tax Hikes in City Meeting
The Bluefield City Board approved two ordinances raising business taxes and setting a 75 dollar annual license fee for professionals such as doctors lawyers and dentists. The board also planned parking meter defacement penalties and considered a junk yard ordinance aligned with a new state law. Page 2, Col. 1.
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Bluefield
Parking Commission
Phil Lilly
Jesuper
Ordini the
Whittle
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Charles Halleck
UPI
Lexington
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Anderson
Lexington, Va
Natural Bridge Hotel
James N. Hunter
Natural Bridge of Virginia, Inc
Cedar Creek
Hunter
Creation
Gateway
W. B. Chittum
Chittum
Buffalo Creek
U. S. 11
Here
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
Idlewild
Reds
Blasis
William E. Minshall
Boondoggle
Minshall
D. W. McCormick
J Mitchell
Cilia
S. McNulty
Outer Space
Ft. Knox Laboratory
Abie
Monkey
Sophie Destrade
Belgium
Eve Dortant
Karin Gabor
Meaux
France
Sophie
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