Midwest Woman Banker Set as Next US Treasurer
A midwestern banker from Richlands Kansas, Mrs Georgia Neese Clark, is to be nominated by the president to become United States treasurer, succeeding William A Julian who died in a car crash. Her duties would include signing all U S currency and managing public money alongside the Mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross.
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United States
White House
Senate
Georgia Neese Clark
Richlands
Kans
William A. Julian
Clark
Treasury Snyder
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
U. S
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Miner Monument To Be Dedicated In Bartley
A monument honoring 81 miners killed in a January 16 1966 explosion at Bartley will be dedicated this afternoon. McDowell County United Mine Workers officials announced in Bluefield that local and national UMW figures will attend the ceremony. The 1940 explosion that killed 91 miners is noted with a welfare fund later totaling $1 000 awarded to a family.
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Bartley
McDowell County
Bristol Cops Pacify 8 Year Old Traveler
An 8 year old hitchhiked from Johnson City to Bristol Tennessee Virginia where a man in a large car allegedly abducted him. The boy later confessed to fabricating the tale and was returned to his aunt after parental discipline.
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Bristol
Tenn
Greg
New Pay Bill Alters Corporal Raises in Military Pay
Washington reports a revised House pay bill would boost corporal pay more for those with over seven years service at 69 percent, while generals receive smaller increases. All ranks would see higher pay overall. suits start at 75 dollars monthly, rising to 80 after four months. House action targeted the week of June 13.
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House Armed Services Committee
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Kilday
D-Tex
Armed Services Subcommittee
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Lias Defense Claims Family Earnings Shaped Tax Case
Defense counsel told a federal court jury that the vast sum William G. Lias is accused of evading taxes largely represents his family’s earnings. They detailed Lias enterprises from prohibition liquor to slot machines and a gambling club, noting over 310000 in taxes paid by Lias and relatives from 1942 to 1946.
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W. Va
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Lawrence D. Stanley
Lias
Wheeling
Harry E. Watkins
Stanley
U.S
D. Paul Camiletti
William Lias
Market Street Club
102 Year Old Ex Slave Dies In West Virginia
Montgomery West Virginia June 4 Mrs Louise Archie a 102 year old former slave died yesterday at her granddaughter's home in Ansted. Survived by nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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West Virginia
Montgomery
W. Va
Louise Archie
Ansted
Size Of U S A-Bomb Stocks May Be Asked
Washington June 4 AP The size of America's atomic bomb stockpile may be disclosed to assess the atomic energy commission. Sen McMahon chairman of the Senate House committee investigating alleged mismanagement says Congress and the public need a reliable idea of stockpile numbers. Hickenlooper says such figures should remain secret. McMahon and colleagues study the issue as Truman opposes public stockpile counts. Hickenlooper accuses the AEC of misplacements and calls for data on losses and FBI reports.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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D-Conn
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
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Truman
Lilienthal
Connecticut
Commission
FBI
University of Chicago Argonne Laboratory
Oake, Tenn, Atomic Plant
U S Youths Softened By Modern Luxuries
Granville Ohio June 4 An education authority warns that luxuries and labor saving devices weaken American youth. Thomas J Hamilton University of Pittsburgh physical education director urged colleges and high schools to focus on hardening youths. He spoke at Denison University during ground breaking for a new physical education and community center. He said daily life now lacks the hardening exercise required of past generations.
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Tony
Thomas J. Hamilton
University of Pittsburgh
Hamilton
U. S. Naval Academy
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D-Day Remembrance Ceremonies Across Normandy Coast
In Normandy ceremonies mark D-Day, with Omaha Beach and Caen hosting observances. St Laurent and St James cemeteries hold thousands of fallen, totaling 157,000 killed in western Europe. 77,000+ bodies shipped home, while 8,000+ missing remain unaccounted for.
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France
Richard J. Forman
Gmahe
Normandy
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Easy Green
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St. James
St Laurent
Europe
Euro
Police Recapture 8 Of 14 Escaped State Convicts
Eight of the fourteen West Virginia State Penitentiary escapees were recaptured in the upper Ohio River area. Law enforcement used planes jeeps and roadblocks to hunt the fugitives as others remained at large. Local officers reported captures near Belpre and ongoing manhunt with state police pursuing multiple leads.
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W. Va
State Penitentiary
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Ohio River
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Belpre
Everett Leroy Ronig
Eimer Tiennell
Heide
Taylor
Werden
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Guy Man Om Guty
Berlin Strikers Propose Splitting Rail System
Berlin strikers proposed dividing the German railroad into two east west lines to run as one system with separate west and east Berlin offices. UGO leaders urged caution while the administration weighs the plan. West marks wage payments noted amid ongoing shortages as blockade relief and transport figures show steady imports by rail road truck and canal.
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West Berlin
German Railroad Administration
East Berlin
Independent Trade Union
UGO
West East
Free Ger
West Marks
Billie Holiday Cleared On Opium Possession Charge
The singer Billie Holiday, 29, was acquitted by a jury of six women and six men in San Francisco on charges of opium possession. She had been arrested in January during a raid by a state narcotics office, which claimed she attempted to distribute the drug. Levy was arrested with her but not indicted.
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San Francisco
Bille Holiday
Husky
The
Blues
Little Progress Reported After Four Nations Meeting
Foreign ministers from four powers completed a four and a half hour secret session on Berlin. An American source cited a "little progress" and an "area of agreement" with Russia, though details remain to be negotiated.
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Russia
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