Magazine publishers decry Post Office bias at annual meeting
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS W Va June 7 publishers denounce what Albert L Cole Reader's Digest calls abuse and smear by the Post Office Department He says government funds support a propaganda campaign Walter Fuller Curtin Publishing Co was re elected chair man at the 35th annual meeting attended by 333 publishers The discussion notes postal costs rising and criticism of second class mail customers as Dr Gabriel Hauge Eisenhower aide urges reform.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Magazine Publishers of America
Post Office Department
Albert L. Cole
Reader's Digest Assn
Publishers Assn
Walter D. Fuller
Curtin Publishing Co
W. H. Eaton
American Home Magazine, Corp
Ford Stewart
Christian Herald Assn
Irving Manheimer
Macfadden Publications Inc
Gabriel Hauge
Eisenhower
AEC Denies Oppenheimer Plea for Oral Argument
The Atomic Energy Commission refused to allow oral pleas by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer’s lawyers to reinstate his security clearance. Written briefs will be accepted for the case, with March personnel security rulings noted. The three member board earlier found him a loyal citizen but a security risk.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
AEC
Commission
K. D. Nichols
Lloyd K. Garrison
Oppenheimer
The
Personnel Security Review Board
Charleston Riveter Dies In Tipple Fall
Charleston riveter Glen Lowell Briles, age 2 years, died in a 60 foot fall from a coal tipple under construction at Shrewsbury Kanawha County. Mortuary attendants report the accident occurred today.
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Charleston
Glen Lowell Briles
Charleston Riveter
Shrewsbury
Kanawha County
Car Up a Tree After Route 13 Crash
An auto driven by John Harwood of Newport News ran off Route 13 near Whaleyville and landed in a tree after crossing a ditch. Harwood and two unidentified hitchhikers suffered minor injuries. The car had to be freed from the tree after it was cut down. Harwood was charged with careless and reckless driving.
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Whaleyville
Joe Bryant
John Harwood
Newport News
Here
Bryant
Harwood
Vietminh Strike Deep In Delta From Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh troops cut toward the Red River Delta in a large scissors movement from Dien Bien Phu aimed at breaching French Union defenses in Indochina. Reinforcements reported as Vietnam forces attacked garrisons near Son Tay and Haiphong while swift battles north of Haiphong slowed the front.
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Kanot
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Phu Tho
Hanoi
Son Tay
Haiphong
China Sea
French Cabinet Crisis Countdown In Paris Assembly
Paris officials warned the National Assembly faces a key Indochina debate that could topple Premier Laniel’s cabinet. Speakers from across the parties, including former premiers Daladier Mendes France and Mitterand, and Gaullist allies Soustelle, Pleven and Bidault, prepare to defend or challenge government policy tomorrow.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Indochina
French National Assembly
Laniel
Edouard Daladier
Pierre Mendes- France
Francois Mitterand
Jacques Soustelle
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Pleven
Georges Bidault
Keyser Men Escape Injury In Light Plane Crash Landing
KEYSER W Va June 7 Two Keyser men escaped injury yesterday when their small plane lost power due to a iced carburetor and landed on the football field at Potomac State College pilot William Long Jr and Harry Lee Cumberledge were aboard the craft landing gear and propeller damaged high enough to seek an improvised field the crew escaped unharmed
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Keyser
W. Va
Potomac State College
William Long Jr
Harry Lee Cumberledge
Long
Molotov Dominates Indochina Peace Parley At Geneva
In Geneva on June 7 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov steered peace talks on Indochina on the eve of a parlament session. He pressed for a neutral supervising commission and discussed a possible compromise with French Foreign Minister Bidault. The United States remained opposed to a Communist member on the commission, while Bidault weighed a three Asian nations plus one Communist and one Western nation solution.
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Geneva
V.M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Joseph Laniel
Sloat
Georges Bidault
Paris
National Assembly
Bidault
Assembly
Neutral Nations Supervision Commission
Supervisory Commission For
Korean Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
United States
North Korea
Rhee Urges US Walkout From Geneva Conference
President Syngman Rhee called for the United States and South Korea to walk out of the Geneva talks immediately. He warned the Communist threat, urged anti Communist nations to pressure Red China out of Indochina and Korea, and said force might be used to unify Korea if Geneva diplomacy fails.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
United States
South Korea
America
Rhee
Korea
Soviet Union
Indochina
Red China
1200 Construction Workers Walkout In Huntington Strike
In Huntington on June 7 about 1200 AFL construction workers walked out after failed contract renewals with the Huntington Building and Construction Trades Council. Exemptions covered Cabell County General Hospital United Fuel Gas Co. compressor at Ceredo and a project at International Nickels Co. plant. Wages sought include carpenters 22.42 cents, laborers 25 cents, truck drivers 25 cents, plasterers 25 cents, and cement finishers 12 to 14 cents higher than current rates.
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Huntington
Huntington Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
Cabell County General Hospital
United Fuel Gas Co
Ceredo
International Nickels Co
Amateur archaeologist uncovers graves of Washington soldiers
Glenn H. Hoskins of Pittsburgh believes he has located the graves of about 30 George Washington era soldiers from the Fort Necessity battle. Clues came from Mrs. Preston Martin and descendants of Robert Earl Merriman on the Merriman land. Arrow-shaped rocks, coins, buttons, gun flints, bones and a brass shoe buckle were found. The site lies near the camp Washington led his troops to after marching from Fort Necessity on July 4, 1754.
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Uniontown
George Washington
Battle of
Fort Necessity
Glenn H. Hoskins
Pittsburgh
Preston Martin
Fort Museum
Robert Earl Merriman
Hoskins
Washington
Merriman
Hillbilly Homecoming Week Urged By Solon
Rep. Baker of Tennessee introduced a bill to designate the week June 30 to July 5 each year as National Hillbilly Homecoming Week with ceremonies to be observed in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Washington
Baker
R-Tenn
Knoxville
Tenn
Eisenhower urges action on program in Chestertown
President Eisenhower urged Congress to pass his legislative program and warned Americans to watch government to prevent overreach. He spoke informally after receiving an honorary degree at Washington College on Maryland's Eastern Shore, stressing government must act within proper bounds to aid health education housing and the economy for 160 million people.
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Chestertown
Eisenhower
Congress
Historic Washington College
Maryland
Daniel Z. Gibson
Milton
Armer Rem
Miami boy kills playmate in marble game and injures brother
In Miami Florida a 9 year old Black boy fatally wounded Amos Merritt 10 with buckshot during a marble game and injured Joshua Merritt 7 with a scalp wound. The assailant Willie James Johnson 4th grade at R R Mown Elementary ran from Perrine home after grabbing a public safety item. He was captured by officers and turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Miami
Fla
Amos Merritt
Joshua Merritt
Leo Portz
Willie James Johnson
R. R. Mown Elementary
Willie
Perrine
Portz
Sam Johnson
Supreme Court Upholds Labor Damage Award in Kentucky Case
The Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 62,129,326 damage award against three Lewis unions after Laburnum Construction Co of Richmond claimed brute force forced the shutdown of a Kentucky job. The Laburnum Corp. built a coal tipple for Pond Creek Pocahontas in Breathitt County with workers from the AFL.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tee John L. Lewis
Laburnum Construction Co
Richmond
Kentucky
Virginia Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Burton
Justice Douglas
Justice Black
Justice Jackson
Laburnum Corporation
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
Breathitt County
Laburnum
American Federation of Labor
McCarthy Charges Dems Try To Wreck GOP
Senator McCarthy accuses two prominent Democrats of instigating Army accusations against him and aides to force the Republican party into collapse. He names Senator Symington and Clark Clifford amid heated exchanges during televised hearings following released monitored telephone calls.
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McCarthy
Demos
Wisconsin
Solon
Sen. Symington
Clark Clifford
Washington
Sen
D-Mo
U. S
Eisenhower
McCarthy Symington
Truman
Army
McCarthy Camp
Schine
Ft. Monmouth
McCarthy-Symington Collsion
Symington
Stevens-McCarthy
Missouri
Clifford
White House
Stevens
Ralph W. Zwicker
Stu
Zwicker
McCarthy recall bid falters as signatures disputed
Sauk City Wis June 7 The Joe Must Go Club recall drive against Sen Joseph McCarthy failed though leaders argued anti McCarthy sentiment could defeat him. editor Leroy Gore claimed nearly 400000 signatures were obtained with 335000 valid while opponents noted McCarthy won in 1952 by 870444 to 731402.
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Sauk City
Wis
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Leroy Gore
Senate
McCarthy
Joe Must Go Club
Sen
Thomas Fairchild
Secretary of State
Congres
Gore
Dist
Atty
Harlan Kelley
Sauk County
Joe
Kelley
Club
Federal Court Rules Federal Power Commission May Fix Natural Gas Rates
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that the federal government can regulate prices for natural gas flowing interstate. The decision centers on Phillips Petroleum Co. and its gas sold to pipelines, with implications for about 2,300 independent producers and wholesalers. Justice Minton led the majority. Justice Clark dissented. The ruling upholds the Natural Gas Act protecting consumers, amid regional disputes between Southeast producers and Middle West buyers. Phillips and states Texas Oklahoma New Mexico supported federal jurisdiction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Phillips Petroleum Co
Clark
Minton
Warren
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Commission
Phillips Petroleum
Middle West
Phillips
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Orient
U S Jobless Figures Show Small May Decline
Washington reports employment rose to 61,119,000 in May, a gain of 500,000 from April while unemployment fell to 3,305,000 but remained a postwar high. Civilian wage earners grew 360,000 as farms and outdoor work surged, though factory jobs declined 193,000—the smallest drop since downturn began.
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Washington
Commerce Labor Department
Virginia School Building Program Unchanged After Court Ruling
Richmond June 7 state superintendent Dowell J. Howard announced no changes to Virginia school construction policy despite the Supreme Court anti segregation decision. He outlined two paths for cities and counties and urged quick action for those ready, while offering cooperation to those in doubt. The Virginia State Conference NAACP endorsed beginning school integration this fall, even as Gov. Stanley and the State Board reaffirmed continued segregated operation until final court decrees. Howard stressed existing allocations and urged communities to evaluate local conditions.
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Richmond
Dowell J. Howard
Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Supreme Court
Howard
High Court
Virgina State Conference
Assn
Virginia
Gov. Stanley
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