Little Man Favors Daylight Time In City Election
In Bluefield voters decide daylight time this Tuesday. The editorial argues majority rule favors daylight time, noting progress across regions and opposition from some merchants and rail interests. It cites N and W and Pennsylvania Railroad moves, local store threats, and broader regional adoption. The piece supports the shift as benefiting the "little man" and leisure, with turn to page 2 for continuation.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
N&w
Comepanies
Charleston
Beckley
White House protests rise over GI trial in Japan
An international uproar centers on the impending trial of American GI William S. Girard in Japan. Washington plans include a Monday White House meeting with his hometown delegation and legal aid from Edward A. McCabe. The case splits supporters who favor U S Army court martial and Japanese authorities seeking Japan’s court system. The debate spans U S constitutional rights, international pacts, and Senate hearings.
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Japan
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Army
William S. Girard
Girard
Louis
Edward. A. McCabe
Eisenhower
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Ill
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Dulles
New York
State
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U.S. District Court
John F. Aiso
Los Angeles
McCabe
L. S. Clemans
Clemens
U. S
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R-Neb
Hruska
America
Senate Armed Services
House Foreign Affairs Committee
86 Skid To Safe Norfolk Landing
A Miami to Boston Fastern Air Lines plane landed at Norfolk Naval Air Station with one motor on fire and the propeller running. Sixty eight passengers slid to safety as Navy crews extinguished the blaze and took travelers to the municipal airport for onward flights. An unidentified woman sprained an ankle. no other injuries reported.
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Norfolk
Fastern Air Lines
Norfolk Naval Air Station
E. Q. Ford
Miami
Ford
Navy
Capital Airlines
AEC Expert Foresees Full Repaid Cost Through Peaceful Nuclear Benefits
Dr Willard F Libby of the Atomic Energy Commission says the agency's costs since its inception will be repaid to the public in five years via peaceful nuclear benefits. He notes vast industrial advantages from nuclear energy and reiterates support for continuing tests despite fallout hazards.
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Richmond
Atomic Energy Commission
Willard F. Libby
Times - Dispatch
Utitalia
Scientist sails 50-foot ketch from Japan to New York
Dr Earl L Reynolds 45 of Yellow Springs Ohio sailed a 50-foot ketch Phoenix on a 36000 mile voyage from Japan to New York with wife Barbara 41 and children Ted 18 Jessica 18. They plan to return to Japan and report the trip as a good time not adventure amid early predictions of danger.
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Japan
Earl L. Reynolds
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Phoenix
Reynolds
Staten Island
Coast Guard
Honolulu
Antioch College
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
Tahiti
Philippines
Indonesia
Australia
Indian Ocean
Africa
Cape of Hope
Atlantic
Brazil
Barbara
Ted
Jessica
Wisconsin GOP opens wide primary for McCarthy Senate seat
The Wisconsin Republican convention voted 2 526 to 801 to name a nominee for the special election to fill the late Senator Joseph McCarthy's seat. Governor Vernon Thomson cannot appoint and has set a special election for August 27, 1958.
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Lacrosse
Wis
U.S. Senate
Joseph MacCarthy
Thomson
Areet
Johnson Pushes Weekly Soviet Broadcast Exchange
Senator Lyndon Johnson proposed weekly idea exchanges on radio and TV between the United States and Soviet Russia. He urged open broadcasts featuring various Americans to present free world disarmament proposals directly to the Russian people and to respond to Khrushchev with equal access for Soviet leaders.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Soviet Russia
United Jewish Appeal
Texas Democrat
Nikita Khrushchev
CBS
Johnson
Stalin
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Molotov
America
Florida Coast Has Wind Scare
A tropical disturbance moved inland from the Gulf bringing heavy rain and light winds 5 to 10 mph. Forecaster Gilbert Clark of the Miami Weather Bureau said wind damage danger ended though the system could regain strength by tomorrow. Small tornadoes caused tree damage but no injuries.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf
U.S. Weather Bureau
Gilbert Clark
Florida
Atlantic
Clark
Apalachicola Bay
Panhandle
Tampa
Ocala
Gainsville
Jacksonville
California May Exempt Candy From Sales Tax
Legislation to exempt candy from California sales tax cleared the State Assembly and moved to the governor. Assemblyman Lloyd W. Lowery argued candy is a food item and should not be taxed.
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California
Sacramento
Calif
State Assembly
Spotlite Series in Daily Telegraph Vacation Feature
The Daily Telegraph starts a Spotlite Series this week with a travel theme asking Where in the world are you going and inviting readers to follow vacation ideas for trips or home stays this year.
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Spotlite
Daily Telegraph
Largest international naval review gathers 93 ships
Ninety three warships from 18 countries will lie in two anchored columns stretching seven miles off Hampton Cape Henry for the international naval review marking Jamestown's 350th anniversary. USS Canberra, USS Boston, and USS Northampton will head the ceremony with high-ranking officials aboard.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Hampton Cape Henry
Canberra
Norfolk Naval Base
Jamestown
United States
Grover Cleveland
Hudson River
New York
Hampton Roads
Theodore Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Democrats Fight Eisenhower Attacks in 1960 Clash
In Washington on June 8, Democrats rebut President Eisenhower's claim of a split party and defend fiscal policy. Senators Neuberger Monroney Gore challenge the administration, touting social security, housing starts, and concerns over big business favoritism and rising costs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
New York
Nuclear Plane To Be Long And Thin
Washington reports outline a future nuclear powered airplane with a long thin fuselage and nose cockpit for crew, smaller tail, simple wing structure, engines shielded inside the fuselage, and extensive front windows. Lockheed and partners prepare designs under Air Force contract to exploit unlimited range while addressing safety and efficiency challenges.
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Washington
Air Force
Clarence L. Johnson
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
F. A. Cleveland
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division
United Aircraft Corp
East Hartford
Conn
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
San Diego
General Electric Co
Evendale
Lockheed Paper
United States
Rights Fate To Depend On the House Civil Rights Vote
Washington reports the fate of civil rights legislation hinges on Eisenhower's effort to close Republican ranks. The House seems sure to pass the bill by Friday if it avoids amendments unacceptable to supporters including the president. Republicans hold key votes while Democrats are split. The main clash involves a Southern amendment seeking jury trials in civil rights cases. White House breakfasts with GOP members hint at active lobbying as Thursday vote approaches.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Saincese
White House
Rep
Bolling
D-Mo
Dictatorship Claimed in Bakers Union Racket Probe
Senate Rackets hearings allege a flagrant dictatorship at Bakers Union Local 37 in Los Angeles. Officials face charges of misusing funds for gifts and favors, with testimonies of high pressure solicitations to donors and possible union influence over employers. Witness James G. Cross to be questioned next week amid links to a convicted prostitute.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Bakers Union
Bakers
James G. Cross
Cross
Kay Lower
Los Angeles
Lower
Robert F. Kennedy
Air Attache's Daughter Abducted Or In Flight Love Match
The Swedish air attache's 16 year old daughter Christina Wennerstrom and Senate page boy Huw Williams missing since Sunday while authorities in 13 states search for them. Col. Stig Wennerstrom says they are madly in love and cannot explain their disappearance. The couple planned to leave for Sweden Tuesday amid concerns over their welfare and search efforts.
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Senate
Col
Stig Wennerstrom
Donna Lee Williams
Falls Church
Huw
Christina Wennerstrom
Sweden
Col. Wennerstrom
Horida School Boy Turns In Big Find
In Deland Florida on June 8 a 13 year old boy named Rickie Dreblow turned over six thousand one hundred fourteen dollars found by the roadside to his school principal. Sheriff Rodney Thursby traced the funds to Waso George a Sanford merchant who said he lost them Wednesday. George gave the sheriff two hundred dollars to be returned to the boy.
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Fla
Rickie Dreblow
Enterprise
Rodney Thursby
Waso George
George
Dreblow
Convict Escapes Cops At Uncle's Funeral
A year old convict released to view his uncle's body broke from two deputies at a funeral home in Pittsburgh. Gilbert Walters, jailed for burglary since May 3, fled after handcuffs were removed during a rainstorm. Detectives launched a 50 man dragnet in the city’s south side as Walters, with a long police record, remained at large.
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Gilbert Walters
Walters
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