Final decision on Williamson-New York Pullman delayed
Norfolk and Western officials promised a final decision on the Williamson-New York Pullman by Friday after Bluefield Welch and Roanoke officials urged reconsideration. The railroad cited passenger deficits and coal field costs, noting the car averages eight passengers daily and loses about $25,000 yearly.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
New York
Wyatt
N&w
Pulman
Roanoke
Bristol
One Track Opened In Wake Of Bridge Fire
In Harper’s Ferry W Va the westbound track of the B and O Potomac River Bridge reopened after heavy fire damage. Eastbound repair is due by Wednesday noon and eastbound traffic is rerouted over the Shenandoah Subdivision Bridge. Fire started Saturday when a hot journal box fell on wooden ties. damage estimated around $100.
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Harper's Ferry
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Potomac River
Shenandoah Subdivision
Saturda
House Approves Foreign Aid Bill Cut by Over a Billion
The House passed a 3.8 billion dollar foreign aid measure by 273 to 122 votes, far below Eisenhower's 4.9 billion request. The bill funds for the next year, surpassing last year's appropriation by 1 billion, and faces Senate debate over restoring money and possible transfers to the Air Force.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
George
Congress
Byrd
White House
Rep
Passman
D-La
Lawrence H. de Mageelo
Ea Burdick
Burdick
R-Nd
America
U. S
LeMay asks for billions to boost Strategic Air Command funding
General Curtis LeMay urged Congress to add 3.8 billion dollars per year for the next four or five years to the Strategic Air Command. The proposal targets more B52s, bases, and personnel as national security concerns rise amid potential Soviet nuclear threats. The plan would raise total Air Force spending next year to about 16.9 billion dollars, with construction and inter-service transfers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Chavez
Senate
LeMay
MA Vivoucu Ooveteve
SAC
Chavez LeMay
Russia
United States
Wilson
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
Cemetery Vandal Sought in England After Angel Monuments Damaged
Police hunt a vandal in Middlesbrough England after monuments in Linthorpe cemetery were smashed or toppled. Only angel sculptures were molested, a striking and unexplained pattern noted by investigators.
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England
Middlesborough
Linthorpe Cemetery
Chrysler Walkout Idles Over Ten Thousand Workers
DETROIT June 11 a third walkout in three days in Chrysler body trim idled 10 520 workers. 1 100 trim at Mack plant shut down final assembly for Plymouth employing 3 600. Mound Road engine plant and Lynch Road rear exit plant also partly shut, totaling 2 300 more workers idled. Walkouts stem from a dispute over production standards and followed the discharge of two union stewards. Local 212 of the United Auto Workers had no comment.
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Detroit
Eet
Mack Plant
Plymouth
Mound Road
Chrysler
Unit Game Workers
Fairfax Youth Held On Rape Charge in Alexandria
A 20-year-old Fairfax County resident is held on $5,000 bond for rape of a Fairfax girl. Paul D. Stokely of Rt. 5 Fairfax is accused of raping her in a car on a dirt road. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 15 in Fairfax Trial Justice Court.
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Alexandria
Fairfax County
Fairfax
Paul D. Stokely
Rt. 5
Fairfax Trial Justice Court
Hawaiians' Garb Alarms Judge
Judge John T. Zuris hears motion in the case of Lonnie Kalanilehua and cousins Togar and Kila the dancing lions charged with displaying a chained wild animal in public. The court orders them back June 19 dressed as others. a circus mood pervades the proceedings. Sybil Vanderpool filed the complaint after witnessing the animal being led from a basement to a car in the South Side neighborhood.
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Lonnie Kalanileaua
Lions
Kalanilehua
Lonnie
South Side
American Military Leaders Fear Slow Disarmament in Korea
Tokyo dispatch reports Far East commanders warn that Allied weapons in Korea are aging while armistice rules freeze by type. They expect UN Command may seek revising the 1953 agreement as prolonged stalemate negates plans for a peace conference after the July 27 1953 armistice.
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Tokyo
Far East
Korea
United Nations Command
Khrushchev Calls Stalin a Sex Maniac in Paris Dispatch
France-Soir quoted Khrushchev labeling Stalin a sex maniac who allegedly ran a harem of underage girls and killed his second wife. The report ties Beria to recruiting the girls and notes Stalin’s alleged erotomania in later years.
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Paris
Nikita
Krushchev
Joseph Stalin
France-Soir
Vienna
West
Stalin
Soviet Communist Party
Franc
Khrushchev
U. S. State Department
Lavrenty P. Beria
Alexander Orlov
Secret Police
Gh Hy
Ated
Beria
Stamlin
Air Force
Svetlana
Leningrad
Alliluyeva
Moscow
Novodevichy
Behrushchev
Rosa Kaganovich
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Two Virginias Included In Forest Fire Compact
The Senate approved a bill forming an interstate forest fire protection compact among Delaware Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia aiming to coordinate wildfire response across six states.
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Virginias
Washington
Senate
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
High Court Rules Civilians Overseas Face Military Tribunals
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that civilian dependents accompanying troops overseas are subject to military trial. The decision affects wives mothers and children of service members and bars appeals for two notable cases, with Justice Clark authoring separate opinions.
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Dorothy Krueger Smith
Clarice B. Covert
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Washington
Cotm
Walter Krueger
Clark
Robert Toth
Pittsburgh
Toth
South Korea
Smith
Covert
Warren
Black
Douglas
Frankfurter
Cone
Wee Smith
Ess
Eman
Saeed
Eisenhower Supports Limited Free Rein for Twining Visit
President Eisenhower rejected a full allied invitation for Army and Navy chiefs to accompany Gen. Nathan F. Twining on a Moscow visit while inviting conditional reciprocity. Hagerty said the invitation could be accepted later under specific circumstances and contingent on Twining’s return report.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
Russia
Moscow
White House
Walter Reed
Army
Navy
Twining
James C. Hagerty
Arleigh A. Burke
Gen. Tee
Ike Okays
Eisen
Hagerty
United States
Eisenhower rejects Russian invitation for Joint Chiefs visit
President Eisenhower, recovering from surgery, turned down an informal Russian proposal to invite the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit the Soviet Union this month. The decision allows future visits but limits group size and requires maximum time outside Moscow for service activities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Adams
Hagerty
Russia
Pption
Joint ‘Chiefs
Adm
Arthur Radford
Arleigh Burke
Maxwell Taylor
Army
Moscow
Tcinina
U.S
Capitol
Ussr
Arleigh A. Burke
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
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Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
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D-Va
Reds
Chicago
John T. Zuris
Ikes
Marshal Zhukov
Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Phc A
Yale
A. Whitney Griswold
Germany
Griswold
Britain
Margaret
Prince Bertil
Sweden
Stockholm
Duke of Edinburgh
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