Court absolves auto firm of forcing car purchase
Government examiner Louis Leff of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Studebaker Corp and Local 5 CIO Auto Workers had no illegal policy forcing employees to buy Studebakers. He found no company or union policy requiring allegiance through product support and noted suspensions stemmed from unwritten pressures rather than formal rules.
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Arthur
National Labor Relations Board
Leff
Studebaker
CIO
Studebakers
Mena
Eisenhower Plans Afternoon Golf At Burnag Tree Club
President Eisenhower arranged an afternoon of golf today at Burnag Tree Club in Maryland. Press Secretary James C. Hegarty said this would be the only golf of the week. The Canadian National Railway is noted as the largest in North America with 24,150 miles main track and 9,000 miles secondary track.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Burnag Tree Club
Maryland
James C. Hegerty
America
Canadian National Railway
North America
Roush pleads guilty on five counts in mail fraud case
Robert H. Roush 46 of Princeton, once facing 21 federal counts, pleads guilty to five counts alleging mail fraud related to a closed printing firm. Co defendant Robert Allen Hartley and partners have charges dismissed. Judge Ben Moore delays sentencing pending probation officer review. Nearby in Kentucky, Riley Blankenship 44 of Buchanan County faces moonshine and extraction charges. Jurors return for multiple cases including Pineville Land Co GI loan, Ben Broughton, Sidney Walker liquor tax charges, Donald Ray Dillon and Lewis Adkins forgery.
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Robert H. Roush
Princeton
Robert Allen Hartley
Roush
Ben Moore
Riley Blankenship
Buchanan County
Yukon
Mingo County
Blankenship
Alcohol Tax Unit
Croation
Pineville Land Co
Ben Broughton
Sidney Lucas Walker
Donald Ray Dillon
Lewis William Adkins
Staunton Construction Contractor Chesley Moyer Dies
Chesley M. Moyer 56 a Staunton highway contractor died Sunday at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after years of ill health. Native of Edinburg and Roanoke College graduate he led C. M. Moyer General Contracting since 1946 with 27 years for Virginia Department of Highways. He is survived by wife Nelle and children Betty Gay C. Moyer Jr F. Moyer. sister Mrs Mayme Bowman and brother E C Moyer. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at home. Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton.
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Staunton
Chesley M. Moyer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Edinburg
Roanoke College
Virginia Department of Highways
C. M. Moyer General Contracting Firm
Nelle Wightman Moyer
Betty Gay Moyer
C. M. Moyer Jr
F. M. Moyer
Mayme Bowman
E. C. Moyer
Potents
Thornrose
Romney Deaf and Blind School Expands in South Branch Valley
Romney West Virginia hosts a growing campus for the Deaf and Blind School with 54 teachers guiding 303 pupils across 14 buildings. A new dormitory and ongoing renovations reflect decades of progress since the 1870 opening, while Brannon, the blind principal, notes the diploma carries Charleston High's weight and graduates pursue college or teaching careers.
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Romney
New House
West Virginia
Romney Literary Society
South Branch Valley
Hugo F. Schunhoff
Seldon W. Brannon
Iit
State Education Department
Brannon
Charleston High School
Ulysses Elza
Thomas
Elk River Strike Case Continued in West Virginia
Judge Charles A. Duffield extended the Elk River strike case until the October term. Twenty defendants face charges from murder to carrying concealed weapons over the River Coal Lumber Co. dispute. One defendant, Jennings Roscoe Bail, 24, was convicted of second degree murder in the shooting of Charles Frame. Bail remains free on bond during appeal.
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Jennings Roscoe Bail
Nicholas County
Charles Frame
State Supreme Court
Harry E. Watns
United Mine Workers
PSC reviews AEP bid to buy six Fayette County electrical systems
The Public Service Commission considered Appalachian Electric Power Co. request to purchase electrical systems serving six Fayette County communities for 11 700. The panel also weighed Frances Evans water system purchase at Monaville Logan County for 2 150 and Monaville rates proposal of 1 25 per 1 000 gallons up to 25 000 gallons with a 2 50 minimum.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Fayette County
PSC
Frances Evans
Monaville
Logan County
Appalachian
Longacre
Carbondale
Harewood
Marting
Five Mile
Kingston
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
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Sudebaker Corp
Studeets
Portland Cement Association
W. Bread St
Columbus
Ohio
Staunton Construction
W. Va
Or. U
Seanenes
Irvin Fillinger
Huntington
Marshall
Elk River
AEP
Echo Spring
Kentucky Bourbon
Kentucky
PROOE + ECHO SPRING DISTILLING COMPANY
Louisville, Kentucky
Appalachian Electric Power Company
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