Two Boys Find Submerged Car Fatal to Two Adults
In Parkerburg area Tygart Creek reports two youths fishing found an overturned car submerged with both occupants dead. James R. Jones of Parkersburg and Mary Alice Trautman of Belpre were killed when the vehicle plunged into the creek on U.S. 21 near Mineral Wells. Coroner cites accidental drowning.
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Tygart Creek
James R. Jones
Parkersburg
Mary Alice Trautman
Belpre
Ohito
Ohio River
Here
U. S. 21
Mineral Wells
James R. Sherwood
Thomas Graham
James Utt
Sissonville
Edward D. Hines
American Hero Of Rome Hotel Fire
Dozens of American and foreign tourists were rescued from the Ambasciatori Hotel in Rome after a fire in an elevator shaft. John Sims Shipwreck Kelly, known for football fame, led guests to safety wearing a green bathrobe. Three hotel workers died and two were injured. Kelly declined praise, saying he only woke people.
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Rome
John Sims
Kelly
Ambassadors
Charles M. Gilman
Gilman, Conn
University of Kentucky
Brenda Frazier
Izvestia Says Reds Beat West Proposals
Moscow report says the Big Four recess after Soviet Berlin proposals beat Western arguments but moved toward Western wishes and there is a basis for agreement. The government newspaper notes progress despite the stalled talks.
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Izvestia
Reds
Moscow
Berlin
Neuberger Denounces False Religious Charge in Strauss Veto
Senator Richard L. Neuberger says supporters of Lewis Strauss for commerce secretary used false anti Semitism charges to block his nomination. The Senate rejected Eisenhower pick 49 46 amid GOP tensions as Sen Everett Dirksen declines censure for two dissenting Republicans.
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Washington
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
Eisenhower
Strauss
Neuberger
Sen
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Straus
Warren G. Magnusen
D-Wash
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
A. S
Mike) Monroney
D-Okla
Joseph C. O’mahoney
D-Wye
Everett M. Dirksen
GOP
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
William Langer
North Dakota
National
Young Republicans
Denver
Wyoming Seeks Hit-Run Driver
Wyoming County officers and state police pursue a hit and run driver after 34 year old Ruby Elswick was struck while walking to church in Coal Mountain. She remains in serious condition at Mann Memorial Hospital as investigators chase several leads with no definite report.
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Wyoming
Ruby Elswick
Coal Mountain
Elswick
Mann Memorial Hospital
Elkview Girl Wins State Beauty Title
West Virginia selects Wilda Sue Estep of Elkview as Miss West Virginia at the state Miss Universe pageant in Charleston. Barbara Mathis of Oceana is teen queen and Jean Caseino wins baton twirling. Cheryl Cardi earns Little Miss West Virginia.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Long Beach
Calif
Wilda Sue Estep
Elkview
Clendenin High School
Jean Caseino
Beckley
Beckley High School
Samuel Casieno
St. Paul
Minn
Cheryl Cardi
Carl Cardi
Twelve Dead in Canadian Gulf Storm Coast Tragedy
Twelve men are known dead with 22 missing after a violent Gulf of St. Lawrence storm struck the Northumberland Strait fishing fleet Friday night near Escuminac N B. Air force planes spotted 22 derelicts along a 30 mile coastline between Point Escuminac and Richibucto as rescue efforts continue.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Point Escuminac
Richibucto
Government Sounds Out Steel Labor Plan for Welfare Type Benefits
The government quietly explores a settlement plan in the steel labor dispute that would shift most benefits to welfare type programs and offer a modest wage rise. Talks resume Monday in New York with U.S. Steel executives meeting Federal mediator Finnegan as the industry fears costly contracts and inflation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
New York
U.S. Steel Corp
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Chartered Bus Burns on Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville
Forty members of a Macon Georgia women's club quickly evacuated a chartered sightseeing bus on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville Sunday after it caught fire. No one was injured aboard the vehicle owned by Southern Stages Inc of Macon. The driver Jesse Carden of Macon valued the bus at 50 000 dollars.
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Asheville
Macon
Blue Ridge Parkway
Here
Southern Stages, Inc
Jesse Carden
Royal couple attends Gaspe service as Philip reads humility lesson
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit St Pauls Anglican Church in Gaspe. Philip reads a biblical lesson on humility to about 250 worshippers. The Queen watches from the front pew as crowds greet the royal yacht Britannia after a long Gulf crossing.
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Gaspe
Que
Elizabeth II
St. Paul's
Prince Philip
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Britannia
Jacques Cartier
France
Berlin compromise terms divide Western allies
Western powers debate Berlin settlement as Britain and West Germany show differing aims. U S and France seek balance between concessions and firm stance while Geneva talks hint at limited agreement but doubt remains over Soviet intentions and a July 13 resumption. West Berlin occupation status and an 18 month deadline loom as Berlin dispute persists.
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Lloyd
Geneva
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Lriehis
Cloudy Calc in Louisiana Governor Crisis Deepens
Baton Rouge assessments say Governor Earl Long remains in fair general condition at Southeast Louisiana Hospital but the question of who will lead the state is unsettled. Legal actions, court orders, and political maneuvers swirl as Lt. Gov. Luther Frazar and Attorney General Jack P. F. Gremillion weigh acting duties while the 1952 Democratic primary looms.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
State Hospital
Jesse H. Bankston
Long
Southeast Louisiana Hospital
Mandeville
Here
Lake Pontchartrain
Chester Williams
Baton Rouge Parish
John Sealey
Galveston
Tex
Ochsner Foundation
New Orleans
East Baton Rouge Parish
Theo Cangelosi
Cangelosi
Joseph A. Sims
Hammond
Sims
Louisiana
Carlos Spaht
Wade O. Martin Jr
Luther Frazar
Atty
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Frazar
Summer Heat Surges Across Midwest and South
The Associated Press reports temperatures in the 90s across the Midwest and South marking summer onset. 100-degree heat hits desert regions while East and West coasts enjoy 70s and 80s. Scattered showers linger in the Northwest Rockies Midwest and southern Florida with Miami breaking a rainfall record at 19.62 inches this month. A tornado was sighted in southwest Nebraska near Kimball County with a weather alert issued.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Northwest
Rockies
Florida
Miami
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Kimball County
Last Civil War Vet Williams in Serious Condition
Walter Williams the 116 year old Confederate veteran lay in serious condition after a pneumonia relapse in Houston. His daughter Willie Mae Bowles said he was resting with his radio removed from his bedside to help him sleep.
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Houston, Tex
Walter Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Williams
Herter Reports Geneva Talks Collapse To Washington
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter returned to Washington reporting that Moscow aims to annex West Berlin and extend Soviet influence over Germany. He told President Eisenhower by telephone that Western powers remain united, ready to negotiate but firm on Berlin and German unity as the Geneva talks resume July 13.
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Geneva
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
United States
France
Washington
U.S
Selwyn Lloyd
Heinrich von Brentano
Christian A. Herter
Russia
Germany
Herter
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
C. Douglas Dillon
Moscow
Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Frank Carlson
Kan
East Germany
NAACP targets five Southern West Virginia school boards
Willard L. Brown says federal court actions may be filed against Raleigh Mercer McDowell Logan and Mercer counties for failure to integrate teachers and pupils. He criticizes WVU for not leaving the Southern Conference and notes alleged discrimination in dining and lodging in Beckley and Charleston.
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Beckley
West Virginia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Willard L. Brown
Charleston
NAACP
Raleigh
Brown
National Organization
McDowell
A. Logan
Mercer Counes
West Virginia University
WVU
Mountaineer
Art Lewis
Board of Governors
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Arthur Gavshon
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Roy Fairman, Jr
Gettysburg Country Club
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Gettysburg Presbyterian
Louisianas
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