Drowning At Weyanoke Pond Triggers Rescue Efforts
Two 12 year old Giotto youths, Sterling Osborn and Fredrick Tatum, drowned Friday afternoon at a strip mine pond on Weyanoke Mountain. Rescue attempts continued over Friday night and Saturday with divers and dynamite charges failing to recover the bodies. The pond, about 200 feet long and under 40 feet deep, was an old excavation abandoned by Weyanoke Coal and Coke Co. after shipping ceased. Surviving youths and rescuers faced darkness, cold, and crowded banks as efforts persisted. Funeral arrangements and survivor details for both families were reported, with the Osborn and Tatum children named and described.
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Giatto
Sterling L. Osborn
Frederick Douglas Tatum
Weyanoke Mountain
Sterling Osborn
Osborn
Fredrick Tatum
Giotto
Ford
Bramwell Ckin
J. C. Pudge
Fudge
Mercer County
P. L. Dye
Piedmont
Weyanoke Coal and Coke Co
Giattio
Lugo
Bluefield
Tatum Boy
Eugene Tatum
First Baptist Church
Bessie Tatum
John Henry
Callie Dirley Tatum
Matthew
Laura Bryan Davis
Ruby Carolina
Eugene Jr
U. S. Navy
New Orleans
John
Bessie Mae Tatum
Newark
N. J
Viola
Loretta
Helen
Lugo Punerat Home
Charles
Alice J. Osborn
Ge Gynder
Bethel Ame Methodist Church
Ancient man unearthed at Italian lignite mine
In Rome on June 30 an American scientist announced fossils from a reopened Bacinello mine in central Italy belong to a pre man called oreopit. Dr. Helmutt de Terra of Columbia University said daily finds include vertebra fragments and jawbone parts, with a chin and teeth, suggesting a creature between the size of a man and a gorilla.
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Rome
Oreopit
Java
Peking
South Africa
Bacinello
Helmutt de Terra
Columbia University
New York
de Terra
Eisenhower seen as GOP nominee with health improving
The GOP gains momentum toward re nominating Eisenhower as president while doctors say he will leave Walter Reed in about a week. Stevenson leads among Democrats with 301 pledged votes, Kefauver 165, Harriman 1104, as Republicans discuss convention plans and avoid confirming Eisenhower’s own statement.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Adlai
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Sherman Adams
James C. Hagerty
GOP
Leonard Hall
Auburn
N. Y
House
Martin
Mass
Shce
Nixon
Television Shipments To Dealers Still High
In the first four months of 1956 television set shipments reached 2,059,129 units, compared with 2,329,449 in the same period of 1955. Figures are from the Radio Electronics Television Manufacturers Assn.
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Washington
Assn
Teague Proposes Low Cost Rival for Veterans Pension Bill
Representative Teague introduces a lower cost substitute to the large veterans benefits bill approved by the Veterans Affairs Committee. The plan targets seriously disabled veterans, raising disability compensation by about 10 percent and increasing some pensions, with full details in late 1960s terms and projected initial costs.
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E. Teague
D-Tex
Veterans Payments Bill
New Mente Veterans Affairs Committee
Segeee
Eisenhower
Rayurn
Tex
House
Teague
Legion
United States
Priest Publicizes Bazaar With Balloons In Tuckahoe
In Tuckahoe New York on June 23 1935 Rev Charles P Kaufman released 500 helium balloons to publicize a bazaar at the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception. Balloons traveled up to 60 miles and the response was strong prompting plans to release 1500 more balloons at intervals until the bazaar begins on Wednesday.
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Tuckaho
N. Y
Wilson
Pentagon
Bridges
Armed Forces Drink More Coffee Than Civilians
The Military Market guide reports U S armed forces and families drink about twice civilian coffee. Army 1,559,931,160 cups yearly, Air Force 1,365,228,480, Navy 968,881,540, Marines 291,280,220. figures exclude off base consumption.
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Washington
Armed Forces
Military Market
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
McDonald Says Substandard Pact Offered to Steelworkers
Steelworkers President David J. McDonald called the industry offer a substandard contract and warned of a five year no strike term. He said this was a flagrant provocation after 20 years of bargaining as the union set a strike deadline with talks ongoing since May 28.
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New York
David J. McDonald
McDonald
ABC Network
McDonal
Joseph L. Block
Inland Steel
McDonala
Washington
U. S
Bethlehem
Republic
Celebrate Anniversary At Home
Washington reports President Eisenhower likely to attend his 40th wedding anniversary on July 1. He married The First Lady in Denver in 1916. Doctors say he could leave Walter Reed Army Hospital in about a week and be discharged around the anniversary.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Denver
Colo
Nhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
James C. Hagerty
White House
Wilson
Walter Reed Hospital
Sherman Adams
Byrd Pleads For More Coal Cars
Rep. Robert Byrd D WV warns that rising overseas demand for coal will strain U S railcar supply. He cites a West Germany steel firm order of West Virginia coal products and notes past boxcar shortages even as exports climb. Byrd recalls U S aid to India for railroad rolling stock and argues American industry should not be shortchanged at home.
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Washington
United States
West Virginia
Phoenix-Rheinrohler A. G
West Germany
Byrd
Congressional
India
U. 8
Nehru
Red China Presents Ships To Viet Nam
Red China has sent two freighters named Peace and Friendship as gifts to North Viet Nam arriving at Haiphong. Peiping radio reported today.
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Red China
Viet Nam
Hong Kong
Haiphong
Peiping Radio
General Warns of ICBM Threat and Defense Needs
Gen. Thomas D. White told the Defense Department conference that information shows Russia could have significant ICBM strength by 1960. He stressed the critical need for effective missile defense and high priority for countermeasures and protective shelters.
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Quantico
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Defense Department
Russia
Defense Secretaries
White
IBM
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Arleigh Burke, Also Had A Somber Warning. the Chief of Naval Operations
Burke
Delightfully Cool For Northwest Rockies And Humid Elsewhere
A weather summary notes cool conditions in the Northwest and northern Rockies while the rest of the nation faces heat and humidity. A Gulf of Mexico high pressure system drives warm air north to central Michigan and southern New England with thunderstorms shaping from the plains to the Great Lakes. Temperatures span 50s to 90s with showers and storm activity across multiple regions.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Gulf of Mexico
Michigan
New England
Weather Bureau
California
Central Plains
Atlantic
Gulf
Plains
Great Lakes Region
Central Appalachians
Dakotas
Kan- Sees
Investigative panel urges Southwestern State Hospital overhauls
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley releases a 61 page report detailing calls to remove Superintendent Joseph E. Blalock and reassign two doctors at Southwestern State Hospital. The probe cites poor financial controls and recommends tighter management and possible staff changes amid cattle operation audits and fiscal missteps.
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Thomas Johnson
Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Southwestern State Hospital
Stanley
General Assembly
Joseph E. Barrett
State Hospital Board
State Comptroller
Southwestern
Joseph R. Blalock
Anm
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Steel Union
Southwestern Hospital
John Patrick O'Toole
Los Angeles
Marilyn Joyce O'Toole
Billie Marie Reese
O'Toole
Alta Maxson O'Toole
O’toole
Marilyn
San Francisco
Lyle Snader
Illinois
Katherine St. George
Tom Kennamer
Snader
St. George
Kennamer
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Ber
Northwest
Gov. Stanley Issues Group
Orce
Senate
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Defense Chiefs
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Bialock
Wake Forest College
Johns
Universiy
Columbia
Blalock
R. G. Blackwelder
Blackwelder
Dean
Lawrence H. Hubbell
Hubbell
Escomeminee
Hubble
Barrett
Hospital Board
Southwee'ern
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