Eisenhower Dulles Meet In Bangor On Quiet Parley
In Bangor Maine President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles conferred aboard the Columbine II after a six day northern New England swing. They discussed the Alaska Soviet Neptune shoot down and broader foreign policy as the plane prepared to return to Washington. Dulles noted the meeting was not prompted by any emergency.
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Bangor
Maine
Eisenhower
Dulles
Washington
Dow Air Force Base
Columbine
New England
Bering Straits
Alaska
Soviet Siberia
Skowhegan
Margaret Chase Smith
Hisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
America
Vermont
New Hampshire
Helen Keller Marks 75th Birthday In Public and Private Life
Helen Keller on her 75th birthday spends part of the day in public view at Arcan Ridge and the rest at work catching up on mail. Polly Thomson notes Keller’s recent five month around the world trip for the blind and Keller hopes for a two month vacation. Keller recalls fond memories of childhood with her mother and teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Thomson
Miss Keller
Miss Thomson
Federal Ruling Blocks Village Low-Plane Ban
A federal judge ruled Cedarhurst cannot ban low flying planes near Idlewild Airport on Long Island. The village ordinance prohibiting flights below 1,000 feet was challenged by 10 airlines with support from the Civil Aeronautics Administration Port of New York Authority and the Civil Aeronautics Board. Judge Walter Bruchhausen in Brooklyn sided with the challengers, deeming the law unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cedarhurst
Idlewild
Long Island
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Port of New York Authority
Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S
Walter Bruchhausen
Brooklyn
Hangover Lodge Proposed to Test Drivers After Drinking
At the Virginia Conference of Seventh Day Adventists in New Market a plan by William A. Scharffenberg would have bars hold drivers’ keys and escort alcohol impaired motorists to a Hangover Lodge for quick tests. If fit, keys return. if not, transportation required. The convention also urged Gov. Stanley to uphold church state separation amid Blue Law debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Virginia Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists
William A. Scharffenberg
International Temperance Ass
America
Tragic N&W Track Crash in Rural Retreat Kills Two
Two women died and two were seriously injured when a stalled car on Norfolk and Western tracks in Rural Retreat Virginia was struck by a westbound train. The victims, all employed at J. Frazier and Son shirt factory, include Mrs. Clearsey Estes Childers and Mrs. Gracie Pearl Burkett. The two surviving sisters, Shirley Mae and Frances Vipperman, were hospitalized with serious injuries. The driver Annie Burkett Sheets escaped unharmed.
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Norfolk and Western
Wythe County
Clearsey Estes Childers
Gracie Pearl Burkett
Shirley Mae Vipperman
Frances Vipperman
Wytheville
Merion
Frances
Marion General Hospital
D. L. Wipperman
Rural Retreat
Annie Burkett Sheets
Roscoe Richardson
Crockett
Richardson
Butler Sees Southern Democrats Working For GOP
Chairman Paul M. Butler of the Democratic National Committee said some Southern Democrats are working for Republicans and only pose as Democrats. He would not force disloyal Democrats to change labels and did not name states, exempting Texas Governor Allan Shivers who backed Eisenhower in 1952.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
South
Butler
Texas
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stivers
Stevenson
St Albans Motorist Killed When Car Hits House
A 61 year old woman, Mrs Goldie Trowbridge, was killed in St Albans West Virginia when her car struck another vehicle while passing and Careened into a two story brick house. She died at Thomas Memorial Hospital. The crash occurred after she attempted a left turn and rolled about 100 feet. Police identify the victim as Mrs Goldie Trowbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
W. Va
James F. Beane
Goldie Trowbridge
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Bean
Trowbridge
Greyhound Drivers Vote on Interim Contract Amid Wide Strike
Atlantic Greyhound drivers vote today in Charleston and nine other cities to ratify a union management contract that could end a 82 day system wide strike. Ballots return to Charleston for counting at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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Greyhound
Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound Bus
Division 1493
AFL Motor Coach Employes Union
George S. Engle
Columbus
Ohio
Maroney
Union
Engle
Biggest Rotation Begins Tomorrow at Ft Riley
The U S Army launches its largest peacetime troop rotation moving 6 000 people on day one as 10th Division personnel and families head to Germany under Operation Gyroscope. By December 1 the 18 000 troops and families swap with the 1st Division now occupying their posts in Germany.
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Ft, Riley
Kan
10Th Division
Ft. Riley
Germany
New York
Bremerhaven
Wurtzberg
1St Division
Charles W. Calvert
Burdett resigns from State Board of Control in dispute
Charleston June 27. President Burdett of the State Board of Control resigns rather than rule himself out as a 1956 Democratic candidate for governor. He cites a May 31 1955 talk with Gov Marland demanding self elimination from the race. His six year term ends Thursday.
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Charleston
Joe F. Burdett
State Board of Control
Burdett
Marland
Board of Control
New York
James M. Donohoe
Huntington
Cabell County
Dana C. Eakle
Clay
Board of Probation and Parole
State Senate
Senate
Donohoe
Turnpike Commission
Eakle
Parole Board
Point Pleasant
State Auditor's Office
Okey L. Patteson
Joseph Z. Terrell
Clarksburg
Patteson
N and W Earnings Surge in 1955 Over 1954 Five Months
Norfolk and Western Railway reports January through May 1955 earnings nearly double the same period in 1954 with total five month income of 12,354,154 compared with 6,239,153. May earnings up 85 percent year over year. freight coal drives revenue rise.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Dim Hope Dimmed for Steel Strike Avertment
Washington reports government officials now fear an industrywide steel strike this week. CIO United Steel Workers chief authorizes a Thursday midnight strike if no deal by then. Pittsburgh talks prompted a White House briefing and a forecast of possible layoff pay.
Senate approves bill to study Eisenhower federal employee security
The Senate backed a bipartisan commission to study the federal employee security program ahead of next year’s elections. Senators Humphrey and Stennis urged an objective, nonpartisan review, while the bill moves to the House where support is expected.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Atty
Brownell
Sen
Humphrey
Minn
Stennis
D-iss
House
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
Polish Man Sentenced To Death For Spying
A Polish man was sentenced to death by a military court in London on June 27 for spying for the American Secret Service. Two other Polish nationals received long terms on the same espionage charges.
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London
Warsaw
Secret Service
Bluefield ADC Plans $400000 Thayer Building Drive
The Area Development Corporation outlines a bid to lure Thayer Manufacturing to Bluefield area with a $400000 fundraising campaign to be staged July 11 to 15. The plan combines outright gifts and stock in a new building corporation to finance a plant at Hale's Bottom, creating up to 1000 jobs. A Thayer representative will arrive to help, with an exhibit on 206 Federal Street.
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Lon Savage
Thayer Manufacturing Company
Bluefield
Area Development Corporation
ADC
Bluefields
Thayer Company
Tazewell
Princeton
Matoaka
Thayer
Hale
Falls Mills
Federal Street
Federal &I
Freedom Sought By Puerto Ricans
Four Puerto Rican assailants who attacked the U.S. House in 1954 seek psychiatric exams as their lawyers urge the Court of Appeals to overturn convictions and long prison terms. Deputy prosecutors called the request frivolous, noting insanity was not raised until after testimony.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ben Paul Noble
James C. Toomey
US. Court of Appeals
House
Say
Alexander Holtzoff
Noble
Toomey
Asst
U.S. Atty
John C. Conliff
Ss.te Ae
Pearo Hs
Lolita Lebron
Steel Workers authorize nationwide strike in wage talks
In Pittsburgh on June 27 the CIO United Steel Workers Wage Policy Committee gave President David J. McDonald authority to strike the basic steel industry at midnight Thursday if no wage agreement is reached. Inland Steel plans mill closures and U S Steel considers actions as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Mediatie Service
White House
McDonald
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
Inland Steel Co
Inland Steel
U. S. Steel
Inland
ABC
Wife's Rights Again Evident To Legislator
Inglewood California June 27 Assemblyman Charles Chapel returned to the police station with his injured head and wife Dorothy after being missing from Inglewood Hospital following a scalp wound. Detectives said Dorothy Chapel 42 admitted striking him with a heavy glass lamp shade during a family argument. The district attorney pursued clarifying whether the incident was a marital dispute, while Chapel claimed it showed “it’s a woman’s world.”
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Inglewood
Calif
Charles Chapel
Los Angeles
Chapel
Inglewood Hospital
R. E. Plumer
Dorothy Chapel
Dist. Atty. S
Ernest Roll
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N&w
Southern Dems
GOP
St. Anthony of Padua
Costante Crovatto
College Point
Eer
Atlantic Greyhound
D. C
Samuel B. Berrong
Portsmouth
Winston - Salem
Charlotte
Asheville
Raleigh
N. C
Columbia
S. C
Atlanta
Control Board
Saving Grace
Chicago
Arthur Goldberg
Bluefield Adc
Thayer Building Fund
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