Independent ISU labor center braces for contract clock
Weirton Steel workers of the Independent Steelworkers Union vote amid contract expiry and looming strikes nearby as they elect 84 stewards from 303 candidates for a two year representation. The ISU touts a no strike record and strong benefits while rival unions pressure in the region.
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Weirton
Independent Steelworkers Union
Ohio River
Weirton Steel Co
National Steel Corp
ISU
Steubenville
Ohio
Weirton Steel Installation
Weirton Independent
National Labor Relations Board
Merchants of
ILU
Weirton Steel
NLRB
CIO
Armco Steel Corp
SCR Starts Quarry To Rebuild Roads CAMERON West Virginia
A State Road Commission quarry at Bellton near Cameron will supply stone to rebuild Marshall and Wetzel county farm roads. SRC District 6 engineer O A Trout says a second quarry will open before summer end. Bennie Snyder Co of White Sulphur Springs will supply 20,000 tons of crushed stone from Bellton before fall.
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Cameron
W. Va
Marshall and
Wetzel
State Road Commission
Bellton
Here
O. A. Trout
SRC
Bennie Snyder Co
White Sulphur Springs
Queen Gifts Lacrosse Sticks To Charles And Anne
In Cornwall Ontario, ten year old Michael Benedict presented lacrosse sticks to Prince Charles and Princess Anne on a Queen Elizabeth visit. The Queen, in a maternal tone, kept the sticks and balls safe, telling Transport Minister George Hees not to lose them and noting the children would be interested.
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Cornwall
Ont
Michael Benedict
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
George Hees
Roanoke Heat as Democrats Pick Between Fitzpatrick Hopkins
In Roanoke a tight Democratic primary pits Sen. Earl A. Fitzpatrick against attorney William B. Hopkins. Governor Almond and his wife are expected to vote for Fitzpatrick, while Hopkins runs on reform and opposition to perceived old-guard influence. Roanoke city officials and local lawmakers remain neutral, with voter interest focusing on intra party clashes rather than broader issues.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Alexanthe
General Assembly
Roanoke
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Senate
William B. Hopkins
Democratic Party
Fitzpatrick
Hopkins
Perrow
Gray Commission
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Thomas B. Stanley
Almond
Virginia
House
A. H. Hopkins
Rocky Mount
American Legion
Pacific
Korea
Senate Finance and Roads Committee
del. Kossen Gregory
del. Julian H. Rutherford
Rutherford
Gregory
New Techniques Sought In Steel in Chicago
U S Steel South Works in Chicago advances open hearth, direct ore reduction, and vacuum casting ideas. Vacuum casting now makes forging ingots for turbine rotors, removing hydrogen weaknesses. Oxygen steelmaking moves toward commercial use, with direct iron ore reduction pursued as a future key.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
South Works
Chicago
U. S
Pope Won’t Travel Far From Vatican
Pope John XXII told about 15 000 people he never expects to travel far from the Vatican. He said duties of the pontificate force him to sacrifice ever seeing his native town again or traveling afar except when his benediction is no longer needed, noting Castel Gandolfo 18 miles away has already hosted him twice.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Vatican
Italy
Papal Summer Palace
Castel Gandolfo
John
De Gaulle Becomes Honorary Canon at St John Lateran
Rome AP reports President Charles de Gaulle assumes the role of honorary canon at the basilica of St John Lateran. This office has been held by all French heads of state since 1599 under Henry IV.
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Rome
Charles de Gaulle
St. John Lateran
Henry IV
Fire Chief objects to state control of school safety
Wheeling Fire Chief William S. McFadden blasted a recent Legislature bill that shifts fire safety oversight for schools and public buildings to the State Fire Marshal. He argued it ties his department’s hands and weakens local enforcement, noting Wheeling code is stricter and would require council approval to change. Fire Marshal Cal Weimer plans statewide school inspections by year end with rapid compliance orders.
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Wheeling
William S. McFadden
George Bailey
Wheeling Fire Department
Charleston
McFadden
Tire Department
West Virginia
Wheeling News Register
Five Pennsylvanians in convertible killed in W Va wreck
A car carrying five young men from Allegheny County collided with an electric pole on W Va 2 near Beech Bottom. Ronald Hopkins 17 died. driver Fred C. Richardson 25 from Leetsdale faced jail after minor injuries. Harry McCullough 23 suffered skull injury in critical condition. Joseph Scimio 19 and James Miley 16 survived with injuries.
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Beech Bottom
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Brooke County
Richardson
Harry S. McCullough
Sewickley
Joseph Scimio
James Miley
Leetsdale
Telephone executive dies in Washington at 62
Eustace L. Florance, 62, assistant to the president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies, died of cancer at his home in Washington. He began his telephone career in 1921 as an engineering assistant with C P in Washington and was named assistant to the president only 12 days before his death.
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Washington (Ap
Eustace L. Florance
Chesapeake and Potomac
Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Demonstrators Demand Ban on H Bomb in London Rally
Ten thousand banner-waving marchers in London called by the British Peace Committee marched from Trafalgar Square, singing disarmament songs, and dispersed peacefully after about two miles through the streets.
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London
British Peace Committee
Trafalgar Square
Leyden Appoints First Negro Professor at 350-Year-Old University
The University of Leyden named Dr Omki A Busia of Ghana as its first black professor. He will teach sociology and African culture, marking a historic milestone for the 350 year old Dutch institution.
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Leyden
Netherlands
University of Leyden
Omki A. Busia
Ghana
Russian Decor Appears Dated in Soviet Exhibition
New York viewed Soviet apartment design by Olga Bayar at the Soviet exhibition of science culture. The model three room unit shows compact urban living with 1920s style walnut furnishings and a small kitchen. It targets a four person family with rent set at 4 to 5 percent of monthly income.
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New York
Olga Bayar
Moscow
Academy of Construction and Architecture
U.S.S.R
Miss Bayar
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be mostly sunny and hot Monday with afternoon or evening thundershowers possible in the west. Highs in the 90s west and 80s east, with Tuesday bringing thundershowers and cooler west and north and continued heat in the southeast. Virginia remains mostly sunny and hot Monday and Tuesday with temperatures 90 to 100.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Virginia
Britain weighs new plan to break Berlin deadlock at Geneva
London reports Britain moving toward a fresh approach in the Geneva talks with the Big Four to redraw Western Berlin proposals. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd will consult the United States France and West Germany this week, with a July 13 resumption in mind and possible August summit. The Soviet shift on Berlin time limits is cited as opening room for negotiation. Prime Minister Macmillan seeks to persuade allies of Soviet sincerity despite French and West German doubts.
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Britain
Geneva
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Want
London Sunday Express
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Soviet Union
West
France
West Germany
New Larger Comet Sees Successful First Flight
In Hatfield England a bigger version of the Comet jet liner completed a successful first test flight. The aircraft is six feet longer than the Comet IV and seats 102 passengers.
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Hatfield
England
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Obituaries
Obituary notices list Mrs. Nannie E. Jones and others, with details of families, residences, and church affiliations. Funeral services are scheduled in Bluefield and surrounding communities, with burials in Maplewood Cemetery, Dry Branch Cemetery, and Russell Memorial Cemetery.
Obituaries for John F. Smith and Minnie Belle Sargent
John F. Smith 73 of Bandy Va died Saturday in a Richlands Va hospital. Survived by wife Nancy Asbury Smith six daughters six sons one sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Boyd's Chapel Church on Dixs Creek with burial in Yost Cemetery. Minnie Belle Sargent 73 of Grundy Va died Sunday in a local hospital after illness. Survived by daughter Irene Reagan sister Carrie Crisby and brother Hix Horn. Services Tuesday at Hagy Minor Chapel Norton with burial in Highland Cemetery Norton.
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Nannie E. Jones
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Bluefield
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
WSCS
George E. Jones
Bluefield - Princeton
Gus Jones
William M. Jones
Harry Jones
Princeton
Blake E. Jones
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Stella
Louise
North Tazewell
Wagner
George Jones Jr
Woody Jones
Sammy Jones
Edgar A. Thomore
Watts
Claude Proffit
Clara Rose
Davy
Welch
Lewis Rose
Stella Mitchem
Mile Branch
Avondale
John Rose
Jim Rose
Roderfield
Viola Bailey
Hanover
America Riffe
Mitchem
Dry Branch
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Arvell Minton
Walls Creek
Hartwell Church of God
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Russell County
Nathan Minton
Nickelsville
Ellen Tipton
Volf Creek
Lucy Lebkuecher
Cleveland
Ohio
Farmers Funeral Home
James P. Thompson
Pocahontas
Wilmington
Del
Dora Newman Thompson
Kelly Maxey
Frank Stallard
Bear, del
Greever Thompson
Yards
Maude Wright
Elkton
Bessie Pauley
Abbs Valley
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Mathena Cemetery
Tip Top
Herman Woods
Jesse Howard
James Ward
Thomas Muncey
Joe Mullins
George Zipp
Albert Smith
John F. Smith
Bandy
Richlands
Tazewell County
Nancy Asbury Smith
Jane Clarke
Edith Jones
Irene McReynolds
Katherine Brewster
Susie Crouse
Amonate Va
Nell Justice
Defiance, C
Cecil Smith
Cedar Bluff
Graton Smith
Norman Smith
Hartwell
Lettie Waldron
Boyd’s Chapel
Dix's Creek
Yost
Baptist Valley
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Minnie Belle Sargent
Grundy
Irene Reagan
Hix Horn
Norton, Va
Carrie Crisby
Nicklesville
Grundy Funeral Home
Hagy Minor Chapel
Norton
J. T. Holland
Highland Cemetery
Funerals Held for Local Bluefield Leaders and Residents
Major Barton Baker, Salvation Army commander in Bluefield, funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Salvation Army Headquarters with Col. W. W. Bauterse in charge. Burial at Monte Vista Cemetery. body from Mercer Funeral Home. Pallbearers named. Bernice Frazier Miller of Bluefield to be buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery after 2 p.m. service at Bland Street Methodist Church. Phineous L. Shultz, 88, Lindside, funeral at home with burial in family cemetery and pallbearers listed. Troy A. Necessary, 13, Bishop, funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Alexandria Methodist Church with burial at Tannersville. Henderson Funeral Home of Saltville, Va., in charge.
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Troy A
Bishop
Alexandria Methodist Church
Tannersville
Henderson Funeral Home
Saltville
Mamie Accompanies President To Church
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower joined President Eisenhower at National Presbyterian church for the 9 a.m. service. She had not attended for many months while he typically goes to the 11 a.m. service, as the President often plays golf afterward.
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Mamie
Washington
Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
N and W Awards 50 Year Veterans for 23rd Meeting in Roanoke
Some 1,800 N and W employees with more than 20 years on the railroad gathered for the 23rd annual Veterans Association meeting in Roanoke. The morning session featured Mack Sauer as speaker, with Lloyd N. Helm introducing him. Twenty four men received Diamond Insignia for 50 years of service, including Robert P. Compton Sr. and Zack D. Sisson. Henry A. Martin, Roanoke, was noted as the oldest honoree with about 54 years on the railroad.
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Norfolk and Western
L. N. Helm Bluefield
N&w
Sauer
Stuart T. Saunders
Henry A. Martin
Roanoke
Motive Power Department
Robert P. Compton Sr
Pocahontas Division
Partee W. Crouch
Bluefield
Zack D. Sisson
Bluefield Yard
Richlands Va
John D. Burton
Pocahontas
Fitness program stressed at WVU
The West Virginia University workshop on youth fitness enters its second week in Morgantown. Directed by Dean Ray O. Duncan, the first of its kind at WVU focuses on total fitness including physical social emotional and spiritual aspects and its relation to modern living. The program runs through Friday.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
WVU
Ray O. Duncan
The
University School of Physical Education and Athletics
Diplomatic Vanguard Arrives In Tel Aviv
The vanguard of the new U S diplomatic mission to Israel arrived in Tel Aviv in three wooden boxes containing two spaniels Dee and Captain and a Siamese cat Chico, pets of incoming U S Ambassador Ogden Reid and his family, who are due here Monday.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U.S
Dee
Captain
Chico
Ogden Reid
Bluefield WV Board Considers Street Improvement Plans
The Bluefield Board of Directors proposes permanent improvements to Groveland Drive and East Drive including grading paving surfacing curbing and intersections. Plans and estimates will be discussed at a public meeting July 7 1959 at 2 30 PM in the Municipal Building. Abutting property owners may protest or be heard.
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Grovelan Drive
East Drive
Groveland Drive
Bluefield
West Virginia
City of
Board of Directors
Municipal Building
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