Westend Boulevard Plan Garners Broad Support in Bluefield
Citizens urge a single route for a west end boulevard to relieve congestion and attract federal state funding. Debates focus on Highland Avenue to Bland Street alignment with costs estimated around a million and a half dollars. Unified backing is pressed to avoid public opposition that could derail the project.
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Easley Bridge
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Raleigh Street
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Tazewell Streets
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Bliefielders
Randolph Urges Quality Education Shapes Future Nation
U S Senator Jennings Randolph told West Virginia educators that the future of civilization hinges on the quality of education and democracy. He spoke at the joint convention banquet of the West Virginia Superintendents Association and the West Virginia School Boards Association, urging focus on aims over money while noting historical shifts in schooling and immigration.
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West Virginia Association of
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Clarksburg
R. Virgil Rohrbough
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State Department
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West Virginia
West Virginia Superintendents Association
West Virginia School Boards Association
West Virginian Hotel
Bright Scientists Back Space Platform Idea
Washington AP reports that Roy W. Johnson outlines a manned space platform plan powered by multiple atomic detonations to lift a thousand tons and return crews to earth, with tests and costs cited. He opposes merging civilian and military space programs, noting cooperation between ARPA and NASA and possible presidential resolution of overlaps. Johnson warns of theoretical blackout risks between the US and USSR, citing Project Argus tests. NASA notes dummy capsules dropped from planes are being tested for future Mercury missions and ground landings.
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Earth
Roy W. Johnson
Military Space Program
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Seal Space Subcommittee
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Pentagon
National Aeronautics and Sapce Administration
Soviet Union
U.S
South Atlantic
NASA
Space News
Pilgrims Gather in Jerusalem for Holy Week rites
Pilgrims from around the world fill Old Jerusalem streets for Catholic and Protestant rites marking the Crucifixion burial and Resurrection of Jesus. Queen Mother of Belgium and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt attend events as ceremonies begin at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Cenacle on Mt. Zion with processions and Way of the Cross services through the Via Dolorosa.
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Jordan
Globe
Old Jerusalem
Queen Mother
Belgium
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Damascus Gate
Walled City
Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher
Christ
Alfredo Polidori
Vatican
Easter golf marks Ike’s holiday round at Gettysburg
President Eisenhower plays his first regular round in four months at Gettysburg County Club. He last played a full course in November at Augusta, with practice only on the White House lawn in the interim. He arrived from Washington for a long Easter weekend at his farm home, with his four grandchildren and their parents joining later. He plans to return to Washington Monday.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg County Club
Augusta
White House
Washington
Army
John Eisenhower
South Carolina Auto Crash Kills Gary Girl
Judith Hill Murry, 17, daughter of Dr. John Henry Murry of Gary and Mrs. June Murry of Richmond, died when the car she rode in overturned near Barnwell on Highway 70. Mary Davies, the driver, escaped unharmed. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Gary
South Carolina
Judith Hill Murry
John Henry Murry
U. S. Steel Company
June Murry
Richmond
Stuart Hall Girl's College
Staunton
Barnwell
Mary Davies
Miss Davies
Miss Murry
Big Three Set Terms For Summit
Britain France and the United States pressed differing conditions for a Khrushchev summit while Eisenhower sought a middle ground proposing a foreign ministers meeting first. De Gaulle France bynote urged genuine progress before any summit, Macmillan Britain favored joining as developments warrant, and Khrushchev remained open to a foreign ministers meeting starting May 11 in Geneva with broader talks possible later.
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Britain
France
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
Harold Macmillan
de Gaulle
Macmillan
Kremlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Berlin
East Germany
Geneva
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Coal Moves In Struck Areas In Kentucky
In four Kentucky counties nonunion ramps opened with miners idle over the strike. Roads showed rifles on trucks in two counties while others remained quiet. Gov Chandler will mediate talks over a new 24.25 dollar per day contract as National Guard was alerted.
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Whitesburg
United Mine
Letcher
Knott
Perry
Pike
Bell County
Harlan
A. B. Chandler
National Guard
Roland Price
Tipples
Colson
Camp Fork
UMW
Price
Week's Soft Coal Output Up Slightly
The National Coal Association estimates bituminous production for the week ended March 21 at about 7,700,000 tons, up from 7,596,000 the prior year. For the week ended March 14 output was 7,625,000 tons, and the January 1 to March 21 period totals about 90,772,000 tons versus 93,825,000 in the year-ago span.
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Washington
National Coal Assny
Saunders Will Head N and W Virginian Merger
Roanoke Virginia news reports that if the Norfolk and Western Virginian Railway merger is approved by stockholders and the ICC, N W President Stuart T Saunders would head the combined system and three Virginian directors would join the N W board F D Beale E H Bird and R P Tibolt would join the N W board increasing its 11 to 14 The N W will file with the ICC in April and Virginian stockholders vote April 30 while N W holds its annual meeting May 14 Two thirds of stock and majority of each class required for approval The plan emphasizes using the Virginian low grade line to move eastbound coal and traffic with coordinated operations of yards shops and terminals
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Norfolk and Western Virginian Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stuart T. Saunders
N&w
F. D. Beale
E. H. Bird
R. P. Tibolt
Bird and Tibolt
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
ICC
Virginian
Norfolk
N&w Stockholders
Saunders
Beale
Virginia
Allegheny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Wild Spring Storm Douses Midwest Snow and Tornadoes
A spring storm swept from the central Rockies to the Great Lakes bringing 12 to 18 inch snow drifts in Colorado and Nebraska, while tornadoes and thunderstorms lashed the Mississippi Valley. At least three deaths occurred in weather related accidents, with heavy highway and utility work to restore mobility across western Nebraska and Colorado.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Longmont
Colo
Illinois
Springfield
Ohio Valley
Alabama
Georgia
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Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Texas
Weather Bureau
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Ohio
Alva
Oklahoma
Denison
Montana
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Idaho
Nevada
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Hesbaugh to Quit Civil Rights Post
President Theodore M Hesbaugh of the University of Notre Dame will quit the U S Civil Rights Commission on September 9 after two years of service He says the move marks the end of an assignment and should not reflect dissatisfaction with the commission s work
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South Bend
Ind
Theodore M. Hesbaugh
University of Notre Dame
U.S Civil Rights Commission
Father Hesbaugh
Norstad to Review NATO Troops in Mainz Anniversary
US Air Force General Lauris Norstad, NATO supreme commander, will review troops from nine nations in Mainz Germany on April 4 to mark NATO's tenth anniversary.
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U. S. Air Force
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Mainz
Germany
Santa Rosa hits tanker in Caribbean cruise ending disaster
The luxury liner Santa Rosa docked at Hudson River at 8 14 p m after colliding with the empty tanker Valdhem off Atlantic City New Jersey. Sixteen tanker crewmen were injured and Ismael Joe Romo 41 a Los Angeles fireman died after rescue. Passengers unscathed.
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Santa Rosa
Atlantic City
N.J
Ismael Joe Romo
Los Angeles
Hudson River
Valdhem
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