Longshoremen’s Union Breaks Talks Ahead of New York Strike
The International Longshoremen’s Association announced no chance of settlement after mediation failed and the injunction nears expiry. Talks with the Shipping Association, over coverage and a nationwide coast contract, collapsed despite earlier near agreement. The dispute affects about 60,000 dock workers across East and Gulf ports with a Tuesday strike looming.
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New York
Longshoremen’s Union
Louis Waldman
International Longshoremen’s Assoc
Waldman
New York ‘Shipping Assn
ILA
Shipping Assa
Gulf Coast
Hampton Roads
Portland
Maine
Shipping Association
United Nations effort fails to move Israel on Gaza and Aqaba
U N officials and Western diplomats push for Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba with security guarantees. Abba Eban insists Israel will not evacuate without assurances and travels to Washington for talks with Dulles as Sanctions talk looms. Secretary General Hammarskjold drafts a report on the deadlock for the 80 nation General Assembly.
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United Nations
N.Y
INS
Abba Eban
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Gaza Strip
Aqaba Gulf
Egypt
U. N
Eban
General Assembly
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Middle East
Dulles
U. S
Tel Aviv
World Organization
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lester B. Pearson
Hammarskjold
Gaza
Aqaba
U.N
Gulf of Aqaba
Assembly
Boy Completes 64000 SLAW On TV Quizzes
New York report says Lenny Ross 11 from Tujunga California wins 64000 on CBS The $64 000 Challenge after earlier taking 100000 on NBC The Big Surprise. His opponent was Mrs Alice Morgan 78 of Bristol Rhode Island.
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New York
Lenny Ross
Tujunga
Calif
Lenny
CBS
Nbc-Tv
Alice Morgan
Bristol
R. I
Doctors Back Salk for AIP Immunization Plan Endorsed
The West Virginia State Medical Assn unanimously endorsed nationwide polio immunization for all under 40. At the Daniel Boone Hotel the WVYMSA council urged 1500 members to promote inoculation, establish school and industrial clinics, and run mass free clinics in public facilities with cooperation from schools and health departments. Dr. E Lyle Gage, WVSA president, reported on AMA talks in Chicago about nationwide immunization.
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West Virginia State Medical Assn
Daniel Boone Hotel
Council
Wvysma
WVSMA
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
E. Lyle Gage
Bluefield
AMA
Chicago
Government seeks best use of funds with new appropriation
An appropriation devised by the government aims to stretch money further. The measure signals an effort to maximize value from public funds and support essential services as costs rise.
Legislature set for full airing of school funding plan
The 58th West Virginia Legislature prepares a public discussion of school finance with Gov Underwood, Dr John Sly, and the West Virginia Education Association. Proposals aim to shift costs to counties, with estimates of up to 6 cents in new taxes and potential local revenue, while WVEA demands immediate relief via a statewide school tax and constitutional tax rate definitions to unlock 27 million dollars for counties.
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House of Delegates
West Virginia Education Assn
Underwood
WVEA
West Virginia
Bomb blasts kill 11 in Algiers stadiums
Bombs exploded in two Algiers football stadiums injuring about 45 and killing 11 as games began. Police and troops evacuated victims to hospitals while in the aftermath the city faced renewed terrorist violence amid Algeria's rebellion. The dead included eight Europeans and three Arabs.
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Algiers
Ruisseau Municipal
el Biar
United Nations
Algeria
Robert Lacoste
Byrd Urges $5 Billion Budget Cut in Anti-Inflation Plan
Sen. Byrd of Virginia proposes reducing President Eisenhower's $71.8 billion budget by at least five billion dollars as part of an anti-inflation strategy. He heads the Senate Finance Committee and aims for specific cuts in nondefense spending. He notes inflation threats and contrasts with past Truman-era reductions. Byrd signals intent to push heated fiscal debate against the administration.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Harry S. Truman
Virginia
Hisenhower
Truman
Kentuckian dies after Jellico gun battle with deputies
Elmer Davis of Pikeville Kentucky died in Jellico Hospital from cheek and chest wounds suffered after he stalked up to a jeep and opened fire on Deputies Matt Parton and Brownlow Munday near a beer tavern. Parton and Munday returned fire. Parton was mortally wounded and Munday’s right arm was amputated. Sheriff Willie Chapman said Davis carried $3000 and was unaccounted for motive.
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Jellico
Tenn
Elmer Davis
Pikeville
Jellico Hospital
Campbell County
Willie Chapman
Davis
Denuties
Matt
Parton
Brownlow Munday
Munday
Chapman
Kentucky’ State Line
Communists Vote to Preserve Party Form at New York Convention
About 300 delegates at the American Communist party convention in New York voted against changing into a nonparty political action association. The final tally left only three votes against continuing the party with 17 abstentions. The chair urged unity while underscoring ongoing debate over a political action association and future strategy. Dialogue highlighted divisions between continued Moscow Leninist lines and broader independent action. Deliberations at Chateau Gardens closed to the press as the party notes a membership drop from about 90,000 to 20,000–25,000 since 1945.
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New York
American Communist Party
Simon Gerson
John Gates
Daily Worker
Communist Newspa Ber
Political Action Association
Gates
Communist
Association
Communist Party
Eugene Davis
Davis
Foster
West Virginia floods hit Roane and neighboring counties
Flooding from torrential rains swept Central and Southern West Virginia as the Guyan River and Reedy Creek overflowed. In Reedy, water four feet deep submerged Main Street. no fatalities but property damage ran to thousands. Spencer isolated by swollen streams. Alvord and surrounding areas saw many homes flooded.
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West Virginia
Reedy
Spencer
W. Va
Reedy Creek
Alvord
Spring Creek
Portsmouth
Ohio
Scicto County
North Moreland
Eden Park
New Boston
Rivers Crest Predictions From Weather Bureau
The U S Weather Bureau in Huntington issued expected river crests with flood-stage figures for Tug Fork at Kermit 32.33 ft Sunday night and Williamson 25-26 ft, Guyandotte at Huntington 14.5 ft, Branchland 39.5 ft, Kanawha at Charleston 23-24 ft, Kanawha Falls 14-15 ft, Elk at Clay near 15 ft, and Ohio River at Pt. Pleasant 38.5 ft and Dam 28 at Huntington 47 ft. Meteorologist Leroy Stone said water would cover Toads near Branchland but nothing to worry about.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Huntington
Tug Fork
Williamson
Guyandotte River
Branchland
Kanawha River
Charleston
Kanawha Falls
New Alignment Made Socialists Break With Reds Split
In Venice on February 10, Pietro Nenni led the Socialists to vote near unanimously for reuniting with the moderate Social Democrats, ending a decade of fellow-traveling with Italy’s Communists. The move threatens Premier Segni’s middle-ground government, which relies on Social Democratic votes to stand in the Chamber of Deputies. Nenni claimed he has broken with the Communists and aims to push for a new national election to seize power.
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Venice
Italy
Pietro Nenni
Social Democrats
Antonio Segni
Chamber of Deputies
Unity of Action
Socialist Party
Segni
Nenni
A. Stalin
Congress
Iment
Flooded River Halts Search For Missing Youths
In Logan the swollen Gayan River blocked volunteer squads and police seeking the bodies of a boy and his two companions believed drowned Wednesday. State policeman Sgt. Russell Hogg said efforts were hindered as water remained high and unsettled the scene.
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Logan
Gayan
Russell Hogg
State Police
Man Hunted In Slaying Of Couple in Ohio
In Muskingum County Ohio authorities issued a nationwide alert for 22 year old Russell Thomas McCoy after he allegedly killed his half sister Louise Lee 45 and her husband Lloyd 39, set their log cabin on fire to cover the crime, and stole Lee's car. The case links to three robberies in Columbus with McCoy reportedly fleeing toward the Columbus area.
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Columbus
Ohio
Muskingum County
David Weissert
Russell Thomas McCoy
McCoy
Louise Lee
Lloyd
Ing
Zanesville
Lee
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