Board to probe railroad labor dispute and more items
President Eisenhower appoints a three man emergency board to study a labor dispute involving 80 000 locomotive firemen and enginemen across 135 railroads. A $250 000 Florida fire destroys seven shops and a restaurant at Silver Springs a major tourist site. A Chinese junk named Free China sets out from Formosa for a nonstop Pacific crossing with injuries delays. Errol Flynn sues Confidential magazine for libel over a remark about a show. A marble memorial to Enrico Fermi is unveiled at Pisa University. An undertaker in Cape Town is fined for leaving a body at a funeral. Switzerland expels 20 Italian Communists. Peru reinstates death as maximum penalty for kidnapping and murder. Argentina plans to halt anti communist activity in Red China is acknowledged by Radio Peiping. A 28 year old high wire artist Robert Atterbury is injured in Atlantic City. James E. Cobb is sentenced in New Jersey for involvement in a plot against a union official. Japan says Russia must free more than 12 000 Japanese held in Soviet territory.
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Florida
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Formosa
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Taipei
Errol Flynn
Confidential Magazine
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Pisa
Italy
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New Jersey
AFL
Paull Tal
Japan
Russia
Girls State Alumnae Eyed by Legislature at mock session
The Rhododendron Girls State Legislature approved a bill urging American Legion Auxiliary sponsorship of a Ladies State Alumnae Association. Debate featured two Girls Nation delegate votes and honors for the Girls State counselors. Governor Janice Jeffries addressed sessions as delegates were announced for tomorrow’s Girls Nation.
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Rhododendron Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
Senate
House of Delegates
The
Legion Auxiliary
Girls Nation
House
Janice Jeffries
Parkersburg
Birl
West Virginia
Wayne Reynolds
Beckley
Damages Sought in Charleston Truck Crash Suit
William Asseff of Charleston files a 30000 dollar damage suit in Circuit Court against O K Trucking Co Eugene W Webb and The Charleston Gazette and P M Springston for fire damage to his building at Fourth Ave and Bream St arising from a collision between a Gazette truck and O K Trucking Co tractor trailer in April last year. The fire followed the crash from the ignited truck.
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O. K. Trucking Co
Eugene W. Webb
Charleston Gazette
P. M. Springston
William Asseff
Charleston
Fourth Ave
Bream St
Gazette
K. Trucking Co
Pair Studied To Determine Parent Fitness
Sentencing for Donald Bowman, 20, deferred to allow an investigation into whether he and his wife, also 20, are fit parents of two children, aged four and thirteen months, after Bowman was found guilty of drunk and disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Patrolmen testified the couple spent little time with the kids as Bowman frequented Summers Street taverns all day and all night while the mother claimed to care for them but stayed away to avoid trouble.
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Alderson
James McWhorter
Donald Bowman
E. L. Edwards
Dallas Montgomery
Bowman
Montgomery
St. Tavern
Car Theft Charged In Market Area By State Troopers
A Market man, 43 year old Frank Howell, was charged with auto theft yesterday after state troopers J R Powell and R L Pressan identified him. Howell was also booked for being drunk, state records show.
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J. R. Powell
R. L. Pressan
Frank Howell
Howell
Does Arlington Belong to West Virginia?
A New York Journal Americas writer confuses Arlington, Virginia with Arlington in West Virginia, prompting reflections on whether West Virginia was ever part of Virginia and highlighting lingering mix ups about state boundaries. The piece notes the long-standing idea West Virginia separated from the Old Dominion in 1863.
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West Virginia
Virginia
West
Arlington
Phenix City Still Haunted By Lurid Past A Year On
Phenix City Alabama marks the one year anniversary of attorney general candidate Patterson being shot outside his law office. The case led to a National Guard occupation and a sweeping public crackdown on vice. Indictments against officials followed and the city began a transition to civilian rule with new taxes and officials.
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Sin
A. L. Patterson
Patterson
Alabama
Phenix City
Albert Fuller
State Supreme Court
Fuller
Atty
Arch
Ferrell
Garrett
Galveston
Tex
National Guard
Ft. Benning
Actor Protests Late Train Henry Aldrich Spat Ends in Jail
Ezra Stone and his wife were arrested for creating a disturbance after the actor complained the Pennsylvania Railroad train from Boston was 45 minutes late. Stone, 37, a radio and TV producer, said the 11:40 p.m. departure from Penn Station reached 12:25 a.m. after delays and mail loading, prompting his critique of the railroad's public attitude.
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WNJL
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Henry Aldrich
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Stose
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New York
Newtown
Pennsylvania
Boston
New York, New Haven and
Hartsford
Explorer Louise Boyd Reaches North Pole in Plane
Santa's Home thrill completed by Louise Boyd a 68 year old American explorer from San Rafael California after a 14 hour round trip by chartered plane to the North Pole. She said this was the most wonderful experience of her life and plans to share results with the American Geographical Society of New York.
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Norway
North Pole
Louise A. Boyd
San Rafael
Calif
Arctic
Pole
Miss Boyd
American Geographical Society of New York
General Motors expands aid to higher education students
The company announced a $2 million program providing scholarships to students, with awards ranging from $200 to $2,000 annually based on need. Each college attended by a winner also receives $500 to $800 per year. The recipient Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon C. Gray of 1531 Clark Rd., is a high school student with an A average and active in many activities.
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Tors
General Motors
Gray
Sheldon C. Gray
Clark Rd
Pentagon News Official Sets Tests for Information
Washington June 17 R Karl Honaman, newly tasked with overhauling Pentagon information policies, argues defense data should be useful, valuable and interesting. He disputes a self serving information standard and says constructive, not merely self serving, info is key.
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Washington
R. Karl Honaman
Tc Pentagon
Honaman
Defense
J. R. Wiggins
Washington Post and
Times Herald
Freedom of Information Committee
The
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Wiggins
Wilson
Senate approves Gray for assistant Defense Secretary post
The Senate unanimously approved President Eisenhower's pick Gordon Gray as assistant Defense Secretary, succeeding H. Struve Hensel. It also confirmed Richard A. Mack of Florida to the Federal Communications Commission, succeeding Frieda B. Hennock.
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INS
Senate
Eisenhower
Gordon Gray
Defense
H. Struve Hensel
Richard A. Mack
Florida
Federal Communications Commission
Suc i
Frieda B. Hennock
Sheriff Heads for Miami to Attend Convention
Kanawha County Sheriff Al Carey left Charleston for Miami to attend the national convention of the Sheriffs Association. Carey, president of the state association, will be away for three days and plans to return home Thursday. June Term of Court opens next Tuesday with attorneys to docket original jurisdiction and appeal cases.
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Kanawha County
al Carey
Charleston
Fla
The
Sheriff's Assn
Carey
State Association
Common Pleas
Stalge Davis
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