Parley Fails as Steelworkers Threaten Action
Pittsburgh June 22 United Steelworkers president David J McDonald said US Steel proposals unsatisfactory and the 170 member wage policy committee authorized officials to take needed action. He noted no contract means no work and urged day and night talks before June 30 expiration.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel Corp
McDonald
USS. Steel
Washington
CIO Steelworkers
West Germany seeks end to Allied occupation
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged an immediate end to the Allied occupation of West Germany saying sovereignty was ripe after nine years. He spoke to coalition party members in Bonn and at rallies over the past two days with no dissent among parties.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Definition of a Physician
A wry aphorism portrays physicians as thinkers who mistake patient cures for patient resignation. The joke hinges on the idea that patients may leave care not cured but exhausted or disgusted.
Inside Today Amusements and Gazette Highlights
An assorted daily page list shows sections on astrological forecast comic pages crossword puzzles editorials columns market reports obituary and funerals sports pages and local society items. It notes Show turners gazetteer whats doing in west virginia and women activities across several pages.
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Turner's Gazetteer
W. Va
Disaster Aid Sought as Flood Crest Threatens Des Moines
Des Moines declares a state of emergency as Gov Beardsley asks President Eisenhower to designate 19 Iowa counties as disaster areas for federal aid. Crested flood could reach 29 to 30 feet by Thursday, with sandbagging and evacuation centers under way. Guardsmen deployed to protect water systems and key plants across the region.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Eisenhower
Iowa
Boone
Sioux City
Floyd
Mason City
Willow Creek
Fort Dodge
National
Webster City
Beardsley
Aaa Cross
Iowa Adjustant
Mrs. Smith's Maine renomination victory attracts praise
President Eisenhower and several senators lauded Sen. Margaret Chase Smith after her decisive renomination win in Maine's Republican primary. Smith, who served eight years in the House before Senate tenure since 1948, defeated Robert L. Jones more than five to one and faces Democrat Paul Fullam in September.
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U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
R. L. Jones
Me,Carthy
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
City Delays 2 Bit Parking as Public Gathers
City council postponed a twenty five cent parking meter plan on six downtown streets. A large public turnout from Kanawha City debated sidewalks and paving while Mayor Copenhaver sought approval to survey residents on incorporation.
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Copenhaver
Upper Helle
U N Security Council urged for Guatemala conflict meeting
Guatemala asks for a second urgent Security Council session to address alleged aggression from Honduras. Ambassador Castillo Arriola dispatched a telegram to Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. urging a June 23 meeting while Lodge cautions against acting against OAS guidance. Honduran leaders seek immediate Inter-American Peace Committee action.
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United Nations
N. Y
Guatemala
U. N. Security Council
Eduardo Castillo Arriola
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
Lodge
Organization of American States
Washington
Inter- American Peace Committee
Honduras
OAS
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
Castillo Arriola
Security Council
Jearlier
Judge Highlights Kanawha County Crime Share
Intermediate Court Judge William J. Thompson told the June grand jury that about 16 percent of West Virginia’s crimes occur in Kanawha County. Citing FBI figures, he noted 2,160,000 major crimes nationally last year, rising faster than population. He urged citizen attention to criminal justice agencies and processes.
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Bayard F. Ennis
the Gazette
West Virginia
Kanawha
Intermediate
William J. Thompson
Thompson
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Loveless Trial Convicts Back for Retrial in Logan
Four lifeterm convicts were returned from the State Penitentiary to Logan for the murder retrial of Melvin Loveless. Eugene Sherman James Jones and Charles Ford were brought back at defense request, with Albert Puckett also requested by the state. Loveless, a Charleston hotel owner, was convicted last year for robbery and the slaying of Mrs. Sarah Reed. The Supreme Court set aside the conviction due to instructional error by Circuit Judge Chambers.
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Supreme Court
K. Co. Chambers
Thompson
UMW
Reed
TV Newsman Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment
CBS TV news commentator Don Hollenbeck is found dead in his Manhattan apartment from gas asphyxiation. He had been in ill health, suffering from bleeding ulcers, and could not complete his last broadcasts. He worked for newspapers, OWI, NBC, and ABC before joining CBS in 1946. He lived alone. his wife Angelique Dean and daughter Zoe, nine, resided separately.
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New York
Don Hollenbeck
CBS TV News
Manhattan
Hollenbeck
University of Nebraska
Office of War Information
NBC
ABC
CBS
Emanuel A. Neuren
John Gude
Milton Stern
New York University
Robert Trout
Angelique Dean
Central Park Area
Zoe
Defense to re-testify at second Loveless trial
After a robbery report, Sher man, Jones and Ford retracted their accusation of Loveless. Lead defense attorney Harry Capehart of Welch asked they be available to testify at the second trial.
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Sherman
Jones
Ford
Loveless
Harry Capehart
Welch
Johnson seeks resolution to curb Soviet interference in Americas
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson urged Congress to reaffirm that the United States must prevent further Soviet meddling in Western Hemisphere affairs. He charged the Kremlin is moving from espionage to a semi military phase and cited five instances of interference in the region.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Russia
Western Hemisphere
Johnson
Americas
Senate Foreign Relations
Alexander Wiley
Prober Asks More Study Of Smoking
New York June 22 The tobacco industry urged further study to determine smoking related cancer and heart disease causes. A preliminary American Cancer Society report suggested heavy smoking may shorten life for men 50 to 70. Industry committee said data will be useful after full analysis and publication in journals.
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New York
Tobacco Industry
American Cancer Society
Tobacco Industry Research Comittee
Scientist Karl Compton Dies at 66 in New York
Dr Karl T Compton, 66, leading American scientist and former MIT president, died at Cornell Medical Center after a heart attack. He helped spearhead wartime radar and atomic research and served as MIT president for 18 years retiring in 1948. He received the Medal for Merit for aiding the war effort.
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Karl T. Compton
Carnesl Medical Center
New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Compton
Cornell Medical Center
Army
Wooster
Ohio
Wilson H. Compton
Washington State College
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
St. Louis
Ex-Chief Gets Thompson Ax
Former Charleston police chief Bernard Simms and Henry Hart had $500 bonds revoked by Judge William J. Thompson for failing to file property certificates and affidavits detailing other bonds as sureties. Simms had stood as surety in Ralph Shultz’s case on bastardy and Hart in Ambrose Douglas’s case for possession slips. Both bonds were pending grand jury action.
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Intermediate Court
Bernard Simms
Charleston
Henry Hart
William J. Thompson
Simms
Hart
Justice of the Peace Court
Ralph Shultz
Ambrose Douglas
Rebels Admit Big Port City Not Captured
Honduran government said unidentified planes bombed Santa Rosa de Copan near the Guatemalan frontier. Guatemala City reported a rebel plane attack on the capital and an airstrike on California Standard tanks. Castillo Armas moved his rebel headquarters to Esquipulas and vowed a provisional government. The U N Security Council and Inter American Peace Committee discussions followed. A rebel communique claimed three more villages held and bridges destroyed near Camotan.
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Council
Kanawha City
John Haight
Ralph H. Smith
Lodge
Guatemala
Security Council
Organization of American States
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Foreign Ministry
Santa Rosa de Copan
Guatemala City
Col
Carelos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Esquipulas
Camotan
Jacobo Aribenz Guzman
Carspan
Washington
Inter-American Peace Committee
Gua.rence
Nicaragua
Doctors Reluctant Over Cigarette Scare Study Response
William Keenan reports doctors at Staats Hospital show limited commentary on the American Cancer Society cigarette smoking study. Most physicians say they have not read the findings and many refuse to comment. One doctor expresses willingness, noting he does not intend to quit smoking.
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William Keenan
the Gazette
Charleston
American Cancer
Lat Staats Hospital
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