Grocers Plan All Out War On Pop Tax
West Virginia grocers plan repeal of a 1958 state tax on beverage mixes and syrups. The West Virginia Grocery Trade Taxpayers Assn led by James P. Woods Jr. seeks broad support from grocers, wholesalers, brokers, and four processing firms nationwide as the Legislature reconvenes in January. The group argues the tax would triple taxed items and empower manufacturers at the expense of retailers. Patsy Ware and R Vance Golden Jr. hold key posts in the organization.
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West Virginia
Woods
Patsy Ware
Clarksburg Grocer
R. Vance Golden Jr
Clarksburg
Boy and sister suffocated in vacant Las Vegas house
In Las Vegas Nevada a 1 year old boy and his 5 year old sister suffocated Sunday in a refrigerator of a vacant house near their home. Barton Manning Jr and Christi Manning children of a used tar salesman left home about 9 50 am to play with neighbors. James Blantin planned to move into the house and found the bodies after opening the refrigerator. Resuscitation efforts failed.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Barton Manning Jr
Christi
James’ Blantin
Blantin
Mannings
Miner Kills 2 Brothers In Dispute
In Beast Tunnel mine near Beas town Gilpin County Colorado miner George Gillispie 54 shot and killed brothers Richard Kuplack 24 and Stephen Kuplack 22 after an argument over ore samples and stock claims. District Attorney Amery O Kane said Gillispie fired four shots from a .38 revolver, killing Richard instantly and Stephen six hours later. Gillispie to be charged pending today. The brothers’ wife, five months pregnant, witnessed the event from a car nearby.
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Sdaho Springs
Colo
Englewood
Ravere
Stig
Aidzhe Springs
Amery O'Kane
O'Kane
George Gillispie
John Richnara
Kuplack
Stephens
Ye Kuplack
Ene
Gillispie
Kuplack Brothers
Richard Kuplack
Richard
Black
Stephen
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Denver
West Virginia Tightens Liquor Ad Rules
New regulations take effect August 1 restricting liquor advertising to general paid newspapers and periodicals. Radio and TV are barred for distilled spirits, except wine ads. price references must state the exact price with no references to cuts or value guarantees.
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West Virginia
Robert S. Judge
Commission
B. W. Venable
Idustry
Radio
Teleivision
Traffic Officer Roe's Son Injured by Auto
A four year old boy named John R. Roe, son of Officer O R Roe of the Charleston Accident Prevention Bureau, was hit by a car near his North Charleston home Sunday. He was treated at Charleston General Hospital and released.
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North Charleston
John R. Roe
O. R. Roe
Charleston
NEA says money needed but not sole cure for schools
Cleveland report on NEA president Dr Lyman Ginger of the University of Kentucky urging public funds to improve teaching quality, classroom construction, guidance services, and reduced class sizes. He notes a long term plan, with goals like limiting elementary classes to 28 pupils and expanding teacher prep. Federal role debated.
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Cleveland
National Education Assn
Lyman Ginger
University of Kentucky
NEA
Ginger
Polish Premiers Speak on Nagy Regime Crisis
Warsaw reports Premier Joseph Cyrankiewicz and Gomulka condemn the Nagy regime after his execution. Both note alliance with the Soviet Union against withdrawal from building socialism, while avoiding judgment on Nagy’s fate. The remarks come amid Communist bloc unity signals and note lingering Hungary turmoil.
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Warsaw
Joseph Cyrankiewicz
Imre Nagy
Hungary
Wladyslaw Gotmulka
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Gomulka
Nagy
Cyrankiewicz
Sixty Air Force Cadets Tour Pacific Regions
Sixty cadets from the U S Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs left Tachikawa Air Base near Tokyo for Okinawa on a Pacific tour. They are a third of the 1959 class and visited Japan including U S Air Force installations and the Japanese defense academy at Yokosuka. Other stops include Alaska, Hong Kong, Formosa, the Philippines and Hawaii.
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Tokyo
U. S. ‘Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Tachikawa Air Base
Okinawa
Pacific
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Japanese Defense Academy
Vokosuka
Alaska
Hong Kong
Formosa
Philippines
Hawaii
Prejudice Claim Affects Transfer in McDowell Case
Writ of prohibition filed in McDowell County Circuit Court seeks to bar magistrate FE I Mitchell from continuing a hearing in Betty Jean Erwin’s assault case. Attorney W H Ballard alleges prejudice after an affidavit led to a transfer refusal, and that the warrant was mischaracterized as felonious assault. Ballard seeks nullification and removal from the case until remedy is granted.
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WELCH
McDowell County
W.H. Ballard
Betty Jean Erwin
Justice of the Peace
FE. 1
Mitchell
Browns Creek
Mrs. Erwin
Ballard
Edwin
Erwin
Circuit’ Court
Owls invade home in North Hollywood scare and cleanup
At 6 a m a North Hollywood family woke to owls in the house after they reportedly entered via the chimney. One owl perched on a skillet handle while another waited under a bed. Police advised Humane Society help, feathers and vase damage noted, and the owls were driven out and settled in a nearby tree after an hour.
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Manask
Helen
Humane Society
Wives Start It Drives Police Clash at Hotel Dinner
More than 100 police and an undetermined number of truck drivers clashed at the Bismarck Hotel Green Room during an annual postdinner social. The melee began when four detectives interrupted two craps games and raiders were targeted. Thirteen drivers face gambling charges. two attackers were charged with assault and resisting arrest. a third faces a traffic court hearing for allegedly nudging a officer with his car while leaving. Five policemen were injured, and Loop traffic on Randolph Street halted as drivers were escorted away. The raid was said to be spurred by wives complaining their husbands gambled away money at the event.
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Chicago
Bismarck
Kyran Phelan
Chambers
Randolph St
Phelan
Pilgrims flood St Peters for feast of St Peter and Paul
About 200000 pilgrims tourists and Romans visited St Peters Basilica on the feast day of St Peter and St Paul. Archbishop Primo Principi led a pontifical mass while Pope Pius XII appeared at his window to bless some 50000 people in St Peters Square as services continued at St Paul outside the walls.
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Rome
St. Peters Basilica
St.Peter and St. Paul
Primo Principi
St. Paul
Pius AM
Acute Indigestion Warning Ad Promotes Neutragerid
An old ad claims stomach gas and heartburn from indigestion can be dangerous and urges readers to take Neutragerid, a physician's prescription, promising fast relief. The ad, signed by Cohen Drug Company, reads with misspellings and promotional urgency.
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Am Oo
Ady, Cohen Drug C
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