Coal-Hauling Rails Lose Millions Amid Mine Strike
Pittsburgh AP report notes railroads hauling coal say revenue losses run into millions while miners’ strike persists. Industry observers say steel and electric utilities face risk if strike widens, though many have 30-day stockpiles. Richmond Norfolk & Western cut loaded coal cars from 32,055 to 17,960 as strike enters its third week.
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Washington
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Atlanta
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Chicago
Cleveland
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Illinois
Bizarre Bodies on the Moors Trial Opens in Chester
In Chester England Ian Brady and Myra Hindley faced a stern court for the murder of children for sexual thrills. The opening day of the Bodies on the Moors trial features testimony from David and Maureen Smith and details of Edward Evans’s death.
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Chester
England
Ian Brady
Myra Hindley
Lesley Ann Dowhey
John Kilbride
Saddleworth Moor
Yorkshire
Edward
Brady
Miss Hindley
Elwyn Jones
Britain
David Smith
Smith
Maureen
Jones
Brady and
Hindley
Hattersley
Evans
South Carolina senators push to liberalize liquor laws
S C senators, smarting from a raid on the Palmetto Club, vote to loosen liquor rules. They approve a 1911 proposal to end the sunrise sunset sale limit and let the legislature set rules for mixed drinks and home bottling, with a referendum possible next November. The move stalls for 30 present, amid a police crackdown and a close partisan debate led by Sen. Claymon Grimes and Sen. James P. Waddell.
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Sen
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Georgetown
House
Grimes
General Assembly
Palmetto Club
Gervais Street
State House
James P. Waddell
Beaufort
Fred Scurry
Saluda
Judiciary Committee
Anti Wallace Demonstration Broken Up at UA Ceremony
Campus police dispersed an anti Wallace protest during Governor's Day events at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Four men and a girl carried signs declaring the university is not George Wallace High amid the demonstrations.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
U of A
George Wallace High
Press Secretary Liz Carpenter Tours Texas Heritage Homes
Elizabeth Carpenter, press secretary to the First Lady, led a Texas ancestral home tour to a 22 room Robertson House in Salado, a historic site since 1936. She was born there in 1920 and later guided reporters through the 1856 1860 Robertson house and grounds tied to Texas pioneer Elijah Robertson.
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Johnson City
Texas
Elizabeth Carpenter
Johnson
Texas State Historical Society For Preservation
Robertso
Salado
Bell County
Salado College
Carpenter
Robertson House
Mary Elizabeth Robertson
Thomas Shelton Sutherland
Dow
Liz
Robertson
Sam Houston
Yesteryear
Presbyterians To Censure Agency For Inviting King To Session
Harmony Presbytery of South Carolina asks the 106th General Assembly to express unqualified disapproval of Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Dr Gayrand D Wilmore Jr speaking at a Montreat conference and to refrain from future invitations to speakers with their views The move notes King’s civil rights stance and Wilmore’s interracial marriage stance as causes of church dissension and calls for censure of those responsible.
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Montreat
N.C
Southern Presbyterians
Martin Luther King Jr
South Carolina
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Presbyterian College
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Gayrand D. Wilmore Jr
Commission On Religion and Race
United Presbyterian Church
King and Wilmore
Division of Christian Action
Harmony Presbytery
Montreal
Presbytery
Drs
Wilmore
Hampton M. Auld
Termites Out Governor to Reclaim West Virginia Mansion
The termites are out and Gov. Hulett Smith’s family is near to reclaiming the Governor’s Mansion in Charleston. State officials say repairs should finish by the July 30 deadline when funding ends, with major work done and crews finishing out the job. Costs likely exceed 2 million dollars as the governor and Mrs. Smith return to the 42 year old building after living on the second floor and commuting from Beckley on weekends.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
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