Steel talks stall as wage dispute drags on
The Big Three steel wage talks in New York were delayed with no reason given. Management negotiators suggested a return date, while the United Mine Workers urged Congress to order the Bureau of Mines to resume research into synthetic liquids from coal. Stock markets showed improved volume and activity amid the unsettled labor headlines.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of
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Peace Talks Aim for Middle East Accord Yet Time Lacks
Dag Hammarskjold told a news conference that machinery was ready for a peace set of agreements between Israel and the Arabs. He said the Middle East mission achieved progress but time was not right to advance firm arrangements in Palestine.
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N.Y
Dag
Israel
Palestine
State reports $51 million cash in general revenue fund
West Virginia held $51,441,773 in the general revenue fund as of May 31, up from $48,090,064 the prior month. State Finance official William H. Ansel noted the fund rose from a deficit of $436,080 at April's end to a balance of $6,677,143 on May 31 in monthly financial statements.
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Charleston
William H. Ansel
West Virginia
Ansel
Weather Update and Frank Parker Leaves Godfrey
Blueville reports 11 am temperature near 79 with highs around 80 the day before and a falling water level at Tygart Dam. Frank Parker, longtime member of Arthur Godfrey's circle, will quit after June and pursue a TV drama project and solo singing engagements. National Police Board notes nearly 26,000 arrests of government officials and others on charges from embezzlement to bribe taking.
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Tygart Dam
Frank Parker
Godfrey
New York
Arthur Godfrey
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Parker
National Police Board
High Speed Blamed For Curve Spill
Weston police and Upshur Buckhannon and Lewis County residents died in a late night crash on Route 19 south of Weston. A car driven by George G. Buzzer man, 20, of Lorentz, Upshur County, failed to negotiate a curve, leaped a bank, struck a gas pipe, rolled twice and caught fire. Francis Washburn Jr., 23, Jimmy Bennett, 19, and Betty Hart perished at Weston Hospital. Firemen arrived shortly after 12:25 a.m. and battled flames. the vehicle’s origin and final destination remained unclear.
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Upshur County
Lewis County
Route 19
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Buzzerman
Lorentz
Francis Washburh, Jr
Jimmy D. Bennett
Buckhannon
Betty’ Lee Hart
Weston City ‘Hospital
Yen
Drybrush
Press Session Airs Censors at West Virginia meeting
The West Virginia Press Association opens a three day summer session at Oglebay Park Wheeling featuring an awards dinner for outstanding newspaper writing and photography. Winners of the Better Newspaper Contest will be announced Friday night. A panel on press freedom and censorship is planned with focus on a WVU student publication reprimand.
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The
West Virginia Press
Oglebay Park
Wheeling Country Club
Wheeling Steel Corp
United Press
West Virginia
Press Assny
Freedom of Information Committee
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WVU Board of Governors
Beard Protested Bus Line Sued in Atlanta Federal Court
Trolley driver Gerald F. Barnes filed suit in Federal Court alleging civil rights violations after he was fired by the Atlanta Transit System for refusing to shave his beard. He seeks $25,000 in damages and reinstatement.
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Gerald F. Barnes
Atlanta Transit System
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Strikers and U S Steel meet in bid to end long strike
Birmingham reporters say a 40 day old strike by 25 000 steelworkers at the Tennessee Iron and Coal Division of U S Steel Corp continues while company and union representatives meet again today. The strike has cost workers almost 1 million dollars and the firm about 50 000 ingots lost.
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Tennessee Iron and Coal Division
U.S. Steel Corp
Centennial Queen's Ball Ends Grafton's Fete Night
Last night at Grafton High School field house the Centennial Queen Anita Shahan and her court led a grand march and dance from 1 pm to 1 am during the Centennial observance. Delta Nu and Tau Phi Lambda Sorority members decorated the venue turning it into a fairyland garden with help from families and Ralph Landers. The event featured a fiddlers contest won by Ed H Evans of Elizabeth, with T K Cole of Grafton and Clyde Springs of Grafton taking second and third.
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Heine Hammel
Clarksoar
Joe la Rosa
Fairmont
Anita Shihan
Miss Shahan
Frank Sandord
Delta Nu 2Nd Epsilon
Tau Phi Lambda Surity
Supreme Forest
Wooamen
Martha Cole
Delta Nu
Virginia Peters
Epsilon Epsilon
Ralph Landers
Igmale
Ed H. Evans
Elizabeth
T. K. Cole
Grafton
Clyde Springs
Daylight Time Tagging Voided in Des Moines
Municipal Judge Howard W. Brooks urged a one hour moratorium on parking tickets in a city divided over daylight saving time. Des Moines authorities had shifted clocks to daylight time while residents ignored the change, deeming 4 to 5 pm as legally parked according to their own time.
Stevenson leads after California primary in Democratic race
Adlai Stevenson dominates the California primary with 315 delegates declared amid party doubts over his November bid. National totals show Estes Kefauver 184, Averell Harriman 126, Stuart Symington 46, Lyndon Johnson 56, Lausche 47, Williams 43 with many still to be chosen. Mary Jane Croft voices Cleo the basset hound on NBC’s The People’s Choice, unseen by the audience.
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Eisenhower
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Prosecutor Attacks Marland Commutation for Bates Case
Cabell County Prosecutor Russell L. Daugherty denounced Gov. Marland's commutation of James Bates Jr. from 20 years to five, calling it a miscarriage of justice. Bates, 39, Barboursville, convicted of rape, had served three years and is now eligible for parole after the governor cited extenuating circumstances. The prosecutor, unaware of the action, labeled Bates’ 1953 trial as sordid and noted heavy Barboursville resident urging to block Bates’ release.
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James Bates
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Sniper Slaying Baffles Officers in Niles Michigan
Police faced a dead end in the case of Mrs. Marion Davenjay, a Chicago secretary shot outside a club while waiting for friends. Coroner ruled the death a horicide as investigators reexamine scattered clues from the Sunday incident.
Soviet census count 100,200,060 amid party handbook release
Moscow reports Soviet population at 100,200,060 in the first government statistical handbook since the Stalin era. Pravda prints a review of the guidebook which shows the figure 13,090,000 below the latest Western estimates.
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Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Britain plans hydrogen bomb test next year
Prime Minister Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain will conduct a megaton range hydrogen bomb test next year. An MoS spokesman cautioned the wording could refer only to a hydroe nomib explosion, marking a potential first for Britain after US and Soviet tests.
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Prine
Eden
Ministry of Supply
Coal official rejects strike demand at Williams No 98 mine
President George S. Higganbothan of Consolidation Coal Co West Virginia said he rejected a demand by Unite Mine Workers locals to assign another man to the roof bolting machine at Williams No 98 mine in Harrison County.
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George S. Higganbothan
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Harrison County
Tornadic Storm Sweeps Midwest with Tornado Warnings
A severe storm front swept the Midwest with tornado warnings in Nebraska and Kansas. A tornado damaged Pleasonton and unconfirmed twisters were reported near Inman Kansas and nearby towns. Lincoln suffered widespread outages and hospital power loss. a flashlight-assisted appendectomy occurred at St Elizabeth's. Temperatures plunged from 69 in Russell to 48 in Aberdeen as storms sparked flooding along the Columbia River, prompting concerns over levee safety.
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Neutral Truce Ouster Debate In Korea
The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission offered to withdraw inspection teams from South Korea, while Communists pressed to attach conditions. The United Nations command reiterated the demand that truce terms keep forces out of South Korea. The Joint Military Armistice Commission met to discuss withdrawal dates for officers from Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, and Czechoslovakia stationed in three South Korean towns. Maj. Gen. Robert Gard said UN had discussed dates but set none. officials indicated no further reference to Allied governments was needed.
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Eisenhower Eyes Reciprocal Exchanges With Soviet Leaders
President Eisenhower signaled a willingness to reciprocate high level exchanges with the Soviet Union. He indicated future talks could extend to Zhukov and Bulganin, with possible reciprocal invitations to U.S. officials. He stressed the aim of balanced defense and visits arranged for both sides.
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Nikita Khruil
Alte Y Colet
Blatt
Nathan Weis
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Zhukov
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Jfense Muléler
Atyjolde
Bulganin to Eisenhower Letter Arrives via Dulles
Soviet premier Bulganin plans a new letter to President Eisenhower to be delivered through Secretary Dulles. Zaroubin arranged the contact, with the aim of continuing high level correspondence to keep a path to negotiation open amid disarmament talks and East West tensions.
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John Foster Dulles
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Best Dressed Women Named by California Fashion Group
The California Fashion Cres ealgryaa named actress Cyt Charisse and Jack Webbe of Dragnet as the best dressed women on Wednesday night. The awards highlighted Hollywood stars and entertainment figures for style and presence on the red carpet.
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