United Nations postpones Security Council debate on Algeria
A range of brief items from around the world includes a UN note postponing the Security Council debate on Algeria, Italian police arresting alleged narcotics traffickers with links to the United States, and unrest in Guatemala with several killed and many injured as a state of siege is proclaimed. Additional items cover cost of living rising to record levels, Senate Democrats backing a major Air Force budget increase, and regional incidents from the United States and Europe.
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Rome
United States
Grafton unit prepares for Fort Knox training with new M 47 tank
Grafton’s Co C 739th Tank Battalion hosts a Thursday armory meeting at 14 West Main Street. The unit received a new 108 mm M 47 medium tank from Fort Knox. State highway officials allowed movement from a siding over highway 60 to the armory. The gathering planned the two weeks of active duty training at Fort Knox with Captain Wilson BE Thomas and Lt. Charles R. Warder coordinating the prep. Blood donors were called for a patient at Grafton City Hospital as four unit members volunteered.
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Clarksburg
Ist
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Ihe
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Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Obscenity law first prosecutes interstate transport case
Huntington James Curtis Lowe 47 of Ashland Kentucky was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison for interstate transportation of obscene motion pictures. He pleaded guilty after FBI arrest at Keno on January 11 crossing the state line. The case marks the first use of the 1955 law covering any means of transport for sale or distribution.
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Huntington
James Curtis Lowe
Ashland
Lowe
FBI
Kenova
Kentucky
Meisel fights ruling over G O P committee seats
Attorney Carl Davis urged the West Virginia Supreme Court to order certification of Meisel as one of two Republican district committee men from the 14th District covering Marion and Monongalia. He argues the 1931 statute only requires four members per district with no single county constraint, contests attorney general limits that favor the top male vote getter from Fairmont and third place male from Morgantown.
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Meisel
Marion
Monongalia
Davis
Supreme Court
D. Pitt O'Brien
A.L. Thomas
Fairmont
H. William Largent
Morgantown
Thomas
Monongalia County
Boy of Four Fights Leukemia Then Dies in Ohio
Craig Giannamore of Steubenville Ohio died at University hospital after a bid for a cure at Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in France. He was admitted June 20 as his condition worsened and had undergone weekly hospital treatments. His parents Eugene and Mrs Giannamore recalled hopeful days after the Lourdes bathing and services. They have another child, Cynthia.
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Columbus
Ohio
Craig Giannamore
Steubenville
France
University Hospital
Eugene Giannamore
Craig
Lourdes
Bernadette Soubirous
Giannamores
Cynthia
TV Costs Faith Of Youth Says Adventist Aide
Arthur J. Pateer of the Columbus Union Conference told West Virginia Adventists at their 58th annual Bible conference that television tempts youths away from Bible faith. He warned that easy living corrupts values and that the church and home must partner in proper child training.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Seventh - Day Adventist Church
Arthur J. Pateer
Columbiaaa Union Conference of “Adventists
Potter
Steel wage talks near possible compromise offer
Day long session and overnight bargaining between United Steelworkers and the Big Three continued amid growing belief a compromise contract for 460000 workers may emerge. Industry sources say a three year deal could avert a strike with mills potentially shutting if no agreement by the deadline.
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United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
FBI Broadeas Hunt For Killer In Warren Ohio
The FBI widened a nationwide manhunt for a burly truck driver who killed three women after his common law wife left him. Trumbull County commissioners offered 1000 dollars for Wilson's capture, plus 100 from a VFW post. The sheriff warned the suspect may have fled to Kentucky or West Virginia or could be hiding in a farm home with hostages, urging farmers to check neighbors.
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Ohio
FBI
Trumbull County
Wilson
Warren Vfw
Kentucky
West Virginia
Washington highway boost vote grants record 332.9B
The House approved a record 332.9 billion highway funding plan funded by user taxes. The measure advances to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Local Weather Report From Grafton And Wheeling
The 24 hour high in Grafton ended yesterday at 5 p m reached 85 and the low 60. In Wheeling rainfall Sunday evening totaled 1 43 inches as recorded by the Blueville Weather Station. At 11 this morning the temperature in Wheeling taverns stood at 83 degrees as authorities report illegal possession of whisky.
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Grafton
Wheeling
G. Burton Crow
Blueville
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King Dies at 87 in Navy Death
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King died Monday at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Washington National Cathedral with burial at Annapolis Naval Academy Cemetery. His body to be moved to Bethesda for in state viewing before interment in Annapolis.
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Fleet
Ernest J. King
Annapelia
Diplomatic Corps
U. S. Navy
Navy
Bethesda
National Cathedral
King
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Capitol
Annapolis
Britain Cuts Defense Fund Amid Trade Mission Alarm
Britain announced a 141 million cut in defense spending on the eve of a crucial Commonwealth prime ministers meeting. Observers said the move could influence the talks while the Foreign Office announced a Soviet trade mission would soon engage with Britain on a 2.4 billion ruble trade offer from a April visit by Russian traders.
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Foreign Office
Britain
Dixie Unity Plan Drive Draws Mixed Reactions
Southern governors in Atlantic City reacted with dissent and guarded approval to a South Carolina unity plan before the Democratic national convention. The cautious mood suggested a risk of a third party if the South objects to the platform or presidential nominee.
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Dixie Unity Plan Drive
Atlantic City
N. J
South Carolina
World War II Triumvirate Reduced To One
With the death of Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King in the United States, General of the Army George C. Marshall becomes the sole surviving member of the WWII military triumvirate that directed U S forces. Air Force Gen Henry H Arnold died in January 1950 leaving Marshall as the last surviving figure.
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Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
George C. Marshall
U. S
Air Force
Henry H. Arnold
State Patrol adopts two tone blue and gold cars
After one year of operation State Police officials say two tone blue and gold patrol cars have a positive psychological effect on drivers. Supt R W Boyles notes no measuring stick exists for accidents but believes the change aids voluntary compliance and safety. About half of the 150 car fleet were converted last summer after prior success on the state turnpike.
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Charleston
Supt
R. W. Boyles
Boyles
Safer Mining Roofs Sought in West Virginia
Charleston hosts a conference on reducing roof fall accidents in coal mines. About 35 representatives from the mining industry the United Mine Workers union the Mines Department and the US Bureau of Mines attend. State Mines Chief Julius Olzer notes over 60 percent of West Virginia mine fatalities are roof falls and calls the meeting an organizational start for a southern West Virginia roof fall safety campaign.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Mines Department
United Mine Workers Union
The
Mines Department
US Bureau of Mines State Mines
Julius Olzer
Wes Virginia
Governors Rally for Eisenhower Nomination at Conference
Republican governors meeting in Atlantic City praised President Eisenhower’s leadership and urged his renomination and reelection. The resolution, circulated by Gov. Fred Hall of Kansas, had 19 signatures from governors, with Willett Stratton of Illinois and George Craig of Indiana yet to sign due to contact and travel. it lauded his leadership during troubled times and urged unity for a peaceful, prosperous future amid the illness in hospital. Southern governors weighed a unity plan ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
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N. J
Eisenhower
Fred Hall
Kansas
Hall
Willett Stratton
Ilinois
George Craig
Indiana
Stratton
Craig
Dwight Eisenhower
Ini
South Carolina
Weird Weather Mix Hits Southwest and Minnesota Tornado
The United Press reports a strange weather episode with torrential rains and dust in the drought parched Southwest as a cold front brings heat near 100 degrees for two weeks. Winds reach 55 mph, up to two inches of rain fall, and a tornado occurs north of Ivanhoe Minnesota with no injuries. Cooler air moves into the lower Great Lakes pushing into Pennsylvania and New England with temperatures dropping 10 to 16 degrees.
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United Press
Drouth
Ivanhoe
Minn
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New England
Russia Moves To Postpone Algeria Debate At UN
The United Nations Security Council moved to indefinitely postpone consideration of the France Algerian dispute on a point of order raised by Soviet Ambassador Arkady Sobolev. Iran's Djalal Obdoh, speaking for Arab nations, said he would not oppose the postponement.
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Russia
United Nations Security Council
Arkady
A. Sobolev
France
Djalal Obdoh
Iran
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