Mediation Board Opens Strike Talk in Rail Row
Washington Mazel 23 1 The National Railway Mediation Board convenes to urge settlement in the Lanaville and Nashville Railroad strike and affiliates over a health welfare plan. Management and union reps attend as discussions target pay, vacations, and other disputed terms affecting 25,000 non-operating workers. The walkout disrupts coal shipments to Great Lakes ports, constraining regional trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker Washington
Mazel
Lanaville & Nashville Rairoad
Hines
Francis 4. O'Neill
National Hailway Mediation Board
O'Neil
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Nance
Eisenhower
Great Lakes
Engineers Threaten Walkout Amid Louisville & Chelle Rail Strike
In Louisville March 23, railroad engineers threaten another strike as L N subsidiary lines face job removals for not crossing picket lines. General chairmen J N Falcher and others warn of immediate action if pressure to comply continues, amid mediation efforts and court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Louisville & Chelle Railquad
J. N. Falchér
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Sanderson
Grinchfield Railron
Erwin
Chncchfield
Hatcher
Washington
National Mediation Board
L. & Nes
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Clinchfield Railroad
Court of Appeals
Bray Glenart
Opers Fillan
Tenia
Robert E. Hoge
UN Tna
de Pireden
Spring Weather Kills 28 Persons in Tennessee
Across Tennessee and the Midwest a violent spring storm left at least 28 dead and caused widespread damage. Red Cross set up six disaster field headquarters in middle Tennessee as evacuated towns reported extensive losses and flooded rivers rose higher. Three families drowned in a collapsing dam and drainage ditch, while others perished amid floods and wrecked infrastructure. Travel slowed, power disrupted, and emergency crews battled floodwaters across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Red Cross
Middle Tennessee
City Runia
Middlethurn
Ildred Henderson
Peggy
J Gilbert Henderson
Walter
Howell Crocker Jr
Sandra Jane Burch
Cumberland
Cefterville
McMinagile
Associated Press
Seaboard
Ohio
Midwest
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
National Board of Fire
Okjlahoma
Texas
Souther
Ilinois
Euded
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Princeton
Laborites Postpone Bevan Decision Amid Promised Conduct
London March 2 The British Labour Party National Executive Committee postponed expulsion of Aneurin Bevan pending his pledge to be "a good boy." An eight member subcommittee will interview the 57 year old former miner and report back next Wednesday. Bevan was removed last week for party disobedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
British Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Tormer
Labor Party
Rogan Adjourns Criminal Court in Blountville
Judge Thomas H. Rogan adjourned the March term of Criminal Court after all today’s cases stalled. Willard Hartoy’s retrial for age of consent was postponed to the next term. Bristol defendants Barkers and Widner face transfer to Virginia on serious charges, while Endress received suspended sentences on embezzlement-related counts. A felonious assault conviction against Fred Tinsley and related fines noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Sullivan County
Virginia
Ruby
Elizabeth Endress
Rogan
Traffic Light System Demo for Center Street Approved
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen authorized bids for a four intersection traffic light system on Center Street with plans by Kingsport Utilities Inc. A mix of city and private work is possible later, with pedestrian signals not yet included. Overhead lights will stay at several intersections, and underground conduits will connect signals from Rhinehield Street to East Sullivan Street. The project costs about 21,600 dollars, with widening costs funded by the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Barnett
Center Street
Clarence Bryan
Kingsport Utilities Inc
Bryan
Shelby
Broad
Commerce
Cherokee
Clay
Clinchfield Street
Revere Street
Cumberland
Island Street
East Center
East Sullivan
Wesler Street
Rhinehfield Street
Broad Street
State Highway Department
jProperty
D. Fred Johnson & Co
Center and
Yellow Cab Go
Market Street
Theew
Gilliam Cabs
W. E. Counts
F. R. Harker
Gilliam
Brooks Circle
O'Dell Hammonds
West View
Jagr
Silver Dog Fight Neighbors Rally For Defendant In Court
In Law Court Alfred Dolen sues P. O. Matney for 1500 dollars claiming his collie Silver bit him on January 20. Neighbors a boy and a vet testified the dog had vicious propensities, while Matney and his attorney argued no negligence and cited Oliver Goldsmith’s Elegy. The judge delayed ruling as lawyers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Williams
Law Court
Alfred K. Dolen
P. O. Matney
Central
Dolen
Malney
Dylan
Liam
Todd
Matney
Oliver Goldsmith
Audge Shelburne Ferguson
Che Henly
Carnival Injuries Cost Legion and Family in Damages
A carnival ride injury suit awarded Larkin $2,196.15 after the accident involving Hammond Fost No 2 of the American Legion. A separate jury weighed five companion suits from an August 3 1954 crash in which a 5 year old was struck by a car. Woodrow Wilson Talbert Jr. seeks $25,000 for personal injuries and Talbert Sr. seeks $2,750 for loss of services and medical bills.
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Law Court
Larkin
Lanmages
Woodrow Wilson Tathert Jr
Wilbur L. Daly
Dariver
Woodrow Wilson Talbert Sr
Doty
Rte
Eisenhower hints at exploratory talks after Paris accords
President Eisenhower said a high level conference could come later after Paris accords are ratified. He warned against obtrusive propaganda and stressed willingness to travel for peace while seeking assurances that the Russians mean business and avoiding talks that could mislead public.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Chers
Aid
Gome
Sen. George
Dga
George
Paris
Germany
Pacis
Doctor Awaits Arraignment In Family Slaying
Doctor Ben T. Galbraith, 34, former Pittsburg County Medical Society president, confessed to killing his wife and three children in their fire-swept home last Thursday. He was transferred from Henderson, Tenn., to McAlester to face a murder charge and awaited arraignment. He reportedly asked to die quickly and privately.
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McAlester Okraim
Ben T. Galbraith
Pittsburg County Medical, Society
Pittsburg County
James 7
Whyte
Galbraith
Henderson
Tenn
Bells
McAlester
Norman
Whyle
Hawkins Ouster Suit Set For May Hearing
Hawkins County Highway Commissioner Elmo Allen faces an ouster suit with a tentative May 30 hearing in Chancery Court. The case arose after a grand jury recommended investigation and accuses Allen of omitting a county budget submission and misusing funds among several unspecified charges. Rogersville report notes the court is in session and witnesses must be assembled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins County
Elmo Allen
Chancery Court
Tor Allen
Maratoon
Rogersville
Life term handed to man in fox slaying case
A Virginia man, Robert Bailey, 34, pleaded guilty in Bell Circuit Court to the lovers’ Jane Slaying of Ronald Lee Fox and received a life prison term. Fox, a Benham, Virginia resident, was found with six bullet wounds last October. Police traced Bailey from Miamisburg, Ohio, after a car theft tied to Fox and a prior life sentence for earlier robbery. Overton and Bailey had escaped from Pineville jail in October.
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Middlesboro
Jane
Ronald Lee Fox
Robert Bailey
Gibson Station
Bell Circuit Court
Fox
Benham
Bell County Authority
Miamishung
Ohio
Bailey
Charles Overton
Pineville
Hell County
Miamisburg
Dailey
Iover
Fix
Overton
Savannah
Ald
Man Given 30 Years For Strikers Fined In Mother In Law Case
CLINTWOOD March 22 Willam Freeman 43 of St Paul was sentenced to 30 years by Circuit Judge Frank Smith after pleading guilty to rape of his mother in law at her home two months ago. Freeman claimed he was drunk and sought his wife who had left him. He faces potential additional charges in Wise County. Other cases included sentences for Larceny and a three year term for copper wire theft from Caney area coal property. A Nashville judge fined four union officials 59 each for not crossing picket lines and dissolved the injunction against the unions for not obeying temporary orders amid a strike. The railroads involved include the Nashville, Clarksville and St Louis line and Clinchfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Wise County
Dickenson County
Freenman
Richmond
Jamtn
Doe Jessee
Tram Iwel Wes
Dersee
Polly
Tantity
Walter Mann
Near St. Paul
Mant
Jessee
I Carson Hamilton
Clint Wood
Rt. 3
Kermit Hamilton
Carson
el Adams
Chatwood
Ciinehfield Coal Corporation
Lick Fork
Nelson Adanix
Wit Hiss
Idl Beste
Caney) Boyd
Clief
Tor Clinchfield
Wine County
Nashville
Maren
Chancalio
Thomas A. Shriver
Chattangoya
St. Louis
Doark
Win
Louteyiffe and
Nashville ‘Railroad
Clinchfield Rtailroad
Bwek Sen
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Mediation Board
Laborites
Bevan
Criminal Court
Tupelo
Mis
Charles F. Barrett
House Democriats
Senate House Conference Committee
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Senate
Hisen-ibower
House Democrats
Senate Tmrestbers
Conference Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Silver
Deleon
Legion
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Hisentiow
Pax Silion
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