Coal Mine Fire In West Virginia Contained After Slated Collapse
A slate fall ignited coal at Holden 22 mine eight miles from a southern West Virginia city trapping workers. Rescue crews battled fire and 14 inch ventilation cuts as 35 miners were inside and 75 to 100 onlookers kept vigil in 10 degree air. Two men crawled 2240 feet to safety. officials believe trapped men sealed themselves behind canvas barriers.
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West Virginia
Johnson
William K. Donaldson
Willis Carter
Kyle Blair
Carter
James
Blair
Holden
Udell Mays
Oregon Senator R. Neuberger Dies After Illness
Oregon solon R. Neuberger, age unspecified, dies after August 1958 operation and brief recovery in March 1959. He announced a bid for a second Senate term despite his illness. Governor Hatfield led tributes in Eugene as Neuberger’s Senate tenure followed a 1954 landmark election for the Democrats.
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Mark Hatfield
Eugene
Christian Businessmen's Association
Neuberger
Oregon
Eisenhower
Pearson
Powell
Tammany Democrats
Averell Harriman
British Official Guest Speaker At Civic Club
The information officer from the New Orleans British Consul General will address the Monroe Rotary Club at Thursday noon. R. C. Turner of Eltham Kent England will discuss Britain Faces the 60s with a focus on British foreign policy and Anglo American relations. He will also address Northeast State College social sciences club Thursday night. Turner studied at Greenwich and Peterhouse Cambridge, served as a World War II cadet pilot, first visited the U.S. in 1945, and joined British Information Services in 1957 after working for the London Star.
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New Orleans
Monroe
Peterhouse
England
Cambridge University
United States
British Information Services
London “Star
Solons Hold Filibuster Standoff Over Civil Rights Debate
Senate leaders clash over cloture as Everett Dirksen and John Johnson oppose ending debate. Kennedy Symington Humphrey back petition to end talk with Republicans also signing. Nixon stays hands off as GOP signs on for late week action amid 18 Southern filibusterers.
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LLD
Johnson
Senate
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ii
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Ilinois
Dirksen
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Thomas H. Kucher
California
GOP
Sens
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Jacob K. Javits
Monroe City election filing opens with list of candidates
Filing starts in Monroe City with J. H. Scogin Harry Greenwood Frank Breese and W. E. Whetstone plus incumbents Tom H. Scott Grayson Guthrie Jr and Billy Gannaway. Candidates must file by March 18 at 5 p m with committee chair Harry Strong at City Hall tax collector's office. The committee will reconvene March 19 to qualify those who filed. Qualifying fees are 100 dollars for City Hall and 10 dollars for the board and committee.
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Harry Greenwood
Frank Breese
W. E. Whetstone
Tom H. Scott
Grayson Guthrie Jr
Billy Gannaway
City Hall
Harry Strong
Williams Calls for Senate Inquiry Into Powell Allegations
Sen. Johny J. Williams urges a Senate investigation into Drew Pearson charges that Rep. Adam Clayton Powell received 50 000 to 100 000 for switching support and possible efforts to fix a 1952 tax case. Powell denies wrongdoing while his 1958 tax case proceeds in New York.
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Del
Senate
Rep
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Williams
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Congressional
Pearson
New York
Adam Powell
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
House
Congress
Police Jury Seems To Defer Cooley Closing Action
The Police Jury deferred action on the Cooley closing case after the owner P Rabin of Union Parish was arrested for operating after hours. The body also discussed a legislative act to open hunting seasons from November 1 to January 1 and to shift turkey season timing, while tabling a resolution on dates for the Police Jury convention. Other actions included road and maintenance bids, raising Route 3033 level near Cheniere Lake, accepting state aid for gravel, and paving projects for Lakeshore streets and a detention home drive.
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Avoyelles
Marion Roy
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
East Carroll
Cheniere Lake
Louisiana Asphalt Corp
Lakeshore
Guy St
Beasley
Swartz Road
Camellia
Lula
Guy
Hinke
Actor Aldo Ray Wins License To Wed British Actress Johanna Bennett
Aldo Ray and Johanna Bennett obtained a marriage license in Martinez California on Tuesday. Ray age 33 has prior marriages. Miss Bennett age 21 next Saturday has no previous marriage. Daughter of Maj. Gen. Roland Bennett once honorary surgeon to Queen Elizabeth II, her father initially opposed the union but now grants permission.
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Aldo Ray
Johanna Bennett
London
Ray
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She
Maj
Roland Bennett
Bennett
United States
Mathieson mill talk sparks campus literary plans
Members of the Writers' Club and Sigma Tau Delta will meet at 4 p.m. today in the college library on the Northeast campus. Ellen Brown, president, says the gathering plans the forthcoming issue of the literary magazine The Profile.
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Writers’ Club
Sigma Tau Delta
Ellen Brown
United States vacates Ben Slimane Air Base in Morocco
Moroccan sources report on Tuesday that the United States completed the vacating of its Ben Slimane Air Force base, turning it over to the Moroccan army as pledged by President Eisenhower during his visit.
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Rabat
Morocco
UPI
United States
Ben Slimane
Eisenhower
Kennedy Wins New Hampshire Primary In Easy Sweep
Kennedy secured a clear victory with 5 682 votes across 231 precincts aided by full family campaigning. Nixon skipped New Hampshire while Powell and top Republicans led the effort against him. A heated exchange of charges spurred voter interest as Kennedy moved toward Wisconsin to face Humphrey in a pivotal race.
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New Hampshire
Gov
Wesley Powell
Powell
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Ike Receives Khrush Message in White House
President Eisenhower has received a personal message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivered to the White House by Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov. The contents and nature of the note were not disclosed.
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Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Mikhail Menshikov
Cuba Rebuffs U S Reply On Havana Ship Blast
Cuba rejected as insulting a U S condemnation of Fidel Castro over claims U S officials were responsible for the Havana harbor munitions ship explosion. Raul Roa accused Herter of baseless remarks and urged U S respect for Cuba’s sovereignty in a hostile exchange with U S charge d affaires Braddock.
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Cuba
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Fidel Castro
Castro
Raul Roa
Herter
Roa
Daniel M. Braddock
Enrique Patterson
Four Americans Dead in Agadir Earthquake Rise
The death toll of Americans in the Agadir quake climbs to four with the death of Norene Bauer, 16, of Placentia California. Her mother died March 2, and her father and she were rescued from the Bella Vista Apartments wreckage. Bauer was an executive with Login International Corp. in San Francisco.
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Morocco
Agadir
Norene Bauer
Placentia
Calif
Werner Bauer
Bella Vista Apartments
Bauer
U. S. Naval Hospital
Port Lyautey
Login International Corp
San Francisco
Login
Andrew Kalpakoff
George Christo
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