President furious over steel hike shocks Kennedy
President Kennedy erupted over a six dollar per ton steel price increase by U S Steel Corp six days after a new labor pact. Justice Department and Senate investigators opened price fixing inquiries as markets and administration warned of inflationary risk. Leslie Worthington defended the move as necessary to catch up with rising costs.
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U. S. Steel Corp
Justice Department
Senate
Kennedy
U.S. Steel
Leslie Worthington
U.S. Steel price rise sparks antitrust scrutiny
U.S. Steel boosted basic steel prices by 2 percent on 15,000 shares, triggering government scrutiny. Attorney General Kennedy said the Justice Department would review pricing practices, and Senator Kefauver ordered an antitrust inquiry to assess competition if other firms follow suit.
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U.S. Steel
Republic
Increase in steel price shocks Congress leaders
Democratic leaders in Congress voiced dismay at U S Steels announced six dollar per ton price increase. Senate Democratic Whip Hubert humphrey called it possibly harming efforts to curb inflation and urged cooperation with the administration. Senator Estes Kefauver ordered an immediate antitrust inquiry, calling the move shocking and irresponsible. Republican leaders declined comment pending study of developments. House Democratic Leader Carl Albert labeled the rise unfortunate and apologized for the news.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
U.S
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Everett Dirksen
Charles Halleck
Ind
John W. McCormack
House
Carl Albert
Okla
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust
John Sher
Auto Prices To Be Affected By Next Fall
Detroit reports a $6 per ton steel hike from U S Steel that could raise 1963 model car prices by about $50 while 1962 models stay unchanged. Industry executives call the rise unwarranted, but stockpiles and annual price practices likely blunt near term effects. average car steel use sits around one to two tons per vehicle.
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Robert Irvin
UPI
Detroit
U.S. Steel Corp
Five Day Weather Forecast With Cloudy Cool Notes
Cloudy and cool forecast with occasional rain and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures near normal to three degrees below the normal high of 68 in the south and 62 in the north, with highs in the 50s and lows in the 40s. Cool Thursday through Saturday, warmer by Sunday and Monday. Rain expected Thursday and Friday and again Monday for about one inch total. Beckley: high 62, low 42. Oak Hill: high 65, low 43. River gauge at Hinton 4.7 ft. New York reports UPI. Temperature extremes across the nation include 9 degrees at International Falls and 101 degrees at McAllen.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
HI LO
New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
International Falls
Minn
McAllen
Tex
Stahr vows U S aid to free nations resisting communism
UPI by Korea dispatch Elvis J Stahr Jr secretary of the army told officers and men in Seoul the United States will provide large scale military assistance to free world nations facing direct or indirect communist aggression such as South Vietnam He warned against nibbling at the edges of the free world and said the defense policy must draw a clear line to halt expan sion of communism with necessary force
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
U. S. Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
United States
Free World
South Viet Nam
Stahr
Republic of Korea
Weissmuller divorce settlement and world news roundup
Johnny Weissmuller and wife Allen Gates Weissmuller agreed on weekly support of 25 dollars and a 74.33 dollar utility bill. Red Star accuses US of preparing for war over nuclear tests, while a Spanish DC3 crashes near Jerez de la Frontera killing all 10. Ulbricht suffers a stroke and is treated in Czechoslovakia. European Secret Army Organization battles the Moslem National Liberation Army near Algiers, with heavy casualties. Kennedy proclaims May 13 to 19 Police Week to honor law enforcement. Shah Pahlevi and Queen Farah arrive in Washington for a state visit. Smee and Castro seek release of 1,179 Bay of Pigs prisoners for 62 million ransom. Seven touring governors visit Nagoya, Japan. Ten electronic component firms and nine people fined 134000 dollars in Dayton for price fixing with the armed forces. Ford abandons Cardinal US production as Americans favor larger cars. foreign car sales drop. Two year-old Carol Ventimiglia suffers only bruises in Tuesday incident.
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Hollywood
Johnny Weissmuller
Allen Gates Weissmuller
Jerez de la Frontera
Spain
Walter Ulbricht
Czechoslovakia
Stocksholm
Secret Army Organization
National Liberation Army
Algiers
Kennedy
Honoor
America
Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlevi
Iran
Farah
Washington
Oe Erewers
Smee
Fidel Castro
Havana
West Virginia
W.W. W. Barron
Nagoya
Japan
Dayton
Ohio
Ford Motor Co
United States
Carol Ventimiglia
It's more fun to remodel an old house than to build anew
An editorial snippet touts the appeal of renovating existing homes over new construction, arguing that remodeling offers enjoyable projects without costing more than twice the price of new builds. It frames renovation as a practical, satisfying alternative for homeowners.
April 30 May 1 Date Likely For U S Bomb Test
UPI reports indications the first atmospheric U S nuclear blast in the new test series could occur April 30 or May 1. An official said the date remained uncertain but likely within those two days. Khrushchev is given 20 days to agree to an inspected ban to halt the U S tests. Officials see little real hope Russia will accept a cheat-proof treaty. Secretary Rusk, at Geneva, believes Russia plans another atmospheric program regardless.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Russia
Dean Rusk
Eight Cezanne Paintings Recovered In France
In Marseille and Aix-en-Provence police recovered eight Cezanne paintings worth about 2 million dollars that were stolen last year from a hall near this city. The Card Players alone is valued at about 1 million. The works had been removed from frames and hidden in an abandoned car. No arrests have been made in what is described as one of the era’s largest art thefts.
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Marseilles
France
UPI
Cezanne
Teday
Aix-En-Provence
Sydney Simon
New York
St. Louis
St. Louis, Mo
Crash Program To Stop Highway Fatalities Urged
West Virginia health director N H Dyer urged a three point crash program to cut 106 highway deaths this year, stressing driver mental and physical fitness and tighter licensing. He cited AMA guidance on medical factors and called for stricter enforcement and driver re examination with restrictions for medical impairments. He noted existing safety education and laws are insufficient as accidents rank high as a death cause.
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Charleston
UPI
N. H. Dyer
West Virginia
Dyer
American Medical Association
Five Days Left for West Virginia Income Tax Returns
West Virginia faces a five day deadline as the Tax Department reports about 250,000 of an estimated 530,000 individual returns filed. Director Clifford Lantz notes ongoing late filings and field staff ready to assist. With $16.2 million withheld this year, refunds are expected to total between $1.5 and $2 million.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPID
West Virginia
State Tax Department
Clifford G. Lantz
Lantz
Supreme Court
Teachers Strike in New York Shuts One School in Riots
Thousands of students sent home as the city’s teachers strike for higher pay. At Seward High 2,300 students rioted after classes began. six officers called in as a non-striking staff tried to maintain order. Across 840 schools attendance was restricted and choirs of picketing teachers stood outside while some classes remained orderly.
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New York
UPI
Board of Education
Five Boroughs
United Federation of Teachers
Seward High School
Evanders Childs High School
Bayside High School
NCA Backs Tax Writeoff to Spur Plant Modernization
The National Coal Association endorsed President Kennedy's plan for a 1.5 billion investment tax credit to modernize plants. Association lawyer Richard L. Hirshberg told the Senate Finance Committee that the credit would motivate replacement of obsolete equipment, with coal, oil, and mining industries benefiting most and no adverse effect on depletion allowances.
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Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
Kennedy
Richard L. Hirshberg
Senate Finance Committee
Retirement Pay Exempt From State Income Tax
West Virginia Tax Division said residents may subtract retirement benefits from state tax returns for federal benefits. Director Clifford G. Lantz noted that teachers retirement system sums are not taxable for personal use and are exempt under 1941 statute, not repealed by 1961 income tax.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Lantz
Pinball Fee Hike Urged in Weirton City Council
Weirton officials discussed raising the city license on multi coin pinball machines to five thousand dollars. The proposal by Peter Sokkolowski was tabled pending legal review of the move.
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Weirton
UPI
Peter Sokkolowski
Ex-Convict Confesses Bank Theft
Ex-convict Mike Samuel, 37, admitted to robbing the Tyler County bank of 4 131 dollars, nearly all recovered. He was captured at West Union at 8 a.m. after police found him in bed. two helicopters and many officers joined the manhunt. The weapon described may have been a toy. no weapon was found.
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Middlebourne
UPI
Mike Samuel
Tyler County
Smith
West Union
C. S. Neely
Moundsville Penitentiary
FBI
State Conservation
Neely
West Virginia
Poca Valley
Walton
Roane County
George Hudson
Janice Ferrell
Negro family seeks exit to Soviet Union over Jim Crow
William Clark, a 44 year old Negro laborer from Newark, plans to join his daughter in Moscow after sending his 14 year old to Russia last year. He and his wife Carrie intend to renounce U.S. citizenship and move with their five younger sons to the Soviet Union, citing racial injustice. He awaits a birth certificate from Georgia to obtain a passport and depart.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
William Clark
Russia
Kennedy
Clark
Carrie
U.S
Moscow
Huldah
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Fof Brinson
Georgia
News Blackout on U S Orbital Shots
Washington reports a Defense Department order restricting release of information on reconnaissance and other military spacecraft in orbit. The secret policy bars advance notices and press coverage of space launches at Cape Canaveral, Point Arguello, and Vandenberg AFB, forbids use of craft names, and limits data about military payloads to UN agencies only.
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Charles W. Cord Dry Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Point Arguello
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Discoverer
Midas
Samos
United Nations
Air Force
Kremlin
Russia
America
Hassle Over Oil Firm Tax Status Explained
State Attorney General clarifies that co-owners of oil and gas firms are not always tenants in common for gross sales tax. The Allegheny Land and Mineral Co. argued co-owners should be taxed separately to claim the $5,000 risk exemption. The opinion responds to the Tax Commissioner’s query on the firm’s assessment.
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Charleston
UPI
State Attorney General’s Office
State Tax Department
C. Howard Hardesty
Allegheny Land and Mineral Co
Allegheny Land and
Keefeauver cites steel price rise rivaling competition
United Press International reports Sen Estes Kefauver expressing concern over a $6 per ton price increase by U S Steel Corp to gauge real competition in the steel industry. William Clark plans to move his family to Russia to escape segregation and cites hostility at home. Red Star accuses the United States of preparing for war, just as Iran's Shah Reza Pahlavi meets President Kennedy and hopes for stronger U S Iran ties.
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William J. Eaton
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U. S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
U.S. Pat
United Press International
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlevi
Iran
United States
U S 19 Relocation Awarded Tennessee Firm
The U S Army Corps of Engineers district office said it accepted Foster & Creighton Co of Nashville Tenn bid of 3.5 million for relocating U S 19 at Summersville Reservoir in Nicholas County West Virginia The contract covers about 4 3 miles of highway and a steel truss bridge about 1400 feet long with reinforced concrete piers abutments and deck 78 bids were solicited and received last March 29.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPD
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Foster & Creighton ‘Co
Nashville
WV Turnpike collects $838,070 in Q1 tolls
West Virginia Turnpike tolls for the first three months rose to $838,070, up from $775,612 a year earlier. The commission reported 408,479 vehicles used the toll road in the first quarter, with 384,985 vehicles on the Charleston to Princeton stretch in 1961.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Charleston-to-Princeton
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