Soft coal miners strike shuts five states
About 40 000 soft coal miners in Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Illinois walked off the job in a wage dispute, cutting coal supplies to major steel producers and utilities. About 60 000 miners from non BC OA members remained at work. Anthracite mines continued operating. Negotiations between UMW and BCOA were ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPS
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
Greensboro
BCOA
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Thousands Refuse To Work In West Virginia Coal Fields
United Press International reports thousands of West Virginia coal miners refused to work to pressure the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers Union toward a overdue contract. In the Northern Panhandle and areas as far south as Fairmont and Clarksburg, soft coal miners did not enter 8 a.m. shifts while southern counties kept mining. The walkout affects over 40,000 miners regionally, with about 2,500 striking in the Fairmont area and over 1,300 in Morgantown's Christopher Coal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BCOA
United Mine Workers Union
United Press International
West Virginia
Bituminous
Panhandle
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Logan
Kanawha
Green
Brier
Larkin Philpott
District 29
Philpott
George Titler
UMW
Titler
Beckley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
Northern
Brooke
Marshall
Wetzel
Mountaineer Coal Co
Grand Town
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Clinchfield Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
Morgantown
Monongalia County
Christopher Coal Co
Arkwright
Osage
Humphrey
Pursgrove
Buddhists Press U S Support Of Ky In Vietnam Crisis
UPI reports Buddhist leaders in Saigon threaten to topple Premier Ky and end military rule while denouncing American support for his government. Ky moves loyal troops into Saigon as Buddhists press for an elected national assembly and withdrawal of U S backing.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
United States
Washington
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
7Th Division
Ngo Dinh Diem
da Nang
People's Struggle Force
Vien Hao Dao
Questions and Answers From The Ring Register Column
The Ring Register provides brief Q A style items on local inquiries. Topics include grave coin customs Social Security eligibility welding courses public library copies of The Torch Is Passed and Buckpasser’s race status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Associated Press
Cancer Tests Are Succesful in New Treatment
Dr. Paul Wolf of Wayne State University reports initial cancer trials using a protein injection that activates body defenses show promise across breast, skin, liver, prostate, and lung cancers. In 20 patients, 10 died, 2 of whom are cured, with the remainder improving or ongoing therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
APS
Paul Wolf
Wolf
Wayne State University
Detroit Institute of Cancer Research
Beckley Area Weather Forecast With Showers Possible
Increasing cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with showers and a few thunderstorms possible. High around 55, low near 39. Tuesday cloudy and mild with more showers, near 60. Airport reports show 40 high in past 24 hours, 26 low. River conditions steady. Greenbrier and Lake normal and clear. New gauge at Hinton reads 1.9 ft. Today’s extremes list a high of 96 at Presidio Texas and a low of 10 at Marquette County Airport Michigan.
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Beckley
Hinton
Presidio
Texas
Marquette County
Mich
191 Communists Reported Dead after Camp Defense
U S Green Berets and Vietnamese troops repelled a Viet Cong assault 50 miles west of Saigon, claiming 191 enemy killed in the heaviest Communist defeat this month. Air raids later killed 198 more, but bomb shortages slowed operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
da Nang
U.S
Navy Presses Plane Search Near Guadaloupe Island
The U.S. Navy continues a search for an anti submarine patrol plane with 11 aboard after a crash off Guadaloupe Island 185 miles south of San Diego. The P3 Orion from Moffett Field was on a military exercise with USS Bashaw when the crash occurred. Navy and Coast Guard aircraft joined the hunt as the destroyer US K Swenson also joined the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
UPI
U.S. Navy
Guadaloupe Island
Here
Navy
Moffett Field
San Francisco
Bashaw
Coast Guard
US. K.swenson
CAB blames pilot judgment for fatal West Virginia crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board says poor pilot judgment caused a private plane crash near Littleton West Virginia on June 7. The lone victim was Robert W Briggs of Aurora Colorado. Evelyn Waugh, aged 63, the celebrated British novelist, is mourned by the literary world for his satirical works on aristocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Littleton
W. Va
Robert W. Briggs
Aurora
Colo
Evelyn Waugh
Ireland marks Easter Rebellion garden opening ceremony
Ireland honors 1916 Easter Rebellion heroes as a garden of remembrance opens with President de Valera presiding. Separately, 8 year old Phyllis Cooper was killed by a car driven by 66 year old Samuel West in Upper Darby. Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti deny marriage rumors amid a Paris chase. Indonesia’s Sukarno orders recognition of Singapore by new foreign minister Adam Malik.
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Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Phyliss Cooper
Samuel West
Upper Darby
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Paris
Ponti
Sukarno
Adam Malik
Republic of Singapore
Radio
Jakarta
Beira Becomes Oil Clash Port In Rhodesia Embargo
Greek tanker Ionna V defied a British embargo and docked at Beira, Portugal, linked by pipeline to Rhodesia. A sister tanker Manuela was intercepted 150 southeast of Beira by an armed British boarding party and ordered away, with British jets tailing it toward Durban. The UN backed forceful action to stop oil to Rhodesia.
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Beira
Mozambique
UPI
Rhodesia
Pier Seven
United Nations
Manuela
Durban
South Africa
U.N. Security Council
New York
Seven Killed Over Weekend in West Virginia Traffic
Easter weekend traffic mis haps claimed at least seven lives in West Virginia with an eighth death in a Northern Panhandle logging accident. Sunday deaths included four road victims in crashes near Jane Lew Princeton and Beckley. Also killed were a Cameron logging worker and several other weekend crashes across the state, with names and ages of victims including Kester M. Smith 49 Eddie W. Johnson becky Hubert Sias 41 Judy Fern 27 Russel D. Wood 43 David Scarborough 17 Debra Lawrence 6 William Devore 53 and others. The report notes a logging incident near Cameron and vehicle crashes on Interstate 64 and Kanawha Boulevard.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Panhandle
Jane Lew
Kester M. Smith
Spencer
Smith
Eddie W. Johnson
Beckley
Johnson
Dorothy
Hubert Sias
Ranger
Lincoln County
W. Va
Princeton
Judy Fern
Bluefield
Cameron
Russel D. Wood
David Scarborough
Piney View
Raleigh County
Debra Lawrence
Robert Lawrence
Lavalette
Wayne County
Barboursville
Robert E. Long
Detroit
Michigan
Kanawha Boulevard
Charleston
B&O wreckage cleared after derailment near Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland United Press International reports the wreckage of four derailed B and O diesel units and nine cars was cleared from the tracks. Officials said all but three of the 12 cars on the Metropolitan Special were tossed from the rails in the ongoing derailment incidents with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland, Md
UPI
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Police stop torch attempt near White House protest
A 20 year old New Yorker, Arthur Hilary Zinner, doused himself with gasoline on the White House sidewalk to protest the Vietnam War. Secret Service agents and two police restrained him as he tried to light a match and he was hospitalized at St Elizabeths Hospital after the incident.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Arthur Hilary Zinner
New York
Viet Nam
Secret Service
Zinner
St. Elizabeths Hospital
LBJ Keeps Open End Stay At Texas Ranch
President Johnson extended his holiday at his Texas ranch with no set return date. He skipped the opening day first pitch, designating Vice President Humphrey as relief hurler, while enjoying church, family time, and a Lake Lyndon B. Johnson boating outing in warm spring weather near Fredericksburg.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Viet Nam
White House
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Fredericksburg
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ball Contends Turmoil Hasn't Hurt War Effort
United States Undersecretary of State George W. Ball said political turmoil in South Vietnam has not affected the anti-Communist war effort or plans for economic development. He described the Honolulu summit as signaling a constitutional test and asserted the U.S. will not back puppets or dictate South Vietnam's government, while Saigon’s ambassador warned a short-term hit to rural pacification but a potential long-term strengthening through elections.
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Washington
UPI
George W. Ball
South Viet Nam
Ball
Honolulu
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
Gen
Viet Nam
U.S
United States
Vu van Thai
Saigon
Grape Workers End 300 Mile March at California Capitol
In Sacramento Easter Sunday about 8000 grape pickers concluded a 25 day 300 mile march from Delano to the capitol to press for collective bargaining rights mirroring 1930s industrial labor battles. Union gains appeared as Schenley Industries and Di Giorgio Corp signaled willingness to bargain.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Delano
Schenley Industries Inc
di Giorgio Corp
Easter Crash Kills Twelve Tucson Residents
A Beechcraft crashed at Natales Sonora International Airport killing 12 Tucson residents including owner-pilot James H. Donald, his wife Hilda, and their three children. Also dead were Tucson attorney Robert F. Miller and family, geologist Jackson L. Clark and wife Marian, and others. The plane had flown to Mulege, Baja California, and was returning to Tucson when an engine failed shortly after takeoff.
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Nogales
Mexico
James H
Hank) Donald
Tucson Aircraft Company
Hilda
Robert James
Lynn
Tucson
Robert F. Miller
Mary
Scott
Jackson L. Clark
Marian
Mitchell Kmikel Hanratty
Carol Cimei
England
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic, Jones & Laughlin
National Steel
Wierton
Duquesne Light Co
BCCA
Steel Company
U.S. Steel
W.va
Rap
William Surprenant
Newark
Raymond Reilly
James Robertson
Bloomfield
Ward McCormick
Robertson
Thomas Kerrigan
Dwight Billings
Ross Hutchens
Raleigh County Officials Association
James Fitzpatrick
Raleigh County Welfare Office
Raleigh County Vocational School
CPA
Korman
Buckpasser
A. Buckpasser
Louisville
Eddie Neley
William Devore
Piney
Putnam County
Mason County
Devore
B&o
Capitol
Grape Workers
Easter
Fate
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