Nixon Faces Pitfalls In Pa Election As Kennedy Eyes Ws
Unopposed Nixon faces no Republican opposition in two state primaries and may clash with Eisenhower 1952 tally in Pennsylvania. A weak showing could fuel talk of dumping Nixon for Rockefeller while Massachusetts offers little drama with Kennedy unopposed on the Democratic ballot. Write ins in Pa could boost opponents, and two special elections in the state will test party strength as Kennedy and Humphrey tour West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Washington
Richard M. Simpson
West Virginia
Kennedy
Sen
Hubert M. Humphrey
Minnesota
Pregnant Claim Allegation Ends With Pillow Reveal
Berthelene M. Ashton was arraigned on fraud charges for cashing a government check and sent home without bond due to pregnancy. She failed to appear for trial. marshals learned her condition was a pillow. Judge Walter E. Hoffman warned that marshals will conduct closer checks in the future.
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Norfolk
Berthelene M. Ashton
Walter E. Hoffman
Accardo Arrested in False Tax Return Case
Tony Accardo former Capone bodyguard and Chicago crime boss was arrested on charges of filing false income tax returns. A federal grand jury alleged he underreported income for 1956 1957 and 1958 with figures of 42862 67450 and 68871. He faces up to nine years in prison and fines up to 15000 if convicted.
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Chicago
Tony Accardo
al Capone
U. S. Senate
Accardo
United States
Riverem
U. Courthouse
Cistems
First Civil Rights Act Suit Settled in Fayette County
MEMPHIS Tenn AP A federal suit against Fayette County in west Tennessee is the first under the 1957 Civil Rights Act to settle by negotiation. Judge Marion S Boyd ordered election officials to stop denying Negroes the right to vote and signed a consent judgment. The ruling ends voting discrimination in the sparsely settled county though registration timing remains unclear as the county has no election commission. The three-member commission and the registrar have resigned.
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Memphis, Tenn
Fayette County
Tennessee
Marion S. Boyd
Boyd
Election Commission
Hillman Awards Name Diverse Winners Across States
California historian Professor Harold M. Hyman of the University of California wins the Sidney Hillman award for his book To Try Men's Souls. West Virginia newsman, Kentucky minister, labor radio commentator, and TV drama producer are also named award recipients to be honored at a luncheon hosted by Jacob Potofsky.
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New York
California
West Virginia
Kentucky
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
West Virginia Weather Outlook and River Conditions
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, mainly east. Cooler tonight with lows 46 to 52. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and cooler. River gauges show Greenbrier River clear and normal, New River at 2.6 feet. Lake level is normal with four and a half gates open.
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Greenbrier
FPC Chairman Admits Five Free Airplane Rides
Jerome K Kuykendall chairman of the Federal Power Commission acknowledged five free airplane trips since 1953 two to Louisiana for funerals of FPC commissioners two as inspections one to Atlantic City to address the Edison Electric Institute He said he sees all trips as justifiable and noted records exist with a May 2 House subcommittee hearing planned He denied taking junkets in industry planes or yacht hospitality linking the trips to United Gas Pipeline Co of Shreveport for Hussey funeral attendance
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Washington
Jerome ‘K. Kuykendall
Federal Power Commission
Kuykendall
Louisiana
FPC
Atlantic City
Edison Electric Institute
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
United Gas Pipeline Co
Shreveport
John B. Hussey
Lar Death Toll Estimates Drop
TEHRAN Iran AP weary rescue teams pressed on digging dead and injured from the quake shattered city of Lar but death estimates dropped sharply as more accurate reports reached the capital. The total is not expected to exceed 500 dead said Dr Hussen Khatibi director of Iran s Red Cross after conferring with officials who visited the disaster scene 550 miles south of Tehran. Officials at the scene originally had estimated as many as 2 000 perished in the two quakes which Sunday hammered Lar a city of 14 000 and Gerash a complex of villages 15 miles southward. A Red Cross pilot who flew low over the city late Monday and landed nearby said the damage did not appear as total as originally reported. Red Cross officials said most of the homeless are now in tents and everyone has been clothed and fed.
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Tehran
Iran
Lar
Hussein Khatibi
Red Cross
Gerash
West German Coal Policy Draws U S Export Banter
U S exporters say West German cartels dump coal below U S prices in other countries while compensating with high German tariffs. A spokesman says West Germany maintains a 4.76 dollar per ton tariff on most U S coal yet sells Rotterdam coal about 3.26 dollars per ton cheaper, undercutting U S supplies.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
Germany
West Germany
Rotterdam
123-Lb. Mother Lifts Auto Off Pinned Son
TAMPA Fla AP A slim mother allowed her trapped son to crawl free but the strain cracked several vertebrae in Mrs Maxwell C Rogers back She was reported in good condition at St Josephs Hospital Mrs Rogers lifted the station wagon several inches after Charles Rogers 16 was pinned by a slipping jack while working on the vehicle
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Tampa
Fla
Maxwell C. Rogers
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Nehru rejects Ladakh swap with China amid frontier talks
Prime Minister Nehru rejected Chou En Lai’s offer to exchange Ladakh for northeast frontier territory, calling India’s Ladakh claim settled. Chou said talks reduced tensions but India did not fully agree to the swap. Nehru noted no easing of basic tensions after a week of negotiations.
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New Delhi
Nehru
Red Chira
Chou En- Lai
India
Ladakh
Kashmir
The
Chou
Nepal
Peiping
Northeast Frontier
Iad
Magistrate Placed Campaign Stickers in Car Window
Beckley Police Chief M E Tyree says campaign stickers or any poster material in a car window violate highway laws and can bring a fine up to 50 dollars. Most cases result in a warning, with repeated offenses leading to fines. An inspection station employee notes such cars would fail inspection.
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Cotton White
Beckley
M. E. Tyree
Tyree
Eisenhower and De Gaulle Seek Summit Harmony on Berlin
President Eisenhower and French leader Charles de Gaulle pledged united front against Soviet pressure as they planned for the Paris summit. They agreed to press Khrushchev on disarmament while soft-pedaling Berlin tensions to improve East West relations. The talks covered a four day meeting ending at the White House as De Gaulle prepared to depart for New York with his wife.
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de Gaulle
New York
U. S
White House
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Khrushchev
Berlin
Eisenhower
Banks Close Tomorrow In Tribute To Hedrick
Hedrick Beckley three Beckley banks will close at noon Wednesday to honor Grover C. Hedrick 78 a founder of the Raleigh County Bank and former Beckley mayor in 1932 33 and 1948 49 funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beckley Presbyterian Church with West Virginia Bankers Association attendees and pallbearers named by the family.
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Beckley
Grover C. Hedrick
Park Ave
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley Presbyterian Church
West Virginia Bankers Association
Frank Gans
W. M. Duncan
James Lowe
Elmer Davis
William McNeil
Llewellyn E. Wilkes
D. O. Means
Charles T. Ross Jr
Leslie Carter
Quality of shoes worsens as leather goes to steaks
Sherwood Glutz laments shrinking leather quality saying after travel and meals he suspects the best leather is now used for steaks, implying a shift in resource priorities and industry trends.
West Reshapes Arms Proposal for Step by Step Disarmament
Geneva AP reports Western powers rewrote their disarmament plan to a principle based approach. They demand staged progress with rapid completion, balanced nuclear and conventional measures, strong international oversight under the UN, and negotiated steps aligned with feasible implementation and control.
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Geneva
U. N
Eisenhower to Aid High Level Labor Management Meeting
President Eisenhower to assist in arranging a forthcoming high level labor management peace meeting. Secretary Mitchell and AFL CIO President Meany met the President at the White House for preliminary plans. Also: Herter begins a one day diplomatic trip with Tehran Istanbul and Athens as major stops. FAA says all Lockheed Electra planes in domestic service inspected and safe. Limiting speeds after the Tell City, Indiana, crash will stay in effect pending reevaluation. San Francisco mishap delays greet to Charles de Gaulle with flags misaligned requiring rehang. Gary Cooper, 58, leaves Massachusetts General Hospital after prostate surgery on April 14. Eight cars derail from the Southern Railway in Seneca, South Carolina, killing the conductor.
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Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Afl-Cio
George Meany
White House
Christian A. Herter
Tehran
Istanbul
Athens
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Elwood R. Quesada
Tell City
Ind
San Francisco
Charles de Gaulle
France
Gary Cooper
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Southern Railway
Seneca
S. C
Rhee Offers To Resign In South Korea Crisis
President Syngman Rhee offered to resign the presidency as public protests surged in Seoul and the U S government's pressure increased. He ordered new elections for president and vice president and proposed handing executive powers to a cabinet. The National Assembly urged immediate resignation and called for elections to replace it. No timing was announced for resignation or elections amid a near end to his 12 year rule.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Ambush Murder Charge Filed Against W Va Ex-Con
Wilie McCain a 28 year old ex convict from West Virginia was in custody in Jackson charged with the ambush slaying of Marion County Sheriff J W Polk. Police held five others from the Columbia area in connection with the case stirring resentment against moonshiners. Polk's widow and townspeople allege bootleggers were behind the sheriff shotgun death Friday night as he returned from liquor raids eight miles northeast of Columbia.
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Columbia, Miss
Willie McCain
West Virginia
Jackson
Marion County
J. W. Polk
Columbia
Polk
Basil Rogers
J. O. Brakefield
Sam
Gene Robinson
Hillary
Hill) Thornhill
ATTV
Vernon Broom
McCain
Allied nations meet to discuss Korea crisis in Washington
Representatives from 16 Allied nations gathered in Washington for an extraordinary session at 2:30 p.m. EST to discuss the Korea situation as developments quickened. The Rhee regime in Seoul appeared to be nearing collapse amid the crisis.
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Washington
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee Rule Leaves Seoul Jubilant as Resignations Spark Change
A spokesman said the president left the mansion by car and could not locate his location after indicating his resignation. With Vice President Chang and vice president-elect Lee Ki-Poong also resigning, control may pass to Hugh Chung, a former acting premier now foreign minister. Jubilation and chaos swirl as crowds celebrate, statues are toppled, and army units enforce martial law while staying largely unseen.
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John M. Chang
Democratic Party
Lee Ki-Poong
Hugh Chung
Rhee
Seoul
Capitol
Beckley couple win trip to Holland prize
Mr and Mrs Charles Hodel of New York won a trip to Holland announced during Newspaper Week by Family Weekly. The Beckley Newspapers publisher and his wife notified their family and plan to take the trip this fall.
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Holland
Charles Hodel
New York
Beckley Newspapers
Chain of Power Plants Using Coal Smith Proposes Electric Energy Crash Program
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hulett C. Smith outlined a crash program to build coal powered electric plants in West Virginia and neighboring coal regions. He urged private industry and federal aid, proposing a state agency named Operation Opportunity to promote industrial development and a “Coal TVA” style project to spur jobs and lower energy costs. He urged immediate action and bold steps to attract industry.
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Logan
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Kentucky
Virginia
State Department of Commerce
TVA
Citizens Operation Opportunity
Earth Formed from Debris of Exploding Stars, Say Astronomers
Astronomers led by Cornell's Hans Bethe and E F Salpeter report Earth formed from material shed by red giant stars and some from aging stars that dispersed elements into space. They describe a cycle of element creation in stars, with supernovae releasing material that builds planets. The sun is said to be evolving toward a red giant phase in 5 to 10 billion years, with a brighter future and oceans boiling hotter.
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Washington
Hans Bethe
E. FE. Salpeter
Cornell University
National Academy of Sciences
Salpeter
Neely and Smith Back West Virginia Commerce Department
Two rival gubernatorial candidates Harold Neely and Hulett Smith proposed creating a West Virginia Department of Commerce to coordinate industrial and business development. Smith announced from Beckley and Neely in Welch as Barron also spoke at Welch urging forestry program growth. Smith also urged soil conservation and continued gasoline tax refunds for farmers while advocating centralized control to boost the state’s development efforts.
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Associated Press
Harold Neely
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
W .W. Barron
Welch
Barron
Smith
Lewisburg
Commerce Department
Neely
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