Eisenhower warns on steel strike as Taft Hartley deadline nears
President Eisenhower said the government will act if labor and management fail to agree before the Taft Hartley injunction expires. He warned workers that a settlement is vital for the public interest and noted the strike threatens budget balance. He also declined to propose specific actions and said foreign aid birth control is not the U.S. business.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Taft-Hart
United States
Pauley Enters Governor Race In West Virginia
Harry R. Pauley, speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor. He pledges a vigorous, inclusive campaign and cooperation with the Legislature while stressing competence, fiscal prudence, and statewide outreach.
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Harry R. Pauley
House of Delegates
West Virginia
McDowell Countion
Jewelry Theft Well Planned in St Louis Office
Police seek two professional looking bandits who robbed Manes Topper, a wholesale jeweler, of diamonds valued between 90 thousand dollars, binding his wife Sadie in their 12th floor office. One suspect posed as a policeman, others wore a gray hat and topcoat, and the duo fled with a 734 carat gem. The caper showed premeditation and office familiarity.
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Topper
James McGavey
Youth Driving Curfew Moves Through Legislature
A Massachusetts bill would ban drivers under 18 from highways from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. as it advances in the legislature. The proposal aims to reduce youth nighttime traffic risk and mirrors similar curfews considered in other states.
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Boston
Massachusetts
West Virginia Weather Summary with Mild Showers Expected
A cloudy period with scattered showers mainly in the south, highs 45 to 52. Tonight east remains cloudy with rain possible, lows in the 30s. Thursday turns cooler, weekend rain totaling a quarter inch or less. Beckley and Oak Hill temperatures shown, river gauges indicate normal, Bluestone gate open at 3 ft.
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W. Va
Beckley
Togby
Mom Ambushed By Hotrod Son in Brooklyn Hallway Shooting
Marie Murphy, 39, was shot three times with a .22 rifle by her 16yearold son Robert in their Brooklyn home after fights over his black zipper jackets and chino pants. The mother was hospitalized in critical condition. The stepfather John Murphy said the boy quit school to earn money to buy the clothes.
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New York
Brooklyn
Murphy
Three Men Admit Fatal Attack in Cabell County
In Huntington three men Clifford Eplion Kenneth Eplion and Fred Underwood signed statements admitting they attacked Clyde Burdine 43 last November 13. Burdine died from injuries yesterday and police say the assault followed an encounter involving two girls the men were talking to.
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Huntington
Clyde W. Burdine
Melvin Grobe
Clifford Eplion
Kenneth Eplion
Fred Underwood
Burdine
Grobe
McElroy Warns of Missile Gap Despite Other Power
Neil H. McElroy said the U S will lag in intercontinental missiles for three years but argued America has enough striking power in other areas. NBC orders music evaluators to disclose outside interests under oath. Frankie Carbo faces additional federal charges in Los Angeles after a two year New York sentence for prizefight racketeering.
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Neil H. McElroy
United States
Soviet Union
National Broadcasting Co
Frankie Carbo
Asian African group seeks UN support for Algerian elections
The 29 nation Asian African group plans to ask the United Nations General Assembly to guarantee free elections in Algeria today. A Virginia federal judge called a pupil placement plan contemptuous and rejected it as proposed by the state board. Dianne Lennon from the Lennon sisters on Lawrence Welk plans to marry Dick Gass, aged 22, from her neighborhood, while actress Vanessa Brown and Mark Sandrich Jr announce their honeymoon in New York after a first marriage for him and a second for her.
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U. N. Assembly
Algeria
Virginia
Walter E. Hoffman
State Board
Dianne Lennon
Lennon
Lawrence Welk
Dick Gass
Down the Block
Vanessa Brown
New York
Mark Sandrich Jr
Five Cubans bond on federal explosives charge in Miami
Five Cubans including two air force pilots under deposed President Batista face bonds of 2500 dollars each for a hearing on a federal charge of attempting to fly explosives out of the United States. Custom agents arrested them Sunday in Miami before their flight. An 19 foot ditch collapse killed two Pittsburgh workmen. two sisters died after sinking through ice on a Somerset farm pond. a homemade bomb near an inauguration in Tijuana injured a policeman.
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Air Force
Fulgencio Batista
United States
Miami
Pittsburgh
Allegheny Cemetery
Somerset
Tijuana
Mexico
Statewide education and official meeting notes
State briefs note a junior high mathematics conference in Morgantown to discuss math teacher shortages. County officials including sheriffs assessors clerks and commissioners will meet in Charleston January 5 to vote on forming a State Association of County Officials.
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Morgantown
Charleston
Cab driver robbed by knife-wielding passenger in Baltimore
Baltimore AP reports a passenger pulled a knife on taxi driver Henry Spangler 52, claiming a sick wife and needing $5. After a hesitation the robber lowered demand to $1, took the money, and fled. Spangler said his own wife is sick as well.
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Baltimore, Md
Henry Spangler
Spangler
Lit
Nixon Silent Until Feb 1 in 1960 Nomination Strategy
Vice President Richard M. Nixon plans to delay any announcement of a 1960 GOP presidential bid until after February 1 to maximize limited campaigning before the Chicago convention. He aims to project strength through the Eisenhower record and avoid a formal campaign apparatus, while Leonard W. Hall builds delegate strength and Nixon clubs form. Rockefeller's potential early entry could alter the dynamic, with an underdog still capable of complicating Nixon's path.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Chicago
New Hampshire
GOP
Congress
Leonard W. Hall
Avalanche Buries Barracks 13 Feared Dead Near Turin
An avalanche 40 miles north of Turin roared down a mountainside early today burying a barracks where 35 workers slept. Twenty-two escaped. three bodies were found after eight hours, with 10 more feared dead. The avalanche struck Vall DellOrco in the Italian Alps hitting a power tunnel site.
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Turin
Italy
Sims Seeks Eighth Term As State Auditor
Charleston AP Edgar B. Sims 77 next month files for Democratic renomination to an eighth consecutive four year term as state auditor. He attaches a tongue in cheek letter to his candidacy asking Santa for another certificate of election.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Santa Claus
Sims
Santa
Joe Burdett
Lone Survivor Recalls Allegheny Plane Crash Night
In Pennsylvania a twin engine Allegheny Airlines airliner crashed into a mountain killing 25 of 26 aboard. Louis Matarazzo of Springfield survived after escaping through flames and praising God from a hospital bed. Captain Thomas R. Goldsmith, 30, led the flight from Philadelphia to Cleveland with stops at Bradford and Erie.
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Montoorsville
Louis Matarazzo
Springfield
Williamsport
Allegheny Airlines
Matarazzo
Philadelphia Sports
Thomas R. Goldsmith
North Olmstead
Ohio
Goldsmith
David L. Miller
Allegheny
Williamsport-Montoursville
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Bradford
Erie
Miller
Allegheny Office
Beckley Woman Killed in Blaze
The body of Henrietta Terry was found by Beckley firemen among the ashes of her East Park home in a fatal early morning blaze. Police and fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire and the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Henrietta Terry
East Park
Beckley
Hayes Morris
Freddie Price
Raleigh County
S. A. Ford
Wright Funeral Home
Ford
Cecil P.connor
Price
Terry
Lewis Leasure
Leasure
Connor
Rosetta Terry
Harper Heights
Large Deficit Faces West Virginia Schools
Officials warn the general school fund may face a several hundred thousand dollar shortfall this fiscal year with an estimated deficit around 409 354 51 dollars. Potential cures include cutting county aid per pupil or a deficiency appropriation by the Legislature to be decided in January. Factors include overestimated cash balances and revised receipts, plus a 1959 law reducing magistrate court fines allocations to schools.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Henry L. Ash
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Ash
Rohrbough
Whiston Files For Congress In West Virginia 2nd District
Morgantown sheriff Charles J. Whiston filed today as a Republican candidate for Congress in West Virginia's 2nd District. He is the only GOP hopeful so far in the state's six districts, challenging Rep. Harley O. Staggers. Whiston, 43, plans to seek the nomination for Staggers seat, while Rep. Elizabeth Kee of Bluefield seeks Democratic renomination in the 5th District.
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Charleston
Charles J. Whiston
Morgantown
Monongalia County
Congress
West Virginia
Elizabeth Kee
Bluefield
Whiston
Harley O. Staggers
Christmas cheer derides by old piney river neighbor
A grouchy neighbor complains about the length of the Christmas shopping season on Piney River. He quips that lasting Christmas spirit would be as hard as wading knee deep to a tall Indian and warns spreading cheer cannot be overdone, likening it to a lonely widow.
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Widder
Neat savings vanish as youngster reports missing cash
Juan Jiminez Carrillo, 6, who saved 2000 dollars in small bills over 35 years in a garage refrigerator, told Wilmington police Tuesday that the money has disappeared from the home. He had stored tens and twenties, fifties, and hundreds in the appliance.
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Juan Jiminez Carrillo
Soldier Injured In Pike Turnpike Wreck
Pvt. Robert Lee Berry 18, grandson of Mrs. Herman Gwinn, hospitalized at Veterans Administration Hospital with head injuries after a late Tuesday crash on Turnpike Mile Post 26. Berry, of the 101st Airborne, was en route to Fort Bragg after leave with his grandmother. Foster father Capt. Eugene Berry serves with the 14th Armored Cavalry in Germany.
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Robert Lee Berry
Herman Gwinn
South Kanawha St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Mile Post 26
Turnpike
Berry
Fort Bragg
N. C
101St Airborne Division
Capt
Eugene Berry
14Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Germany
Crossfire Kills Sth Deer Hunter in Preston County
A deer season death raises West Virginia toll to five as Harry G. Adams 25 of Independence Preston County was shot in a crossfire while hunting near the U S 50 and W Va 92 intersection. Deputy Darius Wild said the party of ten encountered a deer and Adams was struck in the abdomen. Investigators have not yet determined which hunter fired the fatal shot.
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Preston County
West Virginia
Harry G. Adams
Independence
Adams
U. S. 50
W. Va
Darius Wild
Jurors Excused Until Monday In Raleigh County Court
Petit jurors for the current Raleigh County Circuit Court term were excused until Thursday. Judge Norman Knapp directs them not to report before 9 a.m. on Monday. The 12 jurors for the suit of J. E. West versus Harry Moran should report Wednesday, Dec. 9, as previously instructed.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
J. E. West
Harry Moran
Unvented Heater Kills 5 In Newark Ohio Home
In Newark Ohio an unvented gas space heater caused carbon monoxide deaths of Jean Marie Thurman 27 Nancy Lynn 4 Terrance Allen 2 Timothy Randall 3 months and Memphis Mae Marie 19 who were living in a newly moved in home. Dr Carl Frye deputy coroner labeled the deaths accidental CO poisoning. William Thurman found them deceased upon returning home from work with Bartus Coal Co.
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Newark, Ohio
William Thurman
Jean Marie
Nancy Lynn
Terrance Allen
Timothy Randall
Memphis Mae Marie
Carl Frye
Thurman
Bartus Coal Co
Thurmans
Miss Mabe
Newark
Buckeye Lake
Madison
W. Va
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