Eisenhower weighs top level reforms in government
President Eisenhower reportedly considers two plans to modernize the executive: create a first secretary with power over foreign policy and a business manager at Cabinet rank to coordinate domestic programs. White House aides say ideas are broad and not yet formal for Congress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sal
White House
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
USW Signs New Contract With Can Companies
The Steelworkers Union trumpets a new wage and benefit agreement with American Can and Continental Can affecting about 45,000 workers. It raises wages by 30 cents over three years with 8.2 cent yearly boosts and adds employer-financed health care for retirees. McDonald aims to press aluminum talks in Chicago next week as steel negotiations continue with mediators.
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Washington
Steelworkers Union
Can
Aluminum
David J. McDonald
Chicago
Continental Can
McDonald
Still Very Much Alive Shatley Surges From Death Reports
Marvin Shatley of Killarney denies reports he was found frozen to death in Mercer County. Reports surfaced Monday night identifying him as the man found in a car left in a Rhodes area after a youth had trouble navigating slick roads. Shatley, 49, had been following the youth in a truck. the car was left as the two returned home. Relatives in the Rhodes section feared the worst as broadcasts circulated unseen by the family. Shatley now clarifies he is alive and at home with his family.
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Rhodell
RNS
Mark Twain
Marvin Shatley
Shatley
Mercer Coun
Killarney
Rhodes
Plans To Develop Grandview Park Outlined By Lane
Dr. Warden M. Lane of the West Virginia Conservation Commission outlined plans to develop Grandview State Park to the Big Eight Development Association in Beckley. He urged.$193,000 from the next legislature for a total of $243,000 for park facilities including residence, water and sewerage, roads, toilets, and a $95,000 amphitheatre. Lane called for a committee to push the budget before the Board of Public Works and during the January 13 budget session to support Grandview and state parks as tourism drivers.
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West
Lane
Grandview
Kermit Hunter
Board of Public Works
State Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Okey A. Patteson
Big Eight Association
Ses
India's 1959 welcome for Eisenhower hailed as peace messenger
A vast Indian crowd greets President Eisenhower on arrival in New Delhi with Nehru praising the strengthened friendship. Police estimate crowds along the 11 mile route at about 1.2 million, signaling broad support for the visit and a message to China. Eisenhower pledges U.S. support for India's world peace efforts.
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New Delhi
India
Eisenhower
China
Nehru
Afghanistan
America
Continents
Kabul
U. S
Rajendra Prasad
Eisnhower
Census Takers to Work in Six WV District Offices
About 1 750 federal census takers will operate from six district offices in Fairmont Keyser Clarksburg Huntington Bluefield and Charleston starting April 1. Crew leaders will be hired in February and recruiters in March. State totals go to the President by December 1 next year shaping congressional reapportionment.
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Washington
West
Census Bureau
West Virginia
Coal firms asked to explain pollution steps on Guyandotte
Four coal companies will report to the Water Resources Commission next Tuesday on pollution abatement along the Guyandotte River. Island Creek, Lorado Coal Mining, Bolt Mining and Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates must justify delays and outline schedules for installing wastewater clarification equipment at mines in Emmett Amherstdale Stowe Kopperston and Helen No 10. The commission notes progress, with 38 of 45 washeries installed and operating the new facilities.
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Charleston
The
Water Resources Commission
Guyandotte River
Lorado Coal Mining Co
Lorado
Logan County
Bolt Mining Corp
Bolt
Raleigh County
Island Coal Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Island Creek
Emmett
Amherstdale
Stowe
Lorado and
Commission
Bern Wright
EG & F
Kopperston
Wyoming County
Helen No. 10
Raleigh
Eg&f
Guyandotte
Wright
Guyan No. 1
Guyan No. 4
Unemployment Reaches Disaster Proportions, Senate Panel Says
A special Senate committee reported unemployment has reached disaster proportions in some areas, noting the national rate around 6 percent while certain regions and groups suffer far higher joblessness. The Labor Department list showed 32 areas above 6 percent in November, down from 83 a year earlier.
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Washington
Senate
Eugene J. McCarthy
D - Minn
McCarthy
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Sherwood Glutz Describes Plan to Bore Through Roof
Sherwood Glutz says scientists plan to bore a hole through the roof to escape hell. He argues against the idea as dangerous and insane. He prefers staying away from the place and doubts inside help could justify the bore.
Out-Of-Gas Pilot Bellylands In Briar Patch
In Cincinnati Ohio a four place light plane en route from Lexington Kentucky ran out of fuel and belly landed in a briar patch. Pilot Paul E Hays a 30 year old Florida executive walked away after gathering his suitcase brief case and two flight books. He went to a nearby highway for a ride.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Greater Cincinnati
Lexington
Paul E. Hays
Florida
Hays
Jacksonville
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Cincinnati Tower
Governor's Daughter Lau rane Boreman Hays Dies
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday in Parkersburg for Laurane Boreman Hays last surviving daughter of West Virginia's first governor Arthur I. Boreman. Widow of Abijah Hays she was born December 12 1867 in Wheeling and leaves two nieces Miss Mary Cotton and Miss Louise Bullock.
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Parkersburg
Laurane Boreman Hays
West Virginia
Hays
Arthur I. Boreman
Abijah Hays
Mary
20 More Feared Dead In North Sea Storm
London AP reports that a Norwegian freighter, the 1,719 ton Elfrida, overturned in a North Sea gale after five days of Atlantic storms. Twenty crewmen are dead or missing, with the ship found bottom up off Norway’s southern coast. The storm has claimed 108 lives in total.
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London
North Sea
Atlantic
Europe
Elfrida
Norway
Escaped Convicts Reported Possibly Nearby
North Carolina escapees may be in the area after a car stolen from Hatcher Motor Co in Lookout. A prison cap marked No 53 was found in a truck tied to William R. Snead of South Boston Va. The thieves left the truck as a swap. A green 1949 Cadillac coupe was stolen along with a small cash amount.
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North Carolina
Hatcher Motor Co
Lookout
William Robert Snead
Boston
Convicts Flee North Carolina Prison Spark MASS Manhunt
A massive manhunt spreads from Ivy Bluff North Carolina with focus on southwest Virginia for 19 heavily armed escapees from the state’s toughest prison. The daring breakout prompted wide search efforts and heightened security as authorities pursue the inmates.
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Ivy Bluff
N. C
North Carolina
Southwest
Virginia
West Virginia Weather Early Forecast
West Virginia enjoys sunny spells with highs 35 to 45 today and clear skies with lows in the 20s tonight. Thursday brings warmer afternoon sun and a gradual warmup into the weekend, with possible light precipitation totaling about one third inch.
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W. Va
Beckley
Bishop Hugh Lamb Dies at 69 Leader of Greensburg Diocese
Bishop Hugh Lamb died Tuesday at age 69 from a heart attack. He led the Greensburg diocese since 1951 and earlier served as vicar general of the Philadelphia archdiocese. Born in Medena, Pennsylvania.
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Jeannette, Pa
Hugh Lamb
Greensburg
Lamb
Philadelphia Archdiocese
Medena
Magician Senor Maldo Abel Maldonado Dies at 63
Abel Maldonado known as Senor Maldo, a Santa Barbara magician, died Tuesday after fighting cancer at age 63. His death closes a career marked by stage charisma and a long standing presence in regional showrooms.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Iap
Abel Maldonado
Senor Maldo
Reverend Bertrand Conway Dies at 87 Noted Paulist Preacher
The Rev. Bertrand L. Conway an 87 year old Catholic preacher and the oldest Paulist Father died Tuesday. He authored The Question Box a book explaining the Catholic religion to non Catholics.
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New York
Bertrand L. Conway
Truman jokes about beard at Idlewild Airport
Former President Harry S. Truman joked about growing a beard and noted a beard on a photographer, saying hair on his face would grow unevenly. Secretary James J. Mitchell said the Labor Department studies a possible minimum wage boost. George W. Ewing, 93, reputed oldest US Marine, died in Los Angeles. Peter and Celestia Peterson, married longest in the nation, to celebrate 81st anniversary in Fairview Utah. Merck officials summoned by Senate on pricing practices. Sam Frank Locchio claims he killed Jack Whalen in self defense in a Los Angeles restaurant.
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Harry S. Truman
Idlewild
New York
Jefferson Davis
James J. Mitchell
Labor Department
George W. Ewing
U. S
Los Angeles
China
Peter
Celestia Peterson
Fairview
Utah
Merck & Co
Senate
Sam Frank Locigno
Mickey Cohen
Jack Whalen
National Christmas Tree Arrives for White House Lighting
A 70 foot white spruce from Presque Isle Maine arrived in Washington for display on the White House south lawn. President Eisenhower will light the tree on December 23 and deliver his annual Christmas message.
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Washington
Presque Isle
Maine
White House
Eisenhower
Cuernavaca
Lewiston
Audrey Hepburn
Mel Ferrer
Tax gap blamed on noncorporated earners by former IRS chief
Former Internal Revenue Commissioner Rus sel Harrington told the House Ways and Means Committee that about 24 billion dollars a year goes unreported by noncorporated taxpayers such as farmers self employed professionals and small business people who earn income from interest and dividends. A dynamite blast in Henderson North Carolina damaged the Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills winding room wounding no one seriously and prompting an investigation. An Air Force helicopter set an unofficial altitude record by reaching 29770 feet at Bloomfield Connecticut far surpassing a Soviet craft’s prior mark.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
House
Ways and Means
Russel C. Harrington
Harriet-Henderson
Henderson
N. C
Air Force
Bloomfield
Conn
Cuba Trials Hand Out Long Sentences to Americans
In Havana and Pinar del Rio, three Americans receive 25 to 30 year terms for anti-Castro activity while 18 Cubans are jailed and 19 acquitted. Frank Austin Young of Miami and Peter John Lambeton of Nassau receive 30 and 25 year sentences respectively, amid appeals planned to the supreme military tribunal.
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Frank Austin Young
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Young
Peter John Lambeton
Nassau
Havana
Rafael
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