Castro Seizes Three Foreign Oil Installations in Cuba
Fidel Castro ordered seizure of Esso Standard Shell Oil refineries in Cuba unless they refine token shipments of state owned Soviet crude. Texaco refinery in Santiago had been seized days earlier. Cuba seeks oil to fill a 60,000 barrel a day need while owing foreign firms about 60 million dollars.
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Fidel Castro
Esso Standard and
Shell
Cuba
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Casitro
Castro
Texaco Oil Go
Santiago
Texaco
Venezuela
Soviet Union
Revolucion
Estimates Wrong State Has 3 Million Left Over
Charleston AP reports the state ended the past fiscal year with a general revenue fund surplus of 3,247,838 dollars. Finance Commissioner Henry L. Ash announced receipts of 116,070,664 dollars for the year, exceeding legislative estimates by 411,664 dollars and topping last year’s income by 9,922,000 dollars. An upward adjustment in the surplus is expected due to unspent funds and later expirations across departments.
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Charleston
Henry L. Ash
Ash
Board of Public Works
General Revenue Fund
House Approves 15 Cent Minimum Wage Increase
The House approved a 15-cent minimum wage rise by a 341-72 vote, backed a limited coverage plan, and left liberal Senate chances uncertain. The coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats led the move, with 90 Democrats and 121 Republicans backing the scaled bill despite opposition from many liberals.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
House Rules Committee
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Texas
James Roosevelt
Calif
A. Paul Kitchin
William K. Ayres
Ohio
Performer Plunges 85 Feet To Death At Madison Square Garden
British Royal Marine Captain Antony Laurence Easterbrook, 31, participating in a military tournament and tattoo at Madison Square Garden, plunged 85 feet from the roof to the floor before a roughly 10,000-strong crowd. He died later at St. Clare Hospital after being rushed in serious condition.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Antony Laurence Easterbrook
Easterbrook
St. Clare Hospital
West Virginia Weather Forecast Clarifies Cloudy Skies and Showers
The report notes considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms today tonight and Saturday. Highs in the 80s with nights around 64 to 70. Temperatures near normal midweek with light rainfall totals, and extended showers Monday through Wednesday totaling about half an inch. Authorities also list station readings for Eckley and Jak Hill with sporadic rainfall measurements.
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W. Va
Japan backs US security pact amid Soviet objections
The Japanese government endorsed its new military alliance with the United States in a sharp diplomatic reply to Soviet protests. Tokyo accused Moscow of meddling in Japan’s affairs and neutrality in the cold war, calling the Soviet stance willful misinterpretation and slander while defending Japan’s defenses. Adlai Stevenson’s name may be placed in nomination at the Democratic convention. Eisenhower signed tax extension debt legislation before the deadline. Quentin Burdick led in North Dakota Senate results and announced plans to wed. Miss Universe pageant contestants arrived in Miami Beach for the 1960 event. The Polaris missile test succeeded from underwater near San Clemente Island. The Andrews sisters sued Decca Records for royalties. A Getty party in Guildford hosted 2,000 guests at Sutton Place mansion. A Johannesburg magistrate ruled today that the law.
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Soviet Union
Japan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Quentin N. Burdick
D-Nd
U. S. Senate
North Dakota
Jocelyn Birch Peterson
Fargo
House
Europe
Asia
Middle East
Miami Beach
Navy
San Clemente Island
Calif
Guildford
England
J. Paul Getty
Getty
Britain
Sutton Place
Jan Constable-Maxwell
Johannesburg
South Africa
Owl-eyed neighbor values a roof over bed for TV antenna needs
An anecdotal note quotes a neighbor, Sherwood Glutz, arguing home stability matters more now than ever because a roof is required to mount a television antenna, framing the TV as central to modern life.
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Nabor
Tellyvision
House Overrides Ike Veto On Federal Pay Increase
The House voted 345 to 69 to override President Eisenhower's veto of a 7 percent pay rise for about 12 million federal workers, including 535,000 postal staff and 1 million white-collar employees. The bill, taking effect after the first pay day post-enactment, moves to the Senate with Johnson aiming for a quick override.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Congress
Truman Opposed, Butler Demands Ouster at Convention
Los Angeles AP Harry S Truman plans to demand his ouster as Democratic national chair man, says Paul S Butler, denying he rigged the party convention. Butler called reports rigging nasty and false, while noting a Draft Stevenson HQ was arranged in the convention hotel. He accused Truman allies of pressuring for his removal amid a brewing party clash.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
Paul S. Butler
Butler
Truman
National ‘Committee
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen. A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Stevenson
India Edwards
Edwards
Lyndon Johnson
Chicago
Illinois
Sen
Stuart Symington
Flaming Crash Fatal To Youth Near St. Marys
A 16 year old Pleasants County youth died in a flaming auto crash with a State Police cruiser on West Virginia 2 south of St. Marys. The car driven by Cecil Davis Davis Jr. exploded after hitting the cruiser, tossing him from the vehicle. State Trooper E. E. Rice was injured and treated. the cruiser was demolished.
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ST. Mary's
Pleasants County
W. Va
Ohio River
Cecil Douglas Davis
E. E. Rice
Rice
Parkersburg
Wayne Lanham
Davis
Rebel bus strikers return to work in New York
In New York the Rebel bus strikers gave way and returned to service ending a four day walkout that disrupted travel for about half a million daily commuters in the city.
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New York
New
Severe windstorm damages Fayette County structures and power lines
A violent wind and rainstorm struck Fayette County damaging Robert's Grocery on Salem Road with its roof torn off and a downed power pole affecting four to five homes. Storm disrupted about 40 telephone lines in Salem and Fayetteville areas while 1.15 inches of rain fell in six hours. Road slides blocked Route 61E, Route 61 near Deepwater, and Route 21 on Cotton Hill. Repair crews moved in ahead of state road officials.
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BNS
Fayette County
Robert's
Salem Road
Mately
Sevice
Salem
Fayetteville
Ro Electric Power Co
Beckley Aep Co
State Road Commission
West Virginia Water Service
Deepwater
Cotton Hill
Tragic Petersburg cafe shooting ends in double tragedy
A 39 year old man, Orville Alt of Petersburg, shot a cafe cashier Arvella Wrathhford after dinner at Jennie's Restaurant on U. S. 220 and then killed himself. Wrathhford was hospitalized in serious condition. Alt died shortly after admission.
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Alt
Wrathhford
STEP Survey Meetings Start
Charleston AP report says Director Warden Lane met with Conservation Department staff in Romney to plan the State Temporary Economic Program. Similar conferences will be held in all five districts. The first meeting is Tuesday in Charleston, the fourth in Bluestone State Park on Wednesday, and the final in Buckhannon on Thursday. The program begins today with 50 projects across 40 counties.
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Lane
Conservation Department
Romney
Yes
Bluestone State Park
Buckhannon
Air Force recruitment grows in West Virginia volunteers
CHARLESTON AP The Air Force announced 1 550 West Virginians volunteered this fiscal year an increase of 12 percent over last year The total serving now stands at 10 000 Col Henry B Wilson of the Recruiting Service disclosed the figures in a telegram from Olmsted Air Force Base Pennsylvania
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Charleston
Air Force
West
Editorial Col Maren Fair Defies West Virginia Law
Editorial charges Col Maren Fair head of Public Safety with instructing State Police to ignore expired license plate violations. It argues such orders exceed statutory authority, and that officers following them would violate their oaths. West Virginia statutes on license plate costs and expirations come from the Legislature and are enacted by the Governor.
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Col. Maren Fair
Department of Public Safety
West Virginia
Col. Fair
Is Col Fair Above State Law in WV DMV Directive
The piece argues that authority to extend expired plate times lies with the DMV director. It contends police chiefs and sheriffs lack power to override the law and condemns any directive honoring such extensions. It warns against a police state approach and urges respect for legislative authority in West Virginia.
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Col. Fair
Department of Motor Vehicles
West Virginia
J. Malcolm Holcomb
Motor Vehicles Department
The
Register Today
Long July 4th Weekend Starts in Chicago
AP reports Americans head to roads for the long July 4 weekend, the second of three holiday blocks in the peak tourist season. The National Safety Council estimates 370 traffic deaths in an 78 hour period, with 60 more than a nonholiday weekend. AP contrasts 348 deaths in a nonholiday 78-hour period from June 17 to 20. Firework fatalities have declined, with none reported last year or in 1958.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ryan In Russia V Attitude Among Young Reds Reflects Changes
William L. Ryan reports from Moscow on shifts in Soviet youth attitudes since seven years after Stalin. He notes reduced fear of informers and foreigners, greater Western influence, trimmer dress, and a keener curiosity about the outside world. Evening crowds mingle on riverboats and dance to American tunes as change slowly takes hold.
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William L. Ryan
Soviet Union
Lavrenty Beria
Stalin
Moscow
Ryan
Moskva River
Wyoming Sheriff Defies Fair on License Plate Tags
Wyoming county law officers react to State Police superintendent Hazen Fair ruling to overlook expired 1959-60 license plates. Lt Ballengee says they will accept owner receipts showing ordered licenses. county and Beckley police mostly align while Holcomb notes only he can grant extensions. The situation follows ongoing questions about the extension and prior motor vehicle theft reports.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Hazen Fair
Beckley
M. E. Tyree
Earl Ballengee
Ballangee
Fair
Okey Mills
U. S. Army
Charleston Fair
Department of Motor Vehicles
J. Marshall Holcomb
Holcomb
H. R. Shields
Col. Fair
Maj. Shields
Motor Vehicles Department
Reunion hoped after years for Rhodell mother and children
Mary Sue Hooker longed for family harmony as her three children Catherine Robert James grew up believing she had died after husband James Robert perished in a Concho mine accident and she was hospitalised. A recent effort to contact them leads to a planned reunion and the mother now discovers she has five grandchildren awaiting photos and memories.
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James Robert
Concho
Catherine
Robert H
James
North
Carlina
Robert
Rhodell
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