Picket plans loom for White House by disabled miners
Samuel Goddard returns from Washington after a defeat at the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund hearing. He vows to mobilize 25 crippled miners for a peaceful White House picket to demand restoration of hospital cards and benefits. He says trustees treated him well until denial, then sparks flew. Goddard plans another meeting within days to raise funds and resume the effort.
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Samuel Goddard
Washington
Goddard
Joe Hensley
Sophia
United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund
Chesapeake and Ohio
Prince
White House
Rainelle
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Hensley
John Lewis
the Register
Glen Morgan Recreation Center
Register
Soviets veto plan for UN probe into RB47 shootdown
UN Security Council ended with a 9-2 vote rejecting Soviet charges against the United States and vetoing an international investigation. The Soviet veto also blocked an Italian proposal to have the Red Cross contact the two surviving crewmen, held by the Soviets for trial as spies.
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United Nations
N. Y
Security Council
United States
U.S
International Red Cross
U.N
Soviet Union
Poland
Council
Ceylon
Tunisia
Henry Cabot Lodge
Red Cross
Barents Sea
Lumumba Seeks Financial Aid For The Congo
Washington AP Lumumba arrives with full military honors to seek emergency U S economic and technical aid for his crisis ridden Congo government. He will meet Secretary of State Herter and U S aides, stay at Blair House, and plan talks with World Bank officials as African ambassadors prepare a large reception.
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Washington
Patrice Lumumba
U.S
United Nations
Christian A. Herter
Lumumba
Congo
Herter
New York
U.N
Blair House
World Bank
West Virginia Weather Forecast Briefing
Weather outlook for West Virginia shows variable cloudiness and a chance of thunderstorms with highs in the mid 80s. Tonight and Thursday bring near normal temperatures with minor changes, scattered showers expected Friday through Monday totaling about three quarters of an inch. River and lake levels remain normal and clear with Lake four gates open and a new gauge at two feet.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Senes
OAK Hill High
S.cceeveeere
Faubus Wins Ark Primary to Seek Fourth Term
Gov. Orval E Faubus led a sweeping Democratic primary victory over four opponents, pursuing an unprecedented fourth term amid the Little Rock integration crisis. Returns from 2,186 of 2,353 precincts show Faubus at 211,629 with rivals Hardin Bennett Williams Millsap trailing. Incumbents won renomination in two contested congressional races as Dale Alford and Trimble lead in their districts.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Arkansas
Joe C. Hardin
Grady
Bruce Bennett
H. E. Williams
Hal Millsap Jr
Dale Alford
Robert Hays Williams
Jim, Trinsple
Berryville
Donald Poe
Waldron
Sherwood Glutz on Speaking Sparingly and Driving
A rugged speaker argues for using talk sparingly like garlic and store bought liquor. He recalls regretting talking before thinking and insists he never loses sleep over keeping his big mouth shut.
Chilean Valley Faces Inundation Near Valdivia Burst Dams
Heavy rains and quakes flood Chile’s Rinihue valley endangering Valdivia city. Army engineers evacuated about 40,000 people to high ground as refugees face ongoing danger. Medical teams inoculated hundreds in makeshift clinics amid the disaster.
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Santiago
Chile
Lake Rinihue
Valdivia
Three Railroads Eye Merger Talks in Aug Meeting
C the Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio presidents will meet August 15 with New York Central to discuss mergers but C& O warns a three way deal is not yet acceptable. Walter J. Tuohy says B& O must merge with C& O first before NYC entry, noting delay risks and NYC’s years before readiness. Proposals offer B& O holders one C& O share for 1 1/2 B& O, and NYC offers 12 NYC shares plus $9 per B& O share, with deadlines in September.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Howard E. Simpson
Walter J. Tuohy
NYC
Tuohy
Alfred E. Perlman
Warths Fafe In Jury Hands
Huntington AP The murder trial of Henry Clay Warth went to the jury after Judge Winters outlined five possible verdicts including first degree murder second degree murder voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter or innocence by reason of insanity. The defendant sat with bowed head as four psychiatrists testified to his mental illness and defense key testimony came from Huntington psychiatrists and the superintendent of ...
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Huntington
Henry Clay Warth
Ernest E. Winters
Worth
Greasy thief hits fire department fundraiser in Chester
A greasy thief at a Chester volunteer fire department carnival stole the $5 bill attached to a greased pole during a storm blackout. Firemen planned to reopen the pole stand today with a new $5 bill atop the pole.
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Chester
Eisenhower Defends Prosperity and Grows GNP at GOP Rally
CHICAGO AP President Eisenhower said it is an irrefutable truth the nation enjoys unprecedented prosperity and the strongest military system. He defended his record on defense and economy at the GOP National Convention, challenging Democrats and Soviet aims, noting a 25 percent rise in gross national product over his eight years and urging free elections under UN sponsorship to compare systems.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
White House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
America
Rockefeller
GOP
Kremlin
United Nations
United States
Rioters Quieten After 9 Slain in Bulawayo Riot
In Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia AP report nine Africans were killed and 118 injured during three days of rioting. Eighty percent of the labor force returned to work in 450 factories as authorities extended military cordons to secure industrial areas. Police say five of the dead were shot in self defense. one victim was said to have been beaten by rioters enforcing the boycott. Soldiers protected whites amid a large security deployment while looters drank away the wealth of their violence.
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Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
Seven Climbers Die After Crevasse Fall in Dolomites
Seven young Italian amateur climbers aged 17 to 30 were found dead in a 1500 foot crevasse on Antelao Peak above Cortina d Ampezzo. The group of four men and three women had left Tuesday to climb the 10705 foot Antelao, a Dolomite peak near the Italian sports resort that hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.
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Cortina D'Ampezzo
Italy
Antelao Peak
Antelao
Symingtons attend party conventions as cousins seek office
At the Chicago convention two Symingtons, Stuart of Missouri and Fife of Maryland, mingle with their respective parties. Stuart campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination in Los Angeles but lost. Fife, a Republican candidate for Congress, joins Maryland's delegation. The cousins are from different parties.
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Chicago
Symington
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Los Angeles
Fife Symington
Baltimore County
Congress
Kangaroo Becomes Local Sensation At Hagerstown Center
In Hagerstown Maryland a five foot female kangaroo escaped a wind toppled cage at a small circus compound near a shopping center. Deputy Lester Isanogle and curious shoppers chased it across a road and finally cornered it in a corn field. The marsupial had given birth to a joey during the commotion and both mother and young were reported in fair shape.
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Hagerstown
Lester Isanogle
Joey
State Delegates Still Plugging Cecil For VP
West Virginia delegates to the National Republican Convention keep hope that Gov. Cecil H. Underwood can win the vice presidential nod. Harold E. Neely says Underwood has made a wonderful impression and is well thought of in the party and nationwide. Neely notes that if Nixon is the presidential nominee a wide open race could open for Underwood.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
Harold E. Neely
Hinton
W. Va
Underwood
Mountain State
Nixon
City weighs heel height ordinance for women
Beckley city council discussed a proposed ordinance to regulate women's heel sizes to limit liability in falls. City Attorney Truman L Sayre suggested declaring negligence if a woman wore heels violating the measure, citing current lawsuits over a fall on a non sidewalk. The council asked the attorney to study the idea further.
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Beckley
Truman L. Sayre
Myrtille Hall
H Street
Sayre
Bank robber flees after teller uses pen as shield
In Montreal a man brandishing a pistol demanded large bills at a Bank of Montreal branch. Teller Merilyn Marshall thrust her ballpoint pen into the gun muzzle to deter him, and the robber fled the premises disappearing from sight.
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Montreal
Bank of Montreal
Merilyn Marshall
Nixon Seeks Unified GOP Ahead of Nomination
At Convention Hall Chicago Republicans relax before Nixon's nomination. Nixon plans to choose a running mate by Thursday with Rockefeller, Goldwater, Dirksen among those consulted. Lodge, Morton, Judd, Seaton, Ford also mentioned as possibilities. Nixon stresses New York as key state in a likely close race.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Gay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
New York State
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U. N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Len Thruston B. Morten
Kentucky
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Interior
Fred Seaton
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Fisenhower
Fire Chief Cecil Connor’s Stolen Recovered Car Wrecked
Fire Chief Cecil P. Connor reported his 1957 model automobile stolen from his home at 300 Woodlawn Ave. It was found wrecked at Lanark after witnesses said a car stopped to pick up the thieves. State Police urge the driver’s helpers to call in. A separate Tuesday night Sophia collision caused about $300 in damages involving Charles Jones and Walter Bagrich. no injuries or charges yet.
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Cecil P. Connor
Connor
Woodlawn Ave
Lanark
Sophia
Charles Jones
McAlpin
Walter Bagrich
Stotesbury
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