Ford Union Agree On Guaranteed Wage Plan
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a historic guaranteed wage agreement and other terms aimed at ending widespread walkouts that idled 68,000 Ford workers nationwide. The pact, described by Walter Reuther as the largest economic package, includes higher pensions to 241 dollars a month and improved hospital medical benefits. The UAW then pressed GM for a similar settlement before GM’s contract expiry.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
General Motors
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Fellows
Reuther
Contract Talks With Big Steel Begin Tuesday
PITTSBURGH United Steelworkers will open wage negotiations with U S Steel and five other major producers for a substantial wage increase. David J McDonald leads talks with six firms including Bethlehem Republic Jones Laughlin Youngstown and Inland Steel. A strike threat looms if no deal by June 30. Wages are the core issue as industry watchers anticipate higher steel prices to offset costs.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers Organization
U.S. Steel Committee
John A. Stephens
McDonald
Big Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel Co
Libya's King Weds Second Wife in Cairo Ceremony
King Idriss of Libya, 66, married Alia Abdel Kader Lamloum, daughter of a Libyan-Egyptian planter, after paying a 10 000 pound dowry. Queen Fatima reportedly sulked in a village 115 miles northwest of Cairo while the honeymoon begins Thursday.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Idriss
Fatima
Alia Abdel Kader Lamloum
Alia
Michigan Prison Riot Sparks Guard Injuries at SONIA Reformatory
State Police responded to a riot at the Sate Reformatory in Sonia. Several guards were injured and rushed to the reformatory hospital as authorities called for help from Ionia County sheriff and State Police. The facility houses over 1,000 inmates and the disturbance appeared confined to one building with the situation under control.
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Sonia
Mich
State Reformatory
Reformatory
Ionia
Telephone Rate Hike Argued Before PSC
Charleston WV. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. opened its case for a new rate increase before the Public Service Commission. Technical debate centered on the method for valuing plant accounts and separating intra and inter state costs. C and P attorney Mahan argued the PSC formula is wrong and proposed the Charleston Plan based on inter country use. Vice President Johnson testified the plan would align plant investment with service use. The company serves about 264000 customers in West Virginia.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
P. Atty
Charles E. Mahan
Fayetteville
C. H. Johnson
PSC
Johnson
FCC
Mahan
NAACP Presses for School Integration Move
ATLANTA delegates from 16 states and D C at a strategy conference set September as the goal to begin a program to compel classroom integration. Governor Marvin Griffin condemned the plan, warning he could withhold public funds if districts push for summer integration. The NAACP directive urges boards to act by fall, saying court action is needed if desegregation does not proceed.
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Atlanta
South
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
District of Columbia
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
U. S. Supreme Court
Suit Dismissed in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Tom Webb sued W W Martin and others but the action was non suited and removed from the docket after a plaintiff motion. Separately a jury awarded $300 to Mike and Leona Burgess of Sprague against Pearl W Ballengee of Beckley for alleged furniture removal, a trial lasting three days from Thursday to Saturday afternoon.
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Tom Webb
W. W. Martin
Raleigh County
Mike and
Leona Burgess
Sprague
Pearl W. Ballengee
Beckley
Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving Fine
Franklin D. Cooper of Baltimore Maryland was fined 57.50 by Magistrate J E Mays after pleading guilty to reckless driving He was arrested for driving while intoxicated and held at Raleigh County Jail at 1025 p m Sunday by State Police
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Franklin D. Cooper
Baltimore
J. E. Mays
Raleigh
County offices close for Roberts funeral
Raleigh County offices including the Clerk's, Sheriff's, and Assessor's close at noon today for the funeral of Robert E. Anderson, brother of County Clerk Harry E. Anderson.
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Raleigh
Sheriff's Office
Assessor's Office
Robert E. Anderson
Harry E. Anderson
Vandevanders Involved in New Family Murder
Willie Vandevander 41 held in Pendleton County Jail charged with fatal shooting of his brother Adam 42 at their home north of Cherry Grove West Virginia 28 near Franklin Sheriff said Adam was shot with a .330 rifle the bullet lodging in an oak board after Adam allegedly threatened a kitchen theft pattern echoes a family shooting years earlier involving Willie’s relatives with Jess now serving 1 to 10 years in prison for that earlier case Adam separated from wife and children while Willie’s wife and nine of their ten children slept inside the house
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Franklin
W. Va
Willie Vandevander
Pendleton County
Leo Skidmore
Adard
Skidmore
Adam Vandevander
Adam
Cherry Grove
West Virginia
Willie
Wein Vandevander
Jay
Jess
Vandevander
Police Court Hearing Set for Homer L. Jones in Collision
Homer L. Jones, 26, of Pemberton, is due in Beck ley Police Court tonight on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He was arrested at 8 55 p m Saturday after his car struck a vehicle driven by William C. Adkins, 24, of Shady Spring.
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Homer L. Jones
Pemberton
Beckley
William C. Adkins
Shady Spring
Governor Burdett and Griffith Named Liquor Unit Leaders
Gov Marland announced Frank King of the Liquor Control Commission will be appointed chairman immediately. King had been rejected as State Mines Chief in 1959 and was confirmed as a liquor commissioner in May during a special session. Carson becomes merchandising director as terms near expiry for other officials. Marland teased future PSC and road commission decisions and offered cautious optimism about Arthur D Little industrial survey results, citing three reasons for improved outlook.
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Marland
Frank King
Liquor Control Commission
King
State Mines
Luther Carson
Liquor Commission
State Senate
Carson
Joe F. Burdett
State Board of Control
C. E. Nethken
Public Service Commission
PSC
Road Commission
Keith Griffith
Statehouse
Arthur D. Little
Ex-Smokers May Cut Lung Cancer Risk, Study Says
A.C.S. report shows ex smokers’ death rate from lung cancer about half that of ongoing smokers among 8,000 men aged 50 to 70. But officials caution small numbers prevent proof beyond doubt and call for more evidence to confirm a cause and effect.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Cancer Society
Timothy V. Hartnett
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
R. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
American Medical Assn
AMA
Hammond and Horn
Big City
Eisenhower Returns to West Point for 11th Normandy Anniversary
President Eisenhower returns to the U S Military Academy at West Point with his 1915 classmates for the 11th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. He attends June week events, a memorial service, alumni luncheon, cadet review, and graduation parade before delivering the commencement address for 469 new second lieutenants.
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West Point
N.Y
Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
English Channel
France
Washington
Stewart Air Force Base
Academy
Washington Hall
Old Stone Inn
New Shots Fired Over Gaza Strip
Cairo reports fresh clashes along the Gaza frontline with Egypt and Israel trading fire at two Egyptian outposts near the demarcation line. No casualties reported though a U N observer reportedly took shelter from bullets as Egypt renews calls for a demilitarized border zone urged by Premier Nasser to UN observer Burns.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Gaza Strip
War Office
Jerusalem
U.N
War Ministry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Edson L. M. Burns
Gaza
Beckley Child Injured When Struck by Car
Beckley three year old Marcia Parent daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Parent of Beckley is listed in fairly good condition at Beckley Hospital after being struck by a car on Neville Street Sunday around 12 25 pm. The vehicle driven by G C Hur of Beckley reportedly struck her as she darted from between parked cars. She suffered injuries to both legs.
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Marcia Parent
al Parent
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Neville St
G. C. Hurt
Beckey
Polio Suspect Palms to Marmet Hospital Transfer
Polio suspect Lyle Rudolph Palmer, seven, son of Ralph and Mrs. Palmer of Beckley, was to be moved at noon today to Marmet Hospital from Raleigh General Hospital where he was admitted Sunday after a Salk shot in school. If polio is confirmed, he would be Raleigh County’s fifth case of the year, which has already seen one death Ella Mae Reynolds, five, granddaughter of Ruben Edwards of Sprague, died May 5 from polio.
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Lyle Rudolph Palmer
Ralph Palmer
Beckley
Marmet Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh County
Ella Mae Reynolds
Ruben Edwards, Sprague
Beckley men fined for gambling at arraignment
Three Beckley men were fined ten dollars plus costs each after arraignment before Magistrate J Meadows on gambling charges. Named defendants are Arthur Blackstone age 22 Alexander Johnson age 58 and Willie Brooks age 42.
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Beckleyans
J . Meadows
Arthur Blackstone
Alexander Johnson
Willie Brooks
Escaped Prisoner Cantrell Recaptured in Oceana
Melvin Cantrell, one of 12 fugitives from Mingo County jail, was arrested in Oceana by Deputy Sheriff Roy Aliff and Town Policeman O D Hooper after being found intoxicated on an Oceana street. Cantrell was recaptured last night.
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Oceana
W. Va
Wyoming
Melvin Cantrell
Mingo County
Williamson
Roy Aliff
O. D. Hooper
Cantrell
Boys State Begins With Primary Election
Mountaineer Boys State opens with 320 plus juniors, campaigning and balloting as Gov Marland is set to address attendees at 7 pm. Current Boys State governor Charles F Lucas of Beckley will serve until his successor is sworn in by State Supreme Court Judge Chauncey Browning on Wednesday.
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Jackson's Mill i
Mountaineer
Marland
Charles F. Lucas
Beckley
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Third In a Series Why Johnny Can't Read
Rudolf Flesch argues against phonics and defends the view that English is phonetic with few irregularities, criticizing reading experts and teachers who downplay letter sounds. He cites Witzy and Gates to claim that current reading instruction emphasizes guessing over learning letters. Continued on Page 5.
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Paul Witty
Northwestern University
Witty
Polio death rate climbs in Idaho amid vaccine concerns
Idaho reports its sixth polio death as tests linked to Cutter vaccine spark debate. Dr. Louis Gebhardt reports live virus detected only in limited samples, while Cutter Laboratories defends vaccine safety. Surgeon General Scheele cautions need for new safety standards and more testing as Idaho totals rise to 78 polio cases for the year.
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Boise
Idaho
Louis P. Gebhardt
University of Utah
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Cutter Laboratories
Washington
Leonard Scheele
Gebhardt
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Gebhardt
Cutter
Berkeley
Calif
Scheele
Annabelle Nelson
Montpelier
Railwaymen Reject Back-to-Work Plea
Britain's striking railway workers rejected Prime Minister Eden's broadcast plea to return to work. Union leaders, led by Noel Pinches, said Eden's appeal misstates facts and will find no favor with executives. The nine day strike by 67,000 locomotive engineers, firemen and cleaners continues amid wage talks stalemate.
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London
Britain
Eden
Nine
Noel Pinches
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Pinches
FPC Hearing Protests Over Gas Rate Hikes
Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia protest the FPC s handling of natural gas rate increase filings. They claim a breakdown in public notice allowed higher rates to take effect and say the agency evaded their issues with a vague order hindering court review. FPC officials say they are swamped by interstate price regulation filings after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Supreme Court
West Virginia Weather Outlook for Beckley Area
Cloudy tonight with low 60s to mid 60s. Tuesday turns partly cloudy and warm with a high around 82. Rivers at Bellepoint, Greenbrier and New rivers near normal levels. Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage and clear conditions across the region.
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Iveaxess Cocacy
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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