Socialists Resign to Pressure Kishi Amid Eisenhower Visit
In Tokyo the Socialist bloc in Parliament approves a mass resignation to push Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi to dissolve Parliament before the U S Japan security treaty takes effect on June 19 as President Eisenhower heads to Japan. The move aims to sway public opinion and derail the treaty process.
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Tokyo
Socialist Bloc
Nobusuke Kishi
Eisenhower
Japan
Kishi
Labor
Eisenhower Attends West Point Reunion Round
President Eisenhower, at West Point with 1915 classmates, continues alumni events after two sharp jabs at Nikita Khrushchev. He plans to fly to Washington Tuesday morning, following the cadet march and alumni luncheon. Earlier he spoke at Notre Dame and Republican banquet, condemning “angry epithets” from world leaders.
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Ike
West Point
N. Y
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Hudson River
United States Military Academy
South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Graney testifies at crime probe into SRC checks
Charleston AP report on State Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney appearing under subpoena before the West Virginia Crime Commission investigations into endorsements and cashing of State Road Commission checks in Clay County. The panel summoned 28 witnesses with possible open or closed sessions and likely further subpoenas.
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Charleston
Patrick C. Graney
West Virginia Crime Commission
State Road Commission
Clay County
Crime Commission
Clarence E. Martin Jr
Berkeley
del. J. C. Cruikshank
Clay
Graney
SRC
Perry F. Clendenin
Clarence Gooch
Commission
Gambler Shot With Stolen Gun in Ambush
Youngstown gambler Joseph Stoneface Romano, 60, was wounded in an ambush using a shotgun stolen in Erie Pennsylvania and a car bought May 10 in Canton with a false address. Detectives tie the gun to an Erie suburb sporting goods store and say Romano is in serious condition at St Elizabeth Hospital with wounds to the right shoulder chest and abdomen. He says he does not know the two assailants and has no reason for the attack.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Erie
Canton
Joseph
Stoneface) Romano
Youngstown
Romano
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Daughter Killed in Galveston Car Crash
Ambulance driver Walter Davenport arrived at a Galveston crash scene to learn his daughter Elizabeth 17 had perished hours later in hospital. Her escort Edward Lee Henry 20 also died in the two car collision.
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Galveston
Tex
Walter Davenport
Elizabeth
Edward Lee Henry
West Virginia Weather Outlook Turns Cooler This Week
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions prevail today through Tuesday across West Virginia with highs 75 to 80 and night lows in the 50s. Extended forecast shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal, a gradual upward trend late week, and a pair of light showers Friday and Saturday totaling about a quarter inch. Beckley and Oak Hill records noted for yesterday and current early morning readings.
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W. Va
Beckley
Oak Hill
Teacher Of Sex To Fight Ouster
Edwin M Wasilewski a 34 year old speech teacher at Boys Technical High School faces possible firing after discussing sex topics in class. School Supt Harold S Vincent recommended ouster. board to vote Tuesday night.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee School Board
Supt. of
Harold S. Vincent
Edwin M. Wasilewski
Boys’ Technical High School
Vincent
Wasilewski
Milwaukee Teachers Union
Baptists Propose Anti-Red Plan At Convention
American Baptists, under pressure they not guard against communism, backed a plan to study tactics and aims of the red ideology for church members. The program would be the first of its kind and aims to reassure lay members. Delegates, including Herbert A. Philbrick, urged action as about 10 000 worshippers witnessed ceremonies commissioning 60 missionaries.
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Rochester
N. Y
Herbert A. Philbrick
Ryne Beach
N. H
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Council of Churches
Sermon on greed and neighbors in hard times
A clipped, folksy exhortation argues that taxes and greed harm others, insisting no man who believes a good sermon excludes his neighbor can claim moral standing. It critiques self serving attitudes and calls for communal responsibility.
In Washington With Milano After Spelling Bee Win
Mary Ann Milano, winner of The Register's Tri-County Spelling Bee, heads to the Federal Bureau of Investigation this afternoon with plans for a get acquainted party tonight. She leaves Prince at 6 21 a m for the trip.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Register
Mary Ann Milano
Prince
Missile Test Bases Struck by IAM in Nationwide Walkout
The International Association of Machinists led a strike and picketing at Convair divisions from California to Florida, threatening a general walkout that could halt Atlas missile firing and affect production of F102 F106 interceptors and Terrier missiles. About 800 IAM members gathered at Cape Canaveral as lines formed at midnight across time zones.
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San Diego
Calif
Atlas
California
Florida
International Assn. of Machinists
Convair
General Dynamics Corp
Pomona
IAM
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mullens Basketball Coach to Resign at Tonight Meeting
Sonny Phillips announced his impending resignation as Mullens High School head basketball coach at tonight's Wyoming County Board of Education meeting. He will relinquish all coaching duties but continue teaching. Phillips cited the time commitment and low pay in the county as reasons, noting his 1949 Mullens High School graduation and long career across Mullens Glen Rogers Pineville and Itmann before joining Mullens again in 1958.
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Pineville
Rns
Sonny Phillips
Mullens High School
Wyoming County
Phillips
Concord
West Virginia University
Glen Rogers High School
Pineville High School
Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Company
West Virginia coal output rises in first four months
West Virginia’s coal production for January to April totaled 41,754,815 tons, vs 37,059,123 in 1959. Underground mines yielded 39,666,428 tons and auger surface mining 2,088,387. The average production workforce was 37,459, down from 41,540 a year earlier. Fatal accidents yielded 888,400 tons mined per incident, below 1,001,598 from the prior year’s period.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Crawford L. Wilson
Wilson
Twin siblings save sister and friend in Wellsburg creek incident
In Wellsburg AP report, a 13-year-old boy Albert Stewart rescued his twin sister Kerta from a creek after a deep hole trapped her. A 12-year-old girl, Rita Barnhart, revived another unconscious friend during the same swim. State police credited the trio with lifesaving actions.
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Wellsburg
Albert Stewart
Rita Barnhart
Albert
Kerta
Stewart
Solon Urges Severance of U.S. Red Relations
Sen Stephen M Young of Ohio proposes in the Senate that the United States sever diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union if Premier Khrushchev continues vilifying President Eisenhower. The statement from Wilberforce Ohio cites likely Senate action and strong stance against Soviet hostility.
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Wilberforce
Ohio
Stephen M. Young
Senate
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Paper Chain Blasts House Overseas Expense Reports
Washington AP reports that House Public Works and Judiciary committees released artificial 1959 overseas funds spending. Knight papers quote that itemizations are concoctions with fixed percentages for transportation lodging meals gratuities and misc. Agriculture and Education and Labor did not itemize by category.
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Paper Chain Blasts House Overseas
Washington
House Public Works and Judiciary Committees
Knight Newspapers
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
House Committee
U.S
House
Agriculture and Education and
Labor
Congressional Committee
When congressmen say they are on the floor
A Washington AP report notes a Texas woman asked if Rep James Wright was ill after being told he was on the floor. The piece explains that on the floor means in a House session, a distinction some constituents miss.
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Washington
House
Texas
James Wright
D-Tex
Wright
Alaska Tops Census Gains While West Virginia Falls
Alaska shows a 74 percent population rise to 223 888, the second newest state, based on 1960 census preliminary figures. West Virginia declines from 2 005 522 to 1 849 142, a 7.8 percent drop, as Delaware and Colorado also post strong gains among early reports.
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Washington
Alaska
West Virginia
Arkansas
Statehood
Delaware
Earl Wilson Quotes on Jokes and Early Risers
A humorous Earl Wilson column fragment plays on office jokes and early bedtime as signs of a TV repair. It notes a pedestrian is someone who has found a parking space and hints at more laughs on Page 4.
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Earl Wilson
Paz Estenssoro Regains Bolivian Presidency in Landslide
Victor Paz Estenssoro won Bolivia's presidential election by a large margin for the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement. Opponents charged fraud amid protests as the campaign recorded about fifty fatalities. Estenssoro drew strong backing from peasants and miners, while rivals including Walter Guevara Arze and Mario Gutierrez trailed.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Walter Guevara Arze
Authentic
AMNR
Mario Gutierrez
Bolivian Socialist Falange
FSB
Hugo Gonzalez Moscosco
Trotskyite
Communist Revolutionary Workers Party
Paz Estenssoro
Bellamy served in $212 million Broadway suit
Ralph Bellamy, president of Actors Equity Assn., was served with a summons in a $212 million lawsuit by the League of New York Theaters against the performers union over damages from Broadway shutdowns. Canada's Prime Minister Diefenbaker told DePauw graduates Khrushchev is a master of carrot and stick tactics and warned against his smile and snarl unraveling Western unity. Fidel Castro's regime moves to establish ties with Red China, per the New York Times. An earthquake, likely on Wellington Island in Magallanes, Chile, was registered at 1:54 a.m. Seismic sources report China seeks to pull Cuba's 30,900 Chinese into the Red camp via an extortion racket. A Powers family spokesman says a letter from the pilot’s father’s side has been received.
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Ralph Bellamy
Actors Equity Assn
League of New York
Performers Union
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
DePauw University
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Red China
New York Times
Wellington
Magallanes
Chile
Seismological Institute of the
University of Chile
China
Cuba
Havana
Francis G. Powers
Kennedy Weighs Reestablishing White House Squirrel Feeder
A playful trade of letters between nine month old Stevie Joe Heyman and Sen John Kennedy of Massachusetts centers on reviving the Official White House Squirrel Feeder post. Kennedy mulls the idea while noting political implications and delaying any commitment until after the election.
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John Kennedy
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Stevie Joe
Park Service
General Services
Agriculture Department
Three Presidential Primaries To Be Held Tuesday
Washington AP reports the final three 1960 pre convention primaries occur Tuesday in New York California and South Dakota. Democratic race shows Kennedy leading with 348 unofficial convention votes while Nixon's GOP total surpasses 800. Delegates tally includes Kennedy 348 Johnson 13548 Symington 674 Humphrey 514 Stevenson 234 others 176 uncommitted 299. New York and California may shift Kennedy and Johnson, with New Mexico adding 17 delegates to both.
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Washington
New York
California
South Dakota
Sen
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Nebraska
New Mexico
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Hawaii
Colorado
Associated Press
Johnson
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Adlai E. Stevenson
Bandit and Victim Kill Each Other in Durham
In Durham North Carolina bandit Jesse James Perry twenty four and victim Sloan Branch killed each other during a standoff at a night club. Perry drew on Branch after picking up coins while Branch grabbed a pistol. A volley ended the encounter with Perry dead outside and Branch dead inside the club from gunfire.
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Durham
N.C
Jesse James Perry
Sloan Branch
Perry
Branch
Edward Singletary
D Day Anniversary Marked in Bayeux Ceremony
In Bayeux France on the sixteenth anniversary of D-Day a wreath laying ceremony took place with French Veterans Minister Raymond Triboulet and Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville placing wreaths on a floodlit liberation monument. The city, the first to be liberated, marked the event with solemn rites as Allied troops began the European liberation in Normandy.
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Bayeux
France
Normandy
Europe
Raymond Triboulet
Maurice Couve de Murville
Leading voices urge steady productivity to curb inflation
Sixty four representatives from labor, education, business and government at the American Assembly argued next year's savings can be protected. They claimed a stable dollar is possible with price control, growth, and low unemployment if productivity rises steadily.
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American Assembly
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