Cuba Seizes Texaco Plant Over Soviet Oil Refusal
In Havana Prime Minister Fidel Castro ordered the confiscation of the American owned Texaco refinery if it refuses to process Soviet crude. Texaco said it had no government notification while Esso Standard and Shell Oil operate Cuba refineries under similar threats. The move targets a $75 million Cuban investment and about $60 million in foreign exchange owed, as Castro ties sugar exports to Soviet oil under Venezuela pricing.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Texaco, Inc
Ene Jeres
Bats Ph Nt
New York
Texaco
Cuba
Esso Standard
Shell Oil Co
Castro
Venezuela
Soviet Union
United States
Sugar Workers’ Federation
Artemisa
State moves to save delays on amphitheater project
Grandview State Park amphitheater construction faces delays as an architectural plan submission to the Conservation Commission in Charleston stalls. The issue hinges on writing authorization for paying an already engaged architect from the West Virginia Historical Association, with a potential 5.5 percent state cost and 3 percent borne by the Association. Assistant Atty. General Snyder says emergency purchase provisions may justify direct open market buying to avoid further delay.
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Grandview State Park
The
Conservation Commission
Charleston
Kermit McKeever
Parks Division
Commission
West Virginia Historical Associa
Charles Hoel
Attorney General’s
M. Lane
State Department of Finance and Administration
Giles D. A. Snyder
Historical Drama Association
Congress Adjournment Wavers Ahead of Conventions
Washington AP report notes Congress may recess for presidential nominating conventions with no resumption date set. House and Senate debate timing and August session chances to finish major legislation while leaders consider must passes before the July 11 Democratic convention in Los Angeles. Three Democratic hopefuls Johnson Symington Kennedy would gain free time for preconvention maneuvers.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Los Angeles
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
House Rules Committee
State School Aid Increases
CHS Charleston AP says counties will receive about 500000 more in school aid for 1960-61. Total state aid to 55 counties rises to 59,242,340 with nearly seven million for teachers salaries. Last year 58,757,420. Auditor Litz McGuire cites 5,999,160.66 available General School Fund receipts, enabling final allocations by the State Board of School Finance in coming days.
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Charleston
Litz McGuire
State Board of School Finance
West Virginia Weather Humid With Showers Likely
Weather report notes warm humid conditions across West Virginia with scattered showers and thundershowers today tonight and Thursday highs near 80 to 90 and nightly lows 65 to 70. Extended forecast shows temperatures around normals in the north 73 and south 74 with cooler Friday and possible thundershowers Thursday into the weekend totaling about half an inch. Beckley and Oak Hill observations listed with highs 67 to 81 and lows 62 to 68. river and lake conditions include normal greenbrier river clear lake murky two point six gates open gauge two point three feet.
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W. Va
Beckley
Oak Hill
Lana Turner Escort Attack at Hollywood Party
Lana Turner's escort nearly fought Hollywood Reporter columnist Mike Connolly after a critical piece on Turner's parenting of her daughter Cheryl Crane. Fred May pulled Connolly away as Lana and Army Archerd intervened while the party at Romilofo's continued. Crane, 16, is in a county home for troubled girls and her father is Stephen Crane.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Lana
Cheryl Crane
Mike Connolly
Hollywood Reporter
Fred May
Connolly
Lana Goodby
Off May
Cheryl
May
Army Archerd
Romanloff’s
Stephen Crane
Stevenson Support Claimed In W Va
Washington AP backers of Adlai Stevenson for a third Democratic nomination claim substantial first and second ballot support from 20 states including West Virginia at the Los Angeles convention. Doyle says a delegate canvass led by Monroney and Mrs. Roosevelt shows first ballot strength in Colorado Hawaii Illinois Kentucky Michigan Nevada New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Washington and West Virginia with second ballot support from California Minnesota New Jersey Ohio Wisconsin Indiana Iowa DC and others.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
West Virginia
Los Angeles
James E. Doyle
Stevenson
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Eleanor Roosevelt
Colorado
Hawaii
Ilinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Nevada
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Doyle
California
Minnesota
New Jersey
Ohio
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
District of Columbia
States
Plan for Medical Aid to the Aged Sparks Roiling National Debate
Gov Nelson Rockefeller pressed for a health insurance plan for Americans over 65 funded by social security payroll taxes. He rejected a means test and proposed a health benefit trust financed by a half percent payroll tax increase. Governors discussed unified action and highway safety funding ideas while cross-partisan calls for broader medical insurance within social security gained traction. Rockefeller warned of rising defense needs, arguing the nation is more exposed to danger and urged a three billion dollar defense increase.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
New York
Rockefeller
Stephen L. R. McNichols
Colorado
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Hearst Newspapers
Hearst
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Congress
Williams
Man's Best Friend Bites. Boy Becomes Victim
Ogden Utah AP report notes 21 year old J Seth Wright wounded when a dog bites him while rescuing a dog floating down a canal. He is treated by a doctor and recovers.
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Ogden
Utah
J. Seth Wright
Seth
Strike Settlement Nearer Hotel And Union Meet 2nd Time
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS AP The Greenbrier Hotel managements and its striking unions near a settlement after concessions at the first bargaining. Unions representing about 700 staff offered to cut wage demands from 30 to 15 cents an hour by year three, leaving a five cent gap. Management said not optimistic about a quick deal. A bonus proposal tied to yearly profits and a shift in contract termination date to December 15 were discussed. Wage totals were estimated at 200000 dollars yearly, with a plan to distribute raises unevenly to favor lower paid workers.
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White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Richard E. Holtzman
Board of Directors
Holtzman
Kiwanis Name Best Clubs For 1959 at 45th Meet
State captures Kiwanis award as six clubs named best in Kiwanis during the 45th annual Kiwanis International convention in Miami Beach. District honors go to Califor nia Nevada Hawaii Florida Kansas and West Virginia with the West Virginia district receiving the achievement award in its division. R I Bir challenges Birchinal of Morgantown retires as district governor. Belington West Virginia club noted for 100 percent attendance for 42 months, with Curtis Rhodes as club president.
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Miami Beach
Fla
California
Kiwanis International
Nevada-Hawaii
Florida
Kansas
West Virginia
R. I. Birchinal
Morgantown
Belington
W. Va
Curtis Rhodes
Battle for B&O Control Grows Between Rail Mergers
New York Central and Chesapeake and Ohio battle for Baltimore and Ohio stock as both railroads offer stock plus cash to B&O shareholders. Central proposes a three way merger with B&O and C&O. C&O favors a two way merger, wary of adding Eastern lines. Central chief Alfred Perlman cites rivalry with Pennsylvania Railroad and aims to shape a large Eastern system.
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NEW York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Central
C&o
B&o
New York Stock Exchange
C&o Common
The
the Central
Alfred Perlman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Perlman
Pennsylvania Railroad
Farm Riches Through Hard Work, Rain, and Bugs
Sherwood Glutz says farming hinges on luck and effort. He believes a farm is a chunk of land where early rising and hard work can lead to wealth if certain events align, despite frequent rain, drought, and pest damage.
Tuohy Signals C and O Pursuit of B and O Merger
President Walter J. Tuohy of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway issues a statement to The Raleigh Register backing efforts to affiliate with Baltimore and Ohio Railway. He calls the plan sound, benefits owners, employees, customers, and communities, and warns merger delays could hurt the industry. cites C and O petition to Interstate Commerce Commission and joint board study.
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Raleigh, Register
Walter J. Tuohy
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Today
Chesapeake and Ohio
Bima
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Underwood Attacks Rockefeller Over Defense Politics
West Virginia Governor Cecil H Underwood denounces Nelson Rockefeller for using national defense issues for political gain in a heated exchange at the National Governors Conference Rockefeller urged heavier defense spending while defending Eisenhower Nixon. Underwood said Rockefeller aims to divide the GOP and aid opposition.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Underwood
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Rockefeller
America
Nixon
Border clash report and other late wire items
Premier B P Koirala said a Nepali border patrol officer was killed and 15 Nepalis were captured by Chinese forces on the Tibet border. A Miami jury convicted Dennis Whitney of first degree murder with a death sentence for seven slayings. A king-size bus strike disrupted New York but caused little trouble. The Soviet Union announced plans to strengthen forces and test rockets near Hawaii next month. Lockheed machinists rejected a settlement by 93 percent. Rescue teams recovered 45 Welch miners killed in a Welsh explosion. The tanker George McDonald beached and sank. all 43 crewmen were saved. John Lake, longtime Amos and Andy announcer, died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake.
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B. P. Koirala
Nepal
Tibet
China
India
Miami
Fla
Dennis Whitney
Whitney
California
Arthur Keeler
Florida
Soviet Union
Central Pacific
Hawaii
Lockheed
San Francisco
Welch
South Wales
George McDonald
Atlantic
Charleston
S. C
John Lake
Amos and Andy
Saranac Lake
N. Y
WVU Student Finalist Wins Pageant Spotlight
Miss Rapp, a home economics major at West Virginia University, competed among seven finalists for the national title. Miss Josephine Garcia of Forest Hill Summers County finished as runner-up, receiving a $500 wardrobe and an all-expenses-paid trip to Chicago in October.
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Ceive
Chicago
Josephine Garcia
Forest Hill
Summers County
Miss Rapp
WVU
State to Put 1 200 to Work on 50 Jobs
Conservation Director M Lane announces a four million dollar STEP program beginning with the new fiscal year to hire about 1,200 to work on 50 projects across 40 counties. Funds cover $1 an hour for up to 1,200 hours yearly, with new fire towers, camping sites, pools, lakes, and extensive forestry and park improvements statewide.
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Charleston
M. Lane
Lane
Underwood
State Parks
Division of Forestry
Fish Management
Wild Life
Forestry
Cooper's Rock
Cabway-Lingo
Kanawha
Kumbrabow
Seneca
Panther
Camp Creek
Greenbrier
Prestone Price Control Suit Targets Union Carbide
The Justice Department sued Union Carbide in Kansas City Missouri alleging improper resale price maintenance for Prestone antifreeze. The filing seeks an injunction preventing price suggestions or indications and blocking Carbide from controlling Prestone marketing through selected customer classes. The antitrust action cites agency and fair trade contracts used with oil companies truck makers and auto dealers to fix prices even where not legally authorized.
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Washington
Justice Department
Kansas City
Union Carbide Corp
Federal District Court
Union Carbide
Prestone
Carbide
Missouri
Earl's Pearls Laughs on Highways and Breaks
A light column jokes about a super high way able to hold longer traffic jams than ordinary roads and a local secretary who stopped taking coffee breaks to stay awake during work hours. The remark teases daily grind and office routines with a carnival of puns.
Cast Off Lover Slays Ex Mate and Three Children
Chicago police say a 35-year-old dishwasher Raimundo Perez Hernandez killed his former common-law wife Maria Gomez Hernandez 25 and her partner Julio Lugando 26 and her three children Rosita 2 Carmen 4 Emma 6 with an 11 inch butcher knife. Hernandez confessed saying he was ashamed because his wife left him for another man. He was arrested hours later on a near North Side street.
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Chicago
Raimundo Perez Hernandez
North Side
Maria Gomez Hernandez
Julio Lugando
Rosita Hernandez
Carmen Hernandez
Emma Gomez
Hernandez
Puerto Rico
Creeping Capitalism in the Soviet Union
William L. Ryan analyzes how middle class purchasing power and new credit methods are reshaping Soviet trade. He notes GUM department stores offering installment purchases, wage deductions, and government run commerce as shortages drive capitalistic practices. The piece surveys shortages, hoarding, and the shift toward advertising and consumer credit.
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Soviet Union
William L. Ryan
Moscow
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State Dairy Princess
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Renick
West Virginia University
Bluefield
Employment Security Department
STEP
Conservation Department
Prestone Freeze
UCC
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EL Uh
Ryan
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