Fralin charges race discrimination in Raleigh County coal mines
Local Union No. 5771 VP Alex Fralin, a Black miner, accuses the coal industry in Raleigh County of ongoing discrimination against colored workers. He cites a Register survey that found Negroes and whites hired at similar rates, while Fralin asserts many Black miners have not found work and points to multiple mines across the state where whites secured jobs. The survey respondents include George J. Titler and local pastors who deny discrimination.
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Alex Fralin
United Mine Workers of America
Stotesbury
Raleigh County
Fralin
Register
United Mine Workers
George J. Titler
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Corey Mitchell
S. A. Abram
C. W. Willey
West Virginia
Helen
Eccles
Beard's Fork
Wharton
Tams
Amigo
West Virginia Weather Cloudy Skies Bring Mixed Rain Snow
Weather forecast for West Virginia calls for cloudy skies with snow or sleet mixing into rain today, highs in the 30s in the east and 40s in the west, with rain tonight and lows in the 20s. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with some morning rain mainly in the east, and extended outlook shows cooler weekend temperatures with a return of warmth Monday. Precipitation totals expected from tonight through Saturday range from a half to three quarters of an inch, with conditions at Greenbrier and Lake stations remaining clear otherwise.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Greenbrier
Five Survive Subzero Air Crash in Nevada Mountains
A light Apache aircraft carrying a single family of five crashed on a Nevada mountain slope after weathering in with wind snow and ice. All aboard survived and were flown by helicopter from Hill Air Force Base Utah to Ely Nevada. Two relatives suffered compression fractures but no nerve damage.
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Ely
Nev
Nevada
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Stoddard
Helen
Tragic Holden Mine disaster claims 13 miners
In Holden Mine 22 near Logan 18 miners were found dead from gas and possible coal gas or smoke after a fire trapped 20 men March 8. Rescue teams battled fire water and fumes as the search continued for the remaining crew amid a dangerous rubble strewn tunnel system.
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Jack Matheson
Holden
Island Creek Co
Kentucky
Matheson
W. K. Donaldson
Miners Rescued After Desperate Underground Death Toll
Rescue teams brought two wrapped bodies to the surface at 4:47 a.m. EST as a heavy snowstorm delayed efforts to recover four miners trapped in the 485-foot elevator shaft. Officials expected all bodies to return above ground together.
Soviet plan calls for 1.7 million troops per power
In Geneva the Soviet Union proposed cutting armed forces of the United States, the USSR, and Red China to 1,700,000 men each within 18 months. Valerian Zorin presented a three stage plan, with Britain and France reduced to 650,000, and U.S. and U.S.S.R. at 2.5 million in stage one, 1.2 million in stage two, and further reductions in all nations thereafter. An international control organ would supervise disarmament and ban nuclear tests even before a full agreement.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United Sates
U.S.S.R
Red China
Valerian A. Zorin
Sovie
Nikita Khrushchev
U. N. General Assembly
Zorin
Britain
France
United States
Khrushchev
U. S
David Ormsby-Gore
Italy
Canada
Frederick M. Eaton
Meanest feller would whip his kids for losing money
Sherwood Glutz claims a man who starves and beats his children after taking their supper money is the meanest he knows. He suspects the culprit may be related to the weatherman who sent sleet and snow today.
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Maby
Teddy Nadler seeks census taking job big quiz winner broke
Teddy Nadler of St Louis seeks a census taker post paying 13 dollars a day amid medical bills and bad advice after $264000 TV quiz winnings. He must pass vocabulary and map tests to qualify for a two week assignment starting Thursday with 75 percent of applicants tested. Nadler cautions about lingering fame and plans to become an ordinary census taker if he passes.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Teddy Nadler
St. Louis
Nadler
Adier
University City
Census Bureau
Honest Wallet Test in Midtown Sees 7 Return Thefts
Two press agents dropped 10 wallets with five dollars and ID cards on New York streets to test honesty. Seven finders called the number and spoke to a theater manager who offered passes to the film if they kept the money. Three wallets remain unaccounted for.
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New York
Jury Convicts Motherwell of Putney Murder
Larry Lord Motherwell, 42, a Washington, D C construction worker, is convicted by a Sierra County jury of murdering Pearl Putney, a 72 year old Washington widow, during a 1958 last fling tour. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty by proving a second wife Sarah and their child Heather were murdered.
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Downieville
Calif
Larry Lord Motherwell
Washington, D. C
Sierra County
Pearl Putney
Washington
Motherwell
Sarah
Heather
Frederick
Gordon I. Smith
Lynn Compton
Compton
John T. Reyes
Clydesdale Place
Woman Convicted for False Fire Alarm Plea
Bertha Kingay claimed a drunken man threatened her and an emergency sign lured her to pull a fire alarm lever. Eight fire trucks responded to her alert as she was convicted by Recorder's Judge Frank G. Schemanske of turning in a false alarm.
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Detroit
Bertha Kingay
Frank G. Schemanske
Eisenhower Endorses Nixon For GOP Nomination
President Eisenhower publicly supported Vice President Richard M. Nixon as his choice for the Republican presidential nomination. He indicated a clear preference for Nixon, despite initial reports that he endorsed him at the Gridiron Club dinner.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Gridiron Club
Stewart trains at Pentagon for possible wartime role
Gen James Stewart the actor is on two weeks of active duty at the Pentagon as deputy director of information undergoing intensive on the job training. Queen Elizabeth II consented to Princess Margaret marrying Antony Armstrong-Jones on May 6. A Japanese airliner and a Japanese Sabre Jet collided at Komaki air base killing three and injuring nineteen.
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James Stewart
United States Air Force
Pentagon
Stewart
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Antony Armstrong - Jones
Komaki Air Base
Japan
Lusk Named to Fill Oregon Senate Seat After Neuberger Death
Oregon Supreme Court member Hall Stoner Lusk is nominated by Gov. Hatfield to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by Richard Neuberger’s death. Lusk will serve only until the November election when Neuberger’s widow Maurine seeks the term.
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Hall Stoner Lusk
Oregon Supreme Court
Mark Hatfield
U. S S. Senate
Richard Neuberger
Dore
Lusk
Oregon
Neuberger
Maurine
Lask
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Miss Tregoff
Finch
San Diego
Calif
Jonas E. Salk
Antipolio Serum
Stevenson Won't Seek Democratic Nomination in 1964
ADLAI Stevenson said in Buenos Aires he will not pursue the Democratic presidential nomination. He left open the possibility of serving as secretary of state if asked by a Democratic president. The report also notes a separate U S protest to Cuba over Fidel Castro and a London performance by Jussi Björling after a heart attack. Nehru commented on Red China’s potential moves.
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Adlail Stevenson
Buenos Aires
U.S
Fidel Castro
Havana
Elizabeth
Jussi Bjoerling
Rodolfo
Royal Opera House
London
Nehru
China
U.S. Household Growth Surpasses Fifty-One Million Milestone
The United States now has over 51 million households, the largest year gain in eight years excluding 1958. Newspaper readership climbs as daily circulation reaches 58 604 942, the largest on record.
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U. S
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Lawrence C. Derthick
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Sherwood Glutz
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