Senate Panel Links Crime Syndicate To Economy Power
The Senate Labor Management Committee charges a crime syndicate with expanding control of the U S economy. Democratic members urge a new federal police intelligence agency to crush the plot, while Republican members oppose fearing abuses and a shift toward secret police. The panel cites Hoffa as an ally of mobsters and notes corruption ties with labor leaders. The findings support extending committee powers as probes continue.
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Washington
Senate Labor Management Committee
National Secret Police
Belcoe
Report links Apalachin mob meeting to underworld power
National Controls inquiry reports that the Apalachin convention exposed by 1959 hearings shows legitimate and profitable enterprises linked to mob delegates and labor racketeers. Twenty of 48 mobsters jailed in New York on January 13 for conspiracy to obstruct justice refused to testify. Senators Kennedy Ervin Church and McClellan support a proposed new federal police agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Apalachin
N. Y
New York City
John F. Kennedy
D‘mass
Sam J. Ervin Jr
DNC
Frank Church
Idaho
McClellan
West Offers New Detailed Control Plan
The West proposes an International Disarmament Organization to oversee satellite launches and military budgets. Italian delegate Cavalletti outlined ten functions including budget scrutiny, weapon production controls, and worldwide surveillance, while Soviet delegate Zorin urged initial general disarmament talks. The session showed no progress but remained amicable as discussions continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesco Cava’etti
Cavaletti
Valerian Zorin
Spring Finally Reaches State
West Virginia enjoys its first spring like weather of the year with Elkins recording a 0 degree low due to clear skies and heat from yesterday. Overnight lows ranged from 35 in Huntington to 50 in Morgantown, with temperatures climbing to a high of 75 yesterday. Forecasters predict mild days ahead with showers possible Wednesday Friday and Saturday.
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Huntington
Elkins
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Flat Top
Charleston
Martinsburg
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Morgantown
Mercury
United States develops large rocket engine while Franco plagued by heart attack reports
Reports cite H Y York stating the US is building a rocket engine more than twice as large as any Soviet has. A British paper claims Franco suffered a heart attack on a hunting trip. A MATS C133 landed safely at Dover after engine trouble over the Atlantic. Kentucky Democratic leader J Lyter Donaldson dies of a heart attack at 68. Fidel Castro denounces US business interests as Cuba braces for invasion. Eisenhower brother Milton cancels Italy trip. Starlet June Wilkinson reports burglary of $4100 in furs. Anatomy of a Murder named best picture of 1959 by Film Daily. Betancourt seeks U S Cuba tension relief in Caracas talks. Initial tabulations show Frondizi’s margin.
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United States
Soviet Union
H. Y. York
Pentagon
Spain
Francisco Franco
Madrid
MATS
Dover Air Force Base
Dover
Azores
Atlantic
J. Lyter Donaldson
Fidel Castro
Cuba
People’s Army
U. S
Milton
Eisenhower
Italy
June Wilkinson
Hollywood
The
Film Daily
Betancourt
Venezuela
Raul Roa
Caracas
Weather outlook for West Virginia region shows mild trend
Today mostly sunny and warm with highs 65 to 76 across zones. Tonight temperatures dip to 32 to 42. Tuesday brings clouds and warmth, with a pattern continuing through Saturday and rainfall totaling 0.25 to 0.50 inch from showers on Wednesday Friday and Saturday.
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W. Va
Oak Hill
A.M. Pogay
Seereee
Barbecue Pit Turns Into Bomb Shelter in San Diego
The Glenn Havenses transformed a canyon-side barbecue pit into a 500 foot tunnel and nine room shelter over 11 years. The family, including four sons and a daughter, hosted a grand tour during a daughter's wedding reception inviting guests to see the cave with multiple entrances and a slide into a sand pile.
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San Diego
Calif
Glenn Havenses
Rumor Denied as 14 People Not Affected By Heat
A local rumor of 14 people entering a state of shock as sun emerged is dismissed. The writer notes warmer weather boosts morale and hints at upcoming summer resort activity as Sherwood Glutz comments on conditions.
Nixon May Consider Rogers for Second On Ticket
The Nixon camp weighs Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers as a potential running mate due to youth energy and New York ties. If Kennedy is the Democratic nominee Rogers gains appeal, while Catholic considerations complicate other Catholic options like James P. Mitchell.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Secretary of the Interior
Fred Seaton
Kenneth B. Keating
Secretary of the Treasury
Elderly Couple Dies of Heart Attacks in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas Henry Bach 75 rushed to aid his wife Bessie 70 who was gravely ill. Neighbors arrived and found both have died from heart attacks.
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Topeka
Kan
Henry Bach
Bach
Bessie
Legislative Committee Sets Adoption Law Study in Charleston
A joint legislative committee voted to create a six member subcommittee to study West Virginia adoption laws and procedures with a goal of possible statutory changes. The move follows calls from Tucker County judges and a local lay group after the Forrest Isner case. House and Senate members debated whether to revisit Judge Calhoun’s past report before forming the panel.
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Charleston
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
Ernest A. Lee
Keyser
Tucker County
Forrest Isners
Parsons
Isners
State Department of Public Assistance
Harlan M.calhoun
Moorefield
Supreme Court
HOUSE
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
Calhoun
Seibert
Bean
Legislative Committee
American Youth Praised by President at White House Conference
President Eisenhower lauded Faith youth at the White House Conference on Youth and Children. Seven thousand delegates at the University of Maryland Fieldhouse applauded during his 15 minute address praising their quest for peace with justice and their keen curiosity and grasp of fitness and achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas mother discovers twins swapped names for 11 years
Mrs. James Metcalf of Arlington learns Joyce and Janis twins have been called the wrong names for 11 years after footprint records show Joyce is Janis and Janis is Joyce. Identification by Jack Green of the Fort Worth Police confirms the mix up from birth prints taken May 13, 1948 at Carswell Air Force Base.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Joyce
Janis
James Metcalf
Arlington
Jack Green
Green
Carswell Air Force Base
Big Sandy Plant To Use West Virginia Coal
Pittsburgh Chemical Co plans a four million dollar plant in Boyd County Kentucky on the Big Sandy River upstream from Kenova West Virginia. It will employ 40 workers initially with room to grow and will use West Virginia and Kentucky coal for granular activated carbon. Completion is expected early next year. The firm supplies activated carbon for military gas masks in World War II and currently purifies corn sugar syrup and cane beet sugars.
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Huntington
Pittsburgh Chemical Co
Boyd County
Big Sandy River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kenova
W. Va
Jonathan C. Cooper
Pittsburgh Chemical
Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical Co
Neuenes
Earl's Pearls Joke on Tombstone and Reading Column
George DeWitt says he found a Manhattan tombstone inscription about a New Yorker with a happy face finding a parking space. A Congressional committee allegedly concluded that more reading would boost book sales, with Earl Wilson promising more laughs on Page 4.
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George DeWitt
Manhattan
Congressional
U. S
Earl Wilson
Ten New Roman Church Princes Created By Pope
Pope John XXIII elevated ten new cardinals in a secret consistory at the Vatican. The group included the first Negro, the first Japanese and the first Filipino princes of the church, with three names kept secret for now. Emissaries began notifying the new cardinals as Rome prepared for a public consistory in St Peter's Basilica.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
Biglietto
Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
Search Called Off For Missing Stallard Boy
The organized search for James Car son Stallard known as Kit Stallard near Montgomery has been called off as Kanawha River runs five feet above normal after water releases from Blue Stone Dam. Police report an unidentified 11 year old may have witnessed the boy fall in as toys were found near the bank. National Guard and 12 fire departments aided in the effort along Falls View to Gauley Bridge without success.
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Montgomery
RNS
James Carson
Kit” Stallard
Kanawha
Bluestone Dam
Roger Nowinskie
Nowvnskie
Stallard
National Guard
Falls View
Gauley Bridge
Clinton W. Stallard Jr
Nowinskie
Upper
Horse Kicks 11 Year Old Girl to Death in Pa Farm
Cynthia Schenpf, 11, died after being kicked by her horse while attempting to bridle him on the family farm in Lititz Pennsylvania. Authorities report the accident occurred Sunday and the girl was found by her parents.
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Lititz, Pa
Cynthia Schenpf
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee Renewes Call to Oust Hoffa as Teamsters Leader
The Senate rackets committee urged courts and agencies to act against James R. Hoffa, labeling him ally of gangsters and a betrayer of unionists. The report ends a three year probe saying Hoffa should be ousted if he defies government and public opinion, charging plunder of union funds and denial of democratic procedures. The panel warned that Hoffa’s survival risks labor management relations turning back to the jungle era.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
James R. Hofffa
Governmment
Teamsters
U. S
Union Treasuries
Ike Mac Talk At Camp David
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meet at Camp David to craft a compromise on banning nuclear tests. They aim to avoid a U S Britain split and set guidelines for proposals to Khrushchev ahead of the Paris Big Four summit starting May 16. Macmillan will confer with Christian Herter at the British Embassy before joining Eisenhower.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Camp David
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Macmillan
Christian A. Herter
Senate Ponders House Civil Rights Bill Debate
The Senate Judiciary Committee, split in vote, opens closed hearings on the House civil rights bill. Attorney General William P. Rogers and opponent Charles J. Bloch expected to testify for and against. Chairman Eastland’s panel weighs amendments and possible public testimony.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Atty
William P. Rogers
Charles J. Bloch
Macon
Rogers
Bloch
Virus Links To Human Cancers Sparks Hopeful Study
Top virus experts report new evidence that certain human cancers may be caused by viruses. Dr Jerome T Syverson notes most people carry many viruses and some cancers could be amined by viruses. Dr Sarah Stewart describes cancer extracts and mouse leukemia virus triggering cancers, with antibodies found in humans exposed to infected mice.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
Jnew
Jerome T. Syverson
University of Minnesota
American Cancer Society
Sarah Stewart
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
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IDO
Satelliet
Arturo Frondizi
Havens
Honeym
Lance Reventlow
Jill St. John
San Francisco
Barbara Hutton
Sherwood Glutz
Laurian Rugambwa
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Ike
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