Northern Strike Expands To New Mine In West Virginia
Miners at Owings No. 32 near Shinnston largely returned to work while production remained at half capacity as a wider walkout spread to the Four States O’Donnell Mine in Marion County. Pickets from Owings and Williams No. 98 appeared at O’Donnell, with no miners working. The strike, tied to roof bolting machine assignments, affects seven Consolidation and Christopher Coal operations in Marion Monongalia and Harrison counties. UMW officials and John L. Lewis press for back-to-work while negotiations continue with state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Owings No. 32
Consolidation Coal Co
W.va
Shinnston
O'Donnell
Marion County
Owings and
Williams No
Rochester-Pittsburgh Coal Co
Harrison, Marion
Monmongalia
Pittsburgh Consolidation ‘Coal Co
UMW
Cecil JJ. Urbaniak
Fairmont
Owings
Urbaniak
Williams
Monongah
Consolidation
Christopher Coal Co
Marion Monongalia
Harrison Counties
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Harold Suter
Christopher
Monongalia County
State Mines
GOP to Organize June 21 Meeting Set for 7:30 PM
T R Wilson Jr chairman of the Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee said a meeting is scheduled Thursday June 21 at 7 30 PM in the County Courthouse to elect a chairman and new officers. The county clerk’s office expects certificates of election to be mailed this week to elected party committee members from the May 8 primary. No date set for the Democratic Executive Committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Wilson Jr
Raleigh County
Republican Executive Committee
Wilson
Affinity Driver Sentenced After Fatal Wreck
Frankie Blevins 21 of Affinity was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail for negligent homicide after a Sunday morning crash on Coal City Whitby Road that killed Clifton Carr 38 of Sophia. Blevins also paid 100 dollars plus costs and 50 dollars plus costs and 30 days for driving while drunk. Passenger Donald Newman 19 of Affinity was jailed in lieu of a 25 dollar fine for allowing an unlicensed person to drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Blevins
Affinity
Raleigh County
J. E. Mays
Blevins
Coal City
Whitby
Clifton Oliver Carr
Sophia
Donald Hoy Newman
T. N. Thurman
Make Up Rabies Clinics Planned in Raleigh County
Two canine rabies serum clinics set this week in Raleigh County. Beaver Elementary School hosts the first clinic from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, while a second session runs 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Dr. C F Hale, Beckley veterinarian, will lead the clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Sheriff's Office
Beaver Elementary
C. F. Hale
Beckley
Ground Breaking Rites Slated for New Plant
PARKERSBURG A ground breaking ceremony will be held near here Friday on the 162 acre site where the Corborundum Metals Corp will build a plant to manufacture zirconium for the Atomic Energy Commission. Those scheduled to take part include Clinton F Robinson president of Carborundum Metals and of its parent firm and representatives of the AEC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Corborundum Metals Corp
Thetomic Energy Commission
Washington Bottom
Clinton F. Robinson
Carborundum Metals
Carborundum Company of America
AEC
Memorial Day Traffic Death Toll Seen At 110
Chicago reports the National Safety Council estimates Memorial Day traffic crashes will kill 110 people. The typical nonholiday average for this period is 70. The council urged the public to aim for a toll no higher than 70 during the holiday window from 6 p.m. tomorrow to midnight Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Steel contract talks set pattern for industry
In Pittsburgh the United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp began bargaining for a new contract. John A. Stephens heads Big Steel’s 60 million member negotiating committee and aims for a speedy, equitable settlement for owners workers and the nation. President David J McDonald leads a 90 member team seeking a reasonable agreement before the June 30 deadline. The session elected Stephens as chair and marked a first with a woman negotiator, Deatrice Reagan of Local 2662 Cleveland. Clifford Hood attended for U S Steel as negotiations opened.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
John A. Stephens
Big Steel
USW
David J. McDonald
Stephens
Deatrice Reagan
Cleveland
Clifford Hood
U. S. Steel
Gasoline Truck Explodes Trapping Driver in Clarksburg
A gasoline transport truck exploded near Clarksburg trapping driver Nelson J. Eddy of Fairmont inside. Eyewitness S. H. Allen said the vehicle missed a curve on Route 20, wrecked and burned, with flames reaching 60 feet high. Eddy had left Fairmont at 8 a.m. to deliver gas and reported getting through Wallace flooded areas before the crash. The truck carried 3,000 gallons and the body may not be removed for hours. The incident occurred as wage talks and union labor issues raged in the steel industry nationwide, with unions seeking higher pay and benefits amid looming contract expirations for about 650,000 workers.
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Clarksburg
Esso Standard Oil Co
Fairmont
Nelson J. Eddy
S. H. Allen
Brown
Harrison County
W.va
B. L. Burner
Eddy
Wallace
Burner
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland
Great Lakes Steel
McDonald
Iron Age
National Metal Working Weekly
Speeding Train Hits Truck Wrecks in Ohio
In Alliance Ohio a Pittsburgh Cleveland passenger train hit a truck at Atwater derailing two coaches into a feed mill. Three men died including Charles Fouser Arthur Fisher and Andrew Nappi. About 60 passengers were injured and treated in Ravenna and Alliance hospitals.
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Nappi
Roadway Express of
Akron
Portage County Farm Bureau
Fouser
Ravenna
Allance
Salk vaccine given to 243 at Raleigh clinic
Salk polio shots were given to 243 people at the first of four clinics this month by the Raleigh County Health Department. The Friday event in Sophia enrolled six pregnant women. next clinic is Tuesday at Clear Fork High School in Ameagle. Volunteers included Dr. R. C. Mitchell and several registered nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Sophia
Ameagle
Clear Fork High School
Si St
R. C. Mitchell
Virginia Rushbrook
Garnet Callaway
Carl Neff
Effie Eddins
Ruby Lawson
Pauline Carnohan
Divorces Granted in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Three divorce decrees were finalized in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Frank Jackson Bennett was awarded custody of three children in his divorce from Madeline Virginia Bennett. Cleola Marie Holstein now Cleola Marie Smith restored in her divorce from William Clarence Holstein. Harold Delmore Cadle and Helen Mae Cadle were awarded custody of three children to the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Frank Jackson Bennett
Madeline Virginia Bennett
Cleola Marie Holstein
William Clarence Holstein
Cleola Marie Smith
Harold Delmore Cadle
Helen Mae _Cadle
IRS Outlines Tax Home Rules for Temporary Construction Work
Washington set out how a construction worker can establish a tax home for federal income tax purposes in a letter to Rep. Bailey. The guidance lists nine criteria including following a trade, local union membership, a primary residence, and employment patterns not exceeding one year at any site. Bailey noted the ruling is crucial for West Virginia where joblessness is higher.
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Washington (P
Internal Revenue Service
Bailey
D-Wva
Charleston
W.va
Building and Construction Trades Council
Service
Japanese Claim New H Blast at Bikini Recorded
Tokyo reports say instruments indicate the United States set off another hydrogen blast at Bikini today with power comparable to the May 21 explosion estimated above 10 million tons of TNT. Observatories logged atmospheric pressure waves across Japan for about 40 minutes and seismographs noted the event earlier than the air readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
Bikini
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Tokyo Central Meteorological Observatory
Japan
Matsushiro
Three Drivers Arrested in WV Road Charge Hearings
Dewey Ralph Day of Raleigh was remanded to Raleigh County Jail after arraignment on driving while drunk, with license suspension for six months. Donald Ferrell of Cleveland was fined ten dollars and costs for permitting an unlicensed driver after police on the West Virginia Turnpike. Marvin C. Gandee of Raleigh received fifty dollars plus costs and six months in jail for driving while drunk, with automatic six month license suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Ralph Day
Raleigh
T. N. Thurman
J. P. Meadows
Donald Ferrell
Cleveland
Teacher Placement Board to Meet for Hiring Next Term
A special Raleigh County Board of Education session is set for 7 30 p m Monday June 4 to discuss employment and placement of teachers for the upcoming term, per Superintendent D W Bryson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Board of Education
D. W. Bryson
Rayburn Rites Today for Sam Rayburn’s Sister
Funeral services scheduled today for Miss Lucinda Rayburn sister of House Speaker Sam Rayburn. Miss Rayburn died Saturday after an operation six weeks ago and a week of critical condition.
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Bonham
Tex
Lucinda Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
French Protest Sends Reservists From Station to Algeria
In ST NAZAIRE about 1500 workers and residents protested a train carrying reservists due to depart for Algeria. Police used tear gas and grenades as a riot developed around the station, injuring several. The reservists were escorted away as order returned, and similar protests were warned for Nantes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Nazadre
France
Algeria
Mediterranean
General Federation of Labor
Swiss Conquer Mount Everest In Twin Ascents
A Swiss mountaineering expedition reports two Everest climbs and a Lhotse success. Ernst Schmidt and Jurg Marjet summited Everest on May 23, duplicating Hillary and Tenzing’s earlier feat, while Adolf Reist and Hans Rudolf von Gunten completed the second Everest ascent. Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger topped Lhotse on May 18 amid illness in camp. Luchsinger pressed on despite appendicitis.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Ernst Schmidt
Jurg Marjet
Edmund Hillary
Sherpa Norgay Tenzing
Ernst Reiss
Fritz Luchsinger
Lhotsel
Adolf Reist
Hans Rudolf von Gunten
Tornado Clouds Feared in Western States
Rain drenched much of the nation as roving thunderheads spawned a dozen tornadoes in western Nebraska western Kansas and northwestern Texas though ground touch was rare. Central Illinois saw nine inches of rain flooding streams and flooding farms while weather systems push warm moist air northward into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Ilinois
Fisher
Salt Creek
Farmer City
Kickapoo Creek
Heyworth
Ill
Great Lakes
Ohio River Valley
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Wisconsin
Presbyterians approve merger to form United church
Philadelphia report notes the 168th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A unanimously approved a merger with the United Presbyterian Church. The merged church would be named the United A. pending presbyteries’ votes.
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Philadelphia
168Th
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
Forty-three Jurors Report For Raleigh County Court
Forty-three of 125 jurors summoned for Raleigh County Circuit Court appeared for duty. Judge Norman Knapp said the others were excused or could not be located and summonses not served. No trials were set. jurors excused until 9 a.m. Tuesday. No court Wednesday Memorial Day.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Knapp
Workers Return To Park In Two Week Strike
Conservation Director Carl J. Johnson said 12 of 15 striking laborers resumed work at Blackwater Falls State Park in Tucker County. Three maintained a picket line. AFL Building Trades council members and nine sub contractors continue to oppose crossing. The project, a lodge and 25 cabins, is a million dollar job originally set for completion around October 1, with delays likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Blackwater Falls State Park
Tucker County
Carl J. Johnson
AFL Building Trades Councils
Conservation Department
Johnson
Mount Hope Resident Dies After Brief Illness
Mr. Hope Resident Ruth Payne of Mount Hope died at Oak Hill hospital early today after a brief illness. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Payne
Mount Hope
Oak Hill Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley
Death of 14 year old in West Virginia flash floods
Tremendous rains pelted northern West Virginia flooding Marion County towns Mannington and Farmington along Buffalo Creek. Nine foot flood depths forced evacuations while the National Guard aided residents. A 14 year old boy Edward Brown of Mannington drowned after the bank collapsed on Dent's Run. James Frost survived after clinging to a log. Creeks/rivers rose rapidly. highways including U S 19 50 and 250 faced closures, with tracks delayed but later reopened.
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West Virginia
Marion County
National Guard
Mannington
Buffalo Creek
Farmington
Edward Brown
Brown
James Frost
Dent’s Run
Frost
201St Field Artillery
Robert Hart
State Road Commission
Preston County
Cheat River
W.va
Rowlesburg
U.S. 50
U.S. 19
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
2.30 Inches Rainfall Drench Morgantown
Rain measuring up to 2.30 inches fell in Morgantown in the 24 hour period to 7 am. Other gauge readings included London Dam Kanawha River 1.93 inches East Rainelle 1.70 Oak Hill 1.60 Pineville 1.50 Marmet 1.38 Huntington 1.10 Beckley 1.10 Charleston 0.81 Parkersburg 0.48. The downpour raised streams but no serious floods were reported and more scattered showers were forecast.
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Huntington
Morgantown
West Virginia
London Dam
Kanawha
East Rainelle
Oak Hill
Pineville
Marmet
Beckley
Charleston
Parkersburg
Stargazing note on Beckley sky and planetary times
The Sun sets at 7 39 p m and rises at 5 06 a m on Tuesday. The Moon rises at 10 47 p m and is at apogee with Last Quarter on June 1. Saturn shines in the southeast at 8 51 p m, Venus sets at 9 47 p m, Jupiter appears in the west at 10 29 p m, and Mars rises at 1 09 a m.
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Taurus
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
West Virginia Weather Update
Cloudy cool conditions with scattered showers and isolated storms across southern and western areas this evening and likely again Tuesday. Temperatures range from the mid 50s in the east and north to the low 60s in the southwest, with rainfall totals around 1.1 to 1.6 inches and soggy rivers at Bellepoint and Greenbrier. Local sites mention high yesterday near 70 and today’s readings around 61.
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Scees
Ereahe
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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Suter
GOP
U. S. Navy
Maurice G. Everett
McKenzie
Tenn
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
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Everett
Louis Lewin
San Francisco
Lewin
Achmed Sukarno
Columbia University
New York
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
Ohio
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Deloressa Graham
C. R. Russell
Judith May
Walter Blickenberger
Gerald Davis
John Lance
Atwater
Yonkers
N. Y
Carolyn
Rep. Mollohan
Dwva
Nantes
Palestro
Algiers
Pierre Mendes-France
Paris
Guy Mollet
Mount
Everest
Luchsinger
Lhotse
Associated Press
Hope
Beckley Skies
Norma
Bluestone
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