Strike Is Now 115 Days Old
The steel strike enters its 115th day as peace talks halt with no sign of a settlement. The Taft Hartley injunction and Supreme Court ruling on it loom, while Sen. Morse proposes new wartime authorities to end strikes. Negotiators remain far apart over work rules and cost issues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal
Photos Support Moon Theory
Soviet scientist Boris Levin told Tass that photographs of the moon’s far side back the collision theory. He said a large cosmic impact near the Sea of Rains created lava flows and seas on the near side while seismic waves could explain the Sea of Dreams on the opposite side.
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Moscow
Tass
Boris Levin
Levin
Hal March Denies Rigging Ties Plans Suit for Clear Name
New York AP report says Hal March, host of The $64,000 Question, asserts he had no knowledge of any rigging. He plans to sue sponsor Revhon Inc to clear his name, while Twenty-One producers Jack Barry and Dan Enright remain silent.
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New York
New Orleans
Hal March
Revhon, Inc
March
Firecrackers Used To Scare Birds Disturb Neighbor Sleep
Newfane sheriffs deputies said cherry growers use firecrackers to deter starlings and crows. The blasts also prevent the sandman from visiting a neighbor who complained he cannot sleep, prompting a request to move the devices farther from his home.
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Newfane
N. Y
Libyan Floods Uncover Roman Relics in Cyrenaica
Floods in Gebel Akhdar, Cyrenaica reveal four Roman milestones near Beda ex. The earliest 75 A D milestone notes repair by Proconsul Lucius Minucius Rufus under Vespasian. Another milestone records repairs by Emperor Philip and his son in 248 A D. Archaeologists seek more fragments at the site.
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Tripoli
Libya
Gebel Akhdar
Cyrenaica
Beda
Vespasian
Lucius Minucius Rufus
Philip
County's College Enrollment Falls
A 4.3 percent drop in Raleigh County High School graduates entering college is reported by Assistant Superintendent Virgil A. Sarrett. Freshmen entrants rise to 28.5 percent this year, with 181 in West Virginia colleges and 48 out of state, plus 17 in business schools and seven in preparatory schools.
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Raleigh County
Virgil A. Sarrett
West Virginia
Sarrett
Woodrow Wilson
Marsh Fork
Eight White Teens Held In Halloween Slaying
In Corinth Mississippi eight white teenage boys admitted taking part in a Halloween shotgun slaying of Roy Prather a 16 year old Negro boy and wounding another. H M Ray said charges likely but he did not specify. Chief Harold Hinto said Darrell Glidwell 17 admitted firing the fatal shot.
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Corinth
Miss
H. M. Ray
Harold Hinto
Darnell Glidwell
Roy Prather
Dame Lucile Newell Sayers Dies at 73 Former UN Delegate
London reports the death of Dame Lucile Newell Sayers aged 73 a former British delegate to the United Nations. New Brunswick New Jersey notes W L Huters 70 retired superintendent of International Shoe Co plant in Sikeston Missouri died after brief illness Huters born in Cape Girardeau Missouri.
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London
Lucile Newell Sayers
United Nations
New Brunswick
N. J
W. L. Huters
International Shoe Co
Sikeston
Huters
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Methodist official Marcus Birrell dies of heart attack
Dr. Marcus J. Birrell of Nashville Tennessee executive secretary of the Interboard Committee of Christian Vocations for the Methodist Church died Wednesday from a heart attack. He once served as president of Wesley College in Grand Forks North Dakota.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Marcus J. Birrell
Nashville
Tenn
Interboard Committee of Christian Vocations
The
Methodist Church
Wesley College of
Grand Forks
N. D
State Utility Tax Tops $10 Million
West Virginia utility tax receipts for the first half of the year totaled $10,151,869. Of this, counties and municipalities received $7,361,225, with the rest allocated to state funds. The report notes lower valuations due to exemptions and a “Better Schools” amendment raising local levy rates. County and city allocations listed include Brooke, Hancock, Logan, Ohio, Marshall, Monongalia, Boone, and cities Weirton, Logan, and Wheeling.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Brooke
Hancock
Logan
Ohio
Marshall
Mingo
Boone
Weirton
Wheeling
France Lifts Import Quotas In Wide Reform
Paris reports France lifted quotas on hundreds of goods from the United States, Canada and EEC nations. Textiles clothing building materials household gadgets tools refrigerators cameras and farm machinery are among items affected. The move follows Britain’s earlier decision to open its markets to more American and West European goods.
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Paris
United States
Canada
European Economic Cooperation Organization
France
Little Rock Bomber Coggins Sentenced in Labor Day Bombings
John Taylor Coggins, 39, second of four men to face trial, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 500 dollars after a jury convicted him of dynamiting the office of Mayor Werner Knoop. The panel included one Black juror. Last week Jesse Perry was sentenced to three years for bombing the Little Rock school board offices.
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Little Rock, Ark
John Taylor Coggins
Little Rock
Coggins
Werner Knoop
Jesse Raymond Perry
Contraceptives Backed by York Archbishop Says Use Is Right
Archbishop of York after study supports using contraceptives as part of Christian marriage. He warns against indiscriminate use and says Parenthood is a defined part of marriage. Rev. Arthur Michael Ramsay spoke before sailing to Britain aboard the Queen Elizabeth.
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New York
York
Arthur Michael Ramsey
Church of England
Britain
United States
Canada
Immature Aggressive Impulsive Traits Attributed To Criminals
Philadelphia AP reports psychiatrist Dr. John G. Torney who has examined over 4,000 criminals since 1953 says almost all criminals are emotionally immature. He cites childish approaches to needs, lack of social controls, and environment as causes, urging parental accountability to reduce crime.
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John G. Torney
Neuropsychiatric Division
Quarter Sessions Court
R. Torney
Dr. Torney
Retired Admiral Opens Bourbon Campaign for Paris
Admiral from Kentucky arrives in London to promote bourbon in Europe. Vice Admiral William J. Marshall, president of the Bourbon Institute of America, says imported bourbon should win European favor and plans a Scotland visit to study distilleries.
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Paris
Kentucky
Marshall
Bourbon Institute of America
America
Scotland
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