Kaiser Steel pact leaves steel price rise in doubt
Washington AP reports the Kaiser Steel Corp and United Steelworkers Union signed a strike-ending agreement but it is unclear if any future steel price increases by Kaiser will follow.
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Kaiser-Usw
Aaland Heiress Seeks Share Of Flynn Estate
An attorney in New York seeks information only on an unsigned document declaring Beverly Aaland, 17, a one third owner of Errol Flynn's Jamaica estate. The report also notes satellite losses Explorer IV Discoverer VI and a Downeyville grand jury weighing trial for Larry Motherwell in the death of Pearl Putney.
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Errol Flynn
New York
Miss Aaland
Jamaica
U. S
Downieville
Calif
Larry Lord Motherwell
Pearl Putney
Condemnation hearing values Lafayette Hotel property
The Raleigh County Circuit Court opened a condemnation hearing over the Lafayette Hotel on South Oakwood Ave. Witnesses quoted differing land and building values. Sam Thomson of Quality Lumber Co. assessed land 48100 and building 81928.59 after depreciation. C F Cook of Homeseekers Land and Building Co. valued building 60000 and land 59300 for a total 119300. Owners K D Bowers and Floyd M Sayre defend their case with Beckley lawyers. State Road Commission attorneys presented, with L E Thompson from the state at counsel table.
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South Oakwood Ave
Raleigh County
Sam Thomson
Quality Lumber Co
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Homeseekers Land and Building Co
K. D. Bowers
Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley
State Road Commission
Cyrus Gadd
Phillip G. Terrie
Watson Starcher
L. E. Thompson
Hunter Chester Marshall Is Found After Night Lost In Woods
Marshall Chester, 71, of Beckley, found near a stream on White Oak Mountain after a night spent in rain. Rescuers including Sheriff Mills and conservation officers located him weak but conscious, having fired a gun for aid before being loaded into an ambulance and taken to Raleigh General Hospital in fair condition.
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Beckley
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Okey A. Mills
White Oak Game Protector’s Association
O. B. Harris
Beaver
Carl Barber
Beckley-Hinton
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Webb and Neal
Register
Mills
Plane Missing But Family Found In North Carolina
A Miami to Youngstown Piper Comanche with pilot C. W Moore his wife and three children was missing overnight after engine trouble and bad weather. The family landed at Salisbury then Hickory North Carolina where Moore reported favorable weather and completed the flight. Civil Air Patrols across four states had searched for the aircraft.
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Saiisbury
Savannah
Salisbury
Moore
Freak Bridge Blast Shakes Beckley Neighborhood
A "freak" dynamite blast at the South Oakwood Avenue bridge site on Route 16 relocation rattled Beckley Monday evening. No serious injuries. minor crane damage estimated at $200. Residents reported shaken houses, flying debris, and reeled gas and rail line impacts.
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Cecil L. Miller
Troitino Brothers Construction Co
Mike Smiley
the Register
F. J. Moore
Drunk At The Wheel Chairman Fined In London
Polio cripple Alexander Suttey was fined 10 pounds for drunken driving in his motorized invalid chair. The magistrate said he would not suspend his license because of special circumstances, but warned that future clemency would require him to quit drinking.
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London
Alexander Suttey
Suttey
West Virginia Weather Update With Cloudy Skies
Weather report notes cloudy conditions with light rain and snow flurries in parts of West Virginia. Beckley posted a high of 48 and a low of 36, Oak Hill 30/33, and river gauges show Greenbrier muddy and Bluestone murky with gauges around 2.8 feet.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Mabscott Sisters Face Polio Investigation
Two Mabscott sisters, Donna Sams 11 and Anna six, are patients at Marmet Hospital with polio. Donna was transferred from Beckley Hospital Monday night and Anna followed early today. They are daughters of Mrs. Emma Lee Sams of Mabscott.
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Marmet Hospital
Donna Sams
Beckley Hospital
Anna
Emma Lee Sams
Explosion Victim Dies in Virginia Plant Incident
Jacob Harris, 57, of Bluefield West Virginia, died in a hospital last night from injuries sustained Friday's explosion at a Celanese Corp plant in nearby Pearisburg Virginia.
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Pearisburg, Va
Jacob Harris
Bluefield
W. Va
Celanese Corp
Metropolitan Opera opens 75th season with new star Simionato
The Met’s 75th season debuts with Il Trovatore featuring Giulietta Simionato in the gypsy Azucena. A star-studded opening night draws Rosenind Russell, Greer Garson, Van Cliburn, Hank Greenberg, and Bob Feller among fashion-filled galleries. The show and lounges boost an opening-night take near $36,000 as the opera’s longest season yet unfolds.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
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Opera House
Italy
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Greer Garson
Rosalind Russell
Chinchilla
Eleanor Searle Whitney
Mildred Miller
Antonietta Stella
Carlo Bergonzi
Big Firms Stand Firm as Steel Strike Faces Court Ruling
The 105 day steel strike nears a federal court decision as the 3rd U S Circuit Court of Appeals weighs whether 500000 workers must return to work under a Taft Hartley injunction or continue the walkout. Kaiser ends walkout with a new pact. 11 firms resist inflationary settlement.
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Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
U. S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Kaiser
California
Washington
Pittsburgh
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Supreme Court
College Fees Slow Building Program In West Liberty Project
The State Board of Education delays a science hall project at West Liberty due to shortfalls in the $50 semester registration fee. Officials project only 878000 in the fiscal year against a 1200000 appropriation, with net fees to date at 494007 and further collections anticipated for next terms. The board approved preliminary plans and will submit final plans at December meeting.
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State Board of Education
West Liberty
H. K. Baer
Baer
West Liberty Science Hall
West Virginia University
Crippled Killer Sentenced To Death In Electric Chair
WETHERSFIELD Conn AP Frank Wojculewicz, paralyzed since a 1951 robbery shooting, was executed in the electric chair after seven years on death row. He was convicted for the 1951 slayings of Police Sgt Walter Grabeck and a bystander in a New Britain packing house robbery. The case included appeals about his spinal injury and mental fitness. His wife won a divorce and custody of two children born after the shooting.
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Wethersfield, Conn
Frank Wojculewicz
Wojculewicz
Walter Grabeck
William Otipka
New Britain
State Supreme Court of Errors
Four Guilty Pleas Entered in Raleigh County Court
Four pleas of guilty were entered in Raleigh County Criminal Court this morning. Bobby Dale Plumsey received 10 days in jail for being drunk in public with credit for time served. Jackie Lee Bailey pleaded guilty to an attempted felony and will reappear for sentencing November 12. Jimmie Paul Howerton is to be sentenced November 10 for daytime burglary and is free on bond. Bill Howard Howerton got 12 months in jail with credit for time served after pleading guilty to an attempted felony of grand larceny. Willard Asbury and Cather Carroll Small had their cases continued on motions by the defendants.
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Raleigh County
Bobby Dale Plumsey
Jackie Lee Bailey
Jimmie Paul Howerton
Bill Howard Howerton
Willard Asbury
Cather Carrell Small
High Tribunal Receives Esso Kelly Case in Behalf of Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court certified to the Supreme Court for possible further action in a matter where Esso Standard Oil Co. seeks judgment against Esther Kelly of Beaver. The contract bound Mrs. Kelly to guarantee up to 7 750 owed by a third party, with 5 299 79 unpaid.
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Charleston
Raleigh County
Supreme Court
Esso Standard Oil Co
Esther Kelly
Beaver
WVU President urges more funding for higher education
Elvis J. Stahr Jr. told the National Bankers Association in Miami that the soundest national investment is higher education and urged an 8 percent funding rise over 13 years. He warned that without greater support, future investments could fail while Russia spends more on education. He cited population, knowledge, and technology as exploding forces shaping the nation's future.
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Miami, Fla
West Virginia University
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
America
Bankers Today
Russia
Stahr
Peepul Fear Progress Slows By Hot Air Objections
Sherwood Glutz complains that people fear common changes and resist explanations. He argues progress drags like cold molasses in frigid weather and blames overblown talk for stalling real understanding.
Crackpot education era believed ended say publishers
W McLean Johnson, a St Louis book publisher, declares the era of crackpot educational theories is ending. He predicts a generation of better spellers and readers as teachers return to phonics after decades of experimental methods.
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W. McLean Johnson
St. Louis
Johnson
Johnny
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