Freight Traffic Nearly Normal In Virginia
Virginia railroad officials report near normal freight movement despite a Pennsylvania Railroad strike. Other lines reroute shipments to key destinations, with Norfolk and Western and Seaboard Air Line cautiously assessing impact as traffic shifts and passenger services adjust.
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Virginia
Richmond
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk and Western
N&w
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard
New York
Washington
Southern Railway
AFL-CIO approves higher COPE funding at state convention
Roanoke AP The state AFL-CIO adopted a compromise to double local unions contributions to COPE raising the monthly per member assessment from one cent to two for COPE as part of a revised constitution. The change increases total local payments from eight to nine cents per member each month.
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Roanoke
Afl-Cio
Committee of Political Education
COPE
Constitution Committee
Remaining U S Property Near Seizure in Cuba
Raul Castro signaled the imminent seizure of the remaining American property in Cuba valued at about a quarter of a billion dollars. He said the Guanatanamo base would not be confiscated now but urged that it may come later. He accused anti-Castro forces of training there and warned any provocation would have consequences.
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Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Havana, Cuba
Raul Castro
Cuba
U.S
Guantanamo
Castro
Fidel Castro
San Jose
Burma Road Echoes Marco Polo Route From Silk Road
The Burma Road of World War II followed a caravan path once used by Marco Polo on his 13th century journey to China. The route linked China and Burma, shaping Allied supply lines during wartime.
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Burma
Marco Polo
China
Former U S Official Now Soviet Adviser On Latin American
Washington reports Maurice H. Halperin, a former U S official, is in Moscow as an adviser to the Kremlin on Latin American affairs. He indicated in a passport form that he has been in the Soviet Union since December 1958 and is employed by the USSR Academy of Sciences on research about undeveloped countries. Halperin previously headed OSS Latin American work and later taught at Boston University and Oklahoma. he was dismissed by BU in 1954 after Senate inquiries tied him to a Soviet spy ring and he refused to answer questions on communism.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Kremlin
Maurice H. Halperin
Soviet Union
Halperin
U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
Office of Strategic Services
Feld
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Council of Ministers
Boston University
University of Oklahoma
Senate
Frederick County Court Fines Totals 679 Dollars
Convictions against 11 persons in Frederick County Court yielded fines and costs totaling 679 dollars. The list includes James Kirby Barb for reckless driving with crash and Melvin DeHaven for no operator's license with second offense. Other cases cover driving on suspended licenses, reckless driving, petty larceny, and related suspensions, with various addresses and sentence details.
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Frederick County
James Kirby Barb
Rt. 1
Berryville
Melvin Junior DeHaven
Rt. 2
Ray Edwards Getts, Jr
Mt. Falls
Edward Wilson Zimmerman, Jr
Violet Marie Stickel
Daniel
ICC dispute over Harris corruption charge in freight regulation
Washington AP report shows Rep. Oren Harris accusing corruption in motor freight regulation. The ICC rejected the charge, stating there has been no corruption by the commission and no misconduct by its staff.
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Washington
Oren Harris
Dark
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commission
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