The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-13
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
h
NV. LANCASTER, jR.
= STEEL PRICE HIKE
= CUBAN PRISONERS
\ TEACHERS STRIKE

q IEACHENS SIh1hE
A STEEL PRICE HIKE has
shocked and dismayed the Ken
nedy administration and key
members Of Congress. The U. S.
Steel Corp. and other major
producers this week announced
plans to raise the price of steel
an average Of S. a ton. The an
nouncement followed closely the
signing of a new two-year con-
tract with the United Steel Work
er. which was widely acclaimed
as being noninflationary. Presi-
dent Kennedy called the action
unjustifiable and irresponsible
at his news conference Wednes-
day. Both the Justice Depart
ment and Sen. Estes Kefauver,
chairman of the Senate anti
monopoly subcommittee. said they
have plans to investigate the
price rise which officials feel will
set off another wage-price spiral.
NEGOTIATIONS for the re-
lease of the 1.l79 prisoners cap
tured in last years unsucces-
sful Cuban invasion are under
way in Havana. Three men and
a woman from Miami met for
four hours Wednesday with
Premier Fidei Castro. After
wards one Of them said, There
is hope" The prisoners have
been fined a total of 81 million
dollars. The negotiators say
they have rs million dollars at
their disposal. have pledged two
millions more, and might also
be able to offer merchandise
The U. S. State Department has
been keeping hands off of the
proposed zeal.
A STRIKE by New York City
school teachers Wednesday set
off a student riot at one school
on Manhattan's lower East Side.
Disorder broke out among g.
300 pupils at Seward Park High
School. They began throwing
papers out of windows and were
ordered out of the building when
Is nonstricking teachers and four
policemen were unable to con-
troll them. Outside about a doz-
en- boys began swinging at one
another. Police said they thought
the trouble was staged in part for
the benefit of TV cameras which
were on hand to cover the strike.
The striking teachers were de-
manding higher pay in de-
fiance of both nonstrike laws
and threats Of dismissal. About
half of the city's teachers were
reported to be out on strike.
A FINAL APPEAL to the Rus
slams Ito Snow some reasonable
ness, flexibility, and political
sense" on the nuclear test in
spection problem was made
Wednesday by U. S. Ambassador
Arthur Dean at the 17-nation dis
arnlent conference in Geneva.
But there were no signs of a
change in Soviet policy. Dean
repeated warnings that the US.
will resume atmospheric nu-
clear test this month unless a
test ban treaty is quickly signed
providing for international in
spections to prevent cheating.
A SEPARATE BOARD to deal
exclusively with the problem Of
Virginia's new two-vear. COM
munity colleges was foreseen
Wednesday by DR.. Dabney S.
Lancaster. DR.. Lancaster, chair
man Of the State Council of High
er Education and present emer-
titus of Longwood College. made
the comment in an interview
prior to his speech to the annual
conference Of school superintend-
entS in Roanoke. He predicted a
steady but conservative growth
of the new two-year colleges.
which are being built to help
meet the increasing demand for
higher education. These colleges
Continued on page 81