Paul Lester Dead Brother Held In Jail
Paul Lester 43 of a mountain cabin near Piedmont is dead after a reported shooting. His brother Leonard Lawrence Jerry Lester 39 is jailed in Mercer County on murder charges after admitting they argued over home brew. Police say Paul was shot with an 84 pellet shotgun and died minutes after arrival at hospital. The family includes three children and multiple siblings. Services scheduled at Beesom Chapel with burial at the family cemetery.
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Paul Lester
Piedmont
Leonard Lawrence
Jerry) Lester
Mercer County
Jerry Lester
P. L. Dye
Jim Baisden
Lawrence Griffith
Sheriff Dye
Jerry
Paul
Bailey Funeral Home
Matoaka
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dott
William T
Myrtle Elswick Lester
Lamar Coal Company
Shelby
Wayne
Billy
Thomas
Beeson
Leonard
Bonnie Billings
Hiawatha
Nora Tiller
Thelma Shrewsberry
Catherine Lester
Pinoak
Laniel Ousted as French Premier After 306-293 Vote
Paris reports Premier Joseph Laniel, leading a seven party coalition, loses confidence vote 306 to 293 and resigns. President Rene Coty delays acceptance, new cabinet to be formed. bidault vows to continue in Geneva. In Washington Knowland warns against a surrender government in Indochina. Molotov and Eden fail to break Geneva deadlock as French crisis unsettles talks.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
European Defense Community
France
Rene Coty
Laniel
Knowland
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
United Nations
Free Nations of the World
Indochina
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Korea
Escapee Tolson Captured After 15 Days Hiding
Wayne West Virginia June 12 Roger Tolson 35 escaped 15 days ago from a State Penitentiary work crew. He was found hiding in a thicket near Camp Mad Anthony and surrendered without resistance. Tolson had served 20 months of a 2 10 year sentence for breaking and entering in Wayne County. He is jailed in Cabell County awaiting transfer to Moundsville with guards and a police circular of his photo in circulation.
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Moundsville
Smith
Tolson
Burkes Gardener Pal Escape Va Prison Camp
Two convicts escaped from a Virginia state convict camp and rode with two teen couples to Falls Church after posing as truck drivers. Hodges C. Brown 24 of Burkes Gardens and Kenneth B. Robertson 29 of Danville, trusted inmates, were serving eight and seven years for forgery and grand larceny respectively.
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Falls Church
Virginia
M. C. Russell
Hodges C. Brown
Burkes Gardens
Kenneth B. Robertson
Danville
Tax receipts show slight drop in May
Charleston report shows May tax receipts totaling 9.966 million dollars, down from 10.727 million in May last year. The largest decline came in gross receipts, falling from 6.043 million to 4.864 million, with other May receipts listed for consumers sales tax 2.219 million, gasoline excise 1.738 million, inheritance 141,090, forfeiture 25,000, cigarette tax 664,000, soft drink tax 278,000, and use tax 11,000.
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Charleston
Milton J. Ferguson
Vietnamese Beat Off Night Attack Near Hanoi
Vietnamese Catholic militiamen fighting with French forces repelled a Vietminh night assault on a village 15 miles northwest of Hanoi. About 700 Vietminh raiders were said to be forced back after heavy fighting with substantial losses on both sides.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Vinhmo
Son Tay
Red
Tenement Fire Killing 7 Sparks Alcohol and Cigarette Clues
Chicago officials report an 11 year old whisky drinking boy Marion Gregory said he started a tenement fire that killed seven people and injured nine. Investigators noted possible gasoline acceleration and an inquest is scheduled for Monday.
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Chicago
John T. O'Malley
O'Malley
Marion Gregory
Gregory
Robert Ryan
Lewis
Frank Ferlic
Eisenhower’s 1956 plans and retirement hints from meeting
At a three day National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee gathering in Washington June 12 1952 Sherman Adams floated “certain conditions” that could entice President Eisenhower to retire to Gettysburg. One condition is losing Congress to Democrats this year others were not disclosed. Admits he hopes not to be quoted negating a 1956 run.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National
Citizens For Eisenhower
Congressional Committee
Eisenohner
White House
Sherman Adams
Gettysburg
Adams
Citizens Group
Congressional
House
Martin
James L. Murphy
South Begins Battle Plans For Schools
Richmond Virginia June 12 The South outlines potential avenues to dodge the Supreme Court school desegregation ruling as governors gather. Plans include separate turnout by health criteria and private school systems funded by state support, with officials wary of undermining public education. Virginia Attorney General J Lindsay Almond hints at a tripartite system and may present details soon.
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Richmond
Southland
Supreme Court
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Oklahoma
J. Lindsay Almond
Almond
Senator Moves to Strip McCarthy From Chairmanships
Sen. Flanders moves to strip Sen. McCarthy of his chairmanships over questions on his finances from a 1953 Elections subcommittee report. Sen. Knowland condemns the move as a mistake, warns it could disrupt Eisenhower's legislative program. McCarthy dismisses it as a smear while away on speaking engagements.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Flanders
R-Vt
McCarthy
Rwis
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Stevens
Francis P. Carr
Roy M. Cohn
Army
John G. Adams
G. David Schine
McCarthy Signals Independence at Wisconsin GOP Meet
Senator Joseph McCarthy told about 4,000 at the Wisconsin Republican convention that he would back President Eisenhower if he ran but would not be a rubber stamp for any party. He praised Eisenhower's record yet warned he must perform his duties to his state and party without blind obedience. A resolution commending McCarthy was adopted as Harold Michael's bid to oppose the measure was drowned out.
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Flanders
Knowland
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Harold Michael
Amery
Second Michigan polio test case reported in 1954 results
A second Michigan child involved in the Salk polio vaccine tests developed polio myelitis and her mother was hospitalized for observation. Linda Brooks, seven, of Farmington township, began treatment June 4 after receiving part of the vaccine series. Officials note uncertainty whether the child received real vaccine or inert fluid. About half of Michigan participants received the vaccine. results to be clarified as codes are broken later. No fatalities or major illnesses reported nationwide in the mass inoculation effort across ten counties.
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Pontiac, Mich
Michigan
Linda Brooks
Farmington Township
Farmington
Linda
Betty Brooks
Earl Brooks
Lenawee County
Atom Powered Plane Program Research Stepped Up
The Defense Department reports renewed focus on atom powered aircraft research begun in 1951. Studies, blueprints, and technical work continue with no fixed construction date. Designers seek an atomic engine enabling speeds above sound with long endurance, while shielding crew from radiation without heavy heavy shielding.
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Defense Department
Washington
Wilson
Pentagon
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Hibbard
Nixon Urges U S Support for Asian Independence
Vice President Richard Nixon called for American backing of Asian independence to counter Communist aggression in Indochina. He spoke in Whittier after receiving an honorary law degree and a distinguished alumnus award, and later escaped injury in a minor car collision involving the motorcade.
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Whittier
Calif
United States
Indochina
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Los Angeles
Washington
Kidnapper Marsin Charged in $75,000 Ransom Case
Daniel J. Marsin 41 was charged with kidnapping for ransom after Mrs. Evelyn Smith identified him as the man who abducted her and collected 75,000 dollars. He faced 20 to 50 years or death under Arizona law and was held on 20,000 bond as officers hunted the ransom money near the Superstition Mountains.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Short
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Ann Smith
Marsin
Justice of the Peace Alf
Arizona
Florence
Iit
Slain Steelworker Husband Seeks Suspect in Tragic Triple Death
Beaver Falls report says a 30-year-old steelworker Patrick Lance is sought after his wife Agnes Hoffman Lance and her two children Clyde 9 and Agnes 11 were found shot dead in a two room cabin. Neighbors reported frequent domestic disputes and gunshots heard around 6 p.m. Lance is described armed and dangerous with a murder warrant issued.
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Beaver Falls
Patrick Lance
Lance
Agnes Hoffman Lance
Clyde
Agnes
Lances
Surgeons Separate 7 Month Old Siamese Twins In Film
In Leeuwarden Netherlands a team of four surgeons and sixteen aides separated 7 month old De Vries twins Folkje and Titska in seventy minutes. Their condition remained precarious as doctors reported survival after the operation. The twins are children of Simon De Vries and Blyke De Vries. The procedure was filmed for scientific purposes and will be shown at the International Scientific Film Assn in Rome in November.
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Leeuwarden
Netherlands
de Vries
Folkje
Titska
Simon de Vries
Blyke
International Scientific Film Assn
Rome
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Eden
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Pal
Ralph Flanders
R-Vi
Joseph McCarthy
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