Paul Lester Dead in Mountain Cabin Shooting
Paul Lester 43 of a mountain cabin above Piedmont is dead after a shooting blamed on a dispute over home brewed alcohol. His brother Leonard Jerry Lester 39 is jailed in Mercer County for murder after admitting he argued with Paul and that Paul took a gun and left the house. Jerry reported he heard a shot soon after and found Paul in a path about 50 feet from the cabin. Sheriff P L Dye said 84 shotgun pellets were found in Paul’s head. Paul Lester, born July 23 1911 at Dott, was a disabled miner and Lamar Coal Company retiree living in Mercer County. Survived by three children Shelby and two sons Wayne and Billy, two brothers Thomas of Beeson and Leonard, and four sisters. The body to Botley Funeral Home Matoaka then Beesom Chapel with services to be announced by Rev Ben Woodring and burial at Beesom 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
Dott
William T
Myrtle Elswick Lester
Lamar Coal Company
Shelby
Wayne
Billy
Thomas
Beeson
Leonard
Foor
Bonnie Billings
Hiana
Nora Tiller
Thelma Shrewsberry
Catherine Lester
Pinoak
Botley Funeral Home
Matoaka Unti
Beesom Chapel
Ben Woodring
M. Buriel
Beesom
Georges Bidault
Geneva
Laniel
Bidault
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
France
Escapee Tolson Captured After Hiding in Thicket
Wayne West Virginia June 12 Roger Tolson 35 escaped 15 days ago from a State Penitentiary work crew and was found hiding in a thicket near Camp Mad Anthony. Sheriff Robert L Smith said Tolson who had served 20 months of a 2 10 year term at Moundsville surrendered without resistance. He was convicted of breaking and entering in Wayne County Circuit Court and sentenced by Judge Charles W Ferguson. The fugitive is held at Cabell County jail awaiting transfer to Moundsville guards.
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Smith
Tolson
Burkes Gardener Pal Escape Va Prison Camp
Two convicts escaped from a Virginia state convict camp near Centerville and rode to Falls Church with two teenagers posing as truck drivers. Hodges C. Brown, 24, of Burkes Gardens, serving eight years for forgery, and Kenneth B. Robertson, 29, of Danville, serving seven years for grand larceny, were identified as the escapees. Falls Church police found them dropped off near a local garage after the two youths gave them a ride. The camp superintendent confirmed their identities and status as trustys.
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Falls Church
Virginia
M. C. Russell
Hodges C. Brown
Burkes Gardens
Kenneth B. Robertson
Danville
Haymarket
Centerville
Tax receipts show slight drop in May
Charleston reports May collections total 9.97 million, down from 10.73 million a year earlier. The decline is led by gross sales tax receipts dropping from 6.043 million in May 1953 to 4.864 million this May. Other May receipts include Consumers sales tax 2.219 million and gasoline excise 1.738 million.
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Charleston
Milton J. Ferguson
French Government Split Over War Results and Laniel Ouster
Paris reports Premier Joseph Laniel defeated after two confidence votes as 306-293 in the National Assembly prompts his resignation. Coty delays cabinet change, Bidault plans Geneva return. Knowland pushes end of Geneva talks and Indochina states independence option. Molotov and Eden meet inconclusively to seek deadlock resolution in Geneva.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
European Defense Community
France
Rene Coty
Lanieb
Geneva
Indochina
Assembly
Elysee Palace
White House
Coty
Washington
Sen
Knowland
R-Calls
Senate
Soviet Union
China
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
United Nations
Free Nations of the World
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Korea
Ottn
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. French sources said about 700 raiders were turned back after heavy fighting with several militiamen captured. French aircraft bombed Vietminh bases east of Hanoi as monsoon rains threaten a major delta offensive within weeks.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Vinhmo
Son Tay
Red
Whisky drinking boy linked to deadly tenement fire
Chicago June 12 Chief of Detectives O Malley says an 11 year old boy Marion Gregory told him he started a tenement fire that killed seven and injured nine. He said the fire began when he flicked a cigarette butt into rubbish in a stairwell. An inquest is set for Monday.
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Chicago
John T. O'Malley
O'Malley
Marion Gregory
Young Grestory
Roberta
Lewis
Frank Perlie
Eisenhower May Retire If Democrats Win and Other Conditions
Washington June 12 The National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee meeting returns to the question will Eisenhower run again if Democrats gain control this November Sherman Adams hints at two or three conditions that could persuade him to retire including the loss of congressional power Adams says he did not promise the President would not run again and aides say Adams may have been delivering a pep talk with no firm stance from the White House.
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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
Virginia June 12 The Southroom conference of Southern governors in Richmond outlined possible routes to sidestep the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation. Plans included Mississippi style pupil assignment, abolition of public schools in favor of private options, and a tripartite system. Attorneys general may discuss the legal ramifications in the next 30 to 60 days as 11 states seek a legal “out” to keep segregated schooling.
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Richmond
Southland
Supreme Court
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
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Texas
Rgia
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Oklahoma
South
Carolnd Ge
J. Lindsay Almond
Almond
Senator Hits Move To Strip McCarthy Of Chairmanships
Sen. Knowland condemns Sen. Flanders bid to strip Sen. McCarthy of chairmanships as a mistake and a potential disruptor of President Eisenhower’s legislative program. Flanders seeks to oust McCarthy from the Senate Investigations Subcommittee and Government Operations Committee over finances raised in a 1953 Elections subcommittee report.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Flanders
R-Vt
McCarthy
Rwis
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Stevens
Owland
California
Second Child Contracts Polio in Michigan Tests
A second Michigan child developed polio after taking part in the Salk vaccine tests. Linda Brooks, 7, of Farmington township, received two of three shots and was admitted to the Sister Kenney Polio Treatment Center on June 4. Her mother, Betty Brooks, 29, was hospitalized with symptoms of polio. Officials said it remains unclear if Linda received the real vaccine or inert fluid. About half of the 50,000 Michigan children in the tests got the vaccine. The case is nonparalytic and the broader mass inoculation in 10 counties reported no serious illnesses or deaths. Police shields of the study include Lenawee County reporting a case with uncertain vaccine status. The identity of which children received which treatment will be revealed later.
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Pontiac, Mich
Michigan
Linda Brooks
Farmington Township
Farmington
Linda
Betty Brooks
Earl Brooks
Lenawee County
Kidnapper Faces 25-50 Year Term
Daniel J. Marsin, 41, is charged with kidnapping for ransom after allegedly abducting Evelyn Ann Smith and collecting 75 000 dollars. He was ordered held on 20 000 bond as investigators search foothills near the Superstition Mountains for the money. Marsin faces 20 to 30 years to life with possible death penalty by jury in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Short
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Ann Smith
Marsin
Justice of the Peace
Arizona
Florence
McCarthy Says He Will Not Be A Rubber Stamp
Senator McCarthy told about 4,000 at the Wisconsin Republican state convention that he would support Eisenhower if he ran but would not be a rubber stamp for the administration. He praised Eisenhower’s conduct while noting he could campaign for him, and a opposing speaker from Amery was shouted down during a resolution praising McCarthy.
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Milwaukee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Harold Michael
Amery
Atom Powered Plane Program Moves Forward in Defense Study
Defense officials report stepped up research on atomic propulsion for aircraft after a 1951 restart plan. The program, under Pentagon oversight, remains blueprint and lab focused with no flight date set, yet officials say breakthroughs could lead to supersonic atom powered planes within years.
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Defense Department
Washington
Wilson
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Hibbard
Nixon Urges U S Support for Asian Independence
Whittier California June 12 Vice President Richard Nixon urged strong U S backing for Asian independence to counter Communist aggression. He framed American leadership as tied to economic progress peace and equality and avoided partisan talk amid MacCarthy hearings. He received an honorary law degree and escaped unhurt from a minor car collision involving his vehicle.
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Whittier
Calif
United States
Indochina
Richard Nixon
Free World
Nixon
MacCarthy
Whitti R
Los Angeles
Washington
Seek Steelworker In Slaying Of 3
Beaver Falls, Pa. June 12. A steelworker's wife Agnes Hoffman Lance and her two children Clyde 9 and Agnes 1 were found shot to death in a two room cabin. Patrick Lance husband and stepfather, aged 30, was apprehended after a three state alarm described him as armed and dangerous. He was seen leaving on a motorcycle as a murder warrant was issued.
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Beaver Falls
Patrick Lance
Lance
Agnes Hoffman Lance
Clyde
Agnes
Lances
Surgeons Separate Siamese Twins In Filmed Operation
In Leewarden Netherlands a team of four surgeons and sixteen aides separated seven month old Folkje and Titska De Vries after a 70 minute operation. The girls survived but remain in precarious condition. Their parents Simon De Vries and Blyke De Vries are from the Netherlands. 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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Plandera
Wisconsin
Flanders Hat
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Roy M. Cohn
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