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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1955

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Peron Expels Two Catholic Prelates in Argentina Raid

Federal police raided 120 parish offices in Buenos Aires and suburbs seeking proof to accuse the church of inciting clashes with Peron supporters. The Rt Rev Manuel Tato and Rt Rev Roman Novoa were held overnight and exiled to Rome.

Buenos Aires Juan D. Peron Rome Manuel Tato Roman Pablo Novoa Msgr Tato Santiago Cardinal Capello Novoa Argentina Peron Catholic Action Societies Democracia

Wildcat Seamen Strike Closes In On Queen Mary

London June 15 wildcat seamen's strike leaders worked through Southampton waterfront to disrupt the Queen Mary as crew and passengers prepared for sailing. Authorities estimate 67 000 engineers and firemen cost railways up to 42 million dollars while cabinet reviews the crisis.

London Southampton New York British Transport Commission Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Lord Justice Morris

Woman awarded $20,000 in auto collision suit

A Cabell Circuit Jury in Huntington awarded Mrs. Freda Sanders $20,000 on a $75,000 damage action against Roy Richard Powers. The verdict followed a March 1954 traffic accident claim.

Huntington Cabell Freda Sanders Roy Richard Powers

Paper Casualties Run High In Mock Nuclear Attack

The mock scenario warned of millions of casualties as hydrogen and atomic bombs strike 59 cities. President Eisenhower and federal officials rushed to secure shelters and issue an emergency Civil Defense proclamation while coordinating a skeleton government and rapid recovery plans.

Bpmbprghency America Eisenhower Rance Seleton Washington Momand New York Chicago Los Angeles Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico Panama Canal Zone White House

State Authorities Hold 2 Boys In Connection With Robbery Of Auto

Two teenage boys identified as David Busch 13 and Michael 15 of Euclid Ohio were held by juvenile authorities after allegedly pulling a gun on a motorist, stealing his car and wrecking it. State Police said charges had not been filed and they were being questioned in Harrison County Jail.

Clarksburg Ohio David Busch Michael Euclid T. A. Welty Harrison County Nente Royce McKelvey Columbus W. Va Barbour Coumy

State Joins Nationwide CD Test Run in West Virginia

West Virginia Civil Defense conducted a statewide communications test as part of a nationwide exercise. The lemon juice warning arrived at 11 06 a.m. at the state capitol CD headquarters in Charleston, after originating from a new South Charleston installation. Simulated bombing raids over 30 U.S. cities provided background while West Virginia tested radio and telephone links with the State Police, Road Commission, Navy, 2nd Army, Civil Air Patrol, amateur operators, and CD facilities. Col. Edgar M. Sites led the exercise from the capitol.

Charleston West Virginia Civil Defense Organization State Civil Defense Capitol South Charleston 30Th Air Division Michigan Civil Defense Edgar M. Sites State Police State Road Commission Navy 2Nd Army Civil Air Patrol

Senate passes foreign trade bill granting tariff cuts

The Senate sent to President Eisenhower a three year extension of reciprocal trade law with power to cut tariffs 15 percent. Final passage was by voice vote, a boost for the president amid mixed party support and a contentious debate in the House and Senate. Senator Douglas criticized the bill as compromising reciprocal trade principles.

Washington Senate Eisenhower House Sen Douglas D-C Cordell Hull

Virginia Alert Faces False Start in 1955 Exercise

The 1955 Operation Alert began slowly after a Richmond mishap and Norfolk confusion as sirens sounded early and residents fled to a Lakewood School check point. Officials blamed crossed wires and miscommunications while ground stations activated in Eastern Virginia.

Associated Press Virginia Richmond Norfolk City Civil Defense E. A. Sherry Civil Defense Sherry Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Lakewood School Sears District of Columbia J. H. Wyse Virginia Civil Defense Chiefs Petersburg Colonial Heights Noralk Radford Norfolk Naval Base Annapolis

Ex-Pole Pilot Enlists In U S Air Force

New York June 15 a former Polish air force pilot who escaped to Denmark in his MIG two years ago enlisted in the US Air Force today. Jerzy Jazwinski 24 married an American girl six weeks ago and now lives at Garden City New York.

New York Denmark Air Force Today Jerzy Jerzy’ Jazwinski Garden City N.Y

Israelis Found Guilty Of Breaching Truce

The United Nations mixed Armistice Commission found Israel guilty of violating the Palestine truce pact in an attack on Egyptian positions in South Gaza May 18. It noted a TNT grenade and shell assault near Khan Younes and urged an end to aggression against Egypt. It was the 18th Egypt-favorable decision since the Feb. 2 attack that left 38 dead.

Gaza Palestine United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission Israel Khan Younes Egyp Egypt

AMA Opposes Free Vaccine For Children

Basil O Connor of New York said the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis would run a nationwide polio inoculation program if the government provided the Salk vaccine. He noted the foundation lacks current desire to take on full free distribution but supports broad public health access. The AMA told senators there is no emergency requiring free vaccine for all children and opposed the Democratic plan.

Vatican Peron Peterson New York Los Angeles Washington National Foundation For Basil O'Connor Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee O'Connor Senate Committee American Medical Assn

Mock Atomic War Talk Sparks Dubious Timing

Washington discussed the ill timing of a civil defense mock atomic war as diplomats gather for peace talks. Molotov and Adenauer moved in New York while Dulles prepared for meetings with Macmillan and Pinay. The U N meet in San Francisco looms amid fear of world reaction.

Washington United States State Department Russia Europe Asia Molotov New York Konrad Adenauer Dulles Harold Macmillan Antoine Pinay United Nations San Francisco

Canada to Cooperate With U S on Atomic Defense

Ottawa reports Canada agrees to cooperate with the United States in mutual defense atomic matters and in uses of atomic energy. This settlement signals closer wartime era cooperation and shared defense responsibilities between the two nations.

Canada

Dog Leads Child To Discovery Of Two Slain Teens

A barking dog guided Barbara Huff to a felled tree where one body lay and police later found a second body in a suburban thicket near Lane Manor Maryland. Two men were arrested for questioning as investigators pursued a knife and .22 caliber shells found at the scene. The victims Nancy Sho 16 and Michael Ann Ryan 14 were killed by bullets and a knife, with the envelope of the case pointing to an early morning attack near Northwestern High School and the Capitol region.

Washington George Panagoulis Prince George's County Lane Manor Nancy Marie Sho P. E. Shomette Michael Ann Ryan Thomas W. Ryan Nancy Northwestern High School Michael Panagoulis John J. Maloney Michael's v Capitol Silver Spring College Park University of Maryland Barbara Huff Tiny Barbara Maryland

Hope Slightly Hurt In Leap Onto Glass

Comedian Bob Hope fell through a glass table on the Menger Hotel patio in San Antonio while entertaining a local TV station staff. He suffered a minor ankle laceration but remained on schedule for his program.

San Antonio Tex Bob Hope Menger

Federal Court Upholds Stockholders In Fight

A federal court in New York today ruled that stockholders including Willis D. Wood Anna M. Wood Union College Milbank Foundation John Vanneck Marie Louise Bailey and Barbara Bailey Vanneck may set aside the Interstate Commerce Commission order approving Western Maryland Railway capital stock reorganization. The group of 2 760 first preferred shares argued the plan was inequitable and unjust and the three-judge panel agreed to hear their challenge.

New York Interstate Commerce Commission Willis D. Wood Anna M. Wood Union College Milbank Foundation John Vanneck Marie Louise Bailey Barbara Bailey Vanneck

Quadruplets Born to Connecticut Couple in New Haven

In New Haven at St. Raphael's Hospital a couple welcomed four male babies born premature. The mother, Mrs. Kenneth Barnes, 39, and her husband, a Pratt & Whitney employee at North Haven, have one older child. The report offered few details on the quads' condition.

New Haven St. Raphael's Hospital Kenneth Barnes North Haven Pratt & Whitney United Aircraft Corp

Florida judge and wife missing in suspected kidnapping

West Palm Beach officers found the residence of judge C E Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie unoccupied with signs of a struggle and missing persons suspected. State authorities ordered a full investigation with FBI involvement sought. Coast Guard and Air Force planes patrolled the area as detectives searched surrounding towns and the secluded Manalapan waterfront home.

West Palm Beach Fila Florida C. E. Chillingworth Tas Gui Patln High Gaway Coast Guard Air Force Léroy Collins State Patrol Joseph 8. White Sen. Holland D-Fla FBI Palm Beach Lake Worth Boynton Beach Manalapan Lantana Chillingworth Marjorie

West Virginia court records first media filming in Richardson case

Media recorded the Charleston Juvenile Court proceedings today under Judge Herbert W. Richardson. Cameras in the courtroom mark perhaps the first sanctioned in the state with no flash bulbs allowed. The routine docket showed decorum and typical questioning of youthful offenders and parents.

Charleston Herbert W. Richardson West Virginia

Molotov Heads to U N Meet Not to Attend Geneva Talks

Three Western foreign ministers are en route to New York for pre Geneva coordination on the July summit with Russia. Molotov remains in New York only for the United Nations 10th anniversary events and heads to San Francisco afterward.

New York Russia Switzerland V. M. Molotov San Francisco United Nations Dulles la Guardia France England Geneva Henry Cabot Lodge U. S Lodge Pine Queson U. N

US Signs Pacts For A Peaceful Atomic Era

In Washington on June 15 President Eisenhower announced the United States signed atomic research agreements with Great Britain Canada and Belgium The accords extend mutual cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy medical treatment and related fields These nations join 17 others in such agreements and Britain and Canada were credited with early nuclear breakthroughs and uranium supplies to support the program

Washington United States Eisenhower Pnaore Great Britain Canada Belgium White House U. S Britain

Federal Reserve Reports Record Industrial Output in May

The Federal Reserve Board announced that May industrial production reached a new high with a seasonally adjusted index of 188 1, led by unprecedented nondurable goods output. Durable goods were only moderate, but overall output surpassed all prior records, surpassing the peak from earlier years.

Washington Federal Reserve Board

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