West Virginia Guardsmen Earn Top Rating at Camp Breckinridge
Huntington units led the pack with top ratings as the 1957 West Virginia National Guard encampment at Camp Breckinridge and Fort Knox concluded. Six units rated superior, 17 excellent, 12 very satisfactory, and 12 satisfactory. The 468th Field Artillery Battalion's four groups earned high marks, with 3024 guardsmen returning home richer by 612 dollars each, via unit payrolls and commander issued checks.
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Ft, Knox
468Th Field Artillery Battalion
Huntington
Army National Guard
Fer Virginia
Camp Breckinridge
West Virginia
Ft. Knox
Frederick J. Bailey Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Hartford F. Salee
West Virginia National Guard
Adj
William B. Blake
Underwood
West Virginia Army National Guard
Beckley High
130Th Armored Cavalry
Beckley
C. E. Galaspie
Karl P. Moreland
Williamson
Mountaineer
Blake
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Launches Milk Education Campaign
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau distributes posters featuring a Good Health Giant to teach children that milk comes from cows. Top coloring efforts win county fair prizes next summer.
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Madison, Wis.ap
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Ladies Night Planned by Bluefield Sales Executives Club
The Bluefield Sales Executives Club will host its annual ladies night at Bluefield Country Club tomorrow evening. The event features a 6 pm cocktail hour, a main dinner, and humorist speaker Calvin D. Johnson, introduced by H. D. Anderson.
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Bluefield Sales Executives Club
Bluefield Country Club
Hudson Huffard
Calvin D. Johnson
Johnson
Kentucky
Congress
Illinois
Los Angeles
Bluefield
H. D. Anderson
Kenova Lumber Man Receives State Honor
Kenova lumber company owner James P. Hamer was named West Virginia conservationist of the year at the West Virginia Forest Council annual meeting in Charleston. Eugene Shreve of Summersville was elected state chairman, succeeding Don Hollen of Fairmont. J.J. Straight urged education’s responsibility to conservation.
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Charleston
Kenova Lumber Company
James P. Hamer
West Virginia
West Virginia Forest Council
Eugene Shreve
Summersville
Gauley Coal Land Co
Don Hollen
Fairmont
Marion County
J.J. Straight
Council On ‘‘Education
Shreve
Carl J. Johnson
Roy Lee Harmon
Beckley
Earl Mullins
Eight-year-old driver stopped on Ohio 5 in Warren
State Patrol halted a car on Ohio 5 west of Warren. the driver was eight years old Terry Evans. The stepfather John R. Jones of Newton Falls said he did not know it was illegal and was cited for permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle.
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Warren
Ohio
Ohio 5
Here
Terry Evans
Terry
John R. Jones
Newton Falls
Jones
Texas
Army
United
McClellan
Supreme Court Curbing Congress
The Supreme Court has limited Congress and the executive in high profile cases Jencks and Watkins, prompting congressional pushback and White House support for new limits. Marilyn Monroe plotline Latin crossfire and Miller contempt conviction noted as fallout while Eisenhower calls for measured action and respect for court duties. The response includes rapid Senate and House measures to regulate access to FBI files and witness material in trials.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Executive Branch
Eisenhower
Jencks
Watkins
Clinton E. Jencks
FBI
John Watkins
Congressional
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Miller
U. S
Charles F. McLaughlin
Warren
Justice Department
White House
Senate Judiciary
House
Walter
D-Pa
Un-American Activities Commitee
Atty
Brownell
Senate
Local bandleader cancels dance over mumps outbreak
In Atlantic City New Jersey AP Ray Mathis a local bandleader phoned Jefferson Dance Club chairwoman Miss Jean Wertzberger to cancel an engagement saying two of his musicians had contracted the mumps.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Ray Mathis
Can
Jean Wertzberger
Jefferson Dance Club
Mathis
Liquor Board To Remain The Same In Reorganization
Charleston June 29 Liquor Commission Chairman E Gaujot Bias said the three member board will be replaced by a single commissioner with Gov Underwood naming Bias as the post holder. Col Benjamin W Venable will become deputy commissioner and Douglas L Freutel will be field investigator. Longtime top staff will be kept including Guy E Williams as finance and stock control director James H Hall as general field supervisor and Carl Ross as warehouse superintendent. Bias noted a several week dry run in preparation for the change while a separate line notes New York City population now seven times greater than all of pre Columbian North America.
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Charleston
Liquor Commission
E. Gaujot
Bias
Gov
Underwood
Benjamin W. Venable
Douglas L. Freutel
Huntington
Marland
Guy E. Williams
Finance and Stock Control
James H. Hall
Weston
Carl Ross
Kanawha County
France Got Armored Vehicles From U.S.
Senator McClellan disclosed that a blacklisted contractor sold 350 reconditioned M8 armored trucks to France in 1956 for use against Algerian rebels. Hearings will probe profits, GSA sale of armor plate, and related legal actions as the Justice Department pursues damages from United Auto Parts Co. and affiliates.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
France
State and Defense Departments
Senate
United Auto Parts Co
Kansas City
Texas
General Services Administration
Gary
Ind
United
Tee
Justice Department
United Auto
Subcommittee
United States
Algeria
Texarkana Truck Parts Co
Texarkana
Tex
Red River Arsenal
York Dispatch Endorses Daily Whittling for Congress
The York Dispatch editorial advocates Congress whittling for an hour after lunch to improve behavior in Washington. It argues whittling reduces stress, aids clear thinking, and gives perspective on problems facing lawmakers.
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York
York Dispatch
Congress
Washington
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