Atomic Arms Replace Men Defense Warning Says
Secretary Wilson told a Senate subcommittee that the United States builds an atomic age military force with vast striking power while Soviet H-bomb strength grows and a sudden nuclear attack could threaten national survival. He urged maintaining a large, flexible defense program and an indefinit e costly military establishment to deter and blunt attacks.
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Washington
INS
Charles E. Wilson
U.S
Wilson
Senate Appropriations
Hisenhower
U. S
Continental
Strike Halts City Supply Of Concrete
Local 173 Teamsters voted to refuse to report for work at Pfaff Criss and Shaver Inc and Concrete Supply Co shutting down all three ready mix plants in Kanawha Valley. About 100 drivers rejected a two year contract renewal, picket lines to be manned today, cross-overs unlikely, engineers union not crossing picket lines.
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International Brotherhood of “Teamsters
Kanawha
Eugene A. Carter
Teamsters
West Virginia
Carter
Pfaff, Criss and Shaver, Inc
Concrete Supply Co
Teamsters’’ Union
AFL Union of
Pfaff & Smith, Criss and Shaver
Nego
Governor Marland Silent On Special Session After Florida Trip
Governor Marland returned to his office and declined to comment further on a possible special session over teachers' salaries. Senate President Bean and House Speaker Flannery met but failed to reach a tax agreement, leaving no further talks scheduled. A written push to convene the Legislature by teachers' supporters has limited chance without the governor's definite decision.
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Marland
Florida
Aise
del Herbert Schupbach
D-Wetzel
Schupbach
Spring Snowstorms Leave Nation in Snowbound Chaos
A violent spring blizzard hit the Rockies and a second storm swept New England leaving communities isolated. Six deaths in Colorado Wyoming Montana and two in New England. Sheridan 26 inches total snowfall and roads, power lines knocked out. Schools closed, traffic halted, ski areas stranded as up to 30 inches fell in western New England.
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Rockies
New England
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Sheridan
U.S. 87
Glenda
Wyo
U.S
Lusk
Billings
Mont
Gillette
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Mass
Cape
jCod
Texas
Forest Fire Threatens N.C. Towns
The largest forest fire in North Carolina history threatens Panzer and Scranton in Hyde County. The blaze has burned over 250000 acres, mainly swampy timber, with no damage estimate yet. Gov Hodges orders National Guard units and military aid from Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg to the scene.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
South
Panzer
Scranton
Hyde County
Luther Hodges
Washington, D. C
National Guard
Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Ft. Bragg
U. S. 264
Belhaven
Swan Quarter
Lake Phelps
Tyrrell County
Alligator River
Alligator Lake
What Is a Baptist Freedom of Conscience in Doctrine
An editor's note introduces a series on Protestant Baptist beliefs. The piece explains Baptists share core Christian tenets with other denominations yet hold liberty as a distinctive contribution, drawing on John Locke to emphasize absolute liberty and equal, impartial freedom.
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John Locke
House Burns and Leaves 11 Homeless in South Charleston
A family of 11 was left homeless after a fire destroyed their home two miles from South Charleston on State Route 14. Fire Chief Charles Schmidt credited a hastily built dam across Davis Creek and a new water supply for saving a second house and preventing a grass fire from spreading. Damage was estimated at $7,500. the blaze’s cause is undetermined as firefighters fought to evacuate occupants and prevent spread.
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Davis Creek
Charles Schmidt
South Charleston
Schmidt
State Rt. 14
Bosses Stand Firm on April 11 Meeting Date
Atlantic Greyhound Corp and AFL Motor Coach Employees union clash over a strike call set for April 11 affecting about 725 drivers in West Virginia and seven other states plus the District of Columbia. Union leader Daniel V. Maroney Jr says the date aims to warn the public while company president George S. Engle reiterates willingness to resume talks after April 11, with retroactive pay proposals debated.
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Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Daniel V. Maroney Jr
Division 1439
AFL Motor Coach Employee Union
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Flocds
District of Columbia
Joseph Wright
George S. Engle
Maroney
Engle
United States Conciliation Service
Wright
Blair M. Amole
Radioactive BBs Offer Months More Life To Cancer Patients
In Chicago on April 4 doctors announced promising early results from using yttrium beads injected into the gland under the brain to halt sex and other hormones feeding certain cancers. Thirty bedridden patients received the treatment. six survived, including one at eight months, with many able to resume light work briefly. The yttrium beads, made radioactive at Argonne and delivered within hours to the patients, aim to slow cancer growth.
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Chicago
Eric T. Yuhl
Paul V. Harper
Delbert M Bergenstall
University of Chicago Medical School
Argonne National Laboratory
Lermont
Malenkov Attends Party Marking Hungary Anniversary
Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov appeared at a party at the Sovietskaya hotel honoring Hungary's 10th anniversary of liberation. He had been absent from public functions for about two weeks after resigning Feb 8 over inexperience and agricultural policy.
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Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkov
Hungary
Malenkov
Sovietskaya
Supreme Soviet
Russian Soviet Federal’ Socialist Republic
Medical Lecture Tonight Replaces Panel Speaker
Dr. Jean Plunkett Cavender replaces Dr. Thomas A. Knapp on the You and Your Health forum on Diseases of Women from Youth to Old Age. The 1955 series third forum at 8 pm in Municipal Auditorium is sponsored by the Kanawha Medical Society Auxiliary and Welfare Council and The Gazette.
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Jean Plunkett Cavender
Thomas A. Knapp
Knapp
Municipal Auditorium
Kanawha Medical Society
Kanawha Welfare Council
the Gazette
Robert
Ex-Ruler Kao Kang Purged After Purported Death by Own Action
Peiping radio says Kao Kang, once a top figure in China's pro Russian wing, committed death by own action after purge from the Communist Party. Jao Shu-shih, also purged, remains alive and denounces the party. Conference in Peiping March 21 to 31, presided by Mao Zedong, aimed to salvage the faltering five year plan.
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Tokyo
Stalin
Red China
Communist Party
Peiping
Kao
Red Army
Central Committee
Mao Tze-tung
Communist China
Kao Kang
Queen Dined By Churchill
London April 4 Sir Winston Churchill hosted Queen Elizabeth II at a glittering party wearing full court dress and decorations. Rumors say Churchill may resign and name Anthony Eden as successor, with Buckingham Palace awaiting a possible formal handover tomorrow.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
Tomore
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Downing St
Buckingham Palace
Eden
Isle of Grain
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