West Virginia Health Chief Calls Polio Vaccine Safe
WV health director N H Dyer dismissed an unsubstantiated scare saying the Salk polio vaccine is 100 percent safe and tests focus on its effectiveness. The nationwide trial, with 8000 WV schoolchildren, was delayed until vaccine release around April 24.
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Neil Boggs
the Gazette
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Kajnawha
Dyer
National Foundation For
Dr. Dyer
FHA Prober Says Tenants Real Goats
Washington April 16 Thousands of apartment dwellers nationwide pay inflated rents because builders received larger government insured loans than needed. Capehart says a half a billion dollar windfall from the 1952 50 emergency rental housing program may have been pocketed by builders who then set rents to cover full loan repayment. Committee members warn against partisan focus while Maybank pledges to probe home repair swindles as well. Capehart denies politics, calls repairs racket equally bad and promises a full airing.
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Washington
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Maybank
South Carolina
Sens
Douglas
Twinois
Lehman
New York
Capehart
Hitler aide Otto Abetz reportedly released in France
Paris papers report Otto Abetz Adolf Hitler’s ambassador to Vichy has been ordered freed by President Rene Coty. He is jailed at Loos near Lille after a 20 year sentence from a Paris military trial in 1949. His pardon notification is expected tomorrow.
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Paris
Otto Abetz
France
Adolf Hitler
Vichy
Rene Coty
Loos
Lille
Abetz
Inside Today Aetna Editorials and News Shorts
A fragmented clipping lists brief editorials and news shorts across topics including radio TV and local items. The readable bits mention Aetna and various columns, with sparse names or dates, reflecting a compact newsroom snapshot.
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Aetna
Aeta Nian
My Greatest Spiritual Experience Dream Lingers in His Mind
Donald O Bragg, a Charleston lawyer and College Hill resident, recalls a dream after a friend's death. In the vision a crowd alights from a picnic-bound excursion train and his dead friend consoles him with the line God loves his children in hell. Bragg, born July 31, 1886 in Mason County, notes his career includes city solicitor, bankruptcy referee, and leadership in local Bar and Kiwanis groups.
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Donald O. Bragg
Hell
Donald O. Blagg
Charleston
College Hill
St. Albans
Mason County
Benjamin H
Suemma Crawford Bragg
Mountain State Business College
Parkersburg
West Virginia University
Bar Association of Charleston
Charleston Kiwanis Club
St. Andrew
Indochina clash as Dien Bien Phu airstrip held
French Union forces clash with Vietminh around Dien Bien Phu as rebels dig trenches on the northern airstrip and plant explosives under steel matting. French spokesmen say reinforcements arrive, while Giap is estimated to have up to 45,000 fresh troops ready for a mass assault.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Christian de Castries
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
L. E. Gaines Dead at 61 in West Virginia Coal Industry
L Ebersole Gaines 61 long associated with New River Co and West Virginia Coal Assn died of heart attack in Mt Hope while meeting with J A Hunt. He headed New River Co since 1939, served as mayor of Fayetteville, led National Coal Assn in 1947 48, and held multiple director roles including Amherst Fuel and Merchants and Miners Bank. Born March 9 1893, Princeton graduate 1916.
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New River Co
New River District
Fayette
Raleigh
Amherst Fuel Co
Buffalo Creek Coal and Coke Co
Merchants and Miners National Bank
Oak Hill
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Gaines
Natonal Coal Assn
Ludwell Graham
Martha Ebersole Gaines
Theophilus Gaines
Cincinnati
Fifth Ohio Regiment
Mr. Gaines
Lawrenceville, N. J
Princeton University
Eisenhower pledges Europe troops stay as long needed
President Eisenhower assured France during his Augusta Ga vacation that American troops will remain in Europe as long as necessary to deter any threat. He spoke to the six nations backing the European Defense Community and sought to bolster France's cautious stance on ratification. Congress reacted with calls for consultation and warnings of a potential major debate over the pledge.
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Washington
Eisenhower
France
Europe
Augusta
U. S
EDC
Germany
Paris
Joseph Laniel
Britain
Royal Air Force
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Truman
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Wiley
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Saltonstall Cr-Mass
Sen. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Saltonstall
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
West Germany
United States
Official Says Allied Forces Must Win War
An administration official warns the United States cannot afford another retreat in Asia and would back sending American troops into Indochina if French forces withdraw to prevent a Communist victory. He emphasizes taking political risks now to stop Red expansion, and compares lessons to Korea and China.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Asia
Indochina
United States
Southeast Asia
U.S
U.S. Ag
Free World
John Foster Dulles
China
Korea
Red China
French Hero Made General at Dien Bien Phu
Col. Christian De Castries, commander of the Dien Bien Phu garrison, promoted to brigadier general with immediate effect. Announcement says cabinet meeting with Premier Laval attended. no further details given. De Castries, 51, gained global prominence for defending the Vietnam fortress as Vietminh forces closed in. President Eisenhower said he would have promoted him if serving under him.
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Paris
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phun
Indochina
Ministry of National Defense
de Castries
Joseph Laniel
Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Windstorm damages Wellsburg homes and playground roof
A localized windstorm struck Wellsburg causing damage to at least 16 homes including the residence of Ray Malone. A playground building roof blew off and punctured Malone's roof. No injuries were reported. Followsbee and nearby rural areas escaped the storm. Heavy rain occurred briefly.
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Wellsburg
Tomes
Ray Malone
Malone
Follawsbee
Here
Twister Rips Through Dixie
A string of tornadoes and high winds struck at least 11 communities across Alabama Georgia and Florida. One man Clyde Cooper was critically hurt when a tornado smashed a Panama City restaurant building, while a second twister damaged Crystal Lake near Panama City with no injuries reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Panama City
Wetumpka
Clyde Coopter
Panama “i
Resaurant
Cooper
Crystal Lake
Fla
Talmadge Sees North South Turnpike Asset for South
Georgia Governor Herman E. Talmadge said a West Virginia to Florida north south turnpike would greatly aid the region but would require cross state cooperation since no single state could justify a toll road alone. He spoke at Kanawha Airport while returning to Atlanta with Georgia officials.
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Gazelle
Kanawha Airport
Georgia
Herman E. Talmadge
Talmadge
Clark Gaines
City
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Capital Airlines
Wallace E. Knight
the Gazette
West Virginia
Florida
Chawlactan
Eugene Talmadge
Kanawha
New York
Howell Conner
Georgia State Patrol
Good Friday thief steals cross and jewelry in Wheeling
A thief smashed a jewelry store window on Good Friday in Wheeling, taking a cross on a chain and a necklace valued at five dollars. A couple nearby saw the suspect, about 18 years old, who fled leaving a trail of blood about three blocks. Police recovered no further loot.
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Cross Wheeling
Nitro Man Electrocuted In Accident
Walter Scarberry a 60 year old construction worker died when an extension cord electrified him during home plumbing work at 1144 Kanawha. His son David had just attached the cord and fled to fetch light before hearing his father scream and pulling the plug. Scarberry was at home due to rainy weather keeping him from Orchard Manor project duties.
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Kanawha &I
Walter Scarberry
Fred Cooke
Scarberry
David
Searberry
Orchard Manor
Pope to Deliver Easter Speech From Vatican Apartment
Mournful Good Friday under rain marked Holy Week in Rome as pilgrims and tourists filled St Peter's Basilica and churches. Pope Pius XIX, 73, will deliver his Easter Sunday address from his Vatican apartment, broadcast by Vatican radio at noon Rome time, then appear on the loggia to give the urbi et orbi blessing. Thousands expected in St Peter's Square with a door mass and a temporary altar on the ramp, while earlier a solemn pontifical mass occurred inside the basilica.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
Rome
Vatican
Pius XIX
Vatican Radio
St. Peter's Main
S . Peter's
St. Peter's Basilica
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