Woman Wins Fat Crossword Jackpot On Page 33
Mrs. Byron N. Morris of 915 Pine Road won 832.50 for solving last week's Gazette Crossword Puzzle. She receives 575 base prize plus 57.50 for submitting by post card and 200 bonus from an advertiser sales slip, plus 10 laundry credit. She will collect the prize after presenting the slip to the promotions secretary by 4 pm tomorrow as a new puzzle worth 100 awaits on page 33.
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Byron N. Morris
Pine Road
Gazette
Charleston Laundry
The
Morris
Crichton Jr Wins City Council Seat by Three Votes
Walter Crichton Jr narrowly edges GOP challenger J Parke McMaster by three votes after canvass of voting machines in Monday city election. If certified the council would tilt 13 to 11 in favor of Democrats. Democrats object to eight challenged ballots and seek further action as canvass continues.
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Walter Crichton Jr
J. Parke McMaster
Page & Cel
John A. Field Jr
Plant Explosion at Carbide Institute Likely From Leak
Officials of Carbide's Institute plant theorized that Friday morning's blast was probably caused by a gasket packing gland leak in a pipeline. Five workers remained hospitalized at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston with four burns and one sprained back. all were in good condition. Names listed include Gail C. Smith, Charles Titlow Jr., Deonald Edwards, Jack Rader, and O. C. Ore.
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Carbide’s Institute
R. T. Bradley
Thomas Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
Gail C. Smith
St. Albans
Charles Titlow Jr
Charleston
Deonald Edwards
Jack Rader
Clendenin
O. C. Ore
No End Seen In Bus Strike
A 17 day old strike involving 725 Atlantic Greyhound bus drivers showed no sign of settlement. Union leader Daniel W. Maroney Jr. stated the AFL Motor Coach Employees plans meetings across the 10 state area to explain the union position and to bargain at the table, not in the press. A mailed letter from Maroney outlines the union’s views on the company ads.
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Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Daniel WY. Maroney Jr
Division 1493
AFL Motor Coach Employee of America
Atlantic Greyhound
Maroney
Atlantic Grey
Solon Claims Veterans Sell Housing Rights
Chairman Teague cites a wide spread illegal practice in buying and selling veterans housing rights. He notes a 23 million dollar loss in force closures and veterans left in debt after selling homes. He also accuses VA housing staff of outside earnings, while conceding improved vigilance since 1952.
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Washington
Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Affairs
Gorneautas
Veterans Administration
Derailment, fraud cases marked by violent labor strike unrest
The report links a Louisville & Nashville derailment near Barbourville Kentucky to sabotage as six crewmen were injured. Governors of three Southern states failed to settle a regional telephone strike while Alabama Court Chief Justice issued an injunction against mass picketing and violence by L and N workers.
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Atlanta
Louis Iville & Nashville
Barbourville
Montgomery
Ala
J. Ed Livingston
Alabama
Supreme Court
L&n
Alaabama
Salk Vaccine Supply Limited Despite Bold Gamble
New York April 23 The Polio Foundation faced a limited Salk vaccine supply delaying inoculations for children under 19 until late 1955 or early 1956. Dr Hart E Van Riper calls a nine million dollar gamble crucial for enabling four day distribution after the vaccine proved 80 to 90 percent effective.
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New York
Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For
van Riper
Annals of Medicine
Thomas Francis Jr
University of Michigan
San Diego
Calif
Francis
Stock Ruling's Effect Is Small
Soviet Prime Minister Bulganin said the date for a Big Four meeting rests with Eisenhower and Eden. He indicated a positive attitude toward a high level talk, while Washington officials cautioned that a meeting may be likely but no date was set.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Eden
Bulganin
Austria
Washington
State Department
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Band
Senator Urges U S Talks With Chou En Lai
Senator George of Georgia told the American Newspaper Editors in Washington that the United States should accept Premier Chou En Lai’s invitation to negotiations. He urged talks to relax tensions in the Far East including Formosa and said the nation must consult other leaders too.
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Marshall Bulganin
Western
Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
United States
Chou
Formosa
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Lease Tikes
Rage 2 Co
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Oser
Bandung ideas and market tensions mix in 70 percent rule debate
The article recalls George's remarks on Bandung linking Western prospects with Chinese strategy and a proposed four-power summit. It notes record margin debt totaling 2.652 billion dollars and New York bank loans to brokers at 1.82 billion, both multi-decade highs, highlighting market fragility amid policy questions.
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New York
State Group on Way to Atom Test Meets Natural Hazards
A 14 member West Virginia observers and Civil Defense officials arrived at Las Vegas Nevada to study atomic test effects at Operation Cue. Led by Deputy State CD Director Edgar M Sites the party traveled via Albuquerque and Kansas dust storms to assess housing damage and safety measures during the weapon’s blast. The visit accompanies a broader discussion on defense thinking amid global tensions and the H bomb program.
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George Lawless
the Gazette
Nellis Air Force Base
iNov
West Virginia
Kansas
Mississippi
Las Vegas
Edgar M. Sites
Strategic Weapons Proving Center
Albuquerque
N. M
Protests Drive South Charleston Sewage Decision Tuesday
South Charleston city council will decide Tuesday night after citizen protests whether the sanitary sewage program will proceed rapidly or be delayed. The issue centers on when and how pollution of the Kanawha River will be addressed. An ordinance to raise funds via revenue bonds, with rates tied to water use, will be voted, detailing charges of 0.76 per 1 000 gallons for light users.
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South Charleston
Kanawha River
South Charles‘ton
Sanitary Board
West Virginia Water Commission
Consulting Engineers
United States Demands Terms for Formosa Talks
The U S replies to Chou En Lai Bandung proposal with four demands for talks on Formosa. Immediate ceasefire and release of 15 U S airmen, insistence Chiang Kai shek attend as an equal, and Red China to accept UN Security Council ceasefire talks in New York. The statement avoids promising a conference if demands are met.
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Washington
INS
United States
Red China
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
United Nations Security Council
New York
Chou En-lai
Bandung
Eisenhower
Herbert. Hoover Jr
James Hagerty
State Department Cperts
Chou
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate
Walter F. George D-Gas
Chou An-lai Says Reds Wish Peace with United States
Premier Chou An-lai stated Red China aims to avoid war with the United States and is willing to negotiate to ease tension in the Far East, especially around Formosa. The remark came at the closing of the 29 nation Asian African conference in Bandung Indonesia.
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Far East
Chou
United States
Chinese Peoples Republic
Condi
Bandung
Indonesia
Chou An-lai
Taiwan
Formosa
Washington
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Don Seagle
U.S
Parley Price
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Coal River
Lewis Raines
Hi J
City Scene
Capitol St
West
ByPolio Foundation
Wallace E. Knight
Sen. George
State Magazine
Lewis Abbot
America
Chiang
Wiliam F. Knowland
Page & Cal
Asia
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