Stevenson attacks Ike aides over class hatred talk
Adlai Stevenson at the AFL-CIO convention denounced what he called ugly politics of group conflict naming two Cabinet members Ezra Taft Benson and Douglas McKay. He warned that no office is worth such a price and criticized McCarthyism and anti labor rhetoric while urging responsibility from citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Douglas McKay
Stevenson
Secretary of Agriculture
Senatorial Committee
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Frederick Crawford
Cleveland
America
Germany
McKay
Philip Kuehn
Wisconsin
NAM says Republicans have edge for 1956 election
The National Association of Manufacturers told 3,000 business readers that the Republicans hold an edge over the Democrats in next year’s presidential race if current economic conditions stay strong. Samuel Lubell warned the odds favor a GOP victory in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Samuel Lubell
Hope for lost souls hospital previews new drug therapy
Huntington State Hospital previews a drug therapy program using chlorpromazine for chronic mental illness. Twenty five patients with poor prior response showed good results in ten, fair in twelve, and none in three, as officials seek broader approval and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Huntington State Hospital
State officials seek study to stem rising mental illness tide
State officials cite another motive for the study as a plan to curb the growing influx of mentally ill individuals into the five state institutions devoted to mental suffering. The Board of Public...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Pub
West Gets Warning By Dulles
Secretary of State Dulles urged Western nations to strengthen alliances and retain selective retaliatory power to deter Soviet aggression. He linked unity and prosperity in Western Europe to pressure on Russia to loosen its grip on satellite states and called for continued aid to less developed lands. A final satirical caption depicting a street scene appears after the main text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dulles
Russia
Illinois
Asin
Congress
America
Eisenhower
My Car Has Been Stolen The Insurance Fight
The Gazette reports on auto theft victims facing the challenge of valuing a stolen car. Insurance adjustors use market ranges to set compensation, balancing company loss against customer needs and long-term policy relations.
Eisenhower Holds Budget Talks At Camp David For 1956 Plan
President Eisenhower meets with top advisers at Camp David to trim the budget and consider a possible 1956 tax cut. Treasury Secretary Humphrey predicts a balanced budget by July 1 while Defense spending remains a key issue. Proceedings include NSC sessions and security precautions at the Catoctin retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Mad
Eisenhower
Camp David
National Security Council
Defense
Wilson
the Treasury
Humphrey
Rowland Hughes
State Dulles
Congress
Treasury
Defense Department
Catoctin
Maryland
Jth
Gettysburg
Laurel Lodge
NSC
Denver
United Nations votes to admit 18 nations to membership
The General Assembly approved by 52 to 2 the admission of 18 states, with China and Cuba voting no and the U S Britain France Greece and Israel abstaining. A Security Council vote will determine approval, facing possible veto by any permanent member. Canada’s Paul Martin praised abstention on communist applicants, while Maza urged prompt Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General “Assembly
Security Council
Atom Eng Wado Paalaabd Ucal
Jose Maza
Chile
China
Cuba
United States
Belgium
France
Greece
Israel
U.N
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
Hone
T. F. Tsiang
Ling
Council
Britain
Canada
Paul Martin
Man
General Assembly
Tsiang
Emilio Nunez
Portuondo
Hungary
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Nunez Portundo
Cambodia
Japan
Laos
Libya
Nepal
Jordan
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Ireland
Austria
Finland
Citizen's Arrest Puts 'Cop' in Jail in Hinton
Raymond Adkins made a citizen's arrest of a man he suspected of drunkenness and handed him to County Jailer Harold Boland who urged a search. Boland jailed the suspect and then jailed Adkins. Both men were drunk, Boland explained.
Salem man fatally shoots rival in Elkhart street dispute
In Elkhart Indiana a 25 year old factory worker from Salem West Virginia Herbert Singer was shot twice in a downtown street argument. Robert A Meadows 24 said the shooting was unintentional to scare him and was held without charge. Singer died three miles later at General Hospital from abdomen and left leg wounds. Witnesses said the quarrel involved Meadows wife Jo Ann 17 and her brother Willard Chips 21. The group had moved to Elkhart from Salem within a month. The argument began at a restaurant and a scuffle followed as Chips and Singer approached Meadows who then discharged the weapon unintentionally as he fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Salem
W. Va
Robert A. Meadows
Herbert Singer
Meadows
Singer
Misches
General Hospital
Jo Ann
Willard Chips
Chips
Plane Sabotage Trial May Be Opened Today
Denver dispatch reports John Gilbert Graham to face arraignment for time bomb murder tied to an insurance plot against his mother. Defense lawyers seek delay and request psychiatrists as personal physicians, while DA Keating aims to move quickly to the Colorado lethal gas chamber in Canon City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Bert Keating
Colorado
Canon City
Daisie E. King
Charles §. Vigil
John J. Gibbons
L. Paul Weadick
Ravenswood Ends Sleepy Era for Aluminum Boom
Ravenswood West Virginia moves from a quiet river town image to a prospective aluminum hub as Kaiser Aluminum plans a sheet and foil mill and a large reduction plant on a 2300 acre site along the Ohio River. The project, costing about 216 million dollars, would boost Kaiser’s capacity by over 50 percent and position Ravenswood as a leading integrated aluminum center rivaling only Alcoa. The town’s daily life shifts with anticipated growth and new barbering and retail needs as population rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswood
W. Va
Ohio River
Kaiser Aluministant Chemical Corp
Here
Kaiser
Ohio
Kaiser Aluminum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adlai
Ike
Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
AFL
CIO
J. Addington Wagner
American Légion
Adlas Stevenson
Auto Worker
Walter Reuther
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Presi
Dential
GOP
Anthony Nutting
Geneva
Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
West Virginia
Board of Control
Ccc
Have! J
Furn
West
City Scene
Insurance Co
Richard A. Reinhart
Tharleston
Gazette Phora
Assembly
U. N
Martin
Mary Lee Locke
Salt Lake City
Tike
Willard G. Locke
Factory Hand
Aluminum
Herb Little
Aluminum Company of America
George Bennett
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!