Rare Heart Operation Restores Life For Area Boy
Lewis Little 15 of Nitro underwent a landmark procedure at Charleston General Hospital to repair an inter atrial septal defect and related heart abnormality. Surgeons Dr William Jamison and Dr Morris ODell replaced heart veins and corrected the opening enabling a hoped for normal life. The operation was the second of its kind in Charleston and the first in the state, with the boy recovering quickly and expressing faith in recovery.
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Lewis Little
Charleston General Hospital
West Virginia
Gazette
Lewis
I. E. Buff
Charleston
Morris O’dell
William Jamison
Doctors Hospital
Washington
Jamison
O'Dell
Two Killed As Jet Falls Near School
In Hertford North Carolina a Navy jet crashed into a school area near a crowded high school minutes before recess. Pilot Ens William W Bell of Oceana Virginia died. mechanic J Van Roach age 56 died from burns and partner James P Morgan age 26 was critically burned.
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Hertford
N. C
Coast Guardmien
Ens
William W. Bell
Oceana
Navy
J. van Roach
James Preston Morgan
U N Splits Over Israel Sanctions Rally at General Assembly
United Nations debates threaten Western unity as Israel refuses to withdraw from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gaza Strip. The Asian African bloc moves for sanctions with U S backing awaited. Britain Canada and France wary while the Soviet bloc opposes.
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United Nations
U. N
Israel
United States
Middle East
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
U.N
Britain
France
General Assembly
Eisenhower
Isreal
Assembly
Washington
U.S
Sharmel
Sheikh
Commonwealths
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Egypt
Wert Ags D16 0611 Phone Display Ads
A fragment lists phone numbers and display ad codes Wert Ags D16 0611 Display Ads b 46 6651 and All Others D 2 416.
Carbide Plans 16 Percent Production Rise at Institute Plant
Carbide announced a new unit at its Institute plant to manufacture 50 million pounds of fluorocarbons annually, raising national capacity by 16 percent. The project, likely to be finished by late 1938, may not require more local workers. Fluorocarbons are used in refrigerants and aerosol components.
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Carbide
Institute
D. B. Benedict
South Charleston
Benedict
Runaway Air Missile Believed in Colorado
A Matador guided missile escaped its ground controls at Holloman and flew northwest across New Mexico toward Colorado and Utah. Officials said it carried no warhead and likely landed in western Colorado or eastern Utah. No damage reports have surfaced, and search efforts may end if the missile is not found by tomorrow morning.
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Alamogordo
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Holloman Air Development Center
Colorado Springs
Colo
Continental Air Defense Command
CONAD
Jensen
Wendover Air Force Base
Kesman
Holloman
Air Force
Washington
Pat Tick Air Force Base
Fla
By the Drink Bill Fails in West Virginia House
In a brief session the liquor by the drink resolution fell 22 votes short of a two thirds majority with 45 for and 52 against. Speaker Flannery allies pushed related bills on licenses and tourism industry changes while industrial development moves aimed at university and private enterprise funding drew support from the Democratic majority. Del Hubbard and Del Cahill spoke for the liquor measure, while Del Cruikshank opposed it.
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Flannery
D-Logan
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Conservation Commission
Thei
House
Senate
del, Hubbard
Ohio
del Cahill
Rubbard
del Chilton
Kanawha
del Cruikshank
D-Clay
West Virginia
Hubbard
West
Virginia
Eisenhower Undergoes Cough Related X Rays at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower spent 15 minutes at Walter Reed Hospital for X rays of the chest and sinuses after a coughing spell. White House and Army doctors said the tests found no congestion beyond a throat condition labeled tracheitis. Doctors attributed the cough to a cold likely caught at the inaugural parade on January 21.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
James C. Hag
Erty
Hagerty
Howard M. Snyder
Walter Reed
Leonard D. Heaton
Army
Snyder
Army Rejects Compromise on Guard Training Delay
The Army rejected a compromise proposal to delay six month military training for National Guardsmen, arguing it would not meet training needs. Rep. Overton Brooks proposed moving training to 1958 and adding an 11 week Army camp for 17 to 18 and a half year olds in the interim.
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Washington
INS
Army
Overton Brooks
D-La
Regular Army
Guard
National Guard
Brooks
House
Varmed Services
Pentagon
Definition of a worker and the boss’s joke
A worker is employed to assist the boss with tasks while the boss jokes about the world’s funniness. The piece frames work life and humorous office dynamics in a light tone.
Indictments in Theft of Uniform Cloth Ring City
Eight people face federal conspiracy charges for stealing about 300000 yards of uniform cloth worth 1354088 from the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot over six years beginning in 1950. Assistant U S Attorney Robert W Lees said the theft was brazen and occurred in truckloads. Judge Thomas J Clary issued warrants for arrests.
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Philadelphia
INS
U. S
Robert W. Lees
Lees
Thomas J. Clary
Door Open for New Talks in Israel Gaza Standoff
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion kept the door open for negotiations after President Eisenhower urged withdrawal from Gaza and Sharm el Sheikh. He pressed for guarantees of freedom of navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba and security against raids, while signaling readiness to seek U.N. and U.S. understandings. Ambassador Abba Eban will return to Washington with Israel's position.
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Foreign Office
London
Britain
U.N
Lester B. Pearson
Assembly
Pearson
Egypt
USN
Israel
Sharm el Sheikh
Jerusalem
Eisenhower
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
Strip
Palestine
United Nations
United States
Abba Ehan
Washington
Gaza
U.S
Isenhower
House of Commons
Aqaba Gulf
George Washington and the Cherry Tree Legend
Delayed report from Fredericksburg notes an eight year old George Washington admitting he cut down a cherry tree with a new hatchet. He proclaimed I cannot tell a lie and was led to the woodshed by Augustine Washington. He will keep the hatchet for future firewood.
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Fredericksburg
George Washington
George
Augustine
Mary Washington
Ferry Farm
Washington
President Eisenhower asks American Jews to push Israel
President Eisenhower appealed through aides to American Jewish leaders to urge Israel to withdraw from disputed Middle East areas. A delegation including Paramount’s Barney Balaban met with Secretary of State Dulles for about 90 minutes. Balaban said they listened and had no comment. Dulles warned it would be tragic if Israel faced UN sanctions as the first member to be voted against.
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Washington
Hisenhower
Mideast
Barney Balaban
Paramount Pictures
Dulles
Eisenhower
Maxwell Raab
Minimum wage bill clears House Labor panel
A state minimum wage proposal of 90 cents per hour for covered workers was approved by the House Committee on Labor and Industry and sent to the House floor with passage recommended. Supporters include Dels Parker and Zabeau.
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House Committee On Labor and Industry
House
Dels. Parker
Marion
Zabeau
Harrison
Senate Insurance Committee
Senate Finance
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