Window Dressing as Political Probe at Huntington
The Huntington State Hospital hearing became a vehicle for partisan aim as officials used it to probe past administration funding methods and the Flower Fund. Governor Underwood’s defense against a $40,000 libel suit framed much of the agenda, with Stealey leading questions over three days. Critics call the process costly, politically charged, and misused to persecute a private citizen, while noting the investigation disrupted hospital operations and yielded little substantive result.
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State Board of Control
Huntington State Hospital
R. Evans Stealey
Huntington Hospital
Flower Fund
Board of Control
James M. Donohoe
Underwood
Huntington
Gazette of
Donohoe
Dondhoe-Underwood
Population figures hint why US has school and highway problems
The article notes rapid population growth with 248000 births this month and nearly three million since last spring, doubling since 1910 and adding over 50 million in the last two decades, stressing crowded schools and busy highways as citizens move to suburbs.
Barkley Had Vice Presidential Record as Oldest VP
Alben Barkley served as Vice President from 1949 to 1953 under Harry S Truman. He was over 71 years old when he took office, making him the oldest person ever to become Vice President.
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Alben Barkley
Intercepted Message June Y 1957
An intercepted communication noted as June Y 1957 appears in archival docket. No further readable details.
Quiz Corner and Quick Facts Roundup
The column covers quick historical QA items. William Walker’s 1850s Nicaragua expedition led to a self proclaimed presidency. the white rat is albino per Fish and Wildlife. Sir Edward Coke coined the no souls phrase in 1612. St Paul notes 500 appeared after Christ’s resurrection with Bible cross refs. Edison recorded voice tests, notably a 1922 speech. the nut used for buttons is tagua from Ecuador. parachutes were first used by China for court entertainment in Feiping archives.
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Sir Edward Coke
Sutton's Hospital
St. Paul
Feiping
Peking
China
Vasson
Americans Stay Home A Plea For Domestic Tourism 1957
A humorous plea urges Americans to travel within the United States and explore national scenery before abroad trips. The author quips about riots and foreign opinions, warns of tourist stereotypes, and imagines painting signs reading Americans Stay Home to provoke reflection.
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Formosa
America
Readers' Forum letter about Ted Williams and Fenway pigeons
The letter alleges Ted Williams will be questioned about shooting pigeons at Fenway Park and suggests he could be invited to Charleston to shoot pigeons at Kanawha County Public Library. It ends with a note about returning library books without swift runners.
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the Gazette
Ted Williams
Boston
Fenway Park
Ted
Charleston
Kanawha County Public Library
Charleston editor laments college access for workers
A Charleston reader, Samuel Wesley Lynch, argues that local business leaders do little to help students attend college. He says he cannot work enough to cover costs while also seeking admission to West Virginia State, and employers refuse to hire him because he plans to go to college this fall. He urges publication for businessmen to read.
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the Gazette
Charleston
Washington High School
West Virginia State
Noo Business Concern
Samuel Wesley Lynch
Banker Friendly and a Million Cartload of Friends
A humorous column notes how keeping money with a banker hurts the teller. The piece recalls Reader's Digest tales of dying with a million dollars or a million friends and prefers to keep wealth in a village piggy bank, dreaming of a million friends for circulation. It quotes various humorists on society and love of money.
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Reader's Digest
Mr. Jones
Mr. Brown
DeWitt Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Fletcher Knebel
Knoxville Journal
Hecker
Submarine life on a U S Tirante off Groton described
Drew Pearson recounts a peacetime voyage aboard the USS Tirante near Groton, detailing submarine operations, crew commands, and the hum of diesel power as the vessel dives and snorkels, illustrating the routine danger and discipline of a forward submarine patrol.
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Groton
Pearson
American
United States
Hitler
Thought for Today on Judgment and Understanding
A short aphorism notes human nature tends to condemn quickly. It urges withholding judgment and keeping an open mind and an understanding heart, attributed to Kat.
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Kat
Probers Ready to Put Hoffa in Senate Hearings
The Senate Select Committee prepares to question Jimmie Hoffa as a key witness in a broader probe of the Teamsters and Dave Beck. Hoffa's upcoming federal trial for alleged bribery may delay or shape the hearings, with Kennedy expected to testify.
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Probers
Teamster Hoffa
Jimmie Hoffa
Dave Beck
Senate
Senate Select Committee
Beck
Manhattan Isle
Johnny Dio
Ito
Army
Dio
Harold Gibbons
Jim Hoffa
Gibbons
Teamsters
National Warehouse Division
St Loui
Washington
Teamo
New York
Senate Orobers
Hoffa
Aute
the Free and Land of the Brave
Senate Committee
Robert Kennedy
Ed Bennett Williams
Manhattan
the Gacetie
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F. E. Wiseman
William Walker
Nicaragua
U.S. A
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Mr. Edison
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Amazon
U. S
Europe
Beaverbrook
England
Kilroy
Rs. City
George H. Stain
Deane
Ingrid Bergman
Wsband
Ialiano
Miss Bergman
St. Albans
Deane Morrison
Stan Delaplane
The
Indianapolis News
Billy Arthur
Charlotte
N.C
Soaper
Omaha World-Herald
Russia
Olin Miller
Cincinnati Enquirer
Griff Niblack
Dianapolis
Landford
Drew Pearson
U.S
Joe Williams
Van
Williams
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
George Hecker
Tirante
Balticmore
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Riesel
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