Legislators Seek Brake on Governor Over Road Commission
A legislative highway committee moved to curb the governor's control of the Road Commission in a plan by Sen. John Amos to create a strong bipartisan governing board. The proposal, approved unanimously, would replace appointive power with elected or governor-appointed staggered terms and appoint an attorney to draft the bill. The action follows graft investigations and aims to reduce political influence in highway operations.
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Neil Boggs
the Gazette
Buckhannon
Legislative Investigating
Road Commission
John Amos
D-Kanawha
Legislative Highway Research Committee
Amos
State Board of Education
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
House
Wiliam E. Flannery
Bowles
Bean
Flannery
Flanders Demands Probe Into McCarthy Ties
Sen Ralph E Flanders charged that Sen Joseph R McCarthy uses tactics aiding Communists and urged a Senate investigations subcommittee to probe McCarthy’s ties with Roy M Cohn and Pvt G David Schine amid the Army dispute. He likened McCarthy to Dennis the Menace and attacked his influence on the country church and party.
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Washington
INS
Ralph E. Flanders
R-Vt
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
Flanders
Senate
McCarthy
GOP
New Englander
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt. G. David Schine
Dennis the Menace
Army
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
MccCarthy
Alli
Joseph N. Welch
Pentagon
Francis P. Carr
Welch
Cohn
Carr
Yhe
David Schine
House approves social security expansion rolls boost
The House backed a social security expansion to lift rolls by nearly 10 million, raise benefits, and increase taxes by a large margin. The vote was 355 to 8 and now moves to the Senate for final action amid debate on funding and eligibility.
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Washington
House
Senate
Charleston Police Salt Attack Halts Motorcycles
Charleston police reported that salt poured into gasoline tanks and engine parts sidelined one or two motorcycles from the traffic platoon as a costful act of retaliation. Welch dropped a request for an expert to review documents after Ray Jenkins said the FBI advised no disclosure of typing timing.
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Charleston
Welch
Ray Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
FBI
Plumbers Sign New Contract Amid Hays Remarks
A new contract between the Master Plumbers Assn. and local AFL plumbers went into effect over the weekend. Some union members confirmed the signing, noting increases and other adjustments not in the old pact, with midnight May 31 as the expiry. Rep. Brooks F. Hays urged graduates to value freedom but accept its risks.
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L. Lewis Abbot
the Gazette
Democratic Party
Morris Harvey College
Brooks F. Hays
D-Ark
Charleston
Welch
McCarthy
Mary Ao Driscoll
Ofj
Bondsmen Prey on Ignorance High Fees Ruin Families
Editorial note surveys bond agents in Charleston as a hot topic in legal circles. The piece cites Mrs. Frieda Stone whose son was arrested on a rape charge and who lost her savings to a bondsman. It argues fees are high and families struggle to recover funds.
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Charleston
The
Gazette
James A. Haught
Irou Amusements
Seiesese
Ceppe
Sevey
Frieda Stone
Fay- Gazette
sonadio-Television
Seeves
Turner
W. Va
Bondaman
Families seek release as bond issues rise in abuse cases
In a long running case involving a son charged in a serious matter, families of modest means struggle with bond payments. The bond was set at 12 000 and posted twice via professional bondsmen after indictments and court decisions. Wives and mothers push for freedom while appealing the decision.
French Drive Vietminh From Phu Ly In Major Offense
French tanks artillery and planes pushed Vietminh six miles from Phu Ly a key road junction south of Hanoi. Rebels fled across the Day River in sampans and junks seeking hills as 1000 pound bombs pounded them. French reports say 24 Vietminh were killed and the drive aims to secure the Yen Phu area and protect the rice granary region along the Red River Delta.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Phu Ly
Sampans
Day
Red River
Long Vietminh
Yen Phu
Ninh Binh
Thai Binh
Ltsel
Definition Thrift and Virtue in Ancestral Proday
A compact tribute notes Proday’s thrift as a defining virtue linked to ancestry. The piece emphasizes frugality, respect for lineage, and the value of prudent living passed down through generations.
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Proday
Gazette Ads Brief Rental Rush In Charleston Area
Classified notes show fast rental responses with 20 calls. East two rooms rented, bus service, $55 monthly. Also listed South Charleston ads for a modern four room unit with washer, laundry co and decor.
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Kanawha
East
South Charleston
Injured Alpinist Rescued Ends at Air Force Hospital
Alaskan rescue of Argus, a 25 year old Brooklyn soldier injured in a fall from Mount McKinley on May 16, concludes at Ladd Air Force Base Hospital. He required surgery for a badly hurt hip and was sedated while the flight crew and helicopter evacuation brought him to Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Brooklyn
Argus
Mt. McKinley
George Argus
Ladd Air Force Base
Miner shoots spouse then dies in Boone County tragedy
Elbert Spraching a 40 year old coal miner at Wharton No 1 mine Eastern Gas and Fuel shot his wife Josephine in the back and foot then killed himself with a German Luger pistol about 630 pm at Barrett Madison General Hospital reported by a Hunter and Hunter mortuary ambulance driver. State police investigate.
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Barrett
Boone County
Elbert Spraching
Madison General Hospital
Josephine
Hunter and Hunter Mortuary
Madison
Spraching
Wharton No. 1
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Libbey-Owens Lays Off 240 Workers At Kanawha Plant
Libbey-Owens Ford will lay off about 240 local employees effective today at the Kanawha City plant. Union official Jennings Backus said a production furnace and an experimental furnace are shut down, blamed on higher European imports of window glass. He noted earlier shutdowns since 1953 reduced about 500 jobs and cited other LOF plants facing cuts.
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Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Jennings Backus
Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers
CSO
Lof Kanawha City
Backus
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Jeannette
Pittsburgh
Special board bars scientist from new data access
A 2 1 decision by a special security board bars J Robert Oppenheimer from further atomic secrets. The panel calls him a loyal citizen yet a security risk citing past communist associations and opposition to hydrogen bomb research. The findings dated May 27 were disclosed by Herbert Marks, and an immediate review appeal was made to the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
K. D. Nichols
Herbert ‘S. Marks
Opperheimer
Marks
Nichols
Lloyd K. Garrison
Oppenheimer
AEC
Special Security Board
Gordon Gray
Army
University of North Carolina
Thomas A. Morgan
Sperry Corp
Special Board
Ward V. Evans
Loyola University of Chicago
Dr. Oppenheimer
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton
N. J
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UP Radiophoto
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