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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
1
Judge William Thompson announced a new bail bond policy in Kanawha Intermediate Court. Professional bondsmen must swear under oath to hold sufficient unencumbered property to back bonds or the bonds will be canceled and defendants returned to jail. Affidavits listing properties will be required before accepting any bond.
Judge Thompson orders tighter controls on unqualified bondsmen after a Gazette series exposing corruption. Municipal and justice courts in Kanawha County may release fewer defendants on bail, forcing other bondsmen to either acquire property or exit the business.
Senate probes the Army McCarthy dispute. 130 named Reds said to work in defense plants in 16 cities. McCarthy and Cohn vow to provide names to the Defense Dept and FBI if asked, fighting secrecy and bickering with Symington and Welch. The matter spills into page 11.
Beckley police arrested Ronald Hughes Vass 42 financial secretary treasurer of Plum bers and Steamfitters Local 762 AFL on charges of embezzling 27000 over three years from local dues. Warranted for 1950 through 1953 and for January February this year allege misappropriation though Vass denies taking union funds. Business manager Bill Clemens said warrants followed audits and bonding company findings, with guidance from Washington headquarters.
Charleston postmaster Julius Singleton was dismissed citing efficiency gains as the reason, while he denounced the move as scavenger politics. Assistant Postmaster General N R Abrams notified him, and GOP patronage boss Walter Hallanan indicated the acting postmaster may be appointed soon. Singleton cited a 95.5 efficiency rating for the Charleston Post Office.
Robert R Young won about 800000 votes in his bid to control the New York Central Railroad system. Albany inspectors rejected a management challenge to the huge block of Young supporters shares. Central President William White said the management will pursue legal steps to block the counting. The controversial block was bought by Clint Murdoch and Sid Richardson, associates of Young, from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Young’s former line.
King Paul and Tito arrive in Athens for a five day state visit aimed at forging a Greece Yugoslavia Turkey military alliance. Crowds line streets as 21 gun salutes signal start of talks to expand the Balkan pact amid hopes of regional peace.
WOAY-TV will begin operations Sept. 1 in QAK HILL with Channel 4. FCC granted permission to Robert R. Thomas Jr. The station costs about 250000 dollars and will use WOAY-AM facilities. Grade A signal extends to Charleston area with 350000 people in A and 1100000 in B. A competing application by Joe L. Smith Jr. was withdrawn.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad agents option 1300 acres along the Ohio River near Willow Grove for an unnamed firm with six month terms. An additional 850 acres at another river site is open and a New York development firm has shown interest. Industrial agent Fielding Lewis said the effort aims at a large project with several sites under consideration.
President Eisenhower declared at a Washington news conference that his administration has fought subversion and he has spoken his last word on the McCarthy dispute. He praised Attorney General Brownell and said he will now focus on pushing his program with Congress and the people.
Reports say Haiphong remains the main port for receiving American military equipment for the Indochina conflict. Rebels blow up road and rail links nightly near Hanoi and trains are repaired by French engineers by day. Vietnamese troops repelled a rebel assault on the Chanoi defense post near Hung Yen, marking the fifth straight attack in the delta region. Five Viet Minh were killed and 18 captured in minor clashes. The French high command claimed calm in the delta and announced prisoner exchanges under the Geneva agreement including 575 rebel prisoners and 858 French Union wounded.
In Kenosha Wisconsin a fire in an oxygen tent on the third floor pediatrics ward sent ten of fifteen children fleeing to safety. The blaze started in 15 month old Harry Gordon’s crib while he was treated for bronchial pneumonia. Porter Marcus Mattox found the fire and rescued the child. The Gordon family were residents of Kenosha.
Senator McCarthy charged Communists have infiltrated the hydrogen bomb program and the CIA. CIA chief Allen Dulles rejected the accusation as false and said previous Red-infiltration claims, including a Government Printing Office source, were untrue. The exchange followed McCarthy’s testimony to Senate investigators and references to past statements.
In Geneva on June 2 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and Chou En Lai urged Communist members be included on a supervisory commission for the Indochina armistice. Western powers said communists cannot be neutral and rejected full participation. After four hours of closed talks a Western diplomat said nothing was accomplished.
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