Rescue Ships Leave Scene Of C-46 Crash
The Navy destroyer Saufley carried 37 survivors and six bodies from the C-46 airliner crash 200 miles off Florida. Coast Guard crews continued the search at dawn with limited vessels and fewer planes. The Cape Ann and Saufley rescued crews and bodies, including Pedro Gugman who died of shark bites.
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Miami
INS
Sauflay
Charleston
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Pedro Gugman
Coast Guard
Aurora
Cape Ann
Cap Ann
Rivera Marveil Anibal
Saufley
Westair Transport Co
Seattle
Wash
San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Joseph Halsey
Halsey
East Guard
Vietnamese Leader Orders Guerrilla Cleanup Amid Crisis
Saigon reports June turmoil as Bao Dai’s cabinet pledges total war on Ho Chi Minh backed guerrillas after an assassination attempt wounds Education Minister Vuong Quang Nhuong. President aims to jail underground terrorists, form a national Vietnamese army, and declare emergency decrees to quell subversion.
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Saigon
Bao Wai
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Vuong Quang Nhuong
Indochina
Bao D
Vuong
French
Foreign Legion
Moscow
Bao Dai
Elections Around the State See Roosevelt Win and Local Races
A mix of statewide and local results reports Roosevelt leading California governor race as precincts report slowly. Nitro reelects Mayor W. W Alexander to a third term and Grace Lewis as city recorder. council seats split between parties with new members Borden Gewin Jerome Collins joining. In Smithers, Alex Mansour wins mayor for third term, bond levy rejected, John Cavalier elected city recorder, and four council members chosen.
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Alexander
Nitro
W. W Alexander
Grace Lewis
City Recorder
Miss Lewis
L. R. Stoneland L. L. Betz
Stone
Betz
Miss Grace
W. H. Jones
M. L. Bush
George O. Nelson
Borden E. Gewin
Jerome Collins
Emory E. Hedrick
James F. Rowe
McGill
C. Cavet
William Husk
G. H. Lawson
William Tharp
Ishy Shaver
Jim Kessler
Elmer Harrah
Denzel Filkner
Kenheith Boone
John Cavalier
Robert L. Beth
Peoples Party
Sam Flint
Charles F. Stanley
Carl G. White
Builders Support Coonskin Blitz in Charleston
The Charleston Building Contractors Association voted unanimously to back Operation Coonskin, pledging full support to the park development project set for June 20 and 21. Led by Paul Anderson, the group joins sponsors The Charleston Gazette, AGC West Virginia, Kanawha County and other partners in backing the effort.
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Charleston Building Contractors Assoc
Operation Coonskin
Paul Anderson
Anderson
H. B. Agsten, Jr
Charleston Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston Gazette
Associated General Contractors of West Virginia, Inc
Kanawha County
West Virginia Contractors' Assoc
Associated Equipment Dealers
Charlesian Association
Young Hansford boy testifies death penalty fate hinges on jury
A 15 year old boy named James Emerson Basham testifies in Charleston that he killed his father Charles Ted Basham 45 a coal miner last April 2. He says he acted the right thing because of years of alleged drunken conduct and threats from his father. The state waives the death penalty and the judge explains the same procedure applies to juveniles as to adults. Two jurors request to be excused due to conscientious objection to capital punishment.
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Bayard F. Ennis
Ene
Higvage
Forehead
Bey
Cyrus W. Hall
James Emerson Basham
Hansford
Charles Ted Basham
Charleston
Morris Harvey College building fund gains 27 gifts total $12779
Special gifts to Morris Harvey College for the $750,000 building fund continued with 27 donations totaling 12779. Notable contributors include Criss & Ver Inc 2500 WKNA Radio 1500 Capitol Theater 500 John A Field Jr 1000 Dr Lloyd E Cox 300 Charleston Clay Products 1000 Mr and Mrs Georg E Thomas 5000 and Mr and Mrs L R Hodges 300.
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Morris Harvey College
YMCA
Dleages
Criss & Ver. Inc
Capitol Theater
John A. Field, Jr
Lloyd E. Cox
Charleston Clay Products Co
Georg E. Thomas
L. R. Hodges
Anderson's, Inc
West
McCarthy Accuses FBI List. State Dept Denies
Senator McCarthy charged the FBI kept a 124-name list of State Department personnel as Communist or suspect and claimed top officials remain. The State Department rejected the charge stating no FBI chart exists and no chart was ever prepared by the FBI.
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Wasrup Grun
Sen
McCarthy
State Department
Senate
FBI
Department
Department of State
Department of Justice
FRI
Patteson Ayers Warns Oil Import Curbs Hit Trade
Assistant Secretary Willard L Thorp argues proposed limits on foreign oil imports would hinder the nations trade program and threaten national security. Gov Okey L Patteson of Virginia says continued oil imports displace coal, burden West Virginia, and depresses state tax collections amid shifting loads from Hampton Roads to Atlantic Coast.
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Washingson
Asistant
Willard L. Thorp
Venezuela
America
United States
Okey L. Patteson
Virginia
West Virginia
Patteson
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Coast
Truman Defends Fair Deal as Tax Cut Passes House
President Truman urged government action to sustain prosperity at a Better Business Bureaus dinner, defending his Fair Deal while noting a pending recess could delay tax-cut measures. He cited gains in private life insurance and electric power as proof government programs boosted growth. A later address mocked Dewey and reaffirmed the administration’s economic policy.
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House
Truman
Washington
Better Business Bureaus
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Better Business Bureau
Please Turn to Page Three Col. Two
The note directs readers to turn to page three column two for continued content. It provides no additional names, places, events, or dates in the readable text.
Japan Purges Communist Leaders Under MacArthur Order
Japan moves to ban 24 Communist Party Politburo members from public life following Gen. MacArthur’s order. Attorney General Shunkichi Ueda signals possible expulsions from civil service teaching professions and key industries, with parliament to weigh new controls in late session. Some purged leaders are MPs. ban issued by Allied occupation commander and notified to Prime Minister Yoshida.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Communist Party Politburo
Shunkichi Ueda
Sever
Ueda
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Lie Seeks Backing For 10 Point Plan
Lie appeals to all 49 United Nations members to back a 10 point peace program he proposes within a 20 year U N plan. He reveals four warnings that regional pacts cannot ensure security and shares details from talks with Truman Stalin Attlee and Bidault.
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Trygyve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Spdeal
Truman
Stalin
Attlee
Bidauit
U. N
Delgates
China
Voter Registration Office Extends Hours In Kanawha County
The Kanawha County registration office at 40 Kanawha Blvd. E. will be open 12 hours daily from 8:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through Friday to help voters register or transfer registrations ahead of the primary election.
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Kanawha County
Bradley tells Congress on Cold War stand-off and arms aid
Gen Omar Bradley told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that from a military view the cold war remains a stand-off but the West’s outlook is brighter than a year ago. He supported President Truman’s request for 51.2 billion for another year of foreign arms aid and assessed the rivalry with the Soviet Union as mixed with signs of unrest behind the Iron Curtain.
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Washington
Sune O—P
Omar Bramley
Congress
Joint, Chiefs of Staff
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Judd R-Minns
Cudd
Soviet
Russia
Bradley
Iron Curtain
Crime Probe Receives 800 Narcotics Racketeers List
Senate crime committee received a list of 800 names linked to narcotics, gambling, white slavery, counterfeiting, extortion and murder. Kefauver said the ring centers in Florida New York and California and sources run from Turkey. Anslinger testified his bureau cites light sentences and few agents as barriers to smashing the dope combine.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
J. H. Ansiinger
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Wil
Anslinger
Estaff
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
la Committee
U. S
Florida
New York
California
Turkey
Diffie
Tobey
Ansinger
Nat
Twe
U N Disarmament Conference Urged by Congress Members
Eleven members of Congress urge the United Nations to convene an immediate disarmament conference to avert hydrogen bomb danger. Signers include Senate and House Atomic Energy Committee members Me Makon, Price, Henry Jackson, Cole, Magnuson, Polbright, Morse, Sparkman, Gillette, and others.
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Washington
Sune
S—fey
Congress
United Nations
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Sen
Me, Makon
D-Conn
Price
D-Ill
Henry Jackson
D.-Wash
Cole
R-N.2
Magnuson
Polbright
D.ark
Morse
R-Ore
Sparkman
D-Als
Gillette D-lowal
Man Holds Up Bank Then Surrenders for Love
In Van Nuys California a 23 year old bookkeeper Denald P. Bookwalter of Sacramento robbed a Bank of America branch of 1400 dollars. He surrendered after being influenced by a dance hall hostess named Margaret Sweet aged 20 who visited his office and urged him to surrender. Detective Sgt. Lee A. Proper reported the police booked him on suspicion of robbery last night.
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van Nuys
Cal
Denald P. Bookwalter
Sacramento
Bank of America
Lee A. Proper
Margaret Sweet
Booxwalter
Chair Holds No Fear For Convicted Slayer
James A. Bill reports on Robert Ballard Bailey awaiting a second appeal in Kanawha County jail after the State Supreme Court refused to intervene. Bailey, a glass worker, awaits execution by the electric chair on June 16, saying he would rather die than admit guilt. He expresses defiance toward the jury and fear of the chair, while his attorney argues the trial erred in allowing only two verdict options.
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James A. Bill
Robert Ballard Sailey
Rosina Fazio
Karawhs
State Supreme Court
High Court
Atty
D. Boone Dawson
Bailey
West Virgian
Committee Approves 1.1 Billion Tax Cut Plan
The Ways and Means Committee backed a 1.1 billion dollar excise tax reduction, trimming duties on furs jewels movie tickets luggage and more. Senate Democrats warned passage may slip as President Truman could veto any bill arriving in its present form.
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Washington
House
Senate
Demorrali T
Illinois
Congress
Sen. Wherry
Reneelican
Fruman Hay
Treman
Senate rebuffs bid to cut farm price supports
The Senate rejected a Republican move to cut back government price supports for basic farm crops in a 40 to 12 vote. The action sought to affect the present farm program and adjust the Commodity Credit Corp credit authority, while final passage set a late-night roll call after extended debate amid Democratic-led sessions.
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Washington
Senate
Ono
Commodiy Credit Corp
CCC
Cairn
Lucas
Milness
Weather map notes June breeze and celestial highlights
Fragmentary forecast page shows Mars Jupiter and Moon prominence with temperature hints and daytime sections. Limited readable parts suggest sky chart details for Wednesday and Thursday with times around noon and night sky visibility.
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Iniensani
Mure
Jupiter
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