Prison Reform Dialogue Cites High Recidivism Rates
In a University of Chicago round table broadcast Attorney General Tom C Clark states that about half of released federal prisoners become second offenders. He calls the system 100 percent effective at protecting the public yet weak on rehabilitation due to funding limits. Other speakers defend parole while noting budget constraints and investigative value of expert input.
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Tom C. Clark
University of Chicago Round Table
Clark
United States
Sarcie Board
Walter A Gordon
Adult Authority
California
Sparoie Beard
Frederick Moran
New York State
Boar of Parole
Jateer Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Woman and Tots Leap From Runaway Car into Ohio River
In Wheeling on June 17 a car parked at the Marine club driveway rolled away with Mrs. Frack Warren and her two sons aboard. The emergency brake was released by the older child. Mrs. Warren and the three were saved when she leaped out with the children before the car plunged 100 feet down the embankment and into the Ohio River. Warren and a friend jumped in fully clothed to help but found the car empty on the bank. All survived with no injuries.
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Wheeling
Ohio
Frack Warren
Elm Grove
Marine Club
Mrs Salisbury 53 Dies After Illness in Dunbar
Violet Hazel Salisbury aged 53 of 117 West Virginia Avenue Dunbar died at home after a long illness. She was wife of Mayor D L Salisbury and daughter of Mrs Emma Ferrell and the late E J Ferrell of Charleston. Survived by three daughters, two sons, one sister and a brother, she was a Humphreys Memorial Methodist Church member. Service will be held at Humphrey Memorial Methodist Church at 2 pm tomorrow. Burial at Grandview Memorial Park.
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West Virginia
Dunbar
D. L. Salisbury
Emma Ferrell
E. J. Ferrell
Charleston
Humphreys Memorial Methodist Church
Gordon Midkitt
H. A. Lucas
George Schmidt
South Charleston
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Emerisn
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Wilson, N. Cy
Jess Ferrell
Humphrey Memorial Methodist Chereh
A. F. Wagner
Berilei and Welch
Graidviews Memorial Park
Don Ppaestienay
Franklin Bovet
Asbury
Andrew
Taree Milo
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Aes
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Enz
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Golden
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Dennis
Mile
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Meigs GA and Gas Co
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West Union
Vaughn Mortuary Chapel
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Qlivar
AL Barkersbore
Gindis Webpler Heasley
Robert
Middeport
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Oklahoma
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Activa Prandehildren
Walt
Jane —Ai
Tunpera Creek
Kaggawha
Jeréay
Tupper
Olle Johnson
Auaie
Adams H D of Corliss Passes in Payette County
Obituary notices for H D Adams of Corliss Payette County detailing surviving wife Carrie Adams eight sons and three daughters, funeral at Minniebelle Baptist Church with burial at Bethel Cemetery, mortuary arrangements by Nickell. Also brief notices for Alderson and Asbury deaths with service details and burial plans. Includes obituary fragment for Mrs Margaret Olcott, widow of Chauncey Olcott, noting age and death at Leroy Sanatorium.
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Carrie Adams
Auazey
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Busia
Bethel Cemetery
Nickell
Rast Ratello
Sharge
Rites Held for Charleston Area Residents in Obituary Notices
A collection of funeral notices and survivor lists from Charleston and surrounding Kanawha County areas. Reports include services for Rollie Jeffers, Guy Heasley, Mary Gunnoe, Abs Short, and others, with details on burial plots, churches, and family survivors.
Striking Berlin Workers Press Currency and Recognition Demands
Union members in West Berlin demand three months pay in Wes tparke and union recognition amid a strike. Reichsbahn pledges no reprisals against anti Communist leaders, while 2,000 workers may be rehired if political cases arise. Proposals tie new strike conditions to Western sector work and ban Soviet railway police from yards. Military officials report daily freight airlift totals reaching 20,000 tons to Western Berlin sectors.
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Howley
West Berlin
Rairmen
George P. Rays
U. S
Berlin
Miners push for wage boosts as strike looms
Miners debate raising pay from 14 05 to 40 cents a ton and longer work hours while Lewis stays silent on boosts. About 30 000 miners on coal-hauling railheads face furloughs as railroad demand tightens amid a second strike in four months. The Bureau of Mines pegs coal reserves to 52 days as talks and possible job cuts unfold.
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Bureau of Mines
Mississippi
FBI Data Slur Links Condon to Kent Death
FBI report links Mrs Condon with Merton E Kent who died by his own hand after job loss. An informant said Abs Condon arranged contact for Kent with a Bulgarian tied to a Russian agent. Kent was Washington manager for the Addressograph Multigraph Corp. His widow says his languages aided foreign embassies and business. Dr Condon condemns tapped telephone claims as immoral and unfair. Caplan trial decision seen as coming from Clark. FBI silent, worried over publication endangering confidential informants.
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FBI
Washington
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Caplan
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Infermante
Charleston battles river pollution as fish die
Watton blames city and valley industries for ongoing river pollution. He notes promised garbage disposal changes and waste plans have not been implemented. He warns that low water flow keeps pollution levels high, predicting the same situation will recur each day of dry spells.
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Charleston
Watton
Grain Export Subsidy Costs Rise Over Years
The text notes grain export subsidies rising from about 1.60 per bushel in 1949 50 to 1.20 per bushel in 1952 53 and states the United States would sell 163 million bushels annually as one of five exporters. The Agriculture Department pegs the first year cost at 34 million dollars for 1.33 per bushel, with Foreign Relations Committee saying no later cost estimates are available.
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Agriculture Department
U. S
Foreign Relations Committee
Trieste Election Seen as Plebiscite on Independence
Fragmentary Italian and Yugoslav factions split Trieste voting in a plebiscite style contest. Anti Communist and pro Italian parties urged joining Italy while other groups faced arrests and withdrawals amid a tense power struggle over Trieste’s future.
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Hearings Open Over AEC Loyalty Charges In Senate Panel
The joint committee begins a third week of hearings as Sen McMahon and others prepare to hear J Robert Oppenheimer testify about secrecy gaps and alleged mismanagement linked to Lilienthal. The dispute includes radioactive isotope shipments from Norway and a call to censure or praise Lilienthal amid loyalty questions in the AEC.
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Private Capital Flows Sought for International Bonds
Retiring World Bank President McCloy told senators that Mayhans bill would allow all Federal Reserve System member banks to buy and market international bank securities in the United States. The Foreign Policy Association cautioned that long term prospects depend on Europe’s recovery and accelerated overseas development being clearly perceived.
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Solon Seeks Warning From Pace J Doubtful Senate Backing
Solon requests a warning from Pace J amid doubts of broader Senate support. The article notes uncertain backing and a scattered array of supporters.
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Senate
Cydings Offers Trade On Unification Bill
Sen. Cydings of Maryland proposes a 909 million dollar cut in military funding to speed passage of a tightened armed service unification bill. He urges House Armed Services to act on the Senate measure as Vinson notes a heavy workload but hints no timing. Cydings says spending could fall from 15.9 billion to 15.0 billion if defense changes are adopted, aiming to save up to 239 million.
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Cydings
Cnorter
Soviet Proposals Continue Across Government Channels
Soviet proposals continue from page one discussing parliamentary procedure and government channels. The text notes there is no point in any decisions at present as if aimed at special deputies and Peri.
Murray Calls Monopoly Deaths At Prague Embassy Aide
Chicago dispatch reports union leader Murray blasting American Telephone and Telegraph as a vicious monopoly. He cites decertification petitions and a CIO merger with the CWA while condemning phone company tactics. Col Joseph A Michela U.S. military attache to Prague dies suddenly of heart seizure at his summer home. Surviving family includes wife and young son. Michela previously served in Moscow and West Point graduate.
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Moscow
Laurence A. Steinhardt
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Lewisburg man charged in wife murder case
Tenn Penson, Lewisburg resident, charged with the murder of his estranged wife Pearl after a long separation. He waived preliminaries, was held for a July grand jury in Hinton, and faced a preliminary hearing in Lewisburg. The shooting occurred on Foster Street near the General Lewis hotel. Pearl Henson died 24 hours later at Honecaryte hospital.
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Two Boone County Men Hurt In Head On Crash
Two young men from Rock Creek were injured in a head on collision on Stain Rin near Whitesville. Edgar Tarkett 22 unconscious with facial lacerations and possible skull fracture while Beastie Hamilton 14 remained unconscious with possible skull injuries. They were taken to Kenantal Ley Hospital and later to Beckley A y hospital. Local mortuary notes they swam in the Big Coal river before the crash. No cause given.
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Whitesville
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Sul
Beastie Hamilton
Rock Creek
Armstrong Mortuary
Coal
Meathow River Lions elect new president at dinner
Raine was elected president of the Meathow River Lions Club at a dinner meeting in Raineville. Rob ert Callison is succeeded, with K. Bob as first vice president and W. H. Johnson as second vice president. Other officers include Ivan Napier secretary Ryan Thompser treasurer EW Yates lon tamer and George Aide tall twister. Three new directors were named, and Eugene Nelson attended with May Coffman Tom Beaver of Lewisburg. The meeting focused on a scouting program.
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J M. Raine
Meathow River Lions Club
King Coal Bowl
Robert Callison
W. H. Johnson
Ivan Napier
Ryan Thompser
Yates
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George Aide
Tall Twister
GR. Smallride
Eugene Nelson
May Coffman
Tom Beaver
Lewisbureg
Geeondrier County
Airplane crash kills two near Marlinton
Two men were killed when their privately owned training plane crashed into the Greenbrier River near Marlinton. Pay Bully, 38, and Barney Evans, about 41, from Richwood, were trapped in the wreckage after engine trouble emerged shortly after takeoff from the airport around 1 3 pm. CAA inspectors from Clarksburg will investigate.
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Bean Strangles Girl Waiting for Operation
A one year old girl in Huntington suffocates on a bean causing a blocked airway in the right lung. Margaret Ann Lewis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Lewis, was taken to a physician for bronchial pneumonia before X rays showed the obstruction. Doctors prepared to operate to remove the bean as the child coughed and it shifted to the windpipe, cutting air to both lungs.
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Margaret Ann Lewis
Clarence Lewis
Building Trade Jobs Show Increase in May
Washington reports May data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing construction payrolls at 2,010,000, up 73,000 from April. Despite the gain, May also marked the first year‑over‑year decline in construction employment since 1846, prompting cautious notes from officials about overall job prospects.
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Jing Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Brannan plan divisive at Midwest farmer conference
Midwest Democrats debate Brannan farm plan as 1950 debate looms. Quigley and Rice back the Brannan concept despite farmers’ lack of understanding, while officials from major farm groups skip the conference. Proponents urge broader subsidies and price supports with government payments offsetting low market prices, but criticism centers on potential government control over farm economics.
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Rane
Carl Hlee
Kansay National
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Rice
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Avan B. Kline
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Kline
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ADA Demands Speedy Action To Avert Slum
Americans for Democratic Action warned the nation risks a recession and urged swift measures. The ADA national board backed a congressional package to spur economic planning, production and investment, with public works, unemployment relief, and emergency benefits to address faltering employment and rising wages, prices, and profits.
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Suns
Americans For Democratic Action
Murray
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Armerica
Chifley Sees Limited Hope in Sterling Market Decline
Briton Hils notes continued rarity for the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor party and quotes Chifley on the balance of payments. He argues that selling goods from England and the sterling area has fallen from a year ago and prices have dropped. Only America and hard currency countries can restore demand, but no clear recovery is seen.
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iEngland
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NLRB Slow to Dispatch War Production Orders
Washington reports NLRB will proceed cautiously in issuing more sheet orders to industry. Last year the agency sent emergency production schedules for 100,000 machine tools to 308 manufacturers, aiming to give advance notices for wartime tasks while mobilization plans shifted.
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Automobile Crash Injures Riders and Onlookers
An accident yesterday near St Francis digital hospital left a woman with head injuries after her windshield was struck from behind. Neil Winell 24 of Rt 3 received leg injuries while a bystander suffered an ear abrasion. Joyce Palmer 6 of 133 Cora St and Dally Payne 23 of Gharteston were treated for other minor injuries as officials released details of the mishap.
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