Protection Against Atomic Dangers Should Take Precedence
An editorial urges prioritizing protection from radiation and atomic waste over expanding uses of nuclear energy. It cites a National Academy report warning of serious risks from hydrogen bomb increases and notes experts calling for global agreement via the United Nations to halt or slow testing until safeguards are in place.
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United Nations
National Academy of Scientists
U. S
Chet Holifield
California
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
W. F. Libby
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Bentley, Glass
Johns Hopkins University
National Science Foundation
Right to Work Issue Shapes Campaign Controversy
A campaign debate erupts over right-to-work laws, Taft-Hartley limits, and state bans on union shops. Congress, the White House, and labor groups clash as three Democratic hopefuls oppose the laws while Republicans split. Nevada Montana Washington plan referendums on repealing or enacting anti union shop measures.
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Congressional Quarterly
Ashington
Congress
Lhe
Supreme Court
Senate
House Labor Committees
Eisenhower
New York
Averil Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Adlai E Stevenson
Kefauver
Stevenson
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Clin
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska- Nevada
North Carolina
North Daota
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Nevada
WBI
Montana
Washington
Disabled Veterans Should Get U.S. Aid
A letter to The Gazette argues veterans deserve priority for aid before foreign assistance. The writer cites an injury preventing work for six months and urges support for U S veterans, noting family needs and local concerns amid community discourse.
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U.S
the Gazette
Buckeye
Practice with Wild Oat Farm Folk in Picturesque Farm Talk
Inez Robb describes Bib Stanley and Emma Stanley at Wild Oat Farm Fleming ton NL as they joke about adopting a rustic dialect to charm city visitors from New York and Philadelphia. He recalls past tricks like dimming electric lights to amuse cousins Genevieve and family, while Emma counters with a quiet switch off.
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Flemington
Bib Stanley
Stanley
Emma
Philadelphia
Cracky
Genevieve
Hubbard
the Gazette
Rustic fashion and city kin in Grange tale
A rural vignette contrasts city and country tastes. A farmer and Emma discuss hospitality and modest living, noting city visitors prefer cocktails while country hosts offer simple drinks. The piece satirizes urban stereotypes and celebrates simple warmth.
Dulles to Quit Next Winter as Secretary of State
Washington gossip traces John Foster Dulles planning retirement next winter citing fatigue after four years in office. Interest focuses on who would fill the Supreme Court seat as Brownell, Dewey, and others are named, with Milton Eisenhower also discussed though not in government. The piece notes political maneuvering, Ike’s health, and speculation on future White House and cabinet roles amid a wide cast of figures and shifting plans.
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Washington
John Foster
Dulles
Ike
White House
Supreme Court
Brownell
Senate
Tom Dewey
John Harlan
Dewey
Milton’ Eisenhower
Penn State
Milton
Pearsom
Bob Guggenheim
Portugal
Sherman Adams
Len Hall
Sen. Hall
Nixon
Gronchi
U.S.A
Eisenhower
Gronehi
John Foster Dulles
Unions Merge to Form Large Packinghouse Worker's Bloc
A historic merger unites the Packinghouse Workers with the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen, plus the Fur Workers Union, creating a 500,000 strong entity handling meat from hot dogs to prime cuts. The Chicago local led by Leon Beverly, tied to Communist-linked networks, faces congressional scrutiny as Beverly invokes Fifth Amendment privilege amid questions about ties to a Soviet front and underworld elements on the New York waterfront.
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Underworld
Cincinnati
The
Packinghouse Workers
Amalgamated
Meatcutters
North America
Fur Workers
X A & Rag
New
York
She Armour
Chicago
Packinghouse
Leon Beverly
Beverly
Irving Charles Welson
Welson
New-York
Thes
Senate
New York
Roy Thompson
Communist Party
Union
American Committee
Europe
U. S
Russia
Famed Iwo Jima Flag Raising Recalled by Bradley Tale
CHICAGO June 18 John Bradley of Antigo Wisconsin funeral director was part of the United States Marines photographed raising the flag on Iwo Jima February 23 1945 Second Bn 26th Regiment Fifth Marine Division Rosenthal took the famous shot and a bronze statue now stands in Arlington Va Bradley recalls the retake and notes not all original flag raisers were in the reproductions He explains the flag was fastened to a pipe and raised during fierce fighting with Japanese in a crater No first flag was photographed and the group included Ira Hayes Pvt Sousley Hansen Gagnon and others per Bradley references to Lt Patterson and Capitol publishing figures appear in the piece.
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Chicago
John Bradley
Antigo
Wise
United States
Gam Surabachi
Iwodima Island
E Company
26Th Regiment
Fifth Marine
Joe Rosenthal
Associated Press
Arlington
The
Potomac
Rosenthal
Schrier
Indien
Saca~ion
Arizona
Bradley
Ira ‘Hayes
Lez
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marine
James Patterson
U.S.A
Patterson
Joseph
Madill
New York Daily New
Timms
Patters Pointer
Bioth
Mary King
Capt.Patterson
Colett R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Jimmy
McCormick
Col. McCormick
Pershing
Ewing
Ezra Hayes
Mn Bradley
Henry
A “Hansen
Somerville
Rene
A. Gagnon
Manchester
Michael Blank
Soustes
Hansen
West Virginia Oil Marketers elect leaders at Elk Refining meet
25 Years Ago in The Gazette June 19 1931 R D Lowe of Charleston re elected president of the West Virginia Oil Marketers Assn which opened a two day convention at the Daniel Boone Hotel ASW Newman Huntington elected vice president and Miss Maude L Fling Charleston secretary Teachers in Huntington schools adopt a resolution favoring cooperation with the Board of Education including wage reductions if other taxing groups cut salaries in surrounding Gahell County and Huntington city employees National A 2000000 volt X ray tube built of paper rubber and aluminum and reported by two German professors at Pasadena AAAS convention proclaims a shock to American scientists Three feet long it produces hard gamma rays equal to 100000 grams of radium the world’s supply World The Foreign Legion begins a systematic search to verify a report of a woman masquerading as a man in France’s hard boiled army Officers must address the rumor amid past instances of women masquerading among desert soldiers.
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the Gazette
R.D. Lowe
Charleston
Elk Refining Company
West Virginia Oil Marketers Assh
Daniel Boone Hotel
ASW
Huntington
Board’ of Education
Gahell County-and
Huntington City
America
Scientista
Pasadena
Calif
American. Assn. For the Advancement of Science
The
Foreign Legion
France
Legion
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Inez Robb
Robb
Manhattan
Drew Pearson
AIR Forge
Pentagon
Airways
Eastern Airlines
London
Fred Seaton
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Doug Mclay
Seaton
New Mexico
Sahara Desert
Indonesia
Victor Riese
Giant Packinghouse Combine
Hewsman
Riesel
Congressional ’ Committee
FBI
Gil Green
Ilinois
Congressional Committee
Westbrook
Pegler
Ihe Jima
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