Candidates surge for state auditor post in West Virginia
The field of Democratic contenders for state auditor grew to twelve as Curtis Treat Van Dorsey Don Booth and A Carl Carey joined others after the death of Edgar Sims. Rank and camp strategies swirl around Barron Pauley Mills Kenna and McLaughlin with internal endorsements and proxy votes shaping the final selection by the State Democratic Executive Committee.
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Sy Thomas F. Stafford
Curtis B. Treat
W. W. Barron
van Dorsey
Beckley
Don Booth
Huntington
House of Delegates
A. Carl Carey
Charleston
Kanawha
Edgar 8. Sims
Tive Committee
Sims
Mcanwhite
House
Harry R. Pauley
Jaerger
Hugh Mills
Pauley
Lee Kenna
Air National Guard
J. B. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Trent
Barron
Walter Vergil Ross
Bluefield
Mercer County
Ross
Glenn Jackson
Logan
Senate
Ralph J. Bean J
Moorefield
Foreign Aid Budget Gets Truman's Help
President Truman urged Senate to restore the foreign aid budget and oppose cuts. He pressed for the full 2 billion in arms and economic assistance, saying recent events show the need to strengthen mutual security. The Citizens Foreign Aid Committee urged restraint on socialized government programs and urged military and economic support for allied nations.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate
House
Citizens Foreign Aid
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carl Harden
D-Ariz
Jeter
Truman
William U. Draper
Eisenhower
U.S
Japan
Draper
Harnschfeger
U. S
United States
Soviet Union
Christian A. Herter
Defense
Thomas S. Gates
Balloon Launch Test at Langley Ends with Recovery
An Air Force research balloon reached 97 000 feet over the Atlantic before turning back and releasing a 1400 pound payload that landed in dense woods near Hopewell Virginia. The gondola was punctured on impact but internal instruments appeared undamaged. Bulldozers cleared a path and trailers prepared to bring the gondola to Langley for analysis.
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Langley Air Force Base
Lai
Air Force
Here
Hopewell
Atlantic
Capsule lands in Beachwood yard causes Air Force search
A confused report says a capsule, mistaken for a balloon, landed in Mrs. Gayle Thompson’s Beachwood yard. Police and military search teams moved toward the home after a punctured plastic object was found. later references suggest a printing institute connection and a person named Frazier tied to the case.
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Air Force
Gayle Thompson
Beachwood
Miles
Thei
Southern Institute of Printing
Nashville
Tenn
Convention Rescheduled By Judges
The U S fourth circuit judicial conference moved its annual meeting site to Hotel Roanoke Roanoke Virginia from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Judge Byrd noted that with appropriations for four projects approved each could be contracted for construction within 60 days after funds are released.
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Richmond
U.S. 4Th Circuit Judicial Conference
Byrd
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Roanoke
Boy Vuayne
Greentier
White
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Carolinas
Simon E. Sobeloff
U.S. 4Th
Circuit Court of Appeals
Onassis Divorce Rumor Shakes Greek Shipping Empire
New York reports Tina Onassis obtained a divorce from Aristotle Onassis in Alabama with no alimony and custody for two children. Onassis, in London, denied romance with Maria Callas. The trio had a 13 year marriage ended last summer after Mediterranean cruising. Mrs Onassis filed suit November 24 in New York.
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New York
Tina Onassis
Leauty
Alabama
Aristotle
Socrates Onassis
New York Journal- American
Onassis
London
Mediterranean
Maria Callas
Miss Callas
Lester Man Held for Jury
BECKLEY Paul Dunn, 40, of Lester, bound over for grand jury on murder and felonious assault charges. He waived preliminary hearing before Justice C White. The shooting Thursday at Clara Winston’s home in Lester left Winston fatally wounded and Frank Wood, 53, also of Lester, injured and in fair condition at a Beckley hospital. State Police said the incident followed a drinking session.
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Beckley
Paul Dunn
Lester
Dunr
Justice of the Peace
C. White
Clara Winston
Frank Wood
Senate group approves armory funding for four cities
Senator Byrd said the Senate Appropriations Committee added 17.8 million dollars for armory construction in Charleston, Elkins, Spencer and Montgomery plus a Navy radio research station at Cedar Grove. Allocations breakdown includes Charleston 250000, Montgomery 180000, Elkins 157000, Spencer 137000 with additional bluefield Clarksburg reserve and a Hinton guard armory. Byrd and Randolph had earlier requested these appropriations citing state matching funds and available sites.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Senate
Charleston, Elkins
Spencer
Montgomery
Navy
Cedar Grove
Charleston
Elkins
Bluefield
Clarksburg
National Guard
Hinton
House
Sen
Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Injunction Limits Pickets at Greenbrier Resort
GREENBRIER WEST VIRGINIA The Greenbrier shuts Sunday night to await strike settlement by 700 employees. An injunction limits pickets to two at each entrance and bars threats of violence. Conventions and golf tournament bookings through July 4 are canceled pending resolution.
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Greenbrier
America
West Virginia
Lewisburg
Richard E. Holtzman
Gillespie
Allegheny Mountains
Holtzman
GOREN on BRIDGE 6 1960 Chicago Tribune Quiz
Bridge quiz by Goren from 1960 lists seven questions with hands and bidding, inviting reader solution. Includes diverse holdings and auction sequences, asking what to bid in each case, with notes on vulnerability and final plans. Answers anticipated Monday.
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Chicago Tribune
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