Westvaco Plans 60 Ton Ammonia Plant In South Charleston
Westvaco Chlor Alkali division announced a 32.5 million anhydrous ammonia unit for its South Charleston plant to be completed by late 1955. Construction starts within four months with 60 tons daily capacity and by product hydrogen from chlorine caustic soda operations. A federal certificate of necessity will expedite the project.
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Westvaco
South Charleston
J. A. Mooney
Westvaco Chlor-Alkali Division
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
New York City
Mooney
Westyaco
Truman Improves After Rough Night at Hospital
Former President Harry S. Truman, 70, showed a satisfactory day at Research Hospital after a critical phase, with respiration full, pulse normal, and temperature down to 99.2. Doctors cited secondary infections and drug hypersensitivity hampering recovery from last week’s gall bladder and appendix operation.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Robert Adams
Truman
Adams
Air Passengers Safe in Collision at Columbus Airport
An American Airlines plane carrying 34 aboard landed safely after a spectacular collision with a Navy craft near Columbus. The Navy plane exploded and crashed, killing two crewmen and injuring others. Dr. Wallace Graham died. other doctors and physicians attended Truman’s aid as witnesses described the event. No details on who was present or future plans were released.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Airlines
Navy
Wallace Graham
Truman
Kansas City
Adams
Margaret
Binghamton
N.Y
Dog helps locate lost 5 year old in high Sierra search
In Markleeville California on June 27 a stray dog led Van Dell and his mongrel to 5 year old Kathy Paxton who had wandered away from Woods Lake camp two days earlier. The girl in red was found alive near camp after a freezing two nights with minor injuries. An Air Force base hospital plan followed the rescue as 500 men and 300 airmen had searched the area.
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Markleeville
Calif
High Sierra
Kathy Paxton
Wools Lake
Kathy
van Dell
Stead Air Force Base
Air Force
Carson City
Stewart Crandall
Cupertino
Woods Lake
Peter
Stead Air
Vani
Dell
Airliner engine tears loose as it lands in Tennessee
One engine of the Memphis bound airliner detached and wings caught fire during approach. Landing gear collapsed but all 31 passengers and three crew members escaped unharmed. A Navy two engine Beechcraft transport en route from Lafayette to Columbus Naval Air Station crashed near the field, killing two Navy fliers Lt Cmdr John Robert Hoerath 37 and another crewmember.
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Mermphis
Tenn
Cleveland
Lafayette
Ind
Columbus Naval Air Station
Carl E. Tethrick
John Robert Hoerath
Settler Meir Reiner Killed in Israeli Marauder Attack
Meir Reiner, a 50 year old American citizen and settler farming near Raanana, was killed during a midnight raid by marauders. Israeli forces said a border patrol later clashed with men fleeing toward the Jordan border and killed one of them. Reiner leaves a wife and three young children.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Meir Reiner
Reiner
Raanana
Inside Today Amusements and Pages Summary
The fragment lists content sections such as Astrological Forecast, Bob Considine, Inez Robb obituary notices, Crossword Puzzle, Editorials, Gazette Want Ads, Radio Television, Sports Pages, and Women's Activities indicating a daily paper’s varied features and columns. It notes page numbers and column areas for these features.
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Eae Aede
Bob Considine
Gece SR
Eaese
Inez Robb
Senators Win Twice to End 13-Game Losing Streak
The Charleston Senators defeated St. Paul 8-1 and 11-6 to avoid a new league record for consecutive losses. Red Fahr pitched a nine-inning gem in game one, holding a shutout until Jim Baxes homered in the ninth. The club totaled 14 hits to snap the skid.
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St. Paul
Red Fahr
Jim Baxes
Senators
Jett
Wade Brownine
Mother and three children die in house fire in Pennsylvania
A young mother Thelma Baker and her three children Ronald 5 Robert 2 Claudia Gudwig 10 perished in a blaze in Harmony Township. Her husband Robert and brother Albert Ludwig escaped with minor burns. The state police cited a 3:45 a.m. ignition and the house was soon a mass of flames.
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Haugstad
Phillipsburg
N.J
Saints
Garbowski
Goldsberry
Mont Sarly
Talvo
Run
Nevel
Ruther Harmony
Ford
Thelma Baker
Ronald
Robert
Claudia Gudwig
East Stroudsburg
Baker
Olson Walks and Neal Homers on Montalvo Error
Olson reached on a walk and advanced on Montalvo s error as Neal hit his 11th home run to left field.
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Olson
Montalvo
Neal
Page
Executive Manpower Pool Urged for War Emergency
The National Planning Association urged immediate recruitment of a civilian reserve of 5 000 executives to fill top war agency roles in emergencies. It called for a nationwide canvass, deep lists for each emergency function, ODM leadership, and a school training 200 men annually in governance and wartime processes with two week per year attendance.
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Washington
National Planning Assa
NPA
Association
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Aime
Miners Offer 20 Days Pay To Open Panther Creek Mines
In Tamaqua Pa June 27 anthracite miners urged Lehigh Navigation Coal Co to drop plans to close all Panther Creek Valley operations. They offered to give up 2 days pay to cover losses and adopted a 10 point plan to keep mines open and preserve current contracts. The fund from 20 days pay would total about 144 million dollars.
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Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
Lehigh Navigation Coal, Co
Tamaqua High School
Gazette Want Ad Promises Easy Extra Money
Advertisement touts quick cash by selling unused items through a Gazette Want Ad. It lists various sold or sought items including outdoor swing, refrigerator, range, washing machine, shotgun, AC motor, breakfast table set, and related household goods.
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AC Motor
Breakfast Sui Sube
Harmony Conference Fails To Bridge Eisenhower Churchill Rift
Washington June 27 President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill remain at odds over steps to halt Red expansion in Southeast Asia. Churchill favors delay while the United States presses for quick talks on a defense pact to end the Indochina War. The windup is due Monday noon as Geneva talks loom.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast
Asia
Church Hill
Dulles
White House
United States
Carr to quit McCarthy investigations post
Francis P. Carr, executive director of Senator McCarthy's Senate investigations subcommittee, plans to resign after feeling unjustly smeared by the Army McCarthy hearings. A friend said Carr would notify McCarthy tomorrow and may take a private industry offer at about 15000 dollars a year plus expenses.
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New York
INS
Francis P. Carr
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
McCarthy
Carr
Roy M. Cohn
What Else Can I Do Doomed Loveless to Fight Second Murder Conviction
Melvin Loveless, a Cabin Creek coal miner turned Charleston gambler, heard a guilty verdict for being an accessory to murder and faced a mandatory death sentence. He vowed to appeal, insisting the jurors lied, and questioned how he could be convicted on their word. The case marked his second Logan County murder-related verdict.
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Don Seagle
the Gazette
Logan
Melvin Loveless
Loveless
Charleston
Cabin Creek
C. Chambers
Plane Crash Kills 14 Air Force Crewmembers in California
A KC97 Strato tanker from Altus Air Force Base crashed on Box Springs Mountain near March Air Force Base killing seven crew members and seven passengers. Rescue teams recovered bodies and prepared to identify and transport them to Altus and March bases. The crash occurred during a weather diversion while the aircraft was en route to Norton Air Force Base.
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Air Force
Riverside
Cal
March Air Force Base
Calif
U.S. Air Force
Box Springs Mountain
96Th
Altus
Okla
Air Force Base
California
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Box Spring Mountain
Norton
42Nd Air Rescue Squadron
March Air Base
Altus Air Force Base
March Air Forces Base
Japan
Jeff Cobb Comic Strip Premieres On Gazette Pages
A new true-to-life action strip titled Jeff Cobb begins today in The Gazette comic pages. The stories come from real reporters memories and case files from major newspapers.
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Jeff Cobb
Gazette
End of War Expected After Arbenz Resigns in Guatemala
Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman resigns and transfers power to Col Carlos Enrique Diaz as army chiefs defect. Reports say a military junta may take control and rebels near the capital threaten to seize, while Arbenz vows to resist and predicts triumph for loyal Guatemalans.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbens Guzman
Guatemala
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Associated Press
Guatemala City
Arbenz
Diaz
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Col. Diaz
Liberation Radio
Jack Rutledge
United Nations Hails U S Victory Over Guatemala Pressure
U N diplomats credit a tough U S stand led by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge for multiple wins against Soviet backed moves in Guatemala. They note acceptance of an on site investigation, a July 7 OAS meeting call, a firm warning to Moscow, and the Security Council's stance against Communist expansionism in the Americas.
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United Nations
INS
U. N
Loday
U. S
Guatemala
Henry Cabot Lodge
Security Council
Russia
inter-American Peace Committee
Nicaragua
Honduras
Council of the Organization of American States
Lodge
Americas
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