Western Union Gunman Trapped by Two Local Teens
Two youths from Lick Branch Donald Clark age 17 and Robert Wilson age 18 chased a gunman who held up the Western Union office on Hale Street. The bandit fled with about 101 dollars and was captured in sight of the Gazette office. He was identified later as Glen Thurman Nelson, believed incoherent under questioning.
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House Passes Pension Bill in House Vote
The House approved a pension bill to raise veterans pensions and extend benefits to World War I veterans ages 63 within income limits. The measure, 364 to 51, would fund $3 a month for qualifying WWI vets and omit nonpension enhancements for disabled veterans and widows.
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PULLED KNIFE ON TEACHER AT CHARLESTON HIGH
City police report an 11 year old South Charleston student threatened a Behoo official with a blade in a school corridor. Officers found he smelled of alcohol and had been disruptive before being taken into custody near the school. The youth was transferred to juvenile court after the incident.
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Frank Riddle
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Juvenile High
George Defent
Dunbar
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Allman
First Family Hails Concert From Army Band
President Eisenhower waves from his hospital suite as an Army band serenades him during his first public appearance in nearly three weeks. He watches from a third floor window with Mrs Eisenhower, as photographers capture the moment and the band plays his favorite numbers. The event marks his return to health and includes his first use of anticoagulants since hospital admission.
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Eisen‘hower
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Waller Reed Hospital
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Major steel firms and union reject extended contract
New York June 27 major steel companies and United Steelworkers Union rejected each other's proposals to avert a Saturday strike in the 650000 man industry. Negotiations continued with a two week postponement offer and a retroactivity dispute dominating talks at the Roosevelt Hotel as both sides pressed for a settlement before the deadline.
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United Steelworkers Union Tonight
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Court rules against one man union tax deductions
U S Tax Court in Washington ruled that a taxpayer cannot deduct "loss on labor" as a tax deduction nor establish a personal one man labor union to deduct dues. Willard A Bostick Jr a Ma ple Heights Ohio tool and diemaker claimed 9300 0 0 union dues and 5045 36 income for 1951 plus $93 058 62 loss on labor in a Maryland filing.
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Tool and Diemaker
Maple Heights
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Arourt
Won't Resign, Wilson Asserts
Washington June 27 Secretary of Defense Charles E Wilson said he has no intention of resigning after coming under Senate fire. He defended remarks during a Canada vacation and said he did not mean to call senators phony amid discussions to raise the Air Force budget.
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Charles E. Wiltson
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Canada
Libel trial center reveals insurance pledges in Senate race
Gazette witness testifies a state senator was reportedly offered state insurance business worth 350000 in premiums to back a political ally for Senate president. The claim, tied to Sen Ballard and Sen McKown, surfaced as Del. Bower sues the Charleston Gazette for 100000.
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Road Experts To Give Data On Pike Costs
Experts report on extending the West Virginia Turnpike expected to include construction costs, location, traffic flow and feasibility. If favorable, a special legislative session may be held to decide bond-backed funding. if not, lawmakers may still meet to discuss the project and radio astronomy center in Pocahontas County. J. E. Greiner Co. will present cost estimates and Wilbur Smith and Associates will present traffic survey results.
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Pocahontas County
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Baltimore
Wilbur Smith and Associates
New Haven Conn
Inside Today Fifth Chapter in My War With the Mob
The newspaper notes that fifth chapter of Victor Riegel's My War With the Mob is featured today on page Ll. It highlights the serial installment and directs readers to follow the ongoing account of mob conflict.
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Navy Reveals Secret Antisubmarine Weapon Hint
Navy secretary Thomas told a Senate subcommittee the Navy has a new secret weapon that will revolutionize antisubmarine warfare. He did not detail its nature but said it is on hand to counter Soviet submarine power, prompting questions from Chairman Symington about U.S. awareness of Russia’s submarine buildup.
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Churchmen Hear Six Ways to Make Marriage Last
Dale M. Ingersoll of the Seventh Day Adventists outlines six enduring tips at the Bible Conference in Parkersburg. He urges couples to grow love, express gratitude, continue courtship, balance life with humor, manage money, and sanctify sex. He also calls for playing together, respecting privacy, seeking God, making home heavenly, and aging gracefully.
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Definition PAISURE Amen Advise on What Not to Do
A succinct summary noting an authorry on behavior guidance. The item suggests caution from a figure named Amen about actions to avoid. It preserves an official tone with emphasis on advisory content and authority.
Ballard says Nuckols offered state insurance post for vote
The Bluefield Telegraph reports State Sen. O. H. Ballard of Princeton identified Sen. Jack A. Nuckols of Beckley as offering a state insurance business in exchange for Ballard's vote for another Senate president last year. Nuckols denied making such an offer. Ballard told editor W. L. Currence that Nuckols visited him in Princeton in December 1855.
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Huntington
McKown
Hoffmann
Robert A. Worrell
Wyoming County
Martin
Ballard
Ae Martin
Bluefield
O. H. Ballard
Princeton
Jack A. Nuckols
Beckley
Senate
Nuckols
W. L. Currence
The
Telegraph
Hat Nuckols
Trucker Groups Split on Federal Road Tax Bill
West Virginia truckers react to new taxes in the federal highway bill. The West Virginia Motor Truck Association supports road funding while WV Tire Supply cites added bookkeeping burdens. The WV Petroleum Association plans to respond after its meeting today in Beckley.
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West Virginia Tire Supply Inc
Charleston
Jess
West Virginia Petroleum Assn
Jr Beckley
Emmett J. Bush
Trucking Association
Eisenhower
Stethoscape on The Stars highlights WV astronomy center
Don Seagle explores a proposed astronomy center in West Virginia that would expand a man's horizons beyond Earth. The Gazette features this in the State Magazine Section’s Sunday installment, Star Gazing in West Virginia.
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