Leaders Warn Red Cold War Growing Warm
Washington May 29 The United States faces a rising risk of a Russian atomic strike and a hotter cold war defense chiefs urge stronger mobilization of arms and resources. Secretary Johnson with President Truman urged extending the draft to aid European allies as Armed Forces Day approaches. Truman pressed for universal military training to avert future Cold War dangers.
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Washington
America
Johnson
Truman
Statler Hotel
Europe
U.S
W. Stuart Symington
National Resources Board
London
United States
Army
Navy
Air Woree
Defense Department
Comptroller Says War Contract Frauds Cost US Millions
Washington May 19 The Government’s top book keeper blamed Congress for defrauding the U S of nearly 21 million in improper WW II contract settlements and cited another 4 29 million in overpayments He charged his GAO audit prohibition and the settlement act enabled fraud indifference and waste and warned one in twenty settlements were tainted by fraud.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Congress
Lindsay Warren
Warren
General Accounting Office
Governor Patteson Gives To Morris Harvey College Fund
Governor Patteson donated to the Morris Harvey College building drive and praised the institution as vital to the region. A. W. Cox and Agriculture Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin accepted the pledge in the governor's office. He highlighted the college's value to Kanawha Valley residents and Charleston's role as the state capital.
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Patteson
Morris Harvey College Building Fund
A. W. Cox
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
State House
Gev. Patteson
Tam
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Kanawha
Charleston F
Kanawha Valley
Morris Harvey
Marine Is Acquitted in Family Secret Slaying
Pontiac report: Carson demeés a 28-year-old Marine sergeant was acquitted in the Thanksgiving Day slaying of his father, Stanley James. He admitted firing the shot but said it was in self defense. The family concealed the burial in a cow shed until a sister revealed the secret earlier this year.
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Pontiac
Mich
Carson Demeés
Stanley
Carson
Stanley James
Acheson Pledges US Peace Action Before Return from Talks
Secretary Acheson vowed to lead free nations toward peace as Atlantic Pact councils show progress against Communism. He pledged continued support to Germany Greece Turkey Iran and Indochina. Western zones of Austria see lighter occupation burdens as Big Three plan civilian high commissioners and aim for sovereignty despite no immediate Austrian treaty. The US and Britain also back Schuman plan to post coal and steel industries. West German union supports unity steps.
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Austria
Russia
Vienna
France
Britain
United States
Robert Schumann
Germany
Duesseldorf
Morse Leader in Oregon Vote
In Oregon's primary, Sen Wayne Morse led early returns from 11 precincts with 632 votes, vs 224 for Dave Hoover. John McBride trailed with 24 votes. Morse challenges for Republican renomination amid charges of supporting the Truman Administration.
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Portland
Ore
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Dave Hoover
John McBride
Washington, D. C
FEPC Bill Nears Defeat in Senate Vote
Truman urged FEPC legislation as the Senate failed to impose debate limits, 52-32, leaving Southern Democrats free to oppose further discussion. Kilgore and Neely backed cloture, while the wider plan to reorganize maritime duties passed a separate vote.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
FEPC
Kilgore and
Neely
West Virginia
Maritime Commission
Commerce Department
Sen
Brewster
Maine
House
Ways and Means
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations
Pollution group seeks more info on survey plan
The Kanawha Valley Citizens' Committee on Air Pollution urged further details on a proposed regional survey to measure atmospheric contamination and mitigation methods. Eighteen of 33 members attended the first meeting at the Board of Education auditorium. The panel authorized inviting State Industrial Hygiene Director Paul Halley to explain survey ideas, and to have present a Coal Producers Committee report on valley air pollution. A seven member sub committee was approved to gather preliminary information for Halley and Dr. George H. Vick.
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Kanwha Valley
Board of Education
Charles Hopkins
Dunbar
Leonard Riggleman
Paul Halley
Hopkins
Halley
Dunbar Committee
Riggleman
Coal Producers Committee
W. P. Black
Charleston
George H. Vick
Bridge Building to Feature City's Armed Forces Day
Charleston observes Armed Forces Day with a Marine Corps Engineers bridge across Elk River near Virginia Street. Maj. Jason M. Austin directs the 20th Engineer Marine Reserve Battalion as three B 28 bombers open the day with a low level valley flight. Gen. Andrus to speak at Clendenin Street playground before a 4 38 p m B 86 flyover and Army Navy Club dinner.
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Fenara
Armed Forces
Jason M. Austin
USMCR
20Th Engineer Marine Reserve Battalion
Marine Corps
Elk River
Virginia St. Bridge
Air Force
Genlee Clift Andrus
YMCA
Charleston
Kanawha Blvd
Brooks St
Clendenin St
Virginia St
Reynolds St
Andrus
Texas
Army-Navy Club
Army
Fast Planes and Sub Project Win House Funds
Washington May 19 The House Appropriations Committee approved a 628.49 million deficiency bill funding faster warplanes and a new anti submarine warfare project. The bill directs 75.09 million for a wind tunnel project via NACA, with past and present military needs shaping the package. Veterans Administration pensions use 248.15 million, and the House added 300 for stationery and 300 for telegraph expenses for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Veterans Administration
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Navy Ordnance
Federal aid bill would fund WV road program
A House passed federal aid bill would allocate 5 870 000 dollars yearly for West Virginia for two years. Rep E W Redrick says funds would support primary secondary and municipal road improvements under the state regular program. Road Commissioner Kay Cavendish notes funds come with a matching requirement and awaits Senate action.
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Washington, D. C
House
West Virginia
E. W. Redrick
D-Wv
Senate
Kay Cavendish
Cavendish
Trim Your Eye Appeal With Miss Lowman Diet
The Charleston Gazette introduces Josephine Lowman's Why Grow Old column featuring a physician tested diet. Starting Monday readers are promised five to ten pounds lost in nine days. One tester reportedly shed eight pounds in the same period.
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The
Gazette
Josephine Lowman
Miss Lowman
Five Felons At Large After Buckhannon Prison Break
Eight prisoners escaped from a Buckhannon road camp with four from Kanawha County. By night five remained at large while Charles C. Chafin of Wayne County was recaptured. Kanawha inmates Jackie Harper Warren Fernett and Charles Folley remained at large. others identified include Charles Patterson and Leon Vaughn. Det. Capt. Dewey Williams ordered round-the-clock watch. search centered in Clarksburg area with car theft reports and road blocks across Northern West Virginia.
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Kanawha County
Buckhann
Charles C. Chafin
Wayne County
Carl Kessell
Ernest Bavis, Jr
Weston
Jackie Elwood Harper
Charleston
Charles Patterson
Greenbrier County
Leon Vaughn
Summers County
Paul McCormick
Dewey Williams
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Yardmen Delay Pending Strike Deadline Moved to June 13
Washington May 19 The AFL western rail yard workers strike set for next Tuesday on midwestern railroads was postponed to June 1 by the National Railway Mediation Board. Francis A O Neill Jr said the union seeks a 40 hour week without pay loss plus time and a half for Saturday and double time for Sundays. Mediation will begin next Tuesday in Washington.
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Washington
AFL
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O Neill, Jr
O'Neill
Fourteen Reported Killed in Bolivian Strike
LA PAZ Bolivia May 19 Fourteen persons were reported killed and 75 wounded in disorders from a general strike in La Paz Many victims in the factory district were not hospitalized raising fears of higher toll One person was killed and eight injured in clashes last night Outside the capital the country remained quiet with order expected to be restored by tomorrow Workers are not expected to return to their jobs before Monday
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Horror Seen After Catastrophe Blast In South Amboy
An eye witness describes a blast’s devastation in South Amboy on a Friday night. Debris, shattered windows, and screams filled the streets as shoppers fled the chaos. A coal barge crewman and Dobrynski recounted bodies, mud, and destruction around the loading area.
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South Amboy
N_ 1
Steve Danski
Keyport
Dobrynski
McDonnell
NYC States Last Run to Columbus Discontinued Soon
The last New York Central passenger run between Charleston West Virginia and Columbus Ohio will end early in June. A public service commission stay on the West Virginia section allows continuation only if needed. The Ohio commission had prior approval for its segment. The railway ran one daily round trip in the afternoon, with morning trains cut in February 1848. The railroad argued 1948 costs totaled 149 311 dollars, including 49 725 dollars tied to West Virginia operations. The Town of Rupert Greenbrier County won formal approval for a water and sewer system. The commission also approved discontinuing a Baltimore and Ohio agency in Hampshire County except during fruit shipping season, with reopening each year for that three month period.
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New York Central
Charleston
Columbus
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Ohio Commission
Ohio
Charleston-Columbus
Rupert
Greenbrier County
Ita
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hampshire County
Centralia Mine Disaster Prompted State Resolution and Fines
The Centralia Mine No 5 explosion on March 25 1967 killed 111 miners. Illinois legislators passed a sorrowful resolution and funded a painting titled The Coal Miner with $1000. Centralia Coal Co and officials faced a $1000 fine for failing to enforce safety rules. Authorities including the Coal Mines Administration US Bureau of Mines and Governor Dwight Green were aware of dangerous conditions.
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Centralia
Til
Trilels
Illinois
Centralia Coal Co
The
Coal Mines Administration
Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Mines
Dwight Green
Ilinois
Yvlinoss Department
United Mine Workers
First Casualty Count From South Amboy Blast
Police headquarters report six killed and more than 270 injured after a South Amboy blast. Hospitals list 125 to 150 treated with 27 hospitalized, plus about 100 treated at South Amboy Memorial Hospital and additional arrivals. Middlesex and St Peter's hospitals in New Brunswick report dozens more treated or understood.
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Raritan Bay
John B. Leonard
Leonard
South Amboy
Alfred E. Driscoll
N. J
Worth Amboy
N. J. General Hospital
South Amboy Memorial Hospital
Middlesex Hospital
New Brunswick
St Peter's Hospital
Disaster strikes city as heat waves blaze and body found
Panic sweeps the city after a disaster as heat waves rise three miles, a headless body is found in Haritan Bay, and vehicles are abandoned amid flying debris. State police National Guardsmen and Coast Guard units flood the streets, patrolling docks and aiding victims.
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Reachter's
Haritan Bay
Andrew Kurdrick
Tien Ang
Coast Guard
State building halt prompts court fight over city rules
An order halting the Southeastern Construction Co. work on a $1.706 million state office building clears the way for a Kanawha Circuit Court injunction. City Solicitor Preston said a court action will seek to restrain further construction while the state Supreme Court decides if state actions can proceed despite city refusals. The move is part of ongoing clashes over the project, though a separate $4 million building under way remains unaffected.
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Southeastern Construction Co
John J. D. Preston
Kanawha Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Charleston Skies Outlook for May 28 Weekend
Charleston forecast notes sunset and moon phase with Mars and Jupiter visible in southwest sky. Friday night temperatures near 38 to 48 degrees precede a Saturday rise through the evening, with partial map on Page 2 and the twin stars mentioned in the sky feature.
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Jupiter
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