Police praise for swift Buffalo Bank robbery manhunt
Editorial celebrates police efficiency in solving the Buffalo Bank robbery within two hours and five minutes. It credits State Police radio, local sheriffs, and city police, noting rapid description study and getaway road choices. The piece also salutes paper carriers on National Newspaperboy Day.
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Buffalo
Putnam County Community Bank
West Virginia Departtment of Public Safety
Sheriffs’ Staff i
Puttnam
Jackson
Roane
Gnarleston City
The Gazette Urges Public Voting Machines and Projects
The Gazette advocates an expanded voting machinery plan and a slate of civic upgrades including Coonskin Park Four-Lans Turnpike off street parking riverfront improvements South Side Boulevard airport highway extensions and railroad grade separations. It pushes for transparency in public affairs.
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Coonskin
Park Four-Lans Turnpike
Kanawha Riverfront
Airport
Fortifying Faith In A Special Edition Of The Relentitte American
A layman friendly outline explores questions about matter nuclei cosmic rays galaxies memory and protein creation. It argues science and religion need not conflict and that discovering a Supreme Intelligence can strengthen belief and faith. The piece urges readers to study science to reinforce their faith and sense of purpose.
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Thera
Lfe
Edstor Gazette
Charleston
Fire Trucks In Parade Prompt Fire Protections Critique
A reader laments Dunbar fire trucks appearing in a Putnam County Homecoming parade. The absence of this equipment from Dunbar allegedly left property owners and insurers without fire protection and breached state, city laws and the West Virginia Protection Bureau rules. The letter cites civic enforcement needs and asks for community action.
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Putnam County
Dunbar
West Virginia Protection Bureau
Kilgallen Trigger Award H Bomb Proving Real Stir
Column notes Dorothy Kilgallen will receive the Christopher Award for Trigger for H-Bomb Proving Real Stickler anes nosE. The item also mentions Agent Cres Courtney and Phil Regan, Bill Miller's million plus offer from Riviera site, Doris Duke's TV interests, Miguelito Aleman adding Evelyn Fernos to his date list, Lee Goodman’s nose fracture, and various Hollywood buzz including Judy Garland, Prince Mario Chigi, and World Series visitors.
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Anes Nose
Cres Courtney
Phil Regan
Nicky Blair
Bill Miller
Riviera
Phil
Regan
Doris Duke
Hollywood
Miguelito Aleman
Prez
Mexico
Evelyn Fernos
Manhattan
Lee Goodman
Kirkwood and Goodman
Greece and Turkey Brace to Back Nato Southeast Europe Command
In Izmir Turkish and Greek forces stand ready to lend almost full military support to General Willard G. Wyman and NATO’s Southeast Europe command. The Greeks and Turks train under U.S. missions, with many officers abroad, shaping a pragmatic alliance while education gaps slow modern weapon instruction.
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Greece
Turkey
Izmir
Ney
Willard G. Wyman
Halfsee
Allied Land Forces Southeast Europe
NATO
United States
Bleeson
Maine
Ynor
Great Britain
France
Nate
Europe
Germany
U. S
Truman
Wyshan
America
Warren Favors Workingman Won’t Seek Political Gain
The piece profiles Earl Warren, now Chief Justice, noting his reluctance to seek office or political favors. It recalls his early life as a locomotive roundhouse helper, family hardship after his father’s murder, and his social program stance. It highlights Warren’s independence during loyalty oath battles, his reformist views on housing and irrigation limits, and the 1952 tension with Eisenhower over loyalty oaths.
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Unov
Earl Warren
Tim
Dewey
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Herbert Hoover
Warren
Gen. MacArthur
Chicago
Blackstone Hotel
Earl
California
Board of Regents
University of California
White House
Supreme Court
Gen. Eisenhower
San Francisco
Inez Robb on equality for husbands of officials in social ranks
In a social column note from New York, Inez Robb celebrates the idea that the husband of a prominent female government official shares the same social standing. She cites Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby and her husband Will Hobby, humorously detailing expected roles at table and in social life, and ends with light reflections on a chain letter about husbands. The piece blends satire with commentary on gender roles and mentions other figures in a playful tone.
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New York
INS
Washington
D. C
William P. Habbby
Houston
Texas
Oveta Culp Hobby
Eisenhower
Will
Mr. Will
Frank Sinatra
Oliva Dionne
Dick Haymes
Alfred Charles Kinsey
Joseph
McCarthy
Womeen
Clark Gable
Charles Boyer
Meany plots AFL CIO merger to rule 14 million workers
Victor Riesel reports on George Meany and CIO chief Walter Reuther aiming to fuse the AFL and CIO in 1954, ending internal battles, regulating jurisdiction, and creating a joint governance system with a five member AFL committee and parallel CIO panels. The plan envisions a powerful unified labor federation facing the 1954 elections.
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Mean
John Lewis
Bill Green
Walter Reuther
Meany
AFL and Cio
AFL
Los Angeles
CIO
Cid
Paul Hall
AFL Seafarers
Big Joe Curran
CIO Sailors
Alphonse and
Gaston
Reuther
George Taylor
John Steelman
John Dunlop
David Cale
Federation of Labor
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Judy Garland
Betty Benson
Mike Todd
Mario Chigi
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Wick Haymes
Ava Gardner
Cornel Wilde
Louis
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Rooosevelt Raceway
Montgomery Clift
Doris Fleeson
Drew Pearson
Warren Favors
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Fair At Institute
Henry Walker
Kanawha County
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Ripley
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Oscar F. Barrett
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