West Virginia wing aids CAP in annual test drive
In Elkins Virginia, the Civil Air Patrol wing earned praise from the Air Rescue Service for efficiency during a three search problem in an annual weekend drill. Across multiple cities, labor disputes and public notices followed, including Pittsburgh auto workers striking and a Latin American crisis session after Peron’s cabinet
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Adenauer Arrives in Washington for Talks on Peace and Unity
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer landed at National Airport at 9.55 am EDT and met with State Department and other officials. He planned talks with President and Secretary Dulles about Moscow invites and a four-power summit to discuss neutralizing divides and reuniting Germany, signaling a strengthened Western partnership.
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Drive 'em away Used Car Bargains in Our Town
Classified ad highlights drastic price cuts from local dealers The Duces offer used cars with low down payments and favorable terms including a 1953 DeSoto Firedome 64 door sedan and an Oldsmobile 982 Door among options Readers are directed to page five for a large selection and details
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GMC Signs Wage Guarantee Pact With CIO Unions
Detroit General Motors joined Ford in granting the CIO United Auto Workers a guaranteed wage. The contract, reached after 4 a.m. EDT, covers 375000 hourly workers and extends guaranteed wages to 515500 American workers. An additional 35000 General Motors workers in the CIO Electrical Workers Union will be added once they sign their pact.
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Turnpiker Says He's Not In Race
Charleston WV. West Virginia Turnpike General Manager Okey L Patteson denied reports he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 1956. Patteson, who served as governor 1949 to 1958, said his sole aim is promoting northward turnpike extension and has no intention of running for office. Under state law a governor cannot succeed himself but can run after sitting out a term.
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Rainfall Near Five Inches Sweeps Tri County Area
Over six days Tri County reported 4.91 inches of rain with unseasonably cool temperatures. The forecast for tomorrow predicts a pause in rain with partly cloudy skies and lingering cool air. Yesterday’s high reached 64 and low 53, with noon today at 56 and a late afternoon near 60 before tonight's forecast 48 to 53.
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Soviet Accepts Third To Join Big Three In Geneva
Moscow announced the Soviet Union accepted a Western trio plan for a Geneva Big Three conference starting July 18. The Western powers proposed Lausanne or Vienna as possible venues with Geneva chosen, Molotov signaling no objections before heading to the United States for UN anniversary events in San Francisco.
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Talbott Denies Politics In AF Transfer Clash
Washington, D C Sen John Marshall Butler and Air Secretary Harold H Talbott clashed angrily over the Air Force plan to move ARDC headquarters from Baltimore to Dayton Butler called the move uneconomical and contrary to Congress intent Talbott retorted that the accusation was unfair and improper
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Fairmont WAC Gets Wet Post PARKERSBURG WV
Elaine Shriver of Fairmont former WAC officer becomes first woman elected as senior officer by West Virginia Disabled American Veterans. She named third junior vice commander at the two day meeting. James Cook of Bluefield elected commander, succeeding Howard Elliott of Vienna. Other officers include M Pancake Pt Pleasant, Carl C Stiles Morgantown, M R Ward Rupert, Fred Goff Bluefield, Brent Talbott French Creek, and Ernest S Frey Bluefield.
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Kefauver Seeks Coonskin Cap On Chicago Visit
Senator Estes Kefauver from Tennessee wished for a Davy Crockett style coonskin cap during a Detroit appearance noting the cold weather in Chicago and joking he would have brought the cap. He spoke to an audience about weather and clothing in a light moment.
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Burglars Were Determined Men
Burglars took $12,000 from a department store safe after overcoming a watchman and spending three hours forcing the stubborn lock. They then fought tear gas released when the safe’s combination knob was knocked off.
Truck Squeeze Leads to Traffic Summons in New York
Police assisted John Grill for 40 minutes to free his truck from a tight tunnel. They then displayed a "passenger cars only" sign at the entrance and issued him a traffic summons.
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Suspect Nabbed In Terror Raid
Hollywood police arrest Joseph M. Cannot 25 at his North Hollywood home on suspicion of robbery in a six hour attack on singer Alice Lone and her family. He denied guilt as a camera with exposed film was seized for examination.
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Bobo) Olson Hase
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Alice Lone
North Hollywood
Radford Appeals For Foreign Aid
Arthur W. Radford, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, urged continued foreign aid as essential to national security while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for Eisenhower's 3.408 billion dollar program. He warned against viewing aid as a giveaway and said allies are necessary. The Tax Foundation predicted the national debt could exceed the total property value in fiscal 1956.
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Toll Rises to Seven in West Virginia Weekend
United Press reports at least seven people died in West Virginia highway accidents over the weekend, including Raymond Kinder 14 of Greenview Boone County who died after being struck by a bus while biking. Other fatalities included P Lee Edge 25 and his son Anthony 4 near Wheeling, John W. Steele 19 of Diamond Kanawha County, Carroll B. Coffman 21 near Sissonville, and driver Burt Cuyper 70 of Proctorville Ohio. Also injured were Leo Jenkins 26 of Charleston and Hester Martin of Parkersburg. President Eisenhower to speak on the UN anniversary as pre summit propaganda push.
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Greenview
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Wheeling Hill
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Sheppard Plea Cleveland Arguments For New Trial
Attorneys for Dr Samuel H Sheppard pressed for a new trial in Cleveland as oral arguments before the court of appeals focused on post conviction issues. The 31 year old osteopath seeks relief from his conviction.
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Samuel H. Sheppard
Court of Appeals
Public utility plan nudges June highway use disclosure
A Washington public notice outlines a proposed test evolution defense related evaluation. It states that on June 15 the highway will be used by the public and others under the plan. The document references standard procedures for public access and safety considerations.
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Detroit man plans parachute jump to prove his worth
A 70 year old Detroit painter retired from education plans a parachute jump into Lake St Clair to prove he is still a good man. The event is intended to demonstrate his continuing vitality and integrity.
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St. Clair Jung
Tapa
Juvenile Delinquency Conference Opens Under Officials
New York police report a gang skirmish involving two teen boys with padded gloves. Marshall College begins a two day conference on juvenile delinquency with Joseph Bogan Jr. as a keynote speaker. Washington reviews the polio vaccine program policy by two Democratic committees.
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Marshall College
Joseph B. Bogan Jr
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