Eisenhower Faces Approval Of New Controversial Measure
Controversy over a major policy feature prompted President Eisenhower to veto a prior measure ten days earlier. Republicans predict he will sign the new proposal. Atomic tests proceed at Pacific proving ground as scientists keep details scarce amid Joint Chiefs of Staff compromises. Steel executives meet in Washington with cautious optimism on labor peace. Eisenhower defends the Anzio landing as a successful operation. Trujan criticizes the planning by a "squirrel-headed general." Haiti imposes a state of siege in three cities, 35 arrests amid unrest.
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Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Malya
Trujan
Italy
Anzio
GOP Eyes West Virginia and Kentucky Senate Seats in 1956
GOP campaign managers see a path to picking up a Senate seat in West Virginia after the deaths of Senator Kilgore and Barkley, while pressuring John Sherman Cooper to seek the Kentucky seat once held by Barkley. Cooper’s run is seen as plausible with good odds. Kentucky will elect two senators in November.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Congress
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
GOP
Alben W. Barkley
D-Ky
Harley M. Kilgore
D-Wva
Bolzano
Italy
Policie
Adlai Stevenson
Senaté Democratic
Lyn
den B. Johnson
Texas Democratic Ae Party
Texas Democratic
Johnson
Allan Shivers
Texas
Chapman Revercomb
William C. Marland
Kilgore
Cooper
Barkley
India
U.S
Eisenhower
Thruston B. Morton
House
Memorial Service Draws Millions for P H Shinicky
In Seoul a massive funeral drew crowds surpassing any prior South Korean public ceremony as millions gathered to honor opposition leader P H Shinicky. The all day event featured officials, speakers, and widespread national mourning.
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Seoul
P.H. Shinicky
South
Market Gains and Global Briefs Amid Mixed Trading
The New York market showed Brock rose activity with volume the best in over a week as railroad stocks posted gains up to 2 points. Industrials rose while the Soviet Union suspended history exams in Leningrad. In West Virginia Charles W. Cinko was sentenced to 110 years for an attack on a motorist. Pittsburgh hosts the 131st Methodist Conference as auto production cuts affect Detroit unemployment. The Ohio River ferry at Clarington received commission approval.
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New York
Brock
Santa Fe
Elkins
Randolph County
Stanley Bosworth
Charles W. Cinko
Johnstown
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Here
Pittsburgh
Methodist
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Historic B and O train run fuels Pat Flannery fame
The 1888 Baltimore and Ohio record run from Parkersburg to Grafton by engineer Patrick Flannery is recounted as Parkersburg’s firefighting equipment arrives for Grafton’s centennial celebration. The 104 mile, two hour six minute run featured engine No. 738 with pumping gear, stopping only at Center for water and Clarksburg for orders before reaching Grafton at 8 06 a m.
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Parkersburg
Grafton
Patrick Flammery
Parkstersburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington Street
Port Flannery
B&o
Froley Turner
John Handley
Pickett
Center
West Union
Clarksburg
McAvoy Hotel
Thomas J. McAvay
Famous 1886 Latrobe to West Main Street Train Record
The article recalls the 1886 record run between Parkersburg and Grafton on the Baltimore and Ohio line, halted at the Brinkman Building in West Main Street. Clyde Carley’s Argosy excerpt highlights Patrick Sandbox Flannery and No 738 saving Grafton with two flatcars of fire equipment over 104 miles of hazardous roadbeds.
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Latrobe Street
Brinkman
West Main Streeet
Jon
Parksburgh
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio
Clyde Carley
Argosy Magazine
Patrick
Flannery
Cliff Shingleton Dies Secretay of Grafton Elks
Clifton Hunter Shingleton aged 48 secretary of the Grafton Elks Club died this morning at Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh after a brief illness. Born October 3, 1967 in Cheiton West Virginia, he was the son of Arthur Shingleton and Ida May Divers Shingleton. Survived by his mother and two sisters Mrs Clyde Hickman Griffon and Mrs Louise Jones Roanoke. Arrangements by Knotts Funeral Home.
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Clifton Hunter
Cliff) Shingleton
Grafton Elks Club
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Chiefton
West Virginia
Arthur Shingleton
Ida May Divers Shingleton
Clyde Hickman
Griffon
Louise Jones
Roanoke
Virginia
Shingleton
Biks Cini
Sveral
Smoun
Knotts Puneral Home
Temperature Last Week Averages Above Normal in West Virginia
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service reports West Virginia averaged 63 degrees last week, one degree above normal, with rainfall totaling 1.01 inches, 0.15 inches above normal. Temperatures ranged from 92 degrees at Logan to 20 degrees in Berkley Springs.
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Charleston
Centennial Scholarship Contest At Grafton High School
GHS students compete in the Centenary Scholarship Contest tied to the Centennial celebration. The top donors list includes Ack McDougal 2000, Mary Ann Boston 3200, Peggey Currey 1600, Sandra DeLanney 1400, Robert Walter 1600, Wesley Hamilton 1600, Eugene Phillips 1000, Bill Newbrough 700, Dorothy Austin 2000. Contest ends at 1 p.m. Saturday May 26 with ballots counted only before then. ballot boxes are at Centennial Headquarters and Grafton High School.
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Jose Grafton
Horror Recipe Is Developed in Argentina
A naturalist in Argentina claims to have devised a method to shrink human heads by pickling for 24 hours in a 5 percent tannin solution and stuffing with heated chaff. Pedro Save of the Juan Moyano Museum tested a cat head to imitate Jivaro head hunters and succeeded in shrinking it to one third of its normal size.
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Mondona
Acgentina WM
Pedro Save
Juan Moyano Museum
Jivaro
President Eisenhower Urges Free World to Stay Strong
President Eisenhower urged the free world to remain strong until Moscow agrees to a genuine disarmament pact with the West. He expressed pessimism about the real impact of the Soviet 1.2 million troop cut and said the United States must assess its defense needs while supporting allies and pursuing disarmament progress. He emphasized continued American cooperation with allies and cautioned against assuming US alone can ensure safety.
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William Gatlbraitil
Washington
Wasenhower
Russia
West
Eisenhower
Moscow
United States
Clisely
The
Provident
Memorial Sunday Veterans Plan Service at Andrews Church
Memorial Sunday services will be held at Andrews Methodist Church on May 27. Organizations attending include Sons of Veterans Ladies of the Grand Army Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary American Legion and its Ladies Auxiliary Junior United American Mechanics and Sons of the American Revolution. Rev Chester G Steyer will preach.
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Andrews
Sunila
Sons of Veterans
Ladies of the Grand Army
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion
United Anerean Mechanics
Dailters
Chester G. Steyer
Berdie ‘Thompson
Body Of Lost Boy Recovered From River in West Virginia
The body of a two year old boy who wandered from his grandparents home and fell into the Olf River at McMechen on March 17 was recovered Tuesday in Clar indon Marshall County. Signs along the river bank indicated he slipped in while playing.
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Minnvoviube
W.va
McMechen
Clarindon
Marshall County
Robert M. Bonar Jr
West Cold Air Breaks Midwest Sweltering Heat
A split weather pattern brought cold air to the Midwest easing a heat wave while a front sparked thunderstorms from Wyoming to Illinois and Ohio. Flood alerts were issued as the Kootenai River neared crest in Idaho with 6,000 acres flooded and Civil Air Patrol units on standby across four Rocky Mountain states. Severe winds and tornadoes were reported in Kansas Illinois and Ohio with boats overturned and two drownings in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee.
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Kootenai
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Civil Aly Patrol
Rocky Mountain
Kootnai
Walters
Alothe
Kan
Springfield
Elkhart
Cleveland
Ohio
Lory
Lale
Michigan
Milwaukee
Wis
Eisenhower urges unity over defense feuds and broad national strength
President Eisenhower defended military debate while urging discipline and unity in defense policy. He warned critics that deriding decisions harms command fitness and argued national security rests on the economy, farms, schools, and every sector, not just weapons. He cautioned optimism about Western gains amid world tensions and noted doubts about Russia’s force cuts and Mediterranean moves.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Efort
Pentagon
Mediterranean
Mollet Mouthers Resignation Talk For Algeria Policy
Paris reports Chief Minister Mollet faced cabinet pressure as M Mendes France expressed a desire to quit the government. He postponed final decision after a tense four hour meeting. Mollet and President Coty urged him to stay. Mendes cited disagreement over Algeria policy.
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Paris
Merve Mendes-France
Premer Mollet
Mollet
Hene Coty
Cabine
BDI
Mendes
Mallet
Mentet
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