European and Indochina crisis dominate Dulles Bidault talks
Paris discussions between Georges Bidault and Dulles centered on a 10 nation anti Communist alliance and rapid Indochina solution while London pledged to keep troops in Europe and aid German rearmament. In Washington Rep Byrd urged delaying foreign loans to Europe until the American coal crisis is addressed and questioned the 100 million loan to the European Coal and Steel Community.
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Paris
Southeast Asia
Georges Bidault
U.S
State Dulles
London
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Bidault
United States
Far East
Indochina
Britain
House of Common
France
West Germany
Washington
Byrd
D. W. Va
State Department
Europe
America
Journal-Bulletin reports race track paid 10 Boston men
The Providence Journal-Bulletin says Rockingham Park paid 10 Boston newspaper men from 100 to 2500 dollars for services from not doing much to assisting publicity. Names include Cohen, Clarke, Massacco, Waldo, McCauley, Keany, Robinson, McCracken, King, Frost and Starzel confirms policy and dismissals.
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Providence, R.I
The
Journal-Bulletin Today
Boston
Rockingham Park
Lou Smith
Salem, N.H
Cient Publicity Bureau
Journal-Bulletin
Sam Cohen
Boston Record
George Clarke
Mel Massacco
Robert A. Waldo
Boston American
William McCauley
Matthew Keany
Sidney Robinson
Boston Post
Sam McCracken
Boston Globe
William R. King
Associated Press
Gardner L. Frost
United Press
Robinson
Post
Frank J. Starzel
Work On Tunnel Set Next Week
Street Commissioner D. E. Ward reports plans to start the tunnel under the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks at W Prince St by mid next week. He notes the Sisson St storm sewer is nearly done and will be connected before tunnel construction. City department reports include 160 ft of six inch sewer on the parking lot and 278 miles of streets swept this month.
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D. E. Warden
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
W. Prince St
Sisson St
Roosevelt St
Chip St
East Main St
West Virginia Weather Report and River Conditions
Cloudy with showers possible tonight across western counties. Thursday remains cloudy and warm with scattered showers and possible thundershowers. Regional highs yesterday ranged from 70 to 71 degrees with lows around the 33 to 54 degree range. Rivers near Bellepoint show normal stage but muddy conditions.
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Beckley
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone
State Requests Rail Crossing Information From C O Railway
The State Road Commission asks for the number of trains their speed and accident records at Beckley crossings. Mayor Elmer Davis cited letters from State Construction Engineer George W. MacAlpin and C O official C J Guyer on progress for installing flasher signals.
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Beckley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
State Road Commission
Elmer Davis
George W. MacAlpin
C. J. Guyer
Capehart criticizes Byrd as housing probe wins Senate Banking control
The Senate Banking Committee moves to open a rapid full inquiry into a multimillion-dollar FHA housing scandal spanning Truman and Eisenhower eras. Capehart denounces Byrd for moving a separate nonessential federal expenditures committee to hear the issue. The action follows FHA chief Hollyday’s resignation and Mason’s naming as acting commissioner as probe escalates.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Eisenhower
Capehart
R-Ind
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
White House
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Missing Stanaford Girls Spark Search by Parents and Police
Two Stanaford sisters Marilyn Lee Baker 14 and Shirley Rae Dunn 15 are missing after leaving for Woodrow Wilson High School. Their mothers contacted police, and a search is underway to locate the sophomores.
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Stanaford
Marilyn Lee Baker
John Baker
Shirley Rae Dunn
Robert Dunn
Woodrow Wilson High School
Judge Postpones Solon's Sentence
Washington District Judge Walter M. Bastian postponed any sentence for Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett until the Supreme Court rules on his payroll falsification conviction in a salary kickback scheme. The government will take the case to the high court to seek set aside of the ruling, noting a doubt exists about the law's applicability. If the Supreme Court affirms, Bramblett will be sentenced later. if it reverses, the case returns for sentence or final determination against the defendant.
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Washington
U. S
Walter M. Bastian
Ernest K. Bramblett
Calif
Supreme Court
Bastian
Bramblett
By-Pass Market Robbery Reported
State police investigate a breaking and entering at the By-Pass Market Fair at Routes 19 and 21. Sixty cartons of cigarettes and coffee were stolen.
Meek Wins Illinois GOP Senate Nomination in Primary
Joseph T. Meek, calling himself a no label un hyphenated Republican, won the Illinois Republican senatorial nomination in the nation’s first primary of 1954. The 50 year old led a field in a light turnout, facing Democrat Paul H. Douglas next November. Meek’s stance suggests support for many Eisenhower policies but not an exact alignment.
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Chicago
Joseph T. Meek
Illinois
Meek
Eisenhower
Nois
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
Oppenheimer ban awaited as McCarthy cites affidavits
Washington lawmakers adopted a wait and see stance on Oppenheimer's suspension and probe. Sen McCarthy said he possesses affidavits claiming Oppenheimer joined the Communist party, while others assert prior reviews dismissed the accusations. The AEC noted new investigations ordered by President Eisenhower and a panel led by Gordon Gray will report.
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Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Oppenheimer
Communist Party
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Eisenhower
Army
Gordon Gray
Rep
W. Sterling Cole
RNY
Sen. Hickenlooper
Rio
Princeton, N. J
McCarthy
J. Robert Offenuemers Sasi
Mace
Named by Governor Blankenship is New Clerk in West Va
C. A. Blankenship, 51, Pineville, is the new clerk of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He succeeds J. R. Aliff, who becomes state director of purchases. Blankenship, a former Wyoming County schools chief, previously served four terms in the House from 1944 to 1950. He held the state superintendent post in 1930 and has 32 years in education. Order from Gov Marland to confer with leaders before final appointment.
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Meek
Edward A. Hayes
Hayes
American Legion
Robert B. Chiperfield
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Atty
Lawrence Stickell
Harold H. Velde
Un-American Affairs Committee
Robert Allison
Leo Allen
Rules Committee
Chauncey Reed
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Justice Department
Baker
U. S. Court of Northern
Wyoming County
William C. Marland
Blankenship
J. R. Aliff
Purchases
Aliff
House of Delegates
State Senate
Baileysville
Concord College
West Virginia University
Marland
House
City Council Receives March Financial Report
City officials presented the March 31 financial statement showing a remaining treasury balance of 72,866.77 to cover the 1953 54 period. Total expenditures reached 372,081.23 of an estimated 444,948,000 with several line items in the red including general expenses fire department and salaries across departments.
Mabscott Youth Sent To Industrial School
A 14 year old Mabscott youth was ordered committed to the West Virginia Boys Industrial School at Pruntytown by Judge Harry L. McCreery of the Raleigh County Juvenile Court. Taken from the Raleigh County Jail, he faced charges of drunkenness breaking and entering and breaking street lights after an earlier probation grant. Evidence showed he was not a party to the break in at residences.
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Mabscott
West Virginia Boys’ Industrial School
Pruntytown
Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County
Juvenile Court
McCreery
Vecellio Estate Willed To Wife In Raleigh County Probate
Enrico Vecellio left his entire estate to his wife Ann Maria Vecellio of 501 S Kanawha St in a probate will filed April 13 in Raleigh County Clerk's office. Mrs Vecellio is executor with bond set at 250000 no surety. Appraisers M W Powers D C Wade and French Lucas named. Estate referred to Floyd M Sayre commissioner of accounts. Will dated December 20 1943.
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Enrico Vecellio
Beckley
Ann Maria Vecellio
S. Kanawha St
Raleigh
Vecellio
M. W. Powers
D. C. Wade
French Lucas
Floyd M. Sayre
Raleigh County
Bowling Low Bidder On Market Land Clearing Contract
The Raleigh County Court awarded the land clearing contract for a county farmer market site to A. J. Bowling of Beckley Rt. 1. His bid was 98 dollars per acre, the lowest among eight bids. About four acres are involved, with completion required within 10 working days.
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A. J. Bowling
Rt. 1
Beckley
Raleigh
Bowling
A for Atomic Shocks Soviet Youth Radio Play
London Moscow radio told Russian schoolchildren that American kids now learn the alphabet with A for atomic and B for bomb. The special broadcast addressed Pioneers the junior arm of the Soviet youth organization.
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London
Moscow Radio
Pioneers
Gasoline Price War Hits Passaic Area Stations
In Passaic New Jersey some service stations sold gasoline for 15.9 cents per gallon while others in the Passaic Bergen area asked from 17.9 to 26.9 cents. The New Jersey Retail Gasoline Dealers Association voted last week to keep the price war going until a fair trade bill is enacted.
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Passaic
N. J.P
Passaic- Bergen
New Jersey
State Board lists 12 WV students for four year tuition scholarships
The State Board of Education approved twelve West Virginia high school students as four year tuition free scholars at the state college of their choice. Winners are district firsts from the American Legion oratorical contest, with notes on chosen colleges or plans where given.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
West Virginia
American Legion
Refugees claim Soviets kidnapped anti red leader in Berlin
In Berlin a Russian refugee group accuses East German Reds of kidnapping Alexander Truchnovich, 60, head of NTS, after a supposed trap in West Berlin. East Germany says Truchnovich voluntarily entered the Soviet zone with a companion and surrendered. Truchnovich also led the Freedom League for Russians German Friendship with ties to Ernst Reuter.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Alexander Trucinovich
NTS
Truchnovich
Gehlen
Secret Service
Freedom League For
West Germany
Ernst Reuter
Better Lighting Ordered On Two City Streets
Council action Tuesday night ordered better street lighting on McCreery and Earwood Streets to match Prince Street. Appalachian Electric Power Co. estimated the extra city cost at 11.30 dollars per month.
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McCreery and
Earwood Sts
Prince St
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Shanks Trial Near End in Winona Slaying Case
Closing arguments wrapped up as the murder trial of Sam Shanks moved toward a jury verdict in Fayetteville. Shanks faces charges in the January 3 shotgun slaying of Huey MacMillion at Winona, with jurors to hear final instructions before deliberations.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Sam Shanks
Shanks
Huey MacMillion
Winona
Wouldn't Be Caught Dead In Room 13
In Richmond England a couple James McCulloch age 45 and Olive Bailey age 40 refused room 13 at a local hotel citing superstition. They were reassigned to room 12 where they were found dead in a gas filled room leaving a joint death by own action note.
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Richmond
England
James McCulloch
Olive Bailey
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