Arabs Fold Tents Move into Huts
Beir ut Lebanon report says a United Nations agency has paid for roofs, prompting 50 000 Arab refugee families to move from tents to huts over five years. Since 1950 UNRWA has aided nearly 900 000 refugees, with over 300 000 in camps across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. Tents have largely disappeared from Gaza camps and Aqabat Jabr near Jericho, where huts now house 30 000 refugees.
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Beirut
Lebanon
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Works Agency For Palestine Refugees
Jordan
Syria
Gaza
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Aqabat Jabr
Jericho
UNRWA
Salk polio vaccine marks turning point in battle against disease
Arch of Science recounts the rise of polio research from 1909 to Jonas Salk. It credits Feld of scientists, the March of Dimes funding, and public health efforts for developing a vaccine. It notes key findings by Enders Horstmann Bodian Hammon and Salk’s six year effort leading to inoculations for millions.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Ann Arbor, Mich
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Karl Landsteiner
New York City
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Enders
Harvard
Dorothy Horstmann
Yale
David Bodian
Johns Hopkins
William McD. Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
Salk
Business boom seen extending into 1956
New York business leaders project continued strength as auto demand exceeds supply and retailers shrink stocks. Ford, Du Pont, and Kennecott report higher sales and optimistic forecasts. Steel output nears record levels, the housing boom persists, while some executives warn the upturn could ease after summer.
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New York
Ernest R. Breech
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Commerce Department
Kennecott Copper
E. S. Hann
Sunshine Biscuit
Hanford Main
Inaugural Day Jan 20 or 21 1957 predicted
Washington reports Sen Thye of Minnesota consulted with the Library of Congress and predicted the 1957 inauguration would begin with a private oath at noon Sunday January 20 and public ceremonies on Monday January 21. He notes Sundays have occurred before under the 20th Amendment.
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Washington
United States
Minneapolis
Sen. Thye
R-Minn
Thye
Library of Congress
Wilson
Repatriation Ship Koan Maru Returns Today
Okada cited workers from Soviet ports aboard the Koan Maru returning today amid strikes and protests. They report brutal treatment by Russian guards with workers throwing down tools and raising black flags as they refused to work.
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Okada
Major League Box Scores Summary Card
Baseball box score snapshot across several games with New York and Baltimore, Cleveland and Kansas City, Philadelphia and Brooklyn, Chicago and Milwaukee, Cincinnati and St Louis, Pittsburgh and New York. Includes line scores, key hits, errors, and pitching totals for players like Mantle, Ford, Mirada, Musial, Mays, Clemente and Surkont.
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Mantle
Noren
Skowron
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Ford
Abrams
Triandos
Miranda
Marsh
New York
Baltimore
Moore
SO Ford
Byrd
Wilson
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Grieve
Stevens
Pittsburgh
E.smith
Owilli
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Darks
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Ente
Mays
Thomas
Omoveller
Shepard
O Hofman
Ward
Ol'k'niblf
Cole
Westr’'mec
Surkont
Oliddle
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Ogrissom
Face
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Pepper
Groat
Smith
Clemente
Williams
Dark
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Irvin
Mueller
Lockman
Liddle
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Rbi Thompson
Willams
G. Freese
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Sulirvin
Gordon
Freese
Holman
Brb-Surkont
Grissom
HO -Surkont
Grunwald
Liddle & In
Rer-Surkont
W.-Liddle
L-Surkont
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Engeln
Pinelli
Funeral notices from Polk Hollingsworth McIntyre families
Three month old Terry Lynn Polk dies in a local hospital. Funeral at Oak Grove Church with Rev L L Martin. burial at Ellison Cemetery Camp Creek. Alice Mae Hollingsworth of Stanaford dies at 78. funeral at Stanaford Baptist Church with Rev B C Jennings. burial in Stanaford Cemetery. Viola McIntyre, 78, of 200 Sixth Street, dies. services at home with Rev F Haynes. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers listed for each.
Work Detail Escapees Arrested in Bluefield
BLUEFIELD The arrest of two state penitentiary trustees who escaped during the weekend from a work detail at Hopemont Sanitarium Terra Alta was reported here today. Hershel Cox 26 of Bluefield serving concurrent terms for armed robbery and house breaking and Charles Dooley 26 sent up from Monongalia County for possession of a stolen car were identified. Police Chief Gordon Short of Bramwell and Constable Lewis Perdue of Bluefield, who made the arrest, said the men fled the northern West Virginia section in a car stolen at Kingwood. The automobile was located at Montcalm.
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Bluefield
Hopemont Sanitarium
Terra Alta
Hershel Cox
Charles Dooley
Monongalia County
Gordon Short
Bramwell
Lewis Perdue
West Virginia
Kingwood
Montcalm
Wheeling Negro conducts opera in New York debut
Everett Lee, from Wheeling West Virginia, led the New York City Opera Co. in La Traviata, believed to be the first Black conductor of professional grand opera in the United States. He earlier became the first Negro to conduct a major southern symphony with Louisville Philharmonic. Lee funded his training as a busboy and wine bottler before study at Cleveland Institute of Music Columbia and Juilliard, plus a Fulbright in Rome.
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New York
Everett Lee
New York City Opera Co
Lee
Louisville Philharmonic
South
Wheeling
W. Va
Cleveland Institute of Music
Columbia University
Julliard School of Music
Rome
New York City Opera
Lost Pilot Lands Plane on Busy Huntsville Highway
Crop duster pilot W A Fowler described landing a four place Piper cruiser on a busy trunk highway in the Huntsville suburb at night. Police helped push the plane clear. Fowler, 30, of San Antonio, called the man the most fearless fellow he ever knew.
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Huntsville
Tex
W. A. Fowler
Fowler
San Antonio
James H Drew Corporation withdraws from West Virginia
The James H Drew Corporation a WV licensed company gives notice of its intent to withdraw from the State of West Virginia signed by William K Drew Vice President Treasurer dated a Tuesday in April 4-19.
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James H. Drew
Powell Charlie Lee Powell dies at 70 in Cranberry
Charlie Lee Powell 70 of Cranberry died at 11 10 a m Sunday April 17 in a local hospital. The body goes to Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home for pickup at 4 p m Monday. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday April 19 at Cranberry Community Church with Rev A F Clendenin Rev G E Pauley and Rev Melton Marks officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers include Milton Kiddy C O Lilly Harry Helton Ernest McClung Tennis Tyree Harold Kershner B M Thompson Chester Simmons. Honorary pallbearers listed including Fred Lewis Dr W G Moran Dr J P Heagarty Dr W H Bardin Dr Fred Richmond Dr B B Richmond Robert Koontz H L Clark Delbert Thompson Virgil Whitaker Joe Carper Clyde Roland Chick O Neal Sam Elmore F D Haga Bert Canterbury Tom Canterbury Jack Canterbury Jack Armstrong Cleve Cozart Nelson Garrett. Flowerbearers named as Mrs C C Lilly Mrs Ruth Greer Mrs Bert Canterbury Mrs Ruby Whitaker Miss Marie Canterbury and Adult Bible Class Cranberry Community Church. SANFORD
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Powell Powell
Charlie Lee
Cranberry
Quesenberry and Webb
Cranberry Community Church
A. F. Clendenin
G. E. Pauley
Melton
B. B. Richmond
Robert Koontz
H. L. Clark
Delbert Thompson
Virgil Whitaker
Joe Carper
Clyde Roland
Chick O'Neal
Sam Elmore
F. D. Haga
Bert Canterbury
Tom Canterbury
Jack Canterbury
Jack Armstrong
Cleve Cozart
Nelson Garrett
C. C. Lilly
Ruth Greer
Ruby Whitaker
Marie
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Vance Drive
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DIAL
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MGR
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Beckley
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Paul Thompson
Rupert
Clintonville
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Barre
R. C. Egnor
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SEARS
Harper Rd
Fred Davis
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City Ave
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George W. Bright
Stamford
Betty
Sanders and Edgers
Fabulon
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Main St
J. F. Allen
M. Young
R. Gravely
Don V. Ford
Harvey
W. E. Lively
Montgomery Ward
Aluma Kraft
American Glass & Mirror Coo., Inc
Herbert Atha
Oakwood
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Dia
Raleigh County Bank
R. F. Baker
Marguerite’ S Children’s Permanents
Del-Mar
Beauty Shop
Lalouis Thrifty Shop
Neville St. Professional Directory
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Raleigh
County Bank
H. Kinzer
Main Street
Beckley Delivery Service
Light Moving
Dial 8890
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Johnstown Rd
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Burgess St
South Oakwood
Wright
Crab
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Geo. Sparks
Halstead
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Elient
Comer
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Jack Quesenberry
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Bob Daniels
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Third Ave
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Gale
Salem Wooten
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Sissen St
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Carolina
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Cyril “Cy” Lilly
Lilly
Midway
Peerless Packing Company
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McCorkle Ave
South Charleston
W.va
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St
Campbell
Beckley Hotel
Peggy Newton
New York State
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Brown
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Hiewioee Apri Wat Gee
Reeves
Attleboro
Mass
Standard Coffee Company
Mr. Day
King Kole
Rainelle
Neely
Lewisburg
Standard Coffee Co
The
South Atlantic Corporation
Marietta
Ohio
Henry Conway
Neville St
Boyd P. Carper
Beckley Insulation Co
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