Eisenhower asks Congress for 3.5B to fight communism
President Eisenhower asked Congress for three and a half billion dollars to bolster military and economic aid worldwide with a focus on Asia. The plan funds military assistance and defense for allies, including Formosa and Korea, and aims to counter Communist threats as Radford and Robertson head to Formosa for urgent talks.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Asia
Free Asia
Formosa
Viet Nam
Harold E. Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Europe
China
Korea
Chiang Kai-shek
Beckley Levy Falls Short Amid Vote Decline and Odd Payoffs
Beckley voters reject a 3-year levy plan by 43.22 percent after a 60 percent requirement, with 1,414 against and 1,857 in favor, out of 3,271 total. The levy would have funded street, fire, police capital improvements and library projects. The story also details forged or “blind” campaign checks prepared in the Raleigh County Clerk’s office for Democratic workers, amid political maneuvering around county clerk ambitions and city leadership appointments.
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Beckley
New River Park
Raleigh
Harry Fe, Anderson
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Register
Anderson
Minter and Ashworth Nominated for Mayor
Beckley voters approve a new ward system as A K Minter wins the Democratic mayoral nomination and H B Pete Ashworth wins the Republican race. Unofficial totals show Minter 1411, Evan Hall 601, Elgin Hall 229, Ashworth 547, Allen 522. Ward results split the council candidates across five wards with incumbents and newcomers noted. Republicans plan a Friday meeting to finalize their ballot and campaign strategy.
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Beckley
Charles RK. Jones
Hyden Smith
A. K. Minter
H. B
Pete
Ashworth
A. Curley Allen
Minter
Evan H. Hall
Elgin Hall
Allen
Clarence L. Bibb
H. P
Meadows
Guy Amato
Joe Rodriguez Jr
Harold Hedrick
Joe Farris
James B. Kessinger
G. C. Porter
Ira O. Holliday
D. B. “Slick” Shumate
John W. Smith
A. A
Buck” Ross
W. A. Buchanan
Harold W. Miller
Noel Christian
Council
C. R. Jones
M. K. Austin Jr
Hayden Smith
E. P. Cade Lilly Jr
Raleigh County Court House
P. H. Wilson
New Forest Fires Reported in Wyoming and Fayette Counties
Two new forest fires were being checked today in Wyoming and Fayette counties by forest protectors under District 4. A blaze near Iroquois, Wyoming, and a second near Lansing were reported, with 11:15 a.m. checks ongoing. Earlier, a three room shack owned by Mrs. Mary Underwood burned along with four acres of timber at Beckley Junction. Additional fires were reported in Prosperity, West Raleigh, Mount View, Raleigh County, plus multiple fires in Wyoming, Mercer, McDowell, Greenbrier, and Monroe counties. most fires are controlled and patrolled.
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Wyoming
Fayette
Carl Lucas
District 4 Conservation Commission
Lucas
Iroquois
Prosperity
West Raleigh
Mount View
Raleigh
Wyoming County
Mercer
Mcdowell
Greenbrier
Monroe
Polio Victims Should Be Inoculated Too
NEW YORK A spokesman for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urged polio victims to be inoculated with the Salk vaccine. He said vaccination helps even if a child has had polio before, offering protection against the other two types. Some people have contracted polio more than once.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Unsettled Weather With Showers and Thunderstorms Likely
Cloudy conditions with showers and probable scattered thunderstorms Thursday. Tonight lows mostly in the 50s. Warmer Thursday. Beckley highs yesterday around 58 to 72 with varied overnight lows. Oak Hill likewise reporting mild temperatures. Rivers at Bellepoint and Greenbrier area show normal stage with clear or near clear conditions. Bluestone Reservoir also near normal and clear. Fishing reported not good.
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50S
Oak Hill High
teGay
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Lawton enters innocent plea in mail fraud indictment
William D. Lawton a 53 year old Fayette County automobile dealer entered an innocent plea in U S District Court to a six count indictment charging use of the mails to defraud Judge Ben Moore set July 18 for trial at Beckley and kept Lawtons $2 000 bond Lawton of Oak Hill is charged with using or causing the mails to defraud Bank of Mt Hope and New River Banking and Trust Co Oak Hill through sight drafts tied to his auto businesses White Oak Motor Sales Scarbro and Lawton Jasper Motors Oak Hill and falsely representing liens on autos not in firm possession via drafts deeds of trust and notes
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Charleston
William D. Lawton
Fayette County
U.S. District Court
Ben Moore
Beckley
Lawton
Oak Hill
Bank of Mt. Hope
New River Banking and Trust Co
White Oak Motor Sales, Inc
Scarbro
Lawton-Jasper Motors
Dust Storm Hits Four States Across Southwest
A severe soil damaging dust storm, among the season's worst, shrouded parts of Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Western Missouri while April showers spread to broad areas to the north. Dust from Eastern Colorado hung over these regions as showers also fell in West Central Texas.
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Amarillo
Tex
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Man Jailed on Assault Warrants in Raleigh County
Albert English of East Park was jailed in Raleigh County Jail this morning on warrants charging assault breach of the peace and felonious assault. Warrants issued by Magistrate J P Meadows on the complaint of Theresa White of East Park.
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Albert English
East Park
Raleigh
J. P. Meadows
Theresa White
Smog May Be Major Cause Of Lung Cancer
Dr Paul Kotin a USC pathologist at the National Air Pollution Symposium links smog to lung cancer after four years of animal studies funded by a U S Public Health Service grant. He says smog has a prolonged tumor inducing effect with hydrocarbons in oxidized form found in auto exhausts and industrial emissions.
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Pasadena
Paul Kotin
University of Southern California
U.S. Public Health Service
Kotin
USC Medical School
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Beckleyan Faces Moonshine Trial
John Fox, 30, of 308 Massey Street, arrested on moonshine possession charges after a raid that yielded a large still, 50 gallons of spent mash, and moonshine. A second warrant for possession of a moonshine still is pending. bond set at 150 dollars. Authorities suspect rubbing alcohol adulteration and plan analysis of the liquor. Magistrate J P Meadows scheduled to hear the case.
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John Fox
Massey St
Fox
Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit
Beckleyan
J. P. Meadows
Murder charge to arise from soldier's death
A murder charge will be filed against the Mabscott assailant of Pfe. Dewey Rollyson Jr. 27 who died at Beckley VA Hospital at 10 30 a m from head injuries after a Mabscott Lunch brawl Monday. Rollyson was unconscious since Tuesday and died after surgery to remove a blood clot. He was en route from Camp Gordon to the Far East Command via Fort Lewis. Survivors include his parents a brother and two sisters.
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Pfe
Dewey Rollyson Jr
Mabscott
Beckeley Veterans Administration Hospital
Rollyson
Mabscott Hill
Camp Gordon
Far East Command
Fort Lewis
Wash
Dewey Rollyson
James Rollyson
Jimmy R. Kidd
Newport News
Williggm D. Lee
Middletown
Ohio
Police Protect Probing Editor in Kittery Maine
Police guard the Kittery Press editor Horace Mitchell amid threats he received while investigating local police. Police Chief Nelson assigned protection at the selectmen's request after two anonymous calls. Mitchell sought outside deputy protection, while officials review rumors about the police department.
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Kittery
Maine
William H. Nelson
Horace Mitchell
Kittery Press
Selectmen
Mitchell
Jamison No. 9 mine injuries rise in four days
In Farmington West Virginia two workers were injured in recovery operations after an explosion at Jamison No. 9 mine, bringing total injuries to three in four days. Reports from Washington state ongoing support for Diem regime in South Vietnam despite French opposition.
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Farmington
W.va
Washington
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Polio Vaccine Drives Reach 400 Children Across Raleigh County
Three vaccination centers in Raleigh County schools operated for mass inoculation of 5229 children with the Salk vaccine. About 700 children were slated to receive shots today at Shady Spring Bradley and Mount View Junior High. First injections earlier in the week reached 890 at Coal City Stotesbury and Surveyor. Centers finished ahead of schedule with minor fainting and breakfast loss blamed on excitement. Some mumps patients were kept home and will be given first shots with the second dose two weeks later. Thursday clinics at Beaver Lions Building Mont real and Beckley Recreation Building will vaccinate 1150 more children under directors Dr. Grover Hedrick Dr. John Whitlock Dr. W B Lilly and Dr C M Merritt with several assistants.
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Raleigh County
Shady Spring
Bradley
Mount View
Coal City
Stotesbury
Surveyor
Raleigh County Health Department
Beaver Lions
Beaver
J. W. Banks
Clark Kessell
Naomi Cole
Jackolin Epperly
Marsh Fork High School
Montreal
A. Allen Bliss
Edna Starr
Mabel Lewis
Beckley Recreation Building
Grover Hedrick
John Whitlock
Pauline Mason
Billie Brown
Betty Tindella
Viola St. Clair
W. B. Lilly
C. M. Merritt
Mason
Brown
Sonia Carper
Turnpike Chiefs Study Extensions in Roanoke
In Roanoke Virginia three state turnpike chairmen met to discuss traffic and revenue studies for a proposed superhighway through parts of West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina. Hayes Seay Mattern and Mattern design engineers proposed a 68.8 mile western Virginia route to connect with the Princeton Charleston turnpike in West Virginia. A northern extension of the West Virginia turnpike could influence the studies and no southern terminal route for North Carolina has been set. North Carolina traffic studies are to be completed by October.
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Roanoke
West Virginia
Fourteen West Virginians to attend atomic test
A group of 14 West Virginia citizens will fly from Charleston by Air National Guard plane to Nevada for an April 26 atomic test near Las Vegas. The party is led by Col. Edgar M. Sites, the state's Civil Defense director.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Nevada Desert
Las Vegas
Air National Guard
Nevada
Col
Edgar M. Sites
800 Red China Planes Poised Across Strait
TAIPEI Formosa Red China has 800 planes 500 of them jets along the Fukien and Chekiang coast across the strait from Formosa The paper cites Russian built planes and a Nationalist air force encounter with MIG17 or MIG19 jets Washington warns of a very dangerous situation The buildup centers on new airfields at Luchino and Foochow near Matsu Islands making the northern strait vulnerable to Red air power.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Fukien
Chekiang
China News
U.S
State Dulles
New Dispatches
Washington
Luchino
Foochow
Here
Matsu Islands
Northern Strait
Legislators Demand Special Session On Teacher Pay Raises
A six member legislative delegation met with Gov Marland in Charleston to urge a special session before May 15 to act on teacher salary increases. The group cited petitions from 65 House members and 23 senators and said the session date would be set by the governor.
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Charleston
Marland
C. H
Jackie McKown D-Wayne
McKown
D-Wayne
Traubert
Brooke
Bowers
R-Wetzel
Dels. Vennari
Raleigh
White
D-Boone
Young
R-Upshur
House
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Walter Robertson
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Robert B. Carney
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Honolulu
Felix B. Stump
Navy
Pacific
Levy
Bank of Raleigh
W. H. McGinnis
Mike Gladwell
A. J. Adams
Vincinia Weather
Briel
London P
London
Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
Pakasiran
Bandung
Chou En-lai
Santiago
Chile
Coquimbo
Patsy Farmer
W. C. Covey Jr
Anneta Covey
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