Two Beckley mayoral tickets form in tight race
Beckley voters showed strong turnout for a city election with two slates competing to succeed Mayor Elmer Davis. Democrat A. K. Minter won the nomination with a wide margin. Republican Pete Ashworth survived a close contest and may pursue a recount.
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Elmer Davis
A. K. Minter
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Pete’ Ashworth
Minter
Evan Hall
Ashworth
A. C
Curley
Allen
Filibuster record sparks talk on minority rule
Texas state senator Jim Phillips set a national filibuster record by speaking 23 hours 35 minutes to push for hospital funding, but the Senate still passed the bill without the provision. The piece notes earlier record holder Wayne Morse's 22 hours 26 minutes in 1953 and argues for limited use of filibusters to protect majority rule.
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Jimmy Phillips
Texas
Phillips
Fnally
Senate
United States
Wayne Morse
Oregon
World Today Backward Step in Transportation Field
A White House advisory committee urges relaxing transportation controls to spur competition among railroads airlines trucks and water carriers. The plan draws fire from Neil J. Curry of the American Trucking Assn who warns it would backslide in U S transport history. The report, delayed since last December, questions regulation and previewed ICC powers while noting industry opposition and political uncertainty.
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Washington
Yalta
Edward Corsi
State Department
White House
Neil J. Curry
The
American Trucking Assn
Congress
Eisenhower
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Civil Aeronautics Board
Committee
Arctic blizzard cues changes in human heart action
The article notes that approaching severe Arctic blizzards are felt in measurable heart rate changes days before the storm. It also compares animal flight patterns, stating bees and crows travel erratically and frigate birds lack waterproof plumage.
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Arctic
Bug Dust By Needy Menade Reading The Register
Mrs Mary D Ship ley of Glen Daniel ordered a Raleigh Register subscription for her overseas nephew Billy Dawson II. She notes the paper has been read in the family for about 40 years, tracing back to her grandfather William Porter Anderson of Quinnimont who helped open Laurel Creek mines.
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Mary D. Shipley
Glen Daniel
Billy Dawson II
Raleigh Register
Greensboro
N. C
William Porter Anderson
Quinnimont
Laurel Creek
Be to Be Beacons and Birds in Beckley Editorial
A Beckley editorial reflects on a $1400 building boom and local DIY effort amid regional growth. It contrasts birds survival with human worry, noting birds’ hardships like hawks, cats, and BB gun incidents, then cites Solomon urging patience and a measured, daily life approach.
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Beckley
Robin
Wren
India
Solomon
How I Busted Vaccine Story But Misspelled Doc s Name
In January 1953 I chased a rumor about a polio vaccine. An actress mentioned a vaccine finding and I rushed to publish before facts. I misidentified Dr Jonas Salk and sparked backlash from science writers after a late night paged tip.
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New York
Wilson
Lilli
Anita
Anita Loos
Yale
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
Doc
Hershey
Polio vaccine advance and Hollywood gossip mix in late notes
A collage of short items covers polio vaccine advances cited with misread names, showbiz updates on Dick Haymes, Bill Paley, Arnold Stang, Danny Thomas, Celeste Holm, and Jackie Coogan, plus quirky lines about Grace Kelly, Toscanini, and a Miami hotel gambling game.
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CBS
Bill Paley
Jackie Gleason
Arnold Stang
Marilyn Webb
Rice Institute
Houston
Sport Magazine
Grace Kelly
Sahara
Vegas
Toscanini
Italy
George DeWitt
Hope Hampton
el Morocco
Polly Bergen
Jerome Courtland
Danny Thomas
Celeste Holm
Persian Room
Jackie Coogan
Buff Cobb
Coogan
Buff
Joe E. Lewis
Kitty Koppett
Erika
Jelke Case
Steele
Tim Taylor
Cue
Earl
Cesare Siepi
Carrollton
Taffy Tuttle
Denise Lor
Phil Foster
Miami
Brother
Divide And Conquer Method Best For Reds in Formosa Battle
A Washington analysis argues a nonmilitary approach could cede Formosa and offshore islets to China. It outlines steps to persuade Eisenhower to forgo force, push UN and recognition moves, and secure Senate support. The piece frames a political strategy over military action in the Far East.
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Formosa
Washington
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Far East
Eisenhower
Quemoys
Matsui
Red China
United Nations
Senate
Cerfisms By Bennett Cerf and Formosa policy debate
A collection of witty lines opens with a cop at a door about a crime scene, then shifts to census humor in Arkansas. The piece argues America must balance Chiang Kai-shek’s regime on Formosa with strong U N stance and warns against undermining morale or repeating Korea’s retreat, citing Eisenhower’s remarks on defense and morale.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Eisenhower
R&d
China
United Nations
Formosa
House of Representatives
Red China
Chiang
Truman-Acheson
Quemoys
Matsus
Asia
United States
Western
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Korea
38Th Parallel
Congress
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Peggy Kessinger reports on soldiers with ties to home towns. Pvt William B Godbey of the Second Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Washington trained at Fort Knox Kentucky and is linked to Newport News and Oak Hill. Airman Edgar Bowyer completed a teletype course at Warren AFB Wyoming after basic at Sampson NY. Cpl Eddie Bowyer spent three years in the Regular Army with overseas service in Okinawa. 2nd Lt Robert Nelson Daniel, son of Dr and Mrs Ross P Daniel Becckley WV, graduates Paratroopers School Fort Campbell KY and Ranger School Fort Benning GA earning distinguished honors and Ranger Tab. Pvt Earl D Wills, son of Arthur E Wills Daniels, graduates Food Service School Fort Knox KY after enlisting in November 1954 and basic training there.
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William B. Godbey
Rose
Highlawn Ave
Oak Hill
Fort Lewis
Wash
Fort Knox
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Army
Charles A. Godbey
Newport News
Oscar D. Bowyer
Long Branch
Edgar D. Bowyer
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Sampson Air Force Base
E. D. Bowyer N.Y
Pax High School
National Guard
Eddie L. Bowyer
Regular Army
Fort Campbell
Robert Nelson Daniel
Ross P. Daniel
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley
11Th Airborne Division
Robert Nelson Jr
Clarksville
Tenn
Ranger School
Fort Benning
Second Army
Pvt
Earl D. Wills
Arthur E. Wills
Daniels
Wills
Pittsburgh Roller Coaster Pioneer Describes First Ride
New York report profiles Joe McKee the 67 year old designer and builder who claims the first roller coaster was built in Pittsburgh in 1904. He estimates 600 coasters exist worldwide with about 300 built or designed by him.
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New York
Joe McKee
Pittsburgh
Joe
McKee
Palisades
N.J
Maggie
Cincinnati
Prayer request seeks renewal of diligence in daily duties
The speaker prays for forgiveness of laziness in Christian life and daily work. He asks to be joyful in housework and office tasks, to witness, encourage the weak, protect the oppressed, and comfort those in trouble. The prayer ends in Jesus name with signature James Ross McCain of Decatur, Georgia.
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Jesus
James Ross McCain
Decatur, Ga
Agenes Scott College
Woodrow Wilson High notes state meet and sports brief
News Briefs from The Eagles' Nest report WWHS students Betsy Hatcher Shirley Barker Ann Capone Barbara Cooper and adviser H L Kiser will attend the State High School Journalism Meeting in Huntington April 29 30. Woodrow Wilson will not field a baseball team this year due to geography and finances. Greenbrier Military School is nearest competition. Football attendance fell last fall though the team lost only one game. Five WWHS speech students attended a meeting at West Virginia University Morgantown. The Southeastern District Student Council met at WWHS April 2 with Martha Peregoy elected president.
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Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Huntington
WWHS
Betsy Hatcher
Shirley Barker
Ann Capone
Barbara Cooper
H. L. Kiser
Raleigh Wyoming Press Association
Sophia
Eagle Dispatch
Woodrow Wilson
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
Eagles
West Virginia University
Morgantown
John Karl Baldwin
Martha Peregoy
Bob Harvit
Tom Evans
Kay Carol Short
Perplexing Tax Tales and Odd Remarks
A witty column recalls Robert Benchley dodging a mass of details from the Internal Revenue Service with a sardonic note Don't be silly. A Yale pal treasury agent encounter ends without fine or tax. A real estate viewing yields sketches and a quip about a wrecked farm house. The piece ends with a joking remark about Tommy Manville at a Park Avenue wedding and an unusual marriage.
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Tax Department
Robert Benchley
Internal Revenue
Bob
Treasury
Yale
Tommy Manville
Park Avenue
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