Auto safety inspections planned for Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission launches a safety survey May 17 to 22, aiming to inspect all vehicles at entrance gates. About 8,500 cars and trucks have been ordered off the turnpike in the past year for faulty lights, unsafe loads, or defective brakes. Chairman Thomas J. Evans emphasizes protecting millions of travelers with rigorous checks.
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Pennsylvania
Highway Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Thomas J. Evans
Commission
Daylight Saving Time Proposed For All Citizens
The piece argues for universal daylight saving time with an extra hour of daylight daily. It notes benefits for sports and gardening, and disruption for urban residents’ schedules, radio and TV programs, and travel, urging Congress to legalize the practice nationwide. It favors keeping the extra hour at day’s end for families with children and calls for public action.
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Metropolitan
America
Turnpike safety checks urge voluntary vehicle inspections in Beckley
The article urges drivers to participate in a weeklong local safety inspection program near Beckley to catch unsafe vehicle features such as lighting, loads, and brakes. About 1,000 vehicles can be inspected daily by experts at no cost, stressing prevention through a stitch in time. It also notes cancer facts, urges donations, and includes quotes on humor and authority.
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Beckley
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Black Knight Country Club
Raleigh County Cancer Center
Prince St
Malcolm Muggeridge
Punch
Ottawa
Canada
Muggeridge
Eisenhower outlines long European stay for defense policy
President Eisenhower reaffirms a commitment to collective security in Europe, framing the NATO alliance and the European Defense Community as central to deterring Soviet aggression. The article notes Dulles' diplomacy, pre Geneva solidarity, and the aim to avoid a third world war through coordinated Western strength.
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National Security Council
Congress
Pacific
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate
United States
Europe
Paris
Moscow
Germany
NATO
European Defense Community
Britain
EDC
America
France
Eisenhower
West Germany
League of Nations
Hitler
Roosevelt
Chicago
Eiesenhower
Jesus Christ
John S. Stamm
Harrisburg
Evangelical United Brothern Church
Bug Dust By Thomas F. Stafford and Mrs Hoge’s long life tale
The obituary traces Mrs Nettie Hoge of Beckley and Greensboro ancestry linking to General Andrew Lewis and Confederate figures. It covers her family, marriage to Beverly Hoge, ministerial career, and roles as Sunday school teacher, lecturer on the Holy Land, and her children, with notable moves and church service across several states. It also includes a Raleigh County clerk notice scene and a light note about a newspaper carrier dispute with Sheriff Ward.
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Nettie Hatcher Hoge
Beckley
Greensboro
N. C
Andrew Lewis
Lewisburg
Robert E. Hatcher
Col
A. J. Deverle
Beverly Lacy Hoge
Beverly Hoge
Lebanon
Roanoke
First Baptist Church
Len G. Broughton
Selma
Concord
N C
Macon
Jackson
Waycross
Charleston
S. C
Onancock
Richmond
Norfolk
Oldtimers
Billy Sunday
Central Elementary
Hoge
James
New York
Rogers, Hoge and Hills
Robert
Clark Controller Co
Cleveland
Annie Hoge Vick
Nettie Hoge
Kinston
Holy Land
John Ward
Beckley Newsplex Bealeans Evening Edition Rates Policy
Beclley Newspapers Corp advertises publish and post office filing details. Managing Editor Thomas F. Stafford notes Associated Press copyright and local news exclusivity. Subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions are listed with three six and twelve month terms. requests for address changes require old and new addresses. All carriers are independent contractors and state sales taxes apply where needed.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
Sunda Mail
West Virginia
Kirley Newspapers Corporation
Million Now Only 590000 For Manville Inheritance Protest
New York gossip column notes Tommy Manville protests inheritance value dropping to 590 thousand dollars. The piece wryly quotes his reaction to a one million windfall and references other celebrities, light quips, and social commentary from the era. It mixes humorous asides about Nixon, Marguerite Piazza, and Bul data alongside pop culture jests.
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Tommy Manville
New York
Plaza
Celeste Holm
Marguerite Piazza
New Orleans
Memphis
Si Seadler
B. W
Nixon
Mark
Johnny Griffin
You're Telling Me Space Patrol Car Sparks Parking Gag
Columnist William Bitt riffs on a proposed space patrol motor car and jokes about drivers caring mostly about parking. He notes Republicans opposing Senator Joseph McCarthy in Wisconsin feel mixed about the situation.
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Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Joe
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Sgt Oakley C Murdock Jr 22 and wife Phyllis Ann Beckley amid unit commendation for 388th Chemical Smoke Generator Co in Korea The company aided UN forces and trained ROA personnel Murdock a platoon sergeant previously at Fort McClellan transferred to Far East last July Two area men at Fort Bragg with the 66th Signal Battalion prep for Exercise Flash Burn Pvt Curtis H Farley Pineville and Pfc James C Ingram Ansted born GOP centennial notes Margaret Ledahawsky Sophia and sailors new ensign James N Wright Newport News Navy Officers Candidate School Returning to Quantico Pvt Frank Tillis Cole Marines Korea past 14 months with First Marine Division
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388Th
Oakley C. Murdock Jr
Phyllis Ann
Beckley
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Fort McCellan
Ala
Far East
Fort Bragg
N. C
66Th Signal Battalion
Pvt
Curtis H. Farley
Charley G. Farley
Pineville
James C. Ingram
Quantico
Frank Tillis Cole
Hallie Hash
Sophia
Marines
First Marine Division
Pink shirts sweep the male world in satire and alarm
A columnist jokes about a wave of pink shirts among men from stockbrokers to bus drivers, claiming the white collar class vanishes as the pink shirt era spreads. He critiques wives’ influence on men’s clothing and urges men to reclaim authority, envisioning stores labeled for men only.
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New York
Boyle
Buster
Indochina policy debate unsettled by Dulles and Nixon
Washington analyzes whether the United States would deploy troops in Indochina if the French withdraws. Secretary Dulles avoids direct commitment while acknowledging previous remarks about risking major steps to save Indochina. Nixon’s last resort comment sparks controversy and careful state department clarification. The NSC is the likely decision arena for any large move.
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Washington
Indochina
Eisenhower
State Dulles
United States
Nixon
Congress
State Department
Department
Dulles
Southeast Asia
U. S
National Security Council
Wilson
Harold Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
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Tommy
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Marciano
Elsa Maxwell
Mary Small
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Jones Boy
Copacabana
Ruth Etting
Ava Gardner
Ruth
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Henry Youngman
Maj
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Takoma Ph
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II
Larry Hart
O.k
Sterling Sherwin
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Meg Mundy
French Hospital
Papa
Dino Yannopoulos
Paramount
Frank Martinelli Jr
Irene Burns
Havana
Billy Eckstine
Danny Kaye
Earl
Dodge City Globe
Ben Yee
Jack E. Leonard
Myron Cohen
William Bitt
By Peggy Kessinger
Badger State
New Zealand
Russia
Winston Churchill
Felow
Ernest L. Ingram
Ansted
Farley
R. M. Drilling Co
Pfc. Ingram
Hawk's Nest State Park
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Chelterham
England
Margaret Ann Ledahawsky
Detroit
James N. Wright
M. A. Ledahawsky
Raleigh I. Wright
Glen Daniel
Newport
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Navy Officer Candidate School
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