Envoy Visits Quemoy Formosa Talks Resume
In Taipei Chiang Kai-shek hosted two U S envoys Arthur Radford and Walter Robertson for talks after Robertson returned from Quemoy. Radford remained ill in bed at Chiang's home while Robertson met with Gen Liu Yu chang and inspected defenses. Observers see the mission as fact finding on Nationalist morale and regional buildup amid talks on Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Adm
Arthur Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Robertson
Quemoy
Yu Ta-wei
George Yeh
William C. Chase
Hope
Robertson
Chiang
Red China
United States
Liu Yu-chang
Here
Amoy
Radford
Matsus
Eisenhower
Russia's Army Most Powerful, Ridgway Says
General Ridgway, in February testimony to a House Appropriations subcommittee, called the Soviet army the most powerful land combat force. He described its readiness and ability to wage major war with little warning and noted improvements in mobility and firepower aided by Russian training. He criticized budget cuts to the U.S. Army, warning such reductions would weaken overall military effectiveness.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
U.S. Army
House
Asia
Europe
Wilson
Army
National Security Council
Eisenhower
U.S
No Price Set in State For Polio Inoculations
A West Virginia State Medical Assn spokesman said doctors have set no price for individual Salk polio vaccine shots in the state. He noted current supply is through school programs and said future costs to physicians would likely be nominal, similar to diphtheria vaccines.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Peiping backs direct talks with U S on Formosa tension
Peiping radio said direct American Chinese talks are necessary to ease tensions over Taiwan. It accused the United States of setting unreasonable prerequisites after Chou En Lai proposed discussions at Bandung. The editorial stressed China’s willingness to negotiate without altering its aim to liberate Taiwan.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio Today
Formosa
United States
Chou Enlai
Bandung
Indonesia
People’s Daily
Communist Party
Peiping
Taiwan
Far East
China
U.S
Chou En-lai
U.S. State Department
Improvements Slated At City Post Office Beckley contracts awarded for driveway work and rail addition
Beckley post office projects advance with Acme Construction winning the driveway expansion and hard surfacing contract due by May 26, weather permitting, while Davenport Welding prepares a hand rail to be installed within a week to ten days. A telephone booth installation begins with marble floor cuts, in cooperation with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Postmaster A Fray Lilly notes the booth will add customer service.
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Acme Construction Co
A. Fray Lilly
Davenport Welding Co
Eisenhower Drive
Post Office
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Lilly
Concord Quarters Set for Visitors
Concord College dormitories in Athens will host the West Virginia Press Assn summer outing June 3-5. Hosts include Princeton Hinton Beckley newspapers chambers of commerce and industries with industry visits to the Bluestone Dam and other sites. Beckley Newspapers Corp. will host a June 4 dinner where the Better Newspaper Contest awards will be presented.
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Concord College
Athens
West Virginia Press Assn
Francis P. Fisher
Morgantown
Princeton
Hinton
Beckley
Chambers of Commerce and
Industries
Bluestone Dam
Women’s State Prison
Peace Springs
Beckley Veterans’ Hospital
Fisher
Beckley Newspapers Corp
State Fair Appeals Greenbrier Verdict
A $10 000 judgment against the State Fair of West Virginia for the death of Martin V. Dahmer was appealed to the State Supreme Court. The petition argued lack of evidence of fair negligence and that Dahmer acted beyond his duties as a special policeman. Dahmer died after being struck by a runaway horse at the August 29 1953 race.
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Charleston
State Fair
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Greenbrier County
Martin V. Dahmer
Dahmer
Supreme Court Today
Martin Dahmer Jr
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Nicholas County
Marshall College Safe Robbed of Lunch Hour
Comptroller Fred R. Smith of Marshall College theorizes a noon hour burglary where a thief hid in an office and broke into the locked treasurer’s office, rifling a safe containing about $718 in cash and checks. Police were investigating.
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Huntington
Fred R. Smith
Marshall College
Smith
Gas Tax Increase to be Discussed at West Virginia Meeting
Charleston briefing notes a legislative act raising gasoline and motor fuel tax from five to six cents per gallon. The new rate takes effect June 10 and is paid monthly by the first producer or distributor to handle the gasoline in West Virginia.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Dulles Seeks Sincerity Behind Chinese Peace Talks
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will probe whether the Chinese Communists are sincere about a peaceful Formosa settlement or merely playing propaganda. He floated direct talks with Peiping, possibly under UN sponsorship, and pledged to protect Nationalist China's interests while considering how to test Red China’s intentions.
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Washington
Dulles
Formosa
United States
China
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Tibet
Indochina
Taiwan
Chou En-lai
Red China
Bandung
Beckley GOP to hear Copenhaver and McGuire for ticket
Republican leaders announced Beckley will host a rally in support of GOP candidates ahead of the May 24 general election. John Copenhaver, Charleston mayor, and Litz McGuire, Logan mayor, were invited to speak. Robert Foster, new Beckley City Committee head, says the party aims to present clear issues and nominate "young men of blemishless character" to win local office. Additional committee members and ward representatives were elected.
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Copenhaver
McGuire
Beckley
GOP Ticket
Darkhorse
Robert Foster
Republican City Executive Committee
Charleston
John Copenhaver
Litz McGuire
Logan
Statehouse
Foster
Phil Wilson
Paul E. Ash
Wil
Shooting in Huntington tied to ex-inmate dispute
In Huntington Anthony Mingas of Cleveland was shot five times near the floodwall, left with a collapsed lung and other injuries but in fair condition. Sehon S. Chinn, 42, of Kenova, the ex-convict linked to Alcatraz parole, was arrested and charged with shooting with intent to kill after Mingas and his wife, formerly Chinn’s wife, reportedly rekindled a relationship.
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Huntington
Anthony Mingas
Cleveland
Memorial Hospital
Alcatraz
Sehon S. Chinn
Kenova
Mingas
Chinn
Einstein Brain Report May Be Published
Princeton Hospital said a report on Dr Albert Einsteins brain may appear in a scientific journal but no reports will be released at the familys request. Einstein died last week. Constance Col lier died yesterday at 77 after a heart attack. Frankfurt to offer polio vaccine to 150000 children starting Monday. Salk shots to be given to 41186 US military and authorized civilian dependents in the Far East. Frank E Gannett remained in critical condition at Highland Hospital after a fall. Senate Armed Services Committee to investigate scrap iron shipments to Communist countries. Peiping radio said ground gunners shot down a Nationalist plane near Formosas Namca Strait. Gen Paul Ely accused Viet Minh of violating the Geneva accords in South Viet Nam. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported March net income 1986874 vs 856703 a year earlier. Survival City ready for a nuclear blast slated tomorrow morning pending weather.
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Princeton
N.J
Princeton Hospital
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Stolen RAF plane crashes into French village killing five
A nearsighted British RAF corporal Nick Agnani stole a twin engine Vickers Varsity from Thorney Island, flew over London for hours, then crashed into a Vicq near Valenciennes, killing himself and four villagers. A boy 10 a girl 9 and a 55 year old woman died at homes. a man 54 died later. Three homes damaged two seriously. Agnani lacked parachute and wore glasses per student license.
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Valenciennes
France
Royal Air Force
Vicq
London
Vicques
Agnani
Air Ministry
Police Probe Vandalism at Auto Salvage Corp
Beckley State Police investigate vandalism at Auto Salvage Corp in Raleigh. Several windows broken, no theft reported as officers deem it the act of vandals.
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Beckley State
Auto Salvage Corp
Raleigh
Susan Hayward Slept Pill Attempt Ends In Rescue In Hollywood
Actress Susan Hayward, 35, attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills at her Sherman Oaks home. Detained by police after her mother alerted authorities, she was saved by detectives who stomped in and transported to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Her brother cited marital strife and overwork as factors. she had been finishing a Fox film and starting an MGM project.
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Hollywood
Susan Hayward
Sherman Oaks
Ellen Marrener
G. W. Wilkerson
North Hollywood Receiving Hospital
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Mary Brennan
Stanley Immerman
Cedars
Walter Marrener
Jess Barker
Susan
Barker
Miss Hayward
20Th Century-Fox
MGM
Lillian Roth
Criminologist backs theory in Sheppard murder case
California criminologist Dr. Paul Kirk says police ignored evidence in the July 4 Bay Village stabbing of Marilyn Sheppard. He testifies at the new trial motion for Dr. Sam Sheppard, convicted of second degree murder and serving a life term. Defense argues a left handed killer. Kirk supports that claim.
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Cleveland
Sam Sheppard
California
Paul Kirk
Marilyn
Bay Village
Kirk
Sheppard
Ambassadors Meet Approved By Russia Today
Moscow accepted a Vienna ambassadorial meeting among the Big Four to iron out Austrian state treaty details with Austria, Britain, France, and the United States in notes dated April 22. The Soviet Union agreed to the June 1 London talks with Japan on a peace treaty and said no unresolved Austrian issues would block later foreign minister talks.
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Moscow
Russia
Vienna
Austria
Britain
France
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
London
New York
Tokyo
Teachers Not Underpaid, Tax Official Declares
Huntington report quotes Assistant State Tax Commissioner Joseph Soto saying in most West Virginia counties teachers are not underpaid. He notes in smaller counties some teachers may earn more than workers in other trades and overall salaries are not far off.
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Huntington
Joseph Soto
West Virginia
Statement of County Finances Released
Receipts and expenditures in Raleigh County are listed in this edition. The financial statement covers July 1, 1953, to June 30, 1954 and is printed on pages HM and W.
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Raleigh County
Ordnance Station Blast Kills 3 Civilians at Newport
A naval underwater ordnance station explosion in Newport Newport, R. I. killed three civilians and injured five, rear admiral Joseph H. Wellings reported. The blast struck the dynamometer room at the end of a cement building at Coddington Cove overlooking Ferry Landing, where about 20 workers were present. One or two more may be buried in debris.
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Newport
R. IL
Navy
Joseph H. Wellings
Coddington Cove
Ferry Landing
Wellings
Parkersburg Republican Given Commerce Post
Washington The Commerce Department appointed Allen Overton Jr. of Parkersburg West Virginia as special assistant to the general counsel effective immediately. Overton a prominent Republican leader is 34 and will handle special assignments for Philip A. Ray the department's general counsel.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Allen Overton Jr
Parkersburg
W. Va
Overton
Philip A. Ray
West Virginia five day forecast with showers likely
Cloudy and cool tonight with scattered rain or drizzle mainly in the northeast. temperatures hover in the low to mid forties. Wednesday turns mainly cloudy and warmer, with a rise in temperatures through Thursday then cooler Friday. Expected total precipitation around half an inch, mainly Thursday night into Friday, with regional normals around 52 to 55 in the north and south respectively.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckley
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Germany
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