Russia Proposes Geneva Parley on Evacuating Dien Bien Phu Wounded
At Geneva, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov urged an immediate meeting of Vietminh and Viet Nam allies to decide on evacuating hundreds of wounded French Union troops at Dien Bien Phu. French Foreign Minister Bidault seeks agreement on evacuations before talks on Indochina peace. Viet Minh deny a truce request.
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Geneva
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
V. M. Molotov
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Indochina
Christian de Castries
Molotov
Leonid Ilychev
Foreign Office
Ilychev
France
Stevens testifies as perjury probe focuses on Schine aid aid request
Stevens told the Senate Investigations subcommittee that McCarthy aides sought waiving basic Army training for Pvt. David Schine and that Schine would be assigned to New York. He called the central charges false and denied wrongdoing as the hearings intensified with questions about a cropped photo and alleged Army pressure to aid Schine.
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Washington
Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
David Schine
Schine
New York
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Army
Sen. Jackson
D. Wash
Carthy
Jackson
Roy Cohn
McCarthy Army
Sen
Pvt. G. David Schine
Pentagon
Sen. Mundt
R—Sd
Commerce Department
Mundt
McClellan
D-Ark
Ray H. Jenkins
Subcommittee
Francis P. Carr
Turnpike inspection tour to visit Beckley Princeton
A Turnpike inspection tour will be held Thursday and Friday with officials from the State Turnpike Commission. Okey Patterson general manager and media representatives from Beckley Charleston and Huntington will join. The group will travel Beckley Princeton on Thursday afternoon and return to Beckley for the night, then conclude Friday morning with Beckley to Charleston.
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The
State Turnpike Commission
Okey Patteson
Beckley
Charleston
Huntington
Beckley Chamber to Speak on New Industries in WV
Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce will be featured at the noon program of the second annual Conference on Business Problems in Charleston on May 5. O L Johnston managing director of the Beckley chamber will discuss New Industries for West Virginia Communities.
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Beckley Area
Flying Eagle Band Misses State Festival Over Funds
Woodrow Wilson High School band the Flying Eagle Band cannot participate in the State Band Festival at Huntington this weekend due to lack of funds. Principal Cc. G. Peregoy announced after a meeting with Band Director Glenn Sallack, shortly after noon today.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Huntington
Cc. G. Peregoy
Glenn Sallack
West Virginia Weather Update and River Readings
Cloudy cooler night with lows in the 40s. Thursday remains cloudy and cool. Beckley yesterday reached 79 high and 60 low. Oak Hill 81 high and 57 low. precipitation at 0.38 inch. Rivers at Bellepoint Bluestone and New rivers show normal stages with clear conditions. Greenbrier at normal stage with milky water.
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Beckley High
Togo Oo Cancadee
Bellepoint
Bluestone
Buyers Not Attracted By Farm Surplus Sale
Washington reports show 325 million pounds of cheese offered for export at 25 cents per pound, about 15 cents below government cost under dairy price supports, attracting no buyers. Surplus dried milk offered to domestic processors for livestock feeds at 3.5 to 4 cents per pound remains unsold, while 350 million pounds of butter offered abroad for liquid milk use has drawn no bids. Nonfat dried milk export prices cut to 10 to 11.5 cents, with no recent sales.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Agriculture Department
Japan
Released on Bond for Driving While Drunk in Raleigh
William Vernon Riddle of McAlpin posted bond with Magistrate J E Mays after early today’s arrest by State Police on a driving while drunk charge. He was released from Raleigh County Jail pending court action.
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William Vernon Riddle
McAlpin
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Two service members held on AWOL charges in Raleigh County Jail
Dennis Dickens of Arnett in the Army and Billie Bennett of the Marine Corps are detained in the Raleigh County Jail on charges of being absent without leave.
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Raleigh
Dennis Dickens
Arnett
Army
Billie Bennett
Marine
Fire Free Forests in District 4 Reported At Noon
West Virginia Conservation Commission said district 4 forests were fire free at noon today. Beckley office logged two blazes late Tuesday, one at Metalton and one at Bear Hole Fork in Wyoming County.
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West Virginia Conservation Commission
Beckley
Metalton
Bear Hole Fork
Wyoming County
Egypt arrests 12 army officers in May Day plot
Cairo reports Premier Nasser ordered the arrest of at least 52 persons including 12 army officers on charges of plotting with the Communists to cause trouble on May Day. Maj. Amin Shaer said the officers will face court martial with severe punishment. Police rounded up about 40 civilians on similar charges as Nasser consolidates control after sidelining Maj. Gen. Mohamed Naguib.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Amin Shaer
Nasser
Mohamed Naguib
Shems Eddin
Naguib
Khaled Mohieddin
Revolutionary Council
Europe
Kabbeh
Eddin
United Front
Mustafa el Nahas
Wafdist
Socialists
Fayette Father Seeks 350000 Over Blindness From Blast
Fayette County father Cc. D. Brown sues Ohio firm Holt and Son for 300000 to cover loss of sight of Thomas Ray Brown and 50000 for hospital bills. Suit claims dynamite caps exploded after a child touched a match while workers were on the West Virginia Turnpike between Pax and Mossy in Fayette County on Sept 12, 1953.
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Charleston
Fayette County
Ohio
Cc. D. Brown
Long Branch
Thomas Ray Brown
U. S&s. District Court
Tom Holt
Mary Alice Holt
Mary Ann Holt Vaeth
H. W. Holt
Methodists To Plan Annual Conferences
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke and church leaders meet in Washington Pennsylvania May 3-5 to finalize plans for three Methodist Church annual conferences in Western Pennsylvania. The meetings will be in Pittsburgh from May 19 to 23, Charleston West Virginia May 26 to 30, and Meadville June 9 to 13.
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Washington
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Charleston
W. Va
Meadville
Mrs. Wright Hurt In Automobile Accident
Mrs William Wright of Beckley was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital after a collision at Rural Acres Drive and the By Pass. The Wrights car was rear ended while crossing the highway en route to work at Greenbrier Dairy. State Police estimated damages at fifty dollars.
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William Wright
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Rural Acres Drive
Wright
Greenbrier
Frank Ellison's Charge Rejected in U S Court
In Charleston a $250 000 damage suit by Frank M. Ellison Jr. administrator of his father's estate against Spruce River Coal Co. of Massillon Ohio was dismissed in U S District Court. Testimony ended April 13. Ellison claimed breach of an oral loading platform agreement in Boone County. Judge John Paul ruled the plaintiff failed to show damages.
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Charleston
Ohio
U. S
Frank M. Ellison Jr
Spruce’ River Coal Co
Massilon
Ellison
Boone County
John Paul
Psychiatrists Testify in Dickenson Court Martial Defense
In Washington a defense psychiatrist described Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson as emotionally unstable and easily intimidated as he faces court martial charges over his conduct with Red captors in Korea. The defense sought to introduce Maj. Gen. William F. Dean’s deposition, while the prosecution objected, saying it is unrelated. The court said it would decide today.
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Dulles
North Korea
Seoul
United Nations
Syngman Rhee
Nam I
London
United States
France
China
Britain
Washington
Edward S. Dickenson
Korea
William F. Dean
Edward
Dickenson
Morris Kleinerman
Engand
Belgium
Dean
Mother Charged In Child Beating Case in Los Angeles
Los Angeles sheriff arrest tenacious case chief reports a mother of seven, Trinidad Vera, 28, for suspected felony child beating of Celia Sanchez, 9. Medical exam found multiple injuries over 18 months, including broken arms, missing teeth, destroyed eye, broken nose, and welts. Vera admitted daily beatings with a rubber hose. Celia was the only child mistreated among seven.
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Los Angeles
Ed Flouton
Celia Sanchez
Flouton
Trinidad Vera
Norwalk
Celia
Vera
Lena R., Barner
Governor Patteson Lauded In Gardner Foreword
Earle Stanley Gardner dedicates a whodunit to West Virginia Governor Okey L. Patteson for granting a reprieve and later commuting the sentence of Robert Ballard Bailey in 1950. Rosalind Funk, then Gov. Patteson’s secretary, aided the case.
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Earle Stanley Gardner
Okey Patteson
Rosalind Funk
Patteson
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Robert Ballard Bailey
Perry Mason
Bailey
Gardner
National
Moundsville
J. Skeen
Charleston
A. A. Pair
Gov. Patteson
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia
A. A. Fair
Rita Hayworth delays signing on $1.5 million settlement
New York reports Rita Hayworth delays signing a settlement that would place Yasmin Aly Khan in line for about 14 percent of a 1.5 million dollar award over 14 years. Aly Khan, Yasmin’s father, signed the papers before leaving for London, granting custody part of each year. The pact ends 15 months of wrangling, says attorney Bartley Crum, who offered no further details.
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New York
Rita Hayworth
Yasmin
Prince Aly Khan
Rita
London
Aga Khan
Aly
Bartley Crum
Defeat by Starvation Faces French Bastion
Vietminh assaults on Dien Bien Phu shift to artillery barrages as monsoon rains turn the battlefield to mud. French defenders endure bombardment while Vietminh claim the coming floods will force their retreat from rain filled trenches, threatening a slow strangulation unless relief columns break the siege.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Mile
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
Christian de Castires
Withrow Enters Sixth District Congress Race
Charleston insurance man Pat B. Withrow Jr. filed for the Republican nomination for Congress in West Virginia's Sixth District. He joins rival John M. Orth of Dunbar, while incumbent Democrat Robert C. Byrd of Sophia seeks renomination. State Senate filing notes Robert G. Phillips of Elkins for the 12th District, first Republican entrant as four Democrats led by Sen. Henry J. McKinley of Elkins are in for the Aug. 3 primary.
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Charleston
Pat B. Withrow Jr
Secretary
Congress
West Virginia
Withrow
John M. Orth
Dunbar
Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
State Senate
Robert G. Phillips
Elkins
Sen
Henry J. McKinley
Eighth Grade Spelling Finals in City Tonight
Eighth grade Raleigh County Spelling Contest finals convene at Beckley Junior High School auditorium at 7 30 p m tonight. John Saunders Shady Spring High School principal will serve as spellmaster. About 35 schools expect to participate with a champion and runner-up from each school. Contest sponsored by Raleigh County Elementary Principals Association and The Raleigh Register. Sixth grade winners Kitty Hunt Sophia and Rosalie Farley Petus will receive trophies after tonight's session. They were crowned co-champions last Wednesday after spelling down 26 schools.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Junior High School
John Saunders
Shady Spring High School
Sherman Akers
Beaver Elementary School
Raleigh County Elementary Principals Association
Raleigh Register
Kitty Hunt
Sophia
Rosalie Farley
Pet‘tus
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