Planes Attacking Rebels in Guatemala Uprising
Washington reports indicate military forces backing Guatemala’s government appear firmly in control as Cadets and officers at the military academy rebel. Government troops from Aurora Army base reportedly join rebels while Communists are alleged to mobilize. Castillo Armas directs Liberation Army efforts with Oliva and Ortega in command roles.
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Washington
State Department
Guatemala
Military
Carlos Castillo Armas
Aurora
Red
Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz
Castillo Armas’ Army
Enrique Oliva
Jose Ortega
Liberation Army
Oliva
Castile Armas
Ortega
Arbenz
Four Top Reds Arrested in Denver Bond Set at $100,000
U S Commissioner Joseph D Neff set $100,000 bonds for four top communists arrested near the Colorado Capitol by FBI agents. A fifth was nabbed in Los Angeles. Names listed include Arthur Bary and Anna Correa Bary. A preliminary hearing is slated for Aug 16.
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Denver
U.S
Joseph D. Neff
Colorado Capitol
FBI
Los Angeles
Neff
Patricia Blau
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S
Donald E. Kelley
Communist Party
Arthur Bary
Colorado Communist Party
Formosa Capture On Reds' Agenda
General Chu Teh, commander of the Red Chinese army, declared amid applause that Formosa is on the Reds agenda. He warned against U.S. and Chiang Kai-shek interference while marking the 27th anniversary of the Communist army and emphasizing liberation of Taiwan as part of China.
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Tokyo
Chu Teh
Red Chinese Army
Formosa
China
Chu
Chiang Kai-shek
Communist Army
Chiang
United States
Taiwan
Mrs Betty Farrington Elected Territorial Delegate
Hawaii voters chose Mrs Betty Farrington to succeed her late husband as territorial delegate to the U S Congress. She is the first woman to hold the office and a Republican strong advocate of statehood. Farrington received 43247 votes, more than twice Democratic candidate Delbert Metzger. her husband was publisher of the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
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Honolulu
Betty Farrington
U. S. Congress
Hawaii
Farrington
Candiate Delbert Metzger
Washington
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Weather roundup for West Virginia with scattered storms
West Virginia forecast shows mostly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures held near 60s to 70s, with Beckley posting a high around 88 yesterday and Oak Hill near 86, while precipitation totals cited include 0.23 inch at some sites. River levels at Bellepoint and other locations noted as normal and clear conditions reported for Bluestone Reservoir.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Beckley Election Set With Board Contests And Charter Vote
Polls open at 6 30 Tuesday for an off year primary enlivened by four non Partisan Board of Education posts and races for U S Senate House of Representatives State Senate House of Delegates county commissioner and Board of Education A Beckley charter modernization question will be voted on along with ward system question A shake up of school personnel was denied by three Board of Education candidates E M Ashworth A P Leeber Dale Covey Changes in 108 voting places include Whitestick precinct Mize Paint Shop Philips Dora Clarks residence Tommy s Creek Mattie Powell Coal City Coal City Elementary Glen Morgan Glen Leigh Elementary A light vote is predicted by party officials.
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Board of Education
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
State Senate
House of Delegates
Beckley
E. M. Ashworth
A. P. Leeber
Dale Covey
Glen Daniel
Whitestick
Mize Paint Shop
Phillips
Dora Clark
Tommy's Creek
Mattie Powell
Coal City
Glen Morgan
Glen Leigh
Harry Anderson
Democratic County Executive Committee
Robert J. Ashworth
Republican County Executive Committee
Sailor crosses Atlantic solo after storms and delays
Sven Joffs, a 33 year old merchant seaman born in Sweden and living in New York, arrived after 42 days at Sand Branch. He sailed his own ship Area from Norway to Ireland with plans to reach Helsinki with his father. Hoodlums then robbed Rogers' Store at Sand Branch taking 22 caliber ammunition, candy, ice cream, chewing gum, cigarettes and possibly underwear, while shots were fired at the two room school nearby. Two flashlights were seen at the school between midnight and 2 am.
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Cobh
Ireland
Sven Joffs
Atea
Joffs
Atlantic
Sweden
New York
Jeffs
Helsinki
Sand Branch
Rogers
Conservation Worker Fired for Campaigning
CHARLESTON Conservation Director Carl J. Johnson announced the suspension of an employee pending investigation after a report that Woodrow Parsons a conservation officer in Berkeley County at Martinsburg distributed campaign literature in violation of Merit System rules The department will hold a hearing probably within the next week to determine facts of the case
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Charleston
Carl J. Johnson
Johnson
Woodrow Parsons
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
Parsons
Morse Warns Farmers Of Great Plains Waste
Under Secretary of Agriculture True D Morse said 14 million acres in the Great Plains should be taken out of cultivation. He warned that farming the drier areas is exploiting farming and urged reserves of feed and seed to weather dry years beyond standard practices.
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Custer
S.D
Eisenhower nominates Vogel to TVA board chair
President Eisenhower named Brig. Gen. Herbert D. Vogel to the Tennessee Valley Authority board, succeeding Gordon P. Clapp. The White House said Vogel is to be designated chairman after Senate action. In boxing news, Rocky Marciano will defend his heavyweight title against Ezzard Charles on September 15 at Yankee Stadium, promoter Jim Norris announced.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Herbert D. Vogel
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gordon P. Clapp
White House
Vogel
Senate
New York
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
Yankee Stadium
Jim Norris
West Virginia escapee captured at Fort Myer
Hallie Eugene Rogers, 20, an inmate who escaped Camp 90 Fort Dixon West Virginia, was seized early today in barracks at Fort Myer Arlington police say. He began a one to ten year term July 19 for automobile larceny after the escape from Baltimore.
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Arlington
West Virginia
Ft. Myer
Hallie Eugene Rogers
Fort Dixon
W. Va
Logan Man Charged In Fatal Shooting
Lacy Norman, about 50, a Coal Valley resident, was held in Logan County Jail on an open charge after firing a shotgun blast through his screen door following a whisky dispute. Neighbors Ernest Elmore, 31, died in a Madison hospital. Charles Wooten survived after treatment. Coal Valley lies near the Logan Boone county line.
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Logan
Coal Valley
Logan County
Lacy Norman
Norman
Ernest Elmore
Charles Wooten
Elmore
Madison
Wooten
Boone County
Ike Returns to Washington From Mountain Retreat
President Eisenhower flies to Washington after a long weekend in the Catoctin Mountains where he escaped the capital’s hottest weather in 18 years.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Washington
Catoctin Mountains
Eisenhower Signs Watered-Down Housing Measure
President Eisenhower signed a compromise housing bill praised as advancing home ownership while limiting public housing. Senate action followed a 59 to 21 vote after House approval 358 to 30. The measure liberalizes FHA down payments, tightens windfall rules, and allows increased insured mortgage for home improvements with public housing restricted to displaced families.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Norman P. Mason
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Mason
Senate
House
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Banking Committee
Ronald J. Chinnock
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
Rhee and Governor Urge Firm Policy at VFW Convention
Philadelphia hosts the 55th VFW encampment as President Syngman Rhee urges the United States to confront Communism now or later. Governor John Fine backs decisive action, condemning indifference and the Geneva settlement as appeasement. Rhee warns that vacillation weakens free nations and erodes faith in America's leadership.
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Philadelphia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Syngman Rhee
Korea
United States
Pennsylvania
John
Fine
Rhee
America
VFW
VF W ' Adies
Geneva
Philadephia
U. S
Autonomy offers spark Tunisia political tension
French Premier Mendes France promises near independence for Tunisia, freeing some moderate nationalist leaders from house arrest. Bourguiba remains confined near Paris, calls for an end to violence. Violence flares in Morocco as Tunisia ponders reforms and a Tunisian cabinet emerges. Tahar Ben Ammar named as potential premier.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Pierre Mendes-France
Habib Bourguiba
Neo-Desiour Party
Paris
Bourguiba
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Morocco
Mendes - France
Bey of
Tahar Ben Ammar
Chamber of Agriculture
Neo- Destour
Six People Injured When Car Plunges Off 300-Foot Cliff
In a rainstorm on West Virginia Route 61 a car veered across a guard rail and tumbled down a 300 foot cliff near Deepwater. State police and Dr. Clinton Stallard Jr. of Montgomery led a four hour rescue, pulling six injured occupants from the wreckage while a seventh hiked to flag down help. The most seriously hurt was Lena B. Pullen of Huntington with concussion and fractures. others included Harrison Watkins and Mary Ward among Huntington and Montgomery residents. Rescuers waded Loop Creek to reach the crash site and transported the victims to Laird Memorial Hospital.
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Montgomery
W.va
Here
R. K. Price
Price
Laird Memorial Hospital
Lena B. Pullen
Huntington
Harrison Watkins
Gladys
James Goard
George Ward
Ward
Mary
Loop Creek
Deepwater
Clinton Stallard Jr
Switch of Allegiance Stowaway Stays in Britain
A 24-year-old Polish stowaway Antoni Klimowicz won temporary asylum in Britain after being removed from the Jaroslaw Dabrowski on the Thames. An American physiologist Dr Joseph Cort fled behind the Iron Curtain amid political persecution claims. Police secured Klimowicz from the ship amid a dramatic rescue involving 120 officers and naval destroyers.
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London
Britain
West
Antoni Klimowicz
Joseph Cort
Klimowicz
Jaroslaw Dabrowski
Thames
Dr. Cort
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cort
Washington
Hugh Lucas-Tooth
Home Office
House of Commons
America
Foreign Office
Poland
Churchill
Scotland Yard
U S Aid Promised Foes of Reds in Indochina
Saigon reports U S official Saigon Morris Wolf says Washington ready to increase economic help to war torn Indochina while warning aid depends on Vietnamese resolve. Geneva cease fire phase two underway in central Viet Nam as Hanoi trade tensions flare over refugee evacuations and French involvement.
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Saigon
Indochina
Morris Wolf
American Foreign Operations Administration
United States
Wolf
Washington
Geneva
Viet Nam
France
Hanoi
Do Quang Giai
Nguyen van Mui
U S Arrests German Deported from Canada
Ursula Schmidt a 27 year old German deported from Canada was arrested by U S counter intelligence on arrival aboard a Greek liner. Authorities say she faced an espionage charge for passing secret information on U S air bases to Soviet agents. The case ties to Erwin Felker and Karl Kubisch convicted in Germany after her emigration to Canada.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Ursula Schmidt
Canada
U.S
Erwin Felker
Felker
Karl Kubisch
Miss Schmidt
GIs and Girls Like New KP At Air Base
At Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma a catering service operates kitchen police duty for 11 months. Enlisted men praise tastier meals and cleaner dining as workers enjoy a cafeteria style setup with chinaware.
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Enid
Oklah
Vance Air Force Base
Air Force
Joseph A. Hays
Sharon Ruch
Jack McGaha
Nationwide Food Service, Inc
Chicago
C D Hall for House of Delegates
Campaign ad asserts C D Hall is obligated to no faction or person and can vote conscientiously for the public good. The message emphasizes independence and a citizen-focused approach from an experienced, unaffiliated candidate.
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C. D. Hall
House OF Delegates
Ady
Parking Meters in Beckley Take In 4561.74 in July
Parking fees from on street and off street meters in Beckley totaled 4 561.74 dollars during July, city recorder E J Smith said. The Municipal Parking Lot in July brought in 1 539.48 dollars, while on street meters netted 3 022.26 dollars.
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Beckley
E. J. Smith
City Recorder
Smith
Poland accuses U S of strafing two merchant ships
Poland charges U S fighters strafed two Polish merchant ships off Hainan Island on July 26, one day after American pilots shot down two Chinese planes south of Red- held Hainan while searching for survivors from a downed British airliner. Poland demands punishment and preventive measures.
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London
Poland
Hainan
Indochina
Warsaw
U.S
Braterstwo
Greenbrier Dairy Boosts Beckley Milk Price
Greenbrier Dairy Products Co raised wholesale milk prices by a few cents per quart today in the Beckley area, a return to the pre June price level. Other dairy firms could not be reached for comment. Consumer prices in Beckley stand at 23 cents a quart for regular pasteurized and 24 cents for homogenized milk.
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Greenbrier Dairy Products Co
Beckley
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