Peaceful hydrogen energy in 20 years predicted at Geneva
At the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva, Homi J. Bhabha forecast that hydrogen bomb energy will be harnessed for peaceful use within twenty years. Eisenhower and Hammarskjold sent messages stressing the aim to apply atomic science for mankind's welfare, not destruction, with the conference continuing to Aug. 20.
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Geneva
Homi J. Bhabha
Bhabha
Hiroshima
Palace of Nations
U.N
Eisenhower
Dag Hammarskjold
Lewis L. Strauss
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower addresses world science conference on atomic discovery
President Eisenhower frames health education and economic development as aims of the gathering. He commends the use of atomic science to improve human living and stresses the conference’s nonpolitical, knowledge‑sharing purpose with world scientists.
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Eisenhower
U.N
Una Schmidt-Fine debates future as Airman returns
Una Schmidt-Fine left her California home with her young son to decide if she should stay with a logging driver or reunite with Airman Daniel Schmidt who has been a prisoner of war in Red China. Schmidt, in Tokyo after 32 months in a prison camp, plans to visit Una once he returns to America and discusses the situation with her.
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Nevada City
Calif
Una Schmidt-Fine
Una
Alford B. Fine
Daniel C. Schmidt
Schmidt
Tokyo
America
Harold Berliner
Red Cross
Danny
Orient
Fine
Portland
Ore
Nellie Peters
Ana
Red China
Far East
Daniel Schmidt
Red Chinese
Sunday Services Held by Airmen In Captivity
Eleven American airmen freed from 22 years in Red China hold weekly services in prison. Maj. Baumer led Protestant services. Capt. Vandi and Sgt. Brown led Catholic rosaries. They prayed together on Christmas and Easter with hymns. Brown received a rosary and prayer book from his girlfriend.
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Tokyo
Red China
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton
N.Y
Howard W. Brown
St.Paul
Minn
Baumer
Brown
Antoinette Palermo
Boone Prosecutor Hearing on Disbarment Petition Opens
Madison West Virginia. A hearing on a disbarment petition against Boone County Prosecutor P W Hendricks opened today before Boone County Circuit Court Judge K K Hall. The West Virginia State Bar accuses Hendricks on 10 counts of violating the code of ethics governing attorneys from 1947 to 1954. The hearing was scheduled at the request of the Bar.
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Madison
W.va
Boone County
P. W. Hendricks
K. K. Hall
Boone County Circuit Court
West Virginia State Bar
Hendricks
Bar ethics charges filed against Whitesville attorney
The bar committee on legal ethics charged Hendricks in circuit court on July 16 with 10 violations including unauthorized prisoner release, working for both sides, false filings to defraud the court, and paying a witness to place a client on probation. A prior AG inquiry in Charleston found no disqualifying evidence for office.
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Circuit Court
Hendricks
Whitesville
Attorney General's Office
Charleston
Atty
John G. Fox
Russian Crash Takes 25 Lives
Pravda reported one of Russia's worst air disasters in recent years the fiery crash of a Soviet airliner near Voronezh 290 miles southeast of Moscow killing 25 including 10 Norwegian women members of Norwegian political parties Norwegian Embassy said victims bodies could not be identified cremation planned ashes sent home Foreign Ministry extended deepest regrets and Russia would pay indemnities The plane was en route from Stalinrad to Moscow when it caught fire and crashed.
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Moscow
Pravda Today
Russia
Communist Party
Voronezh
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Stalinrad
Boston Polio Abating As City Sees New Cases
Health authorities in Boston hopeful polio has peaked as 12 new cases raise the year total to 324. Haynes Memorial Hospital administrator Edward J. Dailey notes only 2 of 26 recent admissions are city residents, suggesting cases shifting outside Boston. Two deaths lift the yearly toll to 24, including an 8 month old girl and a 39 year old woman from Wayland.
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Boston
Edward J. Dailey
Haynes Memorial Hospital
Haynes
Wayland
Mass Welcome Not for Airmen Returns Home
The Air Force will not host a mass welcome for 11 fliers released from Red Chinese prisons. Instead they will be flown to airports nearest their homes to be greeted by relatives. They are due later this week at McChord or Travis Air Force Base, and will go to separate homes to avoid a mass greeting and travel difficulties for relatives.
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Washington
Air Force
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Eir
United States
Soviet Capital Hosts Informal Party At Bulganin Estate
In Moscow a casual gathering for diplomats and Russians featured Molotov’s embassy rowboat mishap, Bohlen defeating Mikoyan in a boat race, Khrushchev and Zhukov picking raspberries, Bulganin guiding Bohlen’s daughter to fish, and a telecast of Spartak’s 3-0 win over Wolverhampton.
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Moscow
Molotov
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
A. I. Mikoyan
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Bulganin
Bohlen
Avis
Bolshoi Theater
Deer Park
Moscow Spartak
England
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Har
Suzan Ball Funeral Set for Tomorrow in Glendale
Hollywood actress Suzan Ball will have funeral services tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Recessional in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale. The service details indicate a private family observance in the Los Angeles area following her death.
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Hollywood
Suzan Ball
Church of the Recessional
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Pneumonia Claims Sister of Pope Pius XII
Josephine Pacelli 83 sister of Pope Pius XII died of pneumonia at home after decades of paralysis. The pope, at Castel Gandolfo, was mournful and kept in touch by telelphone. Funeral is set for Wednesday at the Church of St Theresa. She was widow of Count Mengarini and survived by sister Elizabeth Countess Rossiniani a daughter and three grandchildren. Brother Francesco Pacelli died 20 years ago.
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Rome
Josephine Pacelli
Pius XII
Pontiff
Castel Gandolfo
Beckleyan Polio Suspect Transferred To Morris Hospital
Mrs. Julian Williams, 34, of Beckley, is Raleigh County s 13th polio myelitis suspect of the year. She is pregnant and transferred from Beckley Hospital to Morris Memorial Hospital in Milton. Her husband Julian Williams, a former Beckley Newspapers executive, says incubation fits polio.
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Laurel Terrace
Beckley
Raleigh County
Beckley Hospital
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Modrris Hospital
Williams
U. S. Navy
Asheville
N. C
Beckley Medical Arts
Eliabeth Kenney
University of Minnesota
Morris Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry
Williamses
Father Drowns With Daughter in Cacapon River Tragedy
CAPON BRIDGE W Va A post office supervisor Jasper W Elder 53 and his daughter Kathryn 16 drowned in the Cacapon River while attempting to rescue Kathryn's 11 year old cousin Janet Sue Rexroad from deep water Their bodies were recovered about an hour later Kathryn and Janet Sue had wandered into the swift current near Fairmont outing Mrs Elder managed to save Janet Sue before the tragedy wasfall.
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Capon Bridge
W. Va
Post Office
Cacapon River
Robert Schell
Jasper W. Elder
Kathryn Elder
Schnell
Kathryn
Janet Sue Rexroad
Burlington
2500 Russians Take Communion in Moscow Service
A Baptist preacher from Virginia administered the Lord's Supper to 2,500 Russians at the Moscow Baptist Church last night. Dr. Theodore F. Adams of First Baptist Church in Richmond, visiting the Soviet Union with three colleagues, said he was impressed by the devotion and the large attendance of young people and men in the three-hour ceremony.
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Moscow
Virginia
Theodore F. Adams
First Baptist Church of
Richmond
Soviet Union
Visitor Found Dead After Horse Kicks Indiana Man
State Police said an Indiana man visiting rural Cabell County was found dead in a farm field in the Raccoon Creek area. He appears to have fallen from a precipice after being kicked by a horse, with cause of death attributed to the injuries. Carl Edward Rowsey, 32, Chesterton, Ind., was identified as the deceased.
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Huntington
Indiana
Cabell County
Carl Edward Rowsey
Chesterton
Ind
Raccoon Creek
US China talks recessed after 2% hour meeting
In Geneva the United States and Red China paused after a two hour meeting of ambassadors A Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping nan with a 48 hour recess. They have only discussed releasing 40 American civilians held by Peiping and repatriating Chinese students detained in the United States. A Chinese Communist source said the talks will take some time.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Peiping
Chandler Seen Winning Election In Kentucky Governor Bid
Louisville report says former baseball commissioner Chandler led Bert Combs by 15 596 votes in the Democratic gubernatorial primary as the race shaped up as one of the hottest in Kentucky political history with Chandler seen as the likely winner.
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Louisville
A. B. Happy
Chandler
Kentucky
Bert T. Combs
Bailey Seeks Support For School Program
West Virginia representative Bailey shifts from lawmaking to education advocating for a 1.6 billion dollar school construction bill. He will use radio and TV talks and speak to educational groups to build public backing, aiming for a better chance in January when Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
Bailey
DW. Va
House Education Committee
Wyoming Solon Sues Gazette for $100,000
J. Paul England a Democratic member of the West Virginia House filed a $100,000 libel suit in Wyoming County Circuit Court against the Charleston Gazette. The Pineville teacher and insurance salesman said an editorial last Friday implied he was involved in wrongdoing.
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Pineville
W.va
J. Paul England
House of Delegates
Charleston Gazette Today
Wyoming County
Gazettte
Progress in Education Survey Advances in West Virginia
Charleston reports on a two pronged study of education in West Virginia with progress updates from Dr. Carl Frasure and WVU staff. Public schools and higher education surveys proceed under Dr. Lindman and Dr. Brewton, while classroom teaching effectiveness awaits fall start.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Carl Frasure
West Virginia University
Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
E. L. Lindman
John Brewton
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Frasure
D. L. Gainer
Bluefield Mayor’s Wife Dies of Heart Ailment
Elizabeth Chambers Thornton wife of Bluefield Mayor W L Thornton died in a local hospital after a week’s illness from a heart ailment. A native of Red House Virginia she lived in Bluefield 46 years and is survived by her husband a son Thomas R Thornton of Petersburg a daughter Eulalia Thornton and brother T H Chambers. Funeral set for 3 45 p m Tuesday at a Bluefield funeral home with burial in Monte Vista Cemetery.
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Bluefield
Elizabeth Chambers Thornton
W. L. Thornton
Red House
Charlotte County
Virginia
Thomas R. Thornton
Petersburg
Eulalia Thornton
T. H
Connie May Visit Eastern Coast Weather Threat
Miami forecast warns the hurricane Connie may curve toward land or miss the coast as a trough tracks a possible path. Forecasters say its movement could push Connie northward or northeastward while warnings would come in plenty of time if needed.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Miami Weather Bureau
Connie
Walter R. Davis
Glider records claimed by Paul Bible at Palm Springs area
A new national glider distance record of 270 miles is claimed by Paul F. Bible, a civilian worker at nearby Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale California.
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Palmdale
Calif
Paul F. Bible
Edwards Air Force Base
Heat Wave to Return After Brief WV Cool Spell
The Weather Bureau reports West Virginia will see a return of heat after a weekend cooldown. Rain fell heavily in the south and center, with Clendenin on Elk River listing 2.39 inches in 24 hours. Forecasters warn of clearing and warming despite cooler today, with Sunday highs reaching the 90s in several cities.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Clendenin
Elk River
Huntington
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Bluestone Dam
Centralia
Spencer
Flat Top
Charleston
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Summersville
Clay
Pineville
Kermit
Logan
Leroy Stone
Huntington Weather Bureau
Four inches of snow fall on Germany's Zugspitze
Four inches of snow covered Germany's Zugspitze today, the highest peak in the country, as wintry weather swept the Alps near Garmisch Partenkirchen.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
Zugspitze
Weather Station Report Shows Mixed Conditions
Yesterday's high at Oak Hill and low last night noted with no significant rainfall. Rivers at Bellepoint and nearby streams reported muddy conditions. Bluestone Reservoir remains at normal stage with clear skies elsewhere today.
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Tours
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
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