Beckley Could Launch Region Into Tourism Boom
A proposal to fuse Beckley climate scenic Grandview views and outdoor recreation into a self sustaining tourist industry. Cites Manteo Boone Cherokee as successful examples and urges Beckley to adopt a climate plus nature based attractions to gain national prominence and boost local economy. Readers are invited to follow tomorrow's installment for details.
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Boone
N. C
Cherokee
Manteo
Beckley
U.S. Evacuations Led From Haiphong Amid Viet Minh Pressures
U S Navy transports reach Haiphong to evacuate Vietnamese refugees bound for South Vietnam as Washington backs Ngo Dinh Diem's plan to move over 100000 northerners. Ambassador Heath in Saigon outlines aid while Hanoi airlift needs grow and a larger evacuation path is discussed.
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Hanoi
Indochina
United States
Viet Nam
Haiphong
North Indochina
South Viet Nam
Washington
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Donald Heath
Mass Inoculation Staged at Alpoca
In Alpoca Wyoming County, 315 children in the Alpoca Bud area received gamma globulin inoculations after a polio outbreak. Dr Frank Penn and his wife assisted by county health nurse Ethel Clowers and volunteers conducted the mass inoculation late Monday night with two other children suspected of polio and one confirmed case in the area.
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ANS
Wyoming County
Frank Penn
Coal Company
Penn
Ethel Clowers
West Virginia weather forecast description
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers east and south early to night. Low temperatures 56 to 64. Wednesday cooler with partly cloudy skies. Extended outlook shows below normal temps tonight to Thursday and increasing warmth by Thursday night. Thunderstorms expected Thursday and possibly Sunday with total rainfall 0.75 to 1.5 inches. Normal temps 73 in the north and 74 in the south. Oak Hill high yesterday and Cory precipitation data noted. River stages at Bellepoint show Greenbrier and New rivers slightly muddy. Bluestone Reservoir is murky.
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West Virginia
South
Oak Hill
Cory
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
Coal Men With Marland Today
Charleston governor hosts a meeting with coal industry leaders to discuss replacing natural gas with coal for heating state buildings and boosting domestic markets. Lawrence E. Tierney Jr. of Bluefield, leader of the West Virginia Coal Assn., will chair with seven state coal associations invited. The governor criticizes gas and oil as biased by propaganda and urges a stronger coal push.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Govarland
Lawrence E. Tierney Jr
Bluefield
West Virginia Coal Assn
Marland
Tierney
State's Airport Share $158,377
The Civil Aeronautics Administration released figures showing each state's share of a 15 million dollar federal airport aid appropriation. Texas gets the largest share at 1,031,259 while New York receives 868,744 and Delaware 21,660. other apportions include District of Columbia 40,091 Maryland 146,405 Virginia 267,675 West Virginia 158,377 and Kentucky 244,391. The funds will be matched by local money and apply to the year ending next June 30.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Senate
House
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CAA
Texas
New York
Delaware
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Savings in Road Safety Estimated
West Virginians saved over 5 million dollars in highway safety this year, per State Police Supt. R. W. Boyles. The National Safety Council pegs each highway fatality at 95 thousand dollars, including life loss, hospital and property costs. Through 194 fatalities this year costs total about 18.43 million, versus 23.66 million last year, a 5.23 million drop. Boyles notes the state police department of 220 men runs a 1.49 million dollar annual budget.
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Charleston
West
Col. Boyles
National Safety Council
Boyles
State Police Personnel Increase Recommended
A Charleston legislative committee studying the Road Commission has before it proposals to increase State Police strength and reclassify roads. An Automotive Safety Foundation official said 180 troopers should be added in two years to patrol highways adequately.
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Charleston
Road Commission
West Virginia
Automotive Safety Foundation of
Washington
C. Raynolds Weaver
Attlee Leads British Labor Delegation to Moscow Visit
Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and seven Labour leaders arrived in a chartreuse Soviet IL12 for a two day stay in Moscow. They will meet Premier Malenkov and Soviet officials, attend a Soviet reception, and host a dinner at the British Embassy before continuing to China.
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Moscow
Clement Attlee
Georgi Malenkov
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Malenkov
China
Attlee
Helsinki
Sir William Hayter
Sir William
Huntington Equipped For Color Television
American Telephone and Telegraph Co announces 29000 miles of TV relays ready for color broadcasts to 47 cities and plans to expand to more by year end. Color delivery is available on completed channels to cities including Baltimore Huntington W V Washington D C and Wilmington Del.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
the Communications Commission
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Huntington
W. Va
D. C
Wilmington
Del
Yeager Ordered To German Base
The Air Force moves Major Charles E Yeager to Ramstein Air Base Germany for a new assignment at 12th Air Force headquarters with reporting due Oct 4 Yeager famed for breaking the sound barrier in the Bell X1 Oct 14 1947 and for a December record flight in the Bell XIA at about 1650 mph Yeager is 31 and from Hamlin West Virginia currently at Edwards Air Force Base California.
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The
Air Force
Charles E
Chuck) Yeager
Germany
Yeager
Air Research and Development Command
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
12Th Air Force Headquarters
Ramstein Air Base
Hamlin
W. Va
Neely to Speak At Wheeling Banquet
Sen M M Neely will be the banquet speaker at the Young Democratic Clubs of West Virginia convention in Wheeling August 21. Gov Marland will introduce him, followed by a dance at the Pine Room Oglebay Park Saturday night.
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Wheeling
Charleston
M. M. Neely
D-Wva
Young Democratic Clubs of
West Virginia
Charles E. Evans
Neely
Marland
Pine Room
Oglebay Park
Dulles Seeks Moscow Reply on Atoms for Peace Turndown
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would press ahead with Eisenhower’s atoms for peace plan and asked Moscow if Moscow’s note denying the plan is final. He noted private talks with Molotov show fundamental U.S.-Soviet differences and outlined possible early talks with other nations to join and share materials and benefits. Dulles also spoke on forming a Southeast Asia alliance, Viet Nam chaos, Japan’s finances, freeing American captives in Communist China, and supporting Prince Wan for the UN General Assembly presidency.
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Prince Wan
Thailand
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Eeleo van Kleffens
Wan
Union Reported Willing to Heed Studebaker Plea
CIO UAW local at Studebaker in South Bend says petitions circulate for another meeting after a rejected 20 percent pay cut. The plant faced a wage agreement termination after a Friday vote by about half of 11,000 employees. Louis Horvath calls the Thursday result a mandate. William Ogden criticizes the bargaining committee. Studebaker posts an $8.93 million first-half 1954 loss despite a $10.29 million tax credit.
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Ind
CIO
United Auto Workers
Studebaker Corp
Louis J. Horvath
Union Local
William L. Ogden
Local
Studebaker
Child’s Condition Fair After Coffee Scalding
Fourteen month old Victor Jaimene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jaimene of Riverside Pa, received third degree burns this morning when he pulled a pot of boiling coffee on himself at his great grandmother’s home in Charleston W Va The child buried on the left side of the chin neck and body was taken to Raleigh General Hospital where his condition at noon was described as fair His mother is the former June Eve Kyle formerly of Glen White and Beckley
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Arthur Jainene
Riverside
W. E. Osborne
S. Kanawha St
Jaimene
Raleigh General Hospital
June Eve Kyle
Glen White and
Beckley
Jelke Reported Married in Bronx Life Amid Conviction Talks
New York report says Mickey Jelke has wed Sylvia Eder, a 25 year old blonde model, and the pair settled in the Bronx while New York state pursues the vice conviction. The marriage reportedly occurred in Georgia six weeks earlier.
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New York
Minot F
Mickey
Jelke
Bronx
Sylvia Eder
Georgia
Premier Mendes France wins confidence vote in France
Paris reports the National Assembly approved Premier Pierre Mendes France’s economic and financial recovery plan by 361 to 90 with broad powers lasting until March 31, 1955. The vote solidifies his truce in Indochina, EDC compromise, and a sweeping economic overhaul amidst opposition from Communists and some allies.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
France
Indochina
Mendes- France
Popular Republican Movement
Assembly
United States
Hoover Honored on 80th Birthday in West Branch
Former President Hoover returns to his West Branch birthplace for a birthday celebration with flags and crowds. He and his sons join in the festivities as about 50,000 visitors are expected. Hoover will deliver a major speech focusing on foreign policy from 1932 to Eisenhower’s era, especially regarding Soviet Russia.
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West Branch
Iowa
Hoover
Herbert Jr
Allan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Russia
Youth on Bicycle Struck by Car in Wake of Accident
A 10-year-old Shady Spring boy, Leslie Bragg, was hit by a car around 8:45 a.m. while riding a bicycle and suffered leg and skull injuries. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital where he was admitted after initially being released from the emergency ward. The driver, Mike Mangin of Oak Hill, said the boy appeared to cross the highway as the bicycle moved into the car’s path. no charges were filed as he headed toward Pembroke, Virginia.
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Shady
Mike Mangin
Oak Hill
Pembroke
Mangin
Marland to Speak at Oak Hill Armory Dedication
Governor William Marland will be guest speaker at the National Guard Armory dedication in Oak Hill on August 27 at 2 30 p m. The Collins High School Band will perform and the 150th Infantry National Guard will conduct flag raising. Brig Gen Charles Fox and the State Armory Board members are expected to attend with master of ceremonies Charles Miller and Rev C S Donnelly as dedication committee chairman.
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Oak Hill
RNS
William ©. Marland
National Guard
Collins High School
150Th Infantry National Guard
Charles Fox
State Armory Board
Charles Miller
C. S. Donnelly
Ripley Man to Direct Census of Agriculture
John W. Miller of Ripley has been named supervisor of the Charleston West Virginia field office for the 1954 census of agriculture. He will lead 17 crew leaders and 204 enumerators across 21 counties, working about four months at a rate of 5000 dollars yearly plus mileage.
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Washington
John W. Miller
Ripley
Charleston, W. Va
Court Starts Aug 23 Raleigh County Circuit Court
The docket for the August term of Raleigh County Circuit Court opens August 23 and runs through September 23. Cases were set Monday.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Protestant Unity Goal of Assembly in Illinois
In Evanston Illinois a four part series begins on the Assembly of the World Council of Churches set to open next Sunday. Church leaders call it the most crucial interchurch meeting in Christian history with 1500 delegates from 161 denominations and 120 million members in 48 countries. The gathering aims to test whether unity can bridge centuries of division or widen gaps.
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Assembly of the World Council of Churches
W. A. Visser ‘T Hooft
Council
Franklin Clark Fry
United Lutheran Church
World Council
Amsterdam
Edinburgh
Scotland
Stockholm
Lausanne
Switzerland
Oxford
Visser 'T Hooft
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