Diane's Winds Swirl Closer to Mainland
Hurricane Diane neared the Carolina coast with 100 mph winds and a possible turn northward threatening North and South Carolina beaches. Alerts extended from Myrtle Beach to Fernandina as officials rushed sand-bagging, evacuations were limited, Red Cross prepared supplies, and naval and Marine units reinforced dunes along Atlantic Beach and nearby towns.
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Charleston
S.C
Diane
Carolina
Wilmington
N.C
Virginia Capes
Fernandina
Fla
Myrtle Beach
D.C
Georgia
North Carolina
Connie
Hazel
South Carolina
Canada
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Ticonderoga
Norfolk
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Myrtle
Nah Beach
Red Cross
Atlantic Fleet
Ashley River
Naval Ammunition
Cooper River
Naval
Marine
Air Force
Navy Constellation Tests Weather Lab Over Hurricane Diane
Navy hurricane hunters flew the new weather laboratory Constellation from Jacksonville Naval Air Station to probe Hurricane Diane. The aircraft with million-dollar electronics conducted night high altitude penetrations using radar to map the storm while a 12-person crew operated.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Hurricane Hunters
Constellation
Naval Air Stations
Cal
Airman to Seek Divorce and Custody Fight
Airman Daniel Schmidt 22 plans a divorce from Una Schmidt-Fine 20 after his return from a 32 month Red China imprisonment. He has not yet decided on custody of his 22 year old son, Danny Jr. If awarded, custody could go to Schmidt’s mother in Portland. The case may draw on grounds of extreme cruelty and is supported by the Veterans of Foreign Wars which offers financial and associate counsel assistance.
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Sacramento
Calif
Daniel Schmidt
Red China
Schmidt
Una Schmidt-Fine
Alford Fine
Dan
Howard Welch
Welch
Danny Jr
Nellie Peters
Portland
Ore
Una
Harold Berliner
Nevada City
Thomas J. Murray
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Murray
Tension Mounts In Argentina
Buenos Aires reports government charges that Catholic nationalists and opposition plotted to shoot President Juan Peron. Police said over 50 arrests, with some sources claiming up to 200 jailed. Demonstrations in Buenos Aires and Cordoba met with tear gas and water cannons.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Cordoba
PSC Denies C and O Request to Remove Sewell Agent
Charleston The Public Service Commission denied the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway request to drop its Sewell Fayette County agent. It sustained public use by Sewell, noting 1953 freight revenue of 5183 and 1954 revenue of 4915, and kept Railway Express Agency service there. Discontinuance requests for four other stations were granted.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Sewell
Fayette County
Sta
C. and O
PSC
Railway Express Agency
Railway Express
US Outlines Method to Make Uranium Metal at Scale
At the 72 nation atoms for peace conference Dr H A Wilhelm of the AEC contract lab at Iowa State College detailed a process to produce high purity uranium metal by reducing uranium tetrafluoride with magnesium metal in a furnace. The method targets global replication and low cost. Dr. M Calvin reported advances in photosynthesis steps toward artificial food production. Strauss announced Eisenhower favors a second world conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy within two or three years.
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Geneva
United States
H. A. Wilhelm
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Iowa State College
Wilhelm
M. Calvin
University of California At Berkeley
Calvin
Lewis L. Strauss
Eisenhower
Strauss
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
U.S
U.N
Coast Guard Intervenes in Honeymoon Sail on Lake Erie
Detroit engineer Walter A. McGuffin 35 and his new bride vanished on a Bermuda trip and prompted a search after being spotted afloat by Coast Guard Lt. George E. Cote aboard the Tupelo. McGuffin replied they were on an extended wedding trip, prompting the cutter to depart.
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Detroit
Coast Guard
Walter A. McGuffin
Lake Erie
Bermuda
George E. Cote
Tupelo
McGuffin
the Tupelo
Kaiser accelerates Ravenswood mill amid water-rate bid
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp in Oakland announced speeding up the Ravenswood rolling mill project with initial production slated for mid-1956 at 72 million pounds annually. In Charleston, Ravenswood sought a water rate increase to fund a six phase expansion estimated at 4500000 dollars, aiming to extend service to North Ravenswood and reduce bonded debt.
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Ohio River
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Ravenswood
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Kaiser
Southeastern Construction Co
Charlotte
N.C
PSC
Leland Merrill
Parkersburg
Indians Demand Military Action Over Goa Campaign
In Bombay mobs forced closures and surrounded the Portuguese consulate as 15 000 protesters demanded military action to seize Goa Damao and Diu. Nehru said the government would pursue transfer by peaceful means despite deaths and arrests.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
Delhi
Goa
New Delhi
Portugal
Damao
Diu
Britain
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Farmers Market Notes Dip in Supply Demand
The Beckley Farmers Market moved at a slower pace today with demand and supply soft. Market Manager C C Hutchinson predicted improved supply by Thursday. Wholesale prices included sweet corn 30 cents a dozen, cabbage 2.50 to 3.00 per 100 pounds, peppers 2 to 2.50 per bushel, tomatoes 65 to 75 cents per 10 pound basket and 3.75 per bushel, apples 1.50 to 1.70 per bushel, beans 1.75 to 2, potatoes 1.50 to 1.80, and cucumbers 3 to 3.50 per bushel.
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Beckley
C. C. Hutchison
US Red China Talks Recessed Briefly in Geneva
US ambassador U. Alexis Johnson and Wang Pingnan of Red China met for nearly two and a half hours in Geneva and recessed until Thursday. No progress reported on the 41 Americans held by Peiping or repatriation of civilians. The seventh and one of the longest talks centered on Chinese students in the United States and Third Power screening by India. The US says all Chinese citizens have been free to leave since last April.
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Geneva
U.S
Peiping
U. Alexis Johnson
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Wang Pingnan
Red China
Poland
United States
India
China
Huntington Firms Hold 12 Million In Defense Work
A survey shows Huntington manufacturers have been awarded more than 12 million dollars in defense contracts since January 1. Rep. M. G. Burnside says one firm received 8.185 million and another 2.488 million, with most work for the navy. Contracts also from Air Force Army and Marine Corps totaling about three million. 14 local manufacturers are being coordinated by a Huntington Chamber of Commerce small industries committee to seek larger orders.
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Huntington
Éourvey
Rep
M. G. Burnside
D-Wwa
Burneide
Navy
Air Force
Army
Marine Corps
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Don Baker
Chamber
Integration Move Taken in Kentucky
In Newport Kentucky School Superintendent A D Owens announced the immediate end of segregation in Newport schools from kindergarten through twelfth grade and said it would be complete at the start of the 1956 school year. In Big Spring Texas a court challenge sought to block state funds to desegregated districts. A Georgia board decision left teachers who favor compliance unmoved but urged loyalty oaths against teaching theories contrary to state law.
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Atlanta
Kentucky
Texas
Georgia
Newport
A. D. Owens
Big Spring
Tex
Texas Citizens Council
Ross Carlton
O. M. Street
Dallas
Council
Howard County
Robert Calvert
J. W. Edgar
Georgia State Board of Education
U. S. Supreme Court
Dulles Calls Soviet Army Cut Peaceful U.S. Allies Move
Secretary of State Dulles said Russia’s plan to reduce armed forces appears to reflect recognition of the peaceful purposes of the United States and its allies. He warned the cut leaves Moscow far larger than the U.S. and urged an international information exchange and effective inspection for disarmament progress under UN talks starting August 29 in New York.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
United States
Informa
United Nations
New York
IRA
Irish Republic
United Kingdom
Ulster
Northern Ireland
Republic
U. K
Conservative
Daily Sketch
Malaya
Hitler
News Chronicle
Daily Mirror
British Police Raid Yields Stolen Arms
London police raided an empty shop on Caledonian Road in King’s Cross and seized a large cache of guns and ammunition likely stolen from Arborfield Army Depot in Berkshire. IRA raiders reportedly moved 68 guns and 80,000 rounds. investigations involved Scotland Yard detectives and wariness of Northern Ireland unrest.
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London
Caledonian Road
King Cross Railroad Station
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Aberfield
Berkshire
Reading
Scotland Yard
John Nott-Bower
Aborfield
Wales
England
Abortfield
Northern
Southern Ireland
Ulster
Ireland
Arborfield
News Chronicle
Dublin
Britain
George B. Hanna
Northern Ireland
Belfast
James Dillon
Donegal
Danny Ryan
Republican Army
Ryan
West Virginia Weather Forecast Notes Cloudy Showers Likely
West Virginia expected cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and occasional rain likely Wednesday. Temperatures near normal with a mild Wednesday and cooler Thursday and Friday. Rain totals expected to linger in the east with about one inch or more in the northeast, half an inch in the west, and statewide normals around 72 to 73 in the south and north.
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Upper
South Carolina
North Carolina
WVA
West Virginia
Beckley
Gallagher Takes Stand in Murder Of Three POWs
In his New York court martial defense Gallagher, a 23 year old Brooklyn native, said personal dislike influenced a prosecution witness Sgt. Pate of Augusta. He recounted telling Pate to mind his own business and noted Pate disliked him after the death of Cpl. Jones in a Chinese Red prison camp. Gallagher denied causing Jones’s death and described camp dynamics as dog eat dog.
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New York
Sagt
James C. Gallagher
Korea
Gallagher
Brooklyn
L. C. Lloyd W. Pate
Augusta
Pate
Maj
James J. Jenkins
Cpl
John William Jones
Detroit
Jones
Jenkins
Army
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Savan
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Joel C. Herren
Kure Beach
Flying Weather Lab
Tion
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Kanawha County
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Nuttall
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Cherry Run
Morgan County
Spring Creek
Greenbrier County
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Kiss
Hollywood
John Lupton
Ravenswood, W.va
Farmers Market
British War Office
Princess Anne
Eeeene Eae
Jos
Cveves Acady
Ciniacsas
Gineene Os
Oak Hill
Chetsseuuae
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