Both Parties Claim They'll Win Kilgore Senate Seat
The story outlines Republican hopes to retake the Senate with Eisenhower on the ticket and notes Democratic advantages, seat up counts, and potential shifts from retirements and resignations in Kentucky West Virginia Oregon Washington Nevada New York Maryland Indiana Ohio Idaho and Colorado races. It cites key figures such as Kilgore Lehman Tydings Schoeppel Cooper Morton and others shaping the 1956 contest.
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John Chadwick
Associated Presh Republicans
Eisenhower
Congress
San Francisco
GOP
Senate
House
White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dent Eisenhower
Sen
Barkeley
Kentucky
Harley Mr
Kilgore
West Virginia
Thurmond
South
Carolina
Daniel
Texas
South Carolina
Republiicans
Lehman
Tydings
New York
L. Judson Morhouse
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Keens Tydings
Maryland
Schoeppel
Oregon
Douglas McKay
Wayne Morse
Clifton Young
Alan Bible
Nevada
Washington
Arthur Langlie
Warren Magnuson
John Sherman Cooper
U.S
India
Lawrence Wetherby
Barkley
Thruston Morton
Earle Clements
Chapman Revercomb
William C. Marland
Sens
Bush
Connecticut
Capehart
Indiana
Bender
Ohio
Demos Focus Health Election Issues Ahead of Campaigns
Demos plan to inform supporters about campaign issues including health care as they prepare for upcoming elections. Party speakers and volunteers will provide materials outlining priorities and positions on health policy and related governance matters.
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Fimachwe
Martin Denounces Demo Assertions In California Speech
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Republican leader in the House denounced Democratic claims of cooperation with President Eisenhower. He cited 24 major issues showing Democratic opposition to the President's programs including farm civil rights school construction and road building. He spoke at a Santa Clara County fundraiser.
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San Jose
Calif
Joseph W. Martin
House
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Congress
Martin
United Anta Clara| Finance Committee
Santa Clara County
Weather Report for Virginia Regions
Partly cloudy conditions across Virginia with warm tonight and Wednesday. Scattered rain showers possible in the afternoon or evening. lows around 66 and 44 in the mountains. Temperatures for Oak Hill and Greenbrier show similar patterns with mostly clear skies and normal reservoir levels.
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Eckley High
Oak Hill
P. Greenbrier
Daniel Holds Slim Lead in Texas Governor Race
U S Sen Price Daniel led Ralph Yarborough by a razor thin margin as Texas ballots were tallied. Analysts warned that challenges to questionable ballots in about 24 counties could erase the lead, with a one per cent swing on 1.4 million votes potentially defeating Daniel.
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U. S
Price Daniel
Texas
Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Daniel
Beckley Skies and Visible Planets Tonight
The Sun sets at 7 p.m. and rises at 5:52 a.m. Wednesday. The Moon and prominent stars such as Aldebaran are noted. Mars rises in the afternoon, Saturn sets at 10:13 p.m., Venus appears in the east before 5:04 a.m.
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Mars
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Venus
Bitter Rival Picked to Replace Tydings in Senate Bid
George P. Mahoney, who narrowly lost the Democratic primary, was chosen by the State Democratic Committee to replace the ailing Millard E. Tydings as the party's U.S. Senate candidate. The committee voted 97 to 55 in Baltimore, selecting Mahoney over Eleanor Tydings, wife of the former senator.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Millard FM
Tydings
U.S. Senate
State Democratic Committee
Eleanor Tydings
U.S
Russia
Joseph Eb, Davies
Paschen to face grand jury over Cook County fund
Herbert Paschen the Democratic candidate for governor faces the Cook County Grand Jury to explain an eighty three thousand dollar employees fund in the county treasurer's office. Two U S Senate Banking and Currency Committee investigators plan to question Paschen about the fund solicited from bankers.
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Shroago
Herbert C. Paschen
Cook County
Bey
Cook Pela
U. S. Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Soviet Propaganda Delays Pact Amid Suez Tension
Secretary of State Dulles said Moscow used a propaganda campaign to derail a peaceful Suez settlement as Nasser agreed to meet a five nation committee. Egypt welcomed talks while the Soviet plan pushed international control with advisory powers only.
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Dmitri Shepsloy
London
India
Sup
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Indonesia
Nasser
Dulles
Washington
Russia
Egypt
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Suez Canal
Memorial Fund Grows for Buckland Family in Beckley
The Carl Dale Buckland Memorial Fund rises as local residents and organizations donate to aid the Beckley patrolman’s family after his Sunday death in a car stop related shooting. Funds directed to Davis at Beckley National Bank and to Buckland’s widow and child through police and pension provisions.
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Carl Dale Buckland
Beckley
Buckland
Harry Cooper
Cool Ridge
Davis
James H. Poole
Beckley Police
Sharon Carol
Policemen’s Pension
First Baptist Church
Rose and Quesenberry
Airman's Body Flown To Ohio for Burial
The flag draped casket of Aviation Electronics Technician Albert P. Martin of Delta Ohio is flown home from the Pacific aboard a C 174 Globemaster. His widow and three sons await along with families of 15 missing crew members as the Mercator wreckage is found southeast of Shanghai.
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Pokyowh
U.S
Red China
Aviation Electronics
Albert P. Mattin
Delta
Ohio
Martin
Pacific
Shanghai
Church of God Delegates May Need Treatment
State health officials seek West Virginia residents who attended a July 2029 Church of God convention in Monarch Springs Missouri. Typhoid linked to well water at the site has caused deaths in Louisiana and Oklahoma, prompting immediate contact with health departments.
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Charleston
West
Louisiana
Oklahoma
U.S. Public Health Service
Montreal Explosion Kills At Least 3
A gas main explosion in a Montreal suburb wrecked a six family building in Villa LaSalle. Emergency crews reported at least three dead and many injured as a construction crew work disrupted the gas flow. Eyewitnesses recalled screams as the blast tore through LaSalle Heights.
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Montreal
LaSalle
Jured
LaSalle Heights
Mullens Cabs Study Before Public Service Commission
Three Mullens taxi firms Mullens Taxi Co Cecil Cab Co and Union Cab Co plan to present a joint petition to the Public Service Commission. They seek rate revisions for Wyoming County service areas. The plan would double some trip rates while others would be lowered.
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Charleston
Mullens
Public Service Commission
Wyoming County
Mullens Taxi Co
Cecil Cab Co
Union Cab Co
Fifteen Divorces Granted in Raleigh County Court
Fifteen divorce decrees were signed by Judge Norman Knapp in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Cases include Salgado Williams vs Williams with custody to mother, Holdren vs Holdren with maiden name restored, Vaughn vs Vaughn with mother custody, Merritt vs Merritt with surname restored, Foley vs Foley with maiden name restored, Arthur vs Arthur with custody to mother, and other paired divorces with custody outcomes or name restorations.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Rose Salgado Williams
Shelby Ray Williams
Oreta Neil Holdren
Clayton J. Holdren
Oreta Nell Halstead
Wilma Frances Vaughn
Shannon Russell Vaughn
Grady Sue Merritt
William Ray Merritt
Grady Sue , Young
Nora B. Foley
Emma Clarence Foley
Nora B. Pegram
Sue Arthur
Bessie V. Eckle
Bily Ray Arthur
John Stanton
Carrie Lee Stanton
Carrie Lee Brizendine
Lottie Wilhite
C. Burl Wilhite
Lotte Stover
Willia M. Mickey
Jerrell Mickey
Arlene Bragy
James W. Bragg
Shirley Jean Ryder Kirk
James Arnold Kirk Jr
Shirley Jean Ryder
Luther Holloway
Lola Holloway
Evelyn Holland
George Holland
Evelyn Chambers
Joann Taylor
Alex P .Taylor
George Dillon
Ruth Dillon
President Eisenhower Leaves California for Washington
President Eisenhower departed Pebble Beach at 8 37 a m PDT ending a one day California vacation to resume government business conferences and plan second term campaign strategy in Washington.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Washington
California
Final Bid Due On State Span Montgomery Bridge
The Road Commission received bids on three highway projects including the Kanawha River bridge at Montgomery with a target opening date of Nov 1. The total cost for all three improvements is about one million dollars. Bids also covered W Va 2 near Princeton and U S 33 from Buckhannon to the Lewis County line. Jesse Griffith of Maple Fork was fined five dollars and costs after arraignment for assault and battery.
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the Road Commission
Kanawha River
Montgomery
Road Commission
Mercer County
W.va
Princeton Line
Dolph
Upshur County
U.S. 33
Buckhannon
Lewis County
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
McQuade Transferred From Raleigh General to Veterans Hospital
J. Needy McQuade was moved from Raleigh General Hospital to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after suffering a heart attack last Thursday. Attendants in Raleigh General described his condition as fair before the transfer this morning.
Valley Drive Boundary Discussion Set for City Council
Beckley City Council will meet in regular session at 7 30 p m today with the City Attorney to present a suggestion on establishing a building line on Valley Drive. The Rev S A Abram pastor of Central Baptist Church will give the invocation.
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Beckley
Valley Drive
S. A. Abram
Central Baptist Church
Hand Injury Suffered by Miss Shirley Martin
Miss Shirley Martin of Beckley newspaper employ was treated today at Raleigh General Hospital for a hand injury. A large cut between the thumb and forefinger required several stitches after she gouged her hand with a letter opener.
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Shirley Martin
Beckley’ Newspaper Corp
Raleigh General Hospital
State GOP Chairman Assairs Election Laws Debate
State GOP Chairman John D. Hoblitzell Jr. of Parkersburg denounces Democrat controlled legislatures for making West Virginia election laws obsolete. He cites the Mingo County school board case as an example of partisan interference in state education.
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Charleston & State
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Hoblizell
Wood County Board of Education
State iSchool Board Assn
Mingo County
Minto
Blind Billy
Jed
Adair
Adair Lin
Pinson
Legisla Ido
C. J. Hamilton
Mingo
Hamilton
Mingo Hoblitzell
Gloria Vanderbilt Weds TV Director in Surprise New York Ceremony
Multimillionaire Gloria Vanderbilt, 32, wed Sidney Lumet, 32, a television director, in a surprise ceremony at Kingsley’s West 72nd Street apartment. Vanderbilt, now an actress, has been married twice before to Pat DiCicco and Leopold Stokowski, while Lumet’s first wife was actress Rita Gam. They postponed their honeymoon and Vanderbilt is appearing in a summer stock stage production in Millburn New Jersey.
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New York
Gloria Vanderbilt
Park Avenue
Lower East Side
Miss Vanderbilt
Sidney Lumet
Hollywood
Pat DiCicco
Leopold Stokowski
Lumet
Rita Gam
Millburn
West 72Nd St
Sidney Kingsley
Beckley Fire Douses Auto Fire on South Oakwood Ave
Beckley firefighters were called about 7 15 a m to South Oakwood Avenue to extinguish a car blaze owned by Fred Lilly. No damage estimate or cause could be determined.
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Beckley
Oakwood Ave
Fred Lilly Beckley
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