Concrete over asphalt in West Virginia turnpike project
An editorial endorses coal industry and miners union backing concrete for the Charleston-Beckley-Princeton turnpike and other tax built roads. It argues concrete is cheaper longer lasting and safer, urges state officials to adopt it statewide, and predicts strong collapse of asphalt use with continued union cooperative pressure.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Turnpike
Charleston-Beckley- Princeton
UMW
Coal Industry Committee
State Road Commission
Beckley-Mt. Hope
Kanawha Boulevard
Charleston
Princeton-Bluefield Road
Walter Reuther Elected CIO Chief After Murray Death
Walter Reuther won the CIO presidency in a decisive vote at the convention, after Philip Murray's death weakened the organization. A tough, principled leader, Reuther built the United Auto Workers into a powerful force amid Communist and racketeering opposition, earning strong confidence from union rank and file.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
Reuther
United Auto Workers
CIO
Labor
UMW
John L. Lewis
Murray
Roots and Rivers: Ohio Valley Pollution Progress Report
Edward J. Cleary of the Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission reports a 50-year pollution trend leveling off yet calls for more work. The fourth annual report notes 20 new sewage plants and 20 started, serving 611,000 people, with industrial plants showing gains yet municipalities lag.
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Edward J. Cleary
Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Cleary
Ohio
Beckley
Sophia
Charleston
Commission
Truman moves and Morgantown plant break ground
The article notes President Truman’s coin toss praise for Eisenhower, a Morgantown coal heating plant groundbreaking this week, and a hoped coal based concrete turnpike decision. It also mentions a Williamson man claiming divine protection and Truman's plan to stay put on Korean policy with a return to Independence.
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New Medical Center
Morgantown
State Turnpike Commission
Truman
Bess
Navy Plans Canted Decks For Jets And Islanded Carriers
The Navy unveils changes to carriers including a canted flight deck on the USS Antietam to land high speed jets more safely and a flush deck on the Forrestal. Plans call for two other supercarriers with an elevator island and an angled landing platform to slow jet landings. Capitol renovations underway ahead of Congress return. Justice Felix Frankfurter reaches 70 and remains on the Supreme Court amid talks on segregation cases.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Roosevelt
Beckley Newspapers Corporation notice on subscriptions
Public notice from Beckley Newspapers Corporation detailing subscription rates and policies. Includes delivery, mail rates, tax, and change of address procedures, and notes on carrier independence and AP content rights.
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Mings
Beckley 7 Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton W
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Life Can Be Simple and Child Proves It
New York a Goddaughter Nina aged five becomes the subject as her godparents discuss the Great Sacrifice of getting a kitten. They trace favors from a cat lover in the office and neighbor networks, hoping the right seller or ad will yield a kitten for Nina.
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New York
Nina
Frances
Cat2
Daily Paper
Christmas Kitten Gift Brings Simple Joy to Nina
Nina and her sister Vona walk to the mailbox and return with a shiny black kitten named Jet. The mother recalls the kitten was a gift from a stranger, leading to a simple family moment and Nina’s joyful reply I’m happy. The story ends with a reflection on life’s uncomplicated pleasures.
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Nina
As.p.c.a
Vona
Jet
A.S.P.C.A
Future Tites Erased By Soviet Liquidation
An editorial notes the execution of 11 Czechoslovak Communist leaders as a warning to Communist factions. It argues Moscow guards authority, disputes power struggles, and fears similar purges in other Eastern European states, while acknowledging possible motives like loyalty to the Kremlin and preventing rival Titoist influence.
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Washington
United States
Kremlin
Stalin
Prague
Czecho- Slovakia
Moscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Scarsdale Millionaire Demonstrates Modernistic Push Button Home
Cerfisms Sam Himmel writes about a Scarsdale millionaire showing a friend his gadget rich residence. The man boasts a push button bath feature that unfolds a scented tub full of hot water with his wife inside, after a night out.
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Sam Himmel
Scarsdale
River peril and a wrecked chair in a Sioux hunt
Rawls and Kathleen cling to a submerged lounge as a river current drives them toward shore. Sioux warriors watch for loot while Jenkyn plans a new trap. Kathleen, hurt but steady, aids Rawls as they seek shelter on the South bank before nightfall.
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Rawls
Kathleen
Mark Whirter
Whitter
Ming
Propaganda anniversary casts light on Pearl Harbor attack
The piece recalls the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor with radio broadcasts blaming the U S for the war and predicting drastic actions. It notes talks about admitting Japanese American students to Morris Harvey College and cites Senator Truman optimistic about wartime production in 1943.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
United States
America
Great Britain
New York
Washington
London
Morris Harvey College
Truman
D-Mo
Bombay
U N Studies Traffic Symbols Aiming for Uniform World Wide
U N highway experts propose a world convention on road signs to replace words with standardized symbols and reduce language barriers. The plan emphasizes uniform signs, keeps traffic cops as signalers, and foresees adoption after five countries sign the convention with major changes like railroad crossing symbols and no entry or no parking indicators.
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A.ef Goldberg
United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Timbuktu
Peru
Japan
Iran
League of Nations
U. S
U.S
American Association of State Highway Officials
Institute of Traffic Engineers
National Conference On Street and Highway Safety
Turkey
India
France
Rhodesia
Chile
St. Andrew's -Ross
Chemin de Fer
Voie Ferree
Eisenbann
Zhelezny Dorogoy
Ferrocarrii
Acik Demir
Volu
Four plumbers sail from Africa to the United States aboard a 50 foot yacht
A light humorous column notes four plumbers traveling by sea from Africa to the United States aboard a fifty foot yacht. A desk mate jokes that they should know what to do if a tub springs a leak. The piece also hints at a singer seeking the New York mayoralty and ponders political speeches set to music.
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Africa
United States
New York
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Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
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