Beckley Planning Board Faces Rezoning Debate and Parking Concerns
Citizens urge controlled commercial expansion as Planning and Zoning Commission schedules hearings on rezoning. A Beaver shopper cites parking woes and urges extending limits for convenience, while critics argue existing vacant lots and aging buildings should be cleared first to avoid sprawling growth and preserve Beckley’s historic core.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
Beaver
Beckley
Aml
Within Our Grasp on Freedom and World Peace Policy
Editorial argues Paasikivi victory signals Kremlin difficulties post World War II. It asserts unrest behind the Iron Curtain, cites Tito’s break with Moscow, and Finland’s democratic leanings. urges continued Marshall Plan aid and foreign assistance to win over freedom-loving peoples and sustain peace.
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Juha Paasikivi
Finland
Joe Stalin
Kremlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Tito
Urey
Russia
Aris
Mighty Mo stuck in mud at Norfolk prompts huge salvage bid
Veteran writer profiles the complex efforts to refloat the USS Missouri grounded in Norfolk. Salvage plans include divers, tugs, and potential dredging to free the massive warship. Timely tides, weather data, and massive costs loom as experts weigh steps to avoid sinking the vessel.
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Navy
Norfolk
Uncle Sun
New York Harbor
Missouri
Boyle's Column Poor Man's Philosopher On the Hydrogen Bomb
HAL Boyle considers the hydrogen bomb as the ultimate test of humanity. He questions whether nations will ever abandon the drive to play God and argues self defense drives rapid arms build up, noting the bomb's immense destructive potential and the moral hazard of a world ready to unleash it.
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Hal Boyle
New York
God
Japan
Earth
America
Jscience
Tech
Nan
Jurankind
Green
Rise in Federal Social Security Taxes Expands Benefits
Federal social security payroll taxes rise by one half percent effective January 1. Workers pay 1.5 percent on wages up to 3000, matched by employers, raising maximums to 45 a year for each. The measure aims to broaden coverage to about 11 million more workers and self employed persons, with hearings and enactment expected this year.
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Raymond Wilcove
Central Press
Washington
Social -Rangers
House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Esco
Kansas
United States
High and Low Places in Acheson Era Diplomacy
Arthur Edson surveys Secretary Acheson’s post conference mood and the old days of simple terms like acres and pennies. He contrasts historic deals such as the Louisiana Purchase and Seward’s Alaska with today’s complex diplomacy as students admit confusion and noise obscures understanding of policy questions like Saar coal, Japanese peace, and atomic strategy.
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Arthur Edson
James Marlow
Washington
Acheson
State Department
Louisiana
Seward
Alaska
Saar
American University
Wotl
Two States Will Bury Hatchet in Border Fuss
AP report from Durango Colorado outlines a century old boundary dispute between New Mexico and Colorado. The 1868 survey defined the line along the 37th parallel but misplacements left wide gaps. a 1925 Supreme Court ruling ordered retracing by a Colorado New Mexico boundary commission led by Alfred D Kidder. After 25 years the effort has built 308 miles of border monuments at a cost of about 15 951 dollars with 27 miles remaining scheduled for next summer. The crews camp along the line moving base camps as work advances.
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Cotorado
New Mexico
Colorado
Supreme Court of the United States
Twat
Kidder
Las Animas
Ryven
Kidner
Boundary Ste
Army Hobby Shops Bring Home Life to GIs
The Army adds fully equipped hobby shops to posts including home woodworking and photo darkrooms to help servicemen enjoy off duty hours. The program aims to match civilian desire to use hands and develop skills, improving life for postwar personnel.
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John L. Kent
Central Press
Washington
Army
Smileage gains from hearty breakfasts studied by AP
Investigators from the U S Department of Agriculture find that a breakfast combining ham or bacon and eggs with citrus juice bread and coffee provides energy lasting into the afternoon. Black coffee alone yields little energy while cereal with milk and proper protein can match a meat egg breakfast. Timing and protein content improve daily energy and mood. a note on fewer Japanese beetles in the East in 1950 due to heat and drought.
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U. S
Elsa Orent-Keiles
Lois F. Hallman
Bureau of Home Nutrition
Kelles
Miss Trashian
Dr. Keites
Miss Haltmian
Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Army hobby shops foster skill and creativity abroad and at home
Miss Dorothy M. Kitterman leads the Army Office of Special Services hobby shops, now numbered over 260 locations. Facilities include dark rooms, wood and metal working, and leather and plastics craft. Funded mainly by non-appropriated profits from post exchanges, the program awarded prizes in a world wide crafts contest with 187 entries. Master Sgt. Benjamin P. Mody won first prize with a hand-tooled feather purse and buliald. Sgt. Robert L. Barnett took second for a China Clipper ship model, and Pvt. Thomas H. Hannen earned third for a precision square and vise. The generals praised creative recreation as vital to modern warfare and readiness.
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Army
Office of Special Services
Dorothy M. Kitter
Caluips
Special Services
Post Exchange
Thomas W. Herren
Pentagon
Washington
Benjamin P. Mody
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Brooke ‘General Hospital
Robert L. Barnett
Burbank
Cal
Thomas H. Hannen
Winifield Township
N. J
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