Asian anti communism grows as sovereign leadership rises
Editorial notes a shift in Asia toward self driven anti communist sentiment. Countries like Burma Malaysia and Thailand move toward independent defenses with Ceylon inviting regional talks and potential five power cohesion. Washington warns against overbearing guidance stressing Asian led efforts and patient tactful support.
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Laos
Cambodia
Ceylon
Pakistan
India
Burma
Indonesia
Asia
Washington
United States
Ramon Magsaysay
Phillipine
Why WVU Should Not Go Big Time In Football
A columnist argues against expanding West Virginia University football for a big time program. He notes stadium, funding, and alumni limits, urges keeping schedule to fit enrollment, and cautions that teams like Penn and others suffered prestige losses when pursuing big time status.
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West Virginia
Art Lewis
Mountaineers
Maryland
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Southern California
Oklahoma
Mountaineer
Morgantown
Waynesburg
Virginia
University of Pennsylvania
Our Pock Marked Sidewalks Raise Safety Concerns
Citizens petition City Council to fix dangerous sidewalks on Heber Street in front of Albanese snack shop and Prince Street beside the taxicab stand. The article notes old worn pavement, loose slabs, and hazards on snowy days, urging action before spring construction. It cites a fatality in Beckley from bad pavement and calls for corrective repairs as soon as the season begins.
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Heber St
Prince St
Heber
Beckley
Supreme Court rules censors lack power in film cases
Public opinion governs morality in media. The court unanimously held censors cannot ban showing films judged immoral or crime- inciting by official censors. Laws lacked precise definitions, leaving judgments to public taste and opinion rather than legal enforcement.
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Supreme Court
New York
Ohio
Forest Fire Funds Run Dry As Containment Fails
State Conservation Commission director Carl J. Johnson warns there is no money to fight fires this spring. He cites a depleted suppression fund after heavy autumn costs, 1952 fire losses, and a drought as tinder for new blazes, urging prevention and public education.
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State Conservation Commission
Mother Hubbard
Johnson
Althogether
Commission
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
District 4
Beckley Newspapers Adopts Subscription Rates Notice
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes rate card for daily and Sunday mail subscriptions in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. Rates include three months 3.50, six months 6.00, one year 10.00 plus 10 percent state sales tax. Addresses changes require old and new addresses. Carriers are independent contractors.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Gleason Buys Hour to Oppose Himself in TV War
A playful column recounts Jackie Gleason's idea to buy a TV hour opposite his CBS show, planning to air a man watching Gleason all hour. It notes showbiz chatter from Mark Dawson and Terry Tuttle, plus light-snippet gossip about Berlins, color TV forecasts, and other entertainment anecdotes from the era.
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California
Jackie Gleason
CBS
NBC
Jackie
Mark Dawson
Juliet
Actors Equity
Someody
Taffy Tuttle
Terry Tuttle
Terry
Greece stamps feature ancient arts on 12 issue set
A report on new stamp issues from Greece showcasing architecture sculpture and painting including Pericles vase and Homer designs in a photo litho offset. The piece notes values from 100 drachma to 20 000 drachma and mentions other international issues and stamp sales data.
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Ancient
Greece
der the Great
Delphi
Homer
Zeus
Acropolis
Dionysus
Jeanne Crain on Hollywood pampering and freedom
Hollywood star Jeanne Crain speaks on studio care versus independence after leaving 20th Century Fox. She recounts the risk of being used for quick production, paying $40,000 for freedom, and notes earning $185,000 from Duel in the Jungle while praising working conditions in Africa.
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Mother of Four
Dana Andrews
20Th Century-Fox
Africa
Dana
George Marshall
Jeanne
20Th Fox
Bricker Amendment sparks Senate battle over foreign pacts
President Eisenhower opposes the Bricker Amendment arguing it would curb executive power to negotiate with foreign powers and complicate wartime and international deals. Bricker asserts it would require congressional legislation to make treaties or executive agreements effective, limiting presidential control while preserving some executive powers.
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Eisenhower
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Senate
Roosevelt
House of Delegates
American Bar Assa
ABA
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United States
Congress
Barber Sign Rivalry Sparks Miami Beach Competition
Two barbers in Miami Beach wage a fierce contest over prices. The left shop posted a sign undercutting by 50 cents, while two hours later the rival posted a much larger sign promising to repair a $1 haircut.
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Miami Beach
Socrates Rivals in New York Cabbies
Hal Boyle reports on New York cabbies, the city’s top street philosophers. Cabbies boast wide knowledge of human nature, frequent tensions with police, and diverse backgrounds from college graduates to former cowboys. An elderly woman driver shares hardship, pride, and caution about fellow drivers.
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Somaliland
New York Stamp Co
United Nations
Benadir
Socrates
New York
Athens
Korea
Prayer Exalting Faith in Word Promises
James Ross McCain of Decatur Ga president emeritus Agnes Scott College offers a prayer praising countless promises of the Bible and urging faith in Jesus to claim more, ending in an amen in the all prevailing name of Christ.
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Jesus
Christ
James Ross McCain
Decatur, Ga
Agnes Scott College
Churchill Critic Claims Eighteenth Century Ties
A reviewer argues Churchill belongs to the past era and imagines him in knee breeches and a powdered wig. A fanciful note mentions Queen Elizabeth’s cattle winning a national contest with a royal blue ribbon as a humorous contrast to modern banquet circuits.
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Churchill
Winnie
Raleigh County GOP backs Hutchinson for state Supreme Court
Ten years ago the Raleigh County GOP pledged full support for J. Q. Hutchinson as a candidate for judge of the State Supreme Court. Other items note Allied forces tightening in Rome, Byrd criticizing government waste, and Dillinger’s arrest with $100,000 bail.
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Raleigh County
GOP
J. Q. Hutchinson
State Supreme Court
Fifth Army
Rome
Harry Byrd
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