Truman Campaign Sees Fight Against Special Interests
President Truman delivers an earnest address at Bull Shoals Dam Ark and argues Fair Deal advances benefit the public while deriding special interests including power companies and the medical association. He vows more anti poverty and housing efforts, predicting continued opposition from entrenched groups.
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Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paign
Democratic Party
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American Medical Assahim
Arkansas, Power and Light Company
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
American Medical Association
Bull Shoals
Weldom
Northford
Little Rock
Tian
Beckley Soldier Dies from Polio in Philippines
Beckley airman 3-c Robert L. Ramsey died June 30 at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines from acute poliomyelitis after re-enlisting for six years. Born January 8, 1931 in Mason Ohio, he graduated Woodrow Wilson High School in 1948 and joined the Air Force at 17. He served in the United States, Germany, and the Philippines. survived by his mother Mrs Amelia Ramsey and other relatives. His body was being shipped home with arrival date not yet set.
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Beckley
Philippines
Amelia Ramsey
Bailey Ave
Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
Ramsey
Woodrow ‘Wilson,High
United States Air Force
United States
Germany
Mason, O
Roy. Ramsey
Annie Shoop
Elizabeth Quhesenberry
Man jailed in Raleigh County for drunken driving charge
William Bay Newsome’s death case and a separate $3,500 damage suit against Gilkerson and his lending company were settled out of court. Gilkerson, jailed for involuntary manslaughter over Newsome’s 1951 shooting, saw a six month license hold and a year in jail. The allocation of settlement terms remains unspecified in the circuit court filing.
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William Smith
Glen Jean
Raleigh County
S. Fayette St
Robert Russell Egnor
Orchard
Meadows
William Baynard Newsome
Gilkerson
Newsome
Beckley
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
William Amos Newsoms
Perjury Charges Raised In Senate Probe Of Lattimore
A Senate Internal Security Subcommittee report charges Owen Lattimore and John P. Davies Jr. with perjury after a yearlong probe into the Institute of Pacific Relations. The panel says Lattimore a Johns Hopkins professor and diplomat influenced U S Far East policy and found evidence of Communist ties within IPR.
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Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Davies
Institute of Pacific Relations
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
IPR
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Far East
Johns Hopkins University
Institute of Pacific’ Relations
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Taft Gains 17 Georgia Votes in Convention Row
Taft forces won Georgia's bloc of 17 Republican national convention votes, with a strong chance Taft could secure them all, a blow to Eisenhower backers and a test case for disputes in five other states. The ruling narrowed to the Georgia delegation contest and set a pattern for future contests as Taft led 474 to 410 before the session.
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Chicago
Taft
Georgia
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Dwight 2D. Eisenhower
Ohio
Republican National
Eisenhower
National Committee
Oy National Committee
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Texas
Louisiana
Governors Hear Talk Of Revolt Against Democratic Nominee
Southern governors discussed a possible party walkout as Byrnes warned the Democratic nominee might trigger a shift. Byrnes, backing Russell, left open the idea of voting with Republicans or a third party depending on the Democratic frontrunner. Other governors announced varied stances on Stevenson and Disenhower amid conference forecasts.
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Morrie Landsberg
Houston
Tex
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Texas
Othr
Charles H. Russell
Nevada
Dwight Disenhower
Johnson Murray
Oklahoma
Stevenson- Russell
Richard Russell
Georgia
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Last Trial Starts In Criminal Court
Petit jurors for the June Raleigh County term were discharged after a jury was selected for the final trial case. The remaining case, from Beckley Police Court, charges Frances Carrien with driving while intoxicated. Nine Red Cross canteen workers logged 646 hours and 2 445 individual servings in the chapter annual report.
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Raleigh County
Young Roles
Fayette County
T. N. Thurman
State Penitentiare
J. E. Mays
Shady Spring
Loren G. Daniel
Marsh Fark
Clifford White
West Virginia Telephone Workers Reach One Year Pact
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia and CIO Communications Workers of America announced a one year contract after a 24 hour bargaining session. The agreement provides weekly wage increases of 2.58 to 3 dollars for most West Virginia telephone workers.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Mullens Reappoints City Officials in Council Decision
Mullens city council renewed the terms of all administrative staff for two years. City recorder Gordon D. McGraw is named to a fourth consecutive term, with Ray Toler the city attorney, W. A. Davis the treasurer, and Dr Ward Wylie health officer also reappointed. Police Chief Wendell W. Cook is rehired, along with patrolmen Clifford C. Phillips, R. Beecher Cook, and Leland Harless.
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J. E. Orr
Gordon D. McGraw
City Recorder
Ray Toler
W. A. Davis
Treacher
Ward Wylie
Truce Talks in Recess in Korea
The Korean armistice talks halt for 24 hours at Communist request with no reason given. The U N Command agrees. The recess follows Maj. Gen. William K Harrisgan Jr reviewing the April 26 Allied prisoner exchange plan and proposing a fore saving path to end the stalemate.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N. Command
William K. Harrigan Jr
Dismissal Sought in C P Telephone Rate Plea
The Public Service Commission asked the appellate court to dismiss Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co s request for review of a rate increase. The company argued it acted under financial necessity and had implemented higher rates, while the commission warned of precedent implications for utilities.
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Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
FSC
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C. E. Nethken
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War Casualties Spike in Korea War Weekly Report
The Defense Department announced the largest weekly U S casualty rise in Korea since November 14. In the week ending last Friday 965 Americans were reported killed wounded or missing. Army deaths and losses topped 799 with 151 Marines 11 Navy and four Air Force casualties.
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Senate OKs Western Germany Pacts by Narrow Votes
The Senate ratified two Western Germany pacts by wide and narrow margins. A 7 to 5 vote approved occupation and sovereignty terms, while 72 to 5 backed NATO guarantees extending to the European Defense Community. The move signals U S support for a six nation EDC alliance.
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No Holiday For Death State Drivers Warned Of Soaring Toll
West Virginia State Police urged safe driving for the holiday weekend as highway deaths rose to 188 in the first six months of 1952, the highest for a comparable period since 1941. Police cite increased traffic and note 10,000 accidents equating to about 60 per day, with more than two crashes per hour.
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Verlin
Homer McSweeney
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Wayne County
Lavgallette
Neighbors Open Raleigh Canneries Across Three Counties
Raleigh County residents can use canneries in Summers Summers Sandstone and Talcott Wyoming Pineville Lookout Fayette to process vegetables fruits meats and berries. Center openings begin July 8 from 8 am to 4 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays with 2 pm cutoff.
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Raleigh County
Register
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Sandstone and
Talcott
Summers County
Pineville
Wyoming County
Lookout
Fayette County
James Pizzino
Wyoming County Board of Education
Jesse W. Morgan
Raleigh
Beckley
Claude A. Phillips
Wyoming County Trade School
Zeila Lusk
Sophia
Ghent
Glen Daniels
Beckfey
Scarbro
Otway Gunnoe
Nuttall High School
Layland
J. L. Perry
Mercer County
Glenwood Park
Weather outlook shows mixed skies and showers
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with scattered showers west this afternoon and a fair night with lows from 52 to 56 east and 60 to 68 west. Thursday remains cloudy and warm with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
West Virginia Briefs Reported Tragic Hotel Plunge
A Huntington hotel guest, 37 year old Virginia Lavonne Greene of Parkersburg, died after plunging from a ninth floor window while on crutches in a room she sought high up. The incident followed two tours in the hotel before the fatal fall onto the marquee and sidewalk.
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Huntington Hotel
Virginia Lavonne Greene
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W. Va
California
Truman Engages Block of Rooms For Convention
The New York Journal American reports from Chicago that President Truman secretly engaged the entire fifth floor of the Blackstone Hotel starting July 14. The move, a week before the Democratic national convention, could signal a reversal of forecasts about the nomination and suggest Truman may influence or reconsider his stance on running.
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