Governor Marland sacks Griffith over SRC defense
Gov. Marland demanded Griffith resign as road commissioner for not defending the SRC against special interests seen as subverting the people’s will for a better highway system. He said reorganization would be fine without new funding and cited opposition to his highway tax program and broader interference from oil and truck interests.
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Charleston
H. Keith Griffith
Marland
SRC
Road Commission
Griffith
West Virginia
Carson
Sawyers
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
Narcotics Count Faces Wealthy Bluefield Doctor
Dr. E W Horton a wealthy Bluefield physician was freed on 10000 bond after arraignment on federal narcotics charges. He was among six arrested led by U S Commissioner Howard Jarrett. Others include Haynes Hartcock Roscoe Neal and three Bluefield men. Horton allegedly sold morphine tablets in office and on the street for about one dollar each. The case stems from a two month treasury agents investigation. Sheriff Perry L Dye assisted in the probe.
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Bluefield
E. W. Horton
Horton
U. S
Howard Jarrett
Haynes Hartcock
Bristol
Tenn
Roscoe Neal
William Sutphin
R. A. Pruett
Jack Kidd
Dr. Horton
Mercer County
Treasury
Perry L. Dye
Jarrett
Global travel boom seen as record year ahead
More than half a million Americans will travel to Europe this year with thousands venturing to Latin America and the Far East as bookings surge. Airlines and ships forecast double-digit gains, with transportation spending rising by about 200 million dollars and total outbound travel near three billion. Pan American and Trans World Airlines plan substantial increases in flights and capacity this summer.
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New York
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Transatlantic Steamship Lines
Atlantic
National Foreign Trade Council
United States
American Express Co
American Automobile Assn
Pan American
Trans World Airlines
Scientists rehearse UNs first conference on peaceful atomic energy
A 19 member team in the United Nations Secretariat rehearses a multilingual session for the world peace conference on atomic energy scheduled for Geneva next August. Delegates from 11 countries, plus interpreter booths and headphones, tested English French Russian and Spanish interpretation as part of an languages readiness exercise.
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United Nations
N.Y.A
U.N
Geneva
Walter G. Whitman
Concord
Mass
Viktor S. Vavilov
Moscow
NRX
Canada
Chalk River
Ont
Robert A. Charpie
The
National Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Dog Shark on Hand For Graduation Rites
Twenty students of old Skin Divers Tech in Palos Verdes Calif earned diplomas twenty feet under water at a Los Angeles County water safety school graduation. They learned entanglement procedures kelp bed rip tides how to ward off Moray eels and sharks. A small dog shark tried to nose into the diploma line but was sent away.
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Palos Verdes
Calif
Los Angeles
Water Department
Parliament debate on army hair cut freedom protest
Socialist Jim Simmons raises in Parliament a protest over the close-crop army hair cut seen as an invasion of liberty. He asks two questions for the war minister on Tuesday about soldiers choosing hair styles and barbers proficiency. The issue stems from a guardsman jailed 28 days for refusing an officer’s barber order.
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London
Jim Simmons
House of Commons
Simmons
Boat in His Attic and Kenmore Shrine Tale
Fredericksville report on a 27 foot boat built 73 years ago by William K. Howard of Kenmore near the Washington area. Howard could not fit the craft through the attic window at age 20, and the boat has rested in dust. Robert Frink seeks descendants before removal, aiming to preserve sentiment.
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Fredericksburg
William K. Howard
Kenmore
George Washington
Howard
Robert Frink
Son Who Left Home Sends Letter to Father After 23 Years
In Detroit 1924 Thomas E Josephs argues with his 16 year old son Bernard about companions and late hours. Bernard runs away and vanishes. Now a 47 year old Bernard writes from the Pacific after Army service asking his father to obtain citizenship papers. Police inform Josephs the letter contains no other inquiry.
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Detroit
Thomas E. Josephs
Bernard
Police Missing Persons Department
Josephs
Army
Military Transport Service
Pacific
Wheeling Man Joins State Selective Service Advisory
L H Brown assistant vice president Wheeling Steel Corp was named to a state advisory committee on specialized personnel for Selective Service. The vacancy follows the death of J H McElhinney Wheeling Steel vice president in charge of operations last April 12. Maj Gen Charles R Fox state director announced the appointment Tuesday.
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Charleston
L. H. Brown
Wheeling Steel Corp
Charles R. Fox
Brown
J. H. McElhinney
Wheeling Steel
Coal Freight Costs Bear Burden of Passenger Service
The National Coal Association urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to cancel increases in Ex Parte 175 on bituminous coal freight. It argued railroads’ passenger deficits of about 704.5 million dollars in 1953 and other losses justified a broad review before any permanent rate changes, noting potential reductions of 41.9 to 51.2 cents per ton if passenger subsidies were eliminated.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Coal Association
ICC
NCA
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commissions Act
F. F. Estes
NCA Department of Transportation
NCAA
Estes
World plans 85 million pounds for highways over 10 years
London Britain announced plans to spend 85 million pounds over the next decade to build superhighways to ease traffic, disclosed in the House of Commons on Tuesday. In New York, the 1955 Harmon Aviation Trophies honored Navy blimp commander J. F. Skeets Coleman and Navy Captain Marion H. Eppes for outstanding international aeronautics achievements.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
New York
Harmon Aviation
Navy
J. F. (Skeets) Coleman
Marion H. Eppes
Eartha Kitt Penthouse Stolen Items Worth 32400
Furs and pearls valued at 32400 dollars were reported stolen from the penthouse apartment of cafe singer Eartha Kitt on Monday in New York.
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New York (S
iEartha Kitt
Names the Same TVquiz Show Baffles Panel
New York TV and radio broadcast discusses ABC TV Names the Same. The gimmick has guests sharing famous names while the panel asks yes or no questions. Viewers know the name shown on screen. Examples include Mrs Willie Mays and Julius La Rosa from Flushing.
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Willie Mays
Rison, Ark
New York Giants
Sal Maglie
June Bride
Beacon
N.Y
June
Flushing
Julius la Rosa
Arthur Godfrey
Lias Family Seeks Receivership Lift for Two Properties
Four members of the Lias family seek lifting of the federal receivership on Wheeling Downs Racing Assn. and Wheeling Downs Inc. to relieve mounting costs. The petitioners own substantial minority shares and argue the government claims have no basis against the minority stockholders. A hearing set for 10 a.m. could affect planned improvements at the track including a tote board and relocation of officials stands, depending on government approval.
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Wheeling
Lias
William G
Big Bill
U.S. District Court
Alice
John
George
Antoinette
Wheeling Downs Racing Assn
Wheeling Downs Inc
Wheeling Downs
Bachman
Downs
Tote Board
Jplace
Ellis to Head Cabell County Court
Jim Ellis a former state policeman and Democrat was elected president of Cabell County Court after serving about six months. He was chosen unanimously by commissioners James M. Donohoe and Frank Heiner. Donohoe resigned as court president and will quit as a commissioner. Heiner praised Donohoe’s tenure and the court's sound finances.
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Huntington
Jim Ellis
Cabell
Ellie
James M. Donohoe
Frank Heiner
Donohoe
State Board of Control
Heiner
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Business Mirror
March of Science
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