Capitol Hill turmoil looms from Girard ruling impact on Ike
Capitol Hill erupts over the Girard ruling as defense chiefs weigh options on aiding a bill. House leadership faces a choice on amending the aid measure while the Bow resolution surfaces. Administration officials fear a trial reaction could threaten global security and Japan relations. For now the Rules Committee clears the $3,242,333,000 aid bill for Monday consideration as lawmakers study Bow’s possible amendment and timing.
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Washington
Sun
Capitol Hill
Jack Bows
Relo
Gordon
House
Giloud
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
Usam Eee
Wwe
Ail Risenhower
Resolu
Rep
Bow
Ohio
Eisenhowver
Japan
Toler
House Rules Committee
C. William
Girard
Juzo Kawachi
Leo Allen
Rules Committee
Japanese Will Acquit Him, Girard Thinks
U S Army specialist from Ottawa, 21, will be tried in Japan after Supreme Court allowed his transfer. Judge Kawachi said trial could conclude by October with sessions on Sept 6 13 and Oct 4. Girard expressed hope for a fair trial and declined comment on the high court ruling.
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Whittington
Munary
Tange
U.S. Army
Ottawa
U.S. Supreme Court
Japan
High Court
Ralsing
Maj
Stanley Levin
Hollywood
Calif
Maebashi
Kawachi
Cross Country Cyclist Faces Fewer Mountains on Route West
John Wilkinson, a 14-year-old cyclist from Los Angeles, pedaled cross country from Virginia toward Milford with plans to skip the Appalachian barrier. He averages over 60 miles daily and expects to reach Milford by Tuesday after a stay with his Maryland grandparents. He called Big Savage Mountain a backbreaker and hopes to avoid similar climbs on the coast-to-coast journey as he eyes a finish near home.
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Cumberland
John
John Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Los Angeles
John Jr
Milford
Conn
Wheeling
W. Va
Maryland
Rockies
Appala Road
U.S
West
Virginia
West Vir
Big Savage
Ginka
Here
Yester
Big Savage Mountain
Charles B. Wilkin
Southern Democrats Agree To Civil Rights Vote
Southern Democratic senators tentatively accept a mid next week vote on the civil rights bill motion. Sen. Russell says details will be worked with Republican Leader Knowland and Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson hopes for a vote by Tuesday or Wednesday with several senators speak before action.
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Russell
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Knowland
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Cratic
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Tex
Johnson
Senate
White House
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House
Nasser expected to announce sensational Middle East move
Washington officials foresee a new Nasser move tied to the fifth anniversary of Farouk's ouster. Speculation centers on a possible blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba or a major policy shift as Egypt seeks to restore prestige and lean toward closer ties with Saudi Arabia and Jordan, with U.S. responses uncertain.
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Middle East
Washington
U. S
Egypt
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Nations
Telta Spring
Gulf of Aqaba
Russia
Farouk
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
United States
Brazen Burglar Enters Kanawha Street Home
Beckley police investigate a brazen intruder entering Howard Gwinn Sr. on Kanawha Street after midnight while the family slept. A pocketbook containing about 25 dollars was reported missing.
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Kanawha Street
Beckley
Howard Gwinn
S. Kanawha Sr
Firing of 'Diablo' Delayed Until Saturday
The Diablo atomic device, which failed to explode on June 23 due to a power failure, has been postponed at least until tomorrow morning. It was to be exploded from a balloon 500 feet above the Nevada desert, but the Atomic Energy Commission cited technical reasons for the delay ATOMIC TEST SITE Nev 1A.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Beckley Skies The Sun and Moon Rise and Set Times
The Sun sets at 8 48 p m and rises at 6 13 a m on Saturday The Moon rises at 9 06 p m with the last quarter on July 19 Prominent stars include Spica and Regulus with Jupiter Venus and Saturn noted Venus sets at 9 50 p m Saturn lies due south
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Regulus
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Venus
Aga Khan Death Delays Son's London Wedding Six Weeks
Prince Sadruddin, aged 24, postponed his wedding to London model Nina Dyer for six weeks after the Aga Khan died of a heart attack at 79 in Geneva. Aly Khan and Sadruddin are among contenders for succession. Queen Elizabeth sent sympathy. Ismaili communities worldwide marked the death with prayers and closures.
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Sadrud-u' Din Khan
London
Nina Dyer
Aga Khan
Sadruddin
Nina
Heinrich von Thyssen
Aga
Prince Aly Khan
Aly
Rita Hayworth
Elizabeth Ho
Britain
Begum
Health Chief Links Cigarettes to Cancer
Washington reports Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney stated an increasing body of evidence links excessive cigarette smoking to lung cancer while noting it is not the sole cause. He urged more Public Health Service research, responding to prior studies and a March release by a special study group. Dr Clarence Cook Lille of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee criticized the statement as not adding new proof.
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Washington
Leroy E. Burney
Burney
Public Health Service
Public “Health Service
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Ence Cook Lille
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Little
New York
Weather Summary for West Virginia and Nearby Rivers
Mostly fair conditions prevail in West Virginia with scattered showers tonight. Low temperatures tonight near the mountains, lower elsewhere, with a high yesterday and a low last night. river stages at Bellepoint, Greenbrier, and the New River and Blestone Reservoirs are at normal levels and clear.
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Lower Os
Obsolete Weapons Used To Build Playground
Edgar May reports in Sunday's Family Weekly about HEPOOwer Park at a Preble Colorado area ordnance depot troop site. The military kiddieland uses deselected weapons of war as attractions, described in a feature with photos on The Army's Strangest Playgrounds.
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Colorade
Puebla
Hepoower Park
Edgar May
Im. Perl
Family Weekly
Tom McQuade Reported In Critical Condition
Tom McQuade, 42, of Beckley, listed in very critical condition today at Beckley VA Hospital. Ill for years, he has spent time at Beckley Hospital and McGuire VA Hospital in Richmond. He is brother of C. J. Needy McQuade, Register managing editor.
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Beckley
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
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Beckley Hospital
McGuire VA Hospital
Richmond
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The
Register
Four Cases Dropped From Court Docket
Four Raleigh County Circuit Court cases were dropped from the docket. The actions involved Beckley Motor Co. versus James Pack, R. A Hamilton versus James Pack and Ellen Hamilton, with Ellen suing through her father R. A Hamilton, against James Pack. A fourth suit, Beulah Rose against Curley Allen, was slated for dismissal.
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Raleigh County
Tween Daniels
Shady Gasine
Mienpsaig
Beckley Motor Co
James Pack
R. A | Hamilton
Ellen Hamilton
R. A. Hamilton
Es Beulah Rose
Curley Allen
Knapp Court Hearing Set for Summersville
Norman Knapp will travel to Summersville Sunday for a hearing in Nicholas County Circuit Court after Judge Charles L. Garnind. had disqualified himself from the case.
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Ange Norman Knapp
Summersvitle
Nicholas
Charles L. Gar Nin
Beckley Postmaster's Mother-in-Law Dies in Jefferson City
Mrs. Bessie Lawless of Jefferson City Tennessee formerly of Beckley died early today in a Jefferson City hospital. She was the mother of Mrs. A Fray Lily wife of Beckley’s post master. Mrs Lilly learned of the death this morning and she and her husband were at a West Virginia Postmasters convention in Beckley. They will leave Beckley today for Jefferson City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Bessie Lawless
Jefferson City
Tenn
Beckley
A. Fray Lily
Lilly
West Virlginia
Airs
Imaginary Operation Alert tests civil defense nationwide
A make believe emergency simulated a bombers attack on American cities as part of Operation Alert. Officials conducted nationwide civil defense tests to gauge civilian and military response, with President Eisenhower and aides poised for a secret White House mobilization.
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Washington
Office of
Emer
Eisenhower
White House
Motorist Fined After Reckless Driving Crash
A Besoco driver Lloyd Delmas Johnson, age unknown, was fined 831.59 after pleading guilty to reckless driving that caused a collision at 6 50 am on a curve at East Gulf. Johnson was jailed briefly before paying the fine and release. Vernis Marshall Wood, 40, of Odd, was in the other vehicle. property damage was about 300 with a minor passenger injury.
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Besoco
C. T. Burdigs
Lloyd Delmas Johnson
Raleigh
Johnson
East Gulf
Vernis Marshall Wood
Dyer Named Chairman of Water Commission
Water Commission elected State Health Director N. H. Dyer as its chairman at an organizational meeting today. Dyer and W. W. Jennings of Lewisburg were the only holdovers on the five member commission. Attending their first meeting were Warden Lane, Walter C. Gumbel of Fairmont, and Arthur H. Ritchie of Ravenswood. The commission then went into executive session excluding newsmen and secretary John Lester.
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Water Commission
N. H. Dyer
Dr. Dyer
W. W. Jennings
Lewisburg
Warden Lane
Walter C. Gumbel
Fairmont
Arthur H. Ritchie
Ravenstrood
John Lester
Charleston
Missourian Scheduled To Talk Ad Church Dedication Services
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 2231 S Kanawha St will hold dedication services Saturday at 7 20 p m and Sunday at 10 20 a m with Elder Hubert A Hinkle pastor Elder Otto Melcher Wellsburg district president and Evangelist Samuel M Zonker Wellsburg assisting Apostle Arthur Oakman of Independence Mo guest speaker Oakman born in England came to the U S in 1928 ordained in 1958 and now minister in charge of the Eastern Pennsylvania New York West States Mission Speakers and program details accompany the two services including hymn singing prayers testimonies and presentations of deed and keys to Elder Melcher.
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Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
S. Kanawha St
Hubert A. Hinkle
Otto Melcher
Wellsburg
Samuel M. Zonker
Welsburg
J. M. Curtis
Clyde S. Rice
Park ‘Ersburg
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Canada
Oakman
Europe
Pennsylvania
New York
West States
Ohio
Virginia
New England
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Gakmyan
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Tron
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Hinkleker
Rice
Mr. Oakman
Melcher
Jack Curtis
Evangelist Zonaker
Hinkle
Injured Beckley Man Reported In Good Condition
Willie Reed, 37, of East Beckley, was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital at 10 a.m. today with rib and chest injuries after falling 15 feet from a coal bin onto a shuttle buggy. He is listed in good condition. Reed worked for Lynn Griner and Ernie Hunt.
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Willie Reed
East Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Reed
Lynn Griner P
Ernie Hunt
Brillhart Plans to Stand By Wife in Murder Case
Army sources say Sgt. Brillhart intends to stand by Eunice Brillhart in a case tied to the murder of three of her children. The British-born woman was convicted by an Army court martial in 194? and sentenced to life, with release possible after serving years of the life term. Pentagon officials noted her condition could influence final decisions on her status and potential early freedom.
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Washington
Sgt. Roberts
Africa
W. Brillhart
Army
Eunice Brillhart
United States
Brillhart
Alderson
W. Va
Adil
Sendren
Clinton Trial Nears Heart Of Its Case In Clinton High School Segregation
In Clinton Tennessee the government nears the heart of its conspiracy case against 16 defendants including John Kasper as witnesses recount riots and a six point manifesto urging white residents to bar Negroes from Clinton High School. The trial tests federal enforcement of the Supreme Court ruling against segregation.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United States
Tennessee
U.S
John Calvin Crawford
Clinton
Paul Turner
John Kasper
Jerney
Supreme Court
Boy Scouts Open Jamboree at Valley Forge
Officials formally opened the fourth National Jamboree at Valley Forge Pa amid flag raising and a color guard. More than 51,000 Scouts gathered as national and international flags were raised on the historic site. The opening featured a flag ceremony with youths from Chester County and nearby councils, followed by a day of tours, archery, boating, and demonstrations. Vice President Nixon was slated to attend the evening pageant.
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Valley Forge
America's Boy Scouts
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Richard Nixon
Valley Forge Park
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Beckley Area Events and Venues Listings Update
After 6 P. M. softball Intercity 6 30 p m at Pinecrest. Babe Ruth baseball at Harry Lewin Field City Park 1 21 By-Pass minor league Elks Stadium near State Police HQ 9-21 By-Pass Warren Williams Woodrow Wilson High School Stadium Park Ave Beckley Little League Elms Stadium. Parks amusements Little Beaver Park swimming boating dancing and picnic area off Route 21. Daniels Grandview State Park scenic views New River Gorge caves and picnics off Routes 9-21 at Daniels miniature golf driving range Little Beaver Road archery behind Beckley Mount Hope Airport bowling Elite Bowling Alley 325 Neville St starting Monday roller skating Stamford MacArthur Rink theatres Beckley Zombies of Mora Tau and The Man Who Turned to Stone Lyric Hell s Crossroads Beckley Open Air The Creature Walks Among Us Star of India Crab Orchard Drive In Destination Moon Brimstone Mountain Air Drive In Glen Jean Boom Town Doctor at Sea club meetings Beckley Rotary Club to meet at 6 13 p m.
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Harry Lewin
Minorague
Elks Stadium
Warren Williams
Woodrow Wilson High School
Park Ave
Beckley
Elms Stadium
Little Beaver Park
Daniels
Grandview State Park
New River Gorge
Little Beaver Road
Beckley- Mount Hope
Neville St
Stamford
MacArthur Rink
Mora Tau
Hell's Crossroads
India
Crab Orchard Drive
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