Stevenson Parade Sparks Delegates to Back Stevenson
Delegates harbored hope for an upset as Adlai Stevenson led a dramatic march into the convention hall. Some Kennedy supporters softened, while others cheered Stevenson amid a 20 minute display of music and banners. State Party Chairman Hulett Smith wore an Adlai pin and pledged to vote Stevenson, despite earlier Kennedy leanings. Senator Byrd watched the crowd, calling the demonstration tremendous and hopeful it might curb Kennedy’s momentum.
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Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
W. T. Brotherton
Charleston
West Virginia Standard
Hulett C. Smith
R. D. Bailey
Smith
Massachusetts
Robert C. Byrd
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
Brotherton
Kennedy's 761 vote path to platform victory in LA
Democrats name their presidential candidate with Sen. John F. Kennedy near a first ballot win. Kennedy trails by 18 votes from the 761 needed as convention roars over a strong civil rights platform while opponents plot second ballot strategy. Stevenson makes an unannounced floor appearance as delegates react with excitement.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai E
Stevenson
Kennedy
Dixie
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Sam Rayburn
Johnson
James T. Blair Jr
Missouri
Symington
Sen. A. S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Illinois
West Virginia Armory Funding Approved by Ike
President Eisenhower signed a bill funding seven West Virginia armories for the current fiscal year. National Guard armories in Elkins, Hinton, Montgomery, Spencer, and Charleston receive $157,000 to $250,000 each, while Bluefield and Clarksburg Army Reserve sites get $157,000 and $289,000 respectively. The total military construction appropriation reaches $994,855,000.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Eisenhower
National Guard
Elkins
Hinton
Montgomery
Spencer
Army Reserve
Bluefield
Clarksburg
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Readout
Increasing cloudiness warm today with highs in the 80s and upper 70s in the mountains. Showers and scattered thunderstorms develop this afternoon or tonight with lows in the 60s. Thursday remains warm and humid with more showers and storms then cooler later. highs in the 80s northern and southern zones. Extended outlook cools Thursday and Friday then rising temperatures by Monday with showers totaling 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Beckley yesterday high 82 low 60s. Oak Hill high 83 low 61. River gauges Greenbrier normal and clear. New gauge 2.2 ft. Lake normal and clear with 2.4 gates open.
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W. Va
Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Kennedy Must Win Early or Lose Nomination Says Local Experts
Raleigh County insiders weigh Kennedy blitz strategy at the Democratic Convention. Beckley observers say a quick win is crucial or Kennedy could lose momentum or face a vice presidential bid if defeated early. Supporters predict Kennedy on first ballot, while others favor Stevenson or Adlai to emerge. Republican chair Truman Sayre notes uncertainty as ballots are counted.
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Beckley
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Register
Spo
Okey A. Mills
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Adlai Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Joe L. Smith
Democratic
Hulett C. Smith
Truman L. Sayre
Republican Executive Committee
Stevenson
W. A
Gene” Burke
Form
Accused Slayer Of Grear Death After Gun Battle
Michael Fekecs a Hungarian refugee accused of murdering six persons lay in a coma after a police gun battle on a Union New Jersey dirt road. He fired at two officers before being shot by Patrolman Walter Leamy. Authorities linked him to killings in Highland Park and on a North Brunswick estate.
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UNION
Michael Fekecs
Fekees
Walter Leamy
Highland Park
Middlesex County
Edward J. Dolan
Felecs
North Brunswick
Elizabeth General Hospital
Fekecs
Democrat Platform in Brief
Los Angeles AP reports the Democratic National Convention adopted a platform outlining foreign policy to restore strength for leadership in world peace and economy. It calls for rebuilding military power, deterring aggression, reducing foreign trade barriers, and promoting U S economic growth by ending tight money, curbing inflation, and aiding struggling regions.
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Los Angeles
National Defense
World Trade
U.S
Nat
Southern effort fails to strike civil rights plank at convention
In Los Angeles the Democratic National Convention adopted a 15,000 word platform after a Southern bid to strike the civil rights plank. Gov. Leroy Collins, as chair, ruled the South’s proposal defeated then moved to adopt the full platform amid cheers and catcalls. The document assailed the Eisenhower administration while pledging to bolster American defense and policy.
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Los Angeles
White House
Leroy Collins
Collins
Eisenhower
America
Radar scientist Halpern wins top defense honor in LA
In Los Angeles a leading radar inventor, Dr. Otto Halpern, will receive a high Defense Department medal from Rear Adm. Walter F. Rodee at UCLA. The honor follows an 18 year fight for recognition and a $340,000 settlement last year. Halpern's thin rubber like coating with metallic flakes helped U.S. forces dodge enemy radar in World War II and the Korean conflict.
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Walter F. Rodee
11Th Naval Dist. Air Bases
Otto Halpern
Defense Department
University of California At
Los Angeles
Dr. Halpern
Halpern
U.S
Defense
Neil McElroy
Vienna
Two Men Clash Over Religion in Carthouse Yard
In a heated argument in the carthouse yard yesterday two men exchanged curses over religion. They planned to write about their dispute and seemed ready to die for their beliefs, a stark reminder of how strongly faith can divide people.
Congo Rejects Troops Aid Prefers UN Support
United States rejects sending troops to Congo but offers technicians financial aid and potential planes and ships to speed a UN force. Dag Hammarskjold plans to move UN observers from Palestine to Congo to assist reorganizing its army. Belgian parachutists clear Leopoldville airport killing one soldier wounding others. three civilians hurt.
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United States
Congo
New African Republic
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Palestine
Leopoldville
Cleveland
Walton Hills
Ford Motor Co
Bible Salesman Held In Death Of Coed
Police in Los Angeles hold Raymond W. Clemmons a 36 year old San Quentin parolee and Bible salesman after he admits strangling Nina T Thoeren 19. Detectives link him to the Bouncing Ball killer case with seven other strangulations under investigation. Clemmons says he offered a ride and identified himself as the killer, the ball hidden in the glove compartment.
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Los Angeles
Raymond W. Clemmons
San Quentin
Nina T. Thoeren
Robert T. Thoeren
Clemmons
Pickets Threaten To Halt Beckley Building Boom
Labor dispute in Beckley escalates as pickets halt or threaten to halt multiple construction sites. The $285,000 Child Care Center on Route 21 saw workers walk off, while Armory Civic Center plans and other projects face planned picketing. Wipperman Construction and Foley Construction report active or halted work. Basile N. Meadows projects targeted. R. E. Myers, AFL-CIO consultant, warns of planned lines at key sites.
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Beckley
Route 21
Cranberry School
Armory Civic Center
R. E. Myers
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
Washington
The
Register
Wipperman Construction Co
Johnstown Road
Basile N. Meadows
Afl-Cio Union
Raleigh County Bank
Raleigh County Health Center
Harper Road
Foley Construction Co
Valley Drive
Princeton
Medical Research Measure Signed in Newport
President Eisenhower signed a law creating an international medical research program. It would be financed mainly by U S foreign currencies earned from surplus farm commodities exported abroad.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Democrats Debates and Rift Roil Convention Ceiling
The piece portrays Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy in a cordial debate that hints at mutual respect, while convention delegates clash over civil rights. The crowd gathers around camera crews and Roosevelt Jr. amid a tense scene as party unity strains under fresh partisan friction.
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Saul Peu
LOS Angeles
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
United States Doubtful on Freeing Two Airmen in Soviet Trial
Washington says Khrushchev will likely use the July 1 RB47 incident to press his anti base policy. The U.S. demanded the release of 1st Lt. John R. McKone and 1st Lt. F. B. Olmstead, while the Russians claim to hold the pilot’s body and three crew members remain missing.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Ural Mountains
Arctic
Kola Peninsula
John R. McKone
Tonganoxie
Kan
F. B. Olmstead
Elmira
N.Y
Safe As Jet Plane Explodes Over Florida Everglades
An Air Force Stratojet bomber on a training flight from Homestead Air Force Base exploded in the Florida Everglades during May. All three crew members parachuted to safety. pilot Maurice E. Saunders and navigator Lt. William J. Vaughn were recovered, Vaughn with a broken arm, and copilot Capt. C. N. Davison was found later. The bomber belonged to the 19th Bomb Wing at Homestead.
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Clewiston
Fla
Florida Everglades
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
Maurice E. Saunders
Ilwaco
Wash
William J. Vaughn
Ottumwa
Iowa
Coast
Vaughn
C. N. Davison
Brooklyn
Mich
Homestead
Rotary song leader asks club to sing for conventions
Charleston AP report says Robert S. Hall, song leader, urged Charleston Rotary Club members to stand and sing No 58 from the Rotary song book, dedicating it to the two political conventions. The line referenced is titled Hear the winds we.
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Charleston
S. C
Robert S. Hall
Charleston Rotary Club
Rotary
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