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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1955

Page

8

Reds Friendly Views Aren't Heard at Home

AP analysis notes Soviet propaganda creates foreign warmth toward Geneva while domestic media shape fear and distrust. Khrushchev and others praise détente abroad but Pravda, Smena, and Moscow radio cast western interference as the real obstacle to peace, with no public view of easing tensions for Soviet citizens.

William L. Ryan Russia Geneva Moscow Kremlin West Communist Party Nikita S. Khrushchev Eisenhower Moscow Radio Pravda United States Khrushchev Smena Soviet Union Bulganin

Four Powers Move Toward Summit Talks After Potsdam

Geneva and Berlin discussions signal a potential summit to ease Cold War tensions. Key events include Eisenhower Churchill Laniel joint talks, NATO ties with West Germany, and a growing push for a German Austrian settlement and a top level conference.

Geneva United States Soviet Union Britain Stalin West Germany Winston Churchill House of Commons Churchill North Atlantic Alliance NATO F Eisenhower Joseph Laniel France Russia Germany Berlin Austria Indochina Red China NATO Council Paris Bulgaria Vienna V. M. Molotov

UN Leaders Hope For Acceptance Of French Plan

UN delegates and officials at the New York summit welcome Premier Edgar Faure’s proposal to shift funds from armament to development. The plan would create a global fund to aid underdeveloped regions and raise living standards, with debate on which projects and aid methods to pursue.

United Nations N.Y Iu.n Edgar Faure U.N Big Four Eisenhower Faure Geneva Cyro de Freitas-Valle Brazil Washington House Senate

World Prayers Rise Ahead of Four Power Conference

World hopes rise as nations pray for conference easing tensions and guiding to lasting peace. In the United States prayers began in Jewish services and continued in Christian churches with heavier attendance and renewed prayers planned for weekday services. President Eisenhower, who asked for prayers before leaving, added his own.

Associated Press United States Eisenhower Quantico Matthew B. Ridgway Wilson Congress Faisenhower Marine Corps

Iowans Welcome Red Visitors Tours on Farms Begin

Twelve Soviet agricultural chiefs arrived in Des Moines to study a typical Iowa farm. Richard Alleman and Verda run 160 acres with corn, oats, hay, pigs, cattle, and pullets while their children, Bruce and Sherry, join the welcome. The visitors tour Iowa farms through July 30, meet U.S. officials, and plan further stops before Washington.

Des Moines Iowa Richard L. Alleman Slater Verda Allemans Richard Alleman Bruce Sherry Soviet Union Vladimir Matskevich U.S.S.R U.S Des Moines Register and Tribune Boris Sokolov Soviet Ukraine Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota Chicago Woodstock East Lansing Mich California

Russia proposes world conference on trade and aid

Geneva Russia signals plan for a world economic conference to chart a multibillion dollar trade and development program. Premier Bulganin to push idea with Western leaders as diplomats discuss East West trade, possibly including Red China and an expansive ten year plan. Eisenhower Faure Eden likely to back boosting East West trade amid uncertain acceptance of specifics. American officials eye selling agricultural surpluses to the Soviet bloc.

Geneva Russia Bulganinn United States Britain Eden Red China Communist Bloc of Nations Eisenhower Faure

Congress Eyes July 30 Adjourment Amid Social Security Push

House leaders press for a July 30 adjournment with a packed agenda including social security highway minimum wage and housing bills plus votes on airport and atomic ship construction mineral rights and Communications Act amendments. McCormack and Rayburn express optimism while Senate pace remains brisk and Geneva talks loom.

Washington McCormack Massachusetts Martin Rmass Congress Rayburn D-Tex House Senate

Restoration of order will come through men guided by God

At an American Episcopal church in Geneva yesterday the Rev. Gerald B. O Grady urged that history’s restoration and peace will come not by sudden divine action but by men who know who they are and who God is, open to divine guidance.

Washington Sen. Sparkman D-Ala Geneva Sparkman Senate Foreign Relations Committee Eisenhower Britain France Russia Sen. Montony D-Okla Gerald B. O'Grady

Graham Leads 25000 in Prayer at Geneva Conference

Billy Graham addressed nearly 25,000 on the shores of Lake Leman urging the Big Four leaders to lay aside greed and seek God. He called for prayers for enemies and those on opposing sides, saying peace is possible if people pray.

Billy Graham Geneva Lake Leman Graham

One Car Crash Kills Morgantown Youth near Here

A 16-year-old Monongalia County youth, Richard Swisher of near Morgantown, died in a one car highway crash on West Virginia 73 eight miles south of Morgantown. He died in Morgantown hospital at 11:30 p.m. The death is Monongalia County's fourth of the year. Swisher's father Ralph Swisher also died in an auto accident at the same area four years ago.

Morgantown Monongalia County Here R. B. Knndler Richard Swisher W. Va Swisher Ralph Swisher Knadler

Birth of Michael Through Painful Delivery Reported

Nurses watched anxiously as a mother gave birth to Michael weighing six pounds. Doctors noted her breathing improved almost amazingly before she was returned to an iron lung. Mrs Schwartz told her husband it was her most painless birth. the family includes three other boys.

Dallas Edward J. Schwartz Parkland Memorial Hospital Michael Edward Schwartz Michael Mrs. Schwartz Southwestern Medical School Mrs

Plane's Ruins Searched for Cause of Crash

CHICAGO enginee rs examine every instrument of a Braniff Convair wrecked at Midway Airport after clipping a gasoline station sign in fog. Twenty two were killed and 21 injured. Coroner McCarron leads an inquest as Braniff and Civil Aeronautics Board investigate. Plane en route from Dallas to Chicago crashed after flying into an electric sign. Crash crews halted flames within minutes, saving 43 aboard.

Chicago Braniff Midway Airport Cook County Walter McCarron Dallas Civil Aeoonautics Board

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