West Va Cancer Control Program Faces Funding Problems
The West Virginia Health Department warns its cancer control program is near cash strain after 95,000 dollars yearly allocations with 30,000 federal aid. A five percent reserve may cut 4,750 dollars, prompting tighter screening of roughly 100 monthly financial assistance requests signed by physicians and prepared under department standards.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Marland
D. L. Gainer
Anne Rouse
Health Department
Cancer Control Division
New West Virginia plane makes first official visit to Memorial Airport
The $70,000-plus Aero Commander twin-engine plane visited Memorial Airport in Charleston on Monday for a conference with Conservation Commissioner Carl Johnson in attendance. A. E. France, named executive pilot for the State Aeronautics Commission, will fly governors and officials. The seven passenger craft, the 153rd of its kind, was bought to shorten travel time and reduce state car use, featuring blue and gold colors, heat-reflecting white paint, a State seal on the fuselage, and an automatic pilot for single-pilot operation.
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West Virginia
Memorial Airport
Carl Johnson
Charleston
Oklahoma City
A. E. France
State Aeronautics Commission
France
Conservation Commission
Board of Public Works
Airliners report buzzed by unidentified jets off Hainan Island
Reports from Hong Kong state three airline pilots encountered jet fighters off Red-held Hainan. Pan Am and Air India pilots said they were escorted or buzzed by U.S. or unknown jets about 80 to 100 miles off Hainan. one Air France Constellation described the intruders as resembling MIGs. A British airliner was shot down Friday. U.S. planes later shot at two Chinese fighters near the area amid a looming protest note to Peiping.
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Hong Kong
Hainan
U.S
Pan American World Airways
Hamid Misty
Air India
Bangkok
United States
Jack R. Brugger
Paris
Air France
Brugger
Misty
Tourane
Indochina
Saigon
Tokyo
Kaitak
Max C. Weber
Great Barrington
Mass
Washington
China
Congress
Peiping
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Capitol Hill
Part of Indochina War Concluded
The French and the Vietminh halted firing in part of Indochina as the Geneva armistice took effect in North Vietnam at 8 a.m. local time. The cease-fire was to spread to Central Vietnam Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam on set dates, with Hanoi and Red River delta seeing prior conduct. Vietminh forces pressed surrounding posts to discourage desertions as truce began. no large-scale combat reported near the deadline.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Red River
Southeast Asia
Laos
Cambodia
South
Virginia and West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
The forecast calls for a fair night with lows 52 to 58 degrees and a Wednesday of mostly sunny skies with little temperature change. Extended forecast shows near normal to slightly above normal temperatures through Sunday, warmer early then cooling later, light total rainfall and a chance of showers Saturday, with normal temps around 74 in the North and 75 in the South.
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W. VA
Opposition to Beckley Water Franchise Sees Meeting Tonight
Citizens from Harper Road area back a petition led by Oppie L. Hedrick Beckley attorney opposing renewal of the 1904 franchise with the Beckley Electric Light and Power Company The council meeting will include a public hearing with Invocation by Rev J B F Yoak and Acting Mayor Clarence Bibb presiding.
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Beckley Water Company
Oppie L. Hedrick
Beckley
Hedrick
Harper Road
J. B. F. Yoak
New
Methodist Temple
Clarence Bibb
Elmer L. Davis
Mercer Set for Wyco Man Sentencing in Grand Larceny Case
Lewis Marion Hall of Wyco, to appear September 1 in Mercer County Criminal Court for sentencing on his guilty plea to grand larceny. Hall was returned to Raleigh County Jail by State Police and had been charged with the June robbery of a college student in Matoaka, with another June 14 tavern robbery case pending in Raleigh County Court.
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Lewis Marion Hall
Wyco
Mercer County Criminal Court
Hall
Raleigh County
Matoaka
Raleigh County Criminal Court
MacArthur Hill
School Teacher Sued By Four Taxpayers in West Virginia
Four Upshur County taxpayers file suit in circuit court to recover 2610 dollars paid to Mildred Cochran a Goshen teacher alleging illegal employment without superintendent's recommendation. Plaintiffs Old Loudin Laurel Creek Boyd Hoy Wilson Holly Grove and Charles Cobb Adrian seek return of funds.
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Buckhannon
W.va
Upshur County
Mildred Cochrane
Goshen
Czechs Sentence Bishop and 3 Priests
Berlin reports the Roman Catholic bishop of Litomerice Stepan Trochta was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Czechoslovakia’s Supreme Court on spying charges. Three priests received up to 20 years for aiding him. The dispatch notes Vatican status remains unchanged.
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Berlin
Litomerice
Stepan Trochta
Czechoslovakia
Supreme Court
ADN
Prague
Vatican
Trochta
Bohemia
Triplets Dress Alike for Last Time at Funeral
Detroit mourns polio victim Jeanne Crocenzi as ten year old triplets Judith Joyce and Jeanne Crocenzi prepare to wear identical white nylon blouses and blue and white striped skirts for the funeral today.
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Detroit
Judith
Joyce Crocenzi
Jeanne
Seven Injured in South Point Chemical Plant Blast
An explosion and fire at the Allied Chemical and Dye Co plant in nearby South Point, Ohio, injured seven employees yesterday. Earlier reports had listed three. The State Highway Patrol said none of the seven was seriously hurt, blaming a split cylinder on a compressor.
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Ironton
Ohio
Allied Chemical and Dye Co
South Point
State Highway Patrol
Knowland Accused Demo Says We'll be Here to Thanksgiving
In a grinding all night Senate battle over the atomic bill, Sen. Anderson charged Leader Knowland with filibuster tactics and predicted a long session to Thanksgiving. Morse continued his marathon speech while Knowland threatened further measures if protests persisted, aiming to delay private power contracts and study the domestic section.
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Demo
Washington
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Senate
Sen
Morse
Indore
Capitol
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley
Britain Accepts Apology Seeks Action After Aerial Gunplay
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill and cabinet discussed the Hainan incident where U S carrier planes shot down two Red fighters. A crowd gathered outside 10 Downing Street underscored the seriousness. Britain will accept China’s apology, demand pilot discipline, and seek measures to prevent future attacks.
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Churchill
Hainan Island
Downing St
Hainan
U.S
U.S. State Department
Washington
Roger Makins
Dulles
Foreign Office
Man 74 and girl 21 seek marriage license in Raleigh County
A 74-year-old Killarney man, Joe Carter, and 21-year-old May Bell Clark, also of Killarney, applied for a marriage license this morning at the Raleigh County clerk's office. Carter said he was born February 15, 1880, in Louisiana. Clark was born May 27, 1933, at Colburg and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark of Killarney.
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Killarney
Joe Carter
May Bell Clark
Raleigh County
Carter
Louisiana
Miss Clark
Coalburg
James Clark
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Open to Public in Beckley
Two Baltimore speakers are set to address the Beckley Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 p.m on Wednesday in Room 10 of the Memorial Building. A spokesman said that non members with alcoholic problems will be welcome at the meeting.
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Baltimore
Beckley Chapter of
Alcoholics Anonymous
Memorial Building
McCarthy Defends Rules as Critics Press GOP Probes
Sen McCarthy testified prepared remarks to a Senate Rules subcommittee reviewing investigation rules. He voiced dismay at some Republican critics while defending the committee and its powers, arguing Congress must probe improprieties despite White House sensitivities.
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Thy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Senate Rules
Senate
Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
White House
Executive Department
Washington
Congress
Rules
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Truman
Congressional
McCarthy warns of executive secrecy and legislature clash
Senator McCarthy voices dismay at colleagues who accept executive power to withhold key information from congressional committees. He cites a White House order restricting officials from discussing Army hearings and denounces both sides’ censorship. He says the executive has increasingly attacked the legislature and pledges to fight.
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Executive
McCarthy
White House
Eisenhower
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Justice Department
Army
Raleigh Baptist Association Session Opens at Sophia
The 82nd Raleigh Baptist Association session opened at Sophia First Baptist Church this morning and runs through Wednesday. Moderator Rev. Everett W. Powers chaired the opening at 10 a.m. with a talk on The Test of Discipleship. Speakers included Rev. B. L. Jones and Dr. Shirley Donnelly.
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Raleigh Baptist Association
Sophia First Baptist Church
Everett W. Powers
B. L. Jones
Calloway Heights
Shirley Donnelly
Crab Orchard
Donnelly
Norman Harless
Mabscott Baptist Church
Harless
Richard Shearer
Alderson-Broaddus College
Woodrow Garrett
Best Baptist Church
H. C. Stafford
Ghent Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Alvin J. Cook
Beckley First Baptist Church
Oscar J. Burnside
First Baptist Church
Athens
Virginian Plea Denied by State Corporation Commission
The State Corporation Commission denied Virginian Railway permission to discontinue all passenger service in Virginia. Three SCC commissioners split on Roanoke to Norfolk and Roanoke to Page WV routes, with two urging improved service and one recommending total discontinuation due to costly losses. The panel noted the railroad’s coal focus and minimal attention to passenger traffic.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginian Railway
SCC
Roanoke
Norfolk
Page
W. Va
Rail Damage Suit Opens in Federal Court
A brakeman from Ghent Roy Applegate sues Virginian Railway in federal court seeking damages for personal injuries he says occurred in Bud Wyoming County when a fall over a rail and lubricant flange caused leg injuries. The railway defense notes the carrier’s coal haul from Norfolk to Deepwater with about 200 prior trips along the same route.
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Roy Applegate
Ghent
Bud
Wyoming County
Applegate
Norfolk
Deepwater
Woman Driver Drowns After Traffic Mishap
Miss Harriett A. Elliott of New Castle Pennsylvania 74 drowned when her car plunged over a roadside park bank into the Ohio River Arlie Davis of Middleport 29 followed her car on Ohio 7 and struck its rear fender causing the plunge Davis tried to save her but could not Miss Elliott was returning home from a visit in Huntington West Virginia
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Harriett A. Elliott
New Castle
Ohio River
Arlie Davis
Middleport
Miss Elliott
Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Rhee Sees No Peaceful Way To Aid Korea
President Syngman Rhee of South Korea said after meetings with President Eisenhower that there is no possibility of unifying Korea by peaceful means. He described talks as very interesting and likened them to a family discussion, noting both leaders were not pursuing their own causes.
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Rhee
Korea
Washington
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Eisenhower
Far East
Panmunjom
Fuel Resources Study Urged by Gov. John Fine
Harrisburg reports Gov John S Fine urged a national fuel resources study. Senator Guy Corder was asked to lead, following a unanimous governors resolution at Bolton Landing to survey fuels for potential wartime needs. The request aims to preempt fuel shortages amid possible wartime rationing.
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Harrisburg
U. 5
Guy Corder
Oregon
Senate Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
John S. Fine
Fine
Bolton Landing
N. Y
Cordon
Fred Kellman Injured In Fall From Bridge
A construction worker on the West Virginia Turnpike was treated at Beckley Hospital after falling from a bridge. Fred Kellman, 52, of Beckley, was admitted with injuries to his left wrist back and a facial chin laceration. He works for Gannett Fleming Cordrey and Carpenter.
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West Virginia
Beckley Hospital
Fred Kellman
Beckley
Kellman
Gannett, Fleming, Cordrey and Carpenter
Friend of Missing Security Chief Takes Own Life
In Berlin an American counterintelligence captain, ally of missing West German security chief Otto John, shot himself in his billet near the Army hospital. He died en route, with identity withheld pending family notification. Officials denied disloyalty rumors and praised his integrity amid John’s disappearance becoming public.
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Berlin
Otto John
Counter- Intelligence Corps
Army
U.S
John
Federal Office For Protection of the Constitution
Statehood Measures Off Congress Agenda
Congress moved Hawaii and Alaska statehood off the current session agenda. The House Rules Committee rejected sending separate House and Senate bills to conference. The House had backed statehood for Hawaii while the Senate approved statehood for both Hawaii and Alaska.
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Congress
Washington
Hawaii
Alaska
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Stock Market Opens Higher in Early New York Trading
U S Steel started at 54 percent gains on a block of 14,000 shares and held near that level. General Motors showed activity and edged up about one point. Boeing showed a similar pattern with initial selling pressure continuing from the previous day.
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New York
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Boeing
Federal Jury Frees Zafteratos and Wite
Beckley couple Bill and Bes sie Zaferatos were acquitted of immigration law charges after a brief jury deliberation. The trial centered on inducing and transporting an alien, with the court later dismissing that count. Meanwhile Gus Zaferatos, detained as an alleged illegal entrant, shares a bustling Beckley Hospital birth with his American citizen son born at 12:20 p.m. The unusual case links a deportation threat to a newborn's citizenship status.
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Bill
Bessie Zaferatos
Zaferatos
United States
Constantinos
Gus
Gus) Zaferatos
Can
Gus Zaferatos
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