Southern Democrats Clash Over Stevenson Loyalty Pledges
Amid Chicago loyalty pledges for the Democratic ticket, Southern states show split stances on Adlai Stevenson. South Carolina Virginia and Louisiana leaders refuse to pledge. Virginia and Mississippi factions debate seating, conventions reschedule, and potential Eisenhower entry. Governor Byrnes and others weigh paths as regional divisions test party unity.
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Atlanta
Chicago
South
Adlai Stevenson
Minnos
South Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
John Battle
State Central Committee
William M. Tuck
Democratic
Robert Kennon
Democratic State Central Committee
Mississippi
Eisenhower
Sam Lumpkin
Tupelo
TJ. Tubb
West Point
Stevenson
Hugh” White
Georgia
Herman Tallmadge
Uneasy Peace Follows Fierce Battle Monday
At Allis-Chalmers Terre Haute plant a second AFL invasion failed to materialize as about 150 pickets faced off with UAW lines. Eight injured, one critically, after AFL CIO and operating engineers clashed with UAW during a strike over pay and union shop. Plant manager barred then permitted entry after mayoral intervention. defense materials plant seen as vital to public safety.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United Auto Workers
Allis-Chalmers
AFL
AFL International Union of Operating Engineers
Jons
Cniun
Ralph Packer
Carson
Frank Tiddle
Riddle
Arthur Ingles
CLO
CIO
John Marlin
Paris
Afl-International Union of Operating Engineers
UAW
Tucker
Home Towners Cheer Democratic Nominees in Primaries
The AP reports Stevenson and Sparkman campaigned in Springfield with about 25 000 supporters. Eisenhower and Nixon pressed ahead with campaign plans in Denver and Whittier. Texas Democrats renominated Gov Shivers and Atty Gen Daniel for Senate as Dies leads a large field for congressman at large amid a possible runoff.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Stevenson
Springfield
Illinois
Alabama
Denver
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Sen
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Butler
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Whittier College Stadium
Texas
Allan Shivers
Atty
Price Daniel
U. S
Rep
Martin Dies
House Committee On Un-American Activities
John Lee Smith
Aluminum Strike Averted Ends Tug of War on Economy
A last minute settlement averted a 15 000 steel workers strike at nine Aluminum Company of America plants. The deal plus faster steel production kept the nation’s economy on firm footing, with wage gains to workers and a modified union shop in new contracts. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp workers also reached a wage pact affecting 5000 employees.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
WSB
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser
Weather forecast for West Virginia region varies by area
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows 56 to 60 in the north and 60 to 65 in the south. Wednesday brings generally fair and moderately warm conditions. Extended forecast through July 30 to August shows near normal temperatures with cooler nights and chances of showers Thursday and again Saturday, about half to three quarters of an inch total. notes normal temps for West Virginia at 74 north and 73 south.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Oak Hill High
Tam
Coddy
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Widow Arrested As Burglar Aide
Butler, Pa. widow Roberta Wright, 28, confessed burglar’s lookout and aide, facing 22 burglary charges for helping her husband Millard Wright commit crimes across four states. Wright, who gained fame in 1987 for prefrontal lobotomy, killed himself in jail after arrest in Pittsburgh.
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Butler
Millard P. Wright
Roberta Wright
Paul A Rittelmann
Wright
Probation Plea Rejected for Crab Orchard Miner Roby Long
Roby Long, a Crab Orchard miner serving two one year jail terms for involuntary manslaughter, has had probation denied by Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery. He was convicted by a jury for the Christmas Eve 1950 highway death of Marion Lethco. Appeals to the Raleigh County Circuit Court and State Supreme Court were denied.
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Roby Long
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Long
Marion Lethco
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Stock Market Steady Gains In Motors And Utilities Shares
New York steady but quiet trading saw gains in motors utilities radio television oils and building materials with mixed results elsewhere. Hupp Corp traded heavily down slightly after an opening rise. it declared a 10 cent dividend the first since 1930. Major movers included Republic Steel Chrysler Woolworth Radio Corp American Bosch Santa Fe and Standard Oil NJ while Bethlehem Steel American Smelting Air Reduction and Southern Railway eased.
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New York
Hupp Corp
Republic
Steel
Chrysler
Woolworth
Radio Corp
American Bosch
Santa Fe
Standard Oil
Bethlehem Steel
American i Smelting
Air Reduction
Southern Railway
Associated Press
Feud Flares As Armed Men Roam Mercer Roadways
Revelations of the Howerton Blankenhip feud spread across Lamar Hollow and Mercer County as bands of armed men roamed the valley last night. Two Howerton cousins were reported injured in earlier gunfire, while no deaths were confirmed. Howard Howerton and Luther Howerton face civil and criminal actions amid cross‑county tensions. Police investigated reports of gunfire in a spring water area tied to the Blankenhips.
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Buunrin
Joey
Lamar Hollow Mountain
Howerton
L. E. King
Paceton
Lemar Collieries
Nora
Mercer County
Howard
Harrison
eHorts
Hawerton
Perty
Howard Howerton
Luther
Wyoming County
Lamar Hollow
Concord He Man's outing draws 500 at Athens W VA
About 500 people including Governor Patterson are expected Wednesday for the Concord He Man's Association annual outing at Mercer Healing Springs. The event, aimed at boosting Concord College, features games, a steak dinner, friendship renewals and initiation of new members. In Clarksburg M H Altare reports Thomas Gerald Steele recaptured after escaping a prison road camp near Gypsy Harrison County. He faced grand larceny charges at the Moundsville penitentiary. Funeral services were held for Edwin R Kingsley, 74, former president of Lions International and ex state legislator, Parkersburg.
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Athens
W. Va
Pattesor
Concord
Mercer Healing Springs
Concord College
Clarksburg
M. H. Altare
Thomas
Gerald Steele
Mason County
Steele
Gypsy
Harrison County
Moundsville
Parkersburg
Li Intérnational
Edwin R. Kingsley
Kingsley
Lions
West
Richmond and Oak Ridge Newspapers Endorse Ike Nixon Ticket
The Richmond News Leader endorsed Eisenhower Nixon as the first Richmond paper to back a Republican presidential ticket since 1896. It praised change and a fresh approach while criticizing Democratic candidate Stevenson as leftward. The Oak Ridge Oak Ridger also endorsed Eisenhower, citing GOP convention deals and Kefauver’s handling, urging a broad, hopeful November vote despite local ties to the current administration.
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Richmond
Waitt
Independent
Richmond News Leader
The
News Leader
Oak
D. Eisenhower
Oak Ridge
TenniRidger
Oak Ridger
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Sandstone Man Jailed After Bass Price Dispute
Warren W. Richmond was arrested by conservation officers in Sandstone for possessing five short bass at a total $98 plus costs. Fishing without a license added $2 per fish, bringing the total to $21.60 per fish, and he received a one day jail sentence after appearing before Magistrate W. O H. Humphries.
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Sandstone
Warren W. Richmond
W. O H. Humphries
Proreso Tocade
Garland Shaver
Richmond
Drought Worst In 17-Year Period Richmond District Hardest Hit
Raleigh County faces the worst drought in at least 17 years, with Richmond District hardest hit as drought conditions threaten cattle feed and garden crops. Agriculture agent H B Thomas warns of the need for careful irrigation and notes summers, Greenbrier, Monroe and Mercer counties suffer severely while showers fail to replenish soil moisture.
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Richmond
Bryce Rucker
Raleigh
H. B. Thomas
Thomas
Greenbrier
Munroe
Mercer
Bob Dwight
Raleigh Register
Fayette
Wyoming
Raymond
Bennett
Mond
Ben Wilmath
Beckley Gardner
Dwight
Mass Ban Sparks Catholic Priest Service Ban in Romney
An American Legion official in Romney said a Catholic priest was barred from Legion hall due to a misunderstanding. The hall had not been formally organized and was reportedly planned for refinishing. Father Kenneth River held Mass on the lawn for about 100 people as talks continue to arrange use of Springfield school for services.
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Kenneth River
Legion Hall
John C. Ailes
Singleton
Legion 1
Father Rizer
Church of the Assumption
Keyser
Hampshire Post -91
Romney
Potomac River
Springfield
Mec
King Farouk and Family Arrive in Naples Harbor
King Farouk and family reach Naples aboard the royal yacht Mahroussa shortly after noon local time. The four million dollar vessel tied up 70 feet from the U.S.S. Adirondack, flagship of Admiral Robert B. Camby, commander of NATO forces in Southern Europe. The yacht had earlier anchored off Capri with substantial baggage transferred ashore.
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King Farouk
Naples
Italy
Egypt
Farouk
Capri
Bay of
U.S.S. Adirondack
U.S
Robert Bi jCamey
NATO
Europe
Court May Build Home For Airport Manager
Raleigh County Court weighs building a five unit home for Memorial Airport manager to save night watchman salary. Jury action looms for Emery and Kermit Johnson on felonious assault charges after Roy Derringer fractured skull at 12 O Clock High tavern. Court reviews bids for liability insurance and assigns deadlines as tax books return to the assessor.
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Grand
Emery Johnson
Kermit Johnson
Lanark
J. E. Mays
Roy Derringer
Bailey Ave
Derringer
Raleigh General Hospital
Mays
Itrwas
Jack A. Nuckols
S. H. Bridge
Beckley
Civil Aeronautics Administration
The
Home Insurance Agency
Howard Phipps Insurance Agency
R. BD. Watts Insurance Agency,Inc
J. S. Fisher
G C. Murphy Company
Marriage Ceremony Performed In Jail In Raleigh County
In Raleigh County Jail yesterday Magistrate J P Meadows performed two marriages uniting Ray Arnett Peters 23 and Ruth Adele Smith 20 both of Beckley Peters had been sentenced in the June Term of Criminal Court to one to 10 years in the State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to indictments for conspiracy and breaking and entering the conspiracy charges stemmed from cutting P and P telephone wires at two locations in Raleigh County during the strike Peters is the son of Mr and Mrs R L Peters and she the daughter of Roy C Smith and Mrs Carrie Parker.
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Raleigh County
J. P. Meadows
Ray Arnett Peters
Ruth Adele Smith
Beckley
Army to Call Nurses and Specialists Next Spring
The Army announced it will recall and enlist 500 nurses and 125 women medical specialists next February, March, and April. This move expands the medical corps as the service signs new personnel to bolster healthcare staffing in upcoming months.
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ARMY
Washington
Tee's Son in Korea Arrives for Combat Duty
Seoul Korea II Maj Eisenhower son of the Republican presidential candidate has arrived in Korea for combat duty.
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Tee
Korea
Seoul
Eisenhower
Supreme Court Sought In Libel Case Involving Sheriff Mills
Beckley Newspapers faces libel action over Raleigh Register editorials. Judge Meredith referred the suit to the West Virginia Supreme Court after upholding a special plea claiming privilege. Attorneys for both sides agreed to seek a Supreme Court decision, with next term in September. Sheriff Okeys A Mills is the defendant and circuit judge Ashworth disqualified himself.
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Meredith
Mills
Leo Birch
Benjamin Tissue
Supreme Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Hbel
West Virginia Supreme Court Ln
Ernest Bailey
Charleston Daily Mail
Corporaton
Herbert A. Stansbury
Fletcher Mann
Beckley Newspaper Corporation
Circuit Court
Ben H. Ashworth
Sheriff Mills
Fayette Men Escape Injury In Collision
Fayette County employees in a head on collision with an Ohio vehicle at Prince were uninjured. The damaged truck had carpenters aboard. another truck from Fayetteville was sent, and workers returned to duties at Quinnimont Negro Elementary School.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Maintenas
Ohio
Prince
E. R. Vawter
Fayetteville
Quinnimont Negro Elementary School
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