Algiers Faces Disappointed After Gaulle Cabinet Pick
Algiers shakes with discontent as De Gaulle forms a cabinet few see as a purge of parties. Residents recall 200 days of pressure and blame the new lineup for retaining old hacks including Pfimlin’s figure. The insurgent radio still promises coded messages while Forum Square braces for a fresh demonstration.
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Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Government House
Paris
de Gaulle
Pierre Pfimlin
Jacques Soustelle
France
Forum Square
Eisenhower Dulles Meet Over French Policy and Nuclear Talks
In Washington, President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles planned a major conference to shape policy toward France under de Gaulle and to reply to Khrushchev on nuclear test talks. Officials weigh De Gaulle’s willingness for Allied cooperation and Geneva as a potential neutral venue for expert talks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
White House
Gen
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Britain
Geneva
India
U. S
Moscow
London
Paris
De Gaulle Granted Six Month Emergency Rule in France
The National Assembly approved granting Premier De Gaulle emergency powers to govern by decree for six months by a 322 to 232 vote, sending the measure to the Senate. He sought authority to avert a breakup or civil war and to revise the constitution for a stronger executive amid the current crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Beckley Doctor Elected Presbyterian Synod President
Dr B Richmond of Beckley was elected president of the Synod Men’s Council at Mor ris Harvey College Charleston. The Synod includes Kanawha Bluestone and Greenbrier Presbyteries. AL Walker of Beckley named one of three vice presidents representing Bluestone Presbytery. The Beckley group led with 22 delegates and won a painting by Jack Carroll Huntington.
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Richmond
Beckley
Synod
The
Presbyterian Church
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Kanawha
Bluestone
Greenbrier
AL Walker
Sen. Witherspoon
Christian the Cross
Jack Carroll Huntington
Car Makers UAW Talk Deadlocked After Contract Expiry
Detroit AP reports that Ford Chrysler and GM halted bargaining as UAW workers begin without contracts for the first time in 11 years. Reuther pressed for extensions but companies rejected, with talks tied to proposed two year contracts and small wage bumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Auto Workers
al Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford
Chrysler-Uaw
Summersville Man Fined for Fire at President Hotel
Dana Carte, a Summersville man, was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 2 days in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Cotton White. Arrested by Beckley Police at 9 40 p m Sunday, he faced charges of being drunk and destruction of property after a bed was set on fire at the President Hotel Neville Street. Assistant Fire Chief Otis Lyons said Carte apparently slept and a lit cigarette fell onto the mattress igniting it. He had been in the room since Thursday.
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Summersville
Raleigh County
Cotton White
Dana Carte
Beckley
President Hotel
Neville St
Otis Lyons
Carte
Dorr C. Casto,Drowned in Farm Pond at Morning Dip
Parkersburg attorney and Democrat Congressional candidate Dorr C. Casto, 32, drowned today in a farm pond where he went for a morning swim. The death occurred in the district he sought to represent.
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Parkersburg
Dorr C. Casto
Virginia Weather Forecast With Cooler Temperatures
Cloudy and cooler conditions expected across Virginia with highs in the 70s. Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with overnight lows 48 to 64. Tuesday shows lingering clouds and slightly cooler temperatures. Data from Beckley and Oak Hill reports include yesterday's highs and last night's lows with morning readings and precipitation notes for rivers and Bluestone reservoir.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Bellepa
Greenbrier
Nora Clear
Holiday Death Toll Breaks 1955 Record
Traffic fatalities over the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend rose to 370, a new record for the holiday period. Drownings and other accidents pushed the total to 383, surpassing the National Safety Council forecast and prompting statements from Ned H. Dearborn on efforts to reduce tolls.
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Associated Press
P.m
In &S
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Congress Faces Busy Week After Memorial Day Weekend
Congress returns amid a heavy five day schedule to meet an early August adjournment target. Key actions include pay raises for federal employees, a state agency bill, Defense Department funding, extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, and continuation of current corporate tax rates. The Senate debates the foreign aid bill and Alaska statehood while house action targets labor reform, education, and Defense Department reorganization. Leaders express pessimism about finishing by August 2.
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Washington
Congress
Houte
Defense Department
Defense
House
Senate
Alaska
City to pay hospital bill for jailed Clark
Mayor A. K. Minter said Beckley would cover the hospital bill for W. M. Clark of Sprague who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in the County Jail on May 27 and died May 28. Clark had been jailed on a drunken charge and was not yet brought before a magistrate.
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A. K. Minter
Beckley
W. M. Clark
Sprague
Clark
State Lions Convention Set for Charleston Capital
About 1,000 delegates at the West Virginia Lions meeting concluded with plans for the 1939 Lions International convention to be held in Charleston. District governors named were Hiram King of Charleston W Gordon Eisman of Charles Town and Robert L Upton of Elk Grove. Welch Lions Club won District 29 Governor's Award for outstanding work as President James J Johns of Welch accepted.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Lions International
Charleston
Lions
Hiram King
W. Gordon Eisman
Charles Town
Robert L. Upton
Elk Grove
Welch Lions Club
James J. Johns
Welch
Explosion Devastates Illinois Town Killing Two
A rail tank car blast in Mount Pulaski killed two railroad crewmen and injured one. About 1,000 residents homeless as flames forced evacuation. damage estimated at one million dollars with two other cars threatened. National Guardsmen deployed to prevent looting.
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Mount
Pulaski
Ilinois Central Railroad
National
Winois
Cleveland Man Fined For DD
A Cleveland man, Walter Fred Hampton, was released from Raleigh County Jail after paying a 50 dollar fine and costs to Magistrate Burke on a drunk driving charge. Several other local arrests included Boyd Lilly Jr charged with destruction of property and breach of peace, later withdrawn, plus Darrell Jones jailed on reckless driving and license charges. Beckley police filed multiple new detentions including Tom Webb for drunkenness and probation violation. Richard Sydnor remains jailed awaiting arraignment on a bad check warrant.
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Cleveland, O
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Walter Fred Hampton
Turnpike
Boyd Lilly Jr
Shady Spring
J. E. Mays
Darrell Jones
Saunders Inve
Bryan Cline
Rt. 3
Harper
Beckley
Tom Webb
Albert Adkins
Glen Daniel
Richard W. Sydnor
Fischer Elected to Lead West Virginia Optometrists
Dr. Earl Fischer of Charleston was named president of the West Virginia Optometric Association at a Beckley Hotel Ballroom election. New officers for 1933 59 include Dr. Mason Isiminger of Moundsville first vice president Sr Fred Kremer Morgantown second vice president Dr Gale Hall Willamstown third vice president and Dr Joe Hill Charleston fourth vice president. Dr Lacy Flack of Durbar was reelected secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Fischer
Charleston
West Virginia
Optometric Association
Beckley
Mason Isiminger
Moundsville
Fred Kremer
Morgantown
Gale Hall
Willamstown
Joe Hill
Lacy Flack
Durbar
Rev Eaton Cash on Critical List After Stroke at Pinecrest
The Rev. Eaton Cash of Nitro is listed on the critical list at Beckley Memorial Hospital today in very poor condition. He suffered a stroke at Pinecrest Sanitarium during Sunday services and was admitted to the hospital at 7 pm.
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Eaton Cash
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Cash
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Theft of Typewriter Reported at Raleigh County DPA
Raleigh County deputies investigate the weekend theft of a typewriter from the Department of Public Assistance in Raleigh County Courthouse. The $200 item belonged to Mrs. Maxine Saumate Beckles, DPA employee.
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Raleigh County
Department of Public Assistance
Maxine Saumate
Beckles
DPA
Nixon's California Primary Could Shape 1960 Race
Washington AP reports Vice President Nixon not actively campaigning in California but backing Sen. William Knowland and Gov. candidate Edmund G Brown. Result popularity may influence Nixon's national prospects and GOP support from California delegates for the 1960 Republican National Convention.
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Washington
Nixon
California
Wiliam Knowland
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Knowland
Brown
Turnpike Wreck Hurts 3 Ohioans
Three Ohioans were treated and released from Beckley Hospital after a one car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Milepost 1. Mossey Elmer Osborne driver of the car and Vera Virginia Ward with a broken arm and minor bruises along with her daughter Ann suffered injuries while traveling toward Princeton.
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Beckley Hospital
West Virginia Turnpike
Mossey
Elmer Osborne
Bera. O
Virginia Ward
Bera
Ann
Princeton
Hearing Set On Sigmund Property Adjustment Request
A public hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Tuesday at T.H. p.m. to consider William Ray Sigmund's application for an adjustment and exception to modify provisions of the Planning and Zoning Ordinance. The subject property fronts 7 feet on 109 Sigmund St. and is owned by Sigmund.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
T.H. P.m
William Ray Sigmund
Sigmund St
Sigmund
Shady 4 H Club selects Buddy Pack for Conservation Camp
Shady Spring Tigers 4 H Club member Cool Ridge is chosen to represent Raleigh County at the Conservation Camp to be held June 9 to 14 at Camp Caesar Webster County according to county 4 H agent Clarence Wooten.
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Buddy Pack
Cool Ridge
Shady Spring Tigers
Raleigh County
Camp Caesar
Webster County
Clarence Wooten
Man Jailed On Fighting Count Released On Bond
James F Patterson of Beckley was released from Raleigh County Jail at 7 p.m. Sunday after posting a $500 property bond for Beckley Police Court appearance. He had been jailed at 1:30 a.m. Sunday on drunkenness and fighting charges. Mose Minniefield, with no address listed, must appear in Police Court next Monday night for driving without a license and no registration. He was arrested by City Police at 3:10 a.m. today.
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James F. Patterson
Beckley
Raleigh
Mose Minniefield
Lisued
iDog Clinic at Arnett for Rabies Vaccinations
A dog clinic for anti rabies vaccines will be held at Arnett from 3 to 4 39 p m Tuesday. A spokesman from the Sheriff's office stated the event aims to vaccinate dogs and prevent rabies.
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Arnett
Sheriff's Office
De Gaulle forms coalition French cabinet in Paris
Paris reports Gen Charles de Gaulle heads a six month full powers cabinet with premier and defense minister De Gaulle backed by deputies Guillaumat Pflimlin Mollet Debre Le Jeune Couve de Murville Pinay Pelletier Bertoin and Houphouet-Boigny. The Assembly approves six months of extraordinary powers amid bitter debate and riots as four non Communist leaders chosen by De Gaulle join as deputy premiers.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Pierre Guillaumat
Pierre Pflimlin
Popular Republican
MRP
Guy Mollet
Louis Jacquinot
Independent Republican
Anc
Felix Houphouel-Boigny
African Democratic Rally
RDR
Michel Debre
Social Republican
Max Lejeune
Algeria
Sahara
Maurice Couve de Murville
Antoine Pinay
Paul Bacon
Emil Pelletier
Jean Bertoin
Assembly
France
de Gaille
Pierre Pilimlin
Recreation Board moves to second Monday monthly meetings
The Recreation Board votes to fix the meeting date on the second Monday each month. The change is permanent and starts this month with a June 9 meeting. Beckley Beautiful Committee also schedules to meet June 9. The tonight meeting was postponed to next Monday.
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Recreation Board
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Edwight Juvenile Held After Edwight Shooting
A 16 year old Edwight juvenile is jailed in Raleigh County after arrest at 11 p m Sunday. He is charged with shooting Si meny Mollett 26 of Edwight who is in good condition at Beckley V A Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder. The arresting deputy says the youth shot Mollett because he claimed Mollett was beating his mother.
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Edwight
Raleigh County
Si. Meny Mollett
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mollett
Jurors Dismissed As Circuit Court Sets Schedule
Thirty jurors chosen will report to Circuit Court Tuesday at 1 am after dismissal to ay. Others not picked today return Thursday with no jurors reporting Wednesday. Civil case Ellis Bailey administrator et al v Warren Lee William set for trial. Several cases settled without trial and Raleigh County Court to hold regular meeting June 10 at 10 am.
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Circuit Court
Ellis Bailey
Amos Bailey
Warren Lee William
Wilkes
Monroe Worthington
Walter Griffith
Trail
Annabelle Burruss
Ashton Burruss
T. D. ‘Cochran
J. R. Mills
James Lee Atkins
James Tyree
Arlie R. Lambert
Charles Griffin
Ala Brewer
James Frank Tyree
Wilma Sears
Earl H. Slayton
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Malcolm Harkness
Roy Lee Hunt
Beckley Mobile Homes
Ella Webb Jackson
John Clark
W. A. Peters
Herbert E. Dancy
Robert Condia
David Thomas Cook
Geraldine Jarrell
Milford Cook
Virginia Smith
John Pallares
Raleigh
Stewart Urges WVU Graduates to Engage in Politics
West Virginia University 1953 commencement speaker Dr. Irvin Stewart urged about 1,250 graduates to actively participate in politics. He warned that politics affects daily life and urged support for good leaders, even when unpopular, and suggested some should enter the political arena themselves. Carley Ann Rees led the class with straight A’s, the first to do so since 1935, while Stewart, son of the university president, studied as a Rhodes Scholar and is at Harvard.
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Morgantown
Irvin Stewart
West Virgina University
Stewart
Neapols
Carley Ann Rees
Follansdeg
Richard E. Stewart
England
Harvard
Miss Rees
Dr. Stewart Commencement Address Highlighted
The Register notes Dr. Stewart delivered a timely commencement address regarded as of notable worth. The full text is printed in today’s paper, available on Page 2.
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the Register
Stewart
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Presbyterian Synod
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