U S Atomic Defense Weakness Warned by Panel
An advisory committee led by M. J. Kelly of Bell Labs told the Defense Department that the United States cannot guarantee safety against atomic attack. They urged rapid development of a stronger continental air defense and a robust atomic offensive capability, noting gaps in organization and skeptical of near perfect protection plans.
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Washington
Defense Department Today
The
United States
M. J. Kelly
Bell Telephone Laboratories
North American
Soviet Union
U. S
Kelly Committee
Kelly
Continental
Department of Defense
County Workers at Memorial Airport to Terminate June 30
Raleigh County Court orders termination of four Memorial Airport staff including manager C Harold Hanks and assistant manager Earl Mann as of midnight June 30 1953. The move aims to cut monthly salaries of about 978 and rest on new operation plans for the county airport pending revenue growth.
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Audrey Riff
Raleigh County
Memorial Airport
Raleigh County Court
C. Harold Hanks
Earl Mann
Andrew Durgan
Boyd Hutchinson
Oper
Raleigh County Memorial
Harry E. Anderson
Anderson
Cork
Meter At The Station Pays Off for City Parking
The city meter at the station brings in heavy revenue, with May take totaling 98 dollars. Capt. Millard Tyree notes it fills up in three days, while street meters are emptied weekly. Motorists can pay a nickel at police headquarters within an hour of a ticket to avoid a fine.
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Millard Tyree
President Eisenhower TV address on spending and taxes
President Eisenhower will deliver his first television report to the nation at 8 30 p m EST. Four Cabinet members will appear with him and follow cues from printed cards visible off camera. The message centers on reducing spending without excessive cuts and maintaining higher taxes during perilous times.
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Washington
Eisenhower
People
Death Notice of Everett S Callaway in Huntington
A Beckley woman learned of her brother Everett S Callaway 58 Huntington death when a phone call arrived to say he would visit but instead announced his death. Survivors include two children Janice and Garner Huntington, two sisters Hyla Cravens and Henrietta Payne Huntington, brother R R Callaway Lexington Ky and brother-in-law Ash Mankin Beckley. Born August 10 1895 at Glen Daniel.
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Beckley
R. E. Mullins
Everett S. Callaway
Huntington
Huntington Veterans Hospital
Mullins
Janice
Garner
Hyla Cravens
Henrietta Payne
R. R. Callaway
Lexington, Ky
Ash Mankin
Callaway
Glen Daniel
Beckley Man Philip Wilkes 46 Dies at Home
Philip D Wilkes 46 of Beckley died at 940 p m Tuesday at his home 419 Calloway Street after a long illness He was manager and secretary of Wilkes Insurance Agency Born October 8 1906 in Bluefield he was a son of the late W W Wilkes and Grace Lilly Wilkes He attended Augusta Military Academy Washington and Lee University and Alabama University He was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha Beckley Lodge 95 A F and A M Beckley Chapter 38 R A M Mt Hope Commandry 22 Knights Templar Beni Kedem Temple AAONMS and Beckley Methodist Temple Survived by wife Elizabeth Hornbarger Wilkes one son John Philip Wilkes one daughter Jenny Flo three brothers Wesley James and Lewellyn Wilkes and three sisters Grace Joan and Betty Jane all of Beckley Body at Calfee Funeral Home Services Friday at the Methodist Temple Officiant Rev L D Roe Pallbearers named Graveside rites by Beckley Lodge 95 A F and A M
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Philip D. Wilkes
Beckley Insurance
Calloway St
Wilkes Insurance Agency
Bluefield
W. W. Wilkes
Grace Lilly Wilkes
Beckley
Augusta Military Academy
Washington and Lee University
Alabama University
Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Beck
Phill A. McDaniel II
W. R. Campbell
R. R. Smiley
Ned H. Ragland
I. Wilbur Bays
Beckley Lodge No
A. F. and
A. M
Two Trainmen Killed In Virginia Train Collision
Manassas Virginia authorities report a Washington bound passenger train plowed into a standing freight train near Manassas. Two Southern Railway crew members died, ten passengers were shaken up, the engineer and fireman were crushed in the locomotive wreck. Freight crewmen in the caboose escaped by jumping free.
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Manassas
Virginia
Southern Railway
Ouster of Greedy Doctors Favored
NEW YORK in a speech after his installation AMA President Dr Edward J McCormick of Toledo urged ridding the profession of a small minority of unethical physicians he said numbered about five percent of the nation's 214000 doctors. He noted mediation committees in 48 states to hear patient complaints and asked county medical societies to expel unethical physicians.
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New York
American Medical Association
Edward J. McCormick
Toledo
AMA
Coronation Broadcasts Spark Race To Air Films Worldwide
New York reports CBC first to show coronation films in North America ahead of CBS and NBC in an air race to Goose Bay with Canberra bomber deliveries. London coverage follows Queen Elizabeth II touring London neighborhoods with the Duke of Edinburgh as crowds cheer in Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. Across the Commonwealth, celebrations spread from Britain to Kenya, Malaya, Korea, and beyond as the Queen’s six week coronation journey begins.
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New York
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC
NBC
CBS
United States
Goose Bay
Labrador
CBC
Britain
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth
London
Old Bow
Buckingham Palace
Destiny
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Queen
Korea
Kenya
Dyak
North Borneo
Brittan
Malaya
Burned MacAlpin Youth In Critical Condition
Garland Wayne Grubb Jr., 10, of MacAlpin, is in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after a gas explosion in the Soak Creek home of James A Farley. He was visiting his uncle and suffered burns to both arms and legs and the face. Fire Chief Frank Lovell said investigators are probing the basement blast cause. Damages, due to smoke and fumes, are estimated at $1,000.
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Garland Wayne Grubb Jr
MacAlpin
Beckley Hospital
Soak Creek
James A. Farley
Garland Gubb
Frank Lovell
Sophia Fire Department
Farley
West Virginia Weather Report Summary
West Virginia forecast shows fair conditions tonight with lows around 42 in the east and 50 to 56 in the west. Thursday brings some cloudiness with highs between 76 and 86. Beckley and Oak Hill report yesterday’s highs and lows, with river stage readings at Bellep Greenbrier and New and Bluestone observed as normal.
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Beckley
LOGAF
Coal Production And Employment Show Decreases In West Virginia
West Virginia coal output in 1953 totaled 40,874,364 tons, far below 1952. Four months ended April produced 38,059,690 tons, down from 49,907,331. Employment fell with 80,382 workers vs 98,133 in 1952. Commercial mines averaged 66 days worked, down from 74. Deaths reached 42 with 2,523 non fatal mishaps. April output 11,271,193 tons, commercial 10,366,392, both below April 1952 totals.
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Charleston
State Mines Department
Miner narrowly holds Moundsville mayor's chair in WV vote
West Virginia municipal results show Republican Wilbert Miner retaining the Moundsville mayorship by 12 votes amid a high turnout. In Dunbar, Six-Term Mayor D L Salisbury defeats Democrat Guy Moss. Morgantown votes on a $165,000 pool levy that failed by about 450 votes.
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Wilbert Miner
Moundsville
West Virginia
Miner
Kanawha
Dunbar
D. L. Salisbury
Guy Moss
Salisbury
Charleston
Moss
Morgantown
Benjamin Blasscock
Don Barr
G. Thomas Gall
O. S. Chambers
Cedar Grove
Matthew M. M. Kinsolving
Jesse Frazier, Jr
Chapmanville
G. C. Legg
George Midkiff
Alderson
Rufus Bryant
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Arden Stewart
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Stonewood
Anthony J. Folio
Velma Columbo
Anmore
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Elma Cropp
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John Galvin
Grafton
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J. P. Summers
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O. B. Blake
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Gassaway
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