End Seen To Geneva Conference As Molotov Pressures Change View
Geneva dispatch reports Molotov and Eden met as 16 nations discussed Korea. Western powers planned a subcommittee to draft a statement urging UN review of Korea while Indochina talks hinge on France’s political stability and ceasefire proposals. Conference seen failing to resolve Korea or Indochina.
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Geneva
Molotov
V. M. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Eden
U. N
Korea
France
United States
Britain
Paris
Snead May Skip National Open With Stiff Neck
Sam Snead said he may not play the National Open at Baltusrol unless his stiff neck improves. A doubtful starter, he noted he would not tee off unless he could give his best, aiming to avoid competing unless fully fit. Hogan seeks fifth Open crown while Snead, runner up four times, had hoped to contend after winning the Masters.
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New York
Sam_ Snead
Baltasroi
New York World Telegram and Sun
Snead
Ben Hogan
Baltusrol
Springfield
N. J
Hogan
Augusta
A Bomb Attack Due in Wheeling
Wheeling will be the sole West Virginia target in the nationwide Civil Defense drill Operation Alert. An imagined atomic attack is planned for 8 p.m. EST with real aircraft overhead. Local Civil Defense agencies will practice response and recovery steps after the simulated devastation.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
United States
U. S. Territories
Canada
Civil Defense Organization
Nationwide civil defense drill simulates mass attack
Washington reports an air raid exercise across 54 U S and Canadian cities. The mock assault endangers millions, with targets described as substantially destroyed and casualties including killed and wounded under FCDA scenario.
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Washington
United States
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Robbery at Modern Furniture Store in Sophia
State police report a theft at the Modern Furniture Store in Sophia. Manager M. L. Humphries says $279 was stolen from an open safe during Saturday store hours, with loss disclosed today.
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Sophia
M. L. Humphries
Mount Hope Post Office Burglary Reported
The Mount Hope post office was entered between 8 p.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. today. Boxes were ransacked and drawers forced open with papers scattered. No vault entry or mail theft detected. Stamp drawer opened but no stamps taken. Custodian found the break-in. entry via lobby window. Inspector, fingerprints, and state police investigating.
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Mount Hope
RNS
W. C. Carter
Carter
Roy Miller
Charleston
Tom Twaddle
Dutch Twins Doing Well Following Separation
Siamese twin girls Folkje and Tjitska, seven months old from Leeuwarden, were separated in a 70 minute operation. They were joined at the abdomen by 3 inches but have completely separate organs. The surgeon says the operation proves they can live separately.
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Leeuwarden
Holland
Folkje
Tjitska
Truck Reported Stolen By McCutcheon & Drake Co
The theft of a 1949 Green International three-fourth ton pickup was reported over the weekend by McCutcheon Drake Motor Co Inc on Second St. The firm reported to City and State Police that the vehicle lacked a registration tag.
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McCutcheon & Drake Motor Co., Inc
Second St
Storm disrupts Hawk's Nest to Hinton line switch repair
Sunday's storm disrupted the Hawk's Nest to Hinton telephone line between Quininmont and Meadow Creek but did not affect overall service. E T Strong district manager for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co said work crews are repairing the lines.
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Beckley
Hinton
E. T. Strong
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Hawk’s Nest- Hinton
Quinnimont
Meadow Creek
Siamese Twins Die After Premature Birth in Manitoba
In Saint Boniface Manitoba Siamese twin boys died yesterday after a premature birth at a railwayman's home. The twins shared a pelvis and vital organs while a third baby boy was born healthy and in very good condition. The mother is Mrs. Yvonne Mousseau, 29.
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ST. Boniface
Man
Yvonne Mousseau
Benson Cites Water Shortage as Factor In Farm Production
Secretary of Agriculture Benson warned water shortages are a growing limit on farm production and may decide future abundance. He urged federal programs prioritizing marketing, utilization, research, and education, noting soil research funding is far below military and destroyer costs.
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Benson
White Sulphur Springs
W. VA
Secretary of Agriculture
National Fertilizer Assn
Young Named New York Central Head After Victory
Financier Robert R. Young was certified winner in the battle for control of the New York Central. Inspectors declared the Young slate of 15 directors won by about 1 064 000 votes over the Central management led by President William White. The Young faction averaged over 3 407 000 votes to the management's just under 2 340 000. White presided at the reconvened annual session.
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Albany, N. Y
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young Forces
William White
White
Sum Total meeting hints at new NY Central leadership
The Sum Total meeting of stockholders shows a shift in power at New York Central as Alfred E. Perlman is touted to become president under a new slate. New leadership includes Young candidates and a management slate led by Harold S Vanderbilt with strong vote tallies amid transition plans.
Girls Staters Begin Party Caucuses Today
Jackson's Mill West Virginia hosts 336 junior high school girls for the 12th Rhododendron Girls State opening. They are assigned to cities and counties as the American Legion Auxiliary conducts citizenship training. Nationalist and Federalist caucuses are planned this afternoon ahead of tomorrow's primaries and Wednesday's general election.
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Jackson’s Mill
W.va
American Legion Auxiliary
Two American F84 pilots killed in crash near Taegu
In Korea near Taegu two U S Air Force F84 fighter bombers collided about ten miles southeast of Taegu. Both pilots were killed and their names were withheld.
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Seoul
Taegu
France May Lose Colony in India
News from Madras reports that the French enclave of Yanaon on India's west coast has fallen under Indian influence after about 200 demonstrators seized public offices, raised the Indian flag, and proclaimed French control ended. An administration council and four ministers were named as Nehru presses for withdrawal from Yanaon and its small coastal colonies Pondicherry Karikal and Mahe. Talks broke up earlier this month without agreement.
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India
France
Indochina
Yanaon
Nehru
Yannon
Pondichery
Karikala
Mahe
New VA Hospital Opens in Cincinnati
Vice Adm. Joel T. Boone dedicated an eight million dollar VA hospital in Cincinnati yesterday. The 170th VA facility will operate as a surgical and general hospital.
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Cincinnati
Joel T. Boone
The
Veterans Administration
Elevated System Would Cover 100 Miles Iron Ore-Coal Carrier
An 18 foot working model of a proposed conveyor belt to move iron ore and coal between Lake Erie ports and the Ohio River was unveiled for exhibition. Built by Goodyear, the model shows two waterfront terminals and a 100 mile two way route through Youngstown. Riverlake vice president Dr. Paul M. Zeis projects Seaway effects and cost savings of 2 to 3 dollars per ton on finished steel.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Youngstown
Paul M. Zeis
Riverlake
St. Lawrence Seaway
Winding Gulf Mines Increase Production
Winding Gulf mines boosted output by 18,226 net tons in the week ending June 12, with 112,984 tons produced across 19 reporting mines at 71 percent operating time. Year to date net tonnage in the district reaches 2,191,806, while Pocahontas field totals to 9,477,527 through June 5.
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Winding Gulf
Winding Gulf Operators Association
Pocahontas
Improper to Direct Attention To Any Named Person
Judge Harry L. McCreery told the Raleigh County Grand Jury that it would be improper for the court to direct attention to any named person as a subject for investigation. The June term opened with 80 cases slated for presentment and a roster of witnesses as state police and county officers prepared to testify. Grady Allen was named foreman as the panel began hearing cases after 10 a.m.
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Grand Jury
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Harry L. MccCreery
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
Roy A. Cunningham
James Trail
Grady Allen
W. H. Nelson
Palmer Farley
Okey W. Dunn
M. F. Eye
Worthy Harris
Clyde Sessler
Wilson Walker
B. Wray
Peyton Richardson
W. Elliott
Albert Hill
T. H. Keaton
Hulett C. Smith
General Saunders
J. E. Shrewsbery
Grady Morgan
County Quintet Held For Thefts. Robbery
Five Beckley and Raleigh County youths aged 15 to 17 were arrested by State Police in Point Pleasant in a stolen vehicle. They admitted theft of another car in Raleigh County and a store robbery in Robson, Fayette County. They will be returned to Raleigh County for a Juvenile Court hearing.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Point Pleasant
Robson
Fayette County
Harry L. McCreery
Fred Dorsey
Glen Morgan
Montgomery
Rand
W. Va
Carr Testifies In Hearing Today
Washington inside testimony shows Francis P. Carr stating after joining the McCarthy sub committee staff last July he was told the panel had evidence of Communist infiltration in Army intelligence. Carr, described by Army Counsel Welch as the strong silent man of the Army hearings, testified in the hearing today.
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Washington
Francis P. Carr
McCarthy Subcommittee
Army Intelligence Section
Carr
Army
Joseph N. Welch
More Important Affairs Need Attention Nixon
Vice President Richard Nixon said it will be good for the country when the Army-McCarthy hearings end and that the Senate and people should focus on more important business. Nixon spoke after arriving at Idlewild from California where he received an honorary degree from Whittier College. The hearings continued with McCarthy out of town and Mundt calling Carr to the stand as McCarthy rested.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Senate
Nixon
Idlewild Airport
California
Whittier College
McCarthy
Mundt
R-Sd
Carr
Tavern Robbery at Blue Heaven Tavern on MacArthur Hill
The Blue Heaven tavern operator on MacArthur Hill said two men robbed him of about 60 to 70 dollars between 3 and 4 am today. One man demanded the cash with a hand under his shirt while the other guarded, then the pair fled after ordering the getaway car. Sizemore was locked in a closet during the theft.
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MacArthur Hill
Walter Sizemore
Sizemore
New VA Officer At Beckley Post
F. Lloyd Goodall officially became officer in charge of the Beckley Veterans Administration office today. He transferred from the Parkersburg VA office and succeeds A. Ray Barcel.
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Beckley
F. Lloyd Goodall
Veterans Administration
Goodall
Parkersburg VA
A. Ray Barcel
Beckleyan Found Dead At Antonio Ave Home
Matthew Reynolds, 47, was found dead today at a residence on Antonio Ave where he boarded. Police said Reynolds had been dead about 12 hours from natural causes and the body was moved to Wright Funeral Home. A daughter in Baltimore was notified.
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Matthew Reynolds
Antonio Ave
James Smith
Samuel B. Taylor
Reynolds
A. D. Belton
Wright Funeral Home
Baltimore
Shipment of Swiss Ammunition Detained in Hamburg Port
Six tons of Swiss 20 mm antiaircraft shells bound for Guatemala were held in Hamburg after the U S High Commission requested Germany block their departure. The shipment, aboard a German ship, arrived in Hamburg on May 20 and sailed May 26 without the cargo. Officials stressed there was no clandestine activity, as the armament was documented for transit.
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Bom
Germany
Guatemala
Hamburg
U. S. High Commission
U. S
Panama Canal
Poland
Boy to Undergo Mental Exams After Tenement Fire
CHICAGO A psychiatric evaluation was ordered for 11 year old Marion Gregory after an inquiry into a tenement fire that killed seven people and injured nine Friday night. Marion described how a match he flicked into a stairwell rubbish heap after smoking a cigarette started the blaze. His father Lewis was jailed after telling the boy to say nothing and said he allowed the youngster to drink whisky and buy cigarettes.
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Chicago
Marion Gregory
Lewis
Marion
Four Day Seattle Hearing Opened by HUAC Attacks Pacific Northwest Communists
Chairman Velde indicated a four day hearing in Seattle starting today would be among the most important and revealing by the House Un American Activities Committee. He stressed the investigation marks the first congressional probe of Communist activities in the Pacific Northwest, a region noted for industry shipping and farming.
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Seattle
Velde
R-Ii
House Un-American Activities Committee
Pacific Northwest
Building Boom Seen for 54 Washington
A government report predicts 1954 would set an all time high for construction spending at 36 billion dollars, reversing earlier forecasts. Private housing and alterations lead the rise with 12.125 billion in residential work, commercial outlays exceed 2 billion, religious and private education projects set records, while private industrial drops 13 percent. Public construction rises 4 percent to 11.85 billion, offsetting federal slowdowns with new school, highway, and sewer projects.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Arizona Police Search for Bills Kidnap Plot
Daniel J. Marsin, 41, is charged with kidnapping the wife of a wealthy industrialist for 75000 dollars. Police extend search into the Superstition Mountains for buried ransom money and the getaway rifle, pistol, and binoculars seen during the crime as officers comb deserts and mine shafts in hope of a clue.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Daniel J. Marsin
Superstition Mountains
Evelyn Ann Smith
Herbert
Smiths
Board member injured after tractor overturns
Carl G. Jarrell of the Raleigh County Board of Education suffered a fractured left elbow when a tractor overturned on him this morning in Dry Creek. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital shortly after 1 p.m.
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Carl G. Jarrell
Dry Creek
Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh General Hospital
Sheriff slain by drunk Indian at Adair County courthouse
An angry crowd gathered at the Adair County Courthouse after officers said a 21 year old Indian signed a confession admitting he shot Sheriff Henry Buckner to death Saturday night in a drunken rage.
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Stilwell
Okla
Adair County
Henry Buckner
Mixed early trading as Civil Defense drill resumes stock market
New York stocks opened mixed after a Civil Defense drill paused activity. Trading was brisk with several notable blocks: United Gas 12,000 shares at 29 1 2, Alleghany 4,000 at 4 1 4, Bethlehem Steel 1,200 down, Emerson Radio 1,200 up, United Fruit 1,500 up, Standard Oil NJ 1,000 down, Paramount Pictures 1,200 down, Douglas Aircraft 1,000 down, Continental Motors 1,500 up. Bonds held steady.
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New York
United Gas
Alleghany Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Emerson Radio
United Fruit
Standard Oil (Nj
Paramount Pictures
Douglas Aircraft
Continental Motors
London Sees the Sun After Nine Rainy Days
London breaks through with sunshine ending a stretch of nine days of rain. This June has recorded 3.47 inches of rainfall, the highest in June since 1917, marking a notable shift in the city’s weather patterns.
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London
West Virginia Weather Update and Local Readouts
Fair tonight with low 55 to 65. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered thunder showers. Beckley and Oak Hill report yesterday highs around 62 and 60s, with light morning precipitation noted. rivers at Bellepoint show normal stages with Bluestone and Greenbrier readings.
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Bellepoint
Bluestone
Grenbrier
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