News in Brief overview from across the nation
A Denver aviation pioneer comments on Russian air power. Mario Lanza faces a $40,361.66 damages ruling over a Beverly Hills home lease. In New York a polio inoculation meeting is called for summer peak. George Hillberg dies choking on false teeth in Maryland. William Mulcahy electrocuted while rescuing a raccoon in Montreal. June 2022 strike vote set for nonferrous metal workers. George Marston found safe after 52 hours without food near San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
George Arthur Marston
Crandall Hardware Merchant Dies at Gauley Bridge Home
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, obituary reports 55-year-old P Stanley Willo Crandall, a hardware merchant who had lived in Gauley Bridge for 45 years, died today at his home.
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Gauley Bridge
W. Va
P. Stanley Willo Crandall
Raleigh County Health and Parole Cuts Won't Include Raleigh
Raleigh County Clerk Harry E. Anderson indicated Raleigh is not among counties targeted for governor proposed health department and parole budget cuts. He stressed the county will retain and even improve its health department while statewide cuts reduce 15 full time and five part time health staff and limit parole services. The governor cited 19.7 percent health budget reduction and a separate parole cut as pressures on services beginning July 1 and June 12 parole law rollout.
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Raleigh
Harry E. Anderson
Govenor
Anderson
Health Department
Board of Probation and Parole
Marland
U. S. Public Health Service
Department
West Virginia
Butler Approves Rules for Demos
Democratic National Committee chairman Paul M. Butler approved proposed rules to prevent a loyalty oath dispute like 1952. The rules assign state parties the task of placing nominees under the party label and urge laws requiring major party nominees run under party names and emblems. They also declare it the duty of each national committee member to support the convention nominees with possible seat removal after due process.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Butler
Flash Floods Ravage Las Vegas Nevada City
Flash floods from a desert cloudburst hit Las Vegas Nevada causing over 100000 dollars in damage, cutting most telephones, risking a state of emergency, and forcing a Western Pacific Zephyr train off track west of Winnemucca with 300 passengers. No injuries reported. The surge flooded main streets and underpasses, isolating the western part of the 35000 population city.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
C. D. Baker
Western Pacific Railroad
California
Eddie Lambert
Charleston
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Temperatures
Weather report for West Virginia notes mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered mountain showers, slight warmth midweek, and a rise in temperatures toward Thursday and Friday. Extended forecast shows cooler conditions Sunday, with showers Friday and Saturday especially in the Eastern Panhandle, totaling about a half to three quarters of an inch. Normal temperatures cited for northern and southern regions, with specific station readings provided for Beckley Oak Hill and surrounding areas.
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Panhandle
West Virginia
Beckley
Congressman Waylaid in Capitol Park Hold Up
Rep. Don Hayworth reports three masked men robbed him of nothing as he lay prone on grass in a park near the Capitol. Police say the armed leader commanded him to get down or be shot. Hayworth, 57, complied and no money was taken.
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Washington
Don Hayworth
D-Mich
Capitol
Hayworth
Lester Doctor's Truck Collides With Mine Car
A truck operated by Dr. V A Christian Lester collided with a mine motor car at its crossing on Route 16 Crab Orchard about 11 30 am. No serious injuries were reported. Damage was slight to both vehicles. The coal laden motor car was en route to the tipple when the accident happened.
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V. A. Christian
Lester
Crab Orchard
Senate Appropriations expand Air Force funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee added over 700 million dollars to Air Force funds, atop House-approved increases, as part of a defense funding bill totaling nearly 32 billion for all defense agencies. President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Adenauer declared neutrality cannot apply to Germany. A 17-year railway strike in Britain ended after talks, and UK rail leader Jim Campbell announced a settlement. In New York a bandit killed in a gun fight with police after fleeing with a 4,000 payroll, and three others wounded. The House extended the Reciprocal Trade Act for three more years, granting the President authority to cut tariffs.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
London
Britain
Jim Campbell
National Union of Railwaymen
Ministry of Labor
New York
Indian envoy says airmen release opened door to freedom
Indian diplomat V K Krishna Menon after meeting President Eisenhower said the release of four airmen by Red China opened the door to possible freedom for others. He stressed lowering tensions and urged conciliatory steps, noting faith matters more than optimism.
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Washington
V. K. Krishna Menon
Eisenhower
Red China
Krishna Menon
White House
James Hagerty
Dulles
Peiping
India
United States
Chou En-lai
U. S
Nehru
International Service Cited as Duty by Hammarskjold at Johns Hopkins
Dag Hammarskjold, UN secretary general, told 300 Johns Hopkins graduates that a duty to international service has arisen from global technological and economic growth. He urged allegiance to truth while serving both an international organization and one’s own country, and rejected the idea that such service divides loyalty.
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Baltimore
Davg Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
United Nations
Johns Hopkins University
Peron Calls Calm as Argentina Faces Clergy Clash
In Buenos Aires President Juan Peron led a nine hour nationwide strike to prove loyalty amid clashes with Catholic leaders. Rioting erupted around the Metropolitan Cathedral as Peronistas clashed with church supporters, 29 injured and 470 arrested. CGT mobilized six million workers for a three day wave of demonstrations and mass rallies nationwide. The Vatican warned of danger to ties with Argentina as Peron vowed discipline and energy to curb disorder if needed.
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Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal Palace
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Eva
Corpus Christi
Peronista Party
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Papal
Reuther Proposes Union for White Collar Workers
New York CIO President Walter Reuther calls white collar workers the forgotten people of modern industry and pledges an intensive union drive after the AFL CIO merger. He told the AFL Officer-Employees International Union convention that the united labor federation must immediately begin organizing workers into unions serving their interests.
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New York
CIO
Walter Reuther
AFL
Former Town District Justice of the Peace in Beckley Is Admitted
G Oley Mills of Beckley a former town district justice of the peace is described as in fairly good condition at Beckley Hospital where he is under observation and treatment. He was admitted to the hospital Monday.
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G. Oley Mills
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Pennsylvania Pike Extends Toward West Virginia Border
Gov George M Leader signed enabling legislation to extend the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Pittsburgh toward the West Virginia border. The plan envisions linking with a WV toll road, with route decisions to be set by turnpike commissions after traffic and financial feasibility studies. Sen Eustace H Bane highlighted potential cross state benefits and urged pursuing extending to Mortontown rather than Wheeling.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commonwealth
Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Turnpike Commissions
Charleston
Sen
Eustace H. Bane
Bane
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Crab Orchard Sophia Shortcut Surveyed
A State Road Commission survey team from Charleston is studying a proposed short cut between Sophia and Crab Orchard. Nine engineers and helpers began last week, with plans to design a road for future construction if funding is allocated. The aim is a straight route reducing distance by about one half and eliminating most curves.
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Sophia
Crab Orchard
Survey and Plans Department
State Road Commission
Charleston
Sophia-Crab
J. P. Meadows
Congress Edges Toward 7 Percent Civil Service Pay Rise
The House Civil Service Committee approved a 7 percent raise for about a million federal workers after rejecting an 8 percent proposal by a 16 to 4 vote. A floor fight is anticipated as Rep Moss signals an attempt to raise it to 8 percent. Senate GOP leader Knowland backs Eisenhower’s atomic ship plan despite some opposition. A bipartisan tariff-cutting bill headed for final action would extend the Reciprocal Trade Act for three years and permit up to 15 percent annual tariff cuts in exchange for concessions. Senator Ives called a Democratic plan to grant standby vaccine allocation powers dead, while Hill pushes broader free polio vaccine support costing about 125 million.
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Washington
House Civil Service Committee
Hep. Moss
D-Calif
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Knowland
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Ives
RNV
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Hill
D-Ala
Bluefield Man Taken by Death
E. D. Creasey 78 Bluefield Virginia died at 4 a m heart condition linked to a half century in the casket industry founder and president of Bluefield Casket Co Bluefield Va and Tri State Casket Co Huntington survived by wife Sarah W Creasey daughter Mrs Elmo Fleshman two sons Carl and Elwood all of Bluefield Va and three grandchildren funeral plans are pending
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E. D. Creasey
Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield Casket Co
Tri-State Casket Co
Huntington
Masonic Lodge
Charleston
Virginia Ave
Methodist Church
Rotary Club of
Sarah W. Creasey
Elmo Fleshman
Carl
Elwood
Beaver Resident Dies, Mrs Sarah Evans Williams 69
Beaver resident Mrs Sarah Evans Williams aged 69 died at home at 11 a.m. Monday after a short illness. Born March 2, 1886 in Terry, she was daughter of the late Sarah and Albert Bennett Harrah and a long-time Raleigh County resident. She married Clowney F. Williams. Survived by two stepsons Harry H. Williams of Detroit and Author H. Williams of Oberlin, Ohio. sister Nannie Martin of Sandstone. brother Tom Harrah of Sandstone. 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Body at Caffee Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Sarah Evans Williams
Beaver
Terry
Sarah
Albert Bennett Harrah
Raleigh County
Missionary Baptist Church
Clifftop
Clowney F. Williams
Harry H. Williams
Detroit
Michigan
H. Williams
Oberlin
Ohio
Nannie Martin
Sandstone
Tom Harrah
Caffee Funeral Home
Reds Accused by UN Panmunjom In DMZ Shootings
Maj. Gen. Harlan C. Parks of the United Nations Command charged the Communists with shooting two South Korean soldiers in the back in the demilitarized zone on June 2. He spoke to newsmen after a three hour meeting of the Military Armistice Commission.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
Demilitarized Zone
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Reading Class Trials Phonics Teaching In Chicago Suburb
Eyewitness account from March 25, 1954, in Argo Summit Bedford Park district on teaching reading with phonics. First grade class reads sentences from Chicago Tribune while teacher guides decoding and pronunciation challenges.
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Julie Hay
Charles E. Wingo
Miss Hay
Argo-Summit-Bedford Park
Chicago
Wingo
Leonard Bloomfield
W. W. Walker
Bedford Park
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