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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1955

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Two Catholic Prelates Expelled by Argentina

Buenos Aires reports two Roman Catholic prelates, Manuel Tato and Roman Pablo Novoa, were expelled after being accused in last weekend's disorders. They were escorted to Ezeiza airport and flown to Rome as government raids targeted clergy amid clashes between Peron supporters and the church.

Buenos Aires Argentina Manuel Tato Roman Pablo Novoa Ezeiza Rome Msgr Tato Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello Resi Peron Juan D. Peron Nunez Plaza de Mayo

Press blackout claim and other brief items

News in Brief covers Roy M. Cohn accusing the press of a news blackout on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. Other items note William S. Lampe named editor of the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, flood aid for Las Vegas, the death of Annie Camphor Ross in Baltimore, Ryukyuan imports funded in Okinawa, Adenauer’s stance, Anastasia's transfer for tax evasion, Detroit Young Republicans convention, Operation Kinderlift, Bramblett fined for payroll falsification, and a U S atomic research cooperation pact with Britain Canada and Belgium.

Syracuse N.Y Roy M. Cohn Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis Pittsburgh William S&. Lampe Detroit Times Today Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph Hearst

Guardsmen to Compete For Patteson Award

Prelim eliminations are under way to pick West Virginia National Guard’s outstanding man. The winner will receive the Governor Okey L. Patteson cup, drawn from the 3,500 Mountain State Guardsmen during their two weeks of summer field training at Camp Breckinridge Ky.

Camp Breckenbridge West Virginia National Guard Okey L. Patteson

Australian Troops To Fight Guerrillas In Malaya

Canberra reports the Cabinet approved sending Australian troops to assist Britain against Communist led guerrillas in Malaya. The plan details remain undecided. Australian destroyers Arunta and Warramunga will stay in Far East waters after ongoing exercises. Troops to be first stationed in Penang to help early self government in Malaya.

Canberra Australia Malaya Robert Menzies Malayan Federation of Singapore Menzies Arunta Warramunga Far East Penang Malayan Federation

Beckley Lions State Installation at Ladies Night Dinner

The Beckley Lions Club will install new officers at a Ladies Night dinner at the Elks Club on Tuesday evening June 28 with a dance afterward featuring Jan Campbell's orchestra. A slate of officer candidates was chosen last week. At the regular meeting Miss Gladyce Garst discussed the United Nations and her World War II casualty treatment work for the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Beckley Lions Club Elks Club Jan Campbell Gladyce Garst Veterans Administration Hospital United Nations Miss Garst

Wheeler grand larceny trial looms for Nichols

In Wheeling the grand larceny trial of Paul E. Nichols of Moundsville, charged with stealing tires from the Road Commission, was expected to go to the jury today. Charleston notes Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co bids to buy the government plant at Institute, with proposed legislation to allow sale without use restrictions. Huntington reports the Board of Health delaying mass polio vaccinations until fall due to low clinic attendance and transportation issues. Charleston covers Juvenile Court subpoenas for Charleston leaders as material witnesses in delinquency cases, and Huntington cites vandalism damage to Emmons Elementary School estimated at 700 to 1000 dollars.

Wheeling Paul E. Nichols Moundsville Road Commission Charleston Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co Institute Congress Huntington Cabell- Huntington-Wayne Board of Health Kanawha County Herbert Richardson Richardson Myron Drummond Emmons Willis Hertig

Burke Forecasts Special 56 Session Education Survey

W A Gene Burke predicts a possible 1956 special West Virginia legislative session if the statewide scholastic program survey does not fit into the next call. The survey, chaired by Burke, will study finances curriculum teacher efficiency contracts and certification with a nine point plan for higher education and a look at the Strayer Report.

Burke West Virginia W. A Gene” Burke Raleigh County House of Delegates Charleston Marland Strayer

Marion County closes Negro schools in Fairmont

The Marion County Board of Education ordered Fairmont Dunbar High School and five Negro elementary schools closed before September. Superintendent J. J. Straight said the decision ends segregation in county schools, made with a committee from the Fairmont NAACP chapter. Dunbar had been the county's only Negro high school.

Fairmont Marion County Board of Education Fairmont Dunbar High J. J Straight National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Dunbar Chatam Hill Grant Town Downs Jamesport Barrackville Dents

Lanark Miner Faces Third Trial June 30

Lanark coal miner Joe George Woicehovich, 32, will face a third trial for the Oct 6 slaying of Andrew Garcia Miramontez, 27, in Raleigh County. Two prior juries were hung. Trials include gambling device charges against the Beckley Elks Lodge 1452 with sentencing July 12 and 13 after a busy June docket.

Joe George Woicehovich Lanark Andrew Garcia Miramontez Lubbock Texas Raleigh County Criminal Court Beckley Fraternal Order James Claytor Betty DeBerry Claude Everette Underwood Hubert Meadows David Earl Dickens Wesley L. Thompson Roy Leasure Roy Ferrell William Ross Maxwell Allen Jess Price Jacob Rock Steve Carter Paul McVey Bennett Paul Minnix Eddie G. Hess Robert E. Brown Donnie William Berry Quinton Daniel Jack Kyle Mitt Ray Smith Vernal P. Vaughn Lucille Vaughn Eddie Hill Harold Heston Nelson Morris Joe Balenski Ray Young Jack O. Daniels Howard Jarrell Corbett Jarrell Betty Jarrell Maurice Summers Dewey Harvey Clayburn Johnson Nathan Mahne Dennis P. Clay Carl Daniels Tom Hargis A. K. Chadwell Curtiss Lloyd Ramsey Alva Williams Theodore Lavender Lyon Riley James C. Shilling Charles Martin Kiser William Jones Jack Price Elmer R. Caldwell James L. Crouch Anna Dobbs Harry Williams H. Everette Farley Douglas Fortner Imogene Fortner Willie Howell Marhall E. Holstein Coylette Crayey John Rife George W. Rosamond Jr Norman G. Roy Jimmie Vernatt Harve Phelps Gibson Wheeler Vaughn

Engineer Faces Trial for Death

Williamson railroad engineer John Bennett, 58, is free on a $2,000 bond on a maiming charge tied to injuries that authorities say caused a woman's death. Prosecutor Ersel L. Slater indicated the charge could be upgraded to murder. The woman, Wanda Jean Dotson, 28, says Bennett kicked her out of bed. Bennett denies the accusation, claiming he was in Norfolk, Virginia, at the time.

Williamson John Bennett Ersel L. Slater Wanda Jean Dotson Bennett Slater Te Add Norfolk

Teach Your Five Year Old Reading At Home

In this early chapter Rudolf Flesch urges parents to teach reading themselves starting at age five. Begin with letter sounds, write learned letters, and build from three letter words with short vowels. Combine reading and writing, pace slowly, and use classic nursery and fairy tales to foster early reading skills.

Fairmont Coach Retires to Become Miller Junior High Principal

Veteran all-sports coach Paul Biz Dawson of Fairmont West High will retire from coaching after 33 years and become principal of Miller Junior High in Fairmont. The Marion County Board of Education announced a wave of coaching moves affecting five high schools including Fairview, Rivesville, Monongah, Barrackville, and Dunbar.

Dunbar Horace Happy’ Belmear Miller Junior High School Fairmont Paul ‘Biz"” Dawson Fairmont West Miller Paul “Biz Dawson Fairmont West High School Marion County Board of Education Marion County Rivesville Monongah Fairview Barrackville West Virginia William Reppert William Kerr Earl Keener Albert “Buzzy Fultz Louis Elia Monongha

Four Beckley Residents Seek Citizenship

Four Beckley area residents filed petitions for naturalization today with U S naturalization examiner Harry Gould Pittsburg Pa They are Mrs Ann Caroline Sprague Bishop St John Jack Linsky Cranberry Gabriele Harding 106 Quarry St and Eva Stella Kowalsky Raleigh Gould said the applications may be ready by August for final hearing All of the applicants received citizenship training under the Americanism Program sponsored by the Beckley B nai B rith Lodge Archie Ellenbogen chairman

Beckley Area Harry Gould Pittsburgh U. S Ann Caroline Sprague Bishop St John Jack Linsky Cranberry Gabriele Harding Quarry St Eva Stella Kowalsky Raleigh Gould Beckley B'nai B'rith Lodge Archie Ellenbogen

Steel's Answer Expected Monday

PITTSBURGH The U S Steel Corp will present to the CIO United Steelworkers Monday the first answer to the union s demands for a substantial wage increase from the basic steel industry. The company and union agreed yesterday to resume bargaining Monday after a recess that began last week when the USW finished presenting its demands to steel s Big Six, who employ 400,000 of the 600,000 basic steelworkers. U S Steel, traditional pacesetter in labor matters for the industry, has given no indication of how much it will offer in its counter proposal.

Pittsburgh U. S. Steel Corp CIO United Steelworkers USW U. S. Steel

Operation Alert Begins in Capital

Washington observed a mock atomic warning as 15 000 officials including President Eisenhower fled to hideouts across a 300 mile arc. The three day test evaluated executive response in a wartime crisis and emergency communications across 31 agencies with a 3 hours 20 minutes warning.

Eisenhower Washington Congress

Huntington Postoffice Construction Approved

Washington The Senate Public Works Committee approved construction of post offices in six cities under the lease purchase program. They would be erected at Kansas City Kansas Jamestown New York St Paul Minnesota Kingsport Tennessee Abingdon Virginia and Huntington West Virginia.

Washington Senate Public Works Committee Kansas City Kan Jamestown N. Y St. Paul

Buckland Begins Friday As New Beckley Patrolman

Newly appointed patrolman Carl D. Buckland, 30, of Beckley, will begin his duties with the Police Department Friday.

Carl D. Buckland Beckley Police Department

Congress Debates Property Return and Budget Bills

Lawmakers push an administration backed plan to return seized German and Japanese property up to ten thousand dollars per person. House Education debates a two point six billion school construction bill with minimal federal controls. AMA opposes universal polio inoculation funding, supports limited Salk vaccine aid. House approves peace resolution and draft act extensions loom in Senate. West Virginia leaders urge a department of peace as talks on world tension continue.

Washington Sen. Kilgore D-Wv House Subcommittee Kelley D-Pa House Education and Labor Committee American Medical Assa AMA Julian P. Price Florence S.C Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee Price Dixon-Yates Tennessee Valley Authority West Memphis Ark Mississippi River West

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