Major Political Storm Mounts Around Adams
Washington reports a major political storm around presidential assistant Sherman Adams as House investigators cite records showing Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine paid Waldorf Astoria hotel bills for Adams. A subcommittee chair says Goldfine covered Adams and wife A. bills in 1954, while Adams defends himself against insinuations of favoritism toward Goldfine amid FTC ties. Mrs Adams defends husband as GOP leaders question his silence on gifts.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
House
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Oren Warris
DeArk
Goldfine
Adams
Francis X. McLaughlin
Goldine
Waldorf
Harris
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Eisenhower
Edward F. Howrey
Howrey
Labor to spread mass purchase of doctor care
Labor unions vow to expand prepaid group medical care for workers amid objections from the American Medical Association. Dr. Morris Brand asserts objections are economically driven and warns of coercion and ostracism by medical groups. Dr. Warren F. Draper cites savings from union funded programs and urges labor health services to control their own care.
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Washington
Morris Brand
New York
American Labor Health Assn
American Medical Assn
Brand
Sidney Hillman Health Center
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
AMA
San Francisco
Warren F. Draper
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Draper
Colorado
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Mine Workers Fund
Two Motorists Freed On Bond In Beckley Court
Two motorists released on $106 bonds awaiting Beckley Police Court appearances. Arnold Fleming Mab Scott and Freddy Blackmon Detroit Mich faced drunk driving charges. Haod Lee Via Jr Calloway Heights freed on bond for improperly registered vehicle.
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Raleigh
Beckley
Arnold Fleming
Mabscott
Freddy Blackmon
Detroit
Mich
Fleming
Blackmon
Haod Lee Via Jr
Calloway Heights
William S. Wilkinson
Jerry Land Fox
Sophia
Wilkinson
Sync
Fox
William Pete Browskey
Church Application Faces Zoning Board
Beckley Advent Christian Church trustees seek an adjustment and exception to ward requirements in the Beckley Planning and Zoning Ordinance. The Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
Ham
City Hall
Beckley Advent Christian Church
Beesley
Beckley Skies Evening Star and Moon Facts
The Sun sets at 7 49 p m and rises 2 minutes after midnight Tuesday The Moon rides high near the sun and is hidden by its rays Now moon Tuesday at 2 59 am Coma Berenice a crowded dim star cluster between Spica and the Big Dipper appears in the west at 10 30 p m
De Gaulle to Meet Macmillan in June Conference
Paris AP Premier de Gaulle plans a June talk with British Prime Minister Macmillan before end of month with date not set though June 27 is often mentioned. It will be his first high level Western Alliance meeting since taking office and precede talks with U S Secretary of State Dulles on July 5.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Macmillan
Western Alliance
U. S
State Dulles
France
North Africa
Raoul Salan
Algiers
Sohrces
Algeria
Salan
Morocco
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Tunis
Ahmed Balafrej
Ferhat Abbas
State to open printing bids for three contracts today
Charleston AP reports the State purchasing division of the Department of Finance and Administration will open bids today for three two year state printing contracts. The awards cover legislative printing general book and pamphlet work and blank form and similar items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Department of Finance and Administration
Maine Choosing Party Nominees in Portland Primary
Maine voters select party nominees in a dull primary with Governor Muskie unopposed. Key races include Payne vs Sahagian for the Republican slot and a Democratic governor contest between DotlOFF and Clauson, as Maine focuses on economic growth and job creation.
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Portland
Maine
APV
Bernard Goldfine
Frederick G. Payne
Payne
Washington
Goldfine
Boston
Herman 2. Sahagian
Belgrade
Edmund S. Muskie
Lfor
House
Grange
Maynard C. Dotloff
Gray
Clinton Ja. Clauson
Waterville
Horace Hildreth
Cumberland
U. S
Pakistan
Philip F. Chapman Jr
Flood Breach Hits West Terre Haute Indiana
Floodwaters from Sugar Creek overwhelmed an earthen levee near West Terre Haute. About 30 percent of the town faced inundation with 1 0 percent of residents displaced. National Guardsmen aided police as looting fears rose and a state of emergency mobilized extra troopers and prisoners for sandbagging.
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Terre Haute
Ind
West Terre Haute
Indiana
Mlinois
Sugar Creek
Indiana National Guard
U.S. 40
Uniair
Ter
Red Cross
Army
Wabash
State Penal Farm
Harold W. Handley
Anderson
Americans Cleared to Leave Beirut Amid Fighting
Americans received permission to evacuate Beirut as government rebels waged heavy fighting with security forces around central Beirut. Dag Hammarskjold was en route to oversee a United Nations observer mission. At least 50 people were killed, with hospitals and ambulances reporting ongoing casualties.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. N
Dag Hammmarskjold
Middle East
U S
Statf
Camille Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
German Trial Requested for Negro Soldier in Hill Case
American lawyers for Pfc. McKinley D. Hill asked for a German court trial to avoid alleged prejudice in a U S Army court martial. They argued German judges would be unbiased and that a German court could only convict of manslaughter, not impose the death penalty.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Pfc
McKinley D. Hill
Jenkin Jones
W. Va
Margarete Lindenthal
Landstuhl
U. S
Franklin Potter
Thomas Landan
Hill
David K. Bruce
U. S. Army
Henry Hodes
DU. S
Japan
Martial
Bonn
State Guardsmen Begin Training at Fort Knox Camp
The West Virginia Army National Guard's 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment leads about 1,500 Guardsmen in annual training at Camp Breckinridge and Fort Knox, Kentucky from today through June 29. Thirty eight units from 24 communities participate, with Gov. Underwood visiting next week for a luncheon and review parade.
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Fort Knox
West Virginia Army National Guard
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Virginia
Kentucky
Lth
Camp Breckinridge
Indiana
Adj
William E. Blake
Underwood
Utility Firm Engages Engineer for Water System Improvements
Dennis M. Leary Sr, a local consulting engineer, has been retained by the Pemberton Light and Water Co. to upgrade the pumping and filtration plant and the water distribution network. Leary said work has begun and will be completed in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis M. Leary Sr
Pemberton Light and Water Co
Leary
Forestry Commission to pick delegates for Governor’s Forest Fire Convention
The Rural Development Council Forestry Commission meets at 1 30 p m in the Raleigh County Memorial Building to name delegates from Raleigh County for the Governor’s Forest Fire Convention at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs July 6 7 and 8. New officers for the coming fiscal year were to be installed.
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Rural Development Council
Forestry Commisson
Raleigh County Memorial
Raleigh County
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
C. T. Shackelford
RDC
Forestry Commission
U S Seeks Release of 9 U S Servicemen Held by Reds
Berlin AP reports the United States failed to secure the release of nine U S Army men captured after their helicopter strayed into East German airspace. Col Robert B McQuail met East German officials who demanded government to government talks and accreditation, with talks centered on a military level.
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Berlin
United States
East Germany
Foreign Ministry
U.S. Army
Robert B. McQuail
Bluefield
W.va
McQuail
Raymond J. McRory Jr
Wauwatosa
Wis
U.S
Potsdam
3Rd Armored Division
West Germany
Reds
Iron Curtain
Supreme Court Rejects Beckley Woman's Plea
The Supreme Court unanimously refused to hear the appeal of Mrs. Helen Johnson Hedrick of Beckley in a property dispute over her sister Otie VanNoy's estate. The Randolph County circuit court rulings favored two brothers and a nephew of Mrs. VanNoy, who died in 1956.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Beckley
Helen Johnson Hedrick
Otie E. van- Noy
Elkins
VanNoy
Circuit Court
Randolph County
Humphrey Seeks New Foreign Economic Policy Plan
Sen Hubert H Humphrey urged a new U S foreign economic policy to replace the 1938 framework. He cited a Rockefeller report proposing a permanent reciprocal trade program long term low interest loans and regional development to reduce barriers and stabilize prices amid a shift to independent developing nations. The report arrived as Senate hearings on a five year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act were set to begin next Friday.
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U Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D/Minn
U. S
Rockefeller
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Special Studies Project
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc
Senate Finance Committee
Auto Crash Kills Harper Airman Charles Halstead
Harper airman Charles Halstead 27 died in a two car collision Saturday night at Chanute Air Force Base Urbana Michigan. Halstead had served four months at Chanute and spent 10 years in the U.S. Marines. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Cordin Halstead and nine sisters and three brothers with arrangements pending at Merton Mortuary.
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Charles Halstead
Harper
Chanute Air Force Base
Urbana
Air Force
U. S. Marines
Halstead
Cordin Halstead
Mildred Aliff
Ann Halsey
Thut
Mabscott
Corporation Formed To Build New Bank On Neville Street
A million dollar corporation is chartered to construct a building on Neville Street to house Beckley National Bank. Incorporators include Joe L Smith Leo Vecellio K Douglas Bowers Dr A G Bowles Joe L Smith Jr W A Stanley and Elmer L Davis. Davis elected president and Smith Jr vice president, Bowers secretary treasurer. Contractors bidding for the plan will present sealed bids at 3:00 p m Tuesday and a committee will study them. winner announced date not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville St
New Beckley National Bank
Joe L. Smith
Leo Vecellio
K. Douglas Bowers
A. G. Bowles
Joe L. Smith Jr
W. A. Stanley
Elmer L
AAVIS
Davis
Bowers
Woman Jailed In Liew Of Fines
A Beckley woman Dorothy Hooper was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of fines totaling 103 dollars after arraignment for possession of moonshine and being drunk. Deputy sheriff arrested her at 12 55 a m Sunday.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Colton White
Dorothy Hooper
Roy Donnell
Pax
Collen White
Larry Lilly
Crab Orchard
Meeting Canceled and Construction Schedule Announced
Davis says bank construction on former Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home property will start in late July or early August. Recreation Levy Advisors Board Committee meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday is canceled until a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pmeach EU
Davis
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Recreation Levy Advisors
Educators Gather for Feaster Report Follow Up in West Virginia
In Morgantown AP reporting, state school leaders began a five day conference at West Virginia University to review the Feaster Report and discuss a curricular reform and incentive plan. Regional chairmen named include J J Straight Marion County and Raymond Dispanet Hardy among others as the statewide effort to improve public education proceeds.
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Morgantown
State Department of Education
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Feaster
iState
Rohrbough
R. Virgil Rehrbough
Weller
Jackson's Mill
Eston K. Feaster
West Virginia University College of Education
The
West Virginia Assr
J. J. Straight
Marion County
Raymond Dispanet
Hardy
Renick E. Wilkins Tre
Wayne
Oakford Deitz
Nicholas
Robert Hall
Hancock
D. Brisbane
Pleasants
George Bryson
McDowell
Elm Grove Man Given 1 to 10 Years for Grand Larceny
Thomas Lawrence McCutcheon of Elm Grove was sentenced to one to ten years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He was returned to jail to await transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lawrence McCutcheor
Elm Grove
State Penitentiary of
Moundsville
Raleigh County Criminal Court
McCutcheon
Junior Howard
Gilbert Harvey Thornton
Fort Hill
Carlos Alonzo Blankenship
Maxwell Hill
Pete DeMarchi
Wood
Weather Outlook with Mild Temperatures and Showers
Mostly sunny today with highs near 75 and cool nights around 30. Tuesday brings more sun and slightly warmer conditions. The five day forecast shows temperatures about 26 degrees below normal, a gradual warming weekend, and 1 to 2 inches of showers by Wednesday. Normal regional highs are in the low 70s with varying gauges noted at Greenbrier and Blustony reservoirs.
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BI Crley
Greenbrier
Blusstony
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