Eisenhower to skip Japan visit amid Formosa shelling
President Eisenhower aboard the USS St. Paul steams toward Formosa as Chinese shelling of Quemoy continues on odd days. The 7th Fleet guards the press vessel while White House aides describe the trip as reshaped by regional tensions.
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President
7Th Fleet
Formosas
Formosa
Ae Lave
Quemoy
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Nomena
Charles D. Griffin
Japan
Eisenhower
St. Paul
Manila Bay
Philippines
Tokyo
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hawaii
Okinawa
Wake Island
Peter
Taipei
Pine Hill
Keelung
Benivan
West Virginia Women win second in national honor
At the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Washington the Women's Civic League of New Martinsville earned second prize of 5000 in the Common Achievement award. Lawton Oklahoma took first for a 12 million levy supporting school renovations and higher teacher salaries. The contest drew 5700 entries. The photo shows New Martinsville president Mrs. M. E. Holder receiving a 300 prize from Sears Roebuck Foundation official R. J. Terrill, with state officers and local leaders looking on.
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West Virginia
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Washington
Woman‘s Civic League of New
Register
Lina MacFarland
M. E. Holder
New Martinsville
Charles Henry
Clarksburg
Ricardo Cortes
Ry Sear
Barnes
Charleston
West Virginia Federation of Clubs
Massed demonstrators clash over Japan pact
About 65,000 people gathered to oppose a U.S. security pact around Japan’s Diet in a mass protest. A Socialist leader was stabbed as Premier Kishi’s government vowed to stay in office until the treaty takes effect on Sunday. police battled stone throwers as the crowd grew restless.
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Advantage
Japan
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
America
Kishi
Jotaro _ Kawakami
Kawakami
Front
Brownsboro School Board Fight Turns Deadly
A Brownsboro Texas school board meeting erupted into a violent clash leaving Thurman Jackson dead and four injured. Dr. Charles Rahm, the board secretary and former mayor, was charged with murder as chaos erupted with reporters and witnesses detailing knife wounds and a man struck across the head. Police and Texas Rangers swarmed the courthouse area while witnesses were questioned.
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Brownsboro
Tex
Texas
Thurman Jackson
Ivan H. Long
J. P Parker
Bill Melton
George Rash
Charles Rahm
Jackson
Hen
Derson County Dist
Hardee
Rahm
Texas Rangers
Athens
Set
Bill Barton
West Virginia Weather Forecast With Thunderstorms
Variable cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms with gusty winds and heavy rain possible today. Highs in the 80s, clearing and cooler tonight with lows in the 50s. Sunny and cool Saturday with extended outlook for warmer Sunday through Tuesday and cooler again Wednesday. Temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normals. scatter thundershowers possible Tuesday or Wednesday. Beckley highs yesterday 86, low 62. Greenbrier River conditions normal and clear.
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W. Va
Beckley
C and P Employees Reach Agreement on Three-Year Contract
Charleston AP reports Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and the Communication Workers of America reached a three-year contract for about 4,000 West Virginia workers. It takes effect next Sunday, allows wage reopeners after each year for pay, and includes coverage for extraordinary medical expenses paid by the company. Localities Keyser, Moundsville, White Sulphur Springs, Clendenin, and part of Fairmont move to higher wage categories.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Communication Workers of America
Keyser
Moundsville
White Suliphur Springs
Clendenin
Fairmont
Bluefield
Princeton- Welch
C& P
Dictator Twist Warns of Oil Seizure in Cuba
Sherwood Glutz attacks Fidel Castro accusing him of planning to seize oil companies and already seizing sugar refineries in Cuba. He labels Castro a low-down stealer and claims a Saturday night fight in Ruff Town reflects the chaos.
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Rufftown
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Trooper Caldwell Resigns and Promotions Reported
State Trooper C W Caldwell resigns from Elkins post to join the U S Department of Justice effective June 27. Promotions retroactive June 1 for W S Strader in criminal identification and J R Buckalew in accident prevention, both stationed at department HQ. In Detroit, Delle Foster graduates at 19 after a fatal car crash the night of a cemetery visit following a high school graduation.
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Detroit
Delle Foster
Lincoln Park
Dad
Delle
Multiple Story Snippets From Across Nation And World
A bus crash near Jackson Mississippi injures at least 30 with four cars crashing behind it in a rainstorm. County judges in St. Clairsville Ohio fine five butchers for adulterated meat amid ongoing prosecutions. Agriculture officials testify sodium sulfite used for meat coloring. The House debates restoring 250 million of 790 and a half million in foreign aid amid Paris conference fallout. Kennedy hints at naming Adlai Stevenson and FDR Jr to posts if elected. Mt Gibrt plane crash deaths linked to Alaska snow and 14 victims. Eastern Airlines strike may resume as two-man crew leaves for New York. Golda Meir cuts fund drive to defend Israel in UN Eichmann debate. A morals trial of an actor is temporarily halted.
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Jackson
Miss
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Paris
Tokyo
John F. Kennedy
Jack Paar
Adlai E. Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Alaska
Pacific Northern Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
New York
Golda Meir
Milwaukee
U. N
Adolph Eichmann
Senate Passes Housing Bill in Major Day of Action
The Senate approved a $1.2475 billion omnibus housing bill 64 to 16 after a 14 hour session. The unanimous day also yielded a $40 billion defense appropriation and a constitutional amendment proposal to let District of Columbia residents vote for presidential electors, with ratification by 38 states needed within seven years.
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Columbia
Trip Blowup May End 'Personal Diplomacy'
A chain of crises including U S spy plane furor and the Tokyo visit collapse jeopardizes American top level outreach. Eisenhower’s plan to visit Japan ends amid a series of miscalculations. world press view and Soviet chortling signal a possible lasting shift in U S diplomacy and strategy toward Moscow and Asia.
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Eisenhower
Japan
U. S
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Free World
Red China
Pacific
West Virginia officials head to New York for armory bond sale
A West Virginia group led by State Adj. Gen. William E. Blake will fly to New York to sign $1.45 million in armory revenue bonds plus $730,000 in federal funds for construction and expansion of National Guard armories in Beckley Clarksburg and Welch and for Camp Dawson. The bonds will be purchased by A C Allyn Co of Chicago at a net annual interest of 4.6248 percent.
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Charleston
West Virginia
New York
National Guard
Beckley
Clarksburg
Welch
Camp Ire
Wansvull
Mywyuvu
Adj
William E. Blake
Blake
West Coast
Pasaden
Vegas
Joe F. Burdett
Board of Public Works
Herbert Marsh
Curtis B. Trent
J. H. Francis Jr
Armory
A. C. Allyn Co. and Associates
Chicago
Lambert Named Regional VP for School Public Relations
Harold Lambert, public relations director for the West Virginia Education Association, was elected regional vice president of the National School Public Relations Association. He will represent the 10 southeast states in the 2000 member group as a former newspaperman and Raleigh board of education member. Lambert has served with the WVEA since 1957 after leading education for the Conservation Commission and previously living in Beaver.
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Harold Lambert
West Virginia Education Association
National School Public Relations Association
National Education Association
Raleighea Board of Education
Lambert
WVEA
The
Conservation Commission
Beaver
Fire Destroys Swank Casino On Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS AP a fire of undetermined origin destroyed the casino restaurant of the El Rancho Vegas Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip early today. Deputies investigate possible arson after hotel officials reported an unidentified man talked about fire with casino executives three hours before the blaze. The kitchen source sent flames into the theater restaurant and nearby casino forcing evacuation of 25 staff and guests. no injuries. Owner Beldon Katleman valued damage at about five million dollars with roughly half a million in cash in the casino cage.
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Las Vegas
Nev
el Rancho Vegas
Las Vegas Strip
Sheriff's Deputies
Vira Ritchy
Trn
David Winestine
Beldon Katleman
Katleman
I Don t Know Why I Did It Bank Guard Confesses Loot Grave Haul
Eugene Hicks, a Needham bank guard and former prison guard, will be arraigned in Dedham District Court on larceny charges after leading police to graves where he buried $103,000 stolen from Norfolk County Trust Co. Investigators found $34,000 in his father's grave and $34,000 in a second grave at Fairview Cemetery, plus more in two graves at Forest Hills and $930 in a vase at his father in law s grave. Hicks surrendered in Boston and said the act was a sudden impulse. He had a clean record prior to the theft.
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Needham
Mass
Eugene Hicks
Alice
Hicks
Dedham District Court
Norfolk County Trust Co
FBI
Lee Then
County Trust Co
Hickseed
Neston
Boston
West Roxbury
Fairview
Forest Hills
Forest Hillstory
Needham Bank
Walpole State Prison
Defense Chiefs Briefed On Japan Turn Of Events
In Quantico VA defense leaders at an 8th annual conference reviewed secret assessments by intelligence and diplomatic services on trends abroad. Secretary Gates called the Japan treaty situation extremely disturbing due to leftist opposition and risks to U S bases in Japan. General officers reported on the outlook as U S bases in the region remain critical.
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Quantico
Defense Department
Japan
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Washington
Gates
U. S
United States
Far East
U S Population Up 28 Million In Last Decade
Washington AP reports a record 28 million rise in U S population in the last decade bringing total to 1792 million based on 177 733 190 actual count and estimates of those yet to be listed Census credits higher birth rates and lower death rates for the surge with final counts to come.
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Washington
U.S
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Two British sergeants complete 67 day Trans U S trek
New York AP reports British sergeants Patrick Moloney and Mervyn Evans finished a 67 day cross country trek, entering Manhattan via the Lincoln Tunnel at 9 58 a m after leaving San Francisco on April 12. They averaged 44% miles per hour, described the trip as rough, and noted a first haircut since Wyoming.
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New York
United States
Patrick Moloney
Mervyn Evans
Lincoln Tunnel
Manhattan
New Jersey
Hudson River
Newark
Wyoming
Larry Pecorardo
Scotch Plains
Evans
San Francisco
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Petey
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Henderson County
Homer Bass
Fete
Esehorn
Leslie A. Martin
Oscar L. Davis
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Sherwood Glutz
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