Eisenhower Defends Adams While Keeping Him
President Eisenhower said Adams was imprudent in his relations with Bernard Goldfine but that he will not fire Adams. He praised Adams’ abilities and integrity, and emphasized He needs him as a top presidential aide. The news conference drew 257 reporters and covered Hungary Lebanon and Lebanon crisis questions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Shernan Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
House ‘Investigating Committee
Eisen
Congressional Committee
White House
Exing Mans
Wer Adams
Hungary
Eisenhower Ee
Imre Nagya
Paul Maletor
House
Goldfine
Boston
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjo
United
Federal Trade Com- Nations
United States
Hon
GOP State Chairmen Split On Adams Case
GOP state chairmen at a three day campaign school divided over Sherman Adams relation to Bernard Goldfine and its possible impact on 1938 campaigns. Oregon, New Hampshire and Virginia leaders weighed Adams gifts and influence with mixed views while national chairman Meade Alcorn warned of rough battles and shifting voter loyalties toward individual candidates.
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GOP
Adams Case
Washington
Sher
Adams
Benard Goldfine
National Committee
James F. Short
Oregon
Wiliam W. Treat
New Hampshire
Treat
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
T. Lee Potter
Virginia
Wirt A. Yeger Jr
Mississippi
Repub
Lican
Meade Alcorn
Alcorn
U.S. Senate
House
Permanent co chairs named for Beckley tourist drive plan
Ben H. Wender and Mace J. Beauties elected permanent chairmen of Beckley West Virginia tourist promotion committee. A four point plan aims to boost tourist trade with projects including an exhibition coal mine State Park Bluestone Resort and garden improvements. Temporary chairs Wonder and Barksdale named as interim leaders.
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Beckley
Ben H. Wender
Mace
Barksdale
West Virginia
At View State Park
Bluestone
Wonder
Barksdale Wair
B'nai B'rith Lodge
Raleigh County Garden
Council
Grandview
Colin McLuckey
Garden Council
H. D. Butterworth
Flowering Hill
J. L. Maples
Columbine
David Anderson
Maurice §. Robertson
Westwood Garden Club
Barksdale and
Coal Mine
Dave Abrams
E. E. Bibb
Morton A. Johnson
Lawrence Forbes
E. S. Pugh
Clarence Bloch
Randey Webb
Harry
West Virginia bill drafted to aid employers in unemployment program
A proposed measure in Charleston would extend unemployment benefit funding from 24 to 36 weeks if the state fund falls below 130 million by July 1, with Gov. Underwood urging quick action in a special session. The move seeks state participation under federal unemployment legislation and authorizes an agreement with the federal government to finance extended benefits for jobless workers after exhausting state benefits.
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Charleston
Isplaw
Underwood
West Virginia
Congress
Henry L. Ash
Mullens Store Entered Safecrackers Get $3,000
A new Mullens store opened June 5 was robbed in the early hours by professionals who forced entry at Jones and Spry Super Market on the Mullens Beckley road. About $3,000 in cash and large silver vanished, while more than $400 in a cash drawer was left behind. Police said the theft occurred around 2 a.m. to daybreak with staff asleep nearby. An observer linked the incident to the store’s 13th day of business and noted the well lit interior after the safe door was ripped open. Co-owner Oral Spry and two employees living close by reported no disturbance. The missing funds were receipts for two days plus the store’s cash reserve.
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Robert Fralin
Oral Spry
Spry
Multens Bank
Sophia Miner Pete Ward Dies at 53 in Local Hospital
Sophia resident Pete Ward 53 died at 2 20 p m Tuesday after several months illness. Born November 10 1903 he was a retired miner and United Mine Workers member. He leaves four brothers and four sisters, a son Earl Phillip Ward two daughters Thelma Crouch Naomi Ward and four grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gospel Tabernacle Soak Creek with burial in Hot Coal Cemetery.
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Pete Ward
Sophia
Andy Lewis Ward
Meadow Creek
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley Moose Lodge
Paul
Everett
Buster
Frank
Cleveland
Edith Wheeler
Beckley
Alice Richardson
Logan
Bessie Wheeler
Marle Hawkins
New View
Earl Phillip Ward
Thelma Crouch
Naomi Ward
Gospel Tabernacle
Soak Creek
Okey Cox
Williams and Craven
Hot Coal
Elbert Mills
Howard Moore
Eula Hatfield
Caz Marrs
G. F. Allison
Alva Lester
Fire at 226 Morris Avenue Under Investigation
Beckley Fire Chief Bernard Martin says a Tuesday blaze caused considerable damage to a hose and is under investigation to determine the origin. The fire mainly damaged one room in a building owned by M W Powers and occupied by Mary Hudson.
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Morris Avenue
Beckley Fire Department
Beckley
Bernard Martin
M. W. Powers
Mary Hudson
Church of God Convention Attracts About 1100 Attendees
About 1,100 people registered for the Church of God state camp meeting and convention at Beckley Recreation Building. The program lists W. R. Hudson Mallory usher in charge C. C. Blevins Maloaka devotional leader Ray Rodbeaver Petersburg band leader L. L. McDaniel Beckley welcoming address Oran White Mullens music committee J T Roberts Tampa Fla special night speaker Hollis L. Green Beckley state Sunday school director Billy Sunday Meyers York S C special morning speaker.
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Beckley
Church of God
Front Row
Eltto Sight
W. R. Hudson
Mal
J.T. Roberts
Tampa, Fla
Hollis L. Green
Becktey
State Sunday School and
Billy Sunday Meyers
York
5S. C
Two Men Sentenced in Area Robbery Case
Billy Boggs and Bobby Smith of Glen Daniel were sentenced to ten years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville after pleading guilty to breaking and entering in the May 14 robbery of Luther Jones General Store on State Route 3. A total of 66 dollars in goods was stolen. Smith’s attorney Leo Birch said time served in Raleigh County Jail should count toward final sentencing, which the court granted.
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Billy Boggs
Bobby Smith
Glen Daniel
Moundsville
Boggs
Smith
Luther Jones
Leo Brrch
Raleigh
James Douglas
Dorothy
Harry L. McCreery
West weather outlook with showers and storms eastern Panhandle
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms today. Eastern Panhandle sees potential storms early tonight then clearing. Highs near 70, 60s in the mountains. tonight lows in the 30s. Thursday partly cloudy and warm with a slight thunder shower chance. Oak Hill data noted: high yesterday, low last night, 7 am today.
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Panhandle
Oak Hill High
Insurgents Take Over Beirut Prison in Lebanon Crisis
Insurgents seized a women's prison in Beirut and opened fire on surrounding Christian districts. The fighting erupted Tuesday night as Moslem rebels opposed to President Chamoun’s regime advanced on the facility. The army evacuated the inmates and U.N. observers prepared for involvement amid possible calls for a U.N. emergency force.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille, Cha
Moun
U.N
Dag Hammarskjoid
Hammarskjold
United Arab
Mystery Milk Men Offer Silver Dollars in Beckley
Fifteen mystery milk men and women with dollars in their pockets will dine at Beckley restaurants over the next two weeks. The June Dairy Month event, sponsored by the Rural Development Council, pays a silver dollar to any server who suggests milk with a meal. Fifty-two Beckley restaurants are taking part. the campaign runs until June 30, with a note left under plates if milk is not suggested.
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Beckley
Rural Development Council
Astronomical Notes for Beckley Skies This Week
The Sun sets at 7 49 p m and rises at 3 02 a m on Thursday The Moon sets at 8 50 p m with the first quarter occurring June 2 Jupiter in the southern sky at sunset moves westward among Virgo stars since February and resumes its usual eastward path along the ecliptic this week.
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Jupiter
Officers Recover Stolen Explosives Near Slab Fork
Two officers seek owner of three boxes of blasting caps and two cases of dynamite missing from a load reported yesterday. The material scattered over trees and bushes along Tams Mountain half a mile below Slab Fork road. Foster and Haga retrieved part of the charge after about two hours. Foster invites contact at telephone OV 3.5082.
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Tams Mountain
Slab Fork Road
J. W
Buster" Foster
Foster
Perry Haga
Slab Fork
Kkis
Wrench Thrower Held For Murder
Charleston AP reports Cecil Sloan, 39, died after a wrench struck him on the skull in a quarrel with Berton Walter Cremeans, 30. State Police said a murder charge will be presented to the Kanawha County grand jury. 三分彩
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Charleston
Cpl
W. S. Webb
Cecil Sloan
Berton Walter Cremeans
Webb
Kanawha County
Collision Suit Ends as Children Awarded 2500 Each
The court awarded 2500 to two infants Jeannette Brammer and Raymond Milli Virginia Brammer as plaintiffs in a collision suit. Ernest Morgan and others faced personal injury claims totaling 25000. The June trial heard testimony from Marie Mills and doctors from Beckley Memorial Hospital.
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Jeannette Brammer
Raymond R. Milliginia Brammer
Suit
Ernest Morgan
Oak Hill
Jeannetie
Carro
Pennington
Ethel Hatcher
Forlot Oak Hill
Cleve
Ob!land
Raymond Mills
T. R. Wilson
Ad TA
Marie Mills
Mills, Morgan, Pennington
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Norman Knapa
Eliria Carter
George Willis
Beckley Airman Shot To Death In Louisiana
John R. Abram 18 son of Rev Samuel A and Naomi Abram was shot dead in Atena nd ria Louisiana near England Air Force Base after a birthday party dispute. Airman First Class James Johnson 21 held as a suspect. Abram died from a chest wound and is survived by parents three brothers and two sisters. Burial set at Greenwood Memorial Park with arrangements by C D Trent Funeral Home.
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John R. Abram
Samuel A
Naomi Abram
Deegans St
Atenandria
England Air Force Base
James
Samuel Jr. Roenester
N. Y
George
Cleveland
Edward
Beckley
Kathryn Abram Duckett
Minneapolis
Minn
Drema Abram
Central Baptist Church
Hisather
Greenwood Memorial Park
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Tonight in Memorial Building
A special AA meeting in Room 6 Memorial Building tonight at 8 o clock. A Columbus, Ohio visitor will speak. Members and interested persons invited to attend. Beckley Chamber of Commerce board to meet at noon Thursday at the Beckley Wales, per Price Caltec, president.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Memorial Building
Columbus
Ohio
Beckley
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