Court decision menaces pact Tokyo warned by officials
Japanese officials warned today that an American court decision blocking a Japanese trial for William S. Girard would menace the U S Japan Mutual Security Treaty unless the U S Supreme Court overturns the ruling Justice Minister Umekich Nakamura said the District Court ruling was binding and Japan would proceed with Girard's trial as planned Judge Yuzo Kawachi presides.
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William S. Girard
U.s.japan
U.S. Supreme Court
Umekich Nakamura
Ja Pin
Girard
Yuzo Kawachi
Japan
U.S. Army
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Camp Whittington
Joseph C. Mc Garraghy
Alty
Tosa Sato
Minoru Tsuda
Justice Ministry
U.S
Washington
Sato
McGarraghy
Naka Sakai
Nakamura
Far East Command Offici ‘Cials
Charles Decker
Oo Girard
Antitrust Fears Loom Over Baseball Under Law
Ford Frick warned Congress that applying antitrust laws to baseball would damage the sport. He cited higher costs and worse parks, saying the game could regress decades. Frick testified before a House subcommittee on the status of professional sports under antitrust law.
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Washington
Ford Frick
Congress
Frick
House
Supreme Court
George M. Trautman
Final Arguments in Raleigh County Malicious Prosecution Suit
In Raleigh County Circuit Court final arguments were heard in the malicious prosecution trial of State Police Trooper L J Trupp Jr. Both sides rested and prepared final instructions before Judge Norman Knapp. The case, involving accusations of beating and restraining by Trupp against Carson Light, proceeds to the jury.
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Plain Hill
Raleigh County
L. J. Trupp ‘Jr
Norman Knapp
Senate Nears Rights Test in Girard Case
The Senate debates a rights test as Judge McGarraghy’s ruling on the Girard case moves toward the Supreme Court. The Tokyo trial question centers on whether a U.S. soldier charged with manslaughter can be tried in Japanese or U.S. courts, with U.S. officials stressing constitutional protections while awaiting a formal decision from Tokyo and Washington.
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Republican Law Register
Beckley
West Virginia
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Tokyo
J. Lee Rankin
Moderate Civil Rights Plan Called Moderate and Decent
President Eisenhower described his civil rights program as moderate and not aimed at persecuting anyone. He spoke at a news conference noting beliefs it would disturb rights for some regions, while Sen. Russell of Georgia warned of a possible legislative lynching and urged adherence to Senate rules over Knowland and Douglas’s calendar maneuver.
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Eisenhower
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Douglas
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Operation Andrew Aids Graham Revival in New York
The article describes a New York effort named Operation Andrew to bring skeptical acquaintances to Billy Graham’s Madison Square Garden revivals. Businessmen and housewives alike participate, with Grattan noting the method derives from the Apostle Andrew bringing his brother Peter to Jesus.
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New York
Mullens Plans New Parking Lot Opening and Rates
Simple ceremonies mark the June 27 opening of Mullens new 89 000 dollar municipal lot at Fourth Street and Howard Avenue near the post office. The lot holds about 68 vehicles and parking rates are five cents per hour or 23 cents for six hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
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Howard Avenue
City Board of Commissioners
Christ
Graham
Beckley Considers All Aluminum Civic Auditorium Dome
Kaiser Aluminum Dome could offer a lower cost per square foot for a Beckley civic auditorium. W J Bruner and Chamber officials toured sites including the Mount Hope Beckley Airport and Hawaii hotel dome model to explain the concept of a sealed all aluminum structure with minimal maintenance and a 2000 seat Hawaii venue as a reference. Financing remains a question, but supporters say Beckley could become the first city to adopt the aluminum dome as a community center.
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Beckley
Chamber
Bruner
Mount Hope-Beckley
Skelton
Forbes
Corporation
Hawaiian Village
Honolulu
Brurer
Hawaii
Virginia Beach
Kaiser Aluminum Corp
Seivic
Group To Lease Swimming Pool In West Mullens
Community Recreation Inc met at City Hall to lease and operate the West Mullens pool. If $2,500 from advance ticket sales is raised, the pool will open June 23 and run to Sept 15 with 500 season tickets at $3 each. Robert Kuhn named supervisor. other hires planned.
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RNS
Community Recreation Incorporated Yoled
West Mullens
Frank Penn
Henry Ball
Community Recreation
The
Rebels’ Ree
Robert É. Kuhn
Mullens
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
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Knights of Pythias
Laurel Garden Club
Polio Case Reported in McDowell County
Washington reports polio cases in West Virginia with two cases last year and six cases this year in McDowell County. State health officials note no widespread outbreak but emphasize surveillance and preventive measures. The article also details a Senate debate over the Hells Canyon high dam bill and Idaho Power tax writeoffs amid partisan tensions.
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Washington
Hells Canyon
McDowell Coun
Senate
West Virginia Department of Today
McDowell County
Charleston
Low mood urged by Louisville manufacturer in Memphis talk
James Francis Kurfees of Louisville Kentucky told Memphis State College teachers that the nation’s mood is a danger to basic values. He warned the country risks disappearance like other prospering nations that faded away and urged a shift toward a better collective mood over material gains.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Francis Kurfees
Louisville, Ky
Kurfees
Memphis State College
Service Register boys strive to give their customers the best service
The Register delivery team invites suggestions for improved delivery and offers home delivery orders by calling CL 3 3321.
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Register
Army Deserter Surrenders In Beckley
A U S Army deserter walked into Beckley Police Station and surrendered after 47 days on the run. Private Richard F Hiller 19 of Runnerfield Penn claimed he deserted in Pennsylvania on May 4 and planned to join a gypsy band before wandering the country. He was turned over to patrolman Lennie Price and jailed in Raleigh County awaiting Military Police from South Charleston. He said he was tired hungry and had no papers.
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United States Army
Beckley
Nan Patton
Richard F. Hiller
Runnerfield
Penn
Pennsylvania
Berkley
Beckleyan Sentenced To Six Months In Jail
Beckley resident Ralph Pendry, Beclley, today was sentenced in Raleigh County Criminal Court to six months in the Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty to obstructing an officer. He received credit for time already served.
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Ralph Pendry
Beckley
Raleigh County
Pendry
Five Thousand Dollar Suit Filed In Raleigh County
A $5,000 suit was filed Tuesday in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. Marie Jarrell is the plaintiff and Mabel West doing business as the Cut and Curl Beauty Shop is named as defendant. Details of the action were not available.
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Raleigh County
Marie Jarrell
Mabel West
Alderson Slayer Of Husband Freed From Prison
Dorothy Krueger Smith, 44, freed from a federal women’s reformatory after nine days of release delay following a Supreme Court ruling. She had been convicted of murdering her Army Coronel husband Aubrey Smith in Tokyo on October 4, 1952 and sentenced to life in 1933. She left the reformatory with Gen. Adam Richmond and his wife and planned to travel to Washington and then to San Antonio to join her father, retired Gen. Walter Krueger.
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W.va
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Federal Reformatory For ‘Women
Coronel
U.S. ‘Supreme Court
Walter Krueger
Pacific
Supreme Court of the United States
Smith
Polio Clinic To Be Held At Local Church
A Salk polio vaccine clinic is set for this Friday in the basement of the First Christian Church from 9 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm with Health Department staff. Beginning this week no polio shots will be given at the Health Department on Saturday mornings all summer, as preschool immunizations are heavy. One monthly clinic will replace the Saturday shots and will be announced in advance. Eligible are children born through a certain year and expectant mothers. first second or third shots will be given and those due for their third shot should attend Friday. Clinics will not be held in the county this summer due to school closures.
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Wam
Health Department
Man surveys dented 1957 model car with solemn look
A man stands beside a vintage 1957 model car, his face drawn in a distressed expression as he surveys the dented fender. The street scene captures a quiet moment of worry or reflection.
Jaeger Man Reverses Plea in Fort Worth? No, Raleigh County Case
Jaeger resident Lacy Edwin Short reversed his plea in Raleigh County Criminal Court from not guilty to guilty for breaking and entering tied to the February 13 1957 Sophia Finance Co. break in. A jury was impaneled but dismissed after the plea change. Short awaits sentencing on a $2500 bond.
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Lacy Edwin Short
Jaeger
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Short
March Grand
Sophia Finance Co
Sophis
Harry L. McCreery
Claude Elmer Rambo
James Herbert Blankenship
Aeger
McCreery
Raleigh Man Arraigned In Scalehouse Break-In
John Henry Evans of Raleigh was arraigned before Magistrate J E Mays on a breaking and entering charge for allegedly breaking into the scalehouse of The Royalty Smokeless Coal Co. He reportedly took a typewriter and fountain pen. Bond set at 1000 dollars. he remained jailed after failing to post. Arrested by city police, he was turned over to state police for prosecution.
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John Henry Evans
Raleigh
J. £. Mays
Evans
Royalty Smokeless Coal Co
Mays
Evis
Eisenhower Sees Soviet Proposals as Hopeful Sign
President Eisenhower calls Soviet disarmament proposals a hopeful sign and urges earnest study while not endorsing unconditional nuclear test suspensions. He notes both nations must know details of any pact and defends Harold Stassen from being reprimanded for London talks. He declines to discuss the District Court ruling on GE. William Girard’s case to avoid potential harm.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Harold E. Stassen
London
Waal Stassen
Stassen
William
Girard
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