Policy Declaration Expected as Ike Opens U.N. Meet
Major policy pledge anticipated from President Eisenhower to open the United Nations 10th anniversary session in San Francisco. Big Four foreign ministers plan a private dinner to map Geneva summit agenda while Molotov gains influence with talks alongside Hammarskjold. Molotov, Da vid, Skrzeszewski meet, Dulles misses dinner.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
U.N
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Eduardo Zuleta Angel
Dulles
Molotov
Vaclav da
Red China Bids for U.N. Seat in Open Appeal
Peiping radio quoted the People's Daily urging the United Nations to recognize the People's Republic of China. The broadcast said the U.N. should promote international cooperation and peace while noting China has been denied legitimate status and rights in the U.N. The message claimed 600 million Chinese people deserve representation.
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Tokyo
China
United Nations
Peiping
Peiping People’s Daily
Red Chinese
San Francisco
U.N
People’s Republic of China
Peron Superseded in Command Amid Argentine Revolt Claims
Exiles in Montevideo report Buenos Aires: the army plans a three man junta including Peron, plus Gen Franklin Lucero and Rear Admiral Tessaire, to rule Argentina amid last week’s revolt. They say talks cover power sharing and Peron’s clash with the Catholic Church. Official sources cite rumors and no immediate changes.
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Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Peron
Argentina
Navy
Franklin Lucero
Alberto Tessaire
Tions
Associated Press Bureau
Lucero
Peronista Party
Juan Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Manuel Belgrano
Army Ministry
Government House
Peenitentiary
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Army
Vincente Lopez
Vatican
Purity Baking Co and union report no conflict say manager
Ray DePaulo bakery manager asserts there is absolutely no controversy between Purity Baking Co and the union. Three inside employees were dismissed Sunday and a fourth today for varied reasons. Protest signs reading unfair appeared outside the plant, but operations continued normally.
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Purity Baking Co
Ray DePaulo
DePaulo
United Construction Workers
No Action Planned On False Confession
Washington reports an Air Force spokesman said a false confession obtained by Chinese captors from Capt. Harold Fischer Jr. and three fellow pilots will not trigger disciplinary action. The four, including Lt. Col. Edwin Heller and Lt. Lyle Cameron, pleaded guilty to intrusion charges and were deported to the United States. The Air Force will study their actions but expects a clean bill of health for all.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Fischer
Yalu River
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland Parks
Omaha
China
Héller
Honolulu
United States
Drunkometer Use Ordered for All DWI Cases in State
Huntington reports Police Chief Joseph Gessner orders drunkometer every drunken driving case. Last usage prior to last Saturday was May 1. Martinsburg notes funeral held today for Curtis Edwards, 38, orchard worker killed when jack failed at automobile junk yard. coroner Dr. C. G Power says Edwards died hours before discovery.
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Huntington
Joseph B. Gessner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Curtis Edwards
Edwards
C. G. Power
Berkeley County
Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings for Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers possible in the northwest this afternoon and evening. Highs yesterday reached the mid 70s with lows around the mid 60s. Rivers at Bellepoint show clear conditions, while Greenbrier and New Normal readings are steady and Bluestone Reservoir remains at normal stage.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
Electrocution Set For Phantom Slayer Wable
Harrisburg Pa September 26 week fixed for the electrocution of John Wesley Wable 25 convicted Pennsylvania Turnpike phantom slayer in the murder of Harry F Pitts 39 of Bowling Green Va shot to death as he slept in the cab of his parked truck along the turnpike near Greensburg July 25 1953.
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M. Leader
John Wesley Wable
Wable
Westmoreland County
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Greensburg
House passes 7 percent pay raise bill for government workers
Washington action marks a 370 to 3 vote to approve a pay raise for more than one million rank and file government employees. The measure sets a seven percent increase and moves to implementation steps following passage.
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Washington
House
Coal Production Returns at Wyco Mine in 125-tons Aim
Wyco operation of Amigo Smokeless Coal Co resumes after idling since September due to market conditions and foreign content. 38 workers now, with plans to rise to about 125 in coming months as more sections reopen. Manager Dahlin cites need for clean coal and cooperative effort to expand production to 750 tons by July and 1,000 tons daily eventually. Water pumping underway as No 2 and No 5 mines are prepared for restart.
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WYCO
RNS
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
Court T. Dahlin
Clinchfield Coal Co
Affinity
Amigo
Lillybrook
Odell Huffman
Huffman
Earthquake registered by Columbia seismo graph reports tremor
News in Brief surveys seismic activity with a quake detected at Columbia University seismograph, while other briefs cover labor strikes, military aid dispatches, and transit workers negotiations across multiple cities and nations.
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New York
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Siberia
Columbia University
Bullets Fired Into 10 Cars Near Uniontown
Shots fired into ten moving cars along U S 40 near Uniontown Pennsylvania wounded one man and shattered several windows. Two men, William W. Jackson 59 Denver Colorado and Samuel P. Johnson 39 Houston Texas, were arrested after a panel truck with warning material and two pistols was found. Major injury was a neck and arm wound to Robert Gallear 35 Pittsburgh, listed as good, as nine others suffered cuts from glass.
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Uniontown
U.S. 40
Here
William W. Jackson
Denver
Colo
Samuel P. Johnson
Houston
Tex
J. A. Maggioncalda
Earl Savage
U.S.A
New Mexico
Savage
Robert Gallear
Pittsburgh
Uniontown Hospital
Nationalists claim sinking 20 red ships near Matsu
Nationalist China announced its war planes attacked a fleet of more than 400 Communist vessels about 15 miles from Matsu and sank more than 20. The vessels were likely a supply convoy. It marked the largest number of Red ships reported so close to Matsu.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Matsu
Citizenship Suit To Begin Today
The government’s suit to cancel longshore leader Harry Bridges’s U.S. citizenship goes to trial in federal court in San Francisco. Bridges, 53, a controversial West Coast waterfront figure, faces perjury and Communist party membership grounds. There is no jury and the trial is expected to run about three weeks as the government seeks his deportation to Australia.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
U.S
West Coast
U. S. Immigration Department
Australia
Senate signals roadblocks to social security expansion push
Congress debate grows over a Democratic plan to expand benefits for the disabled and early payments for women as Senate Finance Chairman Byrd calls the plan costly. House civil rights advocates vow hearings as a subcommittee readies hearings on bans of segregation on trains and equal employment rights. President Eisenhower seeks permanent four star rank for Gen Ridgway upon retirement with two lieutenant general nominations to follow.
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Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
House
Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Army
White House
Alexander R. Bolling
3Rd Army
Ft. McPherson
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
8Th Army
Korea
U.S
Far East
Lilly Buys Beckley Byus Mankin Lumber Firm
John Earl Lilly completed the purchase of Byus Mankin Lumber Co., one of Beckley’s oldest lumber businesses, from C A Byus. The deal’s price was not disclosed and Lilly plans no major changes. Lilly has led the firm for years, noting its evolution from horse drawn deliveries to a 20 person operation.
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John Earl Lilly
Byus-Mankin Lumber
Byus-Mankin Lumber Co
Beckley
Lilly
C. A. Byus
Byus
Luther Mankin
Robert Mankin
J. G. Smisko
Hinton
A. D. Lilly
Mankin
Mary Meadows
John Karl Jr
Annapolis
Barbara
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Lions Club
Beckley Elks Club
Chamber of Commerce
Infant Improving After Transfusion in Englewood
A 10 day old girl in Englewood Hospital showed slight improvement after multiple transfusions to treat an ih negative blood factor. Her parents Joseph and Gail Bertimato, Jehovah's Witnesses, initially refused the transfusions on religious grounds until the state intervened and custody was taken.
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Englewood
Gail Bertimato
Palisades Park
Englewood Hospital
Joseph Bertimato
Jehovah's Witnesses
Adenauer Returns From U.S. Trip To Meet Russians
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer returned to Bonn after a demanding eight day tour of Washington New York and London. He said West German policy fully aligns with Eisenhower Dulles and Eden and that a Moscow visit could follow the Big Four summit. British reports suggested he may seek Moscow intentions before the Geneva talks.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
New York
London
Atlantic Alliance
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eden
Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
West
Moscow
Road-e-o Winner Receives Prizes in WV Junior Chamber Event
George L. Ashton, 18, of Wheeling, won the West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce Teenage Road-e-o for the second year, earning a first place plaque and a $500 scholarship. Presented by K. A. Bergin of Pure Oil Co and Ted Kessinger, with Col. R. W. Boyles as guest speaker at the banquet closing the two day event.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ted Kessinger
State Road-Co
Bergin
Kessinger
Col
R. W. Boyles
West Virginia Department of Public Safety
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