Maine Governor Payne Wins GOP Nomination Shakeup
Editorial notes Payne's primary victory over Senator Brewster reshapes party lines with Payne seen as progressive and Eisenhower ally. It contrasts Maine conservatism with Brewster's evolution toward internationalist views, while discussing manager government trends and Beckley charter reforms delays.
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West Virginia
Maine
Frank G. Payne
Owen Brewster
Senator Brewster
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Brewster
Payne
India
New England
Why the Delay in Beckley Charter Revision
A team of municipal government experts from West Virginia University visited Beckley to discuss proposed charter changes. They focused on a revision committee's recommendation for a permissive city manager provision, noting that a minority supported that revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Frasure
Beckley
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Seagull Parable From St Augustine Spurs Moral on Self Help
The story recounts seagulls of St Augustine relying on shrimp-boat scraps, thriving in a welfare-like system until boats moved to Key West. Thousands died of starvation as the gulls forgot to fish, illustrating a moral Lincoln cited about reliance on others versus self-reliance.
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St. Augustine
Florida
Key West
Abraham Lincoln
Bug Dust and the Lacy Family Picnic Traditions
The piece recalls how family gatherings in Winding Gulf hinge on Lacy kinship led by M. Lacy who can summon five generations with a shout. It names Neal Lacy, Vencie Campbell, Virgil Grubb, Patsy Ellen, and others, noting eight children and the Lacy clan’s mining ties and relocations. It also contrasts drownings, praising a Red Cross swim safety feature and urging caution around water dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ly
Council of State
Lacy
Winding Gulf
Lacey
M. L
Neal Lacy
Vencie Campbell
Virgil Grubb
Campbell
Barnabus
T. C. Myers
Princewick
Stiney Cozort
McGraws
John Lyall
Helen
M. C. Lacey
Camp Creek
Foster Lacy
M. DC
McCorkie
Lincoln County
Raleigh
Igy
Raleigh County
Chronicle
Bus Dist
Register
Suncellent Newscfeature
Dolores Davis
Waterdale Pool
Red Cross
M. L. Lacy
Verde Campbell
Neal
Patsy Ellen
Los Alamos No Cemetery Birthplace of the Atom Bomb
Los Alamos New Mexico grows beyond its 700 population as 12,800 workers live in a guarded research hub. The city boasts schools, recreation, churches, and a high birth rate but lacks housing ownership and a local cemetery. Residents split on secrecy, while many leave for better jobs. ownership and a graveyard would make it a true community rather than a government transit center.
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Los Almads
N. M
America
Atomic Weapon Research
Los Alamos
Jemez Mountains
New Mexico
Prayer for guidance and inner peace by James W. Kennedy
A morning prayer asks for guidance and calm as the day begins. The caller invokes God to lead hearts and minds toward rest and courage, urging fearless steps until tomorrow. Kennedy signs as rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Lexington, Kentucky.
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James W. Kennedy
Lexington, Ky
Christ Episcopal Church
Civil Rights Platform Vital in Conventions
The piece assesses the 1952 political stance on civil rights awaiting Chicago conventions. It contrasts Republican mildness in 1948 with current aims to win Northern Negro votes and Southern whites. FEPC proposals dominate debate, with Eisenhower and Taft favoring limited federal action and few Democrats backing compulsory FEPC.
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Washington T
Chicago
South
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Varius
FEPC
Averell Harriman
Brien McMahon
US Endorses Limited Big Four Conference Talk
Washington expects the United States to press Britain and France for a limited Big Four meeting with Russia to discuss a German peace treaty. A definite agenda will be required, with deputies possibly meeting in Paris to counter Red propaganda and secure free elections in East Germany before talks. Secretary Acheson holds firm Western demands and aims to expose Kremlin stalling. The piece contrasts Pace and Flood on POW riots and the fate of 132,000 prisoners with 70,000 hard cores Reds.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Kremlin
Germany
Paris
Dean Acheson
East Germany
Acheson
Ander
Conventions Face Deadlocks Open Again for Dark Horse Hope
Chicago reports both major parties face delegate deadlocks at their July and July conventions. The GOP sees Taft Eisenhower rivalry, while Democrats risk prolonged ballots. Historical echoes from 1814 1852 1860 1912 1920 1924 illuminate potential dark horse outcomes.
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John F. Sembower
New York
John W. Davis
William Gibbs McAdoo
Alfred E. Smith
League of Nations
Ku Klux Klan
FEPC
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James K. Pok
George Bancroft
Martin van Buren
Lewis Cass
van Buren
Stephen A. Douglas
Champ Clark
McAdoo
Smith
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Cass. Douglas
James Buchanan
William L. March
Warren G. Harding
Leonard Wood
Frank Lowden
Hiram Johnson
Regionally Speaking Military Men at Home and Abroad
Promoted to sergeant is George Lee Ballard son of L G Ballard Eccles. Ensign James H Agee son of H H Agee Mullens graduates WVU in 1949. SEVEN area men undergo recruit training at San Diego Naval Training Center, with six seamen recruits and one airman recruit led by Robert N Wiseman Jr. A platoon in Korea adopts owls as sentries under Cpl Walter M Wright. Other updates include Pvt Bu anne Reed Indiantown Gap Pa and Airman Teddy Hedgecock Elgin Fla. Major David T Kennedy Beckley reports for two weeks at Ft Meade. Cadet Richard Lee Jarvis WVU scholar to Camp Gordon ROTC summer camp. Various promotions and assignments across Army Navy Air Force Marines detailed with multiple families named.
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George Lee Ballard
L. G. Ballard
Eccles
Korea
Second Infantry Divison
The
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Spt
Ballara
Elgin
Air Force Base
Fla
Teddy” Glenn Hedgecock
W. F. Hedgecock
Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Sam Houston
Florida
Eugene Hedgecock
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Ala
Lackland Air Force Base
Crag Base
Retha Blackwell
David T. Kennedy
Beckley
A. R. Reeves
Kennedy
Ft. Meade
United Mine Workers
Richard Lee Jarvis
Goodwin Jarvis
Pikeville
West Virginia University
Officer Training Corp
Camp Gordon
Reserve Corps
Bobbie Branham
Jack Btanham
Kopperstan
San Antonio
Donald Jarrell
Indiantown
Igap
Don Jarrell
Pineknob
Jerry Mason Tennant
H. £. Tennant
Oak Hill
Alaska
United States
Oak Hill High School
Lackland Air Face
Ft. Belvoir
Parris Island
S. C
Roy Clinton Stover
H. A. Stover
Whipple
Albert E. Hylton
C. A. Hylton
Mullens
USS
Valley Forge
Ruel K. McKinney
Archie McKinney
Basin
Camp Breckinridge
Charles R. Manning
Clyde Manning
Kingston
William D. Deitz
Wesley Deitz
Mt Lookout
Camp le. Jeune
N. C
Youre Telling Me by William Kitt features insecticide wax
A new floor wax contains insecticide making it perilous for insects and perhaps unwary users. Zadok Dumkopf predicts the Soviet emblem will change once the Russians invent the Tivet gun and the harvesting machine.
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William Kitt
Zadok Dumkopf
Soviet Union
Look Backward Today Ten Years Ago in West Virginia
A historical recap notes Axis forces moving toward Egypt, local candidacy filings in Raleigh County, a miners camp program at Camp Thomas E Lightfoot near Hinton, and Raleigh Countians contributing 16338 to the War Chest toward a 25000 goal. It also recalls a 20 year ago report of education budget cuts, a Logan investigation, a fatality in a Trace Mountain ditch, and a Mexican tidal wave and an East Virginia air tour event.
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Egypt
K. D. Bobbitt
Raleigh County Board of Education
Koppers
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Hinton
War Chest Fund
Raleigh
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Harry Roberts
Logan City
Robert Thurmond
Trace Mountain
Logan
Curultan
Mexico
Est
Virginia Air Tour
Skelton
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Thomas Stafford
Charles L. Hurst
Register City Editor
Susie
Junior
Mr. Lacy
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspa
W. Va
W Vipers Corpor
Thomas F. Stafford
Associated Press
AP News Dispatches
ED Er
Brooks & Finley Inc
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Beckley Newspaper Corporation
Hal Beyle
Atomic Energy Commission
By James Marlow
U. S
Steel Union
Steel Companies
CIO Steelworkers
Philip Murray
U.S. Steel
Murray
Storn
Army
Frank Pace
Daniel Floci
Pennsylvania
Kose
Pate
Flood
Hoje
Pace
North Kores
Dark Horse
Herbert Hoover
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Garfield
John Sherman
Horatio Seymour
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Thas Rambuncious
Navy
Newport
R. T
James H. Agee
H. H. Agee
White Ave
Agee
San Diego, Calif
Naval Training
Denver Caudill
Gabe Caudill
Epperly
Stora High School
Navys
John H. Kelly Jr
John H. Kelly
Stanaford
Woodrow Wilson High School
New River Coal Co
Samuel W. Todd
R. H. Todd
Beckles
J. W. Hand
MacArthur
Cecil J. Dillon
Cecil B. Dillon
Josephine
Oscar H. Wright Jr
Oscar H. Wright
S. Fayette St
Jimmie Wright
Big Island
Robert N. Wiseman Jr
Robert N. Wiseman
11Th Infantry Regiment
Walter M. Wright
Willie Wright
Mahan
Mother
Fifth Infantry Division
Indiantown Gap
Pvt
Buanne Reed
Willy Reed
Egeria
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