Integrity Not Doubted Just Made Mistakes
President Eisenhower voiced full confidence in Secretary of the Army Stevens amid the McCarthy Stevens dispute. He said if he doubted Stevens integrity he would not retain him, acknowledging possible mistakes but backing Stevens overall. The Senate inquiry into the McCarthy Roy Cohn Army clash centers on who is telling the truth, with testimony expected next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Roy Cohn
Army
St Patrick’s Day in Ireland Amid Election Tensions
Ireland marks St Patrick’s Day on the eve of a general election as bars close and a parading nation celebrates industrial progress. Prime Minister Eamon de Valera travels to London for shamrock blessings while campaigns heat up for May 18. Both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael push for more industry and unity including the six northern counties.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republic
Eamon de Valera
London
Boston
New York
Third Avenue
New Ireland
Emerald Isle
de Valera
Fianna Fail
United Kingdom
Beckley and Oak Hill Hospitals Now Fully Accredited
Beckley Hospital Raleigh General Pinecrest Sanitarium and Beckley VA Hospital join Oak Hill Hospital Laird Memorial Bluefield St Luke's among area facilities listed as fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The commission notes Hinton Logan Greenbrier hospitals as provisionally accredited with surveys due within a year.
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Beckley
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
National Organization
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
JCAH
American College of Surgeons
American College of Physicians
American Hospital Association
The
American Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
Oak Hill Hospital
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Bluefield
Red Cross Campaign Donations in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross reports a total of 4188.65 in donations to the current campaign, announced by executive secretary Mrs. T. C. Moorefield.
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Raleigh County
American Red Cross
T. C. Moorefield
West Virginia Weather Forecast Fragments
Cloudy conditions with a low around twenty four degrees tonight. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and warmer. Beckley and Oak Hill show temperature readings and river level notes. streams and reservoirs display above normal stages across the region with incomplete data.
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Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone
New
Greenbrier
Blarney or Baloney in St Patrick’s Week Column
Earl Wilson explains blarney and baloney in his St Patrick’s Week column on page four. Gaelers led by John Costello a 63 year old lawyer who was prime minister for 1948 to 1951 in a coalition government. Four other smaller parties Labour Farmers Republicans and Independents unite against De Valera. talk of trying for a national government.
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Blarney
Baloney
Earl Wilson
Gaelers
John Costello
Labor
de Valera
Eisenhower Faults Dems On Tax Bill Relief
President Eisenhower charged Congressional Democrats with error in claiming the administration’s tax bill does not aid lower incomes. The House debated a giant 875 page bill with about 1.397 billion dollars in first year relief, amid a Democratic push to add a 100 dollar exemption increase for each taxpayer and dependent, a move opposed by the President. Key lawmakers predicted narrow or decisive votes as the fight echoed through a year of congressional elections. Assistant Democratic Whip Priest forecast a strong likelihood of success for the Democrats, while Speaker Martin and Republican Leader Halleck urged the GOP to block the motion and pass the bill as is. Treasury Secretary Humphrey opposed further excise tax cuts, prompting Republican strategy to focus on income tax reductions. Three Democrats framed a nationwide reply to Eisenhower’s address, with Rayburn arguing the Republican plan favors the upper 20 percent and offers little relief to the 80 percent earning under five thousand dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Conference
House Democrats
Rep
Priest
D-Tenn
Martin
Rmass
Halleck
Indiana
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Reorganization Cited In Logan County Liquor Job Firings
State Liquor Control Commission Chairman Luther H Carson said the ouster of three Logan County liquor store managers stemmed from re organization not politics Officials listed replacements Frank Toney for Gallo at Store 20 Main Dingess Claude Ellis for Gibson at Store 126 Rt 119 Virgil Belcher as clerk Store 126 Earl Justice kept without immediate replacement Dewey Browning to succeed Ray Jarrell at Store 95 First St and George Magnus to replace William Chappell as clerk Store 56 at Man
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Charleston
Logan County
Gene Gallo
Democratic Executive Committee
Luther H. Carson
State Liquor Control Commission
Carson
Frank Toney
Gallo
Main
Dingess Streets
Logan
Claude Ellis
Virgil Gibson
Rt. 119
Virgil Belcher
Earl Justice
Dewey Browning
Ray Jarrell
First St
George Magnus
William Chappell
Man
Stanford students rigged bomblike device at church
Three Stanford University students told officers they rigged a bomblike device at the First Church of Christ Scientist in Menlo Park on Sunday because organ music disturbed their studies. Police chief said church officials declined to press charges but disciplinary action may be discussed with county and Stanford officials.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Stanford University
Church of Christ
George Potter
Stanford
Time magazine reports massive thermonuclear blast
Time magazine reported the March 1 test at the U S Marshall Islands site released a thermonuclear force far above early estimates. The blast allegedly exceeded Hiroshima by hundreds of times, irradiated observers and island natives, and prompted reclassification of a November 1 1952 test as a misfire.
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New York
Time Magazine Today
U. S
Hiroshima
Time
U. S. Proving Grounds
Marshall Islands
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Kwajalein Island
Judge Lifts Ban On Sexy Films In LA Court
Federal judge reviewed four year old films featuring Sheree North in brief attire and found no lewd or lascivious content. The ruling came as Joe and John Bonica sued to overturn a mail ban by Postmaster General Summerfield and Acting Postmaster Otto K. Olesen. Judge Tolin granted a temporary injunction and set March 31 for briefs on a permanent injunction.
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Los Angeles
Sheree North
Ernest Tolin
Miss North
Otto K. Olesen
Summerfield
Joe
John Bonica
Tolin
Bonicas
Rabid Dog to Attend Mayors Parley Tonight
A mad dog will attend a gather of mayors and veterinarians in Sheriff John C Ward’s office at 7 30 p m to illustrate the quarantine seriousness. The dog owned by O E Harvey of S Kanawha Street is said to have dumb rabies. Attending will be mayors of Beckley Lester Rhodell Mabscott and Sophia with Dr T C Green state veterinarian and Dr Robert H Frisen Beckley veterinarian.
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John C. Ward
Ward
O. E. Harvey
S. Kanawha St
Beckley
Lester
Rhodell
Mabscott
Sophia
T. C. Green
Robert H. Frisen
Neely warns Eisenhower, urges bold relief measures
Senator Neely told Mer cer County Democrats that unemployment could sweep the prairie states unless the Eisenhower administration acts decisively. He condemned the President as the worst in U S history, cited four million job losses, and claimed 45,000 West Virginia miners and other workers are jobless amid perceived tax and defense failures.
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Bluefield
Sen
Neeley
Mercer County
Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Neely
Barkley Prefers Deeds Over Speeches at Dinner
In Jackson Mississippi former Vice President Alben Barkley told a Jefferson Jackson Day audience that President Eisenhower has given fine speeches but should have people to implement his ideas. He warned that if Ike avoids action on Europe or farm policy farmers will respond politically.
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Jackson, Miss
Alben Barkley
Eisenhower
Europe
White House
Ike
Public Meeting of AA Scheduled for Tonight
A public meeting of the local Alcoholics Anonymous branch will be at 8 p.m. today in Room 10 Memorial Building. An Ohio coal operator will speak. Members families friends the general public or anyone troubled with alcoholism may attend.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Memorial Building
Ohio
Free For All Battle Waged on Waterfront
A wildcat clash erupted on the Brooklyn waterfront as AFL dock gangs confronted independent longshoremen for about 10 minutes on the Port of New York strike day. Three injured, seven detained, police reserves aided. Elsewhere 300 independents demonstrated, while about 270 AFL workers loaded the Grace liner Santa Monica and 200 AFL men reported to work at United Fruit Co. piers.
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New York
AFL
Brooklyn
Port of
Isbrandtsen Line
Manhattan
Santa Monica
Venezuela
Thomas Jefferson Run Afoul of Weight Laws
Thomas Jefferson of Charlotte was fined 50 dollars and costs for selling underweight produce to Beckley Produce Co. A complaint by West Virginia labor inspector Charles Delaney led to arraignment before Magistrate T H Wills at 9 a m. A Tom-a-Toe Co. truck from Charlotte was checked and 40 boxes were found underweight.
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Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Beckley Produce Co
Charlotte
N. C
Charles Delaney
West Virginia Department of Labor
T. H. Wills
Jefferson
Tom-a-Toe Co
Turnpike Plans Backed by Virginia Governor
Virginia Governor Stanely said he intends to sign bills enabling two turnpikes in Virginia. One would connect Richmond and Petersburg, the other a 75 mile southwest link from Bluefield West Virginia area to Mount Airy. Revenue bonds would finance both toll financed projects with no veto requests reported.
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Richmond
Stanley
Virginia
Petersburg
Richmond-Petersburg
Great Lakes
Florida
Bluefield
W. Va
Mount Airy
Southwest
McCarthy to Speak at St Patrick Dinner in Chicago
Senator McCarthy will address the Irish Fellowship Club during a St Patrick's Day dinner at the Palmer House in Chicago. More than 1,200 guests will attend with plainclothes police present for security while his remarks are broadcast over the Mutual network at 10 30 p m EST.
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Chicago
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Walter F. Mullady
Palmer House
McCarthy
Mutual
Schernbeck Trial Delayed in Mount Hope Abduction Case
Warren Schernbeck, 30, of Mount Hope, accused of abducting a juvenile for immoral purposes, had his trial continued by agreement of counsel. He remains free on bond set at $1,000 under magistrate T N Thurman.
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Warren Schernbeck
Mount Hope
T. N. Thurman
Schernbeck
Skelton Firm Breached Beckley Plant Last Night
State Police report a break in at Skelton Firm entered the Beckley Manufacturing Co. at Skelton last night. Management says nothing was taken.
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Beckley Manufacturing Co
Skelton
Southern Solons Debate Statehood Fight Persists
Senator Eastland led a four hour Senate floor session accusing Hawaii of communist influence as Southern Solons continue to oppose the Hawaii Alaska statehood bill. Senator Smathers warned against a filibuster while proposing a Commonwealth alternative backed by Monroney Fulbright Butler Malone Daniel and others. Eastland promised to reveal funding claims tied to communist activity and to name Harry Bridges as a Moscow puppet.
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Washington
Statehood
Hawaii
Alaska
Sen
Daniel
D-Tex
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Hawaiian Islands
Mississippi
Sen. Smathers
Fla
Monroney
D-Okla
Fulbright
D-Ark
Butler
R-Md
Malone
R-New
Smathers
Puerto Rico
Congress
New Mexico
West Coast
Harry Bridges
United States
Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Moscow
New Look in Military Department Defended
President Eisenhower defended the new look military reform as a modern fusion of weapons, science and geography aimed at saving manpower. He warned that an aggressor attack would require immediate action and that Congress approval would not always be possible before responding.
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Dulles
Congress
Ouster Effort Aimed at Bradley Postmaster Duncan
A movement to remove Thomas E F Duncan from the Bradley postmaster post is under way, more than a year after his Jan 6 1953 appointment. Duncan says he has secured attorney G Berk Lynch to represent his interests as the petition to oust gains momentum.
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Thomas EF. Duncan
Bradley
Duncan
Omar Bradley
G. Berk Lynch
Stock Market Opens Mixed In Quiet New York Trading
In a subdued early session in New York the stock market showed a narrow mix with gains for Texas Co Paramount Pictures Homestake Mining and Boeing while declines came from Gold Oil American Telephone Kennecott Copper American Cyanamid Republic Steel and Union Carbide.
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New York
Texas Co
Paramount Pictures
Homestake Mining
Boeing
Gold Oil
American Telephone
Kenneecatt Copper
American Cyanamid
Republic Steel
Union Carbide
Five FSU players jailed after Miami Beach brawl
Five Florida State University football players were jailed on breach of peace charges after a fight that hurt a woman in Miami Beach. One additional player faced assault and battery. Four others escaped. Names included Eddie Roy Johnson, 20, of Charleston West Virginia, a 195-pound right guard. The FSU squad lost 27-6 to Miami in an exhibition at the Orange Bowl.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Florida State University
Joe Caputo
William Miner
Eddie Roy Johnson
West Ave
Charleston
W. Va
FSU
Tallahassee
Fla
University of Miami
Wholesale Food At 3 Year High
New York wholesale food prices rose this week to the highest level since February 1951. The Dun and Bradstreet index reached 7.27, up from 7.25 a week earlier and 13.2 percent above the year ago level of 6.42. The index covers the total wholesale cost of 31 commonly used foods. gains occurred in wheat, barley, lard, coffee, cocoa, eggs, prunes, steers, hogs, and lambs, with declines in corn, rye, oats, hams, bellies, butter, and raisins.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Rabies Suspect Dog Shot Near Beckley Recreation Building
Patrolman Lonnie Price killed a dog believed rabid near Beckley Recreation Building after it bit two other dogs and threatened the officer. Police Chief Evan H. Hall said the dog’s head would be sent to Charleston today for rabies testing as public concern over stray dogs grows. one attacked dog’s owner fainted at the scene.
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Charleston
Evan H. Hall
Beckley
Lonnie Price
Hall
Price
Ghostly invite at Holywell Inn for 923 year old White Lady
In Holywell England a Ferry Boat Inn party is planned tonight for a rumored White Lady of Holywell who has haunted the place since the 11th century. Spectators hope she appears at midnight on March 17, with A. D. Cornell of the Society for Psychic Research saying he spoke with her last year. He claims the spirit named Juliet Tousley told him she hanged herself in 1050 at age 19 after a doomed love with a woodcutter named Thomas Zoul. Eight other society members will wait for her.
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Holywell
A. D. Cornell
Society For Psychic Research
Juliet Tousley
Beckley Woman's Club Directs 1954 55 Cancer Drive
The Beckley Woman's Club will direct Raleigh County's 1954 55 cancer drive funded by the clubs Junior Department. An educational program and a fund appeal will be included. Mrs Basil C Minter, executive secretary of the Raleigh County Cancer Society, explained the organization to the clubwomen.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Woman's Club
Basil C. Minter
Raleigh County Cancer Society
Soviet Pravda praises American women while exposing woes
The Soviet press argues that unwed mothers comprise about a third of U S working women and accuses American employers of firing pregnant women. Pravda contrasts Soviet women’s labor with conditions in U S factories citing exhausted workers in Cleveland and fainting in Lawrence Massachusetts. It alleges lack of protective laws and wide wage gaps, claiming the female earnings average 44 percent of men’s.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Communist Party
Ing
Cleveland
United Electrical Workers Union
America
Lawrence
Mass
American Labor Research Assn
Seattle
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