Beckley Honors Three Championship Teams
Beckley celebrated three state basketball titles with a noon parade and ceremonies. Woodrow Wilson High School’s Flying Eagles won a fourth straight Class A crown, Stratton captured the Negro title, and Pax from Fayette County claimed Class B. Dwayne Wingler led the WWHS celebration with a 44 point output before presenting the trophy to Nancy Carpenter. Coach Jerome Van Meter spoke of pride and the team’s future.
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Ces
West Virginia
Beckley
Pax
Stratton
Court House
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fayette County
WWHS
Flying Eagles
Jerome van Meter
Elmer L. Davis
Morgantown
Davis
Woodrow Wilson and
Dwayne Wingler
Mullens
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson
Beclky Team Receives High Praise From Gov Marland
Governor William C. Marland sends a telegram congratulating Coach Jerome Van Meter and Beckley for an unprecedented fourth straight state high school basketball championship. He commends the team’s victory over Mullens High School and lauds their coaching triumphs as among the nation’s best.
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Jerome van Meter
Beckley
Gov
William C. Marland
Wyoming County
Mullens High School
Solons Favor Federal Action To Aid Trade
Washington era debate on economic stimulus split lawmakers and business leaders. Senators Hill and Douglas urged action if a clear recession exists, while CEO cautioned against premature measures. They supported money supply boosts and tax cuts as possibilities, with public works a slower option. Some members predicted an uptick by early fall.
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Alreay
Frazar B. Wilde
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Meyer Kestnbaum
Hart, Schaffner and Marx
Charleston Man Reunites With Son After 47 Years
In Thousand Oaks California 79-year-old James M. Ure and his 59-year-old son Ralph D. Euwer reunited after 47 years apart. Ure, a local service station owner, moved to California in 1910 and had lost touch with relatives. Euwer arrived with Effie and their grandchildren from Charleston West Virginia seeking family ties and confirmation of kinship. Flower confirmed the relation by telephone. address listed as Camarillo near Thousand Oaks.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
James M. Ure
Ralph D. Euwer
Charleston
W. Va
Ure
Euwer
Effie
S. C. Childress
St. Albans
California
West Virginia Weather Outlook Tonight and Tuesday
Increasing cloudiness and not as cold tonight with lows near 24 to 28. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and milder with a chance of showers at night. Beckley records a high near 30 and a low around 22 yesterday, today’s readings rise from 29 to 39 by noon. Oak Hill shows 28 today, Glade Creek 31, rivers around Bellepoint and Bluestone Reservoir muddy, Greenbrier above normal flow.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Saadabeecae
Bellepoint
Bluestone
Greenbrier
Mabscott Underpass Talk Promised by Road Chief
State Road Commissioner H. K. Griffith plans a conference with Mabscott area residents and officials on the Mabscott underpass project. In a letter to Thomas F. Stafford, chairman of Beckley area chamber highways department, he pledged a meeting with a definite date to be set later.
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H. K. Griffith
Mabscott
Griffith
Thomas F. Stafford
Highways Department
Beckley Area
Wife Illness Delays Sentencing in Theft Plea
Earl Damon Honaker, 36, of Am Eagle, pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to stealing cable and trolley wire from Webb Mining Co. at Leevale on Jan. 15, 1954. Judge McCreery postponed sentencing to June 16 due to the defendant's wife having surgery. bond remains $2000 with Charlotte Douglas as surety. The March term opened with 66 jurors out of 125. several cases were withdrawn or remanded.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Earl Damon Honaker
Ameagle
Webb Mining Co
Leevale
Harry L. McCreery
Charlotte Douglas
One Dead Three Shot in TV Fuss
In Napoleon Ohio a family quarrel over television sparked a shooting that killed 15 year old Lucille Wolfe and wounded wife and son before the shooter, 36 year old George Wolfe, wounded himself and was charged with first degree murder. Sheriff Bartells quoted Wolfe from his hospital bed statement.
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Napoleon
Ohio
George Wolfe
Lucille
George Jr
Deshler
Fred H. Bartells
Henry County
Wolfe
Debate Under Way on Chavez Senate Seat
Washington The Senate opens debate on whether to unseat Sen Chavez of New Mexico. A vote is expected soon with party lines likely to prevail. Democrats hold a narrow margin and a Republican notes some GOP senators may abstain from voting to oust Chavez.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Veteran snake hunter killed by rattler near Waco
J Ed Johnson Jr a longtime snake expert and city comptroller of Waco died in a hospital after a rattlesnake bite on his hand during a Brazos River bottomlands hunt. He had studied reptiles for over 30 years and belonged to several herpetology groups. Johnson valued snakes though he warned fear was nonsense.
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Waco
Tex
J. Ed Johnson Jr
Johnson
Brazos River
Here
Tological League
John Sparks
Sparks
Missing Plane Found: Pilot Killed in Crash
A fighter plane missing since Friday on a flight from Battle Creek Michigan to Charlotte North Carolina was found crashed and burned on a mountain near Tazewell Virginia. The pilot’s body remained in the cockpit. State police said papers in the aircraft bore the name Robert Smith. The Air National Guard at Charlotte had identified the pilot earlier as Lt. R. B. Smith of Lansing Michigan, a Michigan Air National Guard member.
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Tazewell
Battle Creek
Mich
Charlotte
N.C
Robert Smith
Air National Guard
R. B. Smith
Lansing
Michigan Air National Guard
Highway Hazard at Byrd Prillerman High School
State Road Commission and school officials inspect a traffic hazard at Byrd Prillerman High School near Ami go after a sheriff report that buses unloading students force cars to stop on railroad tracks. A grader was sent to widen the shoulder so buses can pull off the highway.
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Byrd- Prillerman High School
Amigo
State Road Commission
John C. Ward
Sheriff's Office
Ward
County Division of Road Commission
Boiarsky Keeps Counsel Role for UMW in Southern WV
Mose E. Boiarsky will continue as counsel for the United Mine Workers in most of Southern West Virginia with District 17 handling its legal affairs. He also provides some services for UMW District 29 in Beckley and accepts assignments from the international union in Washington.
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Charleston
Mose E. Boiarsky
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
District 17
Boiarsky
UMW District 29
Beckley
International Union
Washington
Hillis Townsend
UMW
Townsend
Back-to-Work Movement Falters on New York Waterfront
In New York the anticipated back-to-work push amid the dock strike stalled with no visible action by dock workers. Mayor Wagner had claimed the waterfront was cleared of “strong-arm” elements, but the effort showed little momentum.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Vaccinating Babies on Birth Proves Safe and Effective
Dr. Herbert D. Chamberlain of McArthur Ohio reports from 717 newborns vaccinated at birth since 1948 showing no whooping cough or diphtheria cases, even with sick siblings. He cites 40 whooping cough cases and 10 deaths in Vinton County from 1943 to 1948, with only one birth inoculated baby contracting the disease.
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Cleveland
Herbert D. Chamberlain
McArthur
Ohio
American Academy of General Practice
Vinton County
Senate Hikes Exemptions Trim Tax Relief Debate
Washington Sen Hill says prospects favorable for Senate adoption of a 200 increase in personal exemptions for individual income taxpayers. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Millikin cautions against concessions as lawmakers debate the House tax revision. Douglas of Illinois proposes 382 million more excise tax cuts targeting necessities and nonluxuries, including possible 50 auto price drop and 25 on refrigerators. House Republicans and other senators criticize the plan while Douglas argues he is reporting facts and the main fight centers on lifting exemptions from 600 to 800 next year and to 1,000 thereafter, a move costing 2.4 billion annually per 100 increase. Hill accuses the House bill of ignoring middle and low income relief while benefits favor corporations.
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Washington
Sen
Hill
Dala
Senate
Millikin
R-Cale
Senate Finance Committee
House
Douglas
Illinois
Meet Your Congress
Rep
Kean
Carl Curtis
Neb
Mercely
Sen. George
DGA
Sims Ordered to Explain Beckleyan's Appeal Rejected By Jurists
The West Virginia Supreme Court ordered Auditor Edgar B. Sims to show cause why he refused to approve requisitions by three state agencies. The appellate court also refused to intervene in a Beckley property dispute, leaving Matthew Corey and Cleo Corey with a $2,720 judgment. April 13 hearings were set for the three agency cases.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
State Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Department of Public Assistance
State Board of Education
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Sims
WVU
North Central Assn
DPA
Robert F. Roth
Elizabeth Mitchell
Welch
Board of Education
Sarah Helen Cree
Shepherd College
State College
North Central Asia
Beckley
Matthew Corey
Raleigh County
Cleo Corey
Main Street
Sam Rahall
Ramez Ramey
Corey
Rahall
Ramey
Cleo
Matthew
Supreme Court
Yanks Recapture Historic Summit on Iwo Jima
Marines seize Mount Suribachi during Operation Flag Hoist on Iwo Jima as Gen. Hull and Adm. Pride oversee the mock drive. About 32,000 troops and 100 ships participate in the largest amphibious drill in the West Pacific since World War II, with nine minor injuries reported.
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Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi Agair
United States Pacific
John C. Hull
U.N. Far East
West Pacific
Hull
Tokyo
Alfred Pride
3Rd Marine Division
Robert H. Pepper
Ashort
Suribachi
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James Rowland
Ray Crisp
Ernest Hull
Lee Nation
Alabama
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Sen. Chavez
Rattler
Texas
American Society of Icthyologists and
iHerpetologists
The
Texas Herpe
Demo
Beckleyan
Yanks
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