Atomic energy pamphlet studied by leading American scientists
The Times reports that a British government pamphlet written by K E B Jay of the division of atomic energy is being studied with avid interest by leading American scientists. It tells the story of atomic energy and notes the American Chemical Society is holding its 125th national meeting.
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American Chemical Society
the Times
K.E.B. Jay
Division of Atomic Energy
Minister of Supply
Demo Congressman Charges New Look Hides Air Force Error
Rep Yorty of California charges the Eisenhower administration hid air power errors with a new look defense concept. He urged a bipartisan policy and a bold program for air power, noting current planes were funded by prior Democratic budgets and newer designs would not reach units until after the 1956 elections.
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Washington
Rep
Yorty
D-Calif
U.S
CIO
United Auto Workers
Air Force
Arms Training Plan Surprising to French
Saigon Indochina reports surprise at Secretary Wilson and General Ely discussing sending an American mission to train the Viet Nam army. French leaders publicly oppose and Gen Navarre reiterates Americans should not train troops. O Daniel heads mission but without powers to train troops. officials say mission focuses on supplying weapons, while field training is rejected.
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Saigon
Indochina
U.S
Wilson
Paul Ely
Henri Navarre
Navarre
Korea
John W. O’daniel
Washington
Judge Wm. Baker Plans Qualified Retirement From U S Bench
Berkeley Springs West Virginia Judge William E Baker 81 year old U S District Court for Northern West Virginia today announced plan for qualified retirement April 3 He will continue duties health permits Having notified President Eisenhower he plans to leave after 33 years on the bench Baker 30 000 plus cases heard since appointment first federal judge named by Warren G Harding and a Randolph County native graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan and WVU active in football boxing and wrestling admitted to bar in 1896
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Berkeley Springs
W.va
William E. Baker
U.S. District Court
West Virginia
Baker
Eisenhower
Ben Moore
Charleston
Harry E. Watkins
Fairmont
Watkins
Moore
Warren G. Harding
John C. Knox
Southern District of
New York
Randolph County
West Virginia Wesleyan
West Virginia University
City Parking Lot Rates Revised In Beckley
Beckley city council approved a revised municipal parking schedule emphasizing short and long time options. City engineer Dennis Leary authorized to order 348 meters due May delivery. Short time costs five cents per hour up to 12 hours. long time costs 25 cents for 12 hours or 25 cents for six hours.
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Beckley
Dennis Leary
Weather Ledger Forecast for West Virginia Towns
Cloudy and not as cold with light rain in the west and south tonight. Highs 40 to 46 degrees, with cooler, raw conditions Thursday. Beckley records show highs yesterday around 39 and today around 42, with morning readings near 45 at Oak Hill. Glade Creek and nearby rivers display above normal stages, while Greenbrier runs muddy and slightly above normal.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Rcseesereesens
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone
Greenbrier
Eisenhower Downplays Unemployment Fears in Press Conference
President Eisenhower said there is nothing in the current unemployment situation calling for emergency action. He noted March may be a key month for a possible upturn but cautioned against promising large scale government counter measures. He stressed a renewed examination of the problem and commented that postwar production typically falls after war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Mounting Utility Costs in Raleigh County Schools
Raleigh County schools face sharp expense rises as Supt. D W Bryson reports electricity bills up over 600 percent in 15 years. He cites increased lighting, more facilities, and higher rates, with other utilities and transport costs also surging.
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Raleigh County
D. W. Bryson
Board of Education
Bryson
Major and Ex-Officer Held In Embezzlement
Tokyo report: Maj Thomas Pate a Los Angeles based finance officer at Tachikawa air base is under house arrest after aiding recovery of most of about 200000 dollars alleged embezzled from currency destruction funds. Lowell A Logan 24 of Springfield Ohio now Iowa student arrested and pleads innocent to 20000 dollar embezzlement charge.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Thomas Pate
Los Angeles
Far East Air Forces
FBI
Washington
Lowell A. Logan
Springfield
Ohio
University of Iowa
Logan
Iowa City
Pate
Tachikawa Air Base
Toyo
Slate Hits Power Shovel at Skelton Dump
Beckley Fire Department responded to an 8 13 a m alarm at the Skelton slate dump where a power shovel owned by Oscar Vecellio Construction Co was caught in a slate fall no injuries reported and the cause is under investigation
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Beckley
Skelton
Oscar Vecellio i Construction Co
Doctors urged to be more human in patient care
Kansas City physician Dr. Robert M. Myers told the American Academy of General Practice that pocketbook concerns among doctors promote state or socialized medicine. He urged doctors to treat patients as people, address pregnancy fears, and emphasize low costs to serve more patients.
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Cleveland
Robert M. Myers
Kansas City
American Academy of General Practice
Myers
Dr. Myers
Nora Brown
Rhee demands U S pledge for Korea to attend Geneva
South Korea President Syngman Rhee said Seoul will not attend the Geneva conference on Korea and Indochina opening April 26 unless the United States commits to aiding Korean unification by force if peaceful efforts fail. He proposed direct U S support or a strengthened ROK army to reduce U S needs.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
United States
Korea
Indochina
Beckley property sale links to long range coal program
The four downtown Beckley structures at Heber and Earwood streets the Medical Arts Building Red Wing and Givens Apartments and the Cor ey Candy Co building were sold by the estate of Sam Abrams to executor A David Abrams. They were bought from J W and Mamie Hughes Givens for an undisclosed sum with no changes planned to current arrangements.
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Beckley
Heber St
Earwood St
Medical Arts
Red Wing
Givens
Corey Candy Co
Sam Abrams
A. David Abrams
Barwood Ave
Burleson Motor Co
Lyric Theatre
Abrams
Clemency plea denied for Thomas Ingram by Gov Marland
Gov Marland rejected clemency for Thomas Lee Ingram of McDowell County who was sentenced to die for the murder of seven year old Melba Lois Bigelow. The governor's letter to attorney Harry Capehart states no good reason for mercy and notes no extenuating circumstances or psychiatric doubt about his awareness of the crime and penalty. The McDowell County jury convicted Ingram after a 20 minute deliberation.
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Charleston
Marland
Thomas Lee Ingram
McDowell County
Ingram
Harry J. Capehart
Welch
Melba Lois Bigelow
Vivian
New Sewer Lines Planned In East Park Section
Beckley Sanitary Board reports $1,000 past due accounts collected in the last month and directs the bookkeeper to continue efforts. At 11 a.m. in City Hall members tasked City Engineer Dennis Leary and James E. Wilder to assess Bibb Street and East Park near Washington Avenue for sewer line feasibility, cost, and housing count, with a report due April 28 at City Hall.
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East Park
James E. Wilder
Beckley Sanitary Board
City Hall
Dennis Leary
Wilder
Bibb St
Washington Ave
Bluefield Group Nears Industry Funds Goal
Bluefield Area Development Corp reports $77,000 in pledges toward a $100,000 goal after four days of soliciting. Backers buy $250 memberships to raise money to acquire plant sites for commercial buildings to attract industries to Bluefield, with proceeds funding additional site development, said General Chairman Roland C. Lather.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Area Development Corp
Roland C. Lather
Red Cross Drive Exceeds Raleigh County Target
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross reports $5,207.88 raised in the current drive led by Mrs. T. C. Moorefield. The year’s quota is $2,442.
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Raleigh County
American Red Cross
T. C. Moorefield
Political Double Play Ends With Butcher Ousted
In Logan County a reshuffling of liquor store staff and a county probation official marked a continuing Logan House feud. Luther Carson, liquor board chair, announced five more dismissals including Max Butcher, former Pirates pitcher and son-in-law of Grover Combs, plus the rehiring of Earl Justice. Gerald Robison, Combs’s grandson, was dismissed from probation and parole.
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Charleston
Liquor Commission
Luther Co. Carson
Logan County
Pittsburgh Pirates
Max Butcher
Tinker
Evers
Chicago Cubs
Ray Watts
Democratic Executive Committee
W. E. Flannery
Logan
Grover Combs
Man
Statehouse
Carson
C. C. Howes
Earl Justice
Combs
Commission
Gerald D. Robison
Logan County Probation and Parole
J. Alexander Creasey
State Board of Probation and Parole
Robison
Creasey
Butcher
Joe Manko
Logan Committee
Watts
A. D
Jody) Skaggs
Fired Officer Accuses State Parole Board
Logan County probation officer Gerald D. Robison claims the State Board of Probation and Parole operates on politics and revenue, citing four checks as proof. He says releases slowed since December 1953, with paroles delayed to influence votes, while the governor’s aides note he was fired for running an insurance business.
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Logan
Gerald D. Robison
Logan County Probation and Parole Officer
State Board of Probation and Parole
Robison
John Mastin
Ellis Bashby
Ellis Bashan
Bashby
Bashan
Logan County
Charleston Gazette
C. C. Chambers
Marland
Charleston
Burl Sawyers
Tax Training School Held for 13 Agents
An income tax training school for agents transferred to the Audit Division of the Bureau Internal Revenue is conducted in the Internal Revenue Offices at Beckley Post Office. The program lasts two weeks with thirteen agents from Welch Bluefield Oak Hill Ronceverte and Beckley attending.
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Bureau Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Beckley Post Office
Welch
Bluefield
Oak Hill
Ronceverte
Beckley
Food Prices 2nd High On Record
New York wholesale food prices rose to the second highest on record, with the Dun and Bradstreet index reaching 7.34 for 31 staple foods, up from 7.27 last week and 14.5 percent above a year ago. Flour beef hams lard coffee cotton seed oil hogs and lambs led gains while wheat corn rye sugar cocoa and eggs fell. Washington reported a modest drop in living costs from mid January to mid February, the BLS index easing two tenths of one percent to 115 percent of the 1947 49 average, below October’s 115.4 peak.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rep Bailey Files For Renomination To Congress
Cleveland M Bailey of Clarksburg filed for renomination in the Third District Democratic race. The 67 year old has served four terms and faces no Democratic opposition in the August 3 primary. Republican Joseph B Lightburn of Jane Lew filed, while Ard A Moore Jr also filed for the First District Republican nomination.
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Charleston
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
Secretary of State
Congress
Joseph B. Lightburn
Jane Lew
Braxton
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Harrison, Lewis, Nicholas
Termite Exterminator Thrown by Boiler Blast in Alabama
In Montgomery a termite exterminator was blasted from a coal chute like a human cannonball after a boiler explosion. Ray Jordan, 41, was found 40 feet away near a concrete drive, got up and ran. He was hospitalized with burns and listed in good condition. Fire Chief R L Lampley said an antitermite solution likely contacted a pilot light, igniting flames that destroyed a one story frame house.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ray Jordan
R. L. Lampley
Stock Market Slips Early Amid Mixed Trading
New York stocks faced selling pressure in early trading with prices lagging. Among laggards were Boeing Douglas Aircraft Republic Steel General Motors U S Rubber Philco American Telephone Kennecott Copper Union Carbide General Electric Southern Railway and Texas Co.
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New York
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Republic Steel
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Philco
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
Union Carbide
General Electric
Southern Railway
Texas Co
Mine and Rail Firms Open Laboratory To Speed Tests
In Columbus Ohio coal industry leaders gather for the first techno sales conference and dedication of Bituminous Coal Research Laboratory. The 12 500 square foot facility backs a long range plan to recapture markets lost to diesel oil and gas by advancing coal powered technology and by products. The project lists diesel engines run on coal gas, fly ash utilization, lightweight aggregates, coal as a chemical feedstock, and sulfur use from flue gases among its goals.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
A. A. Potter
Potter
Ham Bacon Egg Show at Stratton State Fair
The Annual State Ham Bacon and Egg Show and Sale of the New Farmers of America will be held March 27 at 1 30 p m at Stratton High School. Four NFA Chapters from Stratton Beckley Dubois Mt Hope Bluestone Bramwell and Page Jackson Charles Town will enter about 60 bacons 50 hams and 80 dozen eggs. A public auction of champion products follows at 1 30 p m. Judging and auction will be conducted by West Virginia State College extension staff.
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New Farmers of America
West Virginia
Stratton High School
NFA
Stratton
Beckley
Dubois
Mt. Hope
Bluestone
Bramwell
Page Jackson
Charles Town
Agricultural Extension Service of
West Virginia State College, Institute
Chavez Holds Seat as Democrats Stand Firm
A solid front by Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bid to oust veteran Sen. Chavez of New Mexico. The 53-36 vote saw 47 Democrats and five Republicans plus independent Sen. Morse join to defeat the ouster resolution. Chavez did not vote.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Morse
Oregon
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Veetia Weather
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Rhee
Lw Po
Heber-Earwood Property
J. W. and Mamie Hughes Givens
Killer
Red Cross Fund
State Parole Board
S. C. Killer
Florence
S. C
Raymond Carney
Steve C. Griffith
Carney
H. B. Allen
Latta
Betty Clair Cain
Pamplico
Allen
Bailey
Demos
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