Ban on Negro Bands In Festival Declared A Misunderstanding
Huntington Mayor Walter W. Payne said the exclusion of eight Negro high school bands from the 15th State High School Band Festival parade was caused by an unfortunate misunderstanding. The statement framed the action as an error in interpretation and reflected the controversy surrounding the event.
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56 Bands Ready For Competition In State Festival
Huntington hosts the 15th State High School Band Festival with 56 bands, including eight Negro bands, facing earlier eligibility disputes that barred Negro groups from the parade. Officials say misunderstandings over qualifications led to exclusions. editors urge unity and a strong community turnout for the Negro bands parade this afternoon.
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Turnpike Consultants Chosen for West Virginia Super Highway
The West Virginia Turnpike Commission selected Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorf, a New York firm, to study the feasibility of a proposed super toll highway. Chairman D Holmes Morton said a report is expected within 60 days.
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Virginia Weather Update With Thunder Showers Forecast
Warm to day tonight and Saturday with thunder showers. windy Saturday with cooler by night. Extended West Virginia forecast May 6 to 10 shows temperatures 6 to 8 degrees above normal. Rain expected half to one inch. showers Saturday and again Monday or Tuesday. Highs mid 80s in Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek. Greenbrier and New rivers about four feet above normal and muddy.
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Pair of Raleigh Countians Escape Hart's Creek Prison Camp
Three prisoners walked away from Hart's Creek Prison Camp on the Lincoln Logan border before midnight. Seven others escaped in three months have been recaptured. Fugitives named are Billy West Roberts 21 Raleigh County burglary sentence one to ten years Earl Coffey 23 Kanawha County breaking and entering sentence one to ten years Clifford Eg nor 21 Raleigh County double term one to ten years for breaking and entering.
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County Man Escapes From Prison Detail
MOUNDSVILLE John Ray mond Shriver a three time loser serving a life term at the State Penitentiary escaped from a work detail yesterday. Prison authorities said Shriver who was sent up from Beck ley under the Habitual Criminal Pact walked off the job while working with other laborers on construction of the new outside wall.
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Beckley
Academy of Science Convenes at Bethany
Scientists and students from high school to college gather for the 26th annual West Virginia Academy of Science meeting at Bethany. Principal speaker Dr Shields Warren, director of the biology division at the Atomic Energy Commission, will address the banquet tonight.
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Adenauer Claims 1.5 Million German War Prisoners Missing in Russia
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer charged that about 1,500,000 Germans remain unaccounted for in the Soviet Union and urged Moscow to detail their fate. He spoke after a Soviet repatriation announcement and cited Tass figures to press for full accounting.
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Britain May Give FBI Chance to Question Fuchs
The United States seeks full access to Klaus Fuchs while Britain contemplates limited FBI questioning under conditions. The case strains Anglo American atomic cooperation and stirs wartime partnership tensions. Official details of the conditions remain undisclosed.
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Armed Forces Day Parade Planned in Beckley
A Beckley Armed Forces Day parade committee set a tentative May 20 route at a morning meeting. General Chairman R E Grimm suggested Beckley participate in the combined services celebration with an assembly point on Valley Drive. Parade route runs Valley Drive through Prince North Kanawha Main Heber Neville and back. Major Carl C Dunham noted all service branches will be represented. transportation issues delay definite band commitments.
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Att Gen Marland Tours Raleigh County in Campaign
Attorney General William C. Marland visited friends in Raleigh County today as part of his campaign for election to the post he now holds. A former Glen Rogers resident, Marland was appointed last fall to succeed Partlowe, who resigned to become a circuit judge after the accidental death of Thomas H. S. Curd in an airplane crash. Marland, a former assistant attorney general, has been touring nearby counties in recent weeks.
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Jury Acquits Wife For Killing Husband in Mississippi
Ver gie Holliday was acquitted after telling a jury she fired when she saw her husband with another woman. Ed Holliday, a 46 year old Columbus grocer, was shot to death December 29. The other woman testified she met Holliday to discuss a business partnership.
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Ed Holliday
Estelle Moore
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Names of Derby Contenders Grow to Fifteen at Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs reopened the entry box for the 76th Kentucky Derby as 15 colts were named, including Your Host and Hill Prince among six prelisted yesterday. Trainers Veitch and Forrest filed entries for Mr. Trouble Dooly and Greek Ship Lunglow, Greek Ship with riders Mack Brooks and Errico.
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Greek Ship
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Preston Burch
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Jackie Robertson
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Mr Trouble Tops Stable Three Year Olds in Derby Talk
Mr Trouble, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes last week, leads the stable’s three year old group. Dooly, out of the money in the Blue Grass, was expected to start the Derby only if the track is muddy. It’s up to the boss whether both go, Veitch said. Mr Whitney will be at the farm tonight.
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Boston-Born Youth Crowned Thailand King Rama IX
Boston-born Phumiphon Aduldet, age 22, crowned Rama IX in Bangkok amid 101 gun salutes and sacred rite. He bathes, dons coronation garments, and is proclaimed king as astrologers deem the moment auspicious. He and his bride Sirikit, 17, are prepared for a new reign and studies in Switzerland.
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Oakvale principal transfer sparks quiet return to classes
Princeton officials report Oakvale students resumed classes after a one day strike over Principal Frank Parker's transfer to Concord Training School Athens. Parker voiced no objection to the move and had requested a transfer previously. The board named Lambert Arrington to succeed Parker amid teacher stalemate.
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College Girls Buy President for 180 Dollars at Auction
In Baltimore Goucher College held a student led faculty auction to raise funds for a building drive. President Otto F Kraus was sold for 180 dollars to serve as housemother for a day while other professors volunteered for various tasks. The event drew broad participation and pledges exceeding one thousand dollars.
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Families of Robots to Assist Pilots
The Air Force plans automatic jet interceptors with robot flight, tracking, firing, and landing control to destroy bombers before they reach targets. Ground radar guides the pilot to area where inbuilt systems take over, ensuring night and all weather operations. If robots fail, the pilot assists during final approach. Increased armament accompanies these upgrades.
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US charges Russia over Baltic plane incident note
The United States warned Moscow that Russia gave an erroneous account of the April 8 shooting down of a Navy Privateer. The State Department noted Russia rejects facts and urged adherence to international law, saying the case remains at an impasse. The note, delivered in Moscow by Ambassador Allan G. Kirk, asserts the Privateer was unarmed and over open Baltic Sea when it was shot down.
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Flight crash injures 31 near Minneapolis
An Air Force C46 twin engine plane carrying 28 University of Minnesota ROTC students and a three person crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Wold Chamberlain Field. All aboard evacuated with no serious injuries reported. crash occurred in woods at Fort Snelling about a minute into flight.
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Party Democrats Win in Alabama
Democrats loyal to the national party won a decisive victory over the States Righters in Alabama, gaining control of the State Democratic Executive Committee. They secured at least 37 of 72 posts, with States Righters at 26. eight posts remain for a May 30 runoff between eight States Righters and eight regular Democrats.
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Lightning injures 23 as streetcar struck in Pittsburgh
In downtown Pittsburgh a streetcar was hit by lightning early today injuring 23 passengers. Three remain in serious condition while about 20 were treated and released from hospitals. Witnesses said the strike occurred in the car’s middle near a fuse box as fire sparks and fumes filled the vehicle with about 40 riders aboard.
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Concord Grads Plan War II Memorial Chapel
Concord College Alumni Association announces a native stone chapel on campus to honor alumni killed in World War II. President Reese Spangler of Bluefield cites a cost near 50 000 dollars and an auditorium seating about 200. A cornerstone ceremony is planned for Alumni Day on May 31.
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Lester seeks own water system amid PSC hearing
Mayor H. J. Oran asked the Public Service Commission to permit Lester to build a municipal water system financed by revenue bonds worth about 100000. Hayne Engineering said construction could start immediately and take about four months. Proposed rates start at 3 dollars for 2000 gallons, then 80 cents per 1000 and 40 cents per 1000 for additional usage.
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Robert Hayne
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Oceana Gas Company
Wyoming County
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Kopperston
Jesse
Chrysler Strikers To Work Monday
The 89,000 Chrysler strikers who endured 100 days without pay will return to work by Monday as supplier plant workers resume operations. Experts expect the settlement with the CIO United Auto Workers to spur near record production, though hardship and wage losses around 85 million linger amid doubt and lingering tensions.
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Time Confusion Rules West Virginia towns on mixed times
In Martinsburg and surrounding towns in West Virginia many areas observe daylight saving time while others stay on standard time. A June 13 referendum in Martinsburg will decide the local time question as Berkeley Springs and nearby communities wrestle with which clock to follow.
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