Eisenhower chili controversy stirs political chatter
Report notes a tomato-free chili recipe attributed to President Eisenhower sparks Democratic speculation among Republicans. The writeup, relayed by a mother-in-law reader, mentions garlic, politics, and a controversial culinary choice tied to Merriman Smith's book.
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New York
Eisenhower
Ike
Merriman Smith
United States
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wilkes-Barre
Ike's Tomatoless Chile Sparks Culinary Debate
A column riffs on Ike's chili myth with Maria Garcia of El Charro in Greenwich Village praising tomato paste and broth choices. Texans mocked, bromides on cooking and culture mix with pop culture notes about DiMaggio Gleason Hughes and other 1950s figures in a brisk, gossiping roundup.
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Charles St
Greenwich Village
Maria Garcia
Texas School of Cooking
U.S.A
Spain
Mexico
Memoir Medal Should Go to Col. Vessels
In a New York reminiscence a veteran journalist argues that Lt. Col. Jay Wessels of the U S Air Force deserves a memoir medal for his unconventional wartime press work in Tunisia and beyond. He recalls Wessels’s devotion to his P40 pilots, his role as unofficial biographer, and his fearless pursuit of the combat story.
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New York
Jay Wessels
U.S. Air Force
Jay
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Minneapolis
Phil Cochran
Jevi Chase
Capt. Chase
P40
Ernie Pyle
Sicily
Italy
France
Air Force
Texas
Editorial Review and Opinion Thought for Today
The Charleston Gazette reports on the Raleigh County school financing crisis caused by the county unit system. Thomas F. Stafford argues state aid is 80 percent of funding while local taxes are only 20 percent, shifting burden to the state and complicating a legislature in special session. He warns against federal aid and urges local responsibility.
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Lord Carlisle
Charleston Gazette
Thomas F. Stafford
The
Register
Raleigh
Raleigh County
All
America
Cigarettes Taxes and Cancer Debate Refuels Interest
The national cigaret and lung cancer scare shows renewed momentum with a predicted 4 to 5 percent sales rise, driven by taxation and economic concerns that push buyers to neighboring states. Some studies hint tobacco contains substances that may affect cancer in animals, but no proof exists for humans yet, leaving the debate unsettled.
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National Association of Tobacco Distributors
Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Ohio
Virginia
New York Daily News
Wall Street Journal
San Francisco
Old King Tobacco
Seventeen and Its Dark Echo in a City Tragedy
The essay contrasts Booth Tarkington’s coming of age tale with a real seventeen-year-old killer in New York City. It questions why a boy can embody innocence yet shed it into violence, urging more effort to understand and prevent youth crime and its roots.
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Booth Tarkington
William Sylvanus Baxter
Willie Baxter
Willie
Frank Santana
New York City
Santana
Seal elephant and Lombard Street compared
The seal elephant earns its name from a trunklike snout though it is not a true trunk. Lombard Street is described as the financial center of the British empire, analogous to Wall Street in the United States.
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Lombard Street
British Empire
Wall Street
United States
Bug Dust Gardens Open For Summer Show In Bramwell
The Keesling Gardens at Bramwell opens April 15 and runs to July 15 featuring nearly 200 varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas and over 20 000 plants. The display attracts visitors from the Beckley and Bluefield areas and is described as one of the nation s most colorful collections. Bramwell lies on Route 52 seven miles from Bluefield. The piece notes the gardens were established as a hobby by Mr and Mrs E L Keesling and highlight a Salvation Army fund drive led by Woodrow Wilson High School Key Club members and local volunteers with coordinators listed for Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties.
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Red Hook
Joe DiMaggio
N.Y
California
Colm McCreary
Toots Shor’s
Bullets Durgom
Jackie Gleason
Perry Como
Fred F. Finkelhoffe
Ankles
Howard Fabing
Cincinnati
Clarice Strayer
Columbus
Dennis King
Jerome Cowan
Sheilah Bond
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Sahara
Bob Hilliard
Ziegfeld Follies
Vegas
Tony Lavelli
Patty Spangler
New Follies
Mae West
Earl
Lester Lanin
Rob
Keesling
Bramwell
East
E. L. Keesling
West Virginia
Keesling Gardens
United States
Bluefield
Beckley
Salvation Army
Key Club
Woodrow Wilson High School
Key
Kiwanis Club
Charles ‘Chuckie’ Lucas
Phil W. Payne
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
James K. Edmundson
P. C. Graney
Fayetteville
Fayette County
D. Grove Moler
Mullens
Clarence Worrell
Pineville
Beckley News Rates and Delivery Details
The Beckley News offers home delivery with rates for daily and Sunday editions, six months, and three months. Carrier and distributor arrangements are independent contractors, with a 2 percent West Virginia sales tax on mail subscriptions. Subscriptions may be changed by providing old and new addresses.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
West Virginia
Cutter Vaccine Link To Polio Definite
Washington reports Dr. Leonard Scheele urges stopping all anti polio vaccines temporarily for thorough government checks after a definite link is found between Cutter vaccine and polio in 44 of 5 million vaccinated children. He says four manufacturers show confidence. Cutter product remains suspended until causality is established.
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Leonard Scheele
U.S. Public Health Service
Scheele
Dr. Salk
Foundation
Public Health Service
Basil O'Connor
Polio Foundation
Eli Lilly and Co
Parke-Davis Co
O'Connor
Patient rants at doctor over eight pm nurse mishap
In a vivid complaint a patient in Room 726 erupts during rounds accusing a nurse of an eight pm shift of mishandling equipment. He claims the electric blanket was plugged into the automatic toaster on his night table causing repeated disturbances.
Prayer for worship and freedom from idols
A devotional fragment invoking God as creator and savior. It asks to be defended from idolatry of human works and to worship God alone through Jesus Christ. The closing line cites Conrad Bergendoff of Rock Is College.
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Jesus Christ
Conrad Bergendoff
Rock Is College
Raleigh news notes sheriff talk and mileage budget
Raleigh County Sheriff John C Ward considers firing one or two deputies amid budget strains as April mileage bills loom with 827 left. The 1954-55 budget set 14500 for mileage, a figure higher than 1952 but lower than earlier years, and Ward previously won a Supreme Court ruling on mileage compensation for duties. George Lawless notes Raleigh County figures and a Be ckley election crowd pressuring for a state trooper transfer away from slot machines. A Hin ton club robbery of slot machines is unverified but reports circulate.
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Raleigh
John C. Ward
Ward
Sheriff's Office
Supreme Court
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas LOGEX-55 at Fo Lee Va
Soldiers from West Virginia and elsewhere participate in LOGEX-55 at Fo Lee Virginia training 5000 personnel in modern warfare supply roles. Cpl James R Hudson 23 from Beckley wife Barbara 211 Johnstown Rd Beckley his Fort Knox posting since 1949 and France service. 2nd Lt James R Banks 22 Mount Hope son of Lawrence and Mrs Banks assists in 16th Field Artillery Battalion, entered army 1954, basic at Fort Sill earned Bachelor of Music from West Virginia State Institute 1954 member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Navy brothers Eugene 21 and Jimmy 16 Cangemi from Eccles arrived home on leave from Mareh 1 with Mareh 1 misprint. Robert L Workman 17 Itmann son of Hubert Workman assigned to Fourth Tank Battalion Fort Hood Texas after Pineville High School. Assigned to Second Armored Division in Germany.
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Fo Lee
James R. Hudson
Barbara
Johnstown Road
Beckley
Cpl
Hudson
Fort Knox
France
James R. Banks
Lawrence Banks
Mount Hope
16Th Field Artillery
Army
Fort Sill
Oklo
Navy
Sam Cangemi
Eccles
Eugene
Jimmy
Beckley Eugene Cangemi
Mareh 1
Great Lakes
Fort Hood
Tex
First Armored
Pvt
Robert L. Workman
Hubert L. Workman
Itmann
Pineville High School
Beekeeping Rabbits, Rockets, and Pogo Jests in Fringe News
A collage of quirky notes shows a safety offbeat year with jokes about overwork and nervy executives, beaver island rabbits needing woodchucks to dig, a television tank heading to the moon, and a Columbus boy bouncing 2,153 pogo hops. Americans plan $10 billion in summer travel.
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Beaver Island
Michigan
Peter Cottontail
Charles Cook
Columbus, O
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