Harry E Anderson Named to West Virginia Turnpike Board
Gov Marland sent 16 nominations to the Senate including Harry E Anderson Beckley for the Turnpike Commission vacancy created by the earlier rejection of James M Donohoe. Anderson has been Raleigh County Clerk and Democratic Party chair for 22 years born 1897, with prior service in county offices and Coal region work. Additional nominations included Henry J McKinley to Liquor Control Commission and Julius C Olzer to state mines chief, with others to purchasing director and various boards and commissions.
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Harry E. Anderson
Beckley
Senate
Marland
Anderson
Raleigh
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
James M. Donohoe
Huntington
N. Kanawha St
Summers County
D. W
Alice C. Anderson
Dunsmore Business College
Staunton
M. J. Meadows
Henry J. McKinley
Elkins
West Virginia Liquor ‘Control Commission
McKinley
Julius C. Olzer
Belle
Kanawha County
State Mines
Samuel T. Waller
Williamson
Waller
R. Aliff
Olzer
Frank B. King
Morgantown
King
Liquor Control Commission
Harry A. Anderson
Bureau of Negro Welfare and Statistics
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
David P. Williams
Charleston Republican
State Aeronautics Commission
Irene J. Gillooly
Buckhannon Democrat
State Election Commission
Roy M. Taylor
Williamson Republican
Election Commission
Juanita Woods
Wheeling Republican
State Committee of Barbers and Beauticians
Dr. M. B. Williams
Wheeling
State Board of Health
Elton E. Allen
Hurricane
West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Allen
C. A. Ruttencutter
St. Marys
Roy Vernon Graham
West Virginia Racing Commission
T. B. Bickel Jr
Webster Springs
New York Coliseum worker's death sparks ritual scene
In New York early today a missing cement worker Joseph Lombardi, 55, was found dead in the Coliseum wreckage. Workmen wept as a priest gave last rites. four relatives, including a son-in-law, looked on.
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New York
Joseph Lombardi
President Hopes Big Four Meet Will Work
President Eisenhower urged a top level Big Four conference to clarify the international atmosphere and test Russia's sincerity while noting no definite meeting plan exists. He discussed location preferences, possible July Swiss talks, and indicated a summit approach could reveal Moscow's real desire to ease world tensions. He also backed polio vaccine efforts and touched on politics, labor strikes, and defense issues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Eden
Britain
Premier Faure
France
Marshal Bulganin
Paris
Switzerland
United States
U.S
Leonard Scheele
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
House
Rayburn
Texas
William Kern
Indiana
New York
James Mead
Federal Trade Commission
U. S
Eisemower
Hoover Commission
Navy
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
NATO Proposes Cease Fire in Formosa Strait
Paris NATO today called for a cease fire in the Formosa Strait and a mutual pledge to abstain from force. The communique urged cessation of hostilities in the Far East and warned continued fighting would endanger world peace. Pearson suggested surrender of Quemoy and Matsu for a collective security pledge to Chiang Kai shek's regime. The council endorsed Western Big Three talks with Soviet Premier Bulganin and welcomed negotiations to resolve outstanding issues. It also urged talks among Big Four leaders to advance disarmament progress.
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Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Formosa Strait
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Far East
Lester Pearson
NATO
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United Nations
Pearson
Britain
NATO Council
Nikolai Bulganin
France
United Kingdom
United States
Soviet Union
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
United Nations Subcommittee For
Billy Graham Leaves Scotland for London Campaign
Supporters fill Glasgow station as Billy Graham ends a six week Scotland mission and prepares for a seven day campaign in London. The crowd joins in hymn as the evangelist bows his head in prayer for Scotland.
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Billy Graham
Scotland
London
Glasgow
Graham
Soviet World Peace Plan Calls for German Troop Evacuation
The Soviet union unveiled a two part peace plan urging immediate evacuation of foreign troops from Germany, major arms cuts, and a ban on atomic weapons. It proposed a UN disarmament conference in 1956 and a phase two 50 percent force cut in 1957, plus dismantling foreign bases and sharing atomic knowledge. The plan was circulated by Tass as Soviet leaders gathered in Warsaw with eight East European allies to discuss a unified NATO type alliance under a Russian commander.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Warsaw
Bulgaria
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
Tass
U.N. Subcommittee On Disarmament
London
Germany
U.N. Assembly
U.N
Piney View Man Free After Friends Post Bond
William Jones, 74, of Piney View, accused killer Dolph Williamson, 36, of Piney View, was released from Raleigh County Jail after friends posted 4000 on murder and 1000 on assault bonds. Jones waived preliminary hearing on the assault charge before Magistrate T. N. Thurman and was remanded to the county grand jury.
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William Jones
Piney View
Dolph Williamson
Raleigh County
Jones
T. N. Thurman
Thurman
Virginian Railway Board Elects King as VP GM
Virginian Railway Co. general manager since 1941, P. D. C. King, today was elected vice president and general manager. The board of directors, meeting in New York, announced the changes with F. D. Beale as president. J. E. Pearce became secretary and treasurer, William R. Coe was named chairman of the executive committee and remains vice president and treasurer, with Pearce moving to New York.
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Norfolk, Va
D. C
Virginian Railway Co
King
F. D. Beale
New York
J. E. Pearce
William R. Coe
Coe
Pearce
Weather outlook for Beckley and nearby areas
Considerable cloudiness and cooler temperatures expected tonight and Thursday with showers likely west Thursday afternoon or night. Low tonight around 45. High yesterday noted. rainfall total 0.29 inches. Rivers at Bellepoint Greenbrier New and Bluestone at normal stages. Bluestone Reservoir clear.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Senate Passes Two Tax Bills in Charleston
The Senate approved two tax bills raising the consumers sales tax and the companion use tax from 2 to 3 percent. The vote action taken today in Charleston marks a fiscal policy shift intended to boost state revenue.
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Senate
Charleston
Pineville Father Killed in Wreck Near Oceana
A Pineville man Basil Weaver, 43, father of four, died at 1:30 a.m. when his 1955 station wagon struck a parked car on state Route 10 near Matheny after leaving the berm. William Tilley, 32, a fellow employee, survived with multiple injuries and is listed in good condition at Stevens Clinic. Weaver’s body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens. arrangements incomplete.
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Pineville
ANS
Oceana
Basil Weaver
Williamson Supply Company
Stevens Clinic
Welch
William Tilley
Weaver
Wyoming
Jewell Brammer
Mullens
Myra
Basil Jr
Dickie
Shelia
Leslie Mullins
James Gibson
Matheny
Berm
W. S. Easter
Easter
Robertson and Foglesong
Beckley Lions Plan Bid for 1956 District Convention
Beckley Lions Club will bid to host the District 29 convention in Beckley next year. Chairman Kermit Locke and the convention committee announced unanimous approval to invite West Virginia Lions to convene June 3 to 5 in Clarksburg, with Wheeling planning a separate bid. Beckley marks its 25th anniversary, club organized in June 1931, last state convention here in 1939 featuring Helen Keller.
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Beckley Lions Club
District
Kermit Locke
West Virginia Lions
Locke
Clarksburg
Beckley
Helen Keller
Legislature Today Senate to meet at 11 a.m
Senate meets at 11 a.m with votes expected on teacher salary increase sales tax and use tax hikes from 2 to 3 percent and on state school aid allocation. All measures must still pass the House which has only routine first readings.
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House
Sen
Sayre
Jackson County
Stemple
R-Barbour
Allen
Tax Commissioner
Chenoweth
Randolph
Holden
Harrison
Jasper
Greenbrier
Nuckols
Raleigh
Parker
Monroe
Jackson
Taylor
Dfayette
Wylie
Wyoming
Senate
Associated Press
Sabre Jets Repel Red MIG Assault Over Yellow Sea
The U S Air Force said no Sabres were hit in yesterday’s dog fight with eight to 12 Red Chinese MIGs over the Yellow Sea. Peiping radio claimed two Sabres down and two damaged. Earlier the U S Air Force reported two MIGs shot down and a third probably destroyed, with all Sabres returning to base in South Korea.
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Tokyo
Peiping
U.S
Yellow Sea
Congress Debates Statehood and Road Plans in Capitol
The House defeated the Alaska Hawaii statehood bill 218 to 170, sending it back to committee as supporters weigh future action. Senator Gore pushes a revised 5 year road program worth 17.874 billion dollars, while Senate committee nears action on his measure. A separate defense bill seeks 31.488 billion for national security with the White House favoring air and atomic power over manpower.
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Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
House
Engle
Calif
House Insular Affairs Committee
Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Senate Public Works
Mittee
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Washington P
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Manila
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Clark
Indianapolis
Betty Jo Wood
Logan
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Alcatraz Prison
Paul J. Madigan
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Red China
Chinese Red Cross
Hong Kong
The
Red Cross
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Japan
Okinawa
Louisville and Nashville
Los Angeles
Liberace
Frances Casadante
Samuel Liberace
Alexander Casadante
Madison
Wis
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Co. of America
Columbia Broadcasting System
Edward R. Murrow
Alcoa
Fujiyoshida
Mt. Fuji
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Taipei
Felix B. Stump
Pearl Harbor
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Boston
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Mgr
Joe Cronin
State Dulles
Edgar Faure
Ngo Dinh Diem
Harrisburg
Sharon
Mecer County
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Pennsylvania
Handy Andys
A. K. Minter
Minter
Beaver Ave
Kitty
H. B
Pete’ Ashworth
Fairview Ave
Ashworth
Soviet
Security Council
Assembly
V. M. Molotov
Europe
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Czechoslorakia
East Germany
Hungary
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Romania
Piney View Man
Friends
Virginian Railway Board
D. C. King
Vinciula Weather
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Bluestone
Flannery
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