Beckley Platforms Clash Over Law Enforcement Stance
Democrats unveil a 12 plank Beckley platform endorsed by Mayor Candidate A K Minter and seven council seekers centering on law enforcement and civic order. Republicans, lacking a platform, attack Democrats while internal party strife over a local levy exposes divisions and contrast with the Democrats’ broad, active stance.
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Beckley
A. K. Minter
Guage
City Hall
Robert Foster
John Ward
Foster
Red Railroads Lag Behind U S in May Rail Review
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway highlights a May feature on Russian railroads. It notes Russia's networks move slowly with speed restricted tracks and outdated signaling while freight trains receive priority for military needs. It contrasts American streamlining with Soviet practicality and cites cleaner locomotives and frequent polished rolling stock.
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Arkansas Grad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
America
Vladivostok
Moscow
Red Arrow
Leningrad
Russia
Drivers Not Morons or Madmen Argue Safer Driving Now
The American Automobile Association released a report showing driving is safer and motorists more skilled today than 20 years ago despite more vehicles on the road. In 1935 36 369 died with 26 million vehicles. in 1953 38 300 died with 56 million vehicles, death rate falling from 15.9 to 6.2 per million vehicle miles. The study notes thousands still die needlessly and urges greater restraint and responsibility. Harvard library began in 1638 when John Harvard bequeathed 330 books. February was called sprout kale by Anglo Saxons from cabbage sprouts.
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American Automobile Association
United States
Juvenile programs show progress in curb delinquency
The National Sheriffs Association backs Junior Deputy Sheriffs to enlist youths 8 to 18 in lawful activity. Pulaski County Arkansas cites declines from 1162 delinquents to 633. Since 1946 about 8100 deputized with only five in trouble. Girls Clubs aid 50,000 girls 6 to 16 with discipline, skills, and social manners as a broad anti delinquency effort requiring expansion and volunteers.
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National Sheriffs’ Association
Pulaski County
Arkansas
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Raleigh and Beckley Evening News Advertising Rates
Publication notice from Beckley Newspapers Corp detailing office hours, editions, and subscription pricing for Raleigh Beckley and Hinton West Virginia editions. Includes editor and AP association notes and rate structure with taxes and delivery terms.
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Sgt C William R Coughlin returns from a 30 day furlough at home en route from Fort Hood to Germany. A 24 year old former McAlpin miner and Mark Twain High School graduate, he begins his fourth year in service. Two Fayetteville soldiers arrive in Korea with the Seventh Infantry Division. Pvt Clet S Sowers Jr and Pvt Carl P Withrow, both Fayetteville High School alumni, joined the Army last year and completed basic at Fort Knox. Sat Thomas E Stinnette of Oceana is assigned to the Fourth Infantry Regiment at Ladd Air Force Base Alaska from Fort Carson. The Wyoming County soldier bears the combat infantryman badge, the Korean service medal and the national defense service medal.
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Camp Kilmer
N. J
C. William R. Coughlin
H. W. Coughlin
McAlpin
Fort Hood
Tex
Germany
Mark Twain High School
McAlpin Mines
Fayetteville
Korea
Seventh Infantry Division
Clet S. Sowers Jr
Carl P. Withrow
Fayetteville High School
Pvt
Sowers
Route 1
Army
Fort Knox
Withrow
E. L. Withrow
Ladd Air Force Base
Alaska
Thomas E. Stinnette
Cather Stinnette
Oceana
Fort Carson
Colo
Wyoming County
U. S. Air Bases May Be Factor in Talks
Washington speculates before the summer Eisenhower summit with Britain France and Russia. The piece weighs Russia’s motives in peace gestures and disarmament moves, noting U.S. air bases and nuclear gaps as leverage. It argues readiness to concede for peace if Russia shows reciprocal moves.
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U. S
Washington
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Wherever Her Trailer Rolls She'll be Happy
Evelyn Currie a lifelong carnival barker runs 10 games of skill and chance at Rockaways Playland in summer and travels with 25 barkers and a crew year round. She built a career starting at 13 as the nation’s youngest carnival barker, owning a $10,000 trailer and a mink collection, while dreaming of a split level trailer and once aspiring to be a lion tamer.
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New York
Carnival Barker
Evelyn Currie
Evelyn
Rockaways
Playland
Harry
Decatur
Tenn
Willie
Hollywood
Hollywood Marital Trials Highlight Lana Turner Lex Barker
Lex Barker and Lana Turner speak to gossip on Hollywood marriages as Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher loom in the air. Barker recalls absences in the Virgin Islands and a Taurus of rumors, denying infidelity and clarifying Steve Crane’s relation to his stepdaughter. The couple note persistent rumors and the difficulty of public scrutiny.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Lex Barker
Lana Turner
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Barker
Lana
Virgin Islands
Tijuana
Steve Crane
Lex
Europe
Martha Raye Signs $5 Million NBC Exclusive Deal
Martha Raye celebrated a new NBC contract at Gilmore's, worth five million dollars for ten years with annual compensation of one hundred thousand dollars. She told guests she is relieved to no longer face "any more fires" and to focus on exclusive NBC work.
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New York
Martha Raye
NBC
Martha Raye Signs Exclusive Contract in Comedy Scene
The piece details Martha Raye signing an exclusive contract and avoiding further onstage mishaps. It mentions Bill Hayes, who tied to Davy Crockett fame with four children ages seven to one, and Angela Lee of Ohrbach's as Miss Subways. Gypsy Rose Lee faced hotel tension over cats at the Ritz Vancouver. Jeri Lynn Jessel, Lew Parker, Red O'Donnell, George Raft circle Hollywood and Las Vegas chatter. The vivid collage ends with showbiz quips and quotes from industry figures.
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Gypsy Rose Lee
Ritz
Vancouver
Gypsy
Slugger
Lew Parker
Aweigh
Herb
Polesie
Willie Shoemaker
Red O'Donnell
WMAK
Nashville
Joan Crawford
al Steele
New Jersey
Toots Shor
Atty
Arnold Grant
Toots
Elaine Stritch
le Cupidon
Young
Jack Carter
Nancy Berg
Jeff Chandler
Riviera
Las Vegas
Sammy Davis Jr
Jan Murray
Karl
al Cooper
Jimmy Komack
Phil Leeds
Earl
Brother
Summit show masks real aims in peace talks
The piece argues Communist Russia uses a summit meeting to project peace while delaying real commitments. It notes the planned four power conference is noncommittal, serving as a public display rather than a substantive negotiation. It warns such a spectacle misleads the public about progress toward ending aggression.
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Russia
United States
Moscow
Britain
France
Europe
Austria
Klieg
Prayer Hope for Loved Ones and Sinners
Prayer notes from Carl Heath Kopf of Washington DC ask for blessings for loved ones away from home for forgiveness for sinners for healing for the ill and for churches to preach Christ in the living word.
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Carl Heath Kopf
Washington, D. C
First Congregational Church
Propaganda Victory Scored By Russia in Planned Talks
A London era view analyzes Moscow’s four power talks and Molotov’s Vienna meeting as a propaganda ploy to push concessions and push the West toward peace on Soviet terms. It argues Eisenhower risks being used as a pawn in a Moscow chess game and urges a stronger Western articulation of condemnation of Soviet aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Switzerland
Soviet Russia
Europe
Red China
Asia
Hitler
Munich
Eisenhower
America
Adlai Stevenson
Eden
Britain
Moscow
United States
Molotov
Vienna
Talking heads and sly spies in Cold War world hum
A joking column muses on Army tunnels under Greenland, a Soviet backed school for girl spies in West Germany, graduation gear turning civil attire to cloak and dagger, and a man claiming to converse with geese and ducks hearing plenty of fowl language.
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Reds
West Germany
Birthday of Rene d Harnoncourt Celebrated this May
Rene d Harnoncourt born May 17 1901 in Vienna. He chairs the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Interior Department and serves on the U S Commission for UNESCO. He recently returned from Europe where he installed the American art exhibition for the Salute to France program. He has directed the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1949.
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Rene D'Harnoncourt
Vienna
U. S. Department of the Interior
U. S. Commission
Unesco
Europe
U. S
France
Museum of Modern Art
N. Y
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