First U S Hydrogen Bomb Dropped From a B52
A Boeing B52 bomber dropped the first American hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll, timed at 5 51 a m Eastern standard time. The detonation produced a massive fireball and mushroom cloud with an estimated yield near ten million tons of TNT. Observers aboard USS Mt McKinley and ground crews tracked the blast as scientists began rapid post blast measurements.
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Mt.mckinley
Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Namu
American Proving Ground
Pacific
U.S
Russia
United States
Special Weapons Group
Kirtland Air Force Base
N.M
Mt. McKinley
Federal Civil Defense
Accidents Claim Eight West Virginians This Weekend
Eight West Virginians died in accidents over the weekend with several incidents abroad. Names include James Honaker 16 of White Sulphur Springs died in a Kanawha County crash near Big Chimney, and Earl Young Jr. 14 was hospitalized with a broken arm. Other victims include Thurman Maynard 16 of Ranger and Wayland Stevens 75 of Alderson, along with E. Egnor 22 of Dixie in Ohio River crash, First Lt. James Witherspoon Jr. at Guantanamo Bay, and George Ross Webber 28 of St. Albans in Texas. Eight lives lost with multiple injuries across several states.
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West
James Witherspoon Jr
Texas
Houston
George Ross Webber
St. Albans
Lincoln County
W.va
Harts
Wayland Stevens
Alderson
Muddy Creek
Gerald Messer
Keith
Boone County
Tommy Duckworth
West Union
Doddridge County
Flint
Governor Marland Says No Politics in Booth Firing
Charleston WV governor Marland asserts no politics in the firing of Booth and notes the 1952 and 1956 primary results were similar for him. He recalls expecting Ferguson to win and discusses post primary contacts with Mollohan and Democratic meetings. He cites job losses at Sylvania plants as reason to seek new jobs and comments on personnel changes in state departments.
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Marland
Ferguson
Robert H. Mollohan
Fairmont
William Casey Marland
West Virginia
New York State
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Sylvania Electric Co
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Eleanor
Putnam County
Cecil Wilson
McDowell County
del. Hobart Booth Jr
Oak Hill
Wilson
State Purchasing Department
McDowell
Bob Mollohan
Booth
State Beer Commission
Burton Crow
Supreme Court Denies Right to Work to Rail Workers
The Supreme Court unanimously upholding a 1951 National Railway Labor Act amendment struck down state right to work laws as they apply to railroad workers while leaving state bans on union shops in other industries intact. Justice Douglas delivered the decision with Justice Frankfurter concurring.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Douglas
National Railway Labor Act
Justice Frankfurter
Sophia Boy Charged With Cyclist's Injury
An 11 year old Sophia youth to day was ordered to report Saturday before the Raleigh County Juvenile Court meeting. A court spokesman said the youth is accused of throwing rocks at another Sophia boy, striking him and causing a severe head injury as he was riding a bicycle.
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Sophia
Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Harry L. McCreery
Dean of Publishers Marks 93rd Birthday in Huntington
J. H. Long publisher of the Advertiser and Huntington Publishing Co. is 93 today. Company employees planned their usual party for the dean of the state's newspaper publishers while family notes a dinner celebration.
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Huntington
J. H. Long
The
Advertiser
Huntington Publishing Co
New Jobs Sought For Veterinarians Now in Service
Washington dispatch reports the Army and Air Force will not commission new veterinarians and seek new roles for current personnel. Secretary Wilson orders plans by July 1 to end veterinary activities and reduce the corps by orderly discharge or reassignment. Most vets now inspect meat and food as a likely shift to Agriculture. private pet care for servicemen families may end except in emergencies.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Armed Services
Veterinary Corps
Department of Agriculture
Eight Akron residents killed in speeding train crash
In Elyria Ohio an overnight collision at Murray Ridge road crossing killed eight Akron residents returning from an evangelistic meeting. Millard C Martin Eugenia and children David Donald Sharlene and Timothy plus Warren and Mary Edwards died as the NYC Pace maker bound Chicago to New York struck their car. Engineer Karchure said the train went 70 to 75 mph and the car did not attempts to stop. Bodies and wreckage lay along the tracks for about half a mile.
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Elyria
Ohio
Akron
New York Central
Millard C. Martin
Eugenia
David
Donald
Sharlene
Timothy
Warren Edwards
Mary
Murray Ridge Road
City
NYC
Chicago
New York
W. C. Karchure
Toledo
Karchure
Batteries Stolen From SRC Equipment Near Cranberry
State Police investigate theft of two batteries from State Road Commission equipment near Cranberry. Officials say the theft likely occurred over the weekend and was reported today by an SRC employee.
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State Road Commission
Cranberry
SRC
Raleigh Driver Jailed on Reckless Driving Charge
Harry Clifton Mickey of Raleigh was jailed in Raleigh County Jail by State Police at 7 15 p m Sunday on a charge of reckless driving.
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Harry Clifton Mickey
Raleigh
Substitute secretary runs Beckley chamber office
Mrs. J. W. Burdiss of North Oakwood Ave serves as acting secretary at the Beckley Chamber of Commerce while Mrs. Ruth Lew is on vacation. The office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Friday.
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Beckley
Embezzlement Counts Admitted By Miss Minnie
Minnie Mangum pleaded guilty in Norfolk to embezzling 1,082,968.25 dollars from Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn. The 52 year old woman admitted the 22nd count, representing the aggregate of 22 counts dating from 1933 to 1955. She had been convicted last week of making false statements to the State Corporation Commission and was sentenced to 10 years for understating liabilities by 248,400.08 dollars.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn
Ira White
Corporation Court
Imagination Provokes Nude Portrait Controversy
LAS VEGAS Nevada actress Sandra Giles 22 objects to a nude painting unveiled in a casino. The artist Philip Paval defends the work saying the hotel paid 2500 dollars for the portrait titled A Lady of Chance and claims Giles posed in a bathing suit with imagination.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Marilyn Monroe
Sandra Giles
Philip Paval
Denmark
Electric Shock Fatal to Crestline Girl
In Crestline California seven year old Kimber Lee Norling died from an apparent electric shock in a penny arcade. She was near a foot vibrating machine and a photo machine when found dazed and bleeding with two teeth knocked out and burns on her ankle and under her armpit. Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle says evidence points to electric shock as the cause. a fall may have caused the tooth loss.
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Crestline
Calif
Kimberlee Norling
Edward P. Doyle
Doyle
Beckley College Picnic Set for Little Beaver Lake
Miss Topsy O'Dell says Beckley College will hold its annual picnic Tuesday at Little Beaver Lake with boating horseshoes and dancing. Students will depart the school in a body at 9 a.m. for the outing managed by Miss O'Dell.
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Beckley College
Little Beaver Lake
Topsy O’dell
Beckley Pastor's Son Dies in Guantanamo Jet Crash
Lt. James W. Witherspoon Jr., 29, Air Force officer with a naval squadron, was killed when a Cougar jet crashed at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The body was recovered. Survivors include his parents Rev and Mrs J W Witherspoon and two brothers. the family previously lived in Beckley and North Carolina.
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James W. Witherspoon Jr
Air Force
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Navy Department
J. W. Witherspoon
Beaver Ave
Richmond
Witherspoons
Virginia Beach
Harrisonburg
Witherspoon
Patty Bonifay
Fairbanks
Alaska
James Whitred III
Lewis Bonifay
22Nd St
John
London
England
Civil Service Commission
Albuquerque
N.M
Air Group 182
Oceana Air Station
Beckley
North Carolina
Mr. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Population Shows 16 Million Gain
The Census Bureau estimates the U S population on April 1 at 167 440 000 including armed forces overseas a 16 308 000 gain or 10 8 percent from 151 132 000 in 1950. Net civilian immigration accounts for about 1 7 million of the gain over six years. About 23 million babies were born from 1950 to 1955 and 4 091 000 births last year set a record. Over the six years there were more than nine million deaths with last year at 1 531 000 or 9.3 per thousand. The population rise from March 1 to April 1 was 259 000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U. S
May Court Term Opens in Raleigh County Circuit Court
The Raleigh County Circuit Court opened its May term with one case dismissed in the morning as settled. A $25,000 suit was filed by Robert Sisk for his son Robert V. Sisk against Billy J. Leadingham, details unavailable.
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Raleigh County
Okey L. Hager Jr
Electrolux Corp
Circuit Clerk’s
Robert Sisk
Robert V. Sisk
Billy J. Leadingham
Wheeling Rededicates Century-Old Bridge
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, designed by John A Roebling in 1856, was rededicated as a monument to its builder and the engineering profession with Ferdinand Roebling III unveiling a bronze tablet. The Ohio River span between Wheeling and Wheeling Island seats 300 attendees. the structure is slated for a $200000 renovation after a prior $42000 original cost.
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Wheeling
John A. Roebling
Ohio River
Wheeling Island
Ferdinand Roebling III
New York
Beckley VA Officer Receives 10 Year Service Certificate
Roy I. Smith deputy director of the Beckley VA Office received a 10 year service certificate from the State Department of Veterans Affairs at the Annual Service Officers Conference in Jackson's Mill. The Beckley Office serves Raleigh and Fayette counties and Smith has 11 years with the office. Also recognized were Leslie O. Belton Jr. of the American Legion Post Harry W. Stewart head of the Beckley VA Office W E Gilbert Van Sluyter of Beckley VA Hospital and Sally Barron secretary in Smiths office.
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State Department of Veterans Affairs
Roy I. Smith
Beckley VA
Smith
Beckley
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Department
Jackson's Mill
Faleigh
Leslie O. Belton Jr
American Legion Post
Harry W. Stewart
W. E. Gilbert and
van Sluyter
Beckley VA Hospital
Sally Barron
Smith's
Jarrell Maintains Lead In School Board Recount
Sixty five precincts were recounted by noon in the Board of Education race between J Marion Cook of Midway and Car Jarrell of Dry Creek. Unofficial tally shows Jarrell with a 23 vote lead, after starting with 24. The recount seeks the difference between a two year term and a six month term. if unchanged, Jarrell holds the two year seat and Cook the six month seat.
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Board of Education
J. Marion Cook
Midway
Car Jarrell
Dry Creek
Able
Jarrell
Cook
Ten Raleigh Countians file campaign receipts and expenditures
Ten more Raleigh County residents filed receipts and expenditures with the County Clerk after the primary. The list includes J. E. Mays Beaver justice of the peace Shady Spring none 64.70. Hugh Brooks Glen Daniel justice of the peace Trap Hill none 15. Elgin M. Hall Beckley Democratic Executive Committee none none. Ben Tissue Beckley Republican House of Delegates none 10. Hazel Hodges Coal City Demo Committee none 34. Beatrice Neubert Withrow Sophia Demo Committee none 1. Eara M. Ashworth Beckley GOP Circuit Clerk none 54. Ted Kessinger Shady Spring County Commissioner none 94.27. Flora Lee Smith Shady Spring GOP Committee none 1. C. O. Smith Shady Spring constable Richmond none 5.
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Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Justice of the Peace
Shady Spring
Hugh Brooks
Glen Daniel
Trap Hill
Elgin M. Hall
Beckley
Democratic Executive Committee
Ben Tissue
House of Delegates
Hazel Hodges
Coal City
Beatrice Neubert Withrow
Sophia
Eara M. Ashworth
GOP
Ted Kessinger
Flora Lee Smith
C. O. Smith
Constable
Richmond
Beckley Woman Injured in Wreck
A Beckley woman, Mrs. Carol Richards, was in satisfactory condition at Oak Hill Hospital after a two car crash near Mount Hope Sunday night. Mount Hope Police Chief Tom Twaddle said her husband was with her and the other driver is jailed pending investigation. Police noted racing may have led to the collision.
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Mount Hope
Beckley
Oak Hill Hospital
West End
Tom Twaddle
Carol Richards
Munt Hove
Twaddle
Richards
Burglary Charge Filed Against 15-Year-Old Youth
A 15-year-old from Shady Spring is jailed in Raleigh County awaiting disposition on burglary charges. State Police held the youth at 3:35 p.m. Sunday as the case proceeds.
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Shady Spring
Raleigh County
Quint’s Floral Shop Opens in Montreal Sell-Out Crowd
Marie Dionne launched Salon Emilie named after her dead quint sister as a rush preview sold out before opening. Crowds surged yesterday with many buying bouquets for patients at three nearby hospitals. Attendees included Ellen Bourget, Rev. Gustave Sauve, and Dionne siblings Yvonne Cecile Annette.
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Montreal
Marie Dionne
Salon Emilie
Quint
Dionne
Ellen Bourget
Gustave Sauve
Ottawa University
Marie
Annette
Two Juveniles Taken To Industrial School
Raleigh County Deputy Sheriff Zina French escorted two juveniles to the State Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown after they were sentenced last week. One Eccles youth served time for a Graves and Sons Store break-in, while a Mabscott youth was convicted of breaching the Brewer Distributing Co. A further three Eccles youths, previously sentenced, received probation from Judge Harry L. McCreery.
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Raleigh County
Zina French
State Industrial School
Pruntytown
Eccles
Graves and Sons
Mabscott
Brewer Distributing Co
Harry L. McCreery
Saturday Hearing Set After Sunday Wreck
Woodrow Bailey and Daniels are ordered to appear before Magistrate J E Mays Saturday to answer a charge of failing to yield the right of way. State Police report the incident happened about 8 15 p m Sunday on U S Route 1921 near the 1921 Club. Bailey allegedly pulled his 1946 car from a parking area and struck a 1956 station wagon owned by Seldon Porter Clemons, Helen, with an estimated damage of 350 dollars.
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Woodrow Bailey
Daniels
J. E. Mays
Bailey
Seldon Porter Clemons
Helen
Beckley Oak Hill weekend weather snapshot
Beckley reports Sunday conditions with temperatures and forecasts for today in Beckley and Oak Hill. Highs reach the 70s to low 80s, lows around mid 50s, with partly cloudy skies and warmer trend tonight. Scattered thunderstorms expected Tuesday, mainly in the west.
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Bull’s Eye
Charleston
U. S. Senate
Milton J. Ferguson
Sophia Boy
Dean of Publishers
Inglewood
June Blan
Edward Blan
Harry Lindell
Blan
Fellows
Alan
Lindell
Miss Minnie
James W. Witherspoon
Marshall Islands
Miles
Eniwetok
Ujelang
Kwajalein
Japan
Bikar
Jy Utirik
AILUK
Wotje
Maloelap
Jaluit
Namorik
Australia
Hawaii
ARNO
EBON
Miley
Pacific Ocean
Marshall Group
David B. Critchlow
Sacramento
Charles T. Smith
Pittsburg
Kan
Dwight E. Durner
Charlotte
Mich
Floyd A. Amundsen
Grand Forks
N. D
William A. Payne
Plainview
Tex
Richard E. Bingham
Pearlsburg
Paul R. Wignall
Port Arthur
Quint’s Floral Shop
Yvonne
Cecile
Virginia Weather
OAK Hill High
Beckley Skies
Neptune
Virgo
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