Polio Vaccine Experts at Work Again
Washington experts from the U S Public Health Service meet to review plant inspections of six vaccine producers and decide on standards and supply implications for a resumed polio inoculation program this summer. Sessions cover Wyeth Pitman Moore and other firms with Sharpe Dohme not yet releasing vaccine.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Pitman- Moore Co
Parke, Davis and Lilly
Wyeth and
Pitman- Moore
Parke, Davis
Eli Lilly
Sharpe & Dohme, Inc
Philadelphia
Beckley Primary Voter Turnout Low Across All Precincts
Unofficial results show only 3,310 of 13,474 eligible Beckley voters cast ballots in the April 19 mayoral primary. Democratic turnout was 2,241 of 8,576 registered. Republican turnout 1,069 of 4,898. Despite favorable weather, participation remained under 25 percent.
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E. Beckley
Armory
Woodrow Wilson
Institute
East Park
City Hall
Harper Road
S. Oakwood
Elkins
Sylvia
Whitestick
Stratton
Beckley Election Signals Historic Four Year Terms
Beckley voters head to the polls for a General Election that will elect officials to four year terms for the first time. The ballot includes mayor, council at large, ward representatives, and the new ward voting system with five wards and precinct lines unchanged. The Democratic slate lists A K Minter as mayor and five ward councilmen. the Republicans name H B Ashworth for mayor and other ward and at large candidates.
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Beckley
Ward
A .K. Minter
Clarence L. Bibb
H. P. “Friday" Meadows
George C. Porter
Harold W. Miller
Hyden Smith
Beckley Precinct Lines to Be Painted Tonight
Beckley 17 voting precincts will be white washed tonight by Beckley League of Women Voters members. Nancy Thorne says demand from the public prompted the league to oversee painting official lines on the polls. The project, begun in 1952 and suspended at the April 19 primary, aims to keep politicians and workers from harassing voters at the polls.
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Beckley
Beckley League of Women Voters
Nancy Thorne
League
State Supreme Court Grants Review of State Fair Case
The West Virginia State Supreme Court, in a 3 2 decision, agreed to review a $10 000 damage verdict against the State Fair of West Virginia in a Greenbrier County case arising from the death of Martin V Dahmer. Dahmer, a fair special policeman, died after attempting to halt a runaway horse on Aug 29 1953, two days after being struck on the track. The suit was brought by his son as administrator. The fair contends Dahmer was negligent for leaving his post. Judges Browning and Lovins would have denied the appeal.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
West Virginia
Greenbrier County
Martin V. Dahmer
Dahmer
Martin Dahmer Jr
the Fair
Chauncey Browning
W. T. Lovins
Elkins Men Die In Plane Crash
Roanoke Virginia reports two Elkins West Virginia businessmen died when a four place single engine plane crashed about 15 miles east of Roanoke en route home from Jacksonville Florida. Harold Clayton Herring 40 vice president Preston Hardwood Lumber Co and James Franklin Ketterman plant superintendent were aboard. Mrs Dooley neighbor described seeing the aircraft explode then crash in stormy conditions near Stewartsville Bedford County.
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Roanoke
Here
Elkins
W.va
Jacksonville
Fla
Harold Clayton Herring
Preston Hardwood Lumber Co
James Franklin Ketterman
J. B. Dooley
Stewartsville
Bedford County
Two Jailed on Intoxication and Cohabitation Charges
Lester residents Lester Liston L Boyd and Mary Jor dan were jailed at 9 45 p m Sunday in Raleigh County Jail on charges of intoxication and cohabitation. They were arrested by Raleigh County Deputies Sheriff.
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Liston L. Boyd
Mary Jordan
Lester
Raleigh
Medical Law Expert Joins Clarksburg Double Slaying Probe
Dr. LeMoyne Snyder a 56 year old medical law expert from Lansing hired by Prosecutor Robert B. Ziegler and Harrison County Court to review background and advise on next steps in the case of Mrs Frances Laughlin and Mrs Joan Bland found shot dead in their Laughlin home. Snyder described his role as medical evidence based homicide work, noting past service as medical legal director of the Michigan State Police and as author of a recognized homicide investigation text. He will spend several days assessing existing work and aiding police with a strategy while visiting sites around town.
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Clarksburg
LeMoyne Snyder
Lansing
Mich
Frances Laughlin
Joan Bland
Laughlin
Dr. Snyder
Robert B. Ziegler
Harrison County
Snyder
Michigan State Police
Ziegler
T. A. Welty
Young man faces bank robbery arraignment in Huntington
A man claiming to be John Miller aged 18 of Wheeling was arrested at a bus station and charged with a bank robbery after admitting to taking 850 dollars from the Federal Savings and Loan. The cashier identified him as the robber. Det. Ben Oswald noted a signed statement. In related items, Isaac Bolt and John Lewis of Nitro face fines for short meat weight. Norma E. Burkhart, 50, dies after burns from a floor finisher explosion in Parkersburg. In Man, Mrs. Joe Manko and her daughter Judy, 18, receive diplomas. Mrs Manko is Grover C. Combs’s daughter.
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Huntington
John Miller
U. S
Miller
Wheeling
Ben Oswald
Federal Savings & Loam Assn
Oswald
Parkersburg
Norma E. Burkhart
Man, W. Va
Man High School
Joe Manko
Judy
Manko
Grover C. Combs
House of Delegates
Beckleyans Post Bonds on Robbery Charges
Beckley men Alex Covington and Thomas Parrish waived preliminary hearings after arraignment before Magistrate J. E. Mays on robbery charges. Each posted $1,000 bond and were released. Police say Covington and Parrish robbed J. O. McGraw of $400 after intoxication arrest Saturday night and identification Sunday morning.
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Alex Covington
Thomas Parrish
Beckley
Raleigh County
J. E. Mays
J. O. McGraw
Stover
Greyhound Drivers Schedule Mass Meeting Thursday
CHARLESTON Striking Atlantic Greyhound Corp drivers set a mass meeting for Winston Salem North Carolina Thursday night after a weekend exchange of allegations with the company. A new full page ad claimed union leaders rejected the latest contract proposal without presenting it to members.
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Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Winston-Salem
N.C
Four Area Drivers Jailed for Drunk Driving Offenses
Four area drivers faced charges or fines in Raleigh County today for drunken driving. F G Wyatt of East Beckley and Mitt Smith of Beckley were jailed or charged, with Wyatt on a third offence. Isaac Jennings, Mabscott, paid a 58.50 fine and had a six month license suspension. Herbert A Goss, Crab Orchard, paid 57.50 and costs after a magistrate hearing. Robert Edward Brown, Minden, faces negligent homicide and driving while drunk charges with arraignment postponed after a fatal crash near Piney View May 15.
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Raleigh
F. G. Wyatt
East Beckley
Mitt Smith
Beckley
Isaac Jennings
Mabscott
J. E. Mays
Herbert A. Goss
Crab Orchard
J. P. Meadows
Robert Edward Brown
Minden
T. N. Thurman
Piney View
Robert Early Jr
Westwide trucking strike paralyzes operations and talks stall
News in brief notes a West Coast trucking strike grinding operations to a standstill on day five, with little chance of immediate conciliation between management and union officials. Other items report Mary A. Phelps death in Savoy, Billy Graham's Britain visit, Kilimanjaro search for airliner wreckage, and various international incidents.
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Los Angeles
Presbyterians Criticize Marian Year Festivals
The 167th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States resumes as Presbyterians consider a commission report condemning Marian year celebrations. The report cites Mary’s elevated role in Roman Catholicism, warns of a widening split, and notes a proposal to amend church law allowing both men and women to become ministers.
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Los Angeles
167Th
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Presbyterians’ Permanent Commission On Interchurch Relations
Mary of Nazareth
Congress Sees Highways Bond Plan Dibbed by Johnson
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson criticizes President Eisenhower major highway proposal calling it bonds for boulevards and excluding farm to market roads. He expects the Senate to reject the plan as a bad bill and back Gore’s Democratic alternative. House Ways and Means weighs expanded social security for women and disabled workers, aiming for action next month. McClellan signals probes into waste in armed forces, while Wilson is urged to unify defense planning. McCormack notes a strong chance the House will override Eisenhower’s postal pay veto if given a vote.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Johnson
Senate
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means
House Democratic
Congress
Mills
D-Ark
Wilson
Democratic
Russia
United States
McCormack
Dmass
Beckley to Host 1955 Home Acres Conference
Beckley West Virginia will host the national Home Acres Conference of the Society of Friends of the Land from September 8 to 10 with headquarters at the remodeled Beckley Hotel. The event aids urban residents moving to rural areas to make homesteads productive through wise land use, highlighting a trend of city to rural relocation and the need for part time farmers.
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Beckley
Home Acres
Society of Friends of the Land
Concord College
Ollie Fink
National Organization
Charles Hodel
C. T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
Bob Dwight
Bloomington
Ill
Fink
West Virginia
Long Branch Man Jailed in Fayette
Mack Graham of Long Branch is jailed in Fayette County awaiting a hearing on assault charges connected to shotgun wounds suffered by Governor Looney, also of Long Branch. Graham was arrested by Sgt. W R Seal. Looney was treated and discharged from Oak Hill Hospital with facial lacerations.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Mack Graham
Long Branch
Fayette County
Looney
Graham
W. R. Seal
Oak Hill
Virgil Lyons
Prisoners Seek UN Protection For Korean War POWs
Forty three former Korean War prisoners in New Delhi appealed to U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold for international protection from political pressure to return to North Korea or Red China. They asked to be sent to South Korea if resettlement options in Mexico, Argentina, or Brazil fail. Their leader Maj Ji Ki Cheol was jailed in an Indian camp after a May 16 melee. Seven of the 50 ex-prisoners in camp did not sign. Of 88 POWs brought here, six returned to Korea or China, 32 chose India, and 50 await permission to enter a country of their choice.
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New Delhi
U.N
North Korea
Red China
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold
South Korea
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Ji Ki Cheol
Nehru
Korea
China
India
Three Cases Dismissed In Raleigh County Circuit Court
Three lawsuits were dismissed and dropped from the docket of the Raleigh County Circuit Court today. Cases dismissed included Janie and Buzz Harvey against Alex Smith Beckley Industrial Saving and Loan Co against R B and Virginia K Edwards and Paul M Ryan against Oscar Martin. The first two were settled out of court the third was non suited and dismissed because the defendant failed to appear after being called three times. Jury trials were scheduled to get under way this morning but all cases slated to be heard before a jury were disposed of without jurors.
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Raleigh County
Janie
Buzz Harvey
Alex Smith
Beckley Industrial Saving and Loan Co
R. B
Virginia K. Edwards
Paul M. Ryan
Oscar Martin
Shuff Funeral Tuesday In Ansted
William Billy Shuff 81 of Lansing died at home Sunday after a five month cancer illness. A retired miner and Baptist Church member born August 24 1873 in Lawrence County Ohio he leaves seven daughters and four sons plus 12 grandchildren. Funeral at 10 30 a m Tuesday at his home with Rev Guy Vaughn officiating burial in Lansing Cemetery. Body moved from Thomas Funeral Home of Ansted at 6 p m today.
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Ansted
William “Billy” Shuff
Lansing
The
Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Ohio
Bessie McClung
Hico
Glenna Forsythe
Charleston
Melba Coyer
Nitro
Ann Horrocks
Beck
Living Conditions Easier This Summer
New York reports a cautiously optimistic view of summer living. Food abundance and potential tax cuts may keep costs down while wages rise, boosting take home pay. Farmers may see lower prices per unit unless crops fail. Increased productivity could offset higher wages, and cheaper feed spurs hog production for more pork. Americans are expected to eat about 23 pounds more meat per person than in the 1930s.
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New York
West Virginia Weather Briefing Notes
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a chance of isolated thunderstorms this evening and in the mountains. Little change in temperature. Low temperatures range from 62 to 66 degrees.
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