Burke and Radford Nominated for Top Naval and Joint Chiefs Posts
President Eisenhower named Rear Adm. Arleigh A. Burke to succeed Adm. Robert B. Carney as chief of naval operations and nominated Adm. Arthur W. Radford for a new two year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Also named was Gen. Nathan F. Twining for a new two year term as Air Force chief of staff. The Carney controversy over a possible Red attack in the Formosa area is noted but not linked to the nominations. Burke earned the nickname 31 Knot for WWII Pacific commands and would be promoted to full admiral if confirmed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval
Aden
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Maxwell D. Taylor
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Taylor
Burke
Formosa Strait
Navy
Edward L. Beach
Senate
Air Force Navy
Adm
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
Pentagon
White House
Pacific
Negro and Lone Republican are Newcomers Minter, Incumbent Demo
In a local council race, newcomers Negro and Lone Republican challenge incumbent Democrat Minter as voters pick city leadership. The contest featured both party affiliations and district stakes, with results showing shifts in the council lineup and potential policy direction.
Beckley selects Minter as mayor in tight race
In Beckley West Virginia Democrats elect A K Minter as mayor over H B Ashworth after a low turnout. New council members include Harold W Miller C R Jones with Jones the first Black member. Canvass set for Thursday with swearing in July 1 for a four year term.
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Minter
H. B
Pete’’ Ashworth
Miller
Ocratic
A. A
Buck” Ross
Jones
Hyden Smith
C. L. Bibb
H. P
Meadows
Bibb
Republic H. P
Republic H. P. Meadowscan Candidates Re-Elected For Council-At
Joe Farris
Harold A. Hedrick
French Official Sets Date for Big Four Summit
Paris Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay announced that Eisenhower accepted July 18 to 21 for the four powers summit. In Washington the White House called the date a possibility still under consideration and Russia had not yet formally accepted the invitation. The final time and place will be decided by foreign ministers in San Francisco during UN anniversary events.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Britain
San Francisco
United Nations
Pinay
Jury Favors Sangers in WV Turnpike Case
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury awarded $1,375 to defendants in the West Virginia Turnpike Commission v C. P. Sanger et al. Judge Norman Knapp stated the panel was impaneled for technical reasons and the jury accepted a prepared agreement. The verdict favored the defendants in the land condemnation proceedings.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
C. P. Sanger
Als
Norman Knapp
Byrd Protests ICC Plan to 'Death' Steam Locomotives
Congressman Robert C. Byrd denounces an Interstate Commerce Commission ceremony announcing the death and burial of steam locomotives. He urges President to cancel the event, citing coal industry concerns and the continued use of steam engines amid dieselization and wartime needs.
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Byrd
Robert C. Byrd
Interstate Commerce Commission
Raleigh
White House
Washington, D. C
Commission
ICC
Kefauver Subpoena Clash Over Klaw Records
Irving Klaw known as King of the Pinups resists a subpoena for business records in a Kefauver subcommittee probe into pornography and juvenile crime. Kefauver orders Klaw to appear with records as hearings resume in New York. Senate officials report air power leads over Russia but warn of Soviet production strides. A post office pay bill moves toward 8 percent average raises for 500,000 workers despite Eisenhower veto, while Mundt cites graft probe factions and conflicting testimony in uniforms buying case.
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New York
Senate
Irving Klaw
King of
Sen
Kefauver
Dtenn
Washington
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Eisenhower
Post Office Committee
Desegregation Vote Set Today by Presbyterians
Los Angeles report on the 167th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA where a Standing Committee urges immediate action to end segregation in church practices and to promote a broader “Operation Desegregation” in churches and communities. The committee also warns against schoolteacher burdens, loyalty oath abuses, and political idolatry.
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Los Angeles
Presbyterians
167Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Assembly
Mollohan cites invasion of jobs by retired officers
Representative Mollohan of West Virginia accuses the Eisenhower administration of moving the military into civil government by assigning 34 key posts to retired generals and admirals. He says the House will oppose adding two more retired generals to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and releases a list of officers now or recently in top White House State Defense posts and on commissions, some serving unpaid.
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Washington
Mollohan
D-Wva
Eisenhower
House
Immigration and Naturalization Service
White House
State
Defense Departments
West Virginia Weather Report and Conditions
Weather summary for West Virginia notes mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures tonight with scattered showers in the east. Thursday should be partly cloudy with moderate temperatures and lows around 45 to 52 in the north and 52 to 58 in the south across the state.
Flannery Names Seven to Make Education Study
West Virginia Governor W E Flannery named seven appointees to a 21 member citizens committee to study education. The list includes Charles E Hodges A G Mathews Eugene A Carter Arnold M Vickers Irvin Stewart R H Crist and Frances Evans representing business agriculture labor professions education and civic organizations. The panel will report to the 1956 Legislature with ex officio members the governor Senate president and House speaker to select.
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Flannery
Senate
House of Delegates
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Business
A. G. Mathews
Grantsville
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Agriculture
Eugene A. Carter
Charleston
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
Labor
Arnold M. Vickers
Montgomery
Strayer
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
R. H. Crist
South Charleston
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Frances Evans
Logan
West Virginia
White House
Delegates to West Virginia Postmasters Meet in Huntington
More than 300 delegates expected to register today for the West Virginia branch annual meeting of the National Postmasters Association in Huntington. Police Judge William Beckett fined Manuel James Richmond, 34, a bellhop, $100 and costs for giving false information in the investigation of last Saturday's Federal Savings and Loan Association robbery, with a suspended 30 day jail sentence and a similar charge pending in Federal Court.
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Huntington
West Virginia
National Postmasters Association
William Beckett
Manuel James Richmond
Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Richmond
Concord May Get Tennis Courts
The State Board of Education met to consider college budgets and opened bids for Concord College athletic facility improvements. Base installation and surfacing of tennis courts there are planned, with oboratorical scholarships awarded to district winners.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Concord College
Concord
American Legion
Banks Wilburn
Marshall College
Thomas R. Horner
Kanawha County
Wilburn
Hornor
West Virginia Committee On
State School For the Colored Deaf and Blind
Institute
Romney Deaf and Blind Schools
Board
Shooting Match Draws 52 Entrants From Statewide Fields
A Beckley four man team led by Capt. Millard E. Tyree joins 52 entrants from southern West Virginia in a shooting match today at State Police Company D Headquarters Beckley. Participants include city and state officers and residents from Charleston Richwood South Charleston Bluefield St Albans Conservation Department and others.
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Noel Christian
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D-Wash
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