Oil executives back Slow Down and Live in West Virginia
Editorial notes executives from eight states met Charleston leaders of the West Virginia Petroleum Association to back the Slow Down and Live campaign. J F Bedell Jr reports at Eisenhower Safety Conference that speed kills and that 12,700 related deaths and 702,560 injuries occurred last year. Governor Marland urges summer motorists to slow down from Memorial Day to Labor Day. President Eisenhower honors mothers and foster families, highlighting Mrs. Jane Maxwell Pritchard as the American Mother of 1956. Foster care stories showcase adopted and foster children benefiting from nurturing care amid calls to adopt disabled children with love.
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West Virginia Petroleum Association
Charleston
J. F. Bedell Jr
Esso Standard Oil Company
Petroleum Association
Eisenhower
Miami
Marland
West Virginia
Bedell
Jane Maxwell Pritchard
Detroit
American Mothers Committee
Pritchards
Rails Fare Better in Popularity Polt
The Federation for Railway Progress reports 65 percent of passenger survey reports were complimentary to railroads in 1955, up from earlier years while noting passenger service remains unprofitable. Railroads carried 432 million passengers in 1955, down from 438.6 million in 1954 and far below 643 million in 1948.
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America
Federation For Railway Progress
Railway Progress
Speedy
FRP
James G. Lyne
Transatlantic telephone cable to boost capacity
A new two leg transatlantic telephone cable project will begin laying the second unit next month, linking the United States Canada and Great Britain with 30 circuits. The fully installed system will triple current capacity and begin service late this year between New York and London.
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U. S
Canada
Great Britain
New York
London
Atlantic
Clarenville
Newfoundland
Sydney
Cherokee Aggie Remembers Old Ways Amid Modern Times
PINEY GROVE North Carolina. Cherokees elder Aggie Lossiah, 75 to 76, custodian of a dying past, recalls mountain journeys, eight children, five grandchildren, and life without central heating. She bakes in an iron pot, distrusts pills, and laments the swift march of modern times while sharing hill lore and old remedies. She asks about New York City, calling it a muddy place.
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Piney Grove
N. C
Aggie Lossiah
Aggie
Lossiah
New York City
Congress Yielding to Soviet Peace Promises
Washington report on Congress debating cuts to foreign aid after Moscow pledged military reductions. Dulles casts doubt while lawmakers cite France Britain and Algeria as factors. House panel trims 1.109 billion from Eisenhower plan amid broader NATO concerns.
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Congress
Dulles
Moscow
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Rep
Richard
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France
Britain
Russia
United States
Algeria
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
North Africa
March of Events Inside Washington
Sherman Adams shapes GOP Senate strategy and pressures Cabinet posts. Adams urged McKay resignation to try ousting Morse in Oregon and influenced Langlie to seek Magnuson seat. Reports say Cooper may return from India to seek Senate seat. Refugee crackdowns, expulsions of Russian diplomats, and a probe into Reds in government loom as Hearings near. Information budget for USIA rises amid ongoing propaganda battle with Russia.
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Man Adams
Senate
Adams
Eisenhower
Douglas McKay
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
John Sherman Cooper
United States
India
Kentucky
Beckley Hinton newspaper masthead notice
Waleigh Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation and entered as second class mail matter at Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. Managing editor J McQuade, Associated Press membership and exclusive rights noted. National advertising representatives STORY FINAVEY INC listed for major cities.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
J. McQuade
Associated Press
Brooks Finavey, Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Prayer for world peace from a Virginia minister
John W. Shackford a retired Methodist minister of Churchland Virginia offers a prayer for enduring world peace. He asks for peace beyond mere cessation of fighting including understanding brotherhood cooperation truth and righteousness and a spirit of good in all people through divine love.
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John W. Shackford
Churchland
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Several area service members are noted for training completions and assignments. Earl K. Mitchell Jr. and C. Shelby J. Canterbury receive training certificates at Fort McClellan and the WAC Center in Alabama. Charles L. Burleson completes Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. Otis C. Dillon and Samuel L. Walton participate in a Fourth Infantry Division field exercise in Germany. Nan man H Lilly completes Lackland basic training. Marshall L. Lytton is promoted to airman second class at Chitose AB Japan and earlier served at Beckley and Stewart AFB.
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Fourth Infantry Division
Germany
Otis C. Dillon
Thomas A. Dillon
Beckley
Samuel L. Walton
Murphy Walton
Mabscott
Dillon
Carlene
Brownwood
Tex
40Th Tank Battalion
Europe
Walton
12Th Infantry Regiment
Fort Dix
N. Y
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Chitose Air Base
Japan
Marshall L. Lytton
Earsel L. Lytton
Lego
Fifth Air Force
Stoco High School
Air Force
Stewart Air Force Base
Jayne Mansfield Romancing Mr Universe Star in New Romance
New York gossip column reports Jayne Mansfield, famed for her physique, dating Mr Universe Hungarian Nicky Hargitay. They met at the Latin Quarter, he travels with Mae West's troupe, and Mansfield says he is modest and could become an actor. The item also notes assorted celebrity sightings and quips from the era.
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New York
Jayne Mansfield
Mr. Universe
Nicky Hargitay
Mae West
Latin Quarter
Syracuse
Mae
Jayne
Case Records of a Psychologist The Worry Clinic Case R-364
A psychologist recounts treatment of Welcome B 17 who suffered osteomyelitis and severe anemia. Blood transfusion lowered fever and revived appetite, while notes stress the role of iron in hunger, dizziness, and mental clarity. Advice urges iron-rich diet, caution on aging nutrition, and using food like medicine after 65.
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