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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1955

Page

3

Sabotage Hinted In Plane Crash At Denver

LONGMONT Colo Possibility of sabotage is being checked and investigators have found some things that appear unusual a federal official said last night of a United Air Lines crash that killed 44 persons Chief James N Peyton said there is nothing outstanding but the items do appear extraordinary Authorities say the plane was about 11 000 feet and climbing when it exploded after taking off from Denver last Tuesday wreckage strewn over five miles near here

Longmont Colo United Air Lines James N. Peyton Civil Aeronautics Board Peyton Denver Hese

Explosion kills 57 Japanese miners in Mojiri Mine tragedy

SAPPORO Japan nine more bodies were found Monday raising the death toll to 57 from last Tuesday's underground blast at Mojiri Mine. Three miners remain missing and thirty were rescued.

Sapporo Japan Mojiri

Government Drops Credit Restraints Policy Shift Foreseen Tax Cut Likely

Washington signals halt to tightening credit rules as inflation fears ease. Officials cite neutral stance and watchful waiting after Fed actions and public statements show reduced pressure on money supply. If inflation remains tame, a tax cut next year becomes probable.

Washington Federal Reserve Board

New Vaccine Tested For Grippe Among Military Recruits

Public Health Service doctors propose testing a three-virus vaccine on 10 000 military recruits this winter pending safety potency checks and official approval. The Type 3 vaccine showed substantial protection in trials among 83 prisoner volunteers at Chillicothe and Breathersville, with 29 percent of vaccinated inmates developing definite illness versus 90 percent of controls.

Washington Public Health Service APC Robert Huebner The Health Service Johns Hopkins University Federal Reformatory Chillicothe Ohio Maryland State Reformatory Breathersville the Health Service

Students Cross Color Lines in Nine State Colleges

West Virginia state colleges have begun cross racial enrollment after the 1954 Supreme Court decision. At West Virginia State College 1,450 students include 1,055 full time. whites comprise about one third. Bluefield State shows 10 whites among roughly 325 students. Other campuses report small numbers of Negroes, with overall integration described as routine and friction free, though some colleges remain all white.

Charleston West Virginia West Virginia State College U. S. Supreme Court State Board of Education West Virginia State State Institute William J. L. Wallace The Board of Education West Virginia University Wallace Bluefield State Glenville State College WVU Marshall College Huntington Marshall Shepherd College Shepherd Storer College Harpers Ferry Concord College Concord West Virginia Tech Fairmont State College Fairmont State John W. Pence Paul N. Elbin West Liberty State College West Liberty Wheeling

Playing with Dynamite in Waynesbury

In Waynesbury Virginia Robert Lee Pultz 13 and his brother Edward hid in a city farm building to play hockey. They built a fire and one boy threw a dynamite cap onto the blaze. The blast injured Robert in the face and chest lightly. Edward was unharmed. The shed contained dynamite stock. They vow to stop thookey.

Waynesbury Robert Lee Pultz Edward City Farm Robert

Ideal Candidate in Springfield Campaign Lit

Springfield Ohio reports on Rod erick Payne a vice in candidate for mayor of nearby New Carlisle. The sample literature states he is married 42 years to the same wife and notes habits such as playing cards bingo and arguing. It lists dislikes taxes hypocrisy and politicians and mentions no lodge affiliations due to dues.

Arnold Axilrod Minneapolis Minn Mary Moonen International Springfield Ohio Roderick Payne New Carlisle

Integration at Lincoln Grade School Grows Quietly

Oklahoma City report notes Lincoln Grade School’s smooth desegregation with 48 Black pupils among 500, plus about 50 Indian and Mexican students 3 German, 3 Filipino, and one child of a Japanese war bride. Principal Nina Birkhead says the move brought bright spirits. old students welcomed all. Five Black mothers attended the first PTA meeting, one becoming hospitality chair.

Oklahoma City Lincoln Nina Birkhead Philippines Hospitality

Bright Christmas expected as power output climbs

Electric power output is set for a bright Christmas as American living standards lift demand. Utilities report rising profits and plan large expansions in capacity despite rate regulation, with 1955 figures showing a 10.1 percent profit gain over the prior year and projected 1956 57 spending to meet growing consumption.

New York America Atomic Energy Commission

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