Baltimore integrate clashes ease as schools reopen
In Baltimore both Negro and white students began classes after a two day weekend lull. Demonstrations occurred at several schools but no major violence. at Southern High School two arrests were made and police maintained heavy presence. A separate Washington protest at Anacostia and other sites showed parallel anti integration actions with limited disturbances.
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Baltimore
Southern High School
Southern
Ranarte
Morganthaler Vocational-Technical School
Baltimore City College
Washington
Washington High
Anacostia High
Federal Hill
H O School
Milford
Baltimore Board of School Commissioners
John J. Schwatka
Southern High
London Act Wins Backing for West German Rearmament
Western Europe welcomed the London Act lifting the West German remilitarization within the Atlantic alliance. Mendes-France and Adenauer prepared campaigns for parliamentary ratification, while French deputies prepared a confidence vote. NATO powers anticipated smooth approvals, as East German radio denounced U S pressure.
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London
Western Europe
United States
Atlantic Alliance
French Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Konrad Adenauer
Paris
Bonn
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Chamber of Deputies
West
Germany
Assembly
Adenauer
Britain
Canada
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
NATO
Norway
Denmark
Turkey
Greece
Iceland
Portugal
U. S
Dulles
Tissue to Protest Gas Hike for City Beckley Faces Hearing
Mayor Elmer Davis designated Ben Tissue former city attorney as special city attorney to represent Beckley opposing a proposed Amery gas rate increase. City Attorney W H File Jr has cases that day. Tissue will represent the city and a citizens group in the same case. Hearing set in Charleston before the State Public Service Commission.
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Elmer Davis
Ben Tissue
Beckley
Amery
W. H. File Jr
Davis
Tissue
Citzens
Charleston
State Public Service Commission
Widening and Blacktop Slated on S Kanawha Street
The State Road Commission approved widening and blacktop for a section of S Kanawha Street from Limit Street to the Country Club. The project will add sidewalks and pave the present red dog. City officials cited discussions by State Senator Jack Nuckols and SRC Commissioner Keith Griffith and said work would start very shortly.
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S. Kanawha St
State Road Commission
Elmer Davis
Limit St
Country Club
Jack Nuckols
SRC
Keith Griffith
Beckley City Limits
Davis
Forest Fire Report Ninety Days Quiet in District 4
The District 4 office of the State Conservation Commission said today no forest fires have been reported since the start of the autumn-fire season Friday.
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State Conservation Commission
Weather Update for West Virginia Regions Today
Scattered thundershowers this afternoon and early tonight with cooler, cloudy conditions expected Tuesday and a chance of more showers. Tonight’s low 60 to 68, cooler Tuesday night. Reading stations Beckley and Oak Hill report normal river stages at Bellepoint for New and Greenbrier Rivers and Reservoir.
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Oak Hill High
Bellepoint
New
Greenbrier
Young Hunter Treated For Gunshot Wound
A 20 year old Raleigh County man, Owen Eversole Williams, recently discharged from the Army, was admitted to Beckley Hospital around 5 a.m. with a self inflected gunshot wound to his left hand from a hunting accident. Doctors fear the loss of a finger may occur. Williams is the son of James Williams of Glen White.
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Raleigh County
Hutter
Beckley Hospital
Owen Eversole Williams
James Williams
Glen White
Williams
Dulles Sees European Unity Core After London Talks
Secretary of State Dulles returned from London in jubilant mood announcing that agreements reached there provide the Atlantic community with a hard core of European unity. He said the United States will cooperate with the result as it serves national interests.
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Washington
State Dulles
London
Atlantic Community
Dulles
United States
Nearly 100 Cases For Grand Jury
A grand jury began hearings around 10 20 a m after commissioners Perkins and Bair spent over an hour locating four men to complete the panel One member Crawford was excused for serving on Beckley police civil service board The final panel included Rock Oney Lipscomb and McDaniel Maynor was named foreman Caperton excused Nearly 100 cases were slated for presentation to the jury.
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C. D. Perkins
Adolph Bair
C. D. Crawford
Policemen’s Civil Service Board
City of Beckley
Hubert Rock
Clyde Oney
Keith Lipscomb
C. A. McDaniel
Harry L. MceCreery
Tracy L. Maynor
Pete Bradley
William E. Harrah
Link Pedigo
S. Austin Caperton
Caperton
McCreery
Triangle Murder Plea Recorded
Fayetteville court notes 52 year old Joe Hill of Harvey changed his plea to guilty of second degree murder in the July 17 triangle shooting that killed Clyde Shockey near Collinsdale Kingston. Hill requested probation as Judge Charles L Garvin holds the petition under advisement and keeps a $3500 bond to January 4 for his next appearance. Deputy Pearly Emore cited Hill saying Shockey had been involved with his wife.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Joe Hill
Harvey
Clyde Shockey
Gallagher
Hill
Collinsdale
Kingston
Charles L. Garvin
Pearly Emore
Shockey
Ministers Endorse Ban on Comic Books
The Raleigh County Ministerial Association endorsed Beckley Central Elementary PTA’s effort to remove horror and crime comics from local newsstands. A committee led by Dr. A. H. Wilson and Rev. James Witherspoon was formed to draft a resolution after a talk by William Houchins, PTA president.
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Raleigh County Ministerial Association
Central Elementary School
PTA
Beckley
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
James Witherspoon
Odd Fellows Lodges Set Three Day Meet in Bluefield
In Bluefield West Virginia members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Rebekah Assembly will hold a three day convention October 14 16. Special degree conferring sessions are planned for October 13 with officers to be elected October 14 and installed October 16. Sovereign grand lodge representatives L S Bridges of Baton Rouge and William E Frisbie of Hampton will attend and Frisbie sits on the youth committee. About 1500 delegates are expected.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Rebekah Assembly
A. Ford Winters
Huntington
I.O.C.F. Grand Lodge
Winters
L.S. Bridges
Baton Rouge
Soverign Grand Lodge
William E. Frisbie
Hampton, Va
Frisbie
C.F
Rebekah
Winter
Yanks Tell of Threats By Czech Commies
Two American soldiers Capt. Richard H. Dries and Pfc. George Pisk describe two weeks in Czech custody near the West German border. They say they faced threats of a Czech court trial and 10 year imprisonment if they talked, and endured constant interrogation and solitary confinement without mistreatment. The men were released at the West German border after seizure near Bavaria on Sept 17.
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Mernberg
Germany
U.S
Richard H. Dries
St. Albans
N.Y
George Pisk
Austin
Tex
Bavaria
Waidhaus
Europe
Dries
Red
Pisk
Prague
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Attendance Optional At Education Parley
Raleigh County school principals and teachers may choose attendance at the West Virginia Education Association Conference in Charleston on October 14 and 15. In prior years students were excused and instructors paid. this is one of the few holiday periods teachers do not have to make up.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Education Association
Charleston
D. W. Bryson
Missing Yanks Seek Asylum in East Berlin
William Henry Starr and James Starr, American brothers from Westville New Jersey, appeared at an East Berlin news conference to seek political asylum after vanishing from West Berlin. They said they defected due to disagreement with the U S ruling clique and policy, adding they would not return while that government remains in power.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
William Henry Starr
James Starr
Westville
N.J
Germany
East Berlin
West
United States
America
Feared Failing Memory Tragedy Tears Family Apart
In Oakland California a 52 year old kindergarten teacher Olive Lesser killed her two sons Donald 19 and Richard 17 with a .22 rifle after fearing memory failure. Her husband Milan 52 was slain as he entered the house at dusk. Olive shot herself in the street leaving incoherent notes and a motive tied to memory loss. Donald studied at UC Berkeley and Richard was a high school senior.
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Oakland
Calif
Olive Lesser
Donald
Richard
East Oakland
Milan
Losser
Lossers
University of California
Berkeley
Solons Favor Delay In Public Utility Tax Plan Change
A special legislative committee in Charleston unanimously recommended no change now to how public utility properties are assessed for taxation. The panel, created by the 1953 Legislature, will review possible creation of a state utility evaluation agency but cited uncertain finances and an unwieldy appeal process as reasons to defer action.
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Solons
Charleston
Clarence FE. Martin Jr
Berkeley
Del
James W. Loop
Kanawha
Board of Public Works
State Tax Department
Martin
Martinsburg
Secretary of State
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
City Men Stiffer Fertility Says Parkersburg Doctors
In Parkersburg a panel of physicians reported urban living raises stress and lowers male fertility. Dr Russell D Herrold of Chicago cited 1950 Chicago data showing under 20 percent normal fertility and wartime servicemen 50 percent, noting tests differ. He urged individual treatment and vitamin or thyroid correction if counts are low. Dr John R Bender added general practitioners handle 80 percent of US illnesses though only 20 percent of doctors.
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Parkersburg
Russell D. Herrold
Chicago
University of Illinois
Herrold
West Virginia Academy of General Practice
Lederle Laboratories
John R. Bender
Winston-Salem
N.C
American Academy of General Practice
Bender
United States
Nehru Repeats Threat to Retire
New Delhi India Jawaharlal Nehru says being prime minister fatigues him and he may step down observers note his past threats as a bargaining tactic. He holds foreign and defense posts plus planning chair and told Congress members he was rather tired mentally regarding remarks about relinquishing the premiership.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Congress Party
Plannning Commission
Congress
Woman Falls to Death Near Times Square
A 66-year-old widow of a naval officer leaped seven stories from a seventh-floor window outside the Hotel Taft. Before a 5,000-strong crowd she plunged onto the Roxy marquee as police prepared a safety net. Police identify her as Mrs. Mary Frieh, widow of Cmdr. Eugene Frieh who died at sea in 1943. The motive remains unexplained.
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New York
Times Square
Taft
Mary Frieh
Cmdr
Work as Usual at 85 Cincinnati Printer Says He Won’t Retire
Charles E. Mayers celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday by continuing his regular work as a printer for the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Retire? not me,” he told a reporter. Mayers began with the paper in 1893.
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Cincinnati
Charles E. Mayers
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mayers
McCarthy to Stress Fight on Commies in Censure Defense
Senator McCarthy framed his Senate defense around his fight against communism as a censure vote looms. He said the Senate would not back censure if based on facts, warned political judgments could sway votes, and questioned Eisenhower's stance while noting Flanders cited a White House nod.
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McCarthy
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Sen. Flanders
R-Vt
White House
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Subcommittee
Francis P. Carr
New York
Carr
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Cohn
the Tribune
Damaged liner Maasdam passengers balk at delay
New York April reports a collision damages the Maasdam off Rhode Island. Passengers balk at hotel costs and strike in a lounge while Holland America Lines arranges subsistence payments and future sailing plans. About 20 hold out as repairs begin in Brooklyn after the ship returns to port.
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New York
Maasdam
Holland. America Lines
Tofero
Rhode Island
Holland-America
Holland - America
Ryndam
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Body Found in McDowell Victim of Hunting Accident
The 46 year old McDowell County man Jess J Moore was found by his family about a mile from Newhall home with shotgun wounds to the head shoulder and chest. He had been hunting Saturday and did not return. Authorities have not completed an investigation and attribute the death to hunting since the season opened Friday.
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Welch
McDowell County
Newhall
Jess J. Moore
McDowell
Moore
State Gets 957,292 to Milk-Lunch Funds
The Agriculture Department allotted 494 million dollars to states and the District of Columbia to boost milk consumption under the government school lunch program. States will pay schools for fluid milk consumed above last year’s levels, with new sellers at 3 cents per half pint and existing sellers at 4 cents. Milk must be sold at net cost to pupils. Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia receive specified allotments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
District of Columbia
Congress
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
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