Dynamite Found Planted Under Mine Employee’s Truck
State Police investigated after six sticks of dynamite were placed under Keith Elquist’s Maust Coal and Coke Co truck in Webster Springs. An ignition fuse burned to the charges then fizzled out. Police linked nearby blasts to Maust mine routes and noted prior橋 incidents tied to picketing. Investigations continue as authorities report multiple related dynamite blasts and a beating case involving other Maust labor picks.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
E. A. Zirkle
Keith Elquist
Maust Coal and Coke Co
Zirkle
Elquist
Belair
Webster County
Maust Company
Nicholas
Webster
Pocahontas
United Mine Workers
UMW
Sgt. Zirkle
Sand Run
Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co
Maust
Sharp's Knob
Pocahontas County
Cherry
Trieste Pact Ends Nine Year Italian Yugoslav Rift
Italy and Yugoslavia signed a settlement in London Rome and Belgrade to divide Trieste along WWII occupation lines. Italy gains Trieste port and Zone A while Yugoslavia controls Zone B with returns of Lazaretto strip. minority rights protected. 7,000 Allied troops to withdraw over three weeks.
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Rome
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste Free
Adriatic
Trieste
London
Belgrade
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Adriatic Sea
Washington
New York
Piazza del Unita
Moscow
Zone A
Lazzaretto
Marshal Tito
Trieste City
Senate Will Approve 9 Power Pact Wiley Says
Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin predicts quick Senate approval of a London pact to re arm West Germany and restore sovereignty. He expects administration action to push the measure, with possible NATO entry consent and rearrangement of power among occupying nations. Observers say immediate German effects are largely psychological.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
West Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Europe
London
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Sen. McCarthy
Constable Named Deputy Sheriff in Clear Fork District
Joe Asbury, long time constable in Clear Fork District, was named deputy sheriff on Sheriff John C. Ward’s recommendation. Raleigh County Court approved the appointment, replacing him with Hibert Burgess, Artie. Asbury’s vacancy followed Jay Miller’s resignation October 1, who had lumber business and other interests. Burgess serves until elected successor qualifies. Mass conventions named Democratic candidates for constable in Trap Hill Holt Covey and Clear Fork Clarence Belcher. Republicans did not nominate for November. Archie Lambert, Pemberton, hired as deputy dog warden.
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Joe Asbury
Clear Fork
John C. Ward
Raleigh County Court
Hibert Burgess
Artie
Asbury
Jay Miller
Miller
Ward
Burgess
Trap Hill
Holt Covey
Clarence Belcher
H. G. Farmer
Archie Lambert
Pemberton
West Virginia Weather Forecast Summary
West Virginia forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers. Cooler in the north tonight, near normal southern highs around 60 degrees, with temperatures near normal south and two to four degrees below normal in the north through Sunday. Rain totals to a half to one inch, higher in the north. Beckley and Oak Hill highs yesterday in the mid eighties, morning lows in the sixties, river stages near normal.
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West Virginia
Beckley High
West Boars Iy
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Sheriff Allocates Courthouse Parking for Officials
Sheriff John C. Ward will allocate spaces on Raleigh County Courthouse grounds facing S Fayette St to county officials and keep others off the lot. At least five spaces will be reserved for police cars during courthouse business per court direction.
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Raleigh County Courthouse
John C. Ward
Raleigh County Court
S. Fayette St
Ward
Kiwanians to Name District Governor
West Virginia Kiwanis district voters pick between W. E. Buckley of Fairmont and James M. Moler of Charles Town for district governor. The choice closes the three day convention, succeeding J. Ed Batten Jr. of Welch. Buckley is a retired principal. Moler is the district treasurer.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Kiwanians
W. E. Buckley
Fairmont
James M. Moler
Charles Town
Kiwanis
J. Ed Batten Jr
Welch
Buckley
Fairmont West High School
Moler
Skelton Man Jailed on Assault Charge
Skelton man John Biki Jr. was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 11:25 p.m. Monday by State Police for assault and battery. Two area men, Thomas A. Quesenberry and Pvt. James E. Hancock, are held for military authorities for being absent without leave. addresses not listed.
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John Biki Jr
Skelton
Raleigh County
Thomas A. Quesenberry
James E. Hancock
Loss of Levy Hits City's Children Via Playgrounds
Beckley youth face no supervised playgrounds next summer as the City Recreation Board contends with a sliced budget after the levy failure. Revenue drops from $21,531 to about $18,000 for 1954–55 with $11,650 available for ten months. Planned cuts include playgrounds, Rural Development Council workshops, tennis programs, and a marble tournament, plus $675 tied to the baseball park project on the 1921 By-Pass.
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Beckley
City Recreation Board
Rural Development Council
C. G. Peregoy
Elmer Davis
Harry Lewin
Lewin
James Kessinger
Infant Survives Two Unusual Birth Operations
Sophia infant Kim Dolores Gillespie born August 23 at Beckley Hospital with congenital omphalocele a four inch intestinal protrusion was operated on about 90 minutes after birth by Dr. Robert Caldwell. She later developed hypertrophic pyloric stenosis treated by Dr. John Haddad. The combination is estimated to occur once in 20 000 to 40 000 births. Kim is recovering and expected to be discharged soon.
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Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Kim Dolores Gillespie
Thomas L. Gillespie
Kim
Robert Caldwell
John Haddad
Kaiser Peron Sign Agreement In Argentina
Henry J. Kaiser signed a contract to manufacture cars trucks and jeeps in Argentina in partnership with President Juan D Peron's government. He will invest 10 million dollars of machinery about a third of the capital and will manage production for a company owned by Kaiser the Argentine government and private investors.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Henry J. Kaiser
Juan D. Peron
U.S
Kaiser
United States
Ford
General Motors
Peron
December Draft Call Unchanged at 23,000
The Army issued a draft call for 23,000 men in December keeping the monthly quota at the same level as the prior five months. Since selective service resumed in 1950, 1,635,430 have been drafted or earmarked for induction.
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Washington
Army
Docket Set Tomorrow at Raleigh County Court
The docket for the October term of Raleigh County Criminal Court will be set at 9 am Wednesday.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Federal Support Sought as Integration Protests Spread
Demonstrations over school desegregation extend from Washington to Baltimore, with nine schools seeing walkouts and picketing. In Baltimore attendance rose as unrest eased, while in Washington white and black students clashed and officials urged calm. Thurgood Marshall asked federal backing for desegregation efforts as action shifted toward legal challenges and potential charges in Milford and Delaware.
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Washington
Baltimore
Anacostia
McKinley High
Eastern
New York
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn, For the Advancement of Colored People
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
Marshall
Milford
Del
National Assn
McKinley
John H. Fischer
Southern High School
H. Albert Young
Delaware
National Assn. For the Advancement of White People
NAAWP
Court of Chancery
Milford High School
Bryant Bowles
Memorial Airport expansion funded by federal aid approved
Federal funds totaling 85 000 dollars will extend the west runway at Memorial Airport with night lights and turfing, matched by about 150 000 dollars from county sources. Project aims include safer operations for larger planes and potential for an Air National Guard squadron, with bids not yet advertised.
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Memorial Airport
Robert L. Davis
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Harry Anderson
Davis
Com
Beckley
Air National Guard
West Virginia
Huntington
Tri-State
Territories
Greyhound Drivers Vote to Join Union
Atlantic Greyhound Corp bus drivers, previously against unionization, voted 449 for and 238 against AFL Amalgamated Assn. of Street Railway and Motor Coach Employees representation. NLRB regional director Jack G. Evans announced the results, with 725 eligible voters and 15 void ballots plus 3 challenged. The company, headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, operates across several states and D C.
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Cincinnati
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
AFL Amalgamated Assn
Jack G. Evans
National Labor Relations Board
Atlantic Greyhound
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Virginia
North and
South Carolina
Georgia
District of Columbia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Florida
Fayette Man Dies Of Hunting Mishap
A Fayette County man, Joe Hamlet of Greentown, died at Bluefield Sanitarium from gunshot wounds suffered at the start of the hunting season. Hamlet was wounded last Friday during a hunting trip, the first hunting death in the immediate region this season. His body is at Wright Funeral Home, EF Beck ley, pending funeral arrangements.
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Fayette County
Bluefield
Joe Hamlet
Greentown
Wright Funeral Home
EF. Beckley
Coal Hits Year Hish CHARLESTON
West Virginia released figures show August total coal output reaching 9,575,542 tons the highest monthly total of the year with 8,576,568 tons from commercial mines. Year to August output stands at 71,610,906 tons behind 1953’s 86,840,870. Augusts saw twelve fatal and 493 non fatal injuries, raising year totals to 73 and 3,841 respectively.
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Charleston
Frank B. King
March on Capitol Set in Support of Sen McCarthy
Baltimore leader of militant anti Communist groups plans a nationwide march on Washington for November 11 to defend Sen McCarthy. The event aims to visit home state senators, then a mass meeting to form the Joint Council Against Communism in America to combat communism and anti anti Communist smears. Rabbi Benjamin Schultz says the movement centers on supporting McCarthy amid censure considerations. Rabbinic organizer Schultz heads the American Jewish League Against Communism and coordinates the New York based Joint Committee Against Communism.
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Baltimore
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Benjamin Schultz
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy
Senate
Schultz
Council Against
Rabbi Schultz
American Jewish League Against Communism, Inc
Joint Committee Against Communism
New York
Felony warrant arrest in Beckley held in jail
City police arrested Earl Long of Beckley on a felony warrant issued by Magistrate J P Meadows. He was placed in the Raleigh County Jail at 3 30 p m Monday.
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Earl Long
Beckley
Raleigh
J. P. Meadows
Charleston Considers Comic Book Control Board
An ordinance in Charleston would create a seven member board with broad power to regulate comic books and other reading matter. It would ban publishing or possession of material deemed obscene or indecent and bar sales to minors of crime themed publications. The measure, drafted after a citizens group formed to oppose unwanted magazines, was referred to the ordinance drafting committee for study.
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Charleston
Citizens Board
James McWhorter
John T. Copenhaver
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Richwood
Nicholas County
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B. J. Short
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Peece Ai
Clear Fork Dist
Linda Harris
Mildred Snodgrass
Associated Press
Greyhound
Fayette
Capitol
Comic Book Curbs
Sparky
Advertising Council
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