Indians halt coercion in NK repatriation talks
The NNRC postponed explanations for 1000 North Koreans after Indian Maj. Gen. Thorat warned that forcing rampant detainees could cause heavy casualties. Some UN observers threatened protests if prisoners were dragged before Red explainers as 1000 Chinese were to be interviewed instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
NNRC
S. P. P. Thorat
U N
Red
NRC
Indian Command
Willis
Standards Bureau Graded Superior By Investigators
A committee of scientists graded the National Bureau of Standards as superior but warned that money strains, focus on basic research, and weapons tests threaten the rating. The report urged more funds, reforms, and returning weapons development to the Defense Department. Weeks praised the committee and the Federation of American Scientists welcomed the defense of integrity and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Bureau of Standards
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Bureau
Defense Department
Congress
Federation of American Scientists
Alien V. Astin
Astin
End of Indian Summer Drought Not in Sight
West Virginia endures a severe drought into its third hot month with Oak Hill leading rainfall at 4.64 inches since Aug. 15, and Beckley totaling 3.63 inches. Water reserves hold, while forecasts predict continued heat and scattered showers bringing minimal relief.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Leroy Stone
Huntington Weather Bureau
Stone
Alderson
Federal Aid Promised Drought Area States
Governors from drought hit states met with President Eisenhower and secured federal aid to share the cost of feeding cattle. Agriculture Secretary Benson said transport hay costs would be split, with the federal government paying up to half of the cost based on cattle numbers, from a $10 million emergency fund. States will buy and distribute hay locally, as Eisenhower stressed local government role.
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Kansas City
Eisenhower
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Thornton
Abilene
Kas
Agriculture
Benson
Department of Agriculture
Future Farmers of America
Baptists Hear National Leader At Huntington Convention
Dr. Winfield Edson of Long Beach California will speak at two West Virginia Baptist Convention sessions in Huntington as part of the 88th annual meeting. About 1,500 delegates from 700 churches attend with two rallies planned at Memorial Field House. The executive board urged political participation and a program to eradicate segregation across churches and society, noting military steps to end racial segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Winfield Edson
Long Beach
Calif
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Edson
American Baptist Convention
Memorial Field House
J. Maurice Trimmer
Fifth Avenue
Fire at Elco Lumber Co Burns Roof Patch
Fire at Elco Lumber Co today at 11 a.m. burned a small hole in the roof when a pipe overheated. Fire Chief Bernard Martin said the blaze was extinguished before fire trucks arrived at Beaver.
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Elco Lumber Co
Bernard Martin
Beaver
Wreck Victims In Jail Hospitalized after collision
A Thursday 9:30 p.m. crash near the Crab Orchard Drive-in Theater left Orville E. Deck of MacArthur jailed for driving while drunk and Charles Edward Bolt of MacArthur in hospital with possible skull fracture and knee and finger injuries. State Police put vehicular damage at $2,000.
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Raleigh County
Crab Orchard Drive-in
Charles Edward Bolt
MacArthur
Orville E. Deck
Raleigh General Hospital
Train Kills Boone Man Near Uneeda
Charles Omar Angel, 73, of Danville, was fatally struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio coal train as he walked along the tracks at Uneeda, six miles south of Madison, in the incident reported yesterday.
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Madison
W. Va
Charles Omar Angel
Danville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Angel
Uneeda
Here
Infallible Fallacies Booklet Attacks Catholic Church
A 32 page Anglican booklet titled Infallible Fallacies accuses the Roman Catholic Church of totalitarian methods and touting for converts among the seriously ill. Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher endorsed it as a brief reply to Catholic propaganda. The pamphlet condemns papal infallibility and the Marian assumption as unscriptural and cites Bishop Cyril Cowderoy’s remark about Queen Elizabeth I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church of England
England
Society For the Propagation of Christian Knowledge
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Convocation of Canterbury
Heaven
Cyril Cowderoy
Southwark
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
Jezebel
Residential Zone Change Proposed Beckley
Beckley Planning Commission held a special session to consider re zoning a residential area for an industrial truck garage by E D Armstrong at Central Ave and South Pike St. If no complaints arise the area will be re zoned industrial. A remodeling permit for Giant Dollar Store on Eisenhower Drive was approved for 1850 dollars. Attendees included Chairman E E Bibb, Hu lett C Smith, H A Sloan, City Attorney Ben Tissue, and City Recorder T E Bazzarre Jr.
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Beckley
Giant
Dollar
Eisenhower Drive
E. E. Bibb
Hulett C. Smith
H. A. Sloan
Ben Tissue
T. E. Bazzarre Jr
State Drought Disaster Plea Is Acknowledged
West Virginia received a reply from President Eisenhower on drought disaster aid for farmers. Governor Marland said Bernard Shanley, special counsel to the president, referred the request to the Federal Civil Defense Administrator to begin conditions study, with a decision expected in 7 to 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Marland
Bernard M. Shanley
Shanley
Senators Protest Plans For Morocco Airports
Senators Case and Stennis protested U S Air Force plans to build the last two of five bases in French Morocco. They said the sites near Dolmant and De Ela Jima are unsuitable, while not opposing facilities near Nouasseur, Sidi Slimane, and Ben Guerir where work is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Case
Stennis
U. S. Air Force
French Morocco
Sen. Duff
R-Pa
Morocco
Cuse
Dolmant
de Ela Jima
Nouasseur
Sidi Slimane
Ben Guerir
West Virginia Weather Update and Temperature Readings
Clear tonight across West Virginia with lows from 38 to 45 in the north and in the 40s in the south. Saturday forecast calls for sunny and mild conditions in Beckley and nearby areas. Reading stations at Oak Hill Glade Creek and river sites report low stages, clear skies, and morning temps ranging from 7 to mid 40s depending on location.
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Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
Body Of Eccles Miner Struck On Railroad Tracks
Homer Moore 52, an Eccles miner, was found dead on Virginian Railway tracks near Rendezvous Inn between Harper and Eccles. Police say he was likely struck by a westbound pusher engine No. 725 last night. Coroner to perform autopsy. Moore survived by wife Dora Lee and children Marjorie Callaway Alice ONeal Homer Moore Jr James Leslie Allen Wayne.
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Homer Moore
Eccles
Rendezvous Inn
Harper and
Joseph
Elmore
R. V. Hensley
Page
Lilly
Moore
B. B. Richmond
Keyser Funeral
Melton
Harper Road
Allen Wayne
Moores
Prisoner Admits Turnpike Killings
GREENSBURG PA A 24 year old Uniontown area man John Wable admitted participating in both July trucker killings on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He was returned under guard after a special train stop and faces murder charges for the deaths of Harry Pitts and Lester Woodward who were shot in their sleeping trucks. Authorities said details remain to be checked.
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Greensburg
John Wable
Uniontown
Wable
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Hudock
Atty L. Alexander Sculco
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Lester B. Woodward
Duncannon
President to Attend Louisiana Sesquicentennial Ceremony
New Orleans crowds welcomed visitors for the Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial as President Eisenhower prepared to participate in a reenactment ceremony signing for the United States and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet for France. The event marks the transfer of 529,911,880 acres of western territory a century and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Eisenhower
United States
Henri Bonnet
France
Apple salvager mans roadside stand after spill
AMERICAN FALLS Idaho Po Mac McWhorter a 64 year old Dallas Texas tuck driver was equal to the occasion yesterday when his truck and trailer skidded on a wet spot near here spilling a cargo of apples Uninjured he gathered up salvageable apples and set up a roadside apple stand while waiting for repairs to this truck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Falls
Idaho
Po Mac McWhorter
Dallas
Tex
Death Liquor Fugitive Recaptured in Georgia
Dawsonville Ga Bulky John R Hardy known as Fat Hardy, a fugitive from a life sentence for the poison liquor deaths of 41 persons, was recaptured near Dawsonville early today. Weighing over 300 pounds he fled Sept 29 from a Telfair county prison camp. A sheriff, a state trooper and a GBI agent seized him at 2 am outside Dawsonville driving a stolen car. A state official had suggested he might hide in North Georgia hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawsonville
John R
Fat) Hardy
Hardy
Telfair County
Atlanta
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Georgia
North Georgia
Dressen to Pilot Oakland Ball Club in 1954
Brooklyn manager Charlie Dressen is released to become Oakland Pacific Coast League manager for 1954. Dressen led Oakland to a 1950 pennant, then managed the Dodgers to two NL pennants. Bavasi confirms and says Dodgers will seek a new 1954 skipper, with Pee Wee Reese among candidates.
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Dressen
Oakland Ball Club
Brooklyn
Charlie Dressen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Oakland
Dodgers
Dodger
FE. J
Buzzie) Bavasi
Walter O'Malley
Bavasi
Peewee Reese
Augie Galan
Rep Elizabeth Kee to Seek Renomination from West Virginia
Bluefield press reports Representative Elizabeth Kee plans to seek Democratic renomination for a second full term in West Virginia fifth district. Kee, the state’s only woman elected to Congress, won an unexpired term in 195? and was reelected to a full term last year.
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Bluefield
Elizabeth Kee
West Virginia
Kee
John Kee
McCarthy to Question Greenglass About Radar Espionage
Senator McCarthy plans to visit Lewisburg federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania to question accused atom spy David Greenglass about possible radar espionage ties while reports from Heidelberg note the US Army ordering personnel to remain out of troubled Trieste except on official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McCarthy
R-Wis
Lewisburg, Pa
David Greenglass
Heidelberg
Germany
Trieste
Stolen Mig15 Slower Than U S Sabre in Tests
FEAF reported test flights of a Russian built Mig15 flown to Korea by a defector showed it slower than the F86 Sabre. Tests on Okinawa by American pilots included Gen Albert Boyd and Yeager. The Mig lacked automatic controls, keeping the pilot busy and distracted. A Korean inscription on the gunsight platform mocked Americans. The U S offered to return the Mig to its rightful owner if ownership can be proven.
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Tokyo
Far East Air Force
South Korea
O. P P. Weyland
FEAF
Okinawa
Air
Albert Boyd
Wright Air Development Center
Charles Yeager
Tom Collins
Boyd
United States
Wiley Cites Reds In U S Back Yard
Wisconsin Republican Sen Wiley, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned at a Milwaukee City Club luncheon that communism has established a strong beach head in Guatemala and taken root in Latin America. He said a forthcoming study will map Communist strength country by country and urged vigilance in the hemisphere near the United States.
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Milwaukee
Sen
Wiley
Wis
Guatemala
Latin America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Communist Party
Panama Canal
British Guiana
New Fires Listed and Firefighting Update in WV
Pine region reports two new fires in McDowell County and one in Kanawha, with crews battling six to 15 acre blazes at Itmann and MacDonald while others near No. 9 Mountain and Reedy Branch are under control. A Mount Hope man was fined $20 for burning trash. West Virginia woodland losses totaled 351 acres in the 24 hours.
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Turkey Creek
Wyoming County
Trace Fork
Panther Creek
McDowell County
Beckley District 4
State Conservation Commission
SCC
Itmann
Reedy Branch
MacDonald
Fayette County
No. 9 Mountain
Coalwood
Janis Hargrove
Mount Hope
Charleston
Conservation Department
West Virginia
McDowell
Kanawha
Grant
TV Star Jimmy Boyd Named in Assault Suit
Los Angeles authorities report a civil suit filed on behalf of a 13-year-old girl accusing 14-year-old singer Jimmy Boyd and two others of assault and beating in Griffith Park on Sept. 24. Boyd, via attorney, denies any attack while admitting he rode with the girl and two boys in an automobile.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Boyd
Mormmy
Santa Claus
Griffith Park
Atty
Bernard Reich
Boyd
Winnie Boyd
Jimmy
Milk Case Injury at W.B. Dairy Hospitalized Employee
A milk case exploded injuring a Valley Belle Dairy shipping clerk, Mike Seelinger, at W.B. Dairy. Seelinger, of 308 Harvey Street in Raleigh, was loading empty milk cases onto a truck when he tripped. a case bounced off his head. He received emergency treatment at Raleigh General Hospital for the serious year.
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Seelinger
Harvey St
Valley Belle Dairy
Raleigh General Hospital
Four Juveniles Enter Industrial Schools Today
Four county juveniles are being transported to industrial schools from the Raleigh County Jail. Deputy Sheriff Fred Aaron took two Cool Ridge youths, aged 14 and 15, to the Boys Industrial School at Pruntytown for detention until release by officials. They were linked to breakins at four Glade Creek camps. Two Negro youths, about 14, were taken to the Boys Industrial School at Lakin by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Burks after alleged breakins at the G C Murphy Co store in Beckley weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fred Aaron
Cool Ridge
Pruntytown
Glade Creek
Lakin
Arthur Burks
G. C. Murphy Co
Beckley
Stock Market Advances With Slower Pace In New York
The New York stock market rose today but with less vigor than yesterday's big rally. General Electric, yesterday's top gainer, opened 2 points lower at 78 1/2 after a block of 1,500 shares. Advancing issues included Santa Fe, U S Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil NJ, Anaconda Copper, Goodyear, International Nickel, Dow Chemical, and Westinghouse Electric.
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New York
General Electric
Santa Fe
U.S. Steel
General Motors
Standard Oil
Anaconda Copper
Goodyear
International Nickel
Dow Chemical
Westinghouse Electric
Jury Commissioners Name October Ra leigh County Panel
Raleigh County Circuit Court drew 125 petit jurors for the November term on Thursday afternoon. The panel is to report for duty on November 16. Roy Millican and Cecil Miller are the commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Roy Millican
Cecil Miller
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Lois Amick
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Parkersburg
Beckley Water Co
Ted Kessinger
Kessinger
The
Associated Press
Union
Richwood
Sutton
Gary
Kermit
Logan
Morgantown
Elkins
Elco Lumber
Train
Boone
Peete
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Louisiana
Air Force
U. S
U.S
Mt. Hope
Virgil Lyons
W.B. Dairy
Mike Seelinger
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