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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1955

Page

8

Four U S Senators Donate to Egypt Armament Fund

Four U S senators Kilgore McClellan Saltonstall and Stennis donated to an Egypt armaments fund outside Gamal Abdel Nasser's office in Cairo during an official visit. They discussed Egyptian problems with Nasser for about 90 minutes and declined to reveal personal contributions. An armament week drive collected funds as Egypt planned to buy arms from Czechoslovakia. The senators return to Italy after their trip.

U. S Egypt Armaments Fund Gamal Abdel Nasser Kilgore D-Wva McClellan D-Ark Saltonstall R-Mass Stennis D-Miss Nasser Henry Byroade Czechoslovakia Senate Appropriations Committee Middle East Italy

Virginia Groom Held In Fatal Shooting

Alfonso White Jr., 34, a Keswick, Virginia groom at Wheeling Downs race track, was arrested in the fatal shooting of Joseph Arthur Jackson, 52, a Martins Ferry, Ohio porter. White admitted shooting Jackson in a men’s shop poolroom Sunday night. a .32 revolver was found in a barn at the track. Ohio County prosecutor Joseph A. Gompers said a first degree murder warrant was issued. questioning offered no stated motive, and White was held in Ohio County.

Wheeling Alfonso White Jr Keswick Wheeling Downs Joseph Arthur Jackson Martins Ferry Ohio J. Howard Millard White Jackson Ohio County Joseph A. Gompers Gompers

Clark Gable to Be Dad Next May in Hollywood

Clark Gable, 54, will become a father for the first time next May. His fifth wife Kay Williams Spreckels said she learned the news Friday and kept it secret after denying an earlier report. She recalled a party where Gable bragged about impending fatherhood. They wed July 12 and plan a Caesarean delivery.

Hollywood Clark Gable Kay Williams Spreckels Clark

Truman to autograph books in New York ballroom

Former President Harry S. Truman will autograph copies of his book Years of Decision in New York City at the Hotel Muehlebach ballroom on publication day November 2. Doubleday & Co. reports a special Kansas City edition of 21,000 copies for the event.

New York Harry S. Truman Muehlebach Kansas City Doubleday & Co Truman

First Snow in New England Blankets Several States

The first snow of the season fell Sunday across Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont with up to four inches reported In Dublin New Hampshire three inches in Dublin and four inches on Hogback Mountain near Brattleboro The precipitation followed two days of rain impacting travel and visibility in the region.

Boston Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Dublin N. H Hogback Mountain Brattleboro

No surgery needed for piles claims and relief

A promotional note touts a new stainless compound claimed to reduce swelling of internal and external piles at home without surgery. It asserts instant relief in doctor tests and lasting comfort for sufferers, highlighting six medically proven ingredients though specifics are unclear.

Pazo

New Pazo Suppositories and Ointment Marketed

Promoters tout a stainless, stain-free Pazo product claimed to stop pain and itching instantly. The ad emphasizes rapid swelling reduction and healing while noting availability in druggists as suppositories or ointment.

Peron Interned At New Estate In Paraguay

ASUNCION Paraguay Juan D Peron moved to a ranch estate in southern Paraguay for internment at 5 a m as his exile from Argentina continues The 10th anniversary of the 1945 great demonstration is noted by supporters and authorities sought to keep Peron away from the border The former leader was reported recovering from a mild influenza.

Asuncion Paraguay Juan D. Peron Argentina Villarrica Peron Buenos Aires

Train derailment thrills kids on miniature railway

A miniature railroad train in Oklahoma City derailed after hitting a rock. The locomotive from Lincoln Park went off the track while fifty children in open-air cars were uninjured and reportedly cheered the incident.

Oklahoma City Lincoln Park

Quick Draw Test Leads to Death in Missouri

In Union Missouri an 18 year old, Charles G Muehling, died after a quick draw contest with a friend, Vincent Oliver Baum Jr and Frank Laura both of St Louis. Baum's .22 pistol discharged accidentally striking Muehling in the chest at a Bourbouse River clubhouse where they were weekend companions. An inquest was scheduled.

Muehling Baum Miller

Oil Well Blast Kills 3 near Wilson Oklahoma

A bomblike oil field explosion near Wilson Oklahoma killed three oil well shooters and injured six others Saturday night. Police believe 100 quarts of nitroglycerin detonated when wires touched it as it was lowered into the well, scattering victims William G. Chandler, 28, Russell G. Sullivan, 48, and Harold E. Brill, 4H.

William G. Chandler Russell G. Sullivan Harold E. Brill

Four Die in Florida Highway Crash Near Pensacola

On U S Highway 90 about four miles west of Pensacola a multi vehicle crash late Saturday night left four dead. Patrolman Fred Parish said a fast moving car struck a line of cars stopped for a truck turning left. Victims include James W. Brockway 25 and Billy McKinney Cooper 25 of New Hope Alabama who died at the scene and Malcolm Best 97 and James E McCloskey 26 of Pensacola who died later from severe burns.

Pensacola Fla Fred Parish James W. Brockway Billy McKinney Cooper New Hope Ala Malcolm §. Best James E. McCloskey

South will vote solid Demo in '56 says Wetherby in Alabama

Kentucky Governor Lawrence Wetherby told reporters at the Southern Governors Conference that the South will vote solidly Democratic in 1956 without Dwight Eisenhower. He named Adlai Stevenson as likely presidential winner if Eisenhower does not run, and said Stevenson is the strongest Democratic candidate in Kentucky. He noted potential rival suggestions from Averell Harriman and Estes Kefauver, as governors gathered in Point Clear to discuss highways water and industry with questions on segregation looming.

Point Clear Ala Kentucky Lawrence Wetherby South Adlai Stevenson Eisenhower Wetherby Texas Tennessee Florida Virginia Alabama James E. Folsom Arkansas Delaware Georgia Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina West Virginia

Huntington Wife Shot by Husband

Mrs. Barbara Ann Bailey, 17, was fatally shot Sunday night at her Salt Rock trailer on Smith Creek. State Police quote husband Denver Bailey saying the shotgun discharged while he loaded it after allegedly firing a .22 outside. The couple had a son.

Huntington Barbara Ann Baile Smith Creek Salt Rock Denver Bailey John Hilliard Bailey

Dean Martins Split Incompatible Says Mrs Martin

Hollywood reports Dean Martin and his wife Jeanne Breggers have separated. She took their children Dino and Ricci to Palm Springs, denying any other affair. Martin says a legal separation is planned but no divorce, hoping an eventual resolution for the children. They wed September 1, 1949.

Hollywood Dean Martins Martin Jeanne Breggers Miami Fla Dino Ricci Palm Springs Jerry Lewis

Rubirosa Sees Zsa Zsa In Los Angeles Detour

Porfirio Rubirosa flew in from Paris to the Dominican Republic and detoured to visit actress Zsa Zsa Gabor in Los Angeles. He said he loves her while she dodged the question about her feelings. They greeted each other at the wheel of a yellow sports car and drove off.

Los Angeles Porfirio Rubirosa Zsa Zsa Gabor Paris Dominican Republic Zsa Zsa Rubirosa

Russia Trails In Atomic Energy Progress, Still Behind US

American scientists returning from the Geneva atoms for peace conference report Russia has made notable progress in peaceful atomic energy but remains behind the United States and Britain. They say Russia now ranks close to Britain, two years behind the US, and has learned much from Western advances while translating theory into hardware remains a gap.

Geneva Russia U.S Iians New York United States Great Britain England Eugene Wigner Princeton University

Swimmer Vanishes After River Challenge in New Haven

In New Haven Connecticut a 25 year old man Joseph Baltzegar of Orangeburg South Carolina disappeared Sunday while attempting to prove he was a strong swimmer. He and Joseph Hammond of Miami were in a car when Baltzegar dove into the murky Quinnipiack River and vanished after going three quarters across the 500 yard wide waterway. Police Capt. John L. McSherry said an officer watching from shore saw him go under.

New Haven Conn Quinnipac John L. McSherry Joseph Baltzegar Orangeburg S.C Joseph G. Hammond Miami Fla Hammond

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