Eisenhower backs Benson amid farm policy tensions
President Eisenhower voiced confidence in Agriculture Secretary Benson amid farmer unrest and drought concerns. He declined calls for Benson’s resignation, saying it is up to the president to name top advisers and praising Benson’s dedication to solving producer consumer disputes. He also touched on TVA privatization, Israel aid, and upcoming elections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Beneson
Congress
Benson
Sen. Young Tr ND
Young
Beckley Lawyer Named Assistant To State Attorney
West Virginia Attorney General John G. Fox announced the creation of a tax division and three new assistant attorneys general Ronald Kyger of Harrisville George Burnette Jr Beckley and Harold Bangert Jr of Weirton. They join William George Jr to form the new tax unit as the office expands beyond its prior staff of ten to handle tax collection suits and related legal functions including work from the abolished Court of Claims.
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West Virginia
Bangert
Attorney General
Fox
Court of Claims
Sixteen Children Examined at Raleigh Clinic
Sixteen children between ages one and six were examined this morning at a well baby clinic held at the Raleigh County Health Department. Health Officer C A Smith led the clinic with assistance from members of the Beckley Woman's Club.
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Raleigh County Health Department
C. A. Smith
Beckley Woman's Club
West Virginia Weather Report and Readouts
Clear tonight with temperatures mostly in the 40s. Thursday will be sunny and mild. Beckley notes a morning high near 47 and a low around 10. Oak Hill reports a 43 degree low. Glade Creek and Bluestone Reservoir areas show low stages and clear skies.
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Beckley Fligh
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
Virginia Corporal Becomes First Unrepatriated Prisoner To Return
Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson of Big Stone Gap Virginia the first of 23 unrepatriated American POWs to quit communism said I had enough of life under the Reds He returned to Allied control at Panmunjom and spoke of the joy of being back with Americans His parents in the Allegheny Mountains expressed relief and welcomed him home despite his decisions and the broader group of 23 Americans 1 Briton and 335 South Koreans staying with the Communist regime
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Eisenhower
Congress
Wisconsin
Cpl
Edward $. Dickenson
Panmunjom
Korea
International News Photos
Dave Cicero
International Soundphoto
Virginia
Reds
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Dickenson
Allegheny Mountains
Seoul
van Buren Dickenson
Youth Center Site on W Prince St Faces Safety Review
State Fire Marshal C A Raper says alterations are needed before a proposed teenage center on W Prince Street can be safe for public use. He inspected the building from outside after access was blocked and noted lack of a second evacuation route. He plans a future joint inspection with Fire Chief Bernard Martin and a detailed floor plan submission.
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W. Prince St
C. A. Raper
Beckley
Fred Hurt
Raper
Raleigh Register
Bernard Martin
Martin
Prince St. Building
Delays Coast Strike Court Enjoins Longshoremen
A federal court injunction extended to 80 days under Taft-Hartley blocks Atlantic Coast longshoremen from striking through Christmas Eve.
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New York
Reward Money Sparks Small Town Feud Over Belén Capture
In Belén New Mexico villagers feud over an eleven thousand dollar reward offered for the arrest and conviction of John Wesley Wable in the Phantom of the Turnpike murders. Two Belén girls Caroline Smith and Midge Harmon spotted Wable triggering town tension and awards talk. District Attorney Filo Sedillo says everyone with connections to the capture should claim a share. Police and others coordinated the net that closed on Wable as he tried to flee.
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John Wesley Wable
Belen
Caroline Smith
Midge Harmon
Wable
Miss Smith
Miss Harmon
Advisors Sought From Stevenson and Hoover on Trade Plan
A 17 member Eisenhower study commission will seek nonpartisan foreign trade solutions by consulting Adlai E Stevenson and Herbert Hoover. Hearings proceed today and tomorrow with testimony from Paul Hoffman W Averell Harriman and Sen Bush. Public sessions to follow next week with Hoover and Stevenson.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Herbert Hoover
Clarence Randall
Chicago
Inland Steel Corp
Paul G. Hoffman
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Sen. Bush
R-Conn
Hoover
Stevenson
Bush
Beckley Chamber Posts Speaker Choice For Winter Meeting
The Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce committee will choose a speaker Thursday for the annual meeting set for January 20. Managing Director O. L. Johnston will confer with committee members E. E. Bibb Hal Scott and E. T. Stromp to finalize the speaker selection.
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Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce
O. L. Johnston
E. E. Bibb
Hal Scott
E. T. Stromp
Virginian Railway Eyes Diesel Tests For Coal Route
Virginian Railway may switch from coal burning to diesel locomotives after top officials, led by President Fred D. Beale, announced tests within 10 days on Mullens tracks. The line already uses electric power between Mullens and Roanoke, with diesel tests planned on steam sections.
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Mullens
Virginian Railway
Fred D. Beale
Norfolk
The
Register
Roanokewa
Beale
Envoy Heads to Korea to Seek Pact Details
Special envoy Arthur Dean sails for Korea to determine time place and conditions for peace talks with the Far Eastern Communist powers. Dulles pushes for concrete settlement terms and to dispel any illusion of agreement. Dean will confer with U S and South Korean leaders in Tokyo and Seoul before Panmunjom talks with Red Chinese and North Korea representatives.
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Washington
Arthur Dean
Korea
Dulles
Moscow
Europe
New York
Dean
Tokyo
Seoul
Panmunjom
U. S
Syngman Rhee
U. N
Reas
State Department
Agriculture shifts West Virginia coal area toward balanced economy
Rural Development Council in Fayetteville cited agriculture adding 8 million dollars in new business since 1949 across eight counties from the Kanawha River to the Virginia border. Dairy and poultry expansion produced 1,200 cows and 1,240,000 broilers, boosting income and aiming for 10 million broilers annually with plans for a producers market and further farming growth as coal declines. The program has cost 36,000 dollars with a 15,000 dollar request for 1953-54, and involves Raleigh and surrounding counties including Beckley area.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Rural Development Council
Fayetteville
Beckley
Kanawha River
Virginia Border
Agriculture
RDC
ADC
Hulett C. Smith
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
Tupelo
Miss
Smith
Five New Fires Listed In 10-County District
West Virginia fire crews fought multiple blazes across ten counties with seventeen new fires reported, including Raleigh Greenbrier and Wyoming districts. By 8 a.m. totals reached near 9000 acres statewide. Boone County raged over 2000 acres near Peytona. Kanawha Wayne and Mingo counties reported large losses.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Ivy Ridge
Bee Tree Branch
Lego
Besaco
Greenbrier
Alderson
Wyoming
Micajah Ridge
Monroe
Lindside
Prosperity
Mce- Alpin
Tommy's Creek
Fayette
Morris Creek
McDowell
Mercer
Charleston
West Virginia
Boone County
Indian Creek
Peytona
Conservation Department
Kanawha
Wayne County
Mingo
Cabell
Lincoln
Pendleton
McCarthy Seeks interview with confessed atomic spy
Senator McCarthy announced the Justice Department allowed him to question David Greenglass, the confessed atomic spy serving 11 years in Lewisburg penitentiary. Greenglass's testimony helped convict Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The inquiry relates to alleged security leaks at Ft Monmouth radar labs.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Justice Department
David Greenglass
Lewisburg
Greenglass
Ethel Rosenberg
Julius
Army Signal Corps
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Radar Laboratories
Campbell Re-Elected President By National Coal Assn
Directors of the National Coal Association re-elected L. C. Campbell as president for another year. Campbell is vice president of the coal division of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Pittsburgh. Six new directors joined the 48-man board including C. A. Hamil of Sycamore Coal Co. Huntington WV and S. A. Kendall Jr. of Stanley Coal Co. Crellin Md.
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Washington
National Coal Association
L. C. Campbell
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Pittsburgh
C. A Hamil
Sycamore Coal Co
Huntington
W. Va
S. A. Kendall Jr
Stanley Coal Co
Crellin
Turnpike Rejects Lower Bid Offer
The Turnpike Commission refused to reconsider its awarded contract for paving 30 miles between Ghent and Mossy. Dickerson Inc asked to rebid for concrete about 450000 below Teer Co, but the commission upheld Teer’s low bid of 6947127 for concrete and had awarded the Mossy Ghent section to Teer despite ongoing surface decisions.
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Turnpike Commission
Ghent
Mossy
Dickerson, Inc
Monroe
N. C
Nello L. Teer Co
Durham
Charleston
Princeton
Dickerson
Teer
Forces in Europe Ready for Emergency
Gen. Charles L. Bolte says American forces in Europe are in fine shape and ready for any emergency. Speaking at the 75th anniversary conference of the National Guard Assn. in San Diego he praised troop morale and noted less absence without leave in Europe than in the United States.
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San Diego
Calif
Charles L. Bolte
Army
America
Europe
The
National Guard Assn
United States
Beckley Youth Center Gets Start With $400 Gift
The Junior Department of the Beckley Woman's Club donated 400 toward a teen center in Beckley. President Mrs. George W. Hodel reported the project is revived after years of dormancy and urged continued support. Total funding goal is 4000 for the Elks Club site on Prince Street led by Mrs. Fred Hurt.
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Beckley
Elks Club
Prince St
Fred Hurt
Cool Ridge Man Dies In Raleigh County Jail
Edward Ray Meadows a 44 year old from Cool Ridge died in his Raleigh County jail cell while awaiting grand jury action. Autopsy planned to determine cause with no evidence of violence. Meadows had prior moonshine possession charges and was in solitary confinement. second jail death in under two months.
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Edward Ray Meadows
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
A. D. Belton
H. H. Hutchinson
Meadows
Sullivan Woman Dies in Charlottesville Virginia
Mrs Gladys Francis Akers 52 of Sullivan died at University Hospital Charlottesville Tuesday morning from leukemia. Born January 25 1901 at Royal she was daughter of Stewart and Nancy Hurt deceased. Surviving husband N J Akers Sullivan two sisters Mrs Sadie Thomas St Albans and Mrs Callie Sath Sullivan. Services Friday 2 pm Coal City Community Church burial Sunset Memorial Park pallbearers Emory Basil White James Ira Earl Murt Garland Felts Malcolm Griffin and P G Wingo.
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Gladys Francis Akers
Sullivan
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Royal
Stewart
Nancy Warden Hurt
N J
Akers
Sadie Thomas
St. Albans
Callie Sath
Coal City
Sunset Memorial Park
Emory
Basil White
James
Ira
Earl Murt
Garland Felts
Malcolm Griffin
P. G. Wingo
Fires Prompt Night Closing of City Dump
Beckley Fire Chief Bernard Martin ordered the city dump closed to night dumping after a series of fires. The dump will operate 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and residents are asked to dump before 6 p.m. during fire season, with the department called to the site at least 12 times previously for fires caused by discarded refuse on burning areas after hours.
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Beckley
Bernard Martin
Martin
Johnson Murder Case With Jury
Prosecutor Anthony Sparacino labeled the death of Roberta Dickerson as unnecessary as he addressed the jury before noon. He rejected Benjamin Johnson’s self defense claim in the Sept 12 shooting at the couple’s Lego residence as the jury began deliberations after a day and a half of trial.
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Anthony J. Sparacino
Roberta Dickerson
Sparacino
Benjamin Johnson
Lego
Johnson
Fat in Blood May Flash Heart Attack Warnings
Los Angeles doctors suggest blood fat emulsification distribution may predict heart attack risk. Dr William J Zinn of USC Herz vascular lab says good emulsification indicates healthy heart and vessels, while poor emulsification correlates with disease, guiding early precautions for patients and those with diabetes family history.
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Los Angeles
William J. Zinn
Zinn
University of Southern California
Cardiology Laboratory
Drought Data Study Set for October 28 in Morgantown
West Virginia officials will review county by county drought reports at a state committee meeting in Morgantown on October 28. Data will be submitted to Washington to help determine if any counties qualify as drought disaster areas eligible for federal aid. Governor Moreland and Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin visited Washington last week to explore aid possibilities. Local mobilization committees are compiling the drought data at the request of the state committee.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Washington
Moreland
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
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