Argentina Welcomes Return of Prelates
In June 1955 two Buenos Aires bishops Manuel Tato and Ramon Novoa fled to Rome amid a clash with Juan Peron. After Peron’s exile, they returned as Argentina faced lingering tensions with the church. A Mass at Buenos Aires Cathedral drew 30,000, with Lonardi officials in attendance and calls for reconciliation.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Manuel Tato
Provicar Ramon Novoa
Rome
Juan Peron
Peron
Paraguay
Metropolitan
Bishop Tate
Ministerial Group To Hear ABI Speaker
Beckley Ministerial Association will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beckley Presbyterian Church to hear Rev. L. E. Pipkin president of the Appalachian Bible Institute. About 24 ministers belong to the association. Pipkin, Moody Institute graduate, runs a Whitesville Bible school training youth for Christian work. Some Beckley area citizens seek to relocate the institute nearby to enable growth.
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Beckley Ministerial Association
Beckley Presbyterian Church
S. Kanawha
L. E. Pipkin
Appalachian Bible Institute
Pipkin
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Whitesville
Beckley
Abitibi Raises Newsprint Price Five Dollars a Ton
Abitibi Power and Paper Co raises newsprint price by 5 per ton effective November 1 for U S and Canada. The move, first reported by Canada papers and the New York Journal of Commerce, lifts price to 131 per ton in New York deliveries with Canadian prices rising to 127 in Hamilton. Analysts warn of follow-on increases and antitrust talks are planned in Washington to curb price hikes. The Beckley area will see a cost per ton of 134 after the latest rise.
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New York
Abitibi Power & Paper Co
United States
Canada
Toronto
Abitibi
St. Lawrence Corp
Mon
Hamilton
Ont
The
Spectator
U.S
Washington
Richard W. Slocum
Publishers
Assn
Emile Castonguay
Publishers Assn
Quebec
Department of Justice
Beckley
President Eisenhower ramps up schedule after heart attack
President Eisenhower enters the busiest stretch of duties since his heart attack. A flurry of calls and public support for Secretary Dulles precedes the Geneva conference. The President’s letter to the Cabinet asserts Dulles speaks for the United States in foreign affairs.
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Denver
Colo
Eisenhower
Dulles
Gabriel Hauge
Arthur F. Burns
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Burns
Council of Economic Advisers
Hauge
Nixon
Washington
UN Delegates Weigh Plan For Atomic Energy Agency
United Nations delegates in New York discuss the creation of an international atomic energy agency. Key issues include membership, operating structure, whether it is inside or outside the UN, and whether Security Council veto applies. Western allies seek Assembly ratification and later define UN relation. The Soviet Union requests veto power and proposes Red China inclusion.
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United Nations
N. Y
State Department
International Atomic Energy Agency
U. N
U. N. Assembly
Security Council
United States
Britain
Australia
Assembly
Soviet Union
Red China
12 Month Jail Term Follows Guilty Plea
William E. Jones, 75, Piney View, entered Raleigh County Jail to serve a 12 month sentence for unlawful wounding after a guilty plea in Criminal Court. The May 17 stabbing of James Huffman and the fatal shooting of Dolph Williamson were linked to the case, with Jones previously found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and awaiting appeal.
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William E. Jones
Piney View
Raleigh
Jones
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
James Huffman
Dolph Williamson
Huffman
Williamson
County Steers Entered in Show
Three steers left Raleigh today to be entered in the annual Future Farmers of America and Four-Hear Steer Show and Sale at Jackson's Mill on Wednesday and Thursday. Robert and Lee Scott raised these animals as FAA and 4-H projects. The weight ranges from 900 to 1,025 pounds and they are 16 to 18 months old. The sale starts at 1 p.m. Thursday and the public is invited to attend. Minor Scott said the animals were top quality and he hoped some local persons would attend and purchase them.
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Raleigh County
Future Farmers of America
Jackson's Mill
Robert and
Lee Scott
Minor Scott
Grandview
Industrial Campaign Luncheon Reservations Due Tuesday
Beckley Chamber of Commerce collects luncheon reservations for the Industrial Campaign event on Wednesday. Gov. William Marland will report on his industrial tours at the 12:15 p.m. Beckley Hotel meeting arranged through R. H. Magee, Beckley member of the governor's Industrial Committee and local Chamber.
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Beckley
Welcome Alumni Day at Woodrow Wilson High Stadium
Beck ley Business Bureau urges display local merchants for home coming week as Flying Eagles face Logan Wildcats Friday night at Woodrow Wilson High Stadium. Bureau president H C Sheets says stores will decorate with a homecoming theme led by J Co on Neville Street as one of the first to start displays.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagles
Logan Wildcats
H. C. Sheets
J. Co
Neville St
Amo
Juvenile jailed in truancy case in Raleigh County
A Fairdale juvenile was placed in the Raleigh County Jail at 8 a.m. today on a warrant charging truancy. He was arrested by a deputy sheriff.
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Fairdale
Raleigh
Plane Crash Toll Rises to Eight in Hollywood
NORTH HOLLYWOOD Calif two more deaths raise toll to eight from the crash of millionaire sportsman Joel Thorne's plane into a apartment house last Monday night Victims include Miss Anna Prescincano 41 and Mrs Laura Marchica 38 sisters of Mike Preston 31 who is critical along with Patricia 9 Thorne the baby Sheryll Preston and bride Betty Wolf died Also Johnny Marchica 6 and Shirley Preston 25 perished Frank Marchica 38 brother in law to Preston died as well
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North Hollywood
Calif
Joel Thorne
Anna Prescincano
Lyndhurst
N. J
Laura Marchina
Burns
Mike Preston
Marchicas
Patricia
Preston
Sheryll Preston
Thorne
Betty Wolf
Johnny Marchica
Shirley Preston
Mike
Frank Marchica
United Planes Stay On Schedule Despite Engineer Strike
United Air Lines says all planes will fly today despite a flight engineers strike that began yesterday over a new rule requiring newly hired engineers to be qualified pilots. The strike led to one canceled flight and several delays of 30 to 90 minutes, though a company spokesman predicted full normal operations today.
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New York
United Air Lines
Robbers Foiled In Safe Attempt Near Pineville
In Pineville the Wyoming Lumber and Supply Co. suffered a failed burglary as intruders tried to blow open the safe with a nitroglycerin charge. A tear gas bomb exploded inside the door, ruining the safe which was insured. Police from state, county, and city investigate the incident.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming Lumber and Supply Co
Fred Huffman
Huffman
Enrollment Soars at West Virginia Education College
Dean E. K. Feaster reports a 49 percent enrollment rise at West Virginia University's college of education. This year 432 undergraduates are registered, up from 383 in 1954 55, with 216 in elementary teaching and 216 pursuing secondary school teaching certification.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
College of Education
E. K. Feaster
Two minute quake rocks San Francisco and East Bay
San Francisco and the East Bay suffered a two minute damaging earthquake the second in seven weeks. Windows shattered phones failed and statues toppled in a chapel while an Oakland apartment fire caused by a gas explosion killed an 85 year old woman Ora Bell. Fire chief Tom Dolan estimated damage at 25 dollars.
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San Francisco
East Bay Area
Oakland
Ora Bell
Tom Dolan
Elks Club Case: Order Quashes Indictment
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk issues attested copy of a court order from Judge Harry L. McCreery in the Beckley Elks Club case. The order quashes the grand jury indictment against the Elks Club and manager Roland Phillips. It directs return of confiscated slot machines to be released to the club.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Beckley Elks Club
Circuit Clerk
Elks Club
W. A. Thornhill
McCreery
Roland Phillips
Anthony Sparacino
Sparacino
Criminologist Probes Morgantown Murder Case
In Morgantown Morgantown, criminologist Dr. LeMoyne Snyder arrived to aid police in the stabbing death of 52 year old Mrs Susan Holden. The weapon remains missing and officials seek another unidentified man for questioning in the ongoing investigation.
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Morgatown
Lansing
Mich
Susan Holden
Martin Wilson
LeMoyne Snyder
Morgantown
Snyder
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Frances Laughlin
Joan Bland
Clarence E. Johnson
Governor Marland Delays News Conference Due to Flu
CHARLESTON An influenza illness forced Governor Marland to postpone his regular Monday news conference. The office said the briefing would be held tomorrow afternoon. Marland had just returned from a Deep South trip that included the Southern Governors Conference and a visit to New Orleans to promote West Virginia as an industrial site.
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Charleston
Marland
Deep South
New Orleans
West Virginia
Wind Gust Reaches 60 MPH At Memorial Airport
A wind indicator at Memorial Airport recorded 60 mph during a strong morning blast around 10 30 a m. Airport Manager C Harold Hanks noted it was the first time such winds were logged in his years at the airport. The gust brief ly halted runway extension work. no damages were reported by noon.
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Memorial Airport
Harold Hanks
February Deadline For Ike's Decision
Washington GOP leaders set the first week in February as when President Eisenhower will decide if he will run again. Leonard W. Hall and strategists base timing on health progress reports and the need to know 90 days before the May 8 Ohio primary. Physicians may not confirm recovery until around that time.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Ohio
City Considers Off Limits Rule For Negro Troops
Baton Rouge civic chapters of a presegregation group debate a proposal to bar Negro soldiers on leave from Army maneuvers. The Sagebrush Exercise at Camp Polk begins November 1 with about 140,000 troops, and mayors are told cities will be leave centers, with Baton Rouge singled out as a likely first.
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Baton Rouge
J. B. Easterly
Army
Air Force
Camp Polk
Robertson
Western Big Three map German reunification at Geneva
The United States Britain and France finished a joint memo on German reunification within a European security system. Dulles Macmillan and Pinay met experts and agreed on details, with Wilson also present. Geneva focus remains reunification disarmament and East West relations amid other issues.
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Paris
Geneva
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Germany
United Nations Celebrates Its Tenth Birthday Worldwide
The United Nations marked its 10th anniversary with global celebrations including an international concert in the General Assembly hall featuring Emil Gilels the New York Philharmonic, Sir William Walton Leonard Bernstein and the Schola Cantorum. US delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr praised the UN as a powerful force shaping public opinion and defending American ideals. Various observances took place worldwide including tribal parades in Liberia oral contests in Japan symbolic pigeon releases in Sweden sunrise services in Manila and flag raisings in cities including London where a Loyalist group disrupted a flag ceremony.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
General Assembly Hall
U.N
Emil Gilels
Soviet Union
New York Philharmonic Symphony
William Walton
Leonard Bernstein
Schola Cantorum
New York
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
International Organization
Liberia
Japan
Sweden
Manila
Tom Lewis Admitted In Raleigh Hospital At 10:50 A.M.
Tom Lewis, 73, of 106 Ford Street, was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital at 10:50 a.m. today. Dr C A Smith, who treated him, could not make a diagnosis and has seen the X rays. Lewis's condition is reported as fair.
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Tom Lewis
Ford St
Raleigh General Hospital
C. A. Smith
Lewis
South Viet Nam News Declares Republic Leader To Rule
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem won the popular vote in a referendum and will proclaim South Viet Nam a republic with himself as first president. Bao Dai’s regime collapsed as the vote backed Diem, a strong anti communist. France said it will recognize the results and shift policy away from Bao Dai.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Uni
Saigon
Diem
Asia
Paris
Foreign Office
Viet Nam
France
Cold Air Pushes South From Canada Across U.S. Plains
Frigid air swept from Canada toward the central Rockies with Fraser Colorado posting the season’s first zero reading. Below freezing readings stretched from the Western Plains to the Texas Panhandle and east across the upper Mississippi and central Missouri Valley. Light rain fell in Illinois and Indiana, with snow flurries in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. International Falls had an inch on the ground. Temperatures dropped to near seasonal elsewhere with highs in the 60s and 70s from Alabama to southern Texas and 50s across New England. Miami led the region with 78 degrees as warming spread northeast.
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Canada
Rockies
Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
Western Plains
Texas Panhandle
Mississippi
Missouri Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Minnesota
International Falls
Minn
Alabama
Texas
Miami
New England
West Virginia Weather Report Summary
West Virginia weather notes Beckley with a high near 73 and a low around 57. Oak Hill reports a high near ? and a low around 46. Rivers at Bellepoint and streams Greenbrier Bluestone and New River show below normal stages with clear conditions. Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage and clear skies.
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Beckley High
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Cssseese
Togey Os Ccccaus
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