Southern Governors Push Regional Atomic Energy Center Plan
A Southern Governors Conference discussion urged creating a regional atomic energy research and education hub in the South. Governor Leroy Collins led four recommendations including a Nuclear test center, public information programs, and manpower training for atomic plants with potential sites at Auburn, Georgia Tech, Florida, and Oak Ridge among others.
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Leroy Collins
Florida
Dixie
James E. Folsom
Alaleagues
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JI YI
Mason-Dixon Line
Atomic Energy Commission
Folsom
Polsom
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Alabama
Raymond Gary
Georgia
Allan Shiver
Texas
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Matoaka Attendance Returning to Normal
In Matoaka West Virginia a white boycott affected Mercer County schools but attendance edged toward normal. Matoaka High School showed 261 present yesterday morning with 34 more returning by afternoon. Officials note possible enforcement of compulsory attendance if the boycott persists.
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Matoaka
W.va
Mercer County
Matoakaigh School
Springton
Arista
Matoaka High School
H. V. Slemp
Slemp
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Cooke
West Virginia
Sturgis High School Tension Eases After Two Calm Days
In Sturgis Kentucky racial tensions at Sturgis High School eased for the second day. About 250 white students attended, up from yesterday’s 50. A small crowd of townspeople remained outside with a few National Guardsmen on posts. Nearby Clay residents gathered at Providence School where Mrs. James Gordon tried to enroll two children in the all white school but was initially turned back.
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Sturg’s
Clay
James Gordon
Providence
Gordon
Nassif Receives $1431 Verdict From Motors Insurance
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury returned a verdict for Thomas L. Nassif amounting to 1431.23 dollars after an automobile accident dispute. Nassif argued the car was damaged beyond repair while Motors Insurance Co. contended it could be repaired.
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Raleigh County
Thomas L. Nassif
Motors Insurance Co
Nassif
Ronald O Dyer Faces Three Charges In Beckley
Ronald O Dyer of Beckley was arrested by city police on three counts Monday night and ordered to appear in police court Thursday. He posted bond after charges of running a red light speeding without a state license and driving without a city driver's license.
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Ronald O. Dyer
Beckley
Police Department
Weather Brief for Beckley West Virginia
A terse weather note records high and low temperatures for Beckley West Virginia with forecast times around yesterday night and today morning including noon readings and mentions Oak Brill in the vicinity. It reflects brief local weather reporting style from a West Virginia newspaper page segment.
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Beckley High
Aim
OAK Brill
Court hears challenge to 1951 school board selection law
Charleston testimony focused on whether a 1951 act changing school board selection to primary elections affected pre existing statutes on vacancies. Attorneys for James E Pinson argued the law had no impact on vacancy statutes as trial opened yesterday in the High Court.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Beckley Skies Evening Planet Facts
The Sun sets at 6 33 p m and rises at 6 0 a m on Wednesday. The Moon is at First Quarter at 9 14 p m and sets at 11 11 p m. Venus rises in the east as Mars sinks in the west and lies about 73 million miles from Earth in Cancer.
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Venus
Mars
Earth
Cancer
Stamford Burns Case Sways Board of Education Vacancy
The report covers a dispute in Mingo County over filling a vacant six year board of education seat. It mentions appellate judges and a 1991 law about vacancies, a political fight led by former Democratic boss Billy Adair, and a Beclley Memorial Hospital child burn incident.
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Boards of Education
Board of Education
Ted
Billy Adair
Adair
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Pamela Cooper
Stamaford
Herbert Cooper
Pinson
Attendance Up At Clinton High
Attendance at Clinton High School rose to 590, the highest since Labor Day disorders tied to integration. Principal D. J. Brittain Jr. reported 36 pupils transferred, total enrollment now 770, with steady recovery after early disruption. Also, Joseph Shields of Cleveland, Ohio, was injured in a Flat Top crash and hospitalized.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High
Principe D. J. Brittain Jr
Tennessee
U S Rejects New International Conference on Suez
Washington said Egypts call for a broader Suez conference is unlikely to help. State Department said majority of canal shipping was already represented at Cairo talks with Nasser, as Dulles and Humphrey met UK ambassador Makins to review the Suez crisis following Eisenhower and Dulles talks.
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Egypt
Italy
Lincoln White
Cairo
Nasser
White
Dulles
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Roger Makins
Eisenhower Land Dulles
Brisis
Britain and France vow to resist interference in Suez crisis
London and Paris announce united stand to resist interference with canal rights amid Egypt refusal to negotiate. Eden and Mollet say further measures will be taken, to be revealed in Commons. Discussion of taking issue to the United Nations as possible option is under consideration.
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Britain
France
Eden
Guy Mollet
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United Nations
Suez
U.N
Seurity Council
Selwyn Lloyd
Mollet
New York
U. N
Christian Pineau
United States
Poole's Successor May Be Discussed
City Council agenda at noon lists a single item a Mercer Street drainage report by Engineer Dennis Leary to decide city or property owner responsibility. Possible action on naming a Police Department head follows Chief James I T Poole’s definite resignation. Capt. Millard E. Tyree has led the department this week. Rev Hollis L Green of the Church of God offers the invocation.
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Mercer St
James It.poole
Poole
Beckley
Virginia
Vine St
Millard E. Tyree
Hollis L. Green
Church of God
Library opens Tuesday evenings at Raleigh County Public Library
The Raleigh County Public Library will open on Tuesday nights from 6 to 8 30 p m beginning today. Librarian Mrs C H Graham reports the Classroom Teachers Association sponsors the weekly opening for the nine month term with CTA covering the librarian salary for that one evening.
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Raleigh County Public Library
C. H. Graham
Classroom
McQuade Improves at Beckley Veterans Hospital
The Register managing editor C. J. Needy McQuade is able to sit up briefly today for the first time since his heart attack weeks ago. A hospital spokesman said he "got along fine" after the brief sitting spell.
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C. J. “Needy
McQuade
The
Register
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Williamson Fire Destroys Three Buildings Downtown
A downtown blaze at the Consolidated Trailways bus station on Fourth Avenue destroyed three buildings and damaged four more, including the Masonic Temple and Alvon Hotel. Fire Chief Claude Stowers cited two condemned structures among those burned. no injuries were reported. Damages were estimated at at least 200,000 dollars by Fred Blair, with the Masonic Temple at 30,000 to 60,000 dollars.
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Stowers
Fred Blair
Masonic Temple
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4Th Ave
U. S. 32
Victory Hotel
Alvon
Leatherwood
Norfolk & Western Railway
Police Bullets Halt Youths in Fairmont Chase
A police cruiser fired on a fleeing car outside Fairmont as five Harrison County youths refused to pay for food. Donald Cinei, 18, of Clarksburg, was critically wounded and sent to Pittsburgh for emergency surgery. The others, including Carl Westerman and Cyrus Garten, faced charges of petty larceny and related offenses.
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Fairmont
Harrison County
Donald Cinei
Clarksburg
Pittsburgh
Marion County
Harrison Conaway
H.P. Hamilton
Conaway
John Swiger
Carl Westerman
James “Wyons
Cyrus Garten
Garten
U.S
H.G. Lyons
J.N. Morrison
Princewick Resident Held for Grand Jury
Princewick resident Snow waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate T N Thurman today and will face October grand jury action. Snow charged with felonious assault was returned to Raleigh County Jail in bond of 200.0. See Story Page 12.
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Princewick
T. N. Thurman
Ra/leigh County
Feu
Maine Democrats Win Gubernatorial Election
The Maine Democratic party claims a gubernatorial victory as voters shift in a close year. The result, with 42 year old James C. Oliver defeating Rep. Robert Hale by 72 votes, marks the first Democrat governor elected in a presidential year since 1934.
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Muskie
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Hale
Gress
Erat
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Stevenson
James A Finnegan
Eisenhower
Labor union foresees six weeks paid vacation and trial retirement
AFL-CIO researchers and officials at a Washington conference envision extended employer paid time off including six-week annual vacations and a one year trial retirement. Peter Henle notes workers may favor time off for chores and trips as surveys show a shift to shorter hours with possible options like shorter work days or longer vacations.
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Ada HK Afl-Cio
Peter Henle
Afl-Cio
Eight States Hold Primaries Shadowed By Maine Results
Voters in eight states cast primary ballots as Maine's election loomed large with Gov. Edmund Muskie winning a strong second term in a Republican-leaning state. Democrats gained a House seat for the first time since 1934, while other contests shaped GOP and Democratic nominations across Utah New Hampshire Vermont Minnesota Washington Arizona Colorado and more.
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Senators May Query Harriman's Spending
Washington Senatorial investigators will study Gov. Averell Harriman of New York over a report he spent two million dollars in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Subcommittee Chairman Gore of Tennessee and Senator Curtis of Nebraska discussed summoning Harriman before the election. Mansfield of Montana signaled possible support for Curtis' proposal. The cited report claimed Harriman offered to pay expenses.
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Harriman
New York
Gore
R-Tenn
Curtis R-Neb
Adlai Stevenson
Curtis
Alexander Heard
University of North Carolina
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Importance of Peace Stressed by President
President Eisenhower urged widening contact between nations to pursue enduring peace and security. He spoke at a conference on people-to-people ties amid global tensions, noting such efforts influence daily life and taxes. He planned further discussions on disarmament with top advisers.
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Eissenhower
Tron
Reachers
Eisenhower
White House
Wagan
Administration Aims to Exit Government Grain Storage
Chicago Secretary of Agriculture Benson stated the philosophy of the Eisenhower administration is to remove the government from grain storage as surpluses decline. He said a decision will soon be needed on use of facilities with a capacity of a billion bushels during a speech prepared for the Grain and Feed Dealer National Assn. meeting.
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