Egypt frees foreign pilots from canal jobs
Egypt announced that foreign pilots and employees who wish to quit their posts on the Suez Canal are free to resign. The move follows word from foreign pilots associations that many planned to quit Friday night. An Egyptian official distrusted the plan as a conspiracy to obstruct navigation, with no immediate word on how authorities would respond to sudden resignations risking canal operation.
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Suez Canal Co
Egypt
Information Department
Suez Canal
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Mahmoud Yunes
Suez
Eden Tells Commons Nasser Not to Have Arbitrary Control
London AP Eden said the United States would join Britain and France in forming a provisional international users association to protect Suez Canal traffic. He warned against Egyptian control, cited economic consequences, and noted labor opposition in Commons as he and Mollet press for a collective approach to secure rights to navigate the canal.
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Anoyna
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Cyprus
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Nile
Guards Outfox Anti-Integrationists at Clay Ky School
National Guardsmen escorted two African American children to the Providence School in Clay Kentucky amid past mob attempts to block entry. Governor Williams stated the tactic threw demonstrators off balance, as nationwide protests and guard deployments continued to test school integration efforts.
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Adj
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Teresa
Williams
Providence
Gordon
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Matoaka School Attendance Up
In Matoaka West Virginia integration tensions ease as Matoaka High School reports 506 students in 614 enrollment with 29 Black pupils and 19 attending regularly. Elementary records 325 present of 413 enrolled with no Black students as boycott meetings fade and attendance climbs across four local schools.
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Mercer County
Matoaka High School
Ralph Bird
Matoaka Elementary
Lawrence Thorne
Thorne
Springton
Arista
West Virginia Weather Forecast Tonight Through Monday
West Virginia forecast calls for scattered showers in the west tonight and east, with Thursday mainly cloudy and warm. Temperatures near or slightly above normal into Monday, then cooler Friday and again cooler Monday. Rain is expected Thursday night, Friday, and again Sunday, totaling about one-fifth to one-half inch. Normal high around 67 in the north and 68 in the south. Beckley area: high yesterday around 67, low last night 46. River conditions show clear, with Greenbrier and New rivers noted and Bluestone Reservoir at normal levels.
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WVA
Warner
Beckley Skies and Celestial Times Report
The Sun rises at 6 05 a m and sets at 6 37 p m on Thursday with a 76 degree reading. The Moon rises at 12 08 a m with a full phase noted on Sept 19 57 and the Evening Star Mars rises at 17 16 p m. Mars remains brighter than other stars for most of the night with Salvin visible in the southwest as it sets around 7 38 p m.
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Sal- Vin
W. W. Trent's Wife Succumbs in Charleston
Mrs Isabel Carmichael Trent 73 wife of State Superintendent W W Trent died in a Charleston hospital from a heart ailment after about a year of treatment following a fall that broke her hip She had been admitted to the hospital a week before her death Surviving are her husband a son William C Trent of Hatboro Pa two daughters Mrs Paul A Burdette of Charleston and Mrs Obed Poling of Philippi
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W. W. Trent
Isabel Carmichael i Trent
Trent
William C. Trent
Irce Hatboro
Paul A. Burdette
Obed Poling
Philippi
Petit jurors excused until Monday morning
Petit jurors have been excused from further service in Raleigh County Circuit Court until 9 am Monday. Judge Norman Knapp announced the delay as a case scheduled for Patty Canaday against H. C. Arnett was postponed following an auto accident.
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Raleigh County
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Lodey
Aid Patty Canaday
H. ‘C. Ar‘nett
Jaycee Petitions To Add Mabscott To Beckley City
Beckley Jaycees presented petitions to consolidate Mabscott and four surrounding areas into Beckley. Signatures include 2,408 for Mabscott Beckley and totals for Harper Road Pinecrest Whitestick Sprague Calloway Heights Maxwell Hill Beaver Raleigh areas. Council accepted petitions to file and outlined steps before a voter election, with a Circuit Court order and public intentions to follow.
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Beckley
Pinecrest
U. S. 1921
Piney Road
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Sprague, Cal
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Maxwell Hill
Beaver
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Ra Ileigh
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Jaycees
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Beckley Fire Dept Cuts Calls Till Truck Repaired
Beckley firemen will respond only to absolute emergencies Tuesday and Thursday due to a single fire engine out of service. Chief Bernard Martin said a pump impeller shaft broke during a call and the repair parts arrived tonight, with operation to resume by Thursday night. The Tuesday fire occurred on Heber Street near Willis Hotel, no damage reported. Building owned by Mrs. H. H. Ballengee.
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Sacre Cmans
Loyn
Bernard Martin
Benwce
Martin
Council
No. 2
Department
Heber St
Willis Hotel
Will Nickles
Governors Spurn McKeldin bid for Southern chair
At the Southern Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Democratic Gov Frank Clement of Tennessee retained the chair as Republicans like Maryland’s Theodore R McKeldin pressed for the post. A nominating committee led by Gov Allan Shivers proposed Luther Hodges of North Carolina with McKeldin to wait another year.
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W. Va
Theodore R.mckeldin
Maryland
Haseen
Frank G. Clement
Teinnessee
McKeldin
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Ike
Allan Shivers
Texas
Eisenhower
Clement
Shivers
William C. Marland
West Virginia
George B. Timmerman
South Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Whitesville Man Jailed for Grand Larceny Charge
Ernest Gregory Wyatt of Whitesville was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 12:40 p.m. today on a grand larceny charge.
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Ernest Gregory Wyatt
Whitesville
Raleigh
Prisoners Donated Blood for Burned Child Pamela Cooper
Five prisoners from the Raleigh County Jail gave blood today for five year old Pamela Cooper of Stanaford after she suffered third degree burns covering seventy percent of her body. She is a Beckley Memorial Hospital patient needing repeated transfusions due to infection, poor nutrition, and multiple operations. Her father Herbert Cooper, 29, also was burned while he beat out the flames with his bare hands. his condition is reported as good.
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Raleigh County
Pamela Cooper
Stanaford
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Pamela
Herbert Cooper
Numbers Raid At Former Case Results In Arrest
State and city police conducted a raid on a Fayette Street building just before 1 p.m. today, arresting 48 year old Alex Spencer on a numbers charge. Investigators seized numbers slips and cash. The raid targeted the former S Fayelle Coffee Shop at 622 S Fayelle St across from Morton Reaves Elementary School.
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Fayette St
Alex Spencer
S. Fayelle
S. Fayelle St
Morton Reaves
Crop Outlook Boosted By Higher 1956 Harvest Prospects
Washington farm officials welcomed the Agriculture Department September crop outlook report noting higher than expected prospects for 1956. The department said overall volume this year appears larger than a month earlier and harvest may be only moderately below last year’s near record output.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Veep Candidates Plan West Virginia Campaign Speeches
Democrat Estes Kefauver and Republican Richard Nixon announce campaign stops in West Virginia near month end. Nixon to speak Sept 28 in the Northern Panhandle. Kefauver to tour Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling and Steubenville Sept 29 with a news conference and luncheon. A WV Democratic delegation joins other state reps in New York for a party nominating conference. Republicans stage a Beckley barbecue for J Holt Byrne as Revercomb and Underwood headlining the meeting after Fayette County campaigning.
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Associated Press
Estes Kefanger
Richard Nixon
West Virginia
Edward S. Rippus Jr
Wheeling
Ohto County
Republican Executive Committee
Nixon
Panhandle
Hu Jett C. Smith
Charleston
Kefauver
Huntington
Parkersburg
Ohio River
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Ohio
New York
Smith
Arthur B. Koontz
Beckley
J. Holt Byrne
GOP
Fayette County
Chapman Revercomb
Cecil H. Underwood
Sistersville
U.S. Senate
Adlaince
Ike Opens Campaign With Picnic at Farm
President Eisenhower launches his re election drive at his Gettysburg farm hosting about 500 GOP workers from across the nation. An informal 3:15 p.m. EDT address will cap late afternoon activities following a brief address by running mate Richard Nixon.
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Gettysburg
Pal
Eisenhower
United States
Nixon
Remanded Jail Ruth Romburg Ransom on Robbery Bond
Ruth Romburg Ransom, known as Blue Geld, was remanded to Rat Heist County Jail after failing to post a $500 bond on an unarmed robbery charge. She was held to answer the October Grand Jury by Magistrate T N Thurman.
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Ruth Romburg
Rat Heist
T. N. Thurman
Trooper to Address Beckley Kiwanis Luncheon
Trooper C. C. McGraw safety director of Co. D West Virginia Department of Public Safety will speak at the Beckley Kiwanis Club Friday luncheon at El Chico following the meal. Sam Turner is the program chairman.
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Beckley Kiwanis Club
Trooper C. C. McGraw
Co. D. West Virginia Department of Public Safety
el Chico
Sam Turner
Nationally Known Figures See Hopes Go Glimmering in Wisconsin
Wisconsin primary results show Senator Alexander Wiley leading Rep. Glenn Davis for the Republican nomination as counting nears final tabulation. Across states, notable figures face setbacks while many incumbents run unopposed. in Utah Gov. J Bracken Lee concedes, and in Colorado former Gov. Dan Thornton is unopposed for the GOP senatorial nod.
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Associated Press
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Sen
Alexander Wiley
Wiley
I Gienn Davis
Davis
GOP
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
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Lee
Eisenhower
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Truman
John A. Carroll
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Henry Maier
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Vernon Thompson
William Promice
Walter J. Kohier
George D. Clyde
Water Board
Salt Lake City
L. C. Romney
Sim
John S. Boyden
Alonzo F. Hopkin
Herbert Maw
Wallace Bennett
Dan Thornton
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