Governor Urges Firm to Leave Plant in W Va
Gov Marland and officials press Republic Steel to reconsider moving Follansbee W V equipment to Gadsden Alabama. Follansbee mayor warns of a ghost town as stockholders meet Oct 15 to approve asset sale to F W Richmond and merger plans with Consumers Co Frontier Chemical Co. State agencies offer aid to keep Follansbee Steel in West Virginia.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Follansbee
C. M. White
Republic
F. W. Richmond
New York
Richmond
Consumers Co
Chicago
Frontier Chemical Co
Marland
White
West Virginia
Follawsbee
Governor’s Office
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
Follansbee Steel Corp
Follansbee Steel
Maine Governor Race Upset Signals National Shift
Democrats hailed Edmund Muskie’s Maine win as a national trend while Republicans blamed local issues for Burton Cross’s loss. Muskie’s victory, the first GOP governor defeat in Maine in modern times, comes as Congress remains in Democratic hands and local observers note campaign strength and cross-pressures in a shifting political landscape.
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Washington
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Tvoz
Cross
Muskie
W. Averell Harriman
Congress
White House
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Learned the Hard Way In Oklahoma Speed Test
Lt. James Joseph Zentgraf, 24, Vance Air Force Base Enid, was jailed overnight and fined 100 dollars after highway patrol clocks showed him driving 110 mph in a new automobile. He said he wanted to test how fast the car would go.
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EL Reno
Okla
James Joseph Zentgraf
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Zentgraf
West Virginia Weather Update and Extended Forecast
A weather note for West Virginia reports mainly cloudy skies with a chance of showers Wednesday and tonight in the north, cooler on Wednesday, with tonight's lows around 52 to 58. The extended forecast calls for near normal temperatures through Sunday, mixed with a warmer Thursday and Friday and cooler weekend. showers are expected over the weekend and in the southern region Wednesday, with 0.4 to 0.7 inch total.
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WVA
West Virginia
Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
End of integration prompts police guard in West Virginia
In White Sulphur Springs Greenbrier County five days of integration ended as officials, facing angry parents and white student protesters, ordered segregation to resume. About 25 Negro students, under police protection, collected books and returned to their own school with sheriffs and state police on site.
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White Sulphur Springs High
Robert J. Nickel
James Dean
Nickel
Lewisburg
D. D. Harrah
Virginia Line
Rupert
Here
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
West Virginia
State Board of Education
Greenbrier
Marion
Barbour
Marion County
Czechs Fire On American Patrol Near German Border
Near Barnau in Germany a Czech border patrol fired about 35 rounds at a U S Army patrol from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. No Americans were hit. one soldier suffered an ankle injury leaping from a vehicle. This followed a similar Sept. 9 incident near Lichtenberg. no protest was filed.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Barnau
U. S. Army
U. S
2Nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Bayreuth
Weiden
Lichtenberg
Hof
One Leaps Two Die in Tokyo Roof Tragedy
A 27 year old mother Sumiko Hirose leaped from a seven story department store roof last night and struck 53 year old Haru Iwamoto as she landed. Both died within minutes in hospital.
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Tokyo
Sumiko Hirose
Haru Iwamoto
Arms for Nationalists Pouring Into Formosa
The Defense Department said arms for Nationalist China bound for Formosa remain at a steady flow, with supplies landing via American ships at Formosa ports and none to Quemoy thus far. It noted possible policy changes would require new orders. American logistics have expanded since 1951, with ships, aircraft, and naval craft aiding the Nationalists, while Quemoy relies on Chiang Kai-shek’s own shipping amid shelling from the mainland.
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Washington
China
Formosa
Chiang Kai Shek
Defense Department
Quemoy Island
Pentagon
Quemoy
Chiang
Military Sea Transport Service
Navy
U. S
Rabies Suspect Horse Brain To Be Sent For Analysis
Arrangements are being made to send the brain of a horse that died at 3 a.m. today to the State Hygienic Laboratory at Charleston for analysis as a rabies suspect. Dr. Frank Hale, veterinarian, will remove the brain at the owner's Fitzpatrick Road home this morning. It will be packed and sent to Charleston by airplane per the Sheriff's office.
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Charleston
Frank Hale
Fitzpatrick Road
Sheriff's Office
15-Cent Trip to Europe Youth II Returns From Luxury Trip
Eugene Hart an 11 year old from Brooklyn returned from a 15 cent voyage to Europe aboard the United States liner. He was discovered by a stewardess during lifeboat drill and kept aboard for the round trip under a ship physician. He was met by his mother and an uncle at the pier. He said he was seasick two days and claimed the trip was accidental. The Hart family separation and his plea to his mother on NBC’s Today program added notable drama.
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New York
Eugene Hart
Europe
Brooklyn
Manhattan
United States
Hildegard Hart
Vincent Recca
Cambria Heights
Queens
Eugene
Bossier City
Clyde F. Hart
Beaumont
Tex
Harts
U.S. drive funds beds for Korean hospitals in Pusan
U.S. servicemen in Pusan have raised more than 160000 dollars to provide 460 additional hospital beds for Korea. The five month drive funds seven hospitals to be built enlarged or equipped, the Army said. Pusan, a city over one million people, had only 16 general beds and 45 children beds plus 30 maternity beds.
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Pusan
Korea
U.S
Smashed Nose Suit in Raleigh Court Over Bread Firm Fight
Ronald W. Highlander a Beckley bread salesman sues for 25000 over a February 27 fracas at Colony Drug Store S Oakwood Ave claiming a permanent disfigurement from a smashed nose hospital stay six days. Defendants Raleigh Baking Co Cole Baking Co and Ralph Martin face the action.
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Raleigh County
Ronald W. Highlander
Beckley
Colony
S. Oakwood Ave
Highlander
L. M. Halloran
Raleigh Baking Co
Cole Baking Co
Ralph Martin
East Prince St
Wife of Fred Astaire Succumbs to Cancer
Beverly Hills California widow Phyllis Livingston Potter Astaire dies at 46 after months of illness. She was a socialite and longtime wife of Fred Astaire, married in 1933 and later divorced Eliphalet Nott Potter II. Survived by three children Fred Jr Ava and Peter.
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Phyllis Livingston Potter Astaire
Beverly Hills
Astaire
Fred Jr
Ava
Peter
Beckley Council Set to Review 1954 55 Expenditures
A budget of receipts and expenditures for the first two months of the 1954 55 fiscal year will be submitted to Beckley City Council tonight. Mayor Elmer Davis said the July and August accounts would be among topics discussed.
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Beckley
Elmer Davis
State Ministers Meet in Beckley for West Virginia Conference
About 250 ministers are expected in Beckley for the Church of God Ministers annual session. The Beckley Church of God near Sprague hosts the meeting with district superintendents meeting at 1 30 p m to set the conference agenda. Nine state councilmen will be elected tonight as general business opens at 9 a m Wednesday and an inspirational program closes the gathering with state officials like Rev G C Hamby and Rev Hollis Green attending.
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Beckley
Church of God
West Virginia
G. C. Hamby
Hollis Green
C. Milton Parson
Paul T. Nance
Foreign Mission
Notary in Wyoming Barred from Practicing Law
A permanent injunction in Wyoming Circuit Court restrains E. A. Shumate of Oceana from unlawful practice of law. The WV State Bar charged the notary with drafting wills and deeds. Judge Robert Worrell presided. A Ritz Kingdon represented Shumate. Shumate did not defend.
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A. Ritz Kingdon
Mullens
Shumate
Ocean Notary
Democrats to Name Candidates Sept. 27
Raleigh County Democrats schedule two mass conventions to name candidates for Trap Hill and Clear Fork districts. The events, at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, will be at Trap Hill High School Surveyor and Clear Fork High School Colcord. Temporary chairs and secretaries named. vacancy filled by resigning Carlous Jarrell.
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Trap Hill
Clear Fork
Harry E. Anderson
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Surveyor
Clear Fork High School
Colcord
Anderson
Clayton Farley
Anna Egrich
Mike Rich
Harry Kern
Carlous Jarrell
Logan Painter Burned in High Voltage Accident
Charleston report states 44 year old Elbow Cline a Logan painter in critical condition after contact with a 44000 volt power line. He fell about 40 feet while painting a tower for Appalachian Electric Power near Charleston. Cline worked for a Huntington painting contractor.
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Logan
Charleston
Elbow Cline
Cline
Appalachian Electric Power &Co
Two Troopers Assigned From Beckley Detachment
Assignment of two more troopers from a recent class was disclosed today leaving Trooper Leonard J. Trapp Jr. as the only one remaining in Beckley. Trooper Richard M. Hall goes to Richwood and Trooper Vernard N. Brackenrich to Montgomery, as five others moved to Co. D detachments.
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Beckley
Leonard J. Trapp Jr
Richard M. Hall
Richwood
Vernard N. Brackenrich
Montgomery
Trapp
Hall
Brackenrich
Co. D
Gridiron Rioters Held For Oct Grand Jury
Three Raleigh County men Quentin Scarbro Emagle and Virgil Stover and Robert Toney of Beckley are free on $1,000 bond awaiting the October Grand Jury on rioting obstructing an officer assault on an officer and drunkenness after a Sophia Clear Fork football game melee. Constable Asbury and State Police aided in breaking up the surge as Sophia led 13 0. An instigator is still sought.
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Raleigh County
Quentin Scarbro
Ameagle
Virgil Stover
Robert Toney
Rt. 3
Beckley
Sophia-Clear Fork
Clear Fork
Sophia
Joe Asbury
J. A. Roberts
H. D. Gibbs
Check Was No Bargain At the Bargain Spot
George L. Jones of Crab Orchard was booked at Raleigh County Jail today on a warrant charging him with writing a bad check for 1500 dollars. Arresting officer Cons table Roy Childs said the check was accepted by The Bargain Spot on the By Pass.
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George L. Jones
Raleigh
Roy Childs
India Won't Back Asian Candidate For U.N. President
New Delhi plans to support Dutch candidate Dr. Eelco N. van Kleffens for the U.N. Assembly presidency and oppose Thailand's Wan Waithayakon, the U.S. backed Asian rival. Officials say India dislikes the Thai choice as a spokesman for Asia and objects to Bangkok signing the Southeast Asia defense treaty.
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New Delhi
Nehru
U.N. Assembly
United States
India
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Thailand
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Asia
Pike Caravan Planned for Turnpike Dedication
A Bluefield Princeton Beckley Charleston caravan of state city and chamber officials is planned as the northern end of the West Virginia Turnpike nears completion. The Charleston Chamber of Commerce told Beckley it is planning for the dedication of the northern 88 mile toll highway, tentatively in November.
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Bluefield
Japanese Prime Minister Advised To Face Probers
Tokyo sources report Shi geru Yoshida urged by advisers to comply with an unprecedented summons to testify before a Diet committee over a shipbuilding kickback scandal. The move follows an opposition committee vote, with Yoshida already considering postponing due to a prior Emperor audience and a world tour.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Liberal Party
Yoshida
Four County Red Cross Groups to Meet in Beckley
Four Red Cross chapters Raleigh Fayette Montgomery and Wyoming will send Home Service representatives to Beckley for a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. instruction meeting in room 410 of the Bair Building.
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Red Cross
Beckley
Home Service
Raleigh
Fayette
Montgomery
Wyoming
American Red Cross
Home Service Departments
Bair Building
Noisy Birds Ban Bites in Austrian Health Resort
In Bad Gleichenberg Austria city fathers ban noisy birds and other disturbances to aid quiet health cures. A Harppocrates statue marks silence, carpet beating is time restricted, car horns are forbidden, and visitors on motorcycles must surrender keys at free garages until departure.
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Bad Gleichenberg
Austria
Harppocrates
Silence
Retailers praise growth in confidence under Ike policies
The American Retail Federation told President Eisenhower that in the first 20 months there was steady growth in confidence about the economic future. The 600000-store federation foresees 1954 as a strong year with wages rising and a record stretch for retail. It credits administration policies and congressional cooperation for a favorable climate and rising wages.
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Denver
Eisenhower
American Retail Federation Today
Federation
Sxecutive
Congress
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Washington Dispatch
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations
Norfolk, Va
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Fred Astaire
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Huntington
Loren G. Daniel
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Scrabro
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Toney
Pike
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Boulder
Colo
Bureau of Standards
Row
Land Jones Jr
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