West Virginia proceeds with school integration except Greenbrier
The Charleston Gazette Sunday reports that desegregation is advancing across 55 counties with 25 fully integrated and 12 partially integrated in the fall. Boone and Barbour show minor disturbances, while Greenbrier remains a problem. Raleigh County plans careful steps to ease future integration.
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Greenbrier
West Virginia
Boone and Barbour
Boone
Barbour
Charleston Gazette
Weston
Lewis County
Monongalia
Gilmer
Jackson
Lincoln
Pleasants
Putnam
Ritchie, Roane
Tyler
Webster Counties
West Virginia library program aims to cover state with free services
The West Virginia Library Commission reports progress and challenges in building regional libraries across Jackson Roane Calhoun Ritchie and Doddridge counties while stressing funds and trained personnel needs. From 1950 to 1953 the commission spent over 100000 on books and salaries and the plan envisions 14 regional libraries statewide. The action includes lending books to public libraries schools churches and individuals at no cost. The report notes the states 48th rank in per capita expenditures for local public library service and urges public support. Also noted is an AMA subcommittee proposal to insure alcoholism as a disease, with concerns about high insurance rates.
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West Virginia Library Commission
Earl E. Rich
Library Commission
Jackson
Roane
Calhoun
Ritchie
Doddridge
Commission
West Virginia
American Medical Association
NAACP cautions against internal racial factionalism
The Rev C Anderson Davis warned NAACP members about vested interests within their own race who favor segregation for personal gain. He urged naming true Black leaders and avoiding reliance on whites for information, criticizing talks with maids, hotel staff, and barbers as poor sources.
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Davis
Integration aims in Raleigh County schools outlined
Thomas Ff. Stafford reports on Raleigh County progress toward desegregating schools and staffing. Ury already shares bus service for white and Negro children and the district aims to desegregate about 3,000 Negro students and 116 teachers. Other counties show Negro participation on multiple football squads, with resistance in White Sulphur Springs and ongoing debate over board rules and player inclusion. The piece notes shifting attitudes across West Virginia.
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Berkeley
Fayette
Grant
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jefferson
Kanawha
Logan
Mason
Mercer
Mineral
Mingo
McDowell
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Taylor County
State
Taylor
NAACP
J. W. Robinson
C. D. Munson
Board of Education
Supreme Court
Raleigh County
Munson
Ury
West Virginia University
Mountaineers
University of Toledo
Charleston Gazette
University High
Morgantown
Morgantown High School
St. Francis of
Greenbrier County
Beckley Raleigh Register Reader Notices and Rates
Publication details for Raleigh Register evenings and Sunday morning from Beckley Newspapers Corporation. Postal classification, editorial staff, AP affiliation, advertising reps, and subscription rates with three to twelve month options. West Virginia tax政策 and delivery terms spelled out.
Stay-at-Home Vote Key to November Elections
An analysis argues that turnout gaps, especially stay-at-home voters, shape congressional outcomes. It cites Maine and Ohio data showing many presidential voters skip congressional races, urging parties to mobilize precinct workers to convert abstainers and counteract switching voters.
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United States
Congress
Maine
Dwight Eisenhower
Margaret Chase Smith
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Stevenson
Ike
Ohio
Truman
Dewey
Taft
Bricker
Senate
Mike DiSalle
Martha Wright Leads Stocking Rebel On Runways
New York actress Martha Wright campaigns against defective nylons by wearing runs to showcase quality problems. She urges ad-style promotion, recalls trying different deniers, and jokes about signs on stockings. Also notes other celebrity tidbits and entertainment gossip from New York and Hollywood.
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New York
Martha Wright
West Coast
Missouri
Boston
Texas
Ohio
Martha
Miss Wright
Duvall
Mary Martin
South Pacific
ABC TV
Ben Gage
League theme changes draw ire over warwhoop use
The American League this season switched its anthem from Yankee Doodle Dandy to a redskin warwhoop provoking criticism. Officials defend the move as a bold branding decision while fans debate cultural sensitivity and tradition.
Veteran radio editor Charley Butterfield retires to Florida
SAUL PETT recalls Charley Butterfield known as C. E. Butterfield retiring as AP radio-TV editor after more than three decades in the field. He began in Champaign, built an amateur wireless setup, covered Chicago and New York radio, and reported on early TV. Butterfield plans to retire in November to raise chickens in Florida.
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New York
Charley Butterfield
C. E. Butterfield
Associated Press
RCA
Charley
NBC
David Sarnoff
Florida
Champaign
A. C
Chicago
Los Angeles
AP Radio
A & P Gypsies
Vatican City
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
Butterfield
Prayer for students and teachers at Augustana College
A prayer praising the role of education and asking God to inspire teachers and enlighten learners as a new college year begins. It blesses students, teachers, parents, and supporters, seeking truth that serves both time and eternity through Christ. Read by Conrad Bergen dorf, president of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
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Christ
Conrad Bergendorf
Rock Island, Ir
Augustana College
Immunity law reshapes wartime spying cases
Washington reports that a Justice Department guided grand jury probes four alleged wartime spy rings among ex government workers. The new immunity law allows a former spy to testify without fear of prosecution, while those who refuse may face contempt charges. The constitutionality of the law remains uncertain, likely to reach the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Grand Jury
Justice Department
Congress
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
Brownell
Supreme Court
Belafonte’s comeback tale from Vegas to Broadway
Hollywood by Bob Thomas profiles Harry Belafonte, detailing a brutal Las Vegas setback that led to a dramatic pivot. He transformed a failing first show by flipping to saved arrangements, rising to MGM and Broadway, and returning to Hollywood, now emboldened for a nightclub tour after early Navy days and low wage gigs.
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Harry Belafonte
Las Vegas
Harry
New York
Vegas
Manhattan
Nevada
Millard Thomas
Las Vegas Strip
MGM
John Murray Anderson
Hollywood
Cocoanut Grove
Belafonte
Marlon Brando
Tony Curtis
Martha Raye
Florida
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