Sporn Plant to Add World’s Largest Power Unit at Graham Station
The Philip Sporn Plant at Graham Station in Point Pleasant will host the second 450,000 KW unit, enlarging output to dominate the AGE System. The $38 million project advances construction in early 1957 with completion slated for late 1959, boosting coal use to 1.3 million tons yearly and enabling power for about 4 million residents.
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Appalachian Electric Power Co
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Wibash River
Indiana
Age ‘Stem
West Virginia
Gunman Kills Two Troopers in Rural Flint Shootout
In Flint Michigan a gunman opened fire at a rural home when called to quell a family disturbance. Troopers George E. Lapps, 28, and Bert Pozza, 27, were killed as the assailant fired with deadly accuracy before being subdued.
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George E. Lapps
Bert Pozza
Soil Bank Payments and Ohio Farmer Deaths Reported
Soil bank payments totaling 5 352 058 will aid 14 941 Ohio farmers in the coming days while Cpl Robh Vesey was wounded in an ensuing bank siege. Harry G Richards 63, a retired postal clerk, died the day after his eighth wedding anniversary amid tear gas effects from the raid. Ohio wheat acreage to join soil bank was a small portion of the state total. Defense officials say China has built rocket launch sites on Fukien coast near Formosa.
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Washington —Soil Bank
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Sailert Vesey
Agriculture Department
Beore
Harry G. Richards
Richards
Flint
Rebels War Dying But Revolt Lives
Vienna report says Hungarian workers return to jobs while the revolt against Soviet subjection persists. Official paper notes desire for independence and hopes Moscow will respect the people’s will. Textile plants begin production. mines operate with rising miner counts and streetcars gradually resume.
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Jep Szabacsag
Janos Kadar
Soviet Union
Dorog
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Irme Nagy
Yugoslavmbassy
Gas Rationing Begins in Istanbul Amid Suez Blockade
Istanbul authorities order gasoline rationing to head off a possible shortage from the Suez Canal closure. Private cars receive 1 to 2 gallons daily with no Sunday allowance. Public service vehicles are exempt from the limit.
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Istanbul
Suez Canal
UN Secretary Hammarskjold backs Egypt on Suez force withdrawal
UNITED NATIONS Egypt seeks the UN police force to leave the Suez Canal zone after Britain France and Israel resist. Hammarskjold supports a police role only if security duties are negotiated and tied to canal clearing. He will present two reports on canal clearance and police plans while tensions mount over troop withdrawals and arrangements.
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Suez Canal
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France
Israel
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David L
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Jackson County
Ohio
Asia Neutrals Back UN Demand On Hungary
United Nations observers were urged by India Ceylon and Indonesia to enter Hungary to monitor the Communist government’s actions. The three Asian neutrals, previously aloof, pressed for admission of a UN observer mission led by Secretary General Hammarskjold while Hungary allowed relief personnel but resisted a formal UN head. The move unsettled Soviet bloc interests as debates continued over deportations and relief access.
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Save
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V. K. Krishna Menon
Air Force General Takes NATO Command
Paris report says General Lauris Norstad assumed supreme command of the 15 nation NATO forces in Europe from General Alfred Gruenther. Norstad declared he took the post with a firm belief that NATO is more important than ever before.
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Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
U. S
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Unpopular First Pullman Cars and Classified Ads
Discussion recalls 1858 adoption of the first Pullman cars and public discomfort with undressing near strangers. The ad column offers quick selling tips for idle items, noting a Maytag washer example: twin laundry tabs in good condition for $40.00.
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Maytag
New York Importers Seek Help With Chestnut Shortage
New York importers appeal to ship workers to recover about 2 percent of a million pounds of chestnuts buried in hold compartments of five strikebound ships heading to New York. They were destined for stuffing in Ames Thanksgiving turkeys.
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New York
m—Pood
Ames
Refugee flight from Hungary to U S speeds toward homes
Sixty Hungarian refugees, fleeing Soviet suppression, head toward the United States as ICEM aided resettlement. About 4,500 refugees depart West Europe weekly, with Austria receiving nearly 50,000 since the invasion. A chartered DC-8 flies from Vienna to Munich to McGuire Air Base, bound for U S ports, while aid efforts continue and job commitments are noted. Meanwhile in London, Prime Minister Eden rests due to illness, as R A Butler presides over a cabinet meeting amid debates over Middle East policy and Eden's leadership.
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United States
Atlantic
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Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
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Milwaukee
God Help Hunga Eisenhower
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Middle East
Communist letter questions Soviet Hungary troops role
New York readers learn the American Communist party committee says it does not seek to justify Soviet troop use in Hungary on November 4. The 2,300 word letter, made public Monday, notes no alternatives and offers no final judgment on the action while discussing the crisis and troop deployment.
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Communist Party
Hungary
Hung Tary
Three Children Die In Explosion Fire
Burlington reports an early morning explosion and fire in a two room frame house killing three children aged four seven and twelve. Five others including the parents suffered serious burns. Fireman W L Beeb said kerosene used to start a coal stove caused the blaze. The family includes eight children.
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Here
W. L. Beeb
Cleveland Newspapers Struck as Talks Continue
In Cleveland the Plain Dealer and Press are without contracts since November 1 as editors and workers press for raises. Wage increases range from 2.50 to 6.50 weekly, with specific totals for newsmen and typographers. In Dayton, Eisenhower aide Harold E. Stassen addresses 800 students, urging disarmament amid ongoing union negotiations and extended drivers' contracts.
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Riots Erupt as Talks Fail on Poland Kremlin Deal
Vienna dispatches report rioting and demonstrations across Poland after the Polish Soviet talks. Students and workers clash with police as observers note tensions over a new agreement that reportedly excludes troop withdrawal. Macromulka receives debt relief and food payments under the Warsaw Pact terms.
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Hyde Park socialite murder trial ends with denial
Robert V Lyons, 43, a former city water meter reader from Cincinnati, testified he did not stab Audrey Push who was found dead last April 11 in her Hyde Park home. He disputed five prosecution points during his first degree murder trial.
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Robert V
Tron
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City Water Meter
Audrey Push
Hyde Park
Negotiators Warned To Settle Strike
In New York a federal mediator scolded union and management for fiddling around and urged a settlement of the Gulf coast dock strike as walkouts by 150000 dock workers entered their fifth day. About 150 to 200 ships idle from Main to Te as talks resumed between the International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association after a fruitless session. Robert H. Moore, the mediator, said there would likely be no immediate government intervention under the Taft Hartley Act.
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International Longshoremen’s Association
New York Shipping Association
Robert H. Moore
UN Troops Prep Move at Port Said to Calm Sectarian Friction
Deputy UN police force commander Moe of Norway reports a company of Norwegian troops under UN command ready to move into Port Said on Wednesday to prevent friction between Egyptian residents and British French troops. He stresses the rent issue is unrelated to the withdrawal, marking UN action since arrivals at Abu Suweir air base along the Suez Canal last week.
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Norway
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Port Said
Board Discusses Wages in Columbus Hearing
The state department of industrial relations held nine hearings Monday on minimum wage standards for no work. Director Margaret A. Mahoney said action will be taken within ten days based on the hearings.
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State Department of Industial Relations
Margaret A. Mahoney
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Ohio official rules judge cannot appoint self to township post
Columbus attorney general William ONeill ruled a justice of the peace lacks authority to appoint himself township trustee. The opinion directed prosecutor J L MacDonald of Columbiana County and blocked Justice Wade A Loop from filling a Perry Township board vacancy.
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William O'Neill
J. L. MacDonald
Columbiana County
Wade A. Loop
Perry Two
Board of Trustees
Seabees and 11 Dogs First To Live at South Pole
McMurdin Sunny reports United States Navy Seabees and 11 dogs became the first residents to inhabit the South Pole, landing after midnight in ski-equipped C47 Dakotas. They will establish a winter camp for scientists as part of the International Geophysical Year, with four planes on standby for emergencies and a four-ton weasel vehicle dropped to traverse the snow.
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