Britons Launch 3000-Mile Balloon Atlantic Journey
Mrs Rosemary Mudie and three Britons mounted the Small World balloon from Santa Cruz de Tenerife aiming for Barbados, 3000 miles away in the West Indies. Navigator Colin Mudie and pilot A B Eidart led the Kon Tiki style ascent as a wind shift and early takeoff challenged the voyage toward a three week crossing.
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A. B. Eiloart
London
Red Seaton Won’t Resign as Interior Secretary
RED SEATON said Friday he has no intention of resigning as secretary of interior. He told newsmen in Honolulu that a report he hoped to resign soon resulted from a misunderstanding. A Bluefield telephone executive resigned to become chief engineer for the Venezuelan system. Frank A. Hoffman, VP and division manager of General Telephone Co. of the Southeast, will fly to Caracas late this month and start his new duties Jan. 2. Italian seamen went on strike as the liner Cristoforo Colombo sailed to New York, arriving without a chestnut cargo.
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Honolulu
Bluefield Telephone
Frank A. Hoffman
General Telephone Co
Southeast
Caracas
Cristoforo Colombo
New York
Counts named to lone House Delegates seat in state
Gov. Underwood filled the House of Delegates vacancy by appointing Fred E. Counts of Bartley McDowell County to replace the late Dr Irvine E Saunders Welch Democrat who died soon after the Nov 4 election. Counts was among three McDowell County nominees. Traditional shooting at a Lebanon Bekaa Valley village funeral sparked a fatal village clash leaving four dead after residents mistook marchers for attackers. The Palladium Times in Oswego New York, snowbound, runs a postponed by Storm column instead of social events.
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Oswego
N. Y
West Virginia warns agents over omitting medical history
The Insurance Department warns that West Virginia insurance agents who gloss over or omit medical history of prospective clients face license loss. In Michigan, Jack Thompson, a 41 year old Teamsters union business agent in Flint, was arrested on arson charges connected to a cleaning shop fire in which fellow agent Frank Kierdorf was fatally burned. Earlier, Kierdorf was a victim in the blaze. Meanwhile, Communist artillery on the Quemoy Islands paused after a heavy bombardment the previous day.
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Jack Thompson
Teamsters Union
Flint
Mich
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Thompson
Kierdorf
Teamsters
Quemoy Islands
Congressmen spent vast funds on foreign currency junkets
Traveling congressmen used nearly half a million dollars in government foreign currencies on overseas trips last year. The high outlays followed tours to Paris Hong Kong and routes between them highlighted by the House Appropriations committee release on Friday.
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Paris
Hong Kong
Nick Nucccio
Tampa
Fla
City
Ralph Gardner
City Hall
Gardner
Bill White
City Claims
New York
Air Lines
American Airlines
Beckley Driver Jailed on DWI Charge
James Evans of Beckley was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 8 30 p m Friday by Beckley police and charged with driving while drunk.
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Evans
Beckley
Raleigh County
Integration Push Seen For New Civil Rights Legislation
Washington AP Sen. Clifford Case predicted President Eisenhower will ask Congress to pass new legislation on racial integration. Case said government lawyers are drafting civil rights measures and Eisenhower is deeply sympathetic to DOJ efforts. He favors federal injunctions to enforce integration and potential federal action in school bombings and related crimes.
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Clifford Case
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Eisenhower
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Coal bottlenecks eyed for removal in 12 months at mining meet
Gerald Von Stoh of Bituminous Coal Research told about three production bottlenecks roofing supports transportation and ventilation that limit continuous mining. New thin air tubes faster roof supports and curved belts aim to boost output from about 500 to over 1000 tons daily. An automatic control system for mining machines is due commercially by end of 1959 costing 40000 to 50000 dollars. Victor Hanson cited a successful 108 mile coal pipeline in Ohio.
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Gerald von Stoh
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
von Stoh
Coal Mining Institute of America
Vom Stoh
Hatchery blaze destroys Price Hill facility and stock
A three story Price Hill hatchery owned by Benny Benwick burned late Friday, killing 250 pullets and 175 pheasants. Firefighters from Mount Hope and Beckley battled the flames, keeping the blaze from spreading to two nearby houses. Fire crews remained on scene after midnight with witnesses placing the start in the furnace room and no insurance reported.
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Price Hill Company
Benny Benwick
Benwick
Benwick Feed and Supply Co
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
Beckley
Renwick
Plane exhaust stack from airplane hits street in Michigan City
A 20 pound metal exhaust stack from a large airplane fell onto a Michigan City street on Friday. Richard Scott, shoveling snow near his home, heard a whoosh and drone of engines overhead before the object struck about 50 feet away.
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Michigan City
Ind
Richard Scott
Hard Times Bring Back Christ mas Spirit in Raleigh County
An editorial argues adverse events awaken spiritual values as coal region depressions prompt giving. It notes prosperity dulls conscience and cites a Stotesbury committee of five women delivering 150 to 200 baskets to needy families as an example of returning to Christmas.
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Christ
Raleigh County
Stotesbury
Underwood Seeks Plan For Avoiding Commodities Loss
Gov Underwood backs an accelerated plan to distribute surplus food commodities via the Department of Public Assistance to start Feb 1. He directed DPA director Thomas R. Egbert to compute needed funding as the Board of Public Works weighs budget needs to avert a cutoff by March 31, with Sen. Jennings Randolph and Rep. Robert Byrd due to attend. About 273,000 people currently receive surplus foods. a cut would affect many unless eligibility safeguards and program improvements are enacted.
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Underwood
Department of Public Assistance
Thomas R. Egbert
DPA
Board of Public Works
Egbert
Board
West Virginia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Agriculture Department Distribution Service
Editor Jim Comstock Speaks on Life at Beckley Meeting
Jim Comstock editor of the Richwood News Leader described his paper as serious in reporting while recounting its wild projects. He cited nationwide attention for lamp scented ink, the Kinsey Report spoof, an appendix removal story, altered mastheads of The New Yorker, and civic charity efforts to defend the publication’s balance.
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Beckley Woman’s Club
Comstock
Richwood News Leader
News Leader
Post Office Department
The
Mail
Nicholas County
New York
New Yorker
Kay Servacious Skis Balletlike at Cypress Gardens
Kay Servacious performs balletlike skiing at Cypress Gardens Florida showcasing graceful turns and poise amid unseasonably warm weather, drawing spectators to the famed water ski show amid sunny skies and easy flat conditions.
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Kay Servacious
Cypress Gardens, Fa
Neutrals See Soviet Warning Over Berlin Stand
Neutral diplomats in Moscow interpreted Tass impressions as a stern warning to Western powers against reinforcing West Berlin garrisons. One veteran diplomat warned of unknown consequences if the West tries to break into Berlin by force after Tass declared Soviet force would answer any such action.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Tass
Dulles Leaves for Paris Talks After Health Check
Secretary of State Dulles, 70, announces fit after diverticulitis and cancer surgery in 1956. He meets President Eisenhower at the White House, then departs from Walter Reed for Berlin and Paris NATO talks aboard the Colum-bine III. He accuses Russia’s leaders of contemptuous disregard of their word and will discuss key Western conferences in Paris.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
Paris
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Walter Reed Medical Center
Walter Reed
White House
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Allen Tosses Hat Into Mayor Race Beckley leader Allen resigns Pinecrest post
A. C. Curley Allen announced retirement as Pinecrest Sanitarium laundry manager to pursue a mayoral bid in Beckley. He plans to devote time to private business and campaign, seeking a third mayoral run after losses in 1953 and 1955. Primary in April, general May 26, office effective July 1. Allen, Beckley resident for 17 years, runs a furniture business on the 1921 By-Pass.
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A. C. (Curley) Allen
Pinecrest Sanitarium
E. §. Pugh Jr
Pinecrest
Allen
Grady Morgan
Mr. Pugh
Mine Mill Production Figures Up
Washington AP reports the national output of mines mills and factories rose two percent in the prior month. Building activity retail sales and personal income set new records as auto production more than doubled following major strikes. The Fed index climbed to 141 percent of the 1947-49 average, two points above last year and four below the prerecession peak in August 1957.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stocks Open With Caution as Volume Dips
The stock market opened Friday with uneven price action and light trading. Volume fell to 3,140,000 shares, down from 4,250,000 the day before, the lowest since September 24 when 3,120,000 shares moved.
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New York
West Berlin Crisis Deepens as Soviet Says No to Unification
Diplomats describe the So viet statement as a tough Kremlin policy backed by recent political and industrial gains. They warn Moscow may transfer occupation powers to East Germany next May, risking a broader European crisis before Khrushchev’s six month deadline expires. Western powers refuse to recognize East Germany.
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West Berlin
Kremlin
Berlin
Soviet Union
West
Nikita Khrushchev
Europe
East Germany
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Tax-Hating Cleric Gets Six Months Jail Term
Rev. Maurice F. McCrackin, pastor of St Barnabas church in Cincinnati, was convicted of failing to answer a federal tax summons. A U.S. District Court jury deliberated 19 minutes before Judge John H. Druffel sentenced him to six months in prison and a $250 fine. He sat mute during the one-day trial and protested the sentence as unjust while the judge denounced his pacifist stance and alleged Soviet sympathy.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Maurice F. MecCrackin
U.S. District Court
John H. Druffel
MecCrackin
Cincinnati
St. Barnabas Presbyterian and Episcopal Church
Druffel
McCrackin
Theodore M. Berry
Paradise Warmer Than Hell Michigan Weather Tale
In Michigan, Hell and Paradise faced freezing conditions with Hell dipping to 8 below and Paradise to 5 below. Snow fell in Hell while ice formed at Paradise's shore. Hell lies 18 miles northwest of Ann Arbor. Paradise sits on Whitefish Bay near Sault Ste. Marie.
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Mich
Paradise
Ann Arbor
Whitefish Bay
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Pula
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Curley) Allen
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