Bus Desegregation Starts Peacefully in Montgomery
AP wires report Montgomery Alabama ends racial segregation on city buses with minimal violence. Negro riders occupy front seats in places, while a single incident of assault is alleged by a Negro woman on a white man. Officials sane nightly caution and reduced service after 7 30 p.m. until later runs justified. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr notes, the incident cited by a Negro spokesperson.
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Drys Open War On Hugh Bosely
Charleston December 21 The Temperance League of West Virginia protests Hugh Bosely of Fayette County serving in the new State House of Delegates. The group notes Bosely joined the West Virginia Division of the United States Brewers Foundation after nomination and urges him to disassociate from one office or face action by the House. Bosely is a former basketball coach and athletic director at West Virginia Tech and former business manager at Montgomery College.
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Arabs Urge U N Study Withdrawal
Arab delegates pressed for a prompt United Nations report on Israel’s withdrawal from Egypt amid a new round of Middle East debate in the General Assembly. They accused Britain, France, and Israel of collusion in the invasion, with Farid Zeineddine of Syria urging investigation and Abdel Monem Rifa'i of Jordan denouncing alleged genocide. The U.N. meanwhile moved to clear the Suez Canal, with four German salvage ships sailing to El Cap.
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Miners Beginning Christmas Vacation After Payday
Miners at Stamford No 2 mine of the New River Co join thousands of co workers for a Christmas vacation ending Thursday morning. Under a new wage contract they gain holidays Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, with extra days due to few mines operating today. Most miners carry $40 vacation pay from Friday.
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Gulf Oil Maps Theft Sparks Damage Suits
Gulf Oil Co. vows damage suits if stolen oil maps are used in drilling after FBI arrests four men in Pittsburgh connection to the theft of about 360 exploration maps. Also, LA officials warn a sneeze at a church luncheon could have poisoned 57 people, and Conrad Aiken and Igor Stravinsky join the American Academy of Arts and Letters with Mark Van Dor en elected president for 1957.
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Price parole bid after 20 years in Iowa prison
Walter Price now 37 and among 21 inmates commuted by Governor Hoegh has saved over 27000 in a Fort Madison bank account while serving a 20 year term for murder. Parole board calls him an astute stock market student as he becomes eligible for release.
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Nine year old Santa Michael Claus lives near Norman
Norman Oklahoma December 21 reports on Santa Michael Claus a nine year old boy son of Mr and Mrs Claus living east of the city who bears the nickname Mike and endures yearly jests from friends around Christmas he has three siblings named Joe Ted and Wanda all with ordinary names
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Nuclear reactor start-up delayed by stress corrosion
Washington Dec 21 The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the start up of an experimental reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been delayed due to stress corrosion. The Homogeneous Reactor Experiment No 2 suffered stainless steel tubing cracks in the leak detector system and possible damage to high pressure flanges.
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Sleep Soundly Karinina Santa Is Coming To Town
Eighty year old Karinina Bondurant worries about Santa’s Christmas rounds without snow. Her father reassures Santa can visit without snow using Rudolph if needed. Karinina asks for a stuffed monkey and a fairy doll, leaves cookies and milk, and trusts Santa will bring happiness tonight.
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Weather outlook with mild conditions through Christmas
Mostly cloudy and mild with occasional rain likely. Highs in the 60s today. Extended forecast shows generally mild weather over West Virginia for five days including Christmas. Temperatures through next Wednesday near 51 degrees above normal in the south and north portions. Partly cloudy today with rain expected Sunday and again Monday or Tuesday totaling about a quarter inch. River conditions at Bellepoint show New and Greenbrier Rivers and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stages and clear.
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Britain Receives $500 Million Credit From Export Bank
Washington December 21 The Export-Import Bank authorized a 500 million dollar credit to Britain. Part of it will be used for oil purchases as Britain and Western Europe suffer from oil shortages since the Suez Canal closure. The canal serves as a vital lifeline for oil and other goods to Western Europe.
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Nixon Calls for Expanded U S Aid to Hungarian Refugees
Vice President Nixon said his border visit to Hungary’s refugees convinced him the United States must do more. He witnessed three wagon loads of refugees moved to an Austrian farmhouse and praised Hungarian guides and Austrian hosts. Nixon, accompanied by U S officials, planned to push for increased aid before Congress reopens.
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Record High Living Costs Again. Decline Predicted
Washington reports a new record high in living costs for November up 0.1 percent to the 1947-49 average of 117.8, 2.4 percent above a year ago and the fifth peak in 1956. Net spendable earnings rose to $75.20 weekly for workers with three dependents and $67.79 for no dependents, the highest factory wage levels ever, about $2.30 more than a year ago.
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Train plunge kills two near Belleville during fog
A rain-weakened road bed collapsed under Illinois Central’s 14 car Chickasaw passenger train near Belleville Illinois, sending nine cars down an embankment. Two people were killed and 34 injured, 18 hospitalized with 2 in critical condition. The crash occurred just after midnight as the St Louis to Memphis and New Orleans train headed through misty conditions. many passengers were asleep when seats and baggage struck them.
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Workman Killed When Log Rolls at Saw Mill
Maplewood dec 21 Willie Leon Crowe 43 Bedford Va formerly Maplewood killed at Bedford today while unloading logs a log rolled over him causing head injuries He was born Aug 25 1913 Kanawha Co Survivors sister Forest Shavnes Clarktown NC brothers Ralph Maplewood Woodson Meadow Bridge Funeral 2 pm Sunday Chestnut Knob Community Church Rev A A Doddrill Burial Layland Cemetery Body moved Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Fast Rainelle to brother Ralph’s residence 6 pm Saturday
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Salvation Army kettle reaches $1,392.50 in drive
Contributions yesterday totaled $152.47 as Christmas shoppers donated to the Salvation Army kettle. The fundraiser on Main Street today is manned by the Beckley Lions Club with yesterday’s collectors from the Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Today and Monday mark the final two days of the drive.
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Timber Worker Sidney Neely Dies in Summers County Camp
Sidney Allen Neely a 43 year old timber worker was found dead from a heart attack late today in a camp he shared with two other lumbermen near Pipestemn Summers County The death occurred near Hinton and authorities said no foul play is suspected.
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Bodies Exhumed In Adams Death Inquiry Eastbourne England
In Eastbourne England Scotland Yard led by Herbert Hannam exhumed the bodies of two former patients of Dr John Bodkin Adams as part of a murder inquiry into Mrs Edith Morrell. Autopsies and microscopic tests will be conducted in London while agents gather wills and background on local residents and the Morrell case.
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Republicans Given State Liquor Jobs
Charleston December 21 Republicans appointed to fill vacancies in the Democratic controlled State Liquor Commission. Two store managers named for Huntington and Point Pleasant and several Republicans at the Statehouse. Douglas F. Fruetel said GOP appointees cleared with county organizations as part of patronage. Workman named manager of Huntington store. others noted at Point Pleasant and statehouse.
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Cecil H. Underwood
State Liquor Commission
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Point Pleasant
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Statehouse
Douglas F. Fruetel
Threeman Commission
Freutel
J. Bradley Workman
Nervous Mother Takes Own Life in Detroit Tragedy
DETROIT Dec 21 The wails of a 2 week old baby unnerved 19 year old Mrs Arlene Weiss She told her husband Walter Weiss 22 as he left for work I feel like killing myself Yesterday Weiss identified her body at Wayne County morgue She had lain in the path of a speeding passenger train James our baby cried a lot but not more than any other normal baby It was our first child Weiss said seeking explanation for the tragedy
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Gas cavity blamed for Deerfield mine blast fatality
Mullens December 21. Federal and state inspectors conclude the Deerfield mine explosion arose from a cavity in the roof caused by an old slate fall. Gas ignited by a trolley wire arc fatally injured Edd Farley, 56, of Matoaka, as he conducted a routine tour. The blast caused limited damage and the mine will reopen after Christmas holidays, likely December 27.
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Wall Street Closes Early After Holiday Rally
The stock market enjoyed its best rally in over a week before a four day recess, with the Associated Press average of 60 stocks rising $1.40 to $180.20, lifting weekly performance and signaling surprise strength in the holiday period.
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Mail Box Set Afire In Beckley
A mail box on Orchard Avenue and Wood Street caught fire around 9 p.m. Friday. Postal inspector W. F. Wiggins investigated, finding little damage and indicating youths started the blaze. Only a few letters and a mail bag burned before firefighters extinguished it.
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Bangert Resigns as Assistant Atty General to Enter Practice
Attorney General John G. Fox announced Harold Bangert has resigned to join private law practice in Charleston effective January 1. Bangert leaves after serving as assistant attorney general and will transition duties to the office.
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