Seven Die As Fires Hit State Homes
Seven West Virginians die in two fires in Pleasants and Mingo counties. In Pleasants near St Marys a stove oil explosion sparked flames that killed Mabel Speece and her family. In Bias Mingo County a coal stove fire killed Elmer Estepp and his wife Martha. Coroner ruled deaths accidental. Delbarton Fire Chief cited the kitchen stove as likely ignition.
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West
Bias
Williamson
Mingo County
St. Mary’s
Mabel Speece
C.A. Ruttencutter
Mabel
St. Marys High School
Layman H. Speece
Dolly Speece
Speece
Harry
Brady Lee
Elmer Estepp
Martha
Estepps
Elmer Jr
Elmer Estepp Jr
Tabor Ball
Delbarton
Rudolph Kirk
Chippewas to gain wealth from St Clair reserve sale
Telford Adams and his daughter Pat will receive 140000 for tribe properties in Sarnia Ont. The Chippewas will share seven million among 467 members for selling 3453 acres in the St. Clair reserve to New England Industries. The tribe also gains a 258acre riverfront tract with public works funded by the buyer.
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Telford Adams
Sarmia
Ont
Pat
Canada
St. Clair Reserve
New England Industries
U. S
Tribe
St. Clair River Front
Maniac Strikes Again Bomb Scares Hit New York
A wave of fake bomb threats and a live device at the Paramount Theater in Times Square marked a new spree by the so-called mad bomber. Police traced a threatening call to Grace Mylott and later found an unexploded device in a cushion near Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man. other reports spread to Grand Central Terminal, Secony-Mobil, Coliseum, Port Authority, Abraham and Straus, Madison Avenue, Fort Washington College, and Valencia Theater Jamaica.
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New York
Alfred Hitchcock
Grace Mylott
Paramount Tele
Grand Central Terminal
Secony-Mobil
New York Coliseum
Columbus Circle
Be Careful Ike Advises Auto Users
President Eisenhower urged motorists to make the New Year weekend the safest yet as the nation enters a 102 hour holiday period. The Christmas observance saw 884 deaths from traffic, fires, and other accidents, a new record for a holiday. The National Safety Council forecast 490 motor vehicle fatalities, which would also set a record for a New Year period, exceeding the 407 toll from 1952-53.
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Eisenhower
National Safety Council
NSC
Hungary to Try Red Hatchetmen in Rakosi Era Case
Budapest the state prosecutor announced an indictment against Mihaly Farkas and his son Vladimir, former high officers of the AVH and a former three star general in Rakosi’s regime. They are accused of torture and purges linked to the 1950s crackdown and the faked Rajk trial. The case targets the Rakosi Gero Farkas clique and will decide if civil or military court will hear the charges.
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Budapest
Hungary
Mihaly Farkas
Vladimir
Sevral
Secret Police
Matyas Rakosi
Communist Party
Laszlo Rajk
Vladimir Farkas
AVH
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Mihaly
Rakosi-Geroe- Farkas
Farkas
Rebel threat prompts air strikes as Indonesia backs new chief
Warplanes were dispatched to North Sumatra to deter a possible rebel assault on the newly installed progovernment military chieftain Ali Sastroamidjojo. Army actions and Jakarta political developments bolster the shaky coalition government as travelers report tension in Medan and warn civil war could erupt.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sumatra
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Medan
First Under New Law Mercer Woman Named To Jury
Charleston dispatch notes Dorothy Bonham of Princeton becomes the first West Virginia woman picked for a U S District Court jury in Bluefield for January term. She and nine others, all Bluefield residents, join grand and petit juries amid early adoption of the new jury service for women.
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Charleston
Dorothy Bonham
Princeton
West Virginia
U. S. District Court
Bluefield
Bonham
Joseph C. McKee Jr
Hanna
Ben Moore
Charles E. Burgoyne
Mary Frances Douthat
Charles Hudson
Norma J. Longenacre
William E. M Dougle
Charles Nichols
India Parks
Fred S. Richmond
N. F. Wichham Jr
GOP Lawmakers Will Fill Openings
Charleston December 28 Republican National Committee man Walter S Hallanan said recommendations for federal appointments in West Virginia will be cleared through the state's three GOP members of Congress. Sen Chapman Aberscomb will handle districts with Democratic congressmen while Arch A Moore Jr and Dr Will E Neal in the 1st and 4th districts will clear patronage for their areas. Neal's 1953-55 term left no WV Republican in Washington until his 1954 defeat. With Revercomb Moore and Neal elected, recommendations will come through these representatives.
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Charleston
Republican National
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Congress
Chapman Abevercomb
Rwva
Arch A. Moore Jr
Will E. Neal
Hallanan
Eisenhower
National
Auto Workers Idle as UK industry slows amid rationing
Eighteen thousand British automobile workers were put on a three day week due to a slump blamed on gasoline rationing. The move affects major plants around London and follows a period of reduced output as demand falters and fuel limits bite into manufacturing schedules.
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London
Dice Are Loaded With Diamonds
Scotland Yard announced the break up of a diamond smuggling ring after discovering dice carried hidden compartments for gems. The probe traced rumors of diamonds moving through Britain Ireland and the Continent as detectives surveilled a group of businessmen who gamed dice regularly.
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London
Scotland Yard
Pipe device found in Madison Square Garden lavatory
A pipe contraption resembling a mad bomber device was found in a Madison Square Garden men's lavatory during a college basketball tournament. It did not explode.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
FBI Reveals Slayer Identity in Greyhound Terminal Shooting
FBI fingerprint file identifies Leon Daily, 24, of St. Louis, as the gunman who killed a bus driver and a female passenger at the Greyhound terminal before police killed him. Daily had a police record and Army court martial history, and faced prior charges in St. Louis.
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Cleveland
FBI
Greyhound
Leon Daily
St. Louis
Georgeann Kartzke
Fort Eustis
Lee T. Almerico
Daily
William Daily
Ft. Leavenworth
US Journalists Lose Passports for Defying China Travel Ban
The State Department revoked the passports of three US newsmen for entering Red China despite the travel ban. The cases are being reviewed under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The detained Americans in mainland China are cited as a major obstacle to such travel. The trio includes William D. Worthy of the Baltimore Afro-American and a Look Magazine reporter photographer team.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Red
China
Department
Red China
William D. Worthy
Baltimore
Look Magazine
C. W. MacKay
Weather outlook for West Virginia turns warmer next week
The forecast calls for cloudy and windy conditions today with a high of 25 to 32 and light snow flurries. New Year’s Day is expected to be the warmest of the next five days, followed by a colder weekend and a rise in temperatures Tuesday then a cool Wednesday, with weekend rain snow flurries and light precipitation Monday and Wednesday totaling under a quarter inch. Temperatures through Wednesday average four to six degrees below normal in the south and around 31 in the north.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Michigan Blaze Claims 6 Lives
A fire at a seven room farmhouse in Ironwood Michigan killed a mother Ina Heiley 31 and her four children ages 2 to 10 plus a 13 year old nephew visiting over Christmas. The father William Heiley 32 was summoned from his mine job at Peterson to learn of the tragedy.
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Ironwood
Mich
Ina Heiley
William Heiley
Peterson
Bessemer
English Ranks First Among World Tongues
Washington reports that English has become the chief of the world's tongues after World War II. Oliver J. Caldwell of the U.S. Office of Education says one in seven or eight people today may be English speaking or studying English, with about 250 million native speakers and 3 to 100 million as second language users. He notes Chinese exceeds it numerically but is divided into dialects and largely confined to one continent. Caldwell argues language aids international relations and education, but urges Americans to learn other languages as well.
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Washington
Oliver J. Caldwell
U.S. Office of Education
College English Assn
Caldwell
Restore Jim Crow In D. C. Schools
A Southerner dominated House subcommittee urged reestablishing racially separate public schools in the District of Columbia. The panel said integration harms educational opportunities and recommends separate and equal schooling, despite the 1954 Supreme Court ruling. The Washington Committee for the Public Schools criticized the report as negative and hostile.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Washington Committee For the Public Schools
Snag Delays Suez Canal Clearance Efforts
United Nations Canal-clearing teams faced delays in starting work at the southern entrance as Egypt and UN officials negotiate terms. Salvage ships Tyne and Protector waited for orders while Port Said activity persisted and mine clearance continued along the canal.
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Suez
Egypt
United Nations
Suez Canal
U. N
Ismailia
U. S
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.N
P. W. Dekoe
Tyne
Wheeler
Port Said
Ambush Halts Service On Montgomery Bus Line
A Montgomery Negro woman Rosa Jordan, 22, was shot in the leg while riding a city bus. Police halted all city bus runs for the night after a second shooting nearby. Jordan was treated at Oak Street General Hospital as superficial injuries were reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clyde Sellers
Oak Street General Hospital
Rosa Jordan
E. Y. Lacey
Negro First Baptist Church
Ralph D. Abernathy
W. H. Fullilove
Lacey
Jordan
New TWA Flight Will Circle Earth
President Eisenhower authorized a second round the world air route for the United States. The Civil Aeronautics Board said Trans World Airlines may operate the service in conjunction with Northwest Airlines. The route runs from New York to Europe and the Middle East to Colombo Ceylon via India, then Japan Thailand Philippines and back to the U S West Coast.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans World Airlines
Northwest Airlines
New York
Europe
Middle East
Colombo
Ceylon
India
Japan
Thailand
Philippines
Pacific
U. S
Red Cross Sends More Funds for Hungarian Refugees
The American Red Cross increased its relief aid by 1.2 million dollars, bringing total national commitments for Hungarian refugees to 2.56 million. Contributions to the 5 million appeal surpassed the halfway mark as local Raleigh County totals lag. Funds support relief in Austria and Hungary and newly arrived refugees in the United States. Contributions should be mailed to Beckley Red Cross chapter. As of Wednesday, national contributions reached 3.406 million.
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American Red Cross
Hungary
Nazny
Europe
United States
Raleigh
Red Cross
Beckley
International Red Cross
Austria
Market Ends Busy as Year Nearing Close in New York
Turnover in the stock market was the heaviest in over seven weeks as the list churned irregularly with a slight upside tilt. Pivotal stocks finished the day with gains or losses within a two point range, while several wider moves occurred. It was the next-to-last session of 1956 and many transactions aimed to set income tax positions before year end.
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New York
Gas Companies Merge in Columbus Announcement
Columbus, December 28. Merger of the Natural Gas Co of West Virginia and the Ohio Fuel Gas Co announced today by Ohio Fuel Gas president A W Lundstrum. Both firms are subsidiaries of the Columbia Gas System.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Natural Gas Co
West Virginia
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
A. W. Lundstrum
Ohio Fuel
Columbia Gas System
Marfork Man Jailed for Parole Violation
Ronald Richmond of Marfork was booked in Raleigh County Jail at 5 30 p m Friday on a parole violation charge. He was jailed by a parole officer.
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Marfork
Ronald Richmond
Raleigh
Richmond
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