Eastern German Protestants Are Divorced From West
East German authorities move to sever Brandenburg church ties to West Berlin leader Otto Dibelius. A state ordinance requires church clerics to reside in the Russian zone and bans subsidies if Dibelius remains acknowledged. Brandenburg acts may spur similar steps in other Soviet zone states as pastors face dismissal for pro Communist activity.
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Brandenburg
Cd Ew
Otto Dibelius
West Berlin
Germany
Dibelius
Soviet Zone
Rudolf Jahn
East Zone
Jahn
Public Service Commission Hearings On West Virginia Rate Hike
Representatives from Bluefield Princeton and Welch will attend in Charleston as the Public Service Commission resumes hearings on Bluefield One Co. rate increase. Hearings begin at 10 a m with city officials opposing the proposal which covers nine communities in Mc Dowell and Mercer counties. The company seeks a 63.15 cent business phone rise and a 73 percent private phone increase in West Virginia. Virginia hearings to follow. Mercer and Mc Dowell attendees include Ira Mason Smith H E DeJarnette Frank Wright Albert Bailey Jerome tt and Fred Edwards joined by G J Fink.
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Welch
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Bluefield One Co
West Virginia
McDowell
Mercer
Virginia
Virginia State Corporations Commission
Ira Mason Smith
H. E. DeJarnette
Smith
Frank Wright
Albert Bailey
Great Lakes Area Hit Hard by Severe Snow and Cold
Frigid air blanketed a 1200 mile stretch from northern Lake Superior to Louisiana and Ohio. Duluth 31 inches of snow. Duluth-Superior schools closed. mail service halted. planes to Minneapolis and St Paul suspended. Memphis, Amarillo and Denver set cold records. California San Joaquin valley floods threaten 20000 acres. Forecasters warn snow will spread east with more Arctic cold behind.
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Hyatt Woman Receives Further Care After Fall Injuries
An Oceana resident identified as Mrs. M. L. Hyatt, about 60, was taken from Stevens Clinic in Welch to the Bluefield Sanitarium for ongoing treatment of injuries from a fall ten days earlier that caused a broken hip.
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Oceana
M. L. Hyatt
Bluefield Sanitarium
Stevens Clinic
Welch
New Richlands High School To Service Maiden Springs
A planned new 100000 dollar high school at Dichland near Richlands is delayed by plan preparation holdups. J L Walthall, Tazewell county schools superintendent, says construction could begin in spring once bonds and state funds are arranged. The 1000 seat two story brick school will serve Maiden Springs with 30 classrooms, an auditorium, cafeteria, gym, and shop for agriculture. Funding includes 300000 state aid and district bond approval from a spring election.
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J. L. Walthall
Tazewell County
Richlands
Cedar Bluff Road
Maiden Springs
Smithey and Boynton
Roanoke
Walthal
Virginia
Wheel Failure Nearly Drowns Trio In Clinch River
Three riders from Bishop Va nearly plunged into the icy Clinch river when the right front wheel came off the car. Driver Arlene Jones 37 and Mr and Mrs Rubin Elmore sustained minor injuries. The car swerved and was saved by two roadside trees. Elmore sustained facial cuts. Jones knee and chest possible injuries.
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Clinch River
Arlene Jones
Rubin Elmore
Bishop, Va
Miss Jones
Elmore
Bluefield
Wicked Man Married Her For Money Says Wife
Mrs. Mary Olive Schneider Hornbeck, 81, claimed in court that William Hornbeck, a former Texas oilman, wed her for money and vanished with $30,000 soon after their 1940 marriage, as she sought a divorce in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Mary Olive Schneider Hornbeck
William Hornbeck
Stork Likely Doubling As Santa In Local Heist
Newport police report a break in at Jane's Dress Shop on Spring Street. Only five maternity garments worth 15 dollars were taken. cash and other clothing left untouched as investigators study the scene.
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Jane
Spring Street
Thirteen Dead in Sicilian Tunnel Collapse
In Troina Sicily December 6 a methane explosion caused a methane gas fueled tunnel collapse at a hydroelectric project. Thirteen workers including the director of works and ten technicians were recovered dead with unknown others potentially trapped.
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Troina
Sicily
France Accepts German Units in European Defense Army
Paris reports France shifts to U S view that West German combat teams join a European defense force. Officials say German units are an emergency measure amid rising Korean tensions. Deputies in London push for a secret plan to arm 150 000 German troops under a civilian commissioner.
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France
European Defense Army
Paris
United States
European Defense Ministry
London
Herve Alphand
Germany
Brahman Cattle Freeze In Texas Blizzard
George Porter, 20 miles west of Amarillo, reports 150 Brahman cattle froze to death in a Texas blizzard. He estimates losses between $20,000 and $30,000.
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Tex
George Porter
Here
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