Virginia Man Admits Slaying Two Women Near Wise
A 29 year old Dickenson County man admitted killing his estranged wife Joan Meade and her mother Marie Lane near Wise Virginia. Winfred Mead of Clintwood is jailed on murder charges after the double shooting at Mrs Lane s Hurricane area home. The victims numbered four and seven year old children survived. Mead surrendered after returning to Wise and leaving the pistol in a trunk. Preliminary hearing is unlikely before next week.
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Wise
Dickenson County
Wise County
Jesse
calAd
Joan Meade
Marie Lane
Winfred Mead
Clintwood
Clinchfield Coal Corp
Bolling
Meade
Fraud Charges Hit Democrat and Six Associates Over Depot Scheme
A Democratic congressman, five contractors, and a former U.S. representative were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges. They allegedly acted as go-betweens collecting payoff money tied to frauds on the Army Department and the Corps in the Tobyhanna Signal Corps Depot project valued at 33 million dollars.
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Scranton
U.S
Army Department
Tobyhanna Signal Corps
Congressman Green
McGley
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Green
Raff
Gilboy
Macineney
Philadelphia
Wounds of Mrs Klapp Prompt Inquest Closure Pending Case
An inquest into the stabbing death of Margaritis Klapp 39 in her locked suburban bathroom recessed as investigators probe the assault. Her airline executive husband J Mileham Klapp 41 testified of estrangement and a pistol struggle. The coroner noted the perplexing extent of wounds and questioned a possible exterior lock, while a lie detector option remained under discussion.
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Chicago
Margarith Klapp
Klapp
Leclaire
United Air Lines
Timothy
Passengers shaken on Seaboard Gulf Wind wreck near Lake City
On the Seaboard Air Line Gulf Wind near Lake City Florida a coupling failed and the Gulf Wind jolted the rear into the front. Initial word said 25 hurt but officials revised to 12 shaken with six crew members among them. None hospitalized. Train continued to Jacksonville with first aid on site. Dishes in the dining car smashed during the shock.
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Lake City
Fla
Ace Ee
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Eden Says UK Egypt Action Right and United Nations Could Turn Point
Prime Minister Eden declares growing support in the United States for British action in Egypt and argues a United Nations police force in the Middle East could be a turning point. He notes the Suez crisis fallout and urges unity to face forthcoming domestic and international challenges.
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Eden
London
United States
Egypt
Jamaica
Middle East
U. S
U.N
United Nations
Russia
R. A. Butler
Privy Seal
Certian
Budapest Workers Defy Soviet Tactics in Latest Sit-Down Strikes
Thousands of Budapest factory workers staged new sit-down strikes as Soviet and Hungarian troops occupied plants. They demand the release of jailed leaders and vow to stay idle despite government restrictions and pay-cut threats. Youths report miners fleeing Hungary as Csepel works saw 80 percent idle.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Hungary
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Sandor Racz
Budapest Central Workers’ Com
Sandorcil
Bari
Conta
E 4
Electricar
Racz
Il Giorno
Milan
Csepel
Princeton Man Dies In State Fall
John Alonzo Bowers 41 of 508 Reynolds Avenue Princeton died yesterday around 1 p.m. in a work accident at Keystone while employed as a section foreman for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Survived by wife Hazel Huffman and three children, plus his father, mother predeceased, and several siblings. Funeral arrangements will be made at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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John Alonzo Bowers
Reynolds Avenue
Princeton
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Keystone
Bowers
Hazel Huffman
Ronald Lee
Darlene
Carrol Sue
R. C. Bowers
Sophia
John Spriggs
Betty Bowers
Paul
Helen
Reese
Ley
Glen
Baltimore
Douglas
Hattie Bowers
Jones & Laughlin Raises Steel Sheet Extras Prices
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp announces a slight increase of about three percent on extras for hot and rolled steel sheets. The move, labeled an adjustment, follows numerous factors and affects some 20 categories of extras with varying prices. no average price is given.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Ay Steelmen
US Sends Oil to Western Europe From Gulf Coast During Suez Blockade
Interior Secretary Seaton reports the United States shipped over 14 million barrels of Gulf Coast oil to Western Europe between Nov 8 and Dec 5. Major US oil firms operate under a government plan to increase tanker diversions and pooling to sustain European supplies. Daily Gulf Coast exports averaged 944000 barrels for Nov 22 28 and 636000 barrels for Nov 29 to Dec 5.
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Washington
Seaton
United States
Gulf Coast
Europe
US Promises NATO Allies Atomic Arms
US defense secretary vows to arm NATO allies with modern weapons capable of firing atomic warheads while not providing warheads themselves. NATO ministers call for permanent Middle East settlement via the UN and urge European nations to develop their own advanced armaments. They condemn Soviet actions in Europe and Hungary and stress unity despite Britain and France tensions over Egypt policy.
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Stanley Johnson
Paris
Middle East
NATO
U. S
Charles F. Wilson
United States
U.N
Suez Canal
Council
Russia
Europe
Atlantic
Lisbon
John Foster Dulles
Britain
France
Egypt
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
Wide variation in Jews interned or deported in Egypt
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmud Fawzi said 120 Jews were interned and 280 stateless Jews told to seek homes elsewhere, with 1,573 Britons, Frenchmen and Jews detained for public security. State Department said no reliable estimate exists and a U.S. emergency oil-diversion plan could ease regional shortages. No ceasefire or aid action announced.
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Egypt
Mahmoud Fawzi
State Department
Joseph Reap
Cairo
Reap
Hemire
Middle East
Production Up Across Nation
The Federal Reserve Board reported November industrial production at a record rate driven by auto output. The index rose to 147 percent of the 1947-49 average, with building activity near a midyear high and rising lawn and retail sales. Average weekly factory earnings reached 82.42 dollars while unemployment climbed to 2.5 million from the prior October low.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Mild Weather Forecast For West Virginia
Mild weather is forecast for West Virginia through Wednesday with temperatures about four to eight degrees above normal. Normal ranges from 32 degrees in the north to 35 in the south. Rain is expected this weekend and again around Tuesday, totaling one inch or more. Tomorrow should be warmer, with Sunday turning colder before mild weather returns Tuesday.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Sparks Fly Expected When Nixon Nehru Meet Sunday
Nixon to host Indian Prime Minister Nehru for four days of talks in Washington amid past tensions over neutrality. The pair are anticipated to greet quietly as diplomacy guides the session with Eisenhower and other officials. Nehru’s stance on independence and neutrality clashes with U S critiques of neutralism.
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Washington
Nixon
India
Nehru
Eisenhower
Econacy
Sommer
Ceacoccie Wolbe
Dulles
U. S
Manila
United States
London
Pickets Set Near Norfolk Coal Pier Over Ship Coal Miner
The SS Coal Miner lay in fog at Hampton Roads awaiting docking as two maritime unions prepared to station pickets at Lambert Point Terminals if loading proceeds. Railway police stood guard amid labor conflict uncertainty, marking a potential first active operation for American Coal Shipping, Inc.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Lamberts Point
Norfolk and Western Railway
Marine Engineers
Beneficial Assn
N&w
MMP
MEBA
Coal Miner
American Coal Shipping, Inc
Virginia Farm Boy Makes Good
David Falk of Hamp ton Virginia turned five thousand dollars into thirty thousand while earning a degree in dairy husbandry. He invested in real estate, repaired and rented a rooming house, and traded properties for profit. Falk balanced studies in student government fraternity crew and married Arlene Plotkowski of Milwaukee.
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Hampton
David Falk
Falk
A & Men
Crew
Sociology Stuomg
Milwaukee
Arlene Plot
Atlanta NAACP To Open Records
Atlanta NAACP to open its records to state revenue agents after the branch president John H. Calhoun spent time in jail awaiting access. Fulton Superior Court Judge Durwood Pye ordered Calhoun held without bond until financial records of the NAACP are produced.
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Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored Pessie
John H. Calhoun
Durwood v. Pye
Fulton Superior Court
Calhoun
NAACP
William Strickland
Pye
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