Darden Happy With Stanley Promise on Public School Funds
Former Gov Colgate W Darden Jr says Gov Stanley will strongly urge the General Assembly to enforce the Virginia constitution's free public school provision. Darden calls the statement satisfying and supports using state funds to ensure Section 129 is carried out. Dr Charles J Smith Roanoke College president emeritus criticizes the amendment plan and defends separate schools for racial lines. He says Christian love supports equal welfare best served by separate schools and vows a resounding affirmative vote.
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Richmond
Colgate W. Darden Jr
Stanley
General Assembly
Darden
Charles J. Smith
Roanoke College
Galem
Garland Gray
Virginia
Smith
Additional Yalta Papers Release Reveal Strain in Allied Pact
Newly released State Department papers show Baltic era tensions between the United States Britain and the Soviet Union over Poland before the end of World War II. Stalin asserts domination over Poland’s postwar government while Harriman Kerr and Churchill face criticism for violating Yalta accords. The documents accompany The Conferences at Malta and Yalta 1945.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Yalta
Stalin
Roosevel
Poland
Patrick Hurley
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kaishek
New Delhi
India
China
Hurley
State Department
Malta
Yalta Conference
Hyde Park
Department
Moscow
Harriman
Archibald Clark Kerr
Crimea
Boy Dies in Accidental Shotgun Blast Near Dugspur
In Dugspur Virginia a 14 year old, Eugene Frederick Dalton, was killed by an accidental discharge of his own shotgun while rabbit hunting near his home. He died minutes after the blast despite aid. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Chymon C Dalton and brother Charles O Dalton. Funeral set for Calvary Baptist Church in Joppa Maryland with burial at Liberty Hill Cemetery.
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Dugspur
Eugene Frederick Dalton
W. A. Porter
Carroll County
Chymon C. Dalton
Charles O. Dalton
Joppa
Calvary Baptist Church
Liberty Hill
Priday and Pa Church
Setur
Burn Injuries Fatal To Fireman's Daughter
Teresa Lynn Weaver seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Weaver Jr died tonight from burns received Wednesday when her night clothes caught fire from a radio heater in the bathroom of her home She was the daughter of a South Charleston fireman and wore Christmas gifts a housecoat and pajamas at the time of the accident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
Teresa Lynn Weaver
J. E. Weaver Jr
Britain Moves To Reappraise Middle East Deal
Britain plans a reappraisal of Middle East policy as Arab and Soviet pressure mounts. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd has summoned envoys from eight key posts to a London conference January 4 and 5 to discuss the situation personally. The talks come as Jordan refuses to join the Baghdad alliance and Cyprus faces insurrection, underscoring shifts in a region vital to British influence.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Foreign Office
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Jordan
Baghdad
Biy
Cyprus
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Lebanon
Persian Gulf
Arctic Air Grips Midwest As Temperatures Plunge Across Plains
Arctic air swept into central states sending temperatures plunging dozens of degrees. Gage Oklahoma and Amarillo Texas saw 38 degree drops from 24 hours earlier. Duluth Minnesota hit 1 below, Minneapolis fell to zero, while eastern regions stayed in mild ranges with widespread precipitation in the east.
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Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Gage
Okla
Amarillo
Tex
Duluth
New York
Missouri
Colorado
California
Nevada
la Guardiane
Chicago
Interna- Lone Falls
Minn
Cal
Denver
Salt Lake
Seattle
Los Case
Penn Republicans to Enter Eisenhower in Primary
In Harrisburg on December 29 the Pennsylvania GOP announced plans to put President Eisenhower on the April 24 presidential preference primary ballot as a candidate for reelection. Miles Horst said the decision followed a State GOP Executive Committee meeting and noted there was no prior word from the President. The PA primary does not bind delegates nor require a presidential petition signature.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Miles Horst
GOP
Nhower
Poll shows near 36 000 road deaths in 1955
Chicago dispatch reports a survey placing close to 36 000 traffic deaths in 1955 with late injuries to be added. States plan strict enforcement and National Guardsmen may assist patrols as New Year approaches amid a three day holiday period beginning 6 p m local time tomorrow.
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Chicago
Associated
Ne Im
New York
National Safety Council
Arizona
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Speaker for highway safety killed in crash near Omaha
Topeka Toastmasters scheduled speaker Prescott Towle for tonight on highway safety planes but Towle died last week in a highway crash near Omaha. Frank Woodburn will fill in as toastmaster.
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Topeka
Kan
Toastmasters Club
Prescott Towle
Frank Woodburn
Towle
Omaha
Peace Talks On Malaya War End
Discussion to end the Malaya conflict, costing 10 000 lives, ran over two days between Chen and two Communist leaders. Britain promised eventual independence within a Commonwealth framework as talks yielded no decisive victor. Marshall demanded Communist surrender which was rejected. the Communists pledged to lay down arms only after an elected Federation government gains full internal security control.
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Chen
Britain
Mailayala
Marshall
Chin Peng
Federation
Three Dionnes To Go Home For New Year's
Montreal Dec 29 The Dionne family dispute brightens as three of the quintuplets Yvonne Annette and Cecile will return home for New Year’s. Marie the fourth survivor will stay for health reasons. The spokesman L M Edwards stressed the visit proves the girls remain close to their parents.
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Montreal
Dionne
L. M. Edwards
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Marie
Red Guns Fire Around Formosa in Third Day of Shelling
Formosa Strait reports say Red mainland guns shell Quemoy and Little Quemoy as sea skirmishing continues near the Matsu Islands. The Defense Ministry noted three sectors joined in firing 687 shells targeting Quemoy Kaoteng and nearby areas amid ongoing air alarms and tensions with Geneva talks.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Little Quemoy
Strait
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Tateng Island
Kaoteng
Red Shore
Matsu
Redee
United States
China
Geneva
Cold New Year Weather Forecast For West Virginia
The Weather Bureau predicts clear and cold conditions for West Virginia as a cold front arrives Thursday night. Temperatures will drop significantly with clear skies through Friday and Saturday night, according to meteorologist Leroy Stoneskies.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Leroy Stone
Khrushchev Attacks U.S. Foreign Policy in Major Speech
In Moscow Khrushchev assailed American policy, accusing Eisenhower of interference in Communist nations. He dismissed the U S arms inspections as military intelligence and warned of expanding the Soviet hydrogen bomb. He denounced Western colonial aims, warned against the Baghdad Pact, and linked German reunification to war risk. Bulganin echoed colonial fault lines and urged end to arms race and ban of atomic and rocket weapons.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Geneva
Oa Dulles
Communist Party
Khruschev
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Bulganin
President Turns To Easel Oils In Florida Vacation
President Eisenhower began painting indoors on a mountain scene during his Florida vacation day. He rested after lunch per doctors orders and resumed light activities as overcast skies and scattered showers lingered. Hagerty issued no comment on Khrushchev’s criticisms as the President pursued his favored hobby in a temporary White House residence.
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Key Wesst
Fla
Eisenhower
Florida
Hagerty
White House
Khrushchev
Russia
Communist Party
Coal comeback tops West Virginia 1955 news poll
West Virginia editors pick the revival of the coal industry and state economy as the top 1955 news story, with second place for Gov. Marland appointments rejected by the State Senate. The list includes a double murder, racial integration, and a 84 day bus drivers strike as other major items.
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Charleston
Partici' A
West Virginia
Wienton
Associated Press
Ka. Keiser
Les
and Chemical Corp
Ohio River
Ravenswood
State Senate
Marland
Senate
Francis Laughlin
Joan Bland
Clarksburg
Beckley
Gov. Marland
West Virginia University
Susan Holden
Atlantic Greyhound
Police Probing Murder Of 14 Year Old Joe King
Police followed faint leads in the murder of 14 year old Joe King near Jacksonville. Sheriff Gulley said James King Jr. faced questioning again after the funeral as investigators checked friends and relatives for clues. An autopsy was inconclusive and a lie detector test given by King did not produce a clear link to a sexual assault.
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Joe King
Little Rock
Ark
Foull Endo Tebep
Gites
Ned Mts
Ulation
Briar
King
Jsonville
Stevenson Best Bet for Democratic Presidential Nomination
A.P. poll of 126 Democratic leaders shows Adlai E. Stevenson as the leading candidate for the presidential nomination, with Kefauver a distant second. Kefauver plans a New Hampshire tour January 14–16, while Pennsylvania Republicans move to place Eisenhower on the April 24 primary ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai E. Stevenson
A.P
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Committee
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Gov
Lausche
Ohio
Harriman
New York
Laconia
N.H
New Hampshire
Plane stabilizer section found near Franklin search area
Franklin Civil Air Patrol searched woods 20 miles southwest after a hunter found a five foot aluminum stabilizer marked T33A made by Cessna. No crash evidence was found. The piece lay near a railroad track and could have been part of a plane moved by rail.
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Franklin
Franklin Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Here
Cessra
CAP
Policemen Suspended For Firing In Garage
Huntington police chief Joseph B. Gessner suspended three officers for five days after they admitted staging a target practice in the police garage. Sgt. Melvin Grobe and Patrolmen William Dick and William Adams fired about six shots on Christmas Eve aiming at a light bulb. minor roof damage from a prior fire was noted.
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Huntington
Joseph B. Gessner
Melvin Grobe
William Dick
William Adams
Gessner
Yards Man Dies In Train Mishap
Harold Bourne of Yards Virginia died at Bluefield Sanitarium at 11 a m from injuries after being struck by a Norfolk and Western train while walking along tracks in Yards. A freight and a passenger train were passing. source did not determine which struck him. He left a wife and five children.
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Harold Bourne
Yards
Bluefield Sanitarium
Norfolk and Western
Bourne
N Y Fireman's Widow Wins 25000 Suit
In Knoxville a Circuit Court decree awards 25000 to the widow Martha Watson Hawthorne Thorne and her nine month old daughter Sandra Dean for the death of Harry Hawthorne 25 of Bristol Virginia in a Norfolk and Western railway fire explosion on December 12. Two other N and W employees Melvin Shorte and William Shumate were critically injured and later fed. The ruling followed a joint petition by Mrs Hawthorne and the railway under the Federal Employes Liability Act.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Norfolk and Western Railway
Martha Watson Hawsthorne
Sandra Dean
Harry Hawthorne
Bristol
N&w
Melvin Shorte
Salem
William Shumate
Radford
Hawthorne
Railway
Moelin Knoxville
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Patricia Anne Cowden
Pat
Raleigh
N. C
Colgate Darden
Shest Averell
Ere
Penn
Malaya
Dionnes
U.S
Dulles
Lora
38Th Air Rescue Squadron
Misawa Air Base
Japan
Arrow
Hachinohe Harbor
Herbert G. Gates
Kansas City
Tom Gulley
T.set
James R. King
Wou
Agein
Young King
Pin Te Bete
Gulley
Sam Hallam
Ike
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