States Civil Service Bill Before The Senate
The Senate resisted Republican efforts to amend a major civil service bill covering state government and prepared for a passage vote. It adopted minor charges from the Judiciary Committee, added changes to include the Department of Public Safety, and debated extensions to liquor store managers and county road supervisors. A long session discussed whether the bill would affect other state laws and possible floor amendments were anticipated.
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Charleston
Senate
Judici
Civil Service Commission
Marty Leader
Martin
Berkeley
Department of Public Safety
Sen
Carson
D-Fayette
Moats
House
Dels. Kessel
Rmineral
Ours
R-Grant
Del
Gilmore
Tucker County
Underwood Appoints Two Officials to State Liquor Board
Gov. Underwood named E Gaujot Bias of Williamson to head the State Liquor Control Commission and Col. Ben W. Venable of Charleston as minority member. Bias, 47, a former American Legion commander, will serve through Feb. 28 1957, while Venable’s term ends Feb. 28 this year. The moves follow Underwood’s Feb. 5 lift of a liquor-store purchasing ban and come as Freutel’s term continues to 1958. Venable is a Charleston businessman and former Army officer who backed Republican ticket wins last fall.
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Charleston
Underwood
State Liquor Control Commission
American
Old Liquor Commission
Liquor Commission
Frankfort
Fresno
Calif
Walkersville
Ont
Bias
American Legion
Frank B King
Morgantown
Marland
Randolph Bias
Williamson
West Virginia
Huntington
West Virginia University Law School
Kiwanis Club
Elks Club
Mingo County
Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Venable
Orat
Logan
Cabell County
Freutel
Civil Rights To Stay With States
Washington reports that federal officials will not encroach on states' authority in the civil rights program. The plan aims to protect constitutionally guaranteed rights through civil actions and creates a bipartisan civil rights commission and a department division to enforce protections. Southern lawmakers promise delays as hearings proceed amid opposition.
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Washington
Pi—Autty
Brownell
House Judiciary Committee
Guard leaders report Eisenhower pledge to protect National Guard
National Guard leaders announced President Eisenhower assured them the Guard will not be destroyed or materially reduced in strength. Maj. Gen. Melton A. Reckord said the meeting, joined by three other generals, yielded the most satisfactory outcome from their criticisms of Defense Secretary Wilson.
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Washington
National Guard
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Melton A. Reckord
Reckord
Guard
Wilson
White House
Virginia Considers Prison Labor for Flood Cleanup
A Virginia lawmaker proposed using Bland Correctional Farm inmates to help in flood cleanup in the southwest. Gov. Stanley and welfare officials discussed the plan, which would require written approval and potential governor consent. Civil defense, health, and highway crews, plus federal aid, will support recovery with loans and local volunteer efforts.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Bland Correctional Farm
Southwest
Virnesein
Woodrow Bird
Bland
Gov
Stanley
Richard W. Copeland
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Copeland
Bird
Toome
American Cross
Virginia
J. H. Wyse
Richlands
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Olney
State Health Department
Jin
State Highway Department
Wyse
State Police, Labor and Welfare Departments
Civil Air Patrol
Red Cross completes Bluefield flood area survey
National Red Cross officials report 543 homes affected in the Bluefield area with 200 families severely impacted. Disaster Headquarters in Bluefield at the West Virginian Hotel inviting applications for food clothing household furnishings and home repair.
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Greater
Bluefield
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Ray S. Graham
American Red Cross
West Virginian
Graham
Freighter Nortuna Abandoned Off Dry Tortugas
In the Atlantic off the Dry Tortugas near Key West 35 people reportedly abandoned the Liberian freighter Nortuna owned by Ocean Transport Lines New York. Navy and Coast Guard units were dispatched by Miami to search for the vessel location.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
Coast Guard
Florida Keys
Miami Coast Guard Search and Rescue Headquarters
Ocean Transport Lines, Inc
New York
Sunipuilding Co
Chester
Red Cross Spends Over Two Million on Flood Relief
President Eisenhower was told by Gen. Alfred Gruenther that the American Red Cross may spend more than two million dollars for flood relief in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky. Gruenther said the disaster impact exceeds early reports aiding over 15000 families with hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged.
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Washington
Eisenhower
American Red Cross
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Alfred M. Gruenther
The
Red
Gruenther
Three Refugees Accused in U S Spy Ring Case
Federal grand jury charges three European refugees with delivering American defense secrets to Soviet agents. Defendants Jack Soble Myra Soble and Jacob Albam arrested January 25 in New York. If convicted they face potential death and a wide network tied to Moscow espionage activities.
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New York
Europe
Jack Soble
Myra
Jacob Albam
Sable
FBI
Tankenent
United States
Germany
Austria
Sabres
Albani
U.S
Russia
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Vassili M. Zabilin
Washington
Senate
Zubilin
Soble
Vassili Mikhailovich Molev
Tower Falls Kills Four in Tennessee Tower Collapse
A nearly completed television tower nearly a half mile high collapsed in a crowded area in Nashville killing four workers on the upper section. Foreman O Neal survived after a fall into the transmitter building and Frank Thompson received minor injuries. The dead include Donald Warkinnan Ray H Maxwell George Presler and Robert Lee Kirshner. The incident involved the F Beasley Construction Co and WSM TV broadcasting antenna project.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wsm-Tv
F. Beasley Construction Co
Sorigee
Okla
Donald Warkinnan
Tucson
Ariz
Ray H. Maxwell
San Mateo
Fla
George Presler
Nion City
Robert Lee Kirshner
California
O’neal
Boonville
N.Y
Frank Thompson
WSM
Bishop coal mine disaster claims 37 lives on Virginia West Virginia line
A gas explosion at the Bishop coal mine killed 37 miners, the worst US mine disaster since 1951. Rescue teams retrieved bodies through the day as officials investigated ignition causes and oxygen depletion near the two million ton per year Pocahontas Fuel Co. site on the Virginia West Virginia border.
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Bishop
Virginia-West Virginia
West Frankfort
Ill
Charles Vaughan Bluefield
Vaughan
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Rufus Trail
Virginia
West Virginia
Arount
Sila
William A. Pullarton
Kansas Fuel
Owensby
Owens
Ang Per
Prime Minister Calls Irish General Election Date Set
Dublin reports Prime Minister John Costello ordered the Dail dissolved and called a special national election for March 5 with the vote scheduled for Tuesday February 12 in Dublin.
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Dublin
Ireland
John Costello
Dail
Tropical Storm Ends Rio Heat Wave Deals Heavy Damage
A fierce storm battered Rio de Janeiro with winds near 94 mph breaking a record heat spell. At Santos Dumont airport the event damaged 30 planes and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses across the city.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Santos Dumont Airport
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