Lawmakers Back Fiscal Curbs and Budget Caps
In Charleston the Senate approved two bills from the Finance Committee limiting agency finances. One caps the Purchases Department merchandise inventory at 75 000 and restricts revolving funds to 25 000. A companion bill caps the Liquor Control Commission reserve fund at six million and curbs merchandising practices. Both houses adjourned until noon tomorrow.
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Senate Finance Committee
State Department
Liquor Control Commnission
House
Howe
Civic boosters press northern toll road extension to Chester
The Ohio Valley Turnpike Extension Commission outlined the case for extending West Virginia's toll road from Charleston to Chester. John D. Hoblitzell Jr. presented a brochure on economic benefits as preliminary surveys begin for a Charleston to Parkersburg route with no fatalities reported on the toll highway to date.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Chester
State Turnpike Commission
Ohio Valley Turnpike Extension Commission
John D. Hobsteell Jr
Parkersburg
Vane
Dacheon
Tamcock
Panhandle
Columbus
Ohio
Turnpike Commission
Hoblitzell
Ohio Valley Group
Charleston - To - Parkersburg
Atomic tests postponed at Nevada site
The Atomic Energy Commission postponed all nuclear tests scheduled for tomorrow at the Nevada test site. Unacceptable forecast winds and cloudiness prompted the decision for both the 500 foot tower shot and the alternate test plan.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
AEC
Dickenson Man Killed By Auto
A 34-year-old Dickenson County coal miner, Alan Elster Yates, was struck and killed instantly by a car driven by William Kendrick Murphy in front of Yates home at Herald near Clintwood. Murphy faces involuntary manslaughter charges as the highway fatality toll for 1955 reaches 99.
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Dickenson County
Alan Elster Yates
Herald
Clintwood
Swinn Rose
ABC
Joe Lee Baker
Yates
Rose
William Kendrick Murphy
Leck
Murphy
Bristol
James Baker Lyon
Tenn
Border City
Electric Eye Fails To Detect Burglar Stealing Alarm Setup
St Louis reports Edward G Sell a building contractor spent yesterday installing an elaborate alarm system with an electric eye and a bell on his building. Last night burglars did come, and the only item stolen was a sinee.
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ST. Louis
Edward G. Sell
State Claims Milk Not Standard A
The Department embargoed sizable quantities of milk from two Kanawha Valley firms after lab tests showed adulteration from 0 to 16 percent using powdered milk. Samples from 15 business places were tested, revealing false colors on Grade A labels and improprieties found under routine inspections of milk sold for public consumption.
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Lab
McLaughlin
Department
Capitol
Crane Boom Fatality Claims Fort Eustis Soldier
A crane boom struck a high tension electric wire killing 28 year old Pfc. Louis D. Harris a crane operator in the 264th Transportation Service Company at Fort Eustis He was pronounced dead on arrival at Fort Eustis Hospital after the accident during loading operations
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Fort Eustis
Pfc
Louis D. Harris
264Th Transportation Service Company
Fort Eustis Hospital
Senators Debate Harlan Nomination and Gardiner Appoinment
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard pro and con testimony on Judge John M. Harlan as a Supreme Court nominee. The Armed Services Committee unanimously approved Trevor Gardners nomination as an Air Force assistant secretary. The hearing touched on self defense rights and concerns about surrendering sovereignty to international groups.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
John M. Harlan
New York
Supreme Court
Senate Armed Services Committee
Trevor Gardner
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Air Force
Harlan
New York State Crime Commission
Joseph M. Proskauer
Tobacco Heir In Close Death Call
Richard J Reynolds tobacco heir Muriel his auburn haired wife and the yacht captain Arthur Kyle survived an explosion at sea five miles off Miami Beach aboard the 55 foot vessel Scarlett O Hara. A lifeboat capsized they reached shore in darkness as fires raged aboard earlier in the day. Coast Guard cited a fuel leak as the probable cause with multiple small fires preceding the final blast.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard J Reynolds
Muriel
Arthur Kyle
Scarlett O'Hara
Reynolds
Miami
Nassau
Coast Guard
U S Challenges Russia To Workable Disarmament Pact
At Bangkok the Southeast Asia defense conference created a military committee to counter communism. Secretary Dulles promised U S backing with a powerful strike force, including 400 warships and 300000 ground troops, as Peiping radio attacked the Bangkok talks and defended Red China against Thai claims.
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Southeast Asia Defense Conference
Secretary of State
Dulles
U. S
Eden
Red China
Len
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Peiping Radio Ceaper
Tokyo
Thailand
Pictuisongram
John Cater Dulles
Yunnan
Peiping Radio
Red Radio Saki
Iraq Signs Turkish Iraqi Mutual Defense Pact Amid Cold War Tensions
In Baghdad amid Western alignment against communism, Turkey's Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and Iraqi Premier Nuri Said signed a mutual defense pact. Egypt warned the Arab League not to be unsettled by Iraq joining Turkey, a NATO member, potentially shifting regional neutrality in the Cold War.
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Egypt
Arab League
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Nuri
Menderes
Senate House agree on members pay increase
Senate and House conferees reach an $8,750 raise for Congress members raising base pay from 15,000 to 23,750 plus a 1,250 tax free expense allowance. Effective March pending ratification, with a later note on ceiling increases for certain federal staff.
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House
Washington
Congress
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U.S
Freeze Grips Nation As Arctic Cold Extends South
A hard US cold snap spreads from the Canadian border to Texas with sub-zero readings and light snow. Bemidji records minus 36 as Warroad reports severe lows. Virginia and Carolinas endure freezing rain and sleet while Cross City Florida hits 80 as the warmest spot.
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Virginia
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Alabama
Cross City
Florida
Tax Cut Clash Blazes Through House Debates
Democratic lawmakers push a $20 per person tax cut amid sharp exchanges with Republicans led by Martin as Eisenhower’s veto threat looms. Halleck accuses blackjacking while McCormack rebukes GOP tactics, amid partisan applause and election year tensions.
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Halleck
McCormack
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GOP
Martin
Elizabeth Taylor Enters Hospital for Second Child
Elizabeth Taylor wife of actor Michael Wilding goes to Santa Monica to await the birth of her second child. The birth is expected by cesarean section as with her first son born January 1953.
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Michael Wilding
Santa Monica
Sunday
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Evacuation Reported From Manchishan Island
Nationalist China reportedly evacuated about 5,000 civilians and garrisoned forces from Manchishan Island toward Keelung Harbor under protection by warplanes. Air force communiques say strikes hit Taishans and Peilungshan with no casualties reported as planes returned safely.
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Nanchishan
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Father Returns to Jail After Seeing Newborn Son
Three prisoners tunneled from Kitsap County jail. John J. Wilcox, 23, returned to the jail after visiting his week old son at Bainbridge Island, prompting alarms at 5 a.m. Kennedy, 47, Bremerton, and Edenshaw, 32, Bainbridge Island, remain at large while Wilcox faces a parole violation case.
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Wash
Kitsap County
John J. Wilcox
Dean B. Jones
Wilcox
Bainbridge Island
Johnson Kennedy
Bremerton
Rosswell Edenshaw
Kennedy
Lodge Advises Workable Disarmament Pact Talks
U S envoy Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. urged Russia to join a workable disarmament agreement covering nuclear and conventional arms as world powers prepare for secret arms talks in London. He pledged America will push for international cooperation and peaceful atomic energy use while noting resistance to parley secrecy.
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United States
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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Russia
Britain
U.N. Rasteneias
Socialists Attack Arming Germany in Bonn Bundestag
In Bonn the Bundestag debated West Germany rearmament as protesters clashed outside with police using water cannon. Inside, parties united in inviting Adenauer’s government to join Western talks on Germany and called for an Allied West German commission to study ending the country’s partition.
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