26 Feb 1955
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1955
Page
1
Charleston action shows House voting 51 to 43 against a bill to raise jobless benefits and duration amid high unemployment. Thirty Democrats joined 21 Republicans in opposition. motion to reconsider failed, ending any further action this session.
TVA materials director Paul Pahey defended the agency at a Labor Department hearing over Walsh-Healey Act wage orders for coal. He said TVA buys coal by bid from the cheapest bidder and cannot discriminate by union status, noting TVA purchases 80 percent from Tennessee and Western Kentucky and expects demand to rise to 18 million tons yearly as new plants come online.
Mrs Gladys L Robinson filed for divorce from veteran actor Ed Robinson after 28 years of marriage. She cited mental and physical cruelty and noted a $30 million community property value. A March 4 hearing was set to determine restraining orders on community assets.
The body of 14 year old Robert Wayne West was returned to Hinton from Bluefield Sanitarium after doctors and volunteers failed to save his life. He suffered a convulsion at home and stopped breathing at Hinton Hospital. Survived by father Earl West and sister Drema. The boy had an enlarged heart and a clot formed in the heart, breaking into the bloodstream and brain. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
London reports a U N Disarmament Commission subcommittee session as Britain urged all major atomic powers to pursue real all around disarmament. Delegates from the United States Russia Britain France and Canada met at Lancaster House amid tensions over procedural changes and aims for a general framework, with the next meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
A two year old boy, likely attempting burglary, fell into a 14 story air shaft and was wedged for over 12 hours. He was rescued by dawn and taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with multiple injuries including a broken right arm and leg.
More than 100 delegates will attend the Virginia Federation of Young Republican Clubs State Convention at the Hotel William Byrd in Richmond. Representative Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania will give the keynote address at a 12 30 p m luncheon. The event begins at 10 a m with committee meetings and officer elections, plus naming delegates to the national convention. The convention opened tonight with an informal reception.
Police found 46 year old Grayson Peters chained to a bed in a Roanoke home after a lunacy commission ordered his commitment to Central State Hospital. Relatives said restraints were used intermittently due to his strength and cognitive disability.
Albert Woolson, the last surviving Union Civil War veteran at 108, was admitted to St Luke's Hospital in Duluth with a condition described by his doctor as not serious. He was placed in an oxygen tent after arriving by ambulance and had been in good health until yesterday.
Bristol authorities faced questions over costs of the Sullins Street redevelopment project as executive director James McCrary initially signaled disclosure before reversing on a second interview. City council approved converting a 16 acre downtown residential area to a business district two years earlier. The Bristol News sought details on who pays the bills and total expenditures to date.
Dr. A A Potter president of Bituminous Coal Research Inc spoke at Bluefield Engineers Week dinner predicting decades of growth for bituminous coal. He cited new coal uses by BCR including smokeless home furnaces, a coal fueled crop dryer, a producer gas diesel engine, fly ash in concrete, and expanded mining machines. The talk outlined ongoing projects to develop new irons for coal processing, gas turbines, automatic steam generators, and dust control measures.
Witnesses accuse John Marshall Harlan of ties to the Atlantic Union Movement saying it aims for world government. They argue the group could influence domestic law via the UN charter and note Harlan’s prior NY Circuit linkage. Hearing was held behind closed doors with mixed testimony.
The Atomic Energy Commission tentatively reschedules a 500-foot tower blast at the Nevada test site to tomorrow morning. Clouds over Yucca Flat raise 50 50 odds while about 600 GIs prepare at 4000 yards for Exercise Desert Rock VI with 100 aircraft from the Air Force Navy and Marine units. The shot could be among the largest tested, possibly a hydrogen bomb trigger, though no comment is given.
Actress Pier Angeli wife of Vic Damone was cut on the head during a Western Airlines Convair flight from Los Angeles to Palm Springs. An ambulance met the liner at Palm Springs Desert Hospital. Angeli, who is expecting a child in August, was treated after the collision with turbulence near the end of the flight.
The House passes a bill to cut income taxes by $20 per person beginning next Jan. 1. The measure faces a Senate vote and a possible veto by President Eisenhower, marking a sharp partisan clash in a closely watched political fight.
The House passed a broad tax package by a 242 to 175 vote after a 210 to 205 margin in the income tax cut measure. The package extends corporate rates through 1956, cuts individual taxes, and delays revenue loss to about 2.2 billion dollars. The plan includes lowered rates on corporations and excises and offers 2 dollars off per person tax credit, with effects felt on 1956 returns filed in 1987.
SEATO nations at Bangkok approve united action to preserve peace and curb communist subversion. The three day conference created a Bangkok headquarters and committees on military, subversive and economic issues, signaling urgency to bolster the treaty with plans for a Pacific force of about 650000.
Congress votes against a Republican bid to remove a $20 individual income tax cut from an extending tax package. Democrats split with Republicans across several states including Virginia and Maryland, while several Tennessee and West Virginia members oppose or abstain.
The Weather Bureau forecast warmer weather for West Virginia this weekend with a chance of rain and snow Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures over the next five days are expected to average several degrees below normal, with colder conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday and likely snow on Tuesday.
The government reports consumer costs held steady in January with the Bureau of Labor Statistics index at 114.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, nearly unchanged from December and about 1 percent below January 1954. It notes improving quality in goods due to competition, while some prices rose for food and fell for clothing and home furnishings.
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