Western Powers Hold Top Level Talks On Big Four Parley With Reds
Washington reports active consultations among United States Britain and France on a possible Big Four meeting with Russia. Talks follow France ratifying rearmament pacts and Eisenhower hints exploratory talks after West German rearmament. Suydam noted no steps set and no East West meeting before NATO spring meeting. Johnson and Knowland clash over war and peace while McCarthy presses hard on Quemoy and Matsu policy.
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Western Powers
Reds
Senate moves toward quick ratification of Paris rearmament pact
The Senate plans swift action on the Paris accords to rearm Western Germany with Dulles testifying tomorrow before the Foreign Relations Committee. Johnson hailed French ratification as essential to European unity and a strong anti Communist alliance, while Knowland said few oppose U.S. ratification.
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Senate
United States
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Lyndon Sephora 10
Behrid Priday
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
George 1Dga
Johnson
Sen. Knowland
Knowland
Free World
Eden Plans For An Early Action
London March 28 British Foreign Secretary Eden said Britain the United States and France discuss a political settlement in Europe with Soviet Russia. He outlined Western aim for an early meeting of foreign ministers with Molotov and a program covering Germany Austria disarmament and an East West security system to avert a new world war. Churchill to address Parliament tomorrow may clarify the Allied approach to a Big Four conference.
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Anthony Eden
Britain
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France
Europe
Russia
Eden
House of Commons
Vv. M. Molotov
Germany
Austria
U.S
State Dulles
Antoine Pinay Sinse
Soviet Union
Paris
West Germany
Neely
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Peter
Paul
Bond Posted In White Slave Case In Wheeling
John M. Young Jr 26 of Indianapolis released from Ohio County Jail after posting 1000 bond with U S Commissioner Nell Moran on white slavery charges. Hugh Gilbert Hall 22 of Indianapolis was held for possible federal action after questioning in connection with transporting three women to Wheeling for immoral purposes. The three women aged 21 23 and 20 were held briefly as material witnesses and released.
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Wheeling
John M. Young Jr
Indianapolis
Ohio County
U. S
Nell Moran
Young
Hugh Gilbert Hall
Moran
U.S. District Court
Indiana
Nationalists Say No Matsu Attack Predicted
Formosa sources say no imminent big assault against Matsu is near. They note the Communists need time to prepare for a full invasion of the islands about 100 miles from Formosa, while garrisons of up to 11,000 may repulse smaller attacks.
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Formosa
Isl
Red
Washington
Cay
Buchanan Miner Killed Instantly at Big Rock
Ham Fraley 53 of Big Rock Va. died when an air compressor exploded at Buchanan County Coal Co. The victim was hit by hose debris while working at 13,000. Fraley survived by his wife, children, and siblings. Funeral plans set from Justell Ky. and Grundy.
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Big Rock
Ham Fraley
Grundy
Dave
John Fraley
Ashland
L. J. Fraley
Annie Harris
Lady Keith
Taylorsville
Jane Maiden
Ohio
Ben Moses
Justell
Grundy Funeral Home
Hull Shows Slight but Sustained Improvement at Bethesda
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 83, remained on the critics list at Bethesda Naval Hospital as doctors reported slight but sustained improvement after a stroke suffered in his hotel apartment. He entered the hospital Saturday for treatment.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
Franklin D Roosevelt
Insurgent Cons Await Answer To 4 Demands
Nine insurgent prisoners armed with knives hold two guards as hostages in a Nebraska maximum security jail awaiting a response to their nine demands. Governor Anderson says no compromise until guards are released. he may hear inmates in the warden’s office.
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Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Victor E. Anderson
Overnor
Oners
Byers
Neely Accused of Mudslining by GOP Senators
In Washington on March 28 Senators Bender of Ohio and Goldwater of Arizona accused Senator Neely of unprincipled mudslinging in his attack on President Eisenhower. Neely blamed Eisenhower for religious attendance and church ties drawing GOP fire over alleged gutter desperation.
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Bender
Ohio
Goldwater
Arizona
Senae
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Eisenhower
Neely
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Cleveland
Sen
United States
Reblican Senatorial Committee
The
Republic
Electricity Flows Into Disaster Mine After Explosions
In Farmington West Virginia power was restored to the Farmington No 9 mine at 6 p.m. and 6 40 p.m. after explosions killed 16 last November. Evacuation and rescue teams, who have recovered 12 bodies since March 10 and seek three more, will gain light for deeper searches as the system runs 245 miles from the slope to the portal housing the man hoist.
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Farmington
W. Va
Defense Attacks Jelke Case As Call Girl Era Unfolds
The retrial scene centers on Miss Ward a high priced call girl and her backer Jelke as defense questions character claims and past acts. Agnes Le Vine testifies Ward resumed service in 1952 after a break with Jelke and says the phone service drew in many clients. Prosecutors note Jelke paid bills and sometimes handled calls before the breakup. Ward testified she left Jelke in 1952 due to the life he led her to. The jury weighs whether Jelke recruited to prostitution leading to a 2 year old conviction and a new trial ordered amid press restrictions.
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Butz
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Jelke
Ane
Winne
Agnes le Vine
Miss Ward
Jeske
Marguerite Cordova
Sauk
Communist Party Official Granted Visit To Wife At Alderson
Dr. Albert E. Blumberg, a Communist Party of Pennsylvania official free on 20000 bail for membership in an organization seeking violent overthrow, received permission to visit his wife Dorothy at Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women in West Virginia. Judge John W. Lord Jr. ordered Blumberg to travel Wednesday to Alderson and return by April 2 for a consultation with his spouse.
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Albert E. Blumberg
Communist Party of Pennsylvania
U.S
Alderson
W. Va
John W. Lord Jr
Blumberg
Federal Reformatory For Women
Berg
Dorothy
New York City
Medical Academy Awards 10 $1000 Scholarships
The American Academy of General Practice awarded ten $1,000 scholarships today in Los Angeles as part of a Mead Johnson funding program to support future family doctors. Winners include Dr. Henry C. Chalfant of Washington, Pa, among others.
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American Academy of General Practice
Mead Johnson and Co
Evansville
Ind
Henry C. Chalfant
Washington, Pa
Mock Nuclear Incident Planned for 50 U.S. Cities
Civil defense officials announced a June 15 mock hydrogen device incident to test evacuation and survival plans in 50 American cities including Washington and New York. The exercise runs June 15 to 17 and involves 15,000 federal employees with officials simulating government relocation at centers across multiple states.
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Eisenhower
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Civil Air Defense Warning Network
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Wton
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Youngstown
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Norfolk
Youth Confesses Slaying Of Four In Tennessee Farm Family
Billy Gibbs, 23, signed a statement admitting killing four members of the Bratcher family near McMinnville Tennessee. Victims were Henry Bratcher Lily May Charlotte Ann and Mrs. Bratcher. Gibbs said he started the mass slayings last Wednesday by shooting Bratcher and forcing the mother to drop the baby into a cistern before beating Lily May.
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Fred Gilliam
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Henry Bratcher
Lily May
Charlotte Ann Bratcher
Gilliam
Gibbs
Henry
Tennessee Bureau of Identification
Kenneth Shelton
Bratcher
Here
Spring Arrives With Warmer Temps After Cold Snap
The Weather Bureau predicts milder conditions today in the Blue Field Area with a high near 45 and a low around 22 after a recent cold spell. Yesterday’s high reached 5 below zero with a 17 degree low. Snow and high winds prompted cancellations at Mercer Airport over the weekend as spring finally begins.
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Mercer
Electronic Brain Aids Pilotless Aircraft Guidance
The Air Force unveiled an electronic brain to pilot drone aircraft if remote control fails. Developed by Sperry, ARDC Wright Center, and Elgin Drone Group, the system can auto maneuver jets from the ground, including automatic landings, using beam signals. It supports missions including interception and may apply to both jet and piston aircraft.
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Air Force Today
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Sperry
Nevada
Milder Weather In Prospect After Springtime Cold
The Associated Press reports milder weather is expected in Virginia after a spring cold wave credited as the worst in 15 years. Yet damage to peach crops is severe with about 40 percent lost, estimated at two million dollars, and two deaths in western Virginia attributed to the freeze.
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Winchester
Weather Bureau
Isaac T. Mintz Jr
Roanoke
Clinton Draper Sutphin
Wythe County
Mintz
Walter F. Hough
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Shenandoah Valley
Panhandle
McLaughlin
West Virginia
Forida
Georgia
Alabama
Harlan Seated To US Supreme Court
Washington March 28 a simple ceremony seated John Marshall Harlan as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The event drew about 500 bystanders. family members watched as Harlan’s 80 year old mother sat nearby in a wheel chair and relatives gathered in the bench area.
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Serta
John Marshall Harlan
Bee Court of the United
Harlan
John Maynard Harlan
New Harlan
High Court
Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York City
Eeisenhower
Capital Cops Nab Wanted Virginian
An 18 year old Richmond resident wanted in Virginia for breaking and entering was arrested in Charleston for reckless driving after a car he drove hit a stopped vehicle. An older companion, sought in Virginia and North Carolina, escaped. The car contained clothing, ammunition, tools and a deposit bag from a Roxboro bank.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Roy Holt
Bob Hays
Walter Seals
Detective Bureau
Holt
Beverly Wingo
Wingo
W. W. Fisher
Harry Silverman
Prince Edward
Amelia Counties
Prince Ed
Fisher
Roxboro
N. C
Silver
Country Doctor's Post Taken Over By Intern
Dr. Patrick Galla, then interning at Valley Hospital Wheeling, will take over the practice of the late Dr Harold B Wood in Sonestown near Rogersville, died last August. Galla, from Uniontown, plans to arrive in July to begin as country doctor.
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Patrick Galla
Galla
Og Valley Hospital
Wheeling
Sonesville
Harold B. Wood
Wood
Rogersville
Wise
Horook
Uniontown
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