Anti Red Riots Rock South Korea Over Truce Inspectors
Demonstrations roiled five South Korean ports as crowds clashed with U S troops guarding truce inspectors. A Korean source alleged bayoneting of five veterans at Pusan, hospitalizing several, while the U S Army questioned the report. Authorities warned the four nations supplying inspectors to withdraw by next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shinn
Seoul
U. S
U.S. 8Th Army
South Korea
Pusan
Inchon
Taegu
Korea
Kunsan
Kangnung
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Long
Rains Halt Heat Then Flood Roane County
Heavy rainfall broke a heat wave across West Virginia and dropped over an inch in Charleston, triggering a flash flood that inundated property and roads between Clendenin and Spencer. Temperatures fell from 96 to 72 as storms moved through the Kanawha Roane area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Kanawha
Roane
Clendenin
Spencer
Charleston
Raleigh- Mercer Counties
Parkersburg
Elkins
Huntington
Panhandle
Washington- Baltimore
Roane County
Gandeeville
Johnson Warns Of Red Motives In Legion Dedication
Former Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson warns 500 attendees at the American Legion West Virginia headquarters dedication about red motives and false peace. Delegates note the lease transfer, with Leonal Bickel accepting for 30,000 Legionnaires as Charles Booth is honored. Charleston High School Band plays while ceremonies honor a Trojan Legionnaire and project founder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Booth
Huntington
P. E. Kercheval
The
American Legion
Kanawha Blvd
Richard A. Reinhart
Gazette
Peace
America
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Johnson
Eissons
Legion
West Virginia
Leonal
Bickel
Fairmont
Legion State
Johnstson
Clarksburg
Denial R. Wilson
Eisenhower
Geneva
NATO
Roosevelt
India
Truman
Charles F. Booth
Realty Board of Trustees
Gaujot Bias
Williamson
Charleston High School
Joseph WH
Freedman
Wheeling
C. E. Brandt
Hugh Rauiwolf
Charleston
Flood Threat Mounts in Poland Amid Heavy Rain
Warsaw radio reports southern Poland suffers heavy flood damage as rainfall continues may cause catastrophe. Evacuation of residents in Rabka health resort area has begun as waters rise and threaten public health facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Warsaw Radio
Poland
Rabka
Romola Abidin Freed After Japan Military Trial
Romola Abidin homeward bound to Bayside New York with her three sons after a military court acquitted her of murdering her husband Warrant Officer Robert Abidin. The four day trial in Sendai cleared her of the charges amid emotional scenes as she thanked her lawyers and embraced family. Army officials said she would receive transportation home, life insurance benefits of 512000 and a pension likely around 260 a month.
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Sendat
Japan
Romola Abidin
Bayside
N. Y
Romola
Robert J. Abldin
Military Trial Board
Herbert J. Vander
Heide
Zeeland, Mich
Louis Viviano
James Flynn
Francis Hardiman
New York
Viviana
SNE
Camp Sengai
Abidin
West Virginia Seen As Front-Runner For Chemical Plants
Arthur D. Little Inc reports West Virginia ranks among the first states for new plant locations. The study notes favorable producer discussions and urges targeted promotion in titanium, chlorine caustic complexes, and related chemical sectors, citing near fabricators, water transport, power rates, and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Stafford
The
Gazette
West Virginia
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Arthur D. Little
Commission
Woman Found Slain Near Kansas City
The nude and tied body of Wilma Allen 34, wife of a Kansas City auto dealer, was found in a Johnson County pasture 20 miles southwest. She was shot in the back of the head twice, with autopsy ordered. Police with 200 or more officers hunted the area as clues — including her bloodstained clothes and missing rings — suggested a Thursday night murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wilma Allen
David S. Long
Johnson County
Auto Wreck Kills Youth Hurts Four Near Seth Prenter
An 18 year old South Charleston boy was killed and four other teens injured when a convertible overturned on a rural Boone County road between Seth and Prenter. Driver James FE Isabel died from a broken neck. Injured were Tosalie Keeney 18 Katherine Elkins 17 Larry Keeney 16 and Alfred Leavill 19. All were taken to Charleston Memorial Hospital. Isabel died on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth
South Charleston
Boone County
James FE. Isabel
Tosalie Keeney
Lee St
Charleston
Katherine Elkins
Larry Keeney
Prenter
Alfred Leavill
Glenway St
Charleston Memoria Hospital
Isabel
Leavitt
Pigskin Pageant At Kanawha Boulevard Friday Night
The Gate Shop Nter will attend the Annual Pigskin Pageant invited by the North South Game to watch the event on Kanawha Boulevard starting at 8 pm Friday.
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Kanawha Boulevard
Airmen recount torture by Chinese during capture
Ten airmen freed from 32 months in Red China prison described brutal beatings and forced statements after their B 29 crash. Col John Knox Arnold said authorities used coercive persuasion, with nine others corroborating. Maj William H Baumer and Capt Elmer F Llewellyn detailed injuries and misdirections about where they were held. They spoke at a Hong Kong press conference before returning to the United States via Alaska and McChord Air Force Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Edwards
Tokyo
uPi
Col
John Knox Arnold
Dhs
Arnold
Hong Kong
Red China
Maj
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Baumer
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
Yalu River
China
North Korea
Air Base
Alaska
Mc‘Chord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Three Killed by Fallen Wire in Newark Storm
An expectant mother Mrs. Fanny Reed 35 her infant Brian Patterson 19 months and a Korean veteran who aided them died when a power line draped a parked pickup during a cloudburst in Newark N J Also killed were a 14 year old passer by John Gomez and two youths who sought shelter in the truck Police described the sequence as the line fell across the vehicle causing electrocution of those inside and a nearby bystander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Fanny Reed
Brian Patterson
John Gomez
Putnam Relay Race Futile Firing at Chicken
In Putnam County a farmer aiming at a chicken killed his four year old daughter Sharon Lynn Barker. The 22 calibre bullet ricocheted off a rock and struck her behind the right ear. Principal Q Jeffries rushed Sharon to a hospital and then to Gatens mortuary in Poca as survivors gather at home.
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Liberty
Sand Hill
Putnam County
Sam Barker
Sharon Lynn Barker
Thomas Memorial,’ Hospital
South Charleston
IL. Q. Jeffries
Confidence School
Red House
Barker
Ansford Shamblin
Jeffries
Jim
Shamblin
Gatens Mortuary
Fpvea
Gatens
Sharon Lynn
Thomas Memo-rial
Sarmurl L. Barker
Darrell Goodwin
Ponca
Jean
Lucille
Cora
Jacqueline
Darlene
Clarence
Joseph
Roger
Poca
Woman Dies In Upstate Plane Crash
A private single engine plane crashed during an attempted emergency landing in a rainstorm near Ashley in Ritchie County. Dayton, Ohio resident Mrs Tulia Dynes died en route to Clarksburg hospital. her husband Charles Dynes survived with minor injuries. The couple were en route to a private pilots breakfast after departing Dayton.
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West Union
Dayton
Ohio
Tulia Dynes
Ren
Clarksburg
Charles Dynes
Ashley
Ritchie County
James B. Thomas
Dynes
Dogged Presence Persists at Legion HQ in Kanawha City
An observer notes a stubborn figure lingering at American Legion headquarters on Kanawha Boulevard. The presence remains amid ongoing activity from the speaker's platform to the flagpole as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amnerican Legion
Kanawha Blvd
Gazelle For Sale Ad Tries to Drum Up Quick Interest
Fragmented ad copy urges selling via word of mouth with scattered items listed as sold or available. Mentions laundry tub, bedroom suite, office items, boat, and craverting cath while touting first day sales.
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S. Korea
Bob Considine
Dr. Alvarez
Radio Brewepeenee
Donald R. Wilson
Leonal O. Bickel
E. Gaujot
William
Little
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Usherette
Heston
AL Port
Youth
Chesapeake and Potomac. Telephone Co
South
Silver Spring
Putnam
Upstate
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