Anti Spending Drive Aimed at Curbing Growth in Federal Spending
Washington reports a White House policy push led by the administration's top financial officers with President Eisenhower's backing to slow rising government spending. Treasury Secretary Humphrey calls this a series of old fashioned revival meetings about spending, up and down. The effort hinges on higher tax receipts to balance the budget, with Congress weighing tax cuts if the trend reverses.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Re
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
White House
Hamphrey
Youthly Effort to Save Dog Ends in Injury
An eight year old Kanawha County boy was struck by a car while chasing his dog onto U S 119 at Elkview. William B Strickland Jr son of Mr and Mrs W B Strickland of Sybiai near Clendenin suffered two broken thighs head injuries and abrasions. He was transported by Myers Ambulance to Staats Hospital and is listed in satisfactory condition. The family car had stopped in Elkview when the dog jumped onto the highway and the boy followed attempting to rescue it.
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Kanawha
U. S. 119
Elkview
William B. Strickland Jr
W. B. Strickland
Sybiai
Clendenin
Staats Hospital
George Lengyel
Cleveland
Lengyel
Officer assassinated as Cyprus tensions rise
In Nicosia a police constable Herodotus Paulus was shot dead by youths amid anti Tripartite Talks protests. Left leaders condemn the killing while urging Cypriot Greeks to seek dialogue with Turks as Greek and Turkish reps prepare in London for crucial talks on Cyprus self determination and British rule.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Enosis
Union
London
Herodotus Paulus
Poullis
Cyprus Communist Party
Ezekia Papaioannou
Tenris
Young Star Melinda Markey Recovers From Overdose
Melinda Markey daughter of Joan Bennett and widow of Donald Hayden recovered enough from an overdose of sleeping pills to leave Bellevue Hospital. Police said she was unconscious yesterday and in critical condition earlier. Gene Markey flew to her bedside while Joan Bennett and Walter Wanger stay on the West Coast.
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New York
Melinda Markey
Joan Bennett
Bellevue Hospital
Dus
Donald Hayden
Miss Markey
Melinda
Hollywood
Gene Markey
Markey
Miss Bennett
Walter Wanger
Wanger
Jennings Lang
Chamber Surveys Valley a Bid for New Factories
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce forms a specialized industrial development unit in January to study facts of the Kanawha Valley’s industrial status. A technical staff from multiple industries will research favorable and unfavorable conditions and recommend implementation steps.
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Chamber Surveys Valley
Howard Cochran
the Gazette
Kanawha
Jhry
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Nover
C. of C
Whiting Fire Controlled But Still Burning
Whiting Indiana August 28 The Standard Oil refinery fire in Indiana, initially exploding a hydroformer unit, burned fiercely but is now under control. Officials estimate losses well over ten million, with 14 hospitalized and 70 treated for injuries as cleanup and planning for reopening proceed in two weeks.
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Whiting
Ind
PIA
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
West Central
Robert E. Wilson
Standard Oil
American Red Cross
A. F. Endres
Red Cross
Endres
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Loop
Gary
Whiting Public Works
John J. Standish
National Guard
Egypt and Israel clash along border for fourth day
Fighting flared along the border with four Egyptians killed and six wounded and two Israelis killed with five wounded. Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanged mortar and machine gun fire near Beeri Kissufim and Eceri as United Nations observers moved in and a U N jeep was briefly hit.
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Gaza
Egypt
U.S
State Dulles
Jerusalem
Jarrell Army
Beerl
Ecerl
Israel
Kissufim
United Nations
U.N
Poisoned milk kills 42 babies in Tokyo outbreak
Japan reports 42 infant deaths and 4653 others ill from arsenic contaminated Morinaga powdered milk. No. 2 sodium phosphate used as a dissolver was found to contain arsenic notes Kyowa Industrial Co. president. Welfare Minister orders Morinaga Tokushima plant closure and 260000 cans confiscated for inspection. Morinaga offers compensation and medical expenses.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
Morinaga Milk Co
Kyodo News Service
Kyowa Industrial Co
Hideji Kawasaki
Imilk Company
Tokushima
Morinaga Company
Edith
Bermuda
Miami Weather Bureau
J Center
Tragic drowning ends beach outing for eight year old
An eight year old girl, Judith Ron Conley of South Charleston, drowned at Shadyside Beach on Coal River after slipping from an inner tube during a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. employee outing. Firefighters and a search team recovered the body. she was pronounced dead at a hospital. She leaves a sister Penny and brother David, with grandmother Mrs. Margaret Conley of Baltimore.
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Shadyside Beach
Coal River
South Charleston
Judith Ron Conley
D. H. Conley
Kenna Dr
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
St. Albans
Arleigh Ellis
Coal River Road
C&p
Penny
David IT
Margaret Conley
Baltimore
Alley Land
Caldorph Mortuary
Snodgrass Mortuary
South
Charleston
Rocket Documents Stolen in Japan
Tokyo August reports say valuable rocket research documents were stolen from Japan's program. Hideo Itokawa of Tokyo University identified the theft, reported by the Sangya Reizai newspaper.
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Japan
Tokyo
INS
Sangya Reizai
Hideo Itokawa
Tokyo University
Couple Held In Official Death Probe
In Kingman Arizona on August 24 1950 Robert Kenneth Miers and his wife Elizabeth were arrested on murder warrants related to the death of Palm Springs city building inspector Donald Graham. Graham was found dead at his home after alleged romantic advances to Miers wife. The family’s four children were placed in a juvenile home while extradition and case questions proceed.
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Kingman
Ariz
Robert Kenneth Miers
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Calif
Mater
Donald Graham
Graham
August G. Rett
Porter
Mier
Dodd urges UN action on Chinese torture of Americans
U S Rep Thomas J Dodd of Connecticut urged publicizing and documenting Chinese and Korean Communist torture of U S servicemen. He called for sending evidence to the United Nations or an international tribunal to establish a permanent record and accountability.
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Washington
U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
United States
United Nations
Dodd
Dulles
Istiqlal Seeks Forced Ouster Of Ruler Arafa
In Paris August 29 the French cabinet debated Edgar Faure's Moroccan crisis plan for nine hours without conclusion. It backs a regency to replace the unpopular sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa while aiming for Ben Youssef's return after Faure plan measures. Violence flared in Tunisia with 23 dead in fighting at Kasserine Pass and Bou Ramil as French forces clashed with rebels near the Algerian border.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Faire
Aix Des Bains
Mohammed Beno Yousseff
France
Madagascar
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Ben Youssef
Astiqlal (Independence) Party
Democratic Independence Party
PDI
Faure
Tunisia
French Foreign Legion
Kasserine Passil
Youth Killed In Auto Crash Near Ashford
A 20 year old local resident, Benjamin F Sonny Perry, died when his 1955 Chevrolet rolled over several times and toppled a nine foot embankment on Brush Creek Road near Ashford four miles south of the community. Four others were injured though not seriously, including Dean Williams who was treated for hip and shoulder injuries. The two 16 year old girls, Carol Lucas and Iris Payne, escaped with minor injuries.
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Ashford
Boone County
Benjamin F
Sonny Perry
Hunter and
Hunter “Mortuary
Madison
Brush Creek
U. S. 119
Here
Brushton
Dean Williams
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Carol Lucas
Iris Payne
Ridgeview
Williams
Brush Creek Rad
Perry
Hunter
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Seesens
Memphis
Oliver Stephenson
Greek Union
Turkey
Young Star
I City Scene
Tarleston Gaze
Gazette
DIAL
SERS
Miers
Las
Solon
Baring Red
Yanks
John Foster Dulles
Nuernberg
Defense Department
State Department
Istiqlal
Arafa
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