Eight Die In State Accidents Over Weekend
A weekend toll of eight people died in West Virginia from fires and auto crashes. In McDowell County a frame house near Kimball burned killing Francis Watkins his daughter Frances and guest Clarence Roark, with four others injured. In Welch three family members were hurt while the wife and a daughter were seriously burned. A Huntington woman Mary Bates died from burns after a heater fire. Two women drowned in Logan County when a car plunged into the Guyan River near Man. Benjamin Hinkle Jr. of Tioga was killed in a head on crash near Cottle.
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West Virginia
Panhandle
McDowell County
Kimball
Francis Eugene Watkins
Frances
Clarence Roark
Watkins
Huntington
Mary B. Bates
W. Va
Guyan River
Man
Logan County
Elia Harton
North Kenova
Ohio
Lucy Harton
Ashland
Marvin Horton
Man Memorial Hospital
Nicholas County
Cottle
Benjamin Frederick Hinkle Jr
Tioga
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Richard M. Hall
Hinkle
Fog delays grip Charleston area as world wakes to thick fog
Dense fog blanketed the valley for nearly 10 hours causing seven highway accidents. Ka Nawha Airport operations were hampered with about two dozen flights unable to land. City transit delays and bus schedules were also affected as visibility dropped to near zero.
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Charleston
America
Kanawha
U.S. 119
Blue Creek
William Nutter
Red 6
Charleston General Hospital
Dawes
Curtis Branham
Charleston Memorial Hospital
MacCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Charleston Transit Co
Officers Endure 90 Minute Kidnap Ride in Collinsville
A Collinsville policeman and two private guards were disarmed by four men early today and forced into a patrol car for a 90 minute ride through city streets. Giofre and Cagnola were driven toward a hydroelectric plant where the gunmen demanded information. Giofre was struck and at one point they threatened to shoot if the officers did not comply, then released them and left.
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Collinsville
Ill
Dominic Givire
Giofre
John Cagnola
Cagrola
Napers
Cagnola
Dutch Leaving Jakarta
Dutch workers run Indonesia's key export and shipping industries and face exit visa demands as nonworking Dutch nationals are ordered to leave. Business leaders warn a mass exodus would hit the economy hard while Indonesians seek autonomy and local control across the archipelago.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Interisland Shipping
Republic
Interisland
Java
Sumatra
Pressure on McElroy as Democrats Press Missile Shakeup
Democratic leaders level strong pressure to replace missiles director William M Holaday and overhaul top missile program leadership. Senator Johnson says hard decisions are needed and may favor McElroy who could appoint a decisive, disciplined management style. Subcommittee members argue Holaday has outgrown the role despite praise from some Republicans.
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Washington
Defense MccHlroy
William M. Holaday
Johnson
McIlroy
Sen. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Holiday
Saltonstall
McElroy
NATO
Paris
Eisenhower
Congress
John B. Medaris
Army Missile Center
Huntsville
Ala
Defense Department
Six Days Left in 1957 Gift Basket Contest
Entries must be postmarked by May to win one of four prizes each valued at $8,000 or more. Winners can choose a 1958 Dodge Royal Lancer four door sedan or a fully equipped kitchen package or a gas air conditioner with controls, or $3,000 in U S Savings Bonds. Complete the Yuletide Contest coupons in The Charleston Gazette.
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Tag Galyean
U. S
Charleston Gazette
Venezuelans Reelect Chief Perez Jimenez Amid Quiet Plebiscite
In Caracas and across Venezuela the Interior Ministry announced Gen Marcos Perez Jimenez won an overwhelming yes vote for another five-year term with about 83 percent turnout. No opposition candidate existed and officials reported no disturbances despite a housing project conflict in Maracaibo and a later blast blamed on opponents.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Interior Ministry
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perez Jimenez
Vallenilla
Maracaibo
NATO leaders debate expanding alliance role in cooling world tensions
Paris dispatch reports NATO heads, including U S President Eisenhower and Secretary General Spaak, plan to broaden alliance political duties. The talks consider U S bases in Europe for intermediate missiles and a wider disarmament push, with cautious optimism amid North Africa strains and French U S ties.
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Paris
Nate
U.S
NATO
Paul- Henri Spaak
U. S
Europe
Eisenhower
Jawaharlal Nehru
Russia
Lisenhower
Felix Gaillard
Gaillard
North Africa
Spaak
Nations Send Chiefs to Paris Summit
Paris hosts a closed Atlantic Alliance meeting with 14 of its 15 member nations represented. Portugal’s Antonio Salazar is absent. The list names each delegation chief and their second in command, including leaders from the United States Britain France Italy West Germany and others.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Portugal
Antonio Salazar
United States
Renal Wer
Dulles
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
France
Felix Gaillard
Christian Pineau
Italy
Adone Zeli
Giuseppe Pella
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
Dep
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Linda
Joseph Richter
Richter
Eastern Air Lines
Arcadia
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Audrey Wright
Miss Wright
Kent
England
Edward Tayner
Gazette
Rae
Sen
Radio
Ateeer
Pei-Ho
Casa Blanca
Morocco
Port Lyautey
M’elroy
Holaday
Democratic’ Subcommittee
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Muntsville
Medaris
Virgina St
Laureans Valhenilla Lanz
By Howard Handleman
Marcelo Caetano
Paulo da Cunha
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
I’atin Zorlu
Norway
Einar Gerhardsen
Halvard Lange
Holland
Willem Nrees
Joseph Luns
Greece
Constantino Karamanlis
Evangelos Averoff
Canada
John Diefenbaker
Sydney Smith
Denmark
Hans Hansen
Iceland
Hermann Jonasson
Gudmundur Gudmunddson
Luxembourg
Joseph Bech
Belgium
Achille van Acker
Victor Larack
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