Holiday Toll Stirs Fears For Weekend
The Associated Press reports record Christmas holiday traffic toll heightens public concern as New Year weekend approaches with potential for more travel.
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Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1955
Page
1
Triplets Born to Area Woman at City Hospital
A city hospital delivered triplets to a local woman amid a holiday period marked by record traffic fatalities. The nationwide four day Christmas toll reached 609 vehicle deaths, with 68 in fires and 105 from other accidents, surpassing prior records and prompting safety officials to urge renewed caution in the New Year.
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Yale
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Triplet Births Highlight Chesapeake Woman's News
A Chesapeake woman gave birth to triplet sons at Charleston General Hospital after a 9:45 p.m. admission. The first arrived at 10:30 p.m. weighing four pounds one ounce, the second about four pounds six ounces, and the heaviest at 4 pounds 4.5 ounces. The mother and three babies were reported doing well.
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Chesapeake
Charleston General Hospital
Clayton Cottrell
Western Union Office
Monroe Man Slain Buried Near Home
The body of 64 year old Frank Dent, missing since Saturday, was found near his home in Cashmere, buried under leaves and rock. Funeral home staff say he was shot to death. Authorities investigated. he is survived by his widow seven sons and two daughters.
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Peterstown
Monroe County
Frank Dent
Cashmere
Youth, 14, Found Dead in Arkansas Briar Patch
The body of 14 year old Joe King was found near Jacksonville Arkansas four days after he vanished from a movie outing. Coroner Dr Dishough said preliminary autopsy showed strangulation and no proven sexual molestation though motive remains unclear. Sheriff Gulley said investigators will review possible sex crime links. The boy, son of Mrs James R King of Charleston West Virginia, was located by a search party of about 200 people from the nearby Little Rock AFB where his stepfather is stationed. His father was named Leo Swinney of Elgin Kansas. Airmen had searched the rural area around the base since the boy failed to return Friday night.
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Here
Pulaski County
Howard Dishough
Dishough
Joe King
Tom Gulley
Gulley
James R. King
Charleston
W. Va
Little Rock Air Force Use
T-Sgt. King
Leo Swinney
Elgin
Kan
Suspect Held In Murder In East Rainell Town
A man arrested in East Rainelle on a Chicago warrant is tied to the murder of George Romans of Meadow Bridge. Romans, beaten with an iron ash tray, died Friday in Chicago. Police recovered Romans’ billfold and car keys. the coroner reports a nonfatal head wound and possible smothering or hemorrhage.
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Ray Coll
Richlands
Chicago
George Romans
Meadow Bridge
Romans
Wilson Ave
Multi-Jobbed Shank Named Mayor Fund Boss
Don C. Shank takes the post as disbursement officer for the mayoral campaign with a salary over 13 000 dollars. Cleo Jones, Gazette staff writer, is installed in a second city role as police court adviser. Jones calls the position an advisory post in support of John. Copenhaver notes the campaign ties and says Jones works for the gubernatorial effort.
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James A. Hill
Cleo Jones
Gazette
Nan
Don C. Shonk
Noted Campaign Ties Stir City Debates In Gazette
The Charleston Gazette records a heated city campaign with city treasurer and manager tied to political moves. editors note dwindling public appearances and critics now question campaign roles while ongoing market and police court reports emerge alongside obituaries and editorial pages.
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Charleston Sanitary
Copenhaver
the Gazetteer
Reds Release Brooklyn GI In East Berlin Crash
The U S Army says Soviet authorities released U S Air Force sergeant M Sgt Mike Kliman of Brooklyn after detaining him in East Berlin following a car crash. Kliman, who had vanished after being taken by East German police, was handed to American officials at Karlshorst. An inquiry was opened into the incident after officials described a drunken American driving through a traffic stop and injuring several people.
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U.S. Army
U. S. Air Force
East Berlin
Army
Mike
Kitman
7Th Ave
Brooklyn
M. Y
Eastin Berlin
Karlshorst
Kliman
East
U. S
Eisenhower Plans Key West Rest Visit On Doctors Advice
President Eisenhower will fly to Key West Florida for about two weeks of rest and outdoor exercise on doctors orders. He will also send the State of the Union message to Congress on January 5 as he recovers from a heart attack and may not personally read the address this year.
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State of the Union
Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Fla
White House
Georgia
Florida
James C. Hagerty
Senate
House
End of Floods Brings Hope to California and Oregon
Brilliant sunshine signals end of floods that killed or missing 67 and caused over 150 million in damage across northern California and southern Oregon. More than 50,000 homeless as authorities begin massive reconstruction and repair efforts across 50 counties, with weather forecast improving.
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San Francisco
California
Oregon
Reno
Nevada
Feather River
Yuba City
Liry
Marland Sets State Agenda Parley Today
Governor Marland plans a meeting with Senate and House leaders to shape the budget session agenda beginning January 11. Lawmakers debate constitutional authority over agenda calls while Marland will issue the call this weekend after today’s discussions.
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Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
Statehouse
Gov
Senate
House
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House Rules Committees
Small Cowboy Fires From Rear Seat At Capitol Lights
A man described as a small cowboy shoots at Christmas lights from the rear seat of a car on Capitol Street using a new air rifle. The incident highlights a reckless display of gunfire directed at holiday decorations.
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Capitol St
Dionne Quintuplets Drift From Home Four Survive Says Father
North Bay Ont December 27 The four surviving Dionne quintuplets aged 21 have broken away from their parents and family their father Papa Oliva Dionne disclosed They did not join their family for Christmas lacking contact for months He blames outside influences and notes the girls Elanette Cecile Yvonne and Marie now live apart in Montreal after leaving hospital and planning Christmas plans but not returning home
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Ont
Dionne
Papa Oliva Dionne
Papa Dionne
Montreal
Notre Dame l’Esperance Hospital
Annette
Cecile
Yvonne
Marie
Five Die as Mud Wrecks Home in Oregon Storm
Roseburg Oregon dec 27 a wall of mud higher than a house crashed into a farm home killing Marion Neal 42 Acerena 38 and their children Mary 15 Tom 17 Becky 2. Three Neal children escaped bruised and shocked while neighbors and radio amateurs aided rescue efforts as roads blocked and communications failed. The Oregon death toll rose to eleven with four missing presumed drowned.
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Ore
Oregon
Remote
Marion E. Neal
Acerena
Mary
Tom
Becky
Neal
Margaret Elsine
Alvis
Billy
John Cawrse
Myrtle Point
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