Auto Dealers Lead List Advocating Pike Extension
West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association pressed for a northern extension of the Turnpike. President Andrew L. Clark of Princeton said a toll road system is key to attracting industry. Delegates formed a committee to work with state officials and the Turnpike Commission. House members P. H. Kelly and Clay D. Hammond voiced support for extending the Pike, signaling possible special-session actions and financing steps.
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West Virginia Automobile Dealers Assn
West Virginia
Marland
Andrew L. Clark
Princeton
Association
State Road Commission
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
House of Delegates
Mercer County
Clark
P. H. Kelly
Montgomery
Clay D. Hammond
West Union
Kelly
Gazette
Frank Knight
Hammond
Doddridge County
Beckley Chamber of Com
Chest Eyes Single Drive For Charity Plan
The Community Chest weighs uniting multiple fund drives in Greater Charleston into one annual campaign. A representative citizens committee will study the approach, with a plan to be presented at the February board meeting. Campaign totals show $370,675 raised toward a $380,000 goal, guiding allocations to 24 Chest agencies and various local programs.
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Charleston
United Fund
Chest
Sydney M. Kleeman
J. William Martin
Ben K. Baer
Kanawha Valley
Federation of Appeals
United Funds
C. H. Johnson
Chest Board
Oliver van Petten
Exaggerated West Virginia Population Loss Questioned
The Kanawha Chamber of Commerce says the U S Census Bureau admits overestimates of West Virginia population loss since 1930. Revised figures for 1934 show losses far smaller than July estimates with 15 000 loss vs 58 000 previously. Charles E Hodges notes interim ten year estimates are often misread as final.
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West Virginia
U. S. Census Bureau
Chamber of Comerce
Kanawha Commerce
Charles E. Hodges
Chamber
West Virginian of 1955 to be chosen this Sunday
The Ga zette editors will reveal the West Virginian of 1955 this Sunday. Past honorees include Adm. Felix B. Stump of Clarksburg, the 1954 winner, and prior selections such as Major Charles E. Yeager, Walter S. Hallanan, and former Gov. Okey L. Patteson.
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Gazette
West
Dickinson Street Opens to Two Way Traffic Today
Dickinson Street will switch to two way traffic at noon under an experimental plan by Police Chief Dewey Williams. Southbound drivers may use left into Lee and right into Quarrier, while northbound drivers may turn right into Lee or left into Washington. Enforcement begins on the new 10‑foot parking ban near intersections, following council action increasing the Emut from 20 feet.
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Dickinsons St
Dewey Williams
Williams
Lee
Quarrier St
Washington St
Khrushchev Attacks Interference and West Policies
Moscow reports Khrushchev blasted U.S. policy as crude interference and accused Eisenhower of meddling in communist nations. He criticized open skies and Dulles while urging memory of the Soviet hydrogen bomb test and warning about Middle East aggression and German reunification risks.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Geneva
Khrushchev
Dulles
Communist Party
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Bulganin
Devel
Ferguson Declares Candidacy for Governor in 1930s West Virginia Race
Former State Tax Commissioner Milton J. Ferguson told Clarksburg officials he will run for governor in the Democratic primary next May. The Wayne attorney, 33, said he would govern without special privileges. Ferguson has ties to Gov. Marland’s administration and joins Rep. Robert H. Mollohan and Doe F. Burdett as announced candidates.
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Clarksburg
Milton J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Randal Strother
Wayne Attorney
I Marland
Robert H. Mollohan
Fairmont
Doe F. Burdett
Point Pleasant
State Board of Control
Wayne
U. S
West Virginia
Wayne County
House of Delegates
Yalta Papers Reveal Rift With Reds Before War End
Washington reports fresh evidence that U S Soviet wartime alliance frayed even before VJ Day. Newly released notes from Yalta 1945 show Stalin pressuring for a Soviet dominated Poland and Harriman warns of growing tensions. Hurley’s proposal for a Chiang Kai-shek summit was proposed but never held.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Yalta
Marshal Stain
Roosevelt
Stalin
Poland
Averell Harriman
Moscow
Harriman
Patrick Hurley
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
New Delhi
India
China
Hurley
State Department
Malta
Yalta Conference
New Year's Eve Cold Predicted in West Virginia
The Weather Bureau forecasts a cold front moving into West Virginia Thursday night bringing clear skies and low temperatures. Meteorologist Leroy Stane expects the weather to remain cold through Saturday night with rising winds and frigid conditions across Huntington and surrounding areas.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Leroy Stane
Newsreel Bribery Case Ties French Gendarme Algiers Killing
Paris reports the French government says an American Fox Movietone newsreel photographer bribed a gendarme in Algeria last fall to shoot a man in front of a camera. The photographer is charged with corrupting a civil servant. the gendarme’s identity is undisclosed and will face a military court. Picture clips show a uniformed shooter aiming at a walking man.
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Paris
Fox Movietone
Bendarme
Algeria
Inj
Interior Ministry
New York
Kill Crazy Nut May Be Behind Arkansas Murders
Uneasy police in central Arkansas investigate three unsolved deaths amid rumors of a roaming killer on Highway 67. Sheriff Gulley cites possible mass murder link while authorities search for a motive and a young hitchhiker last seen with victims.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
U. S
Sheriff Buren Hardin
Clark County
Tom Gulley
Pulaski County
Gulley
Alan Templeton
Arkansas State Police
Highway 67
P. F. Jobe
Blue Island
Jobe
Texarkana
North
James R. King
Young King
First Baptist Church
Jacksonville
National Cemetery
King
Little Rock Air Force Base
Briar
Far East Air Power Shift Warns of Communist Fleet
In a Army-Navy-Air Force Journal article, Kuter estimates 7,000 warplanes and a growing Communist air force in the Far East. He cites 3,800 jet fighters, 500–700 IL28 bombers, and 200 B56s with bases spreading from North Korea to Japan, hoping FEAF maintains superiority to deter invasion. Secretary Quarles confirms FEAF strength remains stretched and improving.
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Kuter
Army-Navy-Air Force Journal
North Korea
Far East
Euler
Korea
Japan
FEAF
Tokyo
Air Force
Donald Quarles
U. S
New Evidence Links Convict to Mrs. Clark Murder
Police and the prosecuting attorney's office report a penitentiary inmate as a new link to the murder of Juliet Staunton Clark owner of the Daily Mail. Officials refuse to disclose the angle while noting two prisoners connected to the case from five months ago are involved in secret activity over the past two months. The Aug 21 1953 crime shocked the city and drew scrutiny of local police and Mayor Copenhaver amid ongoing investigations.
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Juliet Staunton Clark
Dewey Williams
Charles Walker
Copenhaver
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