County Plans Vote Machines For Primary
Kanawha County Court aims to buy as many voting machines as possible for the August primary and November election. A backlog of orders may delay purchases. bids will be sought soon as machines are studied. a $900,000 special levy was approved by county voters to fund storage, upkeep, and purchases. Bartlett expects at least 500 machines at about $1.50 each.
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Bartlett
Lewis Abbot
the Gazette
Kanawha
Bruce Bartlett
Kanawha County
Fifteen Die In Bus Crash Near Yamachiche Quebec
A bus collision near Yamachiche Quebec left fifteen dead and ten injured as a bus burst into flames after hitting a truck. A second bus followed. a Roman Catholic priest and others aided survivors. Officials opened an inquest to identify the dead as police noted many victims were unidentifiable at the morgue. The bus likely carried 35 to 40 people.
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Trois Rivieres
Que
Yamachiche
Here
Marcel
Pointe Au Lac
Trois, Rivieres
Scolding Soviet Press Targets Illicit Affairs In High Places
Moscow exposes a crackdown on illicit love involving Soviet women and married men amid travel for official work. Tadzhikistan Communist denounces immoral acts by officials and workers who sire illegitimate children and abandon mothers, stressing chastity and moral purity as core principles.
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Moscow
Tadzhikistan Communist
Communist Party
Tadzhikistar Communist
Butter price forecast to drop from 67 to 56 or 60 cents
Washington reports Senator Aiken predicts butter price supports will fall from about 67 cents to 56 or 60 cents as secretary Benson sets April 1 levels. He warns even at 75 to 80 percent parity surpluses remain large, with 265 million pounds of butter and 495 million pounds of dried milk held by the government.
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Washington
Joans, Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Ssae Aiken
Agriculture Committee
Benson
Penson
Benson, Aiken
Bases in Spain Seen Usable in Emergency
The United States claims no problem using Spanish bases in wartime but requires mutual agreement with Spain. Officials told Congress in a closed session that wartime access would follow agreed terms, and that U.S. interests would be protected. Rep. Cederberg pressed for a clear ironclad wartime-use assurance.
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Washington
State and Defense Departments
Spain
Air
Talbot
United States
State Department
House Appropriations
Rep
Cederberg
R-Mich
Defense Department
U.S
Senate panel finds bias in handling enemy assets during war
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee report says favoritism and political influence shaped who managed enemy-owned enterprises confiscated in wartime. It lauds administration efficiency within government limits while urging private property returns to nonconvicted individuals and noting the Alien Property Office oversaw 469 enterprises plus real estate and patents.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Alien Property Office
Congress
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Truman
APO
Willis Smith
D-Nc
Dirksen
Conrol
Molotov Plans Divide Germany Threatens Western Talks
West envoys snub Molotov pact blueprint as Molotov unveils a plan for divided Germany. Soviet backed East Germany promises rebuilding steps and calls a reconstruction day. Big Three foreign ministers prepare for decisive week as protests loom in Berlin.
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Russia
V. M. Molotov
Germany
East Germany
Soviet Union
Molotov
Red Committee
East Berlin
Unter den, Linden l
Hitler
Aled Control Authority
Ameri
U. S. to Bear Most of Cost Of New Bases
Washington January 31. The United States will pay about 276 million dollars in cash plus 22 million in engineer troop labor for 19 British bases used by the U. S. Air Force, while Britain provides 209 million in facilities and 63 million cash plus free land. Brig. Gen. Stanley T. Wray said cost sharing shifts reflect UK finances and notes a WWII pipeline worth about 80 million dollars. Several bases are not yet fully ready but could operate if needed.
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Britain
U. S. Air Force
House Appropriations
United States
Stanley T. Wray
United Kingdom
Wray
Evington
Stanstead
Shelveston
Bruntingthorpe
Bricker says compromise on treaty amendment drafted
Senator Bricker announced a compromise on the treaty making constitutional amendment has been drafted and he would accept it if President Eisenhower supports it. He declined to detail the plan or his course if the President does not endorse it, saying he is satisfied the compromise meets his cardinal principles.
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Washington
INS
John W. Brickert
Ohio
Eisenhower
Bricker
Ohioan
White House
Brickler
Senate
House
Tam
Vietnamese Desert 38 Front Posts Desert to Vietminh
French authorities disclosed Vietnamese troops abandoned 38 outposts in Cochin China south of Saigon and joined Vietminh. Thirty six guerrillas were reported as deserters or suspected Vietminh irregulars. Saigon faced anxiety as loyal units rushed to the area. French Union forces mobilized in Sedang to counter Vietminh diversion from the coast.
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Saigon
Indochina
Cochin China
Viet Nam
Annam
Tonkin
Sedang
Golden Rule Experiment Quietly Transforms Church Family Life
In Lansing January 81 a Mayflower Congregational Church experiment ended after a month of living by the Golden Rule. Members report peace, improved family relations, and calmer speech. Pastor Rev. William Hainsworth led 26 letters and 40 participants, with many testifying to deeper inner peace and worldwide calm. Mrs. Rexton Smith calls it a path to greater happiness, while Deacon Ralph Fulkerson notes notable improvements at home.
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Lansing
Mayflower Congregational Church
William Hainsworth
Rexton Smith
Ralph Fulkerson
Blast Explosion in New Haven Kills Four
A three story house in New Haven exploded and burned due to a gas leak from a split main. Four people were killed and three escaped with injuries as windows shattered across nearby blocks. Officials say fumes path likely through a sewer into the basement. ground freezing hindered venting. Authorities investigate cause and potential links to broader oil and energy actions.
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New Haven
Connt
New Haven Gas Co
Prumeuus
Herbert Hoover Jr
Dulles
London
Justice Department
Combine
Brownell
Eisenhower
White House
Onig
Project Sight Aid for Blind Couple Grows From Anonymous Call
An anonymous tip to police sparked a donation drive that raised 46 dollars and two bushels of groceries for blind couple Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ross at 21 Brooks St. Officers, led by Desk Sgt. Blessing, found the couple in a tiny upstairs room with nearly nothing to eat and rent behind. Mrs. Ross works in a city laundry earning 18 dollars weekly. the husband previously ran a refreshments stand in a downtown office building.
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James A. Haught
the Gazette
Husb
Brooks St
Set
van Brown
Bob Sigman
Bernard Setile
William C. Ross
US Loyalty Procedures Slow Hiring For US in UN Agencies
A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee reported that delays in loyalty clearances for Americans seeking UN jobs in Europe create risk for US interests. Recruitment for 10 UN agencies has been drastically curtailed, with some clearances taking up to six months. The panel endorsed the State Department loyalty program and urged faster investigations while noting UN agencies reserve independent hiring standards. It called for further study of the issue after fieldwork in seven Western European nations.
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Washington
United Nations
Europe
U. S
U. N
House
United States
State Department
Rep
Merrow
R-Nh
7 Top Firms Pool Iran Oil
United States clears the way for an international consortium to market Iran's oil. Five American firms including Standard Oil of New Jersey Standard Oil of California Gulf Oil The Texas Company and So negli Vacuum would join with Anglo-Iranian Royal Dutch Shell to manage Iran's nationalized output, easing the long standing British Iranian nationalization dispute.
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Washington
United States
Iran
Atty
Brownell
National Security Council
Standard Oil of
Newersey
California
Gulf Oil
The
Texas Co
Soeany Vacuum
Anglo-Iranian Co
Royal Dutch Shell
AST
Alventine
Blast Victims And Survivors In City Residence Fire
A blast killed Edward and Esther Brown and Mr and Mrs Charles Epstein on the second floor. Three others on the third and ground floors including Charles Goldfield and Marlene Brown survived but were dazed and could not recall details. They were treated for shock at St Raphael's Hospital and released.
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Suul Vuuapanu
Charles Goldfield
Marlene Brown
St. Raphael’s Hospital
Miss Brown
Edward
Esther
Charles Epstein
Dunbar Driver Charged After Failed Car Attacks
Marie Stutler of Edgewood Acres told police that Robert Lee Stalnaker of 439 Twenty Third Street Dunbar twice tried to crash into her car on Bream Street at Fifth Ave and Madison Ave intersections. She signed a warrant charging felonious assault and drunk driving, though he had not yet been apprehended.
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Dunbar
Charleston
Marie Stutler
Edgewood Acres
Robert Lee Stalnaker
Twenty- Third St
Bream St
Fifth Ave
Madison Ave
Stalnaker
54 Dead 100 Hurt In ROK Train Wreck
Forty eight South Koreans died and nearly 100 injured in a collision between a passenger train and a truck near Osan south of Seoul. U S Army authorities said no Americans were involved.
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Shoal
INS
Osan
Seoul
U. S. Army
Few Koreas Are Better Urey Blasts Using A Bomb For World Peace
Nobel laureate Harold Urey urged against mass atomic warfare as U S policy and favored limited scope weapons and disarmament ideas He warned a Korea styled atom bomb attack would risk World War II scale destruction while Morgenthau noted deterrence in Europe since World War II The exchange touched on Peiping North Korea China Indochina and Baruch proposals for inspection and material pooling for peaceful use as a counterweight to military needs
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Chicago
Harold Urey
United States
Urey
University of Chicago
Hans Morgenthau
University
Center For Study of American
U.S
Europe
Korea
Indochina
Peiping
Asia
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