Quake Wrecks Towns in Chiapas Mexico
An earthquake devastated four towns and damaged three more in Chiapas state near the Guatemala border. Five deaths were reported with survivors describing widespread destruction. Yajalon was hardest hit with about 5 000 residents. Rescue planes brought first aid and shelter as authorities mobilized to handle a major disaster spanning a 50 mile area.
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Mexico City
Chiapas
Mexico
Guatemala
Augustin Mutieles
Mutieles
Yajalon
Excelsior
Tusxtla Gutierrez
Yaialon
Petahinga
Chiron
Tila
Cesa Pulido
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Pacific
Highway overhaul costs WV 700 million to fix roads
West Virginia faces a highway system overhaul costing about 700 million dollars to address long term growth. Frank A. Knight notes the delay and argues for action in his Today column. The issue highlights saving 3000 premature babies yearly through state health care, with nurse Margaret Fabry detailing care programs.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Frank A. Knight
State Magazine
Margaret Fabry
State Health Department
Draft official cites soft living ending American stamina
Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow warned that auto, TV, radio and films foster easy living and erode physical and mental vigor. He linked rising draft rejections to deteriorating habits and warned of threats from Communist dictators exploiting national laxity.
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Chicago
Louis H. Renfrow
Selective Service
America
Renfrow
International College of Dentists
Mayor Considers Charleston Town Hall on Vice Laws
Charleston Mayor Copenhaver discusses the possibility of a public town hall to explore vice laws and enforcement. He says residents will be invited to state their views and the aim is to educate the public about the issues and racketeer activity in the city. A formal plan could place the meeting at Municipal Auditorium.
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Pou Leagte
the Gazelle
Copenhaver
City of
Charleston
Three From Plane Are Rescued Near Alaska Crash Site
Three of 16 men aboard a C 47 crash landed 75 miles northeast of Anchorage were found in good condition by bush pilots and an Air Force surgeon. One more survivor was seen from the air as search efforts continued amid a fierce blizzard and low visibility.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Sere
Don Sheldon
Sheldon
Maj
Carl M. Russell
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Clif Hudson
Gold Creek
Bernie Kosinski
Anchorage Times
Curry
Hudson
Talkeetna
Zion Fire Ravages Main Street Store in Illinois
Firefighters from over twenty northern Illinois towns battled a block long Zion Industries Co department store fire threatening the business district. The blaze forced evacuation of the Zion Hotel housing about 200 elderly residents as winds fueled flames. damage was pegged at 250000 with four story wooden structures and regional aid sought from nearby states and Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
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Zion
Ilinois
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Chicago
Midwest
City of
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Apostolic Church
Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voiva
City Cops Nab Fugitive Pair
Detectives Mayford Haynes and Ken Hager arrested two 15 year old boys from New York City after they checked into the Post Hotel and bought two rifles and shells to go deer hunting. Police said one is a probation violator and New York authorities are pursuing robbery charges. The youths were found with about 194 dollars and the weapons valued at 150 dollars. They were turned over to the Juvenile Bureau for questioning.
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New York
Charleston
New York City
Mayford Haynes
Ken Hager
Post
Washington, St. E
Sgt
Frank Biddle
Police Department
Juvenile Bureau
Ex-sailor Hvasta alleges torture by Czech guards upon return
John Hvasta, freed after five years in Czechoslovakia, told about mental and physical pressures aimed at forcing a confession to military espionage. He said he resisted with God’s help and claimed the trial served propaganda aims to embarrass the United States.
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John Hvasta
Michael Hvasta
New York
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Prague
John J. Casserly
Hillside
WN. J
Freedom Today
Red
Hvasta
Robert Vogeler
Hungary
Hvyasta
Ayag
United States
Husband posts bail to release runaway wife in jail mixup
Margaret, described by officers as a girl with a fantastic imagination, was jailed for public drunkenness. Her husband posted an $12 bond after five hours, claiming he read about her in the newspaper and decided to take her home. A missing locker key led to a report of $150 in goods gone.
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Vane
Jean Cook
Margaret
Joseph Thomas
Minister Albert Poling Killed by Car in Charleston
Reverend Albert Poling, an 81 year old and founder of Albert's Chapel at Sand Run in Calhoun County, died in Charleston General Hospital after being struck by Virgil Walker on U S Route 22 near Rengersprad. Poling, a minister for more than 60 years, had long been a respected figure in central Virginia. The driver, 40, of East Cleveland, Ohio, is not charged as the investigation continues.
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Albert Poling
Calhoun County
Charleston General Hospital
Poling
U. S. Rt. 22
Rengersprad
Martin's Branch Rd
R. BE. Stanley
G. A. Rodebaugh
Virgil Walker
East Cleveland
Walker
Mr. Poling
Sand Ridge
Central
Virginia
Harlanson
Wilson Mortuary
Albert
Sand Run
Wilson
Repeater Held For Grand Jury In Dead Man's Suit Theft
Charlestannie, identified as a dead man's friend, was ordered held for grand jury action after Ernest Ellis reported the theft of the deceased's suit. Clarence Crookshank, a local repeater, was arrested on charges of stealing and pawning the suit and admitted taking it. He claimed he pawned it for $3 and used proceeds at his home. Judge Joseph Thomas said the grand jury would decide the matter.
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Charlestannie
Clarence Crookshank
Ernest Ellis
Crookshank
Ellis
Crookshanks
Joseph ‘Thomas
Grand Jury
Military Aid Plan Aims to Halt Red Indochina Offensive
The United States launched an emergency program to aid French and loyal Indochinese forces against a major Communist offensive. The Defense Department will deploy about 10 B26 bombers flown by French crews, supply air support, and reinforce maintenance with 123 technicians already on site plus about 200 more advisers. Big C119 Flying Boxcars are loaned to accelerate frontline supplies, as Adm. Radford outlines broader U.S. aid while aiming to hold Luang Prabang in Laos.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
Vietnam
America Jean
Laos
Indochina
France
Associated States
Free World
Yorks
U.S
Luang Prabang
AWOL Forger Nabbed in City
Ronald L. Moore 22 of Tyler Mountain Rd was arrested on a drunk charge and admitted passing at least 12 bad checks in Greater Charleston. He allegedly forged checks in Witro South Charleston St Albans Charletson Sissonville Spring Hill and Dunbar and drove a car reported stolen from Columbus. Detectives will pursue further inquiries into other possible suspects.
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Greater Charleston
Ronald L. Moore
Tyler Mountain Rd
Crime Prevention Patrol
Joe Craft
Detective Bureau
Moore
Witro
South Charleston
St. Albans
Charletson
Sissonville
Spring Hill
Dunbar
Columbus
FBI
John Woodruff
Mooré
Reds Flont Compromise Over Reich
Berlin reports show Soviet Russia rejecting three compromise offers from the West on German unification while blocking any Berlin conference move to address the Austrian independence treaty. Molotov presses to cut occupation costs as Bidault offers limited supervision measures to safeguard voters.
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Berlin
Russia
Molotov
Germany
Bidault
Orere
Adams Attacks Fear Deal In GOP Strategy Session
Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams branded the administration's critics as political sadists pushing a fear deal to depress the nation. He charged they aim to erode public confidence and scare Americans into doubting honest economy and government. Adams urged Republicans to recognize the ploy and reject it at the upcoming Congress.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Adams
GOP
Republican National Committee
HUAC Clears Clergy and Teachers of Communist Infiltration
The House Un-American Activities Committee reported that most American clergy and teachers are free of Communist influence while noting a few may be Communist. It stated it has not, and will not, investigate clergy or schooling curricula but will pursue individuals who are Communists. The panel cited past criticisms of Rep. Velde but backed away from a broad clergy hunt, though individual clergy may be examined.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Congress
East German Secret Police Crackdown Over Free Elections Demands
East Germanys Red government sent its secret police into major industrial plants to arrest workers calling for free elections. Reports say over 200 arrests occurred in Dresden Chemnitz Oelsnitz and Gera as unrest grows amid fear of a June 17 style uprising. Soviet troops were reportedly not deployed domestically though rumors circulated about Berlin fears.
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Red
Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Zone
Dresden
Chemnitz
Oelsnitz
Gera
East Bere
Molotov
Red Gestap
Red Army
Potsdam
Babelsberg
Magdeburg
Page & Col
Manko Named Deputy Sheriff in Logan County
Manko, former state mines inspector under investigation for expense padding, is appointed deputy sheriff by the Logan County Court. Salary set at 260 dollars monthly with 109 dollars for using his car. Also approved are B. H. Minnix as deputy county clerk for voting machines at 250 dollars monthly and Stanley Justice as county sealer of weights and measures succeeding Frank Spears.
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Logan
Ioe Manko
State Department of Mines
States Attorney General
Ace Mount
Manko
Ligan County
Democratic Exective
Logan Democratic
Statehouse
Logan County
Ray Watts
BR. A. McDonald
Ira J. Cook
Oma Dingess
Fats) Minnix of
Stellings
Stanley Justice
Okey Justice
Frank Spears
Beav er jailed after assault on mother in law
Robert Beaver 25 of 536 Wyoming Street was charged with assaulting his mother in law Mrs. Tf R. Carder 320 Berkeley Street. Carder said Beaver was drinking and warned about grandchildren. He knocked her down and received 30 days in jail yesterday from Municipal Judge Joseph Thomas.
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Robert Beaver
Beaver
Wyomering St
Tf. R. Carder
Berkley St
Carder
Sheaid
Joseph Thomas
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Desiree
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Teviex
Renfrew
Zion, Ill
Godee Eee
Heasta
Radford
Arthur W. Radford
Senate Armed Services Committee
Reds
Patriots
Gestapo
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